Chapter 317 Garbled Code
A few days ago, the Queen and Werther had a conversation about Nicholas's character. The Queen told Werther that Nicholas's character was not suitable for becoming a Tsar.
“You want to say that His Highness does not have the qualities to become a tsar?”
Witt couldn’t believe it. Nicholas was trained as the heir to the empire from birth. No one can replace Nicholas. status.
"It's true, you know that in the current situation, Misha should replace Nikki because Nikki lacks will and strong character."
The Empress was more inclined to make Mikhail the Tsar.
This is just the queen's wishful thinking.
Although Mikhail is also a prince, the education he received is completely different from that of Nicholas. Nicholas was trained as a tsar since he was a child. Mikhail, like Georgi, is just a grand duke.
Georgi had been recuperating in Vladivostok and was on his way back to Crimea. His physical condition did not even allow him to get married, completely losing the possibility of becoming a tsar.
Mikhail, like Nicholas, has begun to serve in the Guards.
However, there is no other George by Mikhail's side at all times, so Mikhail's performance is completely different from that of Nicholas.
Mikhail, who just turned 16 this year, is said to have had a heated fight with the wife of a lieutenant colonel in the Guards. When the lieutenant colonel found out, he took a gun and wanted to duel Mikhail.
Although this matter was suppressed by Nicholas the Younger, it had already caused a stir in the army and became one of the countless tidbits of the Grand Duke of St. Petersburg.
George's scalp is numb. The grand dukes of the Romanov family are really good at trouble. They are so promising at the age of 16. When they grow up, it will be better.
"Don't worry about this, only Nikki will become the Tsar of the Empire, there is no other possibility."
George's confidence is extremely strong.
As of 1894, there were a total of 37 direct male members of the Romanov family.
Ensuring that Nicholas succeeds to the throne is the collective decision of these 37 people, and the queen is simply unable to compete.
When the Tsar was alive, there were still people willing to listen to what the Queen had to say.
Once the tsar dies and the queen is promoted to the empress dowager, she will fade out of the center of power.
Think about how St. Petersburg treated Catherine after the assassination of Alexander II -
After arriving in Crimea, Nicholas stayed at the Livadia Palace where the Czar was.
George and Anne lived in the Yusupov Palace, not far from the Livadia Palace.
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, who had married Xenia last year, came to visit George.
The relationship between Alexander and Xenia dates back to the time of Nicholas I. Since Alexander was Xenia’s cousin, Asan and the Queen did not agree with their marriage at first.
Xenia was deeply in love with Alexander and would not marry him except Alexander.
Yasan was seriously ill last year and felt that her time was running out, so she had no choice but to agree to Xenia marrying Alexander.
Alexander served in the Black Sea Fleet, and he came to George because of the Siberian Fleet.
The three major fleets of the empire, the Black Sea Fleet and the Baltic Fleet are biologically related, with complex relationships and intertwined interests.
Alexander's qualifications are not outstanding in the Black Sea Fleet, and it is difficult to get ahead, and his royal status is not easy to use in the Black Sea Fleet.
So Alexander wanted to be transferred to the Far East and work in the Siberian Fleet.
"The Siberian Fleet doesn't even have a decent warship, are you sure?"
George was surprised that there are still people who care about the Siberian Fleet!
“With you in Amur, after the Trans-Siberian Railway is opened to traffic, the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet will be there, and the Siberian Fleet will be there sooner or later.”
All Alexander’s confidence in the Siberian Fleet comes from George.
"Then I wish you all your wishes come true."
George didn't want Alexander to go to the Far East.
Alexeyev is very sensible. He never goes to Vladivostok when he has nothing to do. He almost forgets the home port of Vladivostok and is on the same page with George.
It would be hard to say if it were Alexander.
George didn’t know much about Alexander.
But just by doing this, Alexander was not doing very smartly.
Wouldn’t it be better to be your grand duke? Why should you go to the army to achieve a career?
George did not stay in Crimea for long. Just three days later, George and Sergey accompanied Nikolai to London.
This time I went to get engaged with Alex.
On the train to the Netherlands, Nikolai was beaming and in high spirits, completely missing the confusion he felt when he came to Crimea.
"Uncles, how do I look?"
Nicholas wore a dark green colonel's uniform, hoping to look his best in front of Alex.
Both George and Sergey said well that it actually doesn’t matter what Nikolay wears. Even if he appears naked in London, he will be warmly welcomed by London.
“Is the gift I prepared for Sani too shabby?”
Nicola wished he could give Alex all the best things in the world.
The gift Nicholas prepared for Alex was a set of jewelry including a crown.
The royal family of the Russian Empire is known for its luxury. Nicholas's set of gifts were found from the royal family's collections over the years and are worthy of Alex's status.
"No, your gift will open the eyes of the British."
It's not that George looks down on the British. In terms of aesthetics, the British are indeed not good at it. Many of the famous jewelry pieces of the British royal family were purchased at low prices through various channels when the Russian Empire fell. To put it bluntly, they were second-hand goods of unknown origin.
These are regarded as treasures by the British royal family, which shows how poor Britain's heritage is.
In a country where pirates started, talking about its background is a joke.
On the night of the 29th, the train arrived in the Netherlands and transferred to the "Polaris" to continue to London.
London held a grand welcome ceremony for Nicholas, and the "Polaris" was treated with a salute from the Royal Navy.
What George was not very satisfied with was that the British did not prepare cars, so Nicholas, George, and Sergey all had to take a carriage.
Nikolai had no objection to the ride. He only had Alex in his mind now and didn't pay much attention to everything around him.
Neither George nor Sergey wanted to ride in a carriage. Since Ya Er was assassinated, the Russian royal family had a natural resistance to carriages.
“Hope to God, no one will throw anything on the carriage.”
Sergey’s words were unlucky.
Someone did throw it.
But instead of throwing bombs, flowers were thrown.
Although the relationship between the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom is not very good, the British still show great goodwill towards the Russian Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince’s engagement is a big event. Nicholas came to London with him. In addition to George and Anne, there were also Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke Vladimir and his wife, and Sergei and his wife. , Pavel, as well as Father Yaneshev, and Russian teacher Schneider.
The engagement ceremony was not held in London, but in Coburg, Germany.
Because while Alex and Nikolai are holding their engagement ceremony, Alex's brother Ernst is also holding a wedding.
Ernst's wife was Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. This marriage was another tragedy. The cause of the tragedy was Kirill, the son of Grand Duke Vladimir.
Melita divorced Ernst in 1901 and later married Kirill.
Let’s not talk about the future. At least for now, Melita and Ernst are a loving couple. Their dates of birth are exactly the same, so this marriage is blessed by everyone.
Alex has some problems. She tries to convince Nikolai to get engaged to Nikolai without changing her faith.
How is this possible?
The state religion of the Russian Empire is Orthodox Christianity.
Not only the Russian Queen, but all princesses who marry Russian Grand Dukes must convert to Orthodox Christianity after marriage, regardless of their previous circumstances.
“Damn the British, Alex must have been bewitched by the British, so she changed her mind.”
Nicola’s love for Alex is blind .
George was not surprised at all.
Alex's various behaviors in St. Petersburg showed that all the rumors about Alex were not groundless. The future queen was indeed a bit unique.
Ella and Annie immediately went to persuade Alex.
Ernst and Alex's uncle Alfred and aunt Maria also joined the persuasion team.
Crown Prince Albert invited Nicholas to watch the opera "The Bird Seller", which was a performance specially prepared for Nicholas.
George is also involved in affairs. Compared with two months ago, the situation in the Far East is deteriorating.
Half a month ago, the "Akitsusu" protected cruiser was completed and joined the Japanese army in active service. Japan has completed all pre-war preparations.
The Qing Empire remained indifferent.
The reason is that after the Russian Empire took control of Goryeo, Japan lost the springboard to attack the Qing Empire. In the view of the Qing Dynasty, Japan wanted to launch a war only with Goryeo, which was the closest country.
George was speechless.
No wonder the Qing Empire gave up Goryeo to the Russian Empire so easily.
It turned out that it was hoped that Goryeo would become a barrier between Japan and the Qing Empire.
But how is this possible? Japan has reached the point where it has to launch a war, and Goryeo will not stop Japan's ambitions at all.
A week ago, Japan invited the Qing Empire’s Beiyang Fleet to visit Japan.
The Qing Empire also had this intention, hoping to use the Beiyang Fleet to deter Japan.
The visit is scheduled for one month later.
George realized immediately that the Japanese were about to take action.
Japan is a country that has no faith at all and will do whatever it takes to win. George can almost predict that Japan will definitely launch a surprise attack on the Beiyang Fleet during its visit to Japan.
As long as the Beiyang Fleet is eliminated, the long coastline of the Qing Empire will be completely unprotected.
George sent a telegram to Ye Luoxin, asking Ye Luoxin to remind the Qing Empire to be careful of Japanese sneak attacks.
This telegram attracted the attention of the British.
Since wireless telegraphy had not yet been developed, communication between George and Vladivostok was conducted through the London telegraph system.
Both George and Ye Luoxin used passwords. Although the British monitored George's communications, they only got a bunch of garbled codes that seemed to have no logic.
This made the British very curious.
(End of this chapter)