Chapter Ninety-One: 1,600 Tons of Gold
Russia has been in Russia since the March Revolution of 1917 (February in the Russian calendar, also known as the February Revolution. After the overthrow of tsarist rule, a bourgeois provisional government was established.
The March Revolution of 1917 in Tsarist Russia was in fact a bourgeois revolution with the participation of the Bolsheviks, which was different from the pure Bolshevik proletarian revolution of October of the same year!
On March 8, 1917, at the behest of the workers and soldiers of St. Petersburg, the Provisional Government had to arrest Nicholas II and his family and place them under house arrest in Tsarskoye on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.
During this period, in order to get rid of Nicholas II, the hot potato, the Provisional Government negotiated with King George V, Nicholas II's cousin, to let him hide in England, but was rejected by King George V!
The rest of the Tsar's close relatives are Germany and Sweden, but the two countries are now at war! It's even more impossible to let him take refuge!
The refusal of these old imperialist countries to take in Nicholas II made other small European countries even more afraid to take him in.
At this point, the Tsar's avenues for refuge outside the country were all blocked. He had no choice but to hide in the royal village on the outskirts, killing time every day hunting, waiting to suffer the unpredictable fate of his family.
It was not without his thoughts that he would run away, after all, he had a Cossack Praetorian Guard loyal to the royal family by his side. With the help of the Janissaries, he and his family escaped without any problems.
But what he hesitated was~ Once he did that, he would definitely have to follow lightly, and his massive wealth accumulated by generations of tsars could not be taken away, and it would be a huge wealth of more than 1,600 tons of gold!
Even if it is taken away, it will not be able to spend it openly, and every day there is a daily fear that the new Russian government will pursue and hunt down or even assassinate this huge wealth once it discovers it, because it is de jure state property.
And his royal family will not be protected by any country or force and will be slaughtered!
This is what he does not want to see, and it is the main reason why he hesitates to flee. He still wanted to find a country where his family could survive in political safety.
Political asylum and absconding are two different concepts! In the former, personal property can be taken away, and the treatment of nationals in the country of asylum is protected by the laws of the host country. (The emphasis is on being protected)
The right to asylum, or political asylum, is an ancient concept of religious justice that originated in the West.
The concept holds that people who are persecuted because of their political beliefs or religious beliefs can be sheltered by other sovereign powers, perhaps churches (sanctuaries in the Middle Ages, which were refuges for religious people), or other sovereign states.
This right has its roots in a long-standing tradition in the West, having existed in ancient Greece and Egypt, and is therefore recognized in most Western countries. But there are not many countries in the world that recognize this right.
If you apply for asylum if you do something bad, then pay it back? The cost of that crime is too low!
In that way, anyone can do bad things, and the bigger the bad things, the better, preferably to cause a sensation in the world, and then apply for political asylum in a hostile country.
There is no such truth in the world! So many countries do not recognize this right of asylum!
This right is complicated to say, but the most important points are:
A person who has been prosecuted or pursued is under the jurisdiction of the State in which he or she is located once he has applied for the right of asylum into the territory of another State, and the State pursuing or pursuing him cannot continue to pursue or pursue him within the territory of the State in which he or she has the right of asylum.
This is exactly what Nicholas II needs now, he knows that he has done too many bad things! There are more people who want his life.
A Tsar who has lost all his power and his army, he is now like a shell that has lost its shell and contains a huge pearl, only now the pearl is still unknown to the world.
But he's too confident, too much to take for granted!
When all the avenues of asylum that were previously thought of have been abolished.
He knew he couldn't wait any longer! He's seen the signs of badness! The clamor of the whole country for his execution and his family had reached his ears.
At this time, he remembered which one he thought was ridiculous to welcome him with a little word, a small force that could not be smaller-a small warlord in China.
It's not small! Can the territory ruled by his governor be compared to that of the Russian Empire?
But did he have any other choice for Tsar Nicholas II? If you wait any longer, you will only die! ~~~Hehe~~~ This is also the effect that Governor Zhang wants!
What are you the emperor of a big empire awesome? It's not time to ask Lao Tzu to shelter you! Now you're just a fugitive! Don't put your royal family on a rampage!
Only reciprocity can be fair trade, isn't it? He was waiting for his tsar to take the initiative to "trade" a huge amount of wealth!
The Tsar's patience was not in vain, and the new Provisional Government continued to support the war in order to preserve the interests of its own class.
As a result, the living conditions of the vast number of peasants and workers in Russia have not been effectively improved. Therefore, the people's anti-war sentiment is accumulating higher and higher, and finally ~~~
On May 3, 1917, the Provisional Government of Tsarist Russia faced its first crisis since its formation.
The unbearable masses and workers staged even more vigorous strikes.
For a time, there was chaos on the land of Russia again!
The temporary government officials, who supervised the members of the imperial family, also relaxed their supervision due to the chaos of the regime.
Nicholas II saw this opportunity, led the royal guard, uncovered the hidden treasure, and quietly sneaked out of the detention place [Tobolsk] with the royal family members and royalists loyal to him.
Tobolsk is a city located in the Novosibirsk region of the Russian Federation in the Tyumen region. It is located at the confluence of the Irtysh River and its tributary, the Tobol River.
Therefore, it is very close to Kazakhstan in later generations, and not far from the Ili region of Xinjiang, which is the closest refuge for his tsar.
"Hello Mr. Nikolai! On behalf of our Overseers, I welcome you! ”
Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov is the full name of the Tsar. Russian names are divided into three parts: first name, patronymic, last name.
Therefore, it is not wrong for the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from Xinjiang to directly call the Tsar who has lost his throne by name.
There is no demeaning nature of "insulting" or "contemptible" and will not cause unnecessary misunderstandings!
"Why didn't your governor come?"
! What about the score? The second master wants to smack him in the face here! You are a fleeing former emperor, who gave you face! Do you want me to greet you personally? The phoenix that fell off the shelf is not as good as a chicken, don't you know? ~~~
It's possible that the Tsar really didn't know! ~~~Hehe~~~
"Mr. Nikolai! I think you're mistaken! We're not here to greet you! We are just here to inform you that you are now on Chinese soil and your army must surrender all weapons! Otherwise, we will treat it as an invasion and will launch a counterattack against you! ”
The cadres of the Ministry of Internal Affairs met the Tsar's ranks on the northern shore of Lake Balkhash, near the present-day new border.
The new border was drawn by Governor Zhang himself, and now the Xinjiang Governor has occupied all the areas south of the north shore of Lake Balkhash, including the entire territory of Kyrgyzstan in later generations.
Armed occupation, of course, the expulsion of indigenous peoples, the dispatch of officials to administer the localities, and the creation of a new system of border defense.
Governor Zhang Dadu didn't do too much.,For the people,It's not a die-hard element through the review.,He Zhang Dadu Governor is still very accommodating to let them stay in their original place of residence.,And all of them have implemented sinicized management.。
It is impossible to naturalize all adults. So Governor Zhang insidiously took a black hand from the children!
All school-age children must be enrolled in school or be deported.
At first, there were people who resisted, and who knows what you want to do with our children? Can the parents of that family rest assured that they will leave their children to an "unknown"? How can you still make Zhang Dadu succeed?
However, there are accidents in everything, just like there are traitors in China! There are also weak people who can't resist the pressure and send their children to school.
Later, it was discovered that the people who sent their children to school not only came home healthier and cleaner than before, but also gave them new clothes (school uniforms).
Moreover, families who send their children to school can also receive 50 catties of food every month. At this time, all people's concerns were dispelled! Because of the war, now there is a shortage of food throughout Russia.
At this time, every family is actively sending their children to school.
The second master can't help it! He wanted to directly fill his population in these newly occupied areas, but where did he go to find so many people!
This is also a fact occupation in disguise! Because the Xinjiang Metropolitan Government sent a large number of administrative officials, they directly took over the jurisdiction.
The change of hands in the border areas is not unreported on the part of the Russian side.
But now Russia is in a mess everywhere, and who cares about such a small place. I'm afraid many Russians don't know that there is such a place!
"Huh? Land in China? Sling the bull! When did the Lake Balkhash region become Chinese land? ”
The tsar was somewhat furious! After all, this area was taken by him from the Qing government.
"Mr. Nikolai! In case you don't know, just last year we took over the jurisdiction of this area! ”
The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs still spoke unhurriedly. There is indescribable pride in my heart! With the Metropolitan Governor, he has never "held his breath", whether it is at home or abroad.
The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have always been so confident! For most of them have never been afraid of any of the great powers.
"You are an invasion! It's blackmail! It's an act of war, are you going to declare war?"
In the end, he was the former ruler of a country, and he felt the pain of the loss of his land! Although he is no longer the ruler of the country!
"Nope! Mr. Nikolai! Most of us have said that we are just learning from what you did back then and doing it according to your example, and if you think this is a declaration of war, then a declaration of war! Most of our governors also said that he doesn't care anyway! ”
That's a bit annoying. What are you "the Metropolitan Governor said", what else did you Metropolitan Governor say?
"Our Governor also said that if Mr. Nikolai cares about the ownership of this small piece of land, and does not care about the safety of his family and the followers who support him! We can wrap up this meeting. ”
"Wait a minute! Let me think! ”
As soon as he saw that the Chinese representatives were leaving, Nicholas II finally came to his senses.