I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 845 Founder

In Imperial Russia, many occupations had traditional continuity. A farmer's son was usually a farmer, a Cossack's son had to serve as a soldier, and a grand duke's son was a grand duke from birth.

After the fall of the Russian Empire, class limitations were completely broken, and the label "Yurievich" was no longer as distinct as it was in the Russian Empire era.

As Leonid began to get into work mode, Vasily also began to understand Guchkov and Felix.

Before moving into the Alexander Palace, Vasily was dissatisfied with many of Guchkov and Felix's policies, mainly because they were not tough enough both internally and externally.

To the outside world, Vasily believed that Gufi was too conservative and failed to perfectly demonstrate Russia's aggressiveness.

Especially after the outbreak of the economic crisis, Russia not only did not increase its control over its allies through the economic crisis, but instead introduced some trade policies that are more beneficial to its allies. In the eyes of many Russian soldiers, represented by Vasily, this is clearly not in the interests of Russia.

After coming into contact with more information, Vasily also had a clearer understanding of Guchkov's "weakness".

"Many European countries need to import food from Russia to meet their own needs. This is one of the most important ways for Russia to maintain its allies and European countries. This is also the deep-seated reason for the food shortage in Kiev. It is precisely because of Russia's supply that European countries have not experienced a large-scale food shortage, so they have the confidence to cut off trade with the United States."

Trade Minister Smolovich told Vasily that Russia's losses in grain exports could be fully compensated by exports of other industrial products.

"The tragedy in Kiev was completely avoidable, but if we want to deal with officials with a military background, we must obtain the consent of the veterans' association and the military, and usually it is difficult for us to get permission."

The Attorney General's report reveals a fact that in some respects, the situation in Russia is actually similar to that in Poland.

In Poland under Piłsudski's rule, the military, as Piłsudski's base, often enjoyed extra-legal privileges, and even if they broke the law, they could only be tried by a military court.

If active Russian military personnel break the law, they can only be tried by military courts.

Due to the existence of veterans' associations, civil courts must also consider the influence of veterans' associations when reviewing cases related to veterans.

Many civilian court judges are themselves members of veterans associations.

"Wait, you mean, the Archduke protected those bastards?"

Vasily was furious and would not allow anyone to slander George.

"I didn't say that. In fact, all the cases reported to the Yuriev Palace were properly handled. The criminals received the punishment they deserved, and the victims received reasonable, even unexpected, compensation—"

The Attorney General's words did not calm Vasily, because Vasily knew there was a but.

“But not all cases qualify for reporting to the Yuriev Palace.”

Vasily had nothing to say.

There are now two types of Russian soldiers: one is a professional soldier with a lifelong service, and the other is a conscript with a service period of only two years.

Since retired conscripts will receive special care when the government recruits staff, even though the treatment of conscripts is not good, Russians are still very enthusiastic about joining the army.

This raises some questions.

Since the purpose of these conscripts joining the army is no longer simply to defend the country, we cannot expect them to have noble sentiments, and the probability of them making mistakes is relatively high.

After retiring, conscripts will automatically join the reserve force and become Russia's reserve troops.

That's why the VA protects veterans.

"I will communicate with General Rakovich. I have only one request for your work. Whoever makes a mistake should be sent to Siberia to grow potatoes!"

Compared with Felix and Guchkov, Vasily's biggest advantage is his 50 years of military service experience.

Although Felix was also a military man, he retired directly after marrying Yusupova, and his influence is not at the same level as Vasily.

Although Guchkov once served as Minister of War in the Provisional Government, he also had only a brief service experience and was more "gilded" than Felix.

Vasily, the contemporary "Duke Suvorov", is second only to George in influence in the Russian army.

"Then I have no problem!"

The Minister of Justice was beaming with joy. If he could get Vasily's support, the Ministry of Justice would definitely be able to stand up straight when it encountered cases involving veterans again.

George was still very concerned about Vasily's work and invited Vasily to eat grilled fish at Yuriev Palace.

George caught the fish himself.

"Now I finally understand why you don't want to be Tsar——"

Vasily's words made George smile knowingly. George had heard similar words more than once.

"So I have always said that soldiers and officials should be considerate of each other, because our ultimate goal is to serve Russia."

George's understanding of "service" is becoming more and more profound.

Everyone has experienced the second year of high school. Whether you can adapt to society as soon as possible depends mainly on when you can recognize the nature of society.

Some people are unable to recognize the true nature of society until they are very old, and they live in a muddle-headed state, with their lives mostly a mess.

Some people realize the nature of society early on, and they will not lose their love for life even when they are in adversity.

The essence is to make yourself useful.

"I really don't understand. They already have a comfortable life, why are they still greedy and take risks for personal gain? Haven't they considered the consequences?"

Vasily was heartbroken and couldn't help complaining to George.

Before coming to Yuriev Palace, Vasily had just seen a document about the execution of many people, including Vasily's relatives and Vasily's former subordinates.

Vasily did not sign immediately.

"This is the so-called charm of power. Some people think that power is a game. I hope that in Russia, power can return to its original form."

This is why George hates the Anglo-American political system.

In Britain and the United States, power is really just a game. Even if you commit a terrible disaster, at most you will just lose the opportunity to participate in the game, and you will not be really punished.

Think about the famine in India, where tens of millions of people starved to death. Is anyone really responsible for this?

No, even in London, there were very few reports on this matter, and even if there were any, they were just glossed over and people did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all.

India was a colony, so the British didn't care if Indians starved to death.

Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and is very close to London, but London still does not care. How do you explain this?

If something like the starvation to death in Kiev happened in the UK, the Prime Minister would definitely not resign.

"We can actually--"

Vasily had just moved into the Alexander Palace when he began to waver.

George said nothing, but his eyes turned sharp when he looked at Vasily.

"I'm just saying it, I promise, I won't make any mistakes!"

Vasily raised his hands in surrender. George had reminded him of this problem when he was running for election.

George doesn't listen to what Vasily says, the key is what Vasily does.

Vasily signed the report the next day, and while sending people to the execution ground, he also sent more people to Siberia to grow potatoes.

Before George received any feedback, Leonid came to him. In the past, all executions in Russia were done by shooting, which was quick and easy.

Vasily had worked in Amur and knew how Amur executed people, so he made some changes to the relevant regulations on the death penalty.

Once the decision was announced, controversy arose again.

In some serious criminal cases, if the criminal is in poor financial condition, it is difficult for the victim to obtain financial compensation.

Vasily hopes that through body donations and other means, the victims can receive some financial compensation, and Russian universities and related institutions can also obtain more cadavers.

There are also some more cutting-edge scientific research that is not suitable to be listed in the announcement.

The donation of bodies alone has caused controversy to a certain extent, and some people think that these changes are not civilized enough.

George just laughed.

Vasily is just getting to the point. If some of Amur's things were made public, it would not be just a matter of controversy.

All we can say is that there are many reasons for Amur's rapid progress in the medical field in recent years.

Well, a lot.

"Some people are not stupid at all, they are just simply bad!"

George hit the nail on the head. The British believed that eating mummies could cure diseases and almost ate them to extinction. Then some unscrupulous businessmen forged mummies and exported them to Britain. Is this civilized?
In the 21st century, the British government cooperated with the US government to export unhealthy blood to the UK. According to the British and Americans, this is also fucking civilization!

“Whoever raises this issue with you, ask him to regulate people’s uncivilized behavior and truly contribute to Russia’s civilization process, instead of making loud calls.”

George has previously criticized relevant Russian departments for not doing their job.

Now that Leonid is in charge, George must follow his words.

"For example?"

Leonid is still simple.

"For example, we should be responsible for the sanitation of the streets and stop drunkards from urinating and defecating everywhere."

George was annoyed. Does this need to be taught?

Everyone can talk, but who can do the things?

Every regulation benefits some people.

At the same time, it will inevitably harm the interests of some people.

Vasily's main job now is to weigh the pros and cons and choose the lesser of two evils.

When he was in charge of the army, Vasily often looked for George and complained that the budget George gave to the army was seriously insufficient.

George had no choice. The military budget given by Duma was limited. He had to allocate part to the Air Force, part to the Navy, and part to other related departments. In the end, half would be left for the Army. George had done his best.

Now Vasily finally understood Duma's difficulties.

Russia does have a lot of income, but it has even more places to spend money. The Duma has also done its best to ensure the military budget.

George himself didn't realize that he had changed a lot compared to 20 years ago.

Twenty years ago, George was still young and had plenty of time to transform Russia according to his own will.

George is not young now.

So when Vasily went on a killing spree, George did not intervene.

Compared to the Red Russian cleansing, this was just an appetizer.

Compared with Vasily, George was more concerned about Mannerheim, who lost the election.

If Vasily had not intervened, or even if Vasily had not received the support of Felix Jr. and Leonid, Vasily would most likely not be a match for Mannerheim even with the blessing of the contemporary "Duke Suvorov".

Vasily still attached great importance to Mannerheim and hoped that Mannerheim would continue to serve as Foreign Minister.

Mannerheim calmly accepted the reality of defeat and did not accept Vasily's invitation, hoping to rest for a while.

Before leaving Alexandria, Mannerheim came to George to say goodbye. George asked Mannerheim about his future plans. Mannerheim smiled and said that he would go to Askainen to rest for a while.

Askainen is Mannerheim's hometown.

"I am 64 years old and have served the empire for more than 50 years. It is time to retire to the mountains, raise an old horse, and raise a pack of hunting dogs. My daily work is to hunt and fish like you. That is the life I yearn for."

Mannerheim has plans for his retirement.

George suddenly thought of the Soviet-Finnish War.

The most serious consequence of the Soviet-Finnish War was that it exposed the weakness of Red Russia, so the little mustache took the risk and finally chose the former between Operation Barbarossa and Operation Sea Lion.

The target of Project Sea Lion is the United Kingdom.

Given Mannerheim's prestige in Finland, even if he returns to Finland, he will not be idle, which will be a serious hidden danger to the future Russian-Finnish relations.

"As a politician, Vasily is immature, and that's what I'm most worried about—"

George wanted to keep Mannerheim in Alexandria.

In terms of conditions alone, Alexandria is much better than Askaenin. It has hot springs, faces the Black Sea, and has the protection of Constantinople. The key is that it has better medical standards, which is the most important thing for a 64-year-old man.

Mannerheim said nothing, and his smile gradually grew colder.

George's support was also a key factor in Mannerheim's victory.

Since Vasily is not mature, why do you support Vasily's candidacy?
Mannerheim would definitely not ask this question, after all, there are differences between close and distant relatives.

"Russia needs a tough person to get Russia back on the right track. Felix didn't do that, and neither did Alexander. Only Vasily can do that."

George hoped that Mannerheim would understand that he had his reasons for supporting Vasily.

Russia does have a lot of problems right now, and if Vasily doesn't go, George will have to do it himself.

After Mannerheim came to power, he was probably only able to make some repairs like Felix and Guchkov, and it was impossible for him to be as decisive as Vasily.

"why?"

Mannerheim's understanding of Russia was far less clear than he thought.

"what you mean?"

George really wasn't playing dumb.

"I mean, what is the right track."

Mannerheim asked sincerely, and although George never admitted it, everyone knew that George was the founder of today's Russia.

(End of this chapter)