Suddenly, the sound of military boots sounded in the corridors of the Winter Palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info(.23w[x].walked here and deliberately lightened my pace. Queen Maria? Feodorovna opened her eyes, and was puzzled when she saw the door gently pushed open. Came in the chairman of the Cabinet of State Konstantin? Grand Duke Nikolayevich, after the Tsar became terminally ill, the Russian emperor uncle took on the role of de facto regent. However, the Romanov dynasty was not as bloody and infighting as it had been in the past - probably due to the revolutionary tide in Europe and the Decembrists. When the guillotine of the revolution is close at hand, it is natural that the royal family will become more united. Although there were many rumors against the regent in the outside world, the Tsar, the Empress, and several of the Tsar's younger brothers all trusted this imperial uncle as always.

Maria. Feodorovna stood up and politely addressed Konstantin. Grand Duke Nikolaevich nodded, and the Grand Duke bowed respectfully. "Your Majesty...... Tsar he, okay? ”

"I'm fine......" The Tsar's weak voice rang out, the effect of the h-loin was becoming less and less significant, and the sharp pain in his lungs and the feeling of suffocation had been tormenting him, making it difficult for him to sleep.

"Your Majesty!" The Grand Duke walked up to the Tsar and bowed again. The Tsar saw that his uncle's thick eyebrows contained worry, and knew that there must be some bad news again.

"What's wrong? My Grand Duke, are the Germans attacking again? ”

It was already the spring of 1877, and the Germans had been the same as last winter. Switched to the defense - after all, winter is a friend of Russia! And spring is coming. It meant that the Germans could launch a new offensive again.

"Nope. It was not the Germans who began the attack, but the Chinese and the Turks reached an agreement to divide Persia, and they would mobilize 300,000 troops from Xihua and Western Qing to invade Persia. "Konstantin. Grand Duke Nikolaevich frowned and said, "For this...... The Chinese will reduce the amount of aid to us by 70% in the next three months! ”

It took little effort for the Ming and the Turkish Empire to reach an agreement to partition Persia, and the current Turkish Sultan is Abdul, who was embraced by the neo-Ottomans on August 31 last year. Hamid II, the brother-in-law of Zhu Jishi, the former Sultan Abdul. The youngest son of Mejid I.

Real power in the empire was in the hands of the reformist leader, the Ottoman Midhat Pasha. On December 23, 1876. The Turkish Empire also promulgated the country's first constitution, which ushered in another round of vigorous reforms. At this time, the reformers in power would be desperate if they could win a narrow victory over the caliphate's religious rivals.

However, the good thing that Turkey could not ask for would mean a rather bad spring for Russia - because the large-scale war, which lasted for nearly two years, had a great impact on Russia's agricultural production, especially after the fall of the whole territory of Lithuania, most of Latvia, Belarus and western Ukraine, Russia lost a large area of traditional grain production, and the remaining parts of Ukraine and Belarus were also reduced to battlefields, and large areas of land were abandoned. If it weren't for the Ming Empire's continuous assistance to Russia. Russia has long been unable to hold out. But now, because the Ming Dynasty is going to use troops against Persia, it is necessary to transfer most of the capacity of the Eurasian Railway to the transportation of logistics materials for the Persian war!

"What?" The Tsar only felt a blackness in front of his eyes. "These damn yellow people! They must have made some secret pact with the Roman Empire to betray the Russian Empire! ”

The biggest difference between this world war and World War I and World War II in history is that the camps of the two warring sides are not clear. Although the Ming Empire and the Russian Empire had an alliance, the alliance between the two sides was not solid, and it was just that the two countries with many contradictions were using each other. The same was true of Britain and the United States, the British Empire and the Ming Empire fought for hegemony around the world, but the British allies of the German Empire and the Holy Roman Empire did not follow Britain in declaring war on the Ming Dynasty. After the Great War in the South China Sea, Britain and the Holy Roman Empire negotiated peace with Russia, leaving only one German Empire still fighting Russia.

Recently, however, the Roman Empire and the German Empire reached a series of treaties against Russia and the Holy Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire's pressure on Russia has increased, and war is almost imminent. But the treaty between the Ming and Russia, which had little binding force, became the greatest obstacle to the Roman Empire's occupation of Constantinople and Russian Asia Minor. Because Rome had to absolutely avoid the risk of war with the Ming Dynasty.

And now, the Ming Empire's sharp reduction in aid to Russia under the pretext of fighting against Persia is a clear precursor to betraying Russia and betraying the Covenant!

"Grand Duke, can we make progress in our negotiations with Vienna? Franz. Joseph I should have also seen the collusion between the German Empire and the Roman Empire, right? The Tsar struggled to sit up with his wife's support and asked with a pale face.

"Franz. Joseph I agreed to restore the traditional Russian-Austrian friendship after the war, but he was unwilling to involve the Holy Roman Empire in any war, even if he gave up the name of Holy Rome and ceded Greece to preserve the current peace. ”

"What? Franz. Is Joseph crazy? The Tsar coughed twice, and his face turned even paler.

"No, he's not crazy." Constantine. Grand Duke Nikolaevich shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "He saw that the storm of revolution was blowing towards Europe!" ”

"Revolution...... By the way, how is the UK doing now? Has the situation eased somewhat? As soon as the Tsar heard the word "revolution", he hurriedly asked about the situation in England - revolution was a contagion in the circles of European civilization! Often, when there is a revolution in one country, the whole of Europe will be affected to a greater or lesser extent. Of course, the strength of resistance to the "revolutionary disease" varies from country to country. For example, the current Roman Empire is powerful and glorious, the people live a prosperous life, and the revolutionary forces are naturally sluggish. And the German Empire, which was victorious on the battlefields of Eastern Europe, also had little room for the rebels to operate. However, the internal national contradictions were acute, and the Holy Roman Empire, which had returned without success in the war against Russia, was now somewhat unstable. As for Russia...... His Majesty the Tsar has a splitting headache at the slightest thought!

"It's better, the Roman Empire has just reached an agreement with Britain to buy British interests in Egypt and Gibraltar, and has agreed to lend Britain 4 billion gold francs to help stabilize the pound rate. In addition, there have been ceasefires in various theaters such as Australia, India and Singapore, leaving only North America to fight. However, the squadron has also stopped advancing into British and American-controlled areas, and the war is now being fought between the British forces in North America and the troops of the American Revolutionary Council. ”

"And what about Russia? Can the situation still be maintained? The Tsar frowned.

"Maintainable...... If we can make peace with Germany and Rome as soon as possible. ”

"It can't be!" The Tsar shook his head. "We are not the Holy Roman Empire...... The Russian nation is one and cannot be divided! ”

When he said this, the tsar was almost a little envious of Franz. Joseph I, the latter state was originally a loose union, and the Germans and Hungarians at the core were concerned only with their base and not with the lands of other peoples. So Franz. Joseph I now had enough leverage to negotiate with Rome. And the space for concessions in the Russian Empire was rather limited. Ukraine and Belarus have long been an integral part of the Russian Empire, and Constantinople and Russian Asia Minor, after more than a decade of development and emigration, are now the "core of the core" like Petersburg and Moscow, and cession cannot be considered at all. Otherwise the Tsarist government would lose the support of nationalists, and the Russian elite is mostly nationalists!

Hearing the words of the tsar, Konstantin. Grand Duke Nikolayevich did not mention the matter of peace talks again -- not that he believed that Russia still had the ability to continue fighting, but that he believed that the current Russian government could no longer afford to lead the negotiations and lead the Russian nation out of its predicament.

"Your Majesty, at present, the public opinion is calling for political reform, and people of insight are calling for the Empire to formulate a constitution, elect a parliament, and implement constitutional reform."

Hearing this suggestion, the sick Tsar was refreshed, and if it had been a year and a half earlier, he would not have agreed to the introduction of parliamentary constitutionalism in Russia in any case. But now that he is dying, the infant Archduchess Alexandra and the empress, who have never interfered in politics, are certainly not capable of managing the empire. Isn't a parliament and a responsible cabinet elected by referendum the way to keep them away from bloody political struggles?

"Grand Duke, what is the opinion of the Council of State on this?" The Tsar asked, "What do the other nobles think?" ”

"Most people support constitutional reform, arguing that a responsible cabinet is necessary to lead Russia out of its predicament." Constantine. Grand Duke Nikolayevich glanced at the sick Tsar, "It's just that it's still wartime...... A strong government is also needed, if constitutional reform begins now......"

"Let's go! Get started today! The Tsar coughed a few times and tried to command in the loudest voice, "No more delays!" This is the best scenario to save the Russian Empire. Send a telegram to our embassy in Rome and let them tell Napoleon IV that the husbands of Archduchess Alexandra will be Caesar and Augustus of the future Roman Empire! The Russian Empire and the Roman Empire could share a monarch in the future! Other than that...... Tell the Chinese the news again! (To be continued.) )