Chapter 633: Dispatched to the Frontier
It is precisely because of the queen's protection that several children will take risks.
Rasputin thought he had the protection of the queen and could do whatever he wanted in St. Petersburg, but he did not understand the power structure of the empire at all.
Paul, Yusupov and George, one is a clan member, the other is the largest capitalist in the empire, and the last one is the commander-in-chief of a war zone with an army of millions.
These three men combined could overthrow the Russian Empire.
Now the Queen actually takes the initiative to stand on the opposite side of these three people. What on earth does she want to do?
The Queen can be hysterical, but Nicholas is still very calm.
Dobrovolsky, the Minister of Justice, reported to Nicholas the investigation process and results of the incident at the Imperial Council.
“We received a call from Rasputin’s daughter on the morning of the 26th. She said that her father had not returned home all night. After investigation, we learned that Rasputin was invited by Grand Duke Yusupov. , went to Yusupov Palace as a guest. Gunshots were heard from Yusupov Palace that night. Someone saw Grand Duke Yuriev’s car leaving Yusupov Palace without turning on the lights. The next morning , the police found Rasputin's body in the river. After an autopsy, Rasputin died of drowning. He also had 5 gunshot wounds, three of which were fatal."
Brovorski's expression was rich, as if he was marveling at Rasputin's tenacity.
"The guests at Yusupov Palace that night were Grand Duke Yuriev's second son Alexander and Grand Duke Pavlovich. We are investigating their relationship with this matter-"
After Sergei's assassination, Dmitry successfully inherited Sergei's title.
“I order you in the name of the Grand Duke to immediately stop any investigation into this matter!”
Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, Nikolai’s brother, told Dobrovolsky growled.
On October 15, 1911, Mikhail married Natalia from Moscow in Vienna.
Before marrying Mikhail, Natalia was married twice and had a daughter with her first husband.
Since Natalia is not a royal family, her marriage to Mikhail is an interracial marriage, so Nicholas does not recognize the marriage, and Mikhail, like Paul, is expelled from the Russian Empire .
After the war broke out, Mikhail was pardoned and returned to his country.
Dobrovolsky looked at Nikolai with a troubled look.
Nicholas had to defend the power of the Minister of Justice: "No one has the right to kill!"
"Nikki, do you know what you are doing? Do you want to hold those three children accountable? Have you thought about the consequences of doing that!"
Mikhail's attitude towards Nikolai There is no convergence.
Crown Prince Alexei, who followed Nicholas to the imperial meeting, had been crying since the meeting began. He suddenly said to Mikhail: "Shouldn't they be taught a lesson and the murderer hanged? !”
“Amusa, shut up!”
Nicholas stopped him a little late, Alexey had already blurted out.
"Ha! That's great! Two of the three people who killed Rasputin were your uncles. Now you actually want to hang your two uncles for a dirty guy! This is ridiculous Is this the proper attitude for an imperial crown prince? "
Mikhail is full of firepower. It seems that patrolling the front line has not made Alexei mature quickly.
Although Alexey is only 11 years old.
But who lets someone start his military career at the age of 11?
Alexey was frightened and could not say a word.
"Nikki, do you think so too?"
Mikhail asked Nikolai's true attitude.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Nicholas.
“Although there are some things that I shouldn’t say, I still want to remind you, Nicky, that this matter must be handled with caution.”
Dmitry’s biological father, Paul, must take a stand , Yusupova has already said in Crimea that if her son is harmed, she will make the other party pay the price.
Although George said nothing in Constantinople, his attitude was even more worrying.
St. Petersburg doesn’t care about Yusupova’s words.
The thought of the millions of troops under George's command is terrifying.
“I know, I will handle it carefully.”
Nicholas was in an extremely bad mood. When he returned to the summer palace, he had to face the crying queen; the imperial council was also vaguely divided.
Mikhail and Paul's attitude was clear: they wanted to save their three children, even if they broke the law.
Dobrovolski worked very hard. Rasputin’s daughter reported the crime on the 26th, and the next day Dobrovolski submitted an investigation report to the queen.
Protopopov, who was recommended by the Queen as Minister of Internal Affairs, must be a supporter of the Queen.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Goritsyn is old, and Chairman of the State Duma Rodzianko hopes to handle this matter in a fair manner, at least to give an explanation to the outside world.
After the news of Rasputin's murder came out, St. Petersburg instantly boiled. People rushed to the streets to celebrate and went crazy with excitement. The "St. Petersburg Daily News" publicly declared in the newspaper: "The devil has been conquered, and the sinful There is no more soul!”
But at the same time, some reasonable people are also reflecting and calling on people to calm down and treat this matter with a correct attitude.
The so-called correct attitude is to demand that the murderer be put on trial.
Zhunkovsky arrested two so-called clients. After interrogation, they admitted that they received private training in the United States and then returned to the Russian Empire to fight for democracy and freedom for the Russians.
What horrified Zhunkovsky was that according to the two men's accounts, there were about 150 people in their group alone. They are the third batch.
And it's not the last batch.
Now this matter is very complicated.
Although it is private training, it does not mean that it has nothing to do with the US government.
Although the United States has not yet participated in the war, it has been deeply involved in the war, and its trade volume with the Allied Powers has skyrocketed.
If this matter is not handled well, it will cause the United States to completely turn to the Allies, which will bring greater disaster to the Allies.
For fear of causing greater chaos, the matter is still being investigated secretly, and Zhukovsky hopes to find out how many people came to the Russian Empire from the United States.
This is difficult to investigate because after the war broke out, many Russians living in the United States responded to the mobilization of the Russian Empire and voluntarily returned to the Russian Empire from the United States to join the army.
The consequences of this are extremely serious. If the army is infiltrated by rebels -
No wonder the Northern Front is in a mess.
George didn’t know how Nicholas would handle this matter. After Alexander and the other three killed Rasputin, Andrei’s continuous bombardment of Budapest finally stopped, and Count Najikari finally Walk into George's office again.
"Grand Duke, it seems that you have not been treated fairly."
Count Najikaroi was in a happy mood, and it seemed that he had found the right way to persuade George.
George smiled. He didn’t want to talk to Count Najikari at all. Meeting with Count Najikari was to warn St. Petersburg.
No matter how good the relationship between George and Nicholas was, he would never sacrifice his son for the so-called fairness of the empire's laws.
Aristocrats were not bound by the law. Pushing forward a few decades, if a nobleman killed an ordinary person, the most serious punishment was only a fine.
Before the outbreak of the French Revolution, the favorite thing of French aristocratic young people was to go to the streets together with a few people, randomly find an ordinary person, surround him, and then talk to him.
There was a rule in France at that time that ordinary people could not turn their backs to the nobles when talking to them.
So these aristocratic young people took advantage of this rule and played tricks on ordinary people for fun.
For the noble youth, this is just a game.
But ordinary people who are fooled will pay a heavy price for violating the regulations.
This is in Europe.
In Africa, the white man's way of playing the game is to shoot those Africans who are working for them.
Asia is even more outrageous. When the Qing Empire was not destroyed, foreigners killed Qing people. The Qing government not only had no right to deal with the murderers because of its "consular jurisdiction", but also had to pay compensation to appease the foreigners.
Rasputin did not have a title, and even his status as a Grand Elder was not recognized by the Orthodox Church. After assessing Rasputin, the Royal Chaplain Fiofon, the dean of the Petersburg Theological Seminary, believed that Rasputin Sputin was uneducated and could not even "read scriptures" and "could not read a complete sentence."
Subsequently, Feofang was revoked from the title of royal priest, revoked from his position, and was assigned to a local post.
Even Nicholas, when talking about Rasputin, could only give Rasputin the identity of a "farmer".
So in essence, the three Alexanders killed a farmer.
“You were commanding operations on the front line, but your first heir was arrested in Petrograd. If this happened in Budapest, the Budapest Police Station would be burned down by your supporters to arrest the little Duke. People will be hanged——"
Count Najikaroi felt very sorry for George.
George looked at Christie, who came over to ask Count Najikari to leave, his time was up.
"I haven't said anything yet-"
Count Najikaroi was disappointed and hoped to get more time.
"Sorry, there are other guests waiting outside, and the Grand Duke's time is limited."
Christie's attitude is firm, and you will not use the opportunity given to you.
On October 3, Nikola finally made a decision.
The three men who killed Rasputin were not tried, but they were all punished.
Dmitry was sent to Persia and served under General Baratov, the commander of the Persian dispatched army.
Little Felix was expelled from St. Petersburg and exiled to the Golden Bird Manor in Kursk Province, the birthplace of the Yusupov family.
Alexander was sent to the Balkan theater to follow the orders of Grand Duke Yuriev.
On October 11, Alexander and Anne arrived in Constantinople on the yacht "Polaris".
"Polaris" is a yacht exclusively used by the Russian royal family.
George asked Alexander to be his secretary, taking him with him to discipline him personally.
Alexander has a greater responsibility.
(End of this chapter)