Chapter 675 Ignatiev’s Gift
After the new century, especially after the Russo-Japanese War, George’s name resounded throughout Russia. Like Suvorov back then, he became the name of all Russian young people. idol.
In the minds of young people, the Czar is the representative of a decadent autocratic system and must be overthrown.
But if George were the Tsar, the situation would be completely different.
Nicholas lived in the palace for a long time. In order to prevent assassins from assassinating him, he used armored vehicles when entering and exiting, and never appeared in public. In order to maintain the so-called "mystery" of imperial power, he ate minced meat.
George expanded the territory, conquered Japan and the Ottomans, broke the British blockade, and at the same time seized the Black Sea outlet for the empire. By the way, he created a huge family business from scratch. In every aspect, he can be called a young man. Role model.
Let’s not worry about whether George built something from scratch, let’s just talk about whether the family fortune is big or not.
Some unpredictable media outlets in St. Petersburg frequently compare Vladivostok with St. Petersburg in order to attack the tsarist system. They conclude that Vladivostok is a hundred times better than St. Petersburg.
So the young people in St. Petersburg knew that the future of the empire lay in the Far East.
George was ridiculed as a "prodigal son" by the St. Petersburg aristocracy because of the high wages of workers in Vladivostok.
Then the workers of St. Petersburg learned that a person can really work hard and not only support his family, but also have time to enjoy life.
The original intention of the 8-hour work system is: 8 hours of work, 8 hours of rest, and 8 hours of free reign.
Whether the system is reasonable or not really has nothing to do with the system.
Russians still miss Emperor Ye and Peter the Great, which fully proves that it is not the Tsar that people hate, but Nicholas.
George arranged for Ignatiev to go to the Ministry of Interior to serve as Witte's deputy.
Ignatiev gave George a big gift the next day.
Due to the surplus grain collection system implemented by the interim government in the inland areas of Russia, farmers are in dire straits and are in urgent need of assistance.
Ignatiyev used to be in charge of land work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was very familiar with members of farmer delegations from various places.
On August 13th, a delegation of farmers from Crimea came to Constantinople.
The head of the delegation, Yuri, brought bread and salt to George, which is the highest courtesy.
When he met George, Yuri followed tradition and knelt down to kiss George's boots.
George pulled Yuri, who had white hair and beard, from the ground. He couldn't afford such a big gift.
Yuri looked at George with tears in his eyes and murmured to himself: "Like! So similar!"
George's height is the same as Yaer's, 1.9 meters tall.
Relatively speaking, Nicholas is a bit shorter, especially when he stands with George and little Nicholas, he looks like two adults with a child.
"Your Majesty, save your child——"
Yuri burst into tears, and other members of the delegation also howled.
Even Ignatiev wiped away tears.
George glared at Ignatiev, what do you mean?
Ignatiev has a clear conscience. He hopes that George can listen to the voices of the people and not be isolated from the world like Nicholas.
It took a while for Yuri and the members of the delegation to calm down. After sitting down again, Yuri complained to George.
“Many families have completely run out of food. Men were drafted into the army and died in battle, leaving only women and children struggling to survive. In order not to drag down their families, many elderly people——”
Yuri’s words Let George truly realize how dire the situation really is.
The miserable situation of farmers was mentioned in just a few sentences in Witte's report.
This is the writing style that Werther developed during the Nicholas era, reporting good news but not bad news.
"Hasn't the relief food been distributed yet?"
George asked Ignatiev.
Ignatiev spread his hands, how many days have I been here?
George finally realized how Taizong felt when he suffocated the bird to death in his arms.
I really can’t afford to offend upright people.
At noon, George invited the peasant delegation to dinner, and Yuri began to wipe his tears again, filled with emotion.
Yuri is 70 years old this year and has experienced four generations of tsars.
Although Yuri means "farmer", Yuri is actually a landowner, owning more than 500 acres of land.
500 acres, equivalent to more than 8,000 acres.
During the Ya Er period, Yuri had met Ya Er as a member of the peasant delegation, so Yuri burst into tears when he saw George.
The peasant delegation was warmly received by Ya Er. Ya Er not only hosted a banquet for the peasant delegation in the Winter Palace, but also allowed the delegation members to take away the tableware they used as souvenirs.
These tableware have royal emblems on them.
Ya Er treats farmers well, so he is supported by them.
At the funeral of Ya Er, all provinces and governorates across the country sent peasant delegations.
The flowers in Yashuang’s hands were presented by the farmer delegation.
At the end of Nicholas's reign, a delegation of farmers also came to see Nicholas and expressed their wishes to Nicholas.
The court doctor Potkin recorded the scene at that time.
The peasant representatives were taken to Tsarskoye Selo and waited for half an hour before Nicholas arrived belatedly surrounded by palace ministers and guards.
The peasant representatives bowed to Nicholas. Without even looking at them, Nicholas took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read a few words dryly. Then the peasant representatives were taken away. .
Botkin did not record the details of Nicholas's speech, but one of the sentences was: I pardon you. pardon!
Is it a crime for a peasant delegation to petition?
Nicholas ignored the peasants and was abandoned by them.
George still takes the peasant delegation very seriously. After all, there is no stability without farmers.
After Stolypin's reform, most farmers lived a good life. They had leather shoes to wear, meat to eat, money to buy wine, and began to have money to buy high-end tableware. Their living standards were getting better and better. high.
After the establishment of the Second Provisional Government, there were rumors that all land would be nationalized, which made farmers very worried.
George asked the farmer representatives to rest assured that not only would their land not be confiscated, but they would also increase support for agriculture.
Russia is vast and sparsely populated, has a high per capita land ownership, and is very dependent on labor.
The world war caused Russia to lose tens of millions of people, all of whom were young and middle-aged laborers. If no solution was found, it would definitely have an impact on Russia's agricultural production.
George’s countermeasure is to increase the popularity of agricultural machinery.
Machinery can replace labor to the greatest extent, and one tractor can carry ten cattle. George was very impressed by the Russian female tractor drivers in some Russian promotional albums.
Tractors are still relatively expensive.
This again involves agricultural loans, which requires the cooperation of multiple departments to help farmers solve this problem.
Yuri was stunned when he heard that George's plan was more perfect than he imagined.
Before coming to George, the limit of Yuri's fantasy was that George would provide food for the farmers to survive the winter.
After hearing George's plan, Yuri wanted to kiss George's boots again.
This time George did not pull him up, because all the delegation members gathered around and touched George's clothes, and some tried to pull the buttons on George's clothes.
On George's button, there is the coat of arms of the Yuriev family.
George asked Christie to prepare a gift for each member of the delegation.
The value of the gift is not high, a pipe and a silver stainless steel flask.
The golden badges on the pipes and flagons made all the delegates ecstatic.
I will definitely not be willing to use this when I take it back. I will give it as a family heirloom. After a few years, I will take it out to show off to my friends: I remember that I also had dinner with Grand Duke Yuriev!
Eating with the Grand Duke is definitely not as pleasant as eating with the "Tsar".
So Yuri knelt down and asked George to take the throne. If he didn't agree, he wouldn't get up.
George looks at Ignatiev.
Ignatiev waved his hands hurriedly, this was really not my arrangement.
After all the hard talk, the representatives were finally sent away.
George did not forget to arrange accommodation so that they could stay in Constantinople for a few days before leaving.
There are quite a lot of places to visit in Constantinople. Despite repeated official orders, a mere cold has not attracted the attention of the people of Constantinople.
Russians are not even afraid of death, are they afraid of catching a cold?
Most of the members hid their pipes and flasks in their suitcases, reluctant to use them.
Yuri's son Dimitri was showing off his shame and played with the pipe in his hand, but Yuri beat him on the head and face.
The delegates stayed in Constantinople for a week before returning home.
Only when Yuri returned home did he find that while he was in Constantinople, George had already sent his family enough food and fuel for the winter, as well as cotton clothes and boots.
Yuri decided to go to Constantinople in a few days to give a newborn lamb to George.
Although Yuri didn't know George well, he knew that George would definitely like this gift.
George doesn't care about the value of the gift, the key is that the thought is rare.
As time went by, more and more people came to Constantinople to invite George to the throne, not only peasant representatives and representatives of the legions, but also a delegation of workers from Amur.
Although Amur is the hometown of Grand Duke Yuriev, are the workers of Amur not workers?
Vasily, Brusinov and others also sent telegrams to George, hoping that George could make up his mind as soon as possible.
The Second Balkan Army had occupied most of Moscow, and Vasily assured George that the fighting would be over within the next week.
Moscow is the last stronghold of the Second Provisional Government. The members of the Second Provisional Government were unable to escape their autonomy and led the army in fierce and cruel street battles with the Second Army.
The vanguard of the Second Army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
Vasily became fierce and ordered the air force and artillery to carry out carpet bombing of Moscow. At the same time, he ordered armored fighting vehicles as the vanguard to destroy all enemies who dared to resist.
On August 29, with the last stronghold of the Second Provisional Government being captured, the fighting in Moscow finally ended.
Vasily sent people to turn Moscow upside down, but could not find Nicholas.
Bronstein was not found either. Some people said that Bronstein died in the shelling on the 19th and his body was completely missing.
Some people say that Bronstein escaped in disguise when the city was breached and has gone into exile.
The most outrageous thing is that some people say that Bronstein abducted Nikolai's princesses and hid them in seclusion somewhere in Siberia.
This is nonsense. Bronstein is not very good-looking and most princesses will not like him.
(End of this chapter)