Jochen was anxious to meet with Nicholas II, but such a meeting was not something he wanted to meet, and he had just returned from the United States, and the German people were interested in the outcome of the trip, after all, it was an exciting event for the Germans, who were under diplomatic pressure from France and England, to hear about the diplomatic progress from across the ocean.

And Nicholas II, who had just suffered a heavy setback in the Far East and was in chaos at home, did not say that he could leave St. Petersburg if he wanted to, so the meeting between the two still needed to be properly arranged, so he was not in a hurry to run out to meet with Nicholas II again without even sitting on his butt in Berlin.

After returning to Berlin, Jochen Jochen learned about the various European reactions to his visit to the United States, and although he expected that his visit would attract European attention, he did not expect how hot it was in Europe.

Now that the eyes of all Europe are focused on themselves, the whole of Europe is boiling with discussion about the first European monarch to set foot on the other side of the ocean, and the speech of Jochen in New York, the photograph of shaking hands with Roosevelt, and the reports of the warm welcome received by the American people everywhere he went have attracted the attention of the whole of Europe.

Speculation across Europe about whether Jochen's two unseen countries will eventually form an alliance like the German emperor and the American president shaking hands in the photo, and this possibility has left many frowning. <

While some dismiss it as the wildicap of nouveau riche and careerists uniting to carve up the world, while others argue that it would be a loss of identity for one of the most powerful monarchs of Europe's intricate royal family to shake hands with the uneducated cowboys of the American continent, more sensible people see the changes in the world pattern that the proximity of the two countries with the fastest economy and the strongest industrial capacity in the world can bring.

With Jochen's return, everyone wondered what agreement the German emperor had reached with the Americans, and in what areas they were about to cooperate. And what do you want to do next? As a result, Jochen's every move after returning to Berlin has been watched by all sides.

Therefore, during the period of time when he first returned to Berlin, Jochen frequently appeared in public, recounting his experiences in the United States, publicizing the enthusiasm of the American people and the friendship of the American government, and advocating the deepening of exchanges and cooperation between Germany and the United States in various fields. On the one hand, it made the German people know that their trip to the United States was very smooth, and on the other hand, it made other countries suspicious of the intimacy between the United States and Germany. It would be better if some people could change their attitude toward the United States because of this, thus causing misunderstanding and eventually forcing the United States to turn against themselves.

Of course, such a good thing can only be imagined, there should not be such a fool to do such a thing that makes Jochen applaud, there should not be.

Jochen's return to Berlin was easy, but Nicholas II, whom Jochen wanted to consult, had a hard time, so a distraught Nicholas II sailed to Björk in the Gulf of Finland in July on the royal yacht Polaris. With its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, it is a summer resort frequented by the German royal family in summer.

However, the comfortable environment could not make the gloomy Nicholas II stretch his frowning brows, and when he attended his wedding, he saw a completely different appearance, and the originally confident, ambitious, and high-spirited Nicholas looked wilted and sad at this time, and his eyebrows were full of tiredness, which showed how upset and difficult to sleep and eat for him during this time.

As a result of the defeat at the Battle of Shahe, the Russian Army had basically lost control of the entire Manchurian region, and the Second and Third Pacific Fleets, which had high hopes, were crushed in the Far East. The right to control the sea has been completely lost. Opposition in the country has intensified, and what was once peaceful protests and petitions has turned into riots that have to be suppressed by the military.

Armed confrontation, assassination. Bloody conflicts continued every day in the vast lands of Russia, and the nobles of the vassal states constantly demanded more power and more freedom from St. Petersburg, which did not worry Nicholas II the most.

His greatest concern was that the army, the cornerstone of his empire, was not as loyal to him as he thought, and at the end of last month, the sailors of the battleship Potemkin of the Black Sea Fleet had revolted. After killing seven senior officers, including the captain, and arresting the rest, the Potemkin sailed to the port of Odessa to support the workers' strike and fired at the gendarmes and police who were driving the workers.

The news of the Potemkin's mutiny soon reached the ears of Nicholas II. While greatly alarmed, Nicholas II ordered the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Tyuminin, to put out the rebellion by all means, including sinking the ship.

After that, 11 ships of the Black Sea Fleet blocked the exit channel of Odessa and tried to force the Potemkin to surrender, but what the commander of the detachment, Rear Admiral Kalig, did not expect was that in the face of the Potemkin who forced a breakthrough, the interceptor fleet not only did not attack, but the victor Georgi also joined the uprising, and in order to prevent the entire fleet from joining the ranks of the rebels, Kalig had to return with the remaining ships.

Soon after, the victorious Georgi surrendered in Odessa, while the Potemkin sailed for Romania, and during the negotiations in Constanta in Ronania, the rebel sailors on the Potemkin published the "Letter to the European Powers" and the "Letter to the Whole of Civilization".

Eventually, the ship's reserves were depleted, and the Potemkin surrendered to the Romanian authorities, after which the Black Sea Fleet sent ships to take over the Potemkin and tow the ship back to Sevastopol, while the ship's sailors were handed over to the Russians by the Romanian authorities, where a harsh trial awaited them.

At this point, the rebellion of the sailors finally came to an end, and Nicholas II was able to settle down and come to this summer sanctuary at the invitation of Jochen to recuperate for a while.

However, the impact of this incident on Nicholas II was huge, not only because of the defection of a relatively cutting-edge warship among the remaining capital ships of the Russian Navy at this time, but also for Nicholas II to realize that there were also a large number of saboteurs in his army, and these saboteurs could take control of his army at any time! This discovery greatly alarmed Nicholas II, and if the army was no longer loyal to him, then the empire would be crumbling.

This discovery made Nicholas II terrified, and as a result, Jochen saw him as a haggard and withered appearance.

For Nicholas II's dejected appearance, Jochen's heart was secretly refreshed. However, he still had to verbally comfort his cousin: "Cheer up, I don't think Uncle Alexander would want to see his son like this even in heaven." You are the Tsar of the Russian Empire! How do you convince your subjects that you will lead them on their way?

In the past few days, don't think about domestic affairs, take a good rest here, and recuperate your spirits, how can you have the energy to handle government affairs like you are now? ”

During his lifetime, Alexander III was very dissatisfied with the cowardice of the successor of the Russian Empire, so he hoped that Nicholas II would be tough in his education. Then he learned to be tactful, and then before Alexander III's education was completed, he was called by the Lord, so Nicholas II could only be considered a half-finished product, and his father in his memory always demanded that he be a tough monarch.

So when Jochen mentioned Alexander III like this, Nicholas II finally didn't put on a boring look, but still said in a cheerful tone: "Go on? The Russian Empire has never suffered such humiliation, nor has there ever been such chaos, can I still lead the Empire forward? ”

"A military defeat does not mean a complete defeat. But if you admit complete defeat now, then the Russian Empire will really have to accept the shame it has never had! Jochen taught in a tone of hatred: "I can even imagine what unreasonable demands those yellow-skinned monkeys would make at the negotiating table!"

Think about it! The Russian army had to be withdrawn from Manchuria, the lease of the Liaodong Peninsula was transferred, the South Manchurian railway branch line was transferred, Sakhalin Island and its affiliated islands were ceded, Vladivostok was changed to an undefended commercial port, and huge military expenses were compensated.

Can you accept such conditions?! That's the real shame when the time comes! ”

Jochen was talking about the most unacceptable of the 10 demands made by the Japanese against Russia that year, the payment of reparations for the cession of land. When did the Russian Empire ever get so miserable as this?

"This is absolutely unacceptable!" Nicholas II refused, but his mouth opened as he spoke. But I couldn't say what I said, because I didn't have the capital to refuse the harsh demands of the Japanese.

Jochen naturally knew what Nicholas II was hesitating about, and immediately put aside the good words he said before, let Nicholas II rest well, don't think about state affairs, and began to give him advice: "Although it is difficult for Russia to turn the tide of the war militarily, it is still possible to force Japan not to win at the negotiating table."

The national power of those yellow-skinned monkeys was not at all comparable to that of the Russian Empire, so they also knew that they could not achieve complete victory. Therefore, as early as March, those yellow-skinned monkeys secretly contacted the United States in an attempt to get the United States to intervene in mediation, which was told to me by the President of the United States when I visited the United States. Jochen opened his eyes and said nonsense, how could Roosevelt say such a thing.

But now Nicholas II was already on the verge of grasping at the straw, so as if he had suddenly seen a savior, he asked eagerly: "You mean those yellow-skinned monkeys may not be able to support it?" It's true? ”

"Of course it's true. The yellow-skinned monkeys invested more than 40% of their national budget in the army to fight Russia, and this proportion increased even more after the war, so could they still afford to keep the war going on for a few more years? I know that there are many people in Russia who are rebelling at home, but Japan's national strength is much worse than that of Russia, and it is only a military victory that can stabilize their social situation. "Joegen Chun Chun is seduced.

"And I think you have a problem with domestic propaganda at the beginning, it was the Japanese who started the war first, Russia is the victim, you are fighting a war against the despicable sneak attackers, and in such a war it is the traitors who make trouble at home, so that you can get the majority to accept your act of waging a war in the Far East."

In response to such a shameless statement, Nikolai echoed as if he had been pointed out: "You are right, we are fighting a just war, and those who oppose the war are traitors!" ”

Seeing that Nicholas II was slowly recovering his spirits, Jochen continued: "And as far as I know, during the time of General Rogerstwinsky's arrival in Manila, the volume of shipping in southern Japan was greatly reduced, and a large number of factories were closed due to a lack of raw materials, so the yellow-skinned monkeys were not much better off now.

Although your fleet in the Far East is no longer capable of fighting for sea supremacy with those yellow-skinned monkeys, it is not incapable of continuing to worsen their economic situation, and the Russian fleet staying in Manila Harbor can affect their shipping.

The results of several sabotage operations by the cruiser fleet in Vladivostok were also very gratifying, and now that the Japanese Navy has suffered heavy losses, it is completely possible to continue such sabotage operations.

In this way, Vladivostok can now put together a small fleet to continue the sabotage operation, not asking for much success, just to bring panic to those yellow-skinned monkeys, so that they can not support it as soon as possible. (To be continued......) R1292