Chapter 8 I really have no father or mother now
When educating the princes, the royal family has its own internal logic in educating the princes. If you perform too well, you will be punished by God, and God will do the same if the tsar does not take action. Take action.
George has not fully integrated into this era. Some things that were correct in his previous life may not necessarily be correct in this era.
Half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.
In his previous life, George was accustomed to political correctness. "Contributing one's strength to the empire" is not wrong in any era, but it happened that this sentence was so correct that it completely disrupted George's plan.
George has already made a plan. After going to France, he will start living in peace. Anyway, with the royal alimony and the assets purchased by Ya Er for Catherine, he will have a worry-free life in a short period of time.
Before he becomes an adult, George will work hard to strengthen himself, exercise while forming a reliable team, and use the knowledge of the 21st century to earn wealth, so that before the world war comes, George can take Yekaterin with him Na and her two sisters went to the United States to completely escape the threat of two world wars.
No matter how long-term the plan is, George has no plans. As long as he is rich and powerful, George will not be afraid of him no matter where he goes.
Now George's plan is completely disrupted. If he cannot go to France with Ekaterina, then all George's plans for the future will come to nothing.
Fortunately, there is Ekaterina.
George is Catherine's only son, so George believes that Catherine will resolutely reject Alexander's request and take George with her to France.
No matter what, the family must be neat and tidy.
What George never expected, and he didn’t know what Alexander told Ekaterina, was that Ekaterina actually agreed to leave George in St. Petersburg, and also did George’s favor in return. Work.
"George, don't hate me, I agreed to let you stay in Russia for your sake." This is how Yekaterina explained.
In Russia, George is a prince, a super duke of Yurievsky, who can enjoy extra-legal privileges. Out of consideration for family affection and public opinion, Alexander will not be too harsh on George, and George can still enjoy the benefits. Some benefits.
Going to France is said to be a long flight, but in the eyes of outsiders, it is also equivalent to being exiled. Except for 40,000 rubles per year, George will lose all the resources of the Russian royal family. In Catherine's view, this is even more cruel to George.
Alexander’s attitude towards George was completely different from his treatment of Catherine.
The alimony that Alexander paid to Catherine was only a mere 40,000 rubles per year, which was far from the Duchess's salary.
While Ya Er canonized Ekaterina as the Super Duke of Yurievskaya, Aiwujiwu also named George and his two sisters Yurievsky and Yurievskaya. Sky is super duke, so instead of one duke, George's family has four dukes.
As mentioned earlier, the annual salary of a duke is 150,000 rubles.
Four is 600,000.
No, it should be 650,000, because Ekaterina is already married, so it should be 200,000 per year.
Russia’s treatment for the royal family members is very generous. In addition to the annual salary of 150,000 rubles, there is also a palace construction fee of 1 million rubles, and thereafter there will be an annual palace maintenance fee of 35,000 rubles.
Even without the palace construction and repair fees, 600,000 rubles per year is enough to make George's family the top richest people in Paris.
The President of the Third French Republic, with an annual salary of 600,000 francs.
The salary of George's family is equivalent to the annual salary of two and a half presidents. In order to dispel Catherine's doubts, Alexander promised to let George receive the same education as Crown Prince Nicholas, and give George Yuryevsky the level of treatment that a super duke should have.
"Katya, I don't want a salary, I don't want to leave you and Olga -" George was at a loss for the first time since his rebirth. It really doesn't matter whether he has money or not. Knowledge, how much money do you want to make but you can’t make it?
Give George some time, before George reaches adulthood, George is even confident of becoming the richest man in the world.
"George, my dear child, when you have a child, you will know how painful it is for me to make this decision-" Yekaterina burst into tears, and she was not willing to leave George behind. Staying in St. Petersburg, he could not change the Tsar's decision.
George's heart gradually cooled.
No matter what reason Catherine had for leaving George in St. Petersburg, George considered it a cruel abandonment.
Inflicting the most critical damage in the name of love, is this the correct way to express love?
When Yekaterina made this decision, her starting point may really be for George's consideration.
Alexander wanted to keep George in Russia, and the purpose may really be to prevent the blood of the Romanov family from being lost.
But when Catherine and Alexander made these decisions, did anyone ask George for his opinion?
No, not a word at all. They never considered George's mood when making these decisions. They gave George the feeling that he was at the mercy of others like a commodity.
Now I really have no father and no mother.
“The temporary separation is to get together better. You can go to France for vacation every winter. My sisters and I are waiting for you in Paris and Nice. Your vineyard will definitely be yours, and I will give it all to you. Save all the champagne and don’t sell a bottle. It will be more valuable when you become an adult——" Yekaterina kept talking, and George seemed to be stupid. He stared at Yekaterina without saying a word. Don't tell.
You are so stupid now that you are so smart!
Is political correctness so fun?
Look at those politically correct red-necks and white leftists in Europe and the United States. Their homes are about to be stolen, and they still have their babies. After being sold, they still have to help count the money. Isn’t that cheap? .
George is not stupid either. He will look at this matter after calming down to find out the secret.
As mentioned earlier, Ekaterina is only 35 years old now. Not to mention that her charm is still there, she is also in her prime and looks almost as old as 25 years old.
In addition to the royal alimony, Catherine also has the label of a tsarist widow.
France has always been famous for its romance.
These factors were added together. After Ekaterina arrived in France, Alexander was probably most worried not that Ekaterina would be "martyred for love", but that Ekaterina would give the late Tsar a plastic surgery. A lush prairie.
The lives of members of the Russian royal family are famous for their corruption, which is why Catherine, who emerged from the mire and remained unsullied, was so favored by the tsar.
The men of the Romanov family are unanimous on the matter of being lenient with oneself and strict with others.
So Catherine may have left George in St. Petersburg for George's future.
Alexander definitely wanted to keep George as a hostage.
Well, it turns out that not having a father or a mother is not the worst thing.
(End of this chapter)