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Chapter 776 Alexander II: Please call me Comrade Romanov! (asking for monthly votes)
"Peter, Andreevich!" The Tsar glared at his most trusted director of the Third Department, the so-called head of the Secret Service, and said, "What do you mean by distributing land to serfs? There are no serfs in Great Russia, Little Russia, and White Russia!" He pointed at his nose, "They were all liberated by me!"

"My Lord, those liberated serfs are still serfs."

Shuvalov offended the Tsar and refused to kneel down and kowtow to apologize, and even whispered something to Alexander II. This made the Tsar so angry that his face turned red, his eyes were blazing, and he clenched his fists, wishing he could beat Shuvalov up!
But Alexander II finally held back. That was Shuvalov! The first nobleman in Russia, Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov, who supported the coup d'état of Empress Elizabeth, was his ancestor!

In order to stage a coup, Queen Elizabeth recruited many lovers in the Guards. Maybe one of them was Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov. Otherwise, how could he become a marshal? The Queen even married her best friend to this marshal.

These nobles, whose ancestors had "killed the Tsar" and "served as Tsars", now hold great power and control Russia's politics, economy and military.
But this is not the most hateful thing. The most hateful thing is that among these nobles whose ancestors killed the Tsar and served as the Tsar, there is also a group of brain-damaged "progressive nobles"! They have a change of heart and think that the Russian Tsar is too reactionary and must be overthrown!

Look, they are the ones who do bad things, and they are also the ones who make revolution.
It is really difficult to be the Tsar of Russia, unless you are a female Tsar. Unfortunately, Alexander II cannot become Alexandra. There is no such technology these days!
"Although the Chinese angel is likely to be engaging in strategic fraud, I must also take preventive measures against possible revolution!" Alexander II said with a long face.

Preventive measures?
What does the Tsar want to do? Does he really want a revolution?
Shuvalov, Milyutin and Gorchakov were all stunned, but Prince Vasily, who was conscientious, was still very conscious. He immediately stood up and suggested to the Tsar: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Little Russia to preside over the land reform pilot there!"

"No, not Little Russia!" Alexander II did not dare to be so radical. He did not want to be killed. "If we carry out land reform in Little Russia, what will the peasants of Great Russia and Belarus think?"

"Your Majesty," Army Minister Milyutin reminded, "You should consider what the nobles will think!"

"Nobles?" The Tsar rolled his eyes at Milyutin. "The nobles should have arrested and hanged all the Polish rebels within a month, instead of suppressing them for a year and failing to do so!"

Alexander II was so angry!

In the early years, the nobles who "fucked" the empress could at least beat the Prussians and Turks for her. But now, after losing to Britain, they lost to France, after losing to France, they lost to China, after losing to China, they lost to Turkey, and now they can't even beat Poland. If they lose again, they will have nothing to lose! They only know how to bully the Tsar. Alas, if the Tsar is gone, they are nothing!

"Give them land in Siberia!" Alexander II said, clenching his fist. "The Peasant Affairs Committee will immediately formulate a "Siberian Immigration Regulations". Each immigrant family will be allocated 15 acres of arable land and 15 acres of grassland, and will be exempted from military service and tax exemption for 5 years!"

If you want to talk about the wealthiest country, Russia has to be the country! 1 Russian acre is equal to 16.4 Chinese acres, and 15 Russian acres is equal to 246 Chinese acres! When a Russian peasant family went to Siberia, Alexander II gave them 246 Chinese acres of arable land, plus 246 Chinese acres of grassland, a total of 492 acres!

If this happened in China, he would definitely be a big landlord!
But in Russia, Alexander II gave it to the peasants for free. After issuing this decree, Alexander II was moved by his own progress!

Prince Vasily, Shuvalov, Milyutin and Gorchakov were shocked by the Tsar's progress! This was a step forward for serfs to become landlords! This Tsar was so progressive that he looked a little "red". It was estimated that if he went to London to find the head of the Workers' Association, he would have to call Alexander II "Comrade Romanov".

"Your Majesty, you are so kind!" Prince Vasily immediately bowed to the Tsar on behalf of the Russian serfs, "You are really the kind father of the Russian peasants!"

Alexander II nodded, very satisfied with Prince Vasily's flattery: "Yes, I am their kind father!" He glanced at Shuvalov, Milyutin and Gorchakov again.

"Your Majesty, you are so great!"

"You have liberated the serfs and distributed land to them. If I were one of those radical exiles in Europe, I would be moved and return to China to surrender myself."

"Yes, with the Polish version of the Liberation Decree and the Siberian Immigration Regulations, Russia will become great again!"

What these three nobles said was true - those exiled radicals might think that the Tsar was too radical, and was simply their Romanov comrade!
Alexander II also felt that he was safe, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Milyutin: "I will give you four months to completely quell the uprising in Poland!"

"Yes, my majesty!" Milyutin was now full of confidence. According to the Polish version of the "Emancipation Decree", Polish serfs could share the land of the Polish serf owners! This meant that "Comrade Romanov" led the Polish working people to fight against the Polish landlords!
The Polish nobles suddenly went from being revolutionaries to being the targets of the revolution! They were about to suffer the tsar’s revolutionary iron fist!
"The Third Department must keep a close eye on the revolutionaries in Western Europe!" The Tsar was still a little worried about his "revolutionary comrades" in Western Europe. "If they make any unusual moves, they must report to me immediately!"

"Yes, my Majesty." "Director Shu" Shuvalov of the Third Department immediately took over the instructions from "Comrade Romanov".

"Tell Count Weber and Grand Duchess Natalia my decision," the Tsar instructed. "Also, tell Lev Baluzek and ask him to put pressure on the commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Western Expedition Army."

"Your Majesty," Gorchakov reminded quickly, "According to reliable information, the commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Western Expedition Army is Prince Shi Dakai!"

"Shi Dakai?" Alexander II took a breath. "Is it the Prince of Sevastopol?"

"That's him," Gorchakov replied worriedly.

"Damn it!" Alexander II swallowed his saliva, "Then stop exerting pressure and let Balyuzek negotiate directly with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"Yes, your Majesty." Gorchakov breathed a sigh of relief.

Snow particles from the Purple Mountain hit the glass windows, and the pine wood in the fireplace crackled. Luo Yaoguo, wrapped in a silk nightgown, ran his fingers through Grand Duchess Natalia's golden hair, and the fire cast their shadows on the Russian copy of the "Siberian Immigration Regulations."

"15 acres of arable land and 15 acres of pasture." Count Weber simply translated the contents of the "Siberian Immigration Regulations" into Chinese for the "straightforward" Luo Yaoguo, and added, "Your Majesty really seems to be possessed by the Decembrists this time."

Natalia smiled at Luo Yaoguo and said, "My dear, our Romanov dynasty will not be abandoned by the Russian people now, right?"

Luo Yaoguo laughed and thought, "The Russians missed your Romanov dynasty. But what's the use? Didn't those immature Russians overthrow the Romanov dynasty anyway?"

Natalia blinked her blue eyes and looked at Luo Yaoguo: "You don't really think Sasha will become a revolutionary?"

Luo Yaoguo picked up the teacup and took a sip of the Pu'er tea that Jiao Hong, who was sent to Yunnan and Guizhou as the governor, had brought back. "When Louis XVI approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the citizens of Paris shouted 'Long live the king'. But what was the result? Didn't Louis XVI lose his head?"

Weber's glass stopped in mid-air, and Natalia's blue eyes were once again filled with worry.

Luo Yaoguo sneered, "My dear Natasha, I have told you long ago that the problem the Romanov dynasty encountered was not one or two reactionary tsars, but the people ruled by this dynasty. It is not that the tsar was not kind enough to them, but that the Russians were not good people. It is impossible for you, the Romanov dynasty, to gain lasting power by pleasing them. Just like Louis XVI could not save his head by pleasing the French people!"

He paused and took another sip of Pu'er tea. "So my advice to Alexander II is to abandon Russia's double-headed eagle policy. Concentrate all your energy and focus on dealing with the troubles in the West, while keeping an eye on those irritable, impulsive, and immature people under him. Don't always think about trying to please them with one victory after another. If he wants to challenge the army of King Shiyi in the Western Regions, a miserable defeat will surely await him!"

Weber quickly shook his head and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, don't worry. His Majesty the Tsar does not want to stir up trouble in Central Asia. He has instructed the Russian envoy to the Tang Dynasty to negotiate the demarcation of the border with your country's representatives."

"Negotiation?" Luo Yaoguo interrupted Weber. "Please tell Alexander that there is no need for any boundary negotiations in the northwest at the moment. Both sides can maintain Lake Balkhash as a temporary border."

After hearing what Luo Yaoguo said, Natalia and Weber both frowned.

What does Luo Yaoguo mean? Let's not talk about the border issue now. Did he really predict that the Russian Empire will encounter big troubles in the next few years?
(End of this chapter)