Chapter 499: Don’t take the God of War as a god
Alexey only found out about the attack on Tsarskoye Selo the next day. Like Alexeyev, he could not do anything big as long as he slept. Wake him up.
Like little Nicholas, Alexei did not take this matter to heart. If it were not for Konstantin Pavlovich’s reminder, he would not even plan to go to Tsarskoye Selo to visit the Tsar. .
During the Guards, Constantine often caused trouble for George. Later, after George became famous in the Rivno exercise, Constantine transferred to the navy and never appeared in front of George again.
Constantine has not been doing well in these years. His current military rank is only lieutenant colonel and he serves as Alexei's adjutant.
"Alexei originally wanted to disperse the homeless people around Tsarskoye Selo by force, but because George did not agree, the matter was postponed until now."
When Constantine was in the Guards, he was thanking the regiment service.
St. Petersburg is such a big place, and military reform is the most important thing in recent times. It is enough to ferment many things overnight.
Alexei said nothing and was undecided.
If what Constantine said is true, then George must be responsible for this.
But as far as this matter is concerned, it is not enough to shake Nicholas's trust in George. If he uses the topic as an excuse, he might get deeply involved.
The key Alexei is not sure about George's attitude yet.
After the Russo-Japanese War, although Nicholas did not touch Alexei, he still made Alexei minister of the navy. However, his trust in Alexei was decreasing day by day, and Alexei had to be careful. cautious.
“This thing is weird from beginning to end. Why did the rebels know when the Tsar came to Tsarskoye Selo? What’s even more amazing is that when the rebels launched an attack on Tsarskoye Selo, there happened to be a military force next to Tsarskoe Selo. The Guards are training - the Guards have never been so diligent."
Constantin has not forgotten the humiliation he suffered in the Guards.
If Constantine hadn't performed so poorly in the Guards back then, he would at least be a general now and wouldn't have wasted so many years at the level of a school officer.
In fact, it can’t be said to be bad.
Although Constantine's performance in the Guards cannot be said to be outstanding, compared with other grand dukes, Constantine thinks that he is not bad. It is just because George was too evil back then that Constantine did not Enter the Tsar's sight.
Two tsars, Assange looked down on Constantine. After Nicholas succeeded to the throne, Constantine had no chance to stand out.
“So you are saying that George planned this?”
Alexey directly exposed Constantine's little thoughts. If Constantine dared to admit it, Alexey wouldn't mind taking Constantine to see Nicholas.
Constantine was startled, but he didn’t say this.
When Constantine was in the Guards, he experienced firsthand how good the relationship between George and Nicholas was.
If he dares to slander George, there is no need for George to defend himself, Nicholas will punish him on George's behalf, and exile is a light sentence.
In recent years, Nicholas has exiled his uncle, brother, and the third heir to the Tsar. At least on the surface, Nicholas has clear rewards and punishments.
Crown Prince Alexei is the first heir, the second heir is the soon-to-be-dead Grand Duke Vladimir, and the third heir is Kirill, who is about to return to St. Petersburg.
In Tsarskoye Selo, the guards made an artificial ice rink with water on the lawn next to the Alexander Palace. The princesses were having fun with Polis and Alexander. Alex was sitting in a warm tent made of cashmere. Watch Anne teach Alexandra a lesson.
Alexei is in poor health and cannot participate in such intense exercise.
On a whim, Alexandra wanted to take Alexey to skate with her, but then Alexandra was pulled back by Annie's ears.
“Since Amusa is not in good health, she needs to exercise more to get better.”
Alexandra was not convinced. She was in such good health just because she loved sports.
Speaking of which, Alexandra is Alexei's aunt. It's normal for an aunt to take her nephew to play with her.
“Shut up!”
Anne did not reason with Alexandra. The boys in her family were all naughty, and the Yuriev family had a special bloodline.
Alexei is only four years old and can’t walk well yet. Even if he is healthy, he cannot skate.
The princesses of Nicholas and Alex all have good personalities and are not as lawless as Alexandra, so Alex likes Alexandra very much.
If Alexandra doesn’t provoke Alexei.
It can be seen from the proficiency with which Anne twisted her ears just now that this is definitely not the first time this has happened.
Just as Alexandra was about to speak, Miss Zanotti ran over in a hurry, and Alexey started to have a headache again.
Miss Zanotti is Alex’s childhood playmate and has always been by Alex’s side. Legend has it that Miss Zanotti’s mother was Alex’s wet nurse.
Another important person beside Alex is Princess Sonia Alboriani from the Caucasus. She suffers from hereditary paralysis and can only use a wheelchair. Alex does not dislike Sonia and lets her Sonya lived in the room next to the princesses.
Alexi is Alexi's heartthrob. When she heard that Alexi had a headache, Alexi ignored the excitement and hurriedly went to see Alexi.
Anne did not bother to teach Alexandra a lesson, slapped her finger hard on Alexandra's forehead, and followed Alex out of the greenhouse.
Alexandra's screams did not win any sympathy. The Grand Duchess rolled her eyes and followed Alex and Anne to visit her eldest nephew.
Unlike Polis and Alexander, who are healthy, strong and like wolf cubs, Alexey, who has been tortured by hemophilia for a long time, is very pitiful. He is thin and small and looks nothing like a four-year-old child. . When Anne walked into Alexei's room, the court doctor Potkin was examining Alexei.
Alexei was so hurt that he couldn't say anything. His little face wrinkled up and he cried loudly.
Alex's face was ashen beside her.
Potkin is an experienced doctor, but he is also helpless about Alexei's condition.
Before Potkin finished the examination, Alex asked Miss Zanotti to ask for Rasputin.
Rasputin arrived soon. His hair and beard were long, his eyes were as sharp as hooks, and he was wearing a black robe with no accessories except a cross on his chest.
Rasputin was not in a hurry to treat Alexei, but first greeted Alexi with a salute.
When he saw Anne, Rasputin's gaze did not stop and quickly moved to Alexei.
“Queen mother, don’t worry, God has seen your tears, the crown prince will get well soon——”
Rasputin stood in front of Alexei’s bed, Close your eyes, raise your hands, and begin to sing "God Save the Tsar" in a low voice.
Along with Rasputin's singing, Alexei's crying gradually decreased.
Rasputin leaned down and whispered in Alexey's ear: "Amusa, you feel very good now. You don't hurt anymore. You don't hurt anywhere! I'm right You said, sleep, sleep -"
Alexey really fell asleep.
The doctors and nurses withdrew in droves, leaving only Miss Zanotti to take care of Alexey.
“Thank you very much, I don’t know what I would do without your help——”
With red eyes, Alex thanked Rasputin.
“It’s my honor to serve you——”
Rasputin didn’t stay too long, he retired after his success and left.
Anne was very surprised, she had never seen this kind of treatment before.
“This is why many people hate Mr. Rasputin. They are jealous that Mr. Rasputin can enter and leave the palace freely, but if they can help me control Amusa’s condition, then they will also get My trust.”
Alex's expression was as cold as ice and her mood was extremely bad.
While Anne was greatly shocked, Nicholas and the imperial ministers were holding a meeting at Catalina Palace.
This time George brought Milyutin and Brushinov with him, and Brushinov introduced George's military reform plan to the imperial ministers in detail.
This is only the first version, it is not detailed enough and needs to continue to be adjusted.
This is normal. Nicholas did not expect George to change the status quo in a short time. In Stolypin’s report to Nicholas, if the empire could complete military reform within 10 years, Then it would be considered effective.
10 years!
Ten years later it was 1918.
Nicolas of another time and space abdicated in 1917.
George did not want to delay for ten years. Some things can be taken slowly, and some things must be acted upon immediately, such as the veterans gathered around St. Petersburg.
Constantine felt that George did not comfort the veterans in time, so the attack on Tsarskoye Selo was George's fault.
But things are not that simple.
George had long told Stolypin that all the veterans gathered around St. Petersburg would be sent to East India, and George would be responsible for their resettlement.
The reason why it has not been implemented until now is because there are rumors in St. Petersburg that George is using the army to make profits for himself.
Everyone knows that Amur is short of people. In order to attract new immigrants, Amur has formulated many preferential policies, but the results have not been very good.
Sending veterans to the Amur for resettlement will be a good thing for both St. Petersburg and the Amur, killing two birds with one stone.
But is a good thing the right thing to do?
Some people don’t think so.
There are many people in this world who harm others and do not benefit themselves. If I am not living well, you should not be happy either.
As George expected, after Brushinov’s introduction, everyone, including little Nicholas, looked at George with a bit complicated eyes.
From 7 years to 3 years, an average of 200,000 soldiers retire every year. These 200,000 soldiers are trained veterans. If they are not sent to Amur, they will become the backbone of the empire's reserves.
It would be better now to send all the veterans to Amur. Once a war breaks out in the empire, will there be enough reserves to mobilize?
To put it another way, what does Amul need so many veterans for?
It’s scary to think about it.
"The gathering of veterans in St. Petersburg has reached a point where it has to be solved and must be implemented immediately."
Stolypin fully supports it.
If George wanted to rebel, wouldn't George be able to do it even without these veterans?
You guys look down on the God of War too much.
(End of this chapter)