Years of the Republic of China 1913

() Sending off the baron and the ambassador, Fang Zida returned to the middle hall, Princess Anastasia sat quietly on the chair of the former ambassador, resting her chin in one hand, frowning slightly, while her loyal servant Ivan stood silently behind , without a sound.

"Your Highness, please make a decision." Fang Zida said after returning to his seat.

"Your Excellency, my heart is very confused..." Princess Anastasia raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with tears: "They betrayed the dynasty that was once filial and loyal, betrayed my father, and betrayed me, Now I’m trying to betray my motherland again! I don’t know if I can trust them anymore. From the bottom of my heart, I wish these two traitors could die! But out of reason, I feel that I should agree to them, so... Please forgive me, I can't decide..."

"I can understand your current entanglement, Your Highness." Fang Zida nodded slightly, and said with some relief: "You didn't angrily ask me to abandon them and punish these two traitors, which shows your maturity and ability to judge. Of course, it is impossible to completely trust the two people who once betrayed your family, including you, but limited to the current situation, they still have a certain value. Although their real purpose is to make you become Backing, even a shield and a life-saving straw, but for you, you also need such subordinates at present, even if such subordinates are very unreliable, what do you think?"

Princess Anastasia thought quietly, and nodded after a long while.

"Thank you for your reminder, I understand what I should do."

Fang Zida smiled and watched Princess Anastasia leave the nave under Ivan's guard.It seems that this princess is a really smart person with high political talent. Fang Zida likes to cooperate with such people. At least he doesn't want to become the head of the exile government in the future to be a manipulative and incompetent puppet.

After the baron and the ambassador met Fang Zida, although Fang Zida promised to help them find the whereabouts of the princess, he still did not bring them any news after nearly a week.

And at this time.The situation in Russia has changed dramatically in another direction. Due to the disastrous defeat caused by the desperate war with Germany, the countdown to the resignation of the Russian provisional government has reached the countdown, just because the parties of the provisional government are in agreement with Vladimir K. Ilyich Ulyanov's Bolshevik Party has not yet reached an agreement on some aspects of the handover of power, in order to ensure their respective interests after stepping down.All factions of the temporary government racked their brains to delay the time.They tried to get the Bolshevik Party to give them certain guarantees before handing over their rights, so on the surface the provisional government is still Russia's legal government, but in fact everyone can see that the temporary government has reached the point where the sun has fallen.

now.The prestige of the Bolshevik Party in Russia is in full swing, and there are a large number of intellectuals, workers, farmers, small business owners, soldiers, students gathered around it..., Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov for Promote the revolution as soon as possible, give the interim government the final blow, and force the interim government to hand over power as soon as possible.On April 1918, 4, another massive demonstration was launched.

This demonstration was larger than the previous ones in terms of scale and number of people. When the demonstration reached its peak, thousands of soldiers resolutely participated in the parade. Sudden coup.The coup soon spread rapidly from the city center. From the beginning when thousands of army soldiers joined, by the afternoon nearly [-] soldiers and hundreds of thousands of workers, citizens, and students participated, even those stationed in the Baltic Hai's fleet also quickly joined the event.

In the afternoon of the same day, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov announced the establishment of the Revolutionary Military Council, and Lev Davidovich Trotsky commanded the Red Guards, soldiers, and the navy involved in the coup to the provisional Xing The location - the Winter Palace attacks.It was late at night.The Winter Palace was breached, the interim political prime minister Alexander Fdorovich Kerensky, the Minister of the Army and Navy Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak fled in embarrassment, and the rest of the members were arrested. On the morning of April 4th , the Revolutionary Military Council announced to the outside that the Russian provisional government had been overthrown. All power in central yang and localities has been transferred to the Soviets. On April 5th, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets was held in the Smolny Palace. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was elected chairman and made a report at the meeting.At the same time, the meeting passed the "Peace Decree" and "Land Decree", announcing the birth of the first Soviet government....

The Russian Revolution shocked the world.After the Soviet government was born, the first thing it did was to formally cease the war with the Allies and announce its withdrawal from the war.This result made Kaiser Wilhelm ecstatic, and immediately sent diplomats to negotiate with the Soviet government, and signed an end-of-war agreement in a very short period of time.The war with Russia came to an end, and Kaiser Wilhelm was elated, because his investment had been richly rewarded. Russia, which had never been defeated on the battlefield, collapsed and surrendered, which made him see the dawn of victory in the entire war.

The opposite of the Allied Powers is the Allied Powers. When they learned that Russia’s temporary government had collapsed and the Soviet government had unilaterally terminated the war, Britain, France and other countries were in mourning. The Allies, who had no worries about the future, would use all their strength to deal with the British and French coalition forces, although on the Western Front The Chinese Communist Party is already in place, but facing such a powerful opponent, the Allied Powers have no confidence at all.

While cursing the Soviet government, the Allied Powers urgently asked Japan and the United States for help, demanding that Japan fulfill its obligations as the Allied Powers as soon as possible and send troops to join the war.But to their disappointment, the Japanese government pushed three obstacles and said that the most difficult problem was that they refused to send troops. The British and French were furious. Japan kicked out the idea of ​​the Allied Powers.

As for the United States, it still does not respond positively to the Allies' request for help, but the US government has privately promised to increase assistance to the Allies.Faced with such a situation, the helpless Allied Powers could only grit their teeth, expecting the bravery and perseverance of the soldiers on the battlefield to block the ferocious Allied forces.

At the same time, in order to retaliate against the Soviet government for stabbing in the back, the Allied Powers announced to the world that they would not recognize the Soviet government as the legal government of Russia, but still believed that the fugitive temporary government was the only and legal government in Russia.Regarding this reaction of the Allied Powers, the tit-for-tat Allies responded immediately. The Allied Powers camp headed by Germany also made a statement when the Allies announced that they would not recognize the Soviet government. Kaiser Wilhelm publicly recognized the legal status of the Soviet government and strongly praised Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov is an old friend of the Germans. Germany and Russia will become friendly countries. In view of the current situation in Russia, the Allies will take the initiative to return part of the Russian territory and sponsor the Soviet government 50 gold Mark huge sums of money for goodwill.

The Soviet government was established, and the temporary government collapsed. The baron and the ambassador felt that the day seemed to have collapsed.Although the domestic situation has not affected their safety in China for the time being, bad news came one after another, making the two restless and their hair turning gray.

Finally, looking forward to the stars and the moon, Fang Zida finally received news.When they received the message that Fang Zida invited them to visit the mansion, the baron and the ambassador rushed over without even a minute's delay.

"His Royal Highness has found it."

Seeing Fang Zida, the first sentence made the two of them overjoyed. They hurriedly asked where the princess was and asked to see the princess.

"You two, do you think Her Royal Highness will meet you?" Fang Zida asked coldly, "I think your Excellencies should know the real reason why Her Royal Highness left the embassy."

"This..." The baron and the ambassador looked at each other, their expressions fluctuating, and they were speechless for a while.

"To be honest, Her Highness the Princess is very disappointed with the two of you." Sighing, Fang Zida shook his head and said, "Originally, Her Highness the Princess didn't want to see you any more, and she didn't even want to contact you. Don't you need to say more?"

"Your Excellency, things are actually not as Her Royal Highness imagined..." the baron was a little impatient, and hurriedly discerned.

It was the ambassador who heard another meaning in Fang Zida's words, quickly pulled the baron down, and said sincerely: "Your Excellency, we know our mistakes, yes, we were indeed tempted by the devil back then, and we had the urge to give up our beliefs But sir, after all, this did not happen, and now under the call of God, the Baron and I have returned to the embrace of God like lost lambs. Although we do not expect Her Royal Highness to truly forgive us, I still want to ask Your Excellency Conveying our sincerity of repentance...."

After finishing speaking, the ambassador made a sign of the cross in a serious manner, making a pious appearance.The baron next to him also came to his senses, saying yes again and again, and the two of them seemed to have turned into magic sticks, performing ridiculously clumsy performances in front of Fang Zida.

Holding back the amusedness, Fang Zida's face seemed to soften a little.

"Okay, I will find a way to convey your sincerity to Her Royal Highness, but you must first show some attitude that can satisfy Her Highness. Everyone is aware of the coup d'etat in your country, and Her Royal Highness is very worried about the survival of her family. With the great changes in the country and the country, in this situation, how to choose, you have to make a choice."

"This..." The baron and the ambassador exchanged glances, and after a long time the ambassador said, "We will carefully consider your suggestion, but before that, your Excellency the baron and I would like to meet the princess."

"See Her Royal Highness, of course there is no problem, but it's not so convenient now." Fang Zida laughed.

"Why? Could it be...?" asked the baron urgently.

Waving his hand, Fang Zida shook his head and said, "Don't guess, Her Royal Highness is not in the capital, she has gone to Fuyuan in the northeast."

"Northeast Fuyuan? Isn't that...?" The baron and the ambassador were startled. Isn't China's Northeast Fuyuan the border between China and Russia?Why did the princess go there? (to be continued...)