Chapter 566: Abcession
A long time ago, George was ridiculed by European countries for advocating the Japanese threat theory.
Later, a war really broke out between the Russian Empire and Japan, and the process was just as George predicted. Japan posed a huge threat to the Russian Empire. If George hadn’t turned the tide, the Russian Empire would have lost the war——
No, the fact is that before George counterattacked, the Russian Empire had already lost the war.
So strictly speaking, the Russo-Japanese War was fought twice.
The same goes for the Balkan War. George took action at the most critical moment in the first phase to obtain the coveted Black Sea outlet for the Russian Empire. In the subsequent second phase, he planned a coup in the Kingdom of Bulgaria and sent his eldest son to the Kingdom of Bulgaria. On the king's throne.
Compared with the above two things, although the Kingdom of Greece and the Russian Empire both insisted that the coup in the Kingdom of Greece had nothing to do with the Russian Empire, how could others believe it.
George is really unjust. The coup in the Kingdom of Greece does have something to do with George.
But the coup in the Kingdom of Bulgaria was really not planned by George.
The problem is that even if George's stomach is cut open, others will only think that George's digestion function is too good, so only one bowl of rice noodles is left from the two bowls.
As in previous years, St. Petersburg began to enter winter in October, and George finally had a rare holiday. Even the craziest war maniac would not attack the Russian Empire in winter.
For Russians, this winter is almost the happiest winter ever.
Like last year, this year the Russian Empire once again had a bumper agricultural harvest, and its industrial output reached a new high. The empire also defeated its old rivals, gained access to the Black Sea, and fulfilled the long-cherished wish of Russians of all generations.
On October 6, Nicholas announced that Crown Prince Alexei had recovered from hemophilia, which was another miracle.
Strictly speaking, Alexey's hemophilia has not been cured, but has been effectively controlled.
Nicholas wanted all Russians to share in his joy, so he decided to reduce taxes in parts of the empire and grant amnesty.
After George learned the news, he immediately rushed to the Winter Palace.
The areas where Nicholas decided to reduce taxes were the newly acquired territories in Poland and the Balkans.
The Balkans have just experienced a war, and tax reductions and exemptions can effectively eliminate local resistance to the Russian Empire. George has no objection.
Poland is the area with the most frequent riots. The people's attitude towards the Russian Empire is not resistance, but outright hatred.
Another rebellion of more than 100,000 people broke out in Poland this summer, and a Guards force is still stationed in Warsaw.
Warsaw thus became the only area of the empire outside St. Petersburg and Moscow that required the garrison of the Guards.
Nicholas' reason was that the Poles had just experienced the devastation of the turmoil and needed to recuperate.
Furthermore, Polish taxes are inherently difficult to collect. This year’s rebellion broke out because of taxation.
Since the taxes are not going up, let’s just waive them and take advantage of the opportunity to buy them off.
George didn’t know which wise man gave Nicholas the good idea.
Nicola’s starting point must be good.
But if this matter spreads and is interpreted by people who are interested, it will become that those who abide by the law will pay taxes honestly, while those who refuse to pay taxes will be exempted or exempted.
What does this make law-abiding Russians think?
If this matter were handled by Dalinzi, the law-abiding Russians would definitely applaud.
George would rather be a villain than a sinner.
"Why don't we make a deal with Berlin and send all these Poles who don't want to live in the Russian Empire to Germany."
George diverted the trouble to the east and sent these Poles to Germany. When they go to Germany, they will also not abide by German laws.
As for whether William II will have a big beard or a mustache by then, George has no control over it.
“Are you crazy? I would rather send them all to Siberia to open up wasteland.”
Nicholas disagreed. It was totally not George's style to send millions of people who hated the Russian Empire to Germany.
If possible, George would certainly not be willing to do this.
But Siberia is now booming. If the Poles are sent to Siberia, George is worried that Siberia will become the next Poland.
"Oh, send them to Siberia, distribute land to them for free, help them build houses, give them loans, and provide them with cattle and seeds for almost free - what a wonderful idea!"
George preferred to leave these benefits to the Cossacks.
20 years ago, George suggested providing better living security for new immigrants in Siberia and promoting the development of Siberia.
At that time, George was a low-key person, and no one took George's suggestion seriously.
It wasn't until after the Russo-Japanese War, when George soared, that the Empire finally took the matter seriously.
This is also thanks to Stolypin's reforms.
Stolypin——
What a pity.
In fact, before Stolypin was assassinated, he almost resigned due to attacks from the opposition.
George did not expect that it was Empress Dowager Maria who spoke for Stolypin and Stolypin was able to stay in office.
After Stolypin was assassinated, Maria lived in Denmark for a long time and only returned to St. Petersburg once during the Romanov 300th anniversary celebration.
And I only stayed in St. Petersburg for 1 day.
"Marshal, the empire cannot withstand greater turmoil." The new Prime Minister Goremekin considers himself a conservative, but his "conservative" and George's "conservative" are two different concepts.
Because Russian agriculture had a bumper harvest this summer, the Russian Empire brewed more vodka.
This was originally a good thing, but there were rumors that Prime Minister Kokovtsev wanted to get Russians drunk with vodka.
This accusation is completely unreasonable. Vodka is the blood of Russians and is indispensable. Russians can endure without bread, but without vodka, Russians will rebel.
Nikolai did not blame Kokovtsev either.
Kokovtsev took the initiative to resign as prime minister and finance minister on the grounds that his health was unfit to serve as prime minister.
Golemekin's conservatism is mainly economic, but he is very liberal politically.
Goremekin opposed reforms and was himself the main driving force behind attacking Stolypin. During Kokovtsev's tenure as prime minister, he followed the reform policies of the Stolypin period and the empire's economy continued to develop.
Golemekin wanted to undo Stolypin's reforms, like an old leather jacket taken out of the closet in bad weather.
He said this himself.
"Is this your idea? Do you know what you are doing?"
George doesn't like Goremekin. How can such a person be a conservative? He should be Tomb Faction.
It is wrong to say that he is an ancient tomb.
During the Second State Duma, the Social Democratic Party was banned by Stolypin on the grounds of rebellion. Since then, the Social Democrats can only operate abroad, like a lost dog, and have almost disappeared.
After Goremekin took office, his first decree was to lift the ban on the Social Democratic Party, on the grounds that the empire wanted to listen to the voices of different classes.
George now wants to take Goremekin to the Navy Ministry and interrogate him to see if Goremekin is an internal agent planted by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Russian Empire.
It is still okay to listen to suggestions that are beneficial to the empire. After all, listening to one side will lead to darkness, and listening to both will lead to enlightenment.
Just listen.
How to do it depends on the reality of the Russian Empire.
The current platform of the Social Democratic Party is to overthrow the Russian Empire. What good suggestions will it give to the empire?
Absolutely ridiculous!
"Marshal, no matter what I do, I do it for the empire."
Golemekin was very aggrieved. I am already in my sixties, why did you do this to me.
"If you are for the empire, you should not compromise with the rebels. Any form of compromise is a betrayal of the empire."
George directly characterized Goremekin.
“Your Majesty, I did not betray the empire——”
Goremekin’s voice was trembling, and there were tears in his dark yellow eyes. If you don’t want to be an actor at the Royal Theater with this kind of acting skills, It is the loss of the Empire theater world.
"George, it's my fault, it has nothing to do with anyone else."
Nicola's good-guy nature started to show up again.
"No! It's not your fault, you are the Tsar, and the Tsar cannot make mistakes!"
George could swear that he was definitely safeguarding Nicholas' authority.
Nicola’s face was full of embarrassment.
After Goremekin was sent away, George took the initiative to discuss Stolypin's reforms with Nikolai.
“Whether the reform is effective or not, the results are the most powerful proof. During the years when Peter was Prime Minister, the empire’s security gradually improved and the economy prospered, so we were able to obtain the Black Sea outlet. This was all because of Peter’s reforms. Results——"
George is not greedy for merit, and he no longer needs to use these things to prove himself.
“Some self-righteous guys want to prove their ability in the position of Prime Minister, but the way they prove it is at the expense of the interests of the empire. This is absolutely unacceptable.”
< br>George reminded Nicholas not to touch it as long as the empire program is still running.
Ya Er had to carry out reforms because the empire was defeated and Ni Yi committed suicide.
Stolypin was also forced to take action against the land that occupied the most land in the empire because of the poor performance of the empire in the first stage of the Russo-Japanese War. This led to the glory of the Russian Empire.
If you let these guys with high ambitions and low power, this year will probably be the peak of the Russian Empire.
“I don’t know who can lead the empire to move forward like Peter—”
Nicholas sighed and looked at George with extremely complicated eyes.
There is no suitable person, and George is very suitable.
George has fully proven his ability in Amur and can develop the barren land of Amur into the scale it is today. With George as Prime Minister, the Russian Empire will reach a higher level.
It was precisely because George performed so well that Nicholas hesitated.
George is already recognized as a military god. Like Suvorov, he has never been defeated so far.
If George becomes prime minister and George achieves greater success, Nicholas will give in.
(End of this chapter)