Chapter 721: Why don’t you become the czar
For most Koreans, merging with Russia is the best choice for Korea.
At the worst, we should hug Russia's thigh tightly, just like the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Romania in the Balkans. Only by becoming Russia's most loyal allies in East Asia can we ensure the long-term interests of Goryeo.
For Li Tuo, the proposal cannot be caused by love and hatred, and it is not enough to turn against Russia. At least this reason cannot be said.
What really makes Li Tuo resentful is that Goryeo achieved almost nothing in the world war except hundreds of thousands of well-trained troops.
Both are allies of Russia, not to mention the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Based on the relationship between Polis and George, Li Tuo can understand how George takes care of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Although the Kingdom of Greece was driven out of the Asia Minor peninsula, that was due to the Greeks themselves.
In the Paris Peace Conference, the Kingdom of Romania acquired Transylvania and the Transcarpathian Mountains, directly doubling its land area.
With reference to the gains of the Kingdom of Romania, is it not too much for Goryeo to ask for Germany’s privileges in Dongda?
Russia did not support Goryeo's request because Japan also asked for Germany's privileges in Dongda.
This is the real reason why Li Tuo defected to the British.
Li Tuo has received a promise from the British that if Goryeo and Russia are separated, Li Tuo will receive British support.
Through the secret police under Guchkov, George also learned a mystery that Li Tuo himself may have lost his fertility.
After learning about this situation, Li Tuo's abnormal behavior finally had a reasonable explanation.
The greatest of the three unfilial piety is not having children.
Especially for the king of a country.
One of the important reasons why the relationship between Alex and the Russian aristocracy was irreconcilable was that the hemophilia that Alex carried contaminates the royal genes.
After Li Tuo succeeded to the throne, he made his younger brother Li Yin the crown prince.
Li Yin, born in 1897, is 23 years old this year. He also served in the Russian army as a member of the Gaori Corps.
Unlike Li Tuo, Li Yin, who was educated in Vladivostok since childhood, still has deep feelings for Vladivostok.
Li Yin did not agree with Goryeo's lawsuit against Russia. Because of a fierce quarrel with Li Tuo, Li Yin was placed under house arrest by Li Tuo.
On July 3, a group of Goryeo officers came to the prince's palace where Li Yin was under house arrest and asked to see Li Yin.
The officer responsible for guarding the prince's palace was also a member of the Gao Ri Corps.
After learning the purpose of the officers, the officers guarding the prince's palace took the initiative to open the palace door. A large group of people came to Li Yin and demanded that Li Yin ascend the throne immediately.
Although Li Yin opposed breaking with Russia, he did not want to rebel against his brother.
The officers couldn't help but put on yellow robes and surrounded Li Yin to Gyeongbokgung Palace, forcing Li Tuo to pass the throne to Li Yin.
"Are you even going to oppose me?"
Li Tuo never expected that even Li Yin would rebel.
Li Yin couldn't argue.
A Goryeo officer suddenly drew his gun and shot Li Tuo. Li Tuo was shot six times and fell in a pool of blood.
Before the others could react, the officer turned the gun, pointed it at his own head, and pulled the trigger.
The news reached Constantinople, and George had a new understanding of the madness of the Koreans.
This is not surprising either.
When Nikolai was assassinated in Japan, a completely unrelated Japanese committed suicide in front of Nikolai's residence in order to gain forgiveness from Russia.
The Koreans and Japanese have their own understandings of the matter of killing oneself.
The same thing can lead to different conclusions in the eyes of different people. There are a thousand Shakespeares in the eyes of a thousand Hamlets.
With the change of power in Goryeo, what George saw was that he would sacrifice his life to become a benevolent person, but what Vasily saw was that he was wearing a yellow robe.
It turns out that a coup can actually be done like this!
At the end of July, the Russian military continued to hold military exercises in Rivne.
In addition to the Russian army, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece all sent troops to participate in this year's exercise. George also came to Crimea to preside over it personally.
In last year's confrontation exercise, the Amur Military District and the Warsaw Military District won the final victory, which made Vasily very unconvinced.
Andrei indeed cheated. Due to his special relationship with the Amur military industry system, the equipment of the participating troops in the Amur Military Region was more advanced than that of the Balkan Military Region.
George has introduced new regulations this year. The weapons and equipment used by all participating troops must be of the same model.
Vasili held his breath and wanted to avenge his disgrace in this year's exercise.
However, this year’s opponent of the Balkan Military Region is the Warsaw Military Region. Vasily will have to wait until at least the year after next if he wants to seek revenge against Andrei.
Although there is competition between Vasily and Brusinov, Andrei, Ruzsky and others, the relationship between Vasily and Brusinov is still very good.
On the day he arrived in Rivne, Vasily took the initiative to host a banquet and invited Brusinov, Andrei, Ruzsky, and Peter and Kolchak respectively.
After Li Tuo's death, Li Yin succeeded to the throne and became the king of Goryeo.
"That guy Li Tuo is a complete lunatic. I have long thought that he is abnormal."
Vasili took the initiative to stir up the topic.
Brusinov and Andrei approved.
Ruzyski is completely indifferent, who is Li Tuo?
During the World War, there were too many princes in the Balkan theater. Ruziski only joined the Balkan Army later in life and did not know Li Tuo at all.
Peter and Kolchak also did not care about Goryeo. They were going to suggest to George during the exercise that they should strengthen the Russian Navy's dominant position in the Mediterranean.
Although Russia has gained access to the Atlantic Ocean, it is difficult for the Russian Navy to gain a dominant position in the face of the Royal Navy.
In East Asia, the Russian Navy's dominant position has also been strongly challenged by the U.S. Navy.
Compared with these two regions, the Mediterranean is related to Russia’s core interests and must ensure its dominant position. After the world war, Russia announced a new shipbuilding plan to release smoke bombs.
Outsiders didn’t know what the new version of the plan was, and Peter and Kolchak felt very uncomfortable.
There are no battleships at all in the new version of the plan, and there is even only one aircraft carrier. The several 10,000-ton warships that have already started construction are all auxiliary ships such as transport ships and hospital ships.
"Impossible, it's not the Grand Duke who has the final say on this matter."
Brushinov is not optimistic.
The Navy wants battleships, and the Army also wants new armored fighting vehicles.
Compared to battleships, cheaper armored fighting vehicles must be replaced in batches.
“Those people in the State Duma are trash!”
Peter cursed.
“It would be great if the Grand Duke were the Tsar——”
Vasili sighed quietly.
Brushinov and Andrei exchanged glances with each other, but neither of them spoke.
After Li Yin succeeded to the throne, the group of officers who forced Li Yin to ascend the throne are now all nobles.
Even the officer who killed Li Tuo and then committed suicide was posthumously made an earl and was hereditary.
In the imperial era, Vasily's title was Duke.
Based on the achievements of Brusinov and the others, if it were still the imperial era, they would all be eligible to be crowned princes.
Who doesn’t want to give future generations a hereditary and irreplaceable amulet.
George arrived in Rivne three days later.
The exercise went smoothly. The Balkan Military District and the Caucasus Military District became the winners. The Amur Military District and the Warsaw Military District, which performed well in the last exercise, were ravaged.
Vasily was so proud that he showed off to Andrei.
There was no shame on Andre's face.
Vasily is curious, are you so disrespectful?
Soon Vasily knew why Andrei was so shameless.
This spring, the Amur Military District made adjustments and concentrated its best officers and soldiers into the Vladivostok Armored Division and did not participate in this year's exercise at all.
For this kind of behavior, George must let Andre know the seriousness of the consequences, so Andre punished himself with three drinks at the celebration banquet.
No more, George's sister will be angry.
"Shameless! Despicable! Shameless!"
Vasili yelled, no one was related or not, he had no shame.
Andre smiled, now he knows he feels distressed?
After the competition last year, the Ministry of National Defense issued an official document raising all the winners of the competition. The commanders of the military regions were speechless.
Not only cannot we stop this, we must also fully support it with tears in our eyes.
George once again emphasized that the principle of recruitment is based on personal wishes. If you want to stay in your place of origin, you must respect your personal decision.
The commanders feel at ease. If this is the case, there will be too much room for maneuver.
Although it is a good thing to raise the Ministry of National Defense, not everyone wants to be the tail of the phoenix.
After the World War, officers above the Constantinople Division could form a division.
They are both generals. In the Ministry of National Defense, they can only serve as department heads and do some paperwork. When they get there, they become officials with real power in border areas.
This is not a very difficult choice.
On the last day of the exercise, George called Vasily over and reminded Vasily not to go against the grain.
George knew very well about Vasily's little bit, and he really thought that the secret police under Guchkov were freeloaders.
Vasily also married George’s sister, who has shares in Yuriev’s family business. Even if Vasily does not hold any public office, Vasily’s children will not be able to rely solely on the dividends from the family business. There are livelihoods to worry about.
The Tsar is so good, why shouldn’t he be?
"If you want to be a tsar, I don't mind if you ascend the throne."
George made a big move. Whoever wants to be the tsar, George will definitely not do it.
"Hurry up, I don't have the ability."
Vasily knew how much he weighed.
Duke Suvorov's influence only exists in the military, and to a large extent, it has been replaced by Grand Duke Yuriev.
Being an emperor is fun for a while, but look at what happened to the kings of various countries in the world war.
In the Russian Empire, Nikolai’s family is still missing.
Kaiser Wilhelm II went into exile in the Netherlands and was despised by all Germans.
As soon as the old emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire died, the empire immediately fell into pieces. Now Austria has become a third-rate country in Europe.
The Ottoman Empire was even worse. As soon as the Italians and Greeks were driven away, before Muhammad VI could breathe a sigh of relief, the Ottoman Empire fell into civil war.
Muhammad VI is currently in the UK. He wrote to Mustafa Kemal, voluntarily giving up the throne, hoping to return to Ottoman life.
It’s a pity that his letter was like a cow in mud and fell into the sea, without any reply.
(End of this chapter)