Chapter 685: Different ways do not work together
Before August last year, Nikolai’s family had been detained in Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg.
In mid-August, Nikolai's family was secretly sent to Moscow.
After the signing of the "Brest-Litovsk Treaty", Nikolai's family was transferred to Yekaterinburg.
In mid-July, the Cossacks led by Runev advanced towards Yekaterinburg, and Nikolai's family was secretly transferred again one day in mid-to-late July.
Dmitry found a large number of valuables in the home of Father Alexey Vasilyev, a total of 154 items, including a diamond brooch weighing 100 carats, and three diamond brooches weighing 44 carats, 35 carats, and 37 carats. Diamond issuance card.
These items were packed in a brown leather suitcase with the Romanov family crest, with a total weight of 32.5 kilograms.
In a mine near the church, Dmitri found the bodies of doctor Botkin, chef Kharitonov, servant Troup, and Demidova.
At the home of Khokhlyakov, the head of the Yekaterinburg Executive Committee, Dmitri found two bras completely sewn with diamonds and a gold bracelet studded with diamonds.
This gold bracelet belongs to Alex. She has worn it for at least 20 years and never leaves her body.
Khokhlyakov himself died in the fighting in Yekaterinburg. He had no family and was a worker before being elected head of the Executive Committee.
Dmitry took these things to Constantinople and gave them to George.
"Everyone who knew the whereabouts of the Tsar was either dead or missing. No one knew where the Tsar was, or even whether he was still alive."
Did Dmitri A good feeling.
George was very sad and didn’t want to say a word.
Dmitry has no house in Constantinople and temporarily lives in the house of his friend Felix the Younger.
After learning about the situation, little Felix whispered: "God will bless him-"
"What?"
Dmitri didn't listen. clear.
“I said, not finding it is not necessarily a bad thing——”
Young Felix knew better what was going on in Constantinople.
“Why?”
Dmitri is 27 years old and not mature enough.
"The Grand Duke and His Majesty grew up together since childhood. The two have a very deep relationship. I believe that the Grand Duke's feelings for His Majesty are sincere."
Little Felix's next words made De Mitri turned pale.
"——The proud soldiers under the Grand Duke do not necessarily hope that Your Majesty is still alive, otherwise Duke Suvorov will find the church earlier than you."
Little Felix put the things on the table The newspaper pushed it to Dmitri.
The bold headline in the newspaper is particularly eye-catching: Grand Duke Yuriev should immediately ascend the throne.
"What does this mean? His Majesty has abdicated, which does not affect the Grand Duke's accession to the throne."
Dmitri did not clarify the relationship.
"Then according to what you said, since His Majesty has abdicated, why does the provisional government not allow His Majesty to go to England?"
The situation described by little Felix is different from what Dmitri learned. .
After Kerensky was under house arrest, he wrote an article to a newspaper to defend his actions, saying that it was because of the obstruction of the Provisional Executive Committee that he could not send the Tsar and his family to England.
The Provisional Executive Committee did not allow Nikolai to leave the country and wanted to hold Nikolai accountable.
The interim government's attitude in sending Nicholas to Britain was not firm enough.
Although the Tsar has abdicated, there is still George, the Grand Duke of Yuriev, who has a large number of troops in the Balkans. If Nicholas goes to Britain and transfers to Constantinople, who can guarantee that George will not be able to afford military peace.
Nicholas was forced to abdicate by the provisional government. This had nothing to do with the Provisional Executive Committee. At that time, the people of the Provisional Executive Committee could not see Nicholas at all.
For the same reason, except for George, I am afraid no one hopes that Nicholas is still alive.
Even the grand dukes of the Romanov family.
Russia needs a strong tsar to lead Russia forward.
Nicholas had proven with facts that he was not qualified as a tsar.
This night, Dmitri got himself completely drunk.
The latest news in Constantinople, in addition to the upcoming Paris Peace Conference, is also the gathering of the Dolgorukov family.
People only know that Grand Duke Yuriev is very rich.
But the Dolgorukov family hiding behind Grand Duke Yuriev was ignored.
Mario, who served as governor of Amur, Dejan, the chief executive of East India, and Alexander, a wealthy American businessman, all came from the Dolgorukov family.
The Dolgorukov family gathers every year, and this year’s theme is said to be to discuss whether to support Grand Duke Yuriev’s ascension to the throne.
So this gathering of the Dolgorukov family attracted the attention of almost everyone.
The Yuriev family already has a king. If George becomes the Russian Tsar, then as an in-law of the Yuriev family, the Dolgorukov family will also become the most prominent family in Russia.
Russia has abolished the title system, and George has no power to make him a knight.
Polis can.
After Polis became the king of Bulgaria, Thierry, who was far away in the United States, provided a lot of help in the construction of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Polis decided to grant Thierry a knighthood. Since Thierry has passed away, the honor will be received by Thierry's eldest son Alexander.
On December 15, Alexander and his party of more than 20 people arrived in Constantinople on the yacht "Dolgorukov" owned by the Dolgorukov family.
This was Alexander's first visit to Constantinople.
Alexander is two years older than George. Due to neglect of body management, Alexander's body has gained serious weight. His hair has become a standard Mediterranean style due to early baldness. His nose is a bit red due to long-term heavy drinking, which makes Alexander look a bit... funny.
Mario arrived in Constantinople two days before Alexander, and Dejan was in Paris and arrived a little later.
George did not go to the dock to greet Alexander, which made Alexander quite unhappy.
Mario took the initiative to explain that George was too busy at work and his daily schedule was fully booked. He could only make time to have dinner with Alexander after get off work in the evening.
"Can't George decide his own working hours?"
Alexander himself has to work 4 hours a day, and he thinks he has worked very hard.
"George has to manage a huge country with an area of 20 million square kilometers. Every decision he makes will affect the fate of countless people, so he has to be cautious."
Mali Ao himself is also very busy at work, and officials and businessmen are still different.
Mario spends at least 6 hours a day in Amur attending various meetings, listening to various reports, and meeting with different people.
Alexander's so-called job is nothing compared to George and Mario.
The Dolgorukov family has now passed the period of capital accumulation and relies more on capital to make money.
Alexander is planning to transfer the Dolgorukov family's main business in the United States from real industry to finance.
Compared with the real industry, it is too easy to make money in finance. Alexander's daily work consists of eating, drinking, playing golf, etc. with different people, and exchanging news by the way.
“If you work hard to build a car, you can only earn 100 US dollars. With a change in the stock market, you can easily earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why bother building cars?”
Alexander's ideas are obviously different from George's.
It is indeed easy to make money in finance, but finance without industrial support is a castle in the air. Countless tragedies in history have proven this.
The United States has been taking shortcuts since the day it was born. A financial crisis breaks out every ten years or so, which has also become a weapon for American capital to harvest European wealth.
“This is why the Hebrews are disgusting.”
Mario does not hate finance, but hates American-style finance controlled by the Hebrews.
The Hebrews are indeed very smart, but unfortunately they use all their intelligence to make money. They are only interested in profit, have no bottom line, and have no sense of social responsibility at all.
“I like the Hebrews because they can help me make money.”
Alexander does not hate the Hebrews, and may even become a Hebrew.
“You already have a lot of money, what’s the point of making more money?”
Mario reminds Alexander that he is in danger now.
"Besides making money, what else can I pursue?"
Alexander was also confused and did not understand the meaning of wealth at all.
That’s right.
If you are poor, you can take care of yourself, and if you are prosperous, you can help the world. This principle is too profound for Alexander.
“You can pursue social respect and self-actualization.”
Mario is also very rich, but his attitude towards wealth is more open-minded than Alexander.
"I don't need the respect of those poor people."
Alexander's mentality is seriously unbalanced.
Mario stopped talking nonsense. Alexander’s mentality was not developed in a day or two, nor could it be changed in three or two sentences.
When Alexander saw George, he was already complaining. He had never seen the President of the United States so hard as George.
Alexander also knew that George was the backbone of the Dolgorukov family, so Alexander revealed his plan in full, hoping to get George's support.
“It is indeed easy to make money in finance, but industry cannot be given up.”
George is not opposed to using finance to make money. When capital develops to a certain level, finance cannot be circumvented.
But George was firmly opposed to Alexander changing his main direction from industry to finance in the future.
Here in George, finance can only be an accessory to industry.
"We don't even make as much money from selling cars as those damn bankers make from our stocks. We're helping them make money."
Alexander does have reason to be dissatisfied.
In recent years, Alexander has indeed made a lot of money investing in the financial field.
George took half of the money earned first, and the remainder belonged to the entire Dolgorukov family.
The money distributed to Alexander was even less.
If it was tens or millions, Alexander could bear it.
But when the number swelled to the level of tens of millions of dollars, Alexander's heart began to bleed.
(End of this chapter)