Chapter 631 Betrayal
Germany's wishful thinking was to use the "Schlieffen Plan" to quickly defeat France within 6 weeks, and then turn to the eastern front to cooperate with Austria-Hungary to defeat the Russian Empire, thus winning the war.
Britain was not in William II's plan at all. The purpose of the German High Seas Fleet was to ensure that the German coastline was not disturbed by the British army.
This was indeed accomplished. After the outbreak of the World War, although Germany lost control of the sea, Britain really did not dare to land in Germany.
Although little Nicholas was ambitious and talented, his recklessness led to the complete bankruptcy of Germany's Schlieffen Plan, which can be regarded as a mistake.
By August this year, the world war has been going on for a full year, which has had a huge impact on the economies of all countries.
Britain and France have huge overseas colonies to support them and can still maintain them.
The Russian Empire has the foundation laid by Stolypin, and there will be no problems in a short period of time.
Germany’s problems not only come from itself, but also include the burden of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Long before the Russian army occupied Transylvania, a large number of Hungarians fled and became refugees.
The siege of Budapest by the Russian army caused a large number of Hungarian nobles to live in Vienna or Berlin.
Germany was well prepared before the war and could still maintain it.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was unsustainable. It not only needed the German army to assist in defense, but also needed German assistance in strategic materials, including food, in order to continue the fight.
Falkenhayn's disappointment in the Austro-Hungarian Empire had reached the point of disgust.
Hindenburg was unwilling to shift his main attack direction to the Western Front, which meant that he would not be able to receive reinforcements from Germany.
After Nicholas takes over as commander-in-chief, the Russian army will continue to mobilize.
If reinforcements cannot be obtained from Germany, even Hindenburg will not be able to resist the attack of the superior Russian army.
George was not in the mood to watch the excitement. On September 25, Rasputin died.
The three people who killed Rasputin were Felix Yusupov Jr., Yusupova’s only son, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Alexandra Georg Erchievna's only son, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, and George's second son, Alexander.
Felix and Yusupova had four sons, two died early, the third was killed in a duel, leaving only little Felix, the last son.
Alexandra died giving birth to Dmitry, leaving Paul a son and a daughter, who were raised by Sergei and Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna after Paul was expelled from the Russian Empire .
Elizabeth is the biological sister of Queen Alex. Since Elizabeth carries the hemophilia gene, Sergei and Elizabeth did not have children, so Dmitry is the only heir to Sergei's title.
The process of these three men killing Rasputin was also full of drama.
Little Felix married Nikolai's niece, Grand Duchess Irina Alexandrovna, last year. When Rasputin attended the wedding, Felix drove him away.
This man is really shameless. Felix and Yusupova didn't invite him at all. He went to the wedding shamelessly and deserved to be kicked out.
After all, Rasputin was a guest of the queen, and he held a grudge after being driven away, so he showed little respect for Irina at a palace ball.
About September 20, Irina invited Rasputin to a party at Yusupov Palace, and Rasputin happily attended the appointment on the evening of the 26th.
Little Felix is 28 years old, Dmitri is 24, and Alexander is only 20 years old.
These three men were too inexperienced in killing people. They first poisoned Rasputin but did not kill him.
Little Felix fired three shots at Rasputin, hitting all of them.
The three of them thought Rasputin was dead, but during the examination, they did not expect that Rasputin came back to life and strangled little Felix's neck.
Little Felix was almost strangled to death. In desperation, Dmitri hit Rasputin's head with a hammer, making a hole in Rasputin's head.
Rasputin is still not dead.
In the end, Alexander put a gun to the back of Rasputin's head and shot him, finally killing Rasputin.
After Rasputin died, these three people wanted to destroy the body and throw it into the Neva River.
These three men also had no experience in destroying corpses and eliminating traces. They did not tie heavy objects to Rasputin's body, so the body did not sink to the bottom of the water and was discovered the next day.
After all, Rasputin was a popular figure in front of the queen. Although he was very happy to be killed, the queen was heartbroken.
So Alexander and little Felix, as well as Dmitry, were arrested.
George is the commander-in-chief of the theater and cannot leave easily.
Anne immediately went to St. Petersburg after learning the news.
Polis also came from Adrianople and wanted to go to St. Petersburg.
“No, you can’t go!”
George’s disappointment in Alex also reached the level of disgust.
The three people who killed Rasputin, one was the only son of the richest man in Russia, and the remaining two were the brothers of the Tsar.
Alex was so mad that he arrested these three people for a monster monk, and George was speechless.
"Why did Sasha do this?"
Polis couldn't figure it out. Alexander usually seemed quite smart, but he didn't expect to get into such a big trouble.
Rasputin was hated by everyone in St. Petersburg. Little Nicholas shouted every day that he wanted to hang Rasputin, why didn't he do it?
Felix humiliated Rasputin in public, knowing that Rasputin would hold a grudge, but did not send anyone to kill Rasputin.
To put it bluntly, they are waiting for others to take action. No one wants to offend the queen because of this monster monk.
If this matter were replaced by Polis, Polis would incite little Felix and Dmitri, and he would never participate.
“Because Rasputin deserves to die!”
George would never allow anyone to harm Alexander.
These three people are confident when they dare to take action. Yusupova was confident that she could buy the Russian Empire.
Behind Dmitri are two grand dukes, and they are also the nephews of the queen.
Alexander relied not only on George, the royal military god, but also on Polis, the king's brother.
The reason why George didn't let Polis go to St. Petersburg was because as long as George and Polis were there, Alex could lock Alexander up and give him a slight punishment, but she would never dare to kill Alexander to avenge the evil monk.
Of course, being locked up is unthinkable.
"Your Majesty has gone too far. How could he arrest Sasha for such a person?"
Polis was angry and worried about Alexander.
George was not worried at all.
Alexander was arrested by the gendarmerie and imprisoned at the gendarmerie headquarters.
Before arresting Alexander, Gendarmerie Commander Zhunkovsky sent a telegram to George, telling George not to worry and that he would ensure Alexander's safety.
Look, people with real power are so meticulous in everything they do and will not offend others easily.
It is too easy to kill someone these days. Think about how the few people who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand were infected with tuberculosis. The sanitary conditions in prisons in the Russian Empire were not much better than those in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
If Alexander was infected with tuberculosis, George would massacre the Gendarmerie headquarters with blood.
Although Anne was also worried about Alexander, she did not go to the queen directly after arriving in St. Petersburg. She went to Yusupova first.
Yusupova is not in Yusupov Palace, but in her hometown in Crimea.
This attitude is also very clear.
If the queen dares to kill little Felix, Yusupova will mobilize her 400,000 serfs.
400,000 in 1831, I don’t know how many there are now.
Does the Queen think that the empire has abolished serfdom and those serfs have nothing to do with the Yusupov family?
Old God Felix was here, and he was not worried about the safety of the three of them.
After Alexander and the three were arrested, 19 royal princes of the empire submitted a joint letter to Nicholas on behalf of the three, pleading for mercy for the three.
This fully proves the dislike of Rasputin by the imperial nobles.
And the dislike for the Queen.
Although the Orthodox Church does not advocate divorce, if Nicholas divorced Alex, the empire would never object.
Not only does he not object, but he also praises Nicholas' courage to break the shackles of marriage.
After being confused for half a lifetime, it is rare to be wise once.
"Don't worry, His Majesty is on his way back to St. Petersburg. This matter will be resolved soon."
Felix's expression showed no emotion or anger, and only he knew what he was thinking in his heart.
"How are the children?"
Anne was equally calm, she was regretting it.
I regret not killing Rasputin in Amur.
"I just went to visit them yesterday, and they look pretty good——"
There is indeed something extraordinary about Felix being favored by Yusupova.
“——I think this is a good opportunity to let them know to calm down when things happen.”
Anne looked at Felix with a slightly dissatisfied look.
In Anne's opinion, the reason why Alexander learned to be "bad" was because he was led bad by people like little Felix and Dmitry.
Although Alexander is already 20 years old, little Felix is already 29 years old. Considering the average life expectancy these days, a person who is already dying, how can he still be so immature?
Felix was helpless.
Only one of his and Yusupova’s four sons grew up. In order for their only son to successfully take over the Yusupov family, Felix and Yusupova carefully taught little Felix , let him become a responsible person.
The result is that the sense of responsibility is too much.
Felix and Yusupova if there are problems with the education of little Felix.
So is it okay for George and Anne to educate Alexander?
Polis is now the King of Bulgaria, and Alexander automatically becomes the first heir to the Grand Dukedom of Yuriev.
Looking at it this way, the future of the Yuriev family is also worrying.
It’s okay for Alexander, even if he is useless, he still has the third child.
Felix and Yusupova can no longer have children.
After Sergei was assassinated, Elizabeth was unable to have a baby even if she wanted to, and had to rely on Dmitry, her adopted son, to support her in her old age.
While Anne was planning with Felix on how to rescue her son, Elizabeth was at the summer palace, asking her sister to release her son.
"Are you even going to betray me?"
Alex was very angry and full of evil spirits.
Elizabeth looked pale, who was betraying her!
(End of this chapter)