Chapter 26: The Journey to the East (2)

For more than a dozen days, gunshots rang out every day in a large coniferous forest on the outskirts of Moscow, and there were originally only a dozen criminals involved in the case, but with the increase in the number of arrests, the number of people involved in the case has also become more and more involved, so that there are officials involved in Warsaw, Kiev, Petersburg, Ryazan, the Caucasus, and even in the Far Eastern Primorsky Province. Seeing that the case was involving more and more officials and nobles, Nicholas II had to send a telegram from Petersburg asking Witte to stop continuing the review.www.biquge.info This simple corruption case became the biggest political event since the founding of the Russian Empire, and Witte was privately called the "butcher" by officials throughout Russia, and made all officials realize the horror of the Royal Intelligence Service, an institution independent of the cabinet and directly under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Romanlov, this is the last one of the day." Witt was wearing a black leather jacket, ironed straight tweed trousers, black military boots, a pair of black leather gloves on his hands, and a burning cigarette between his fingers.

Romanov glanced at the report in his hand and replied: "Director, this is the last group of prisoners, including the Moscow Governor Ithamov, a total of 18. ”

Witte smoked a cigarette and exhaled the smoke and then said to Romanov: "After this group of criminals is dealt with, we will stop, and there are already countless ministers and nobles in Petersburg who are complaining to our Tsar, and we have to stop!" Yesterday, I saw that the number of officials involved in the entire empire has reached 1,785, the number of family members and friends of the officials involved in the case has reached 13,654, and the number of officials who have been executed is 1,125, and it should reach 2,000 by the end of today. ”

"Director, according to my estimates, more than 2,300 prisoners should be executed in Russia after today, and the family members and friends of the officials involved in the case may be more than 20,000 people implicated in exile." Romanloff said, "Director, did we go a little too far this time?" ”

After hearing this, Witt shook his head and whispered to Romanov: "This matter is just right, for Your Majesty, we have purged a group of guys who have been shouting for a constituent assembly all day long; For us, it clears the way for us to establish a new regime in the future, and we have gained some allies; For the people of all Russia, they once again became aware of the cruelty of their current rule. You know, all we have to do now is the gravedigger of this rotten regime. ”

Romanov nodded, and then Witte said softly: "Tomorrow I will leave Moscow and go to Siberia to Shoushan Village, and this side will be handed over to you, and the future Moscow Royal Intelligence Service will also become our own territory." Alright, let's carry it out! ”

With the sound of Mosinagan rifles, the 18 officials and nobles who had been arrogant and oppressive and good at the edge of the woods came to the end of their lives, and after the gunshots, the Orthodox priests went to each of the executed prisoners to celebrate the final mass, and then the members of the Royal Intelligence Service team involved in the execution threw the bodies one by one into the large pit that the prisoners had dug earlier, and then filled in the earth and flattened it. Werther looked at the gradually leveling ground, then turned and boarded the already parked carriage and left the place. Later, in the 21st century, when a local real estate development company in Moscow was developing real estate here, it suddenly dug a large pit, and after the research of experts, it was the person who died during Tsarist Russia, so people had a deep understanding of the cruel rule of the tsar, and also made the so-called elites who shouted all day long to restore Russia instantly speechless.

On March 17, 1896, Witte finally arrived in the village of Shoushan in the Minusinsk region of Siberia, although it was already the middle of March, the weather in Petersburg was already beginning to warm, and even the temperature in Moscow during the day could be above freezing, but here it was still white, heavy snow covered the ground, and the coniferous forests and mountains in the distance were also covered by snow.

"Vidja, you think this place can survive?" Wrapped in a thick fur coat, Witte sat in the carriage and asked Arkhipov, who was also dressed in the same clothes, with a charcoal fire. Arkhipov only smiled faintly when he heard Werther's question, and Werther had to continue to be in a daze alone.

This land is definitely painful for humans today, and although the Russians have a great physique, it still takes a lot of effort to survive on this land, even in the 21st century, after the heavy snow completely covers the land, there are often heavy snow closures here, not to mention that it is only the 19th century. It is clear from the official report that many laborers, prisoners and prisoners of war froze to death in order to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the surrounding area of the Trans-Siberian Railway is basically the cemetery of these laborers, and the exact number of people may never be counted. Witte knew better that in May this year, the Far Eastern part of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was later known as the Middle East Road, would be concluded through the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty", and the Russian representative who signed this secret treaty was his uncle Sergei. Werther, while the Chinese representative is Li Hongzhang. Witt thought, it seems that in Petersburg you can meet this famous Li Zhongtang in history.

The current Trans-Siberian Railway is still under slow construction, but the opening of the railway has given impetus to the development of the whole of Russia. In 1863, the population of Siberia was only 2.86 million, and by 1914 it had reached 9.62 million. The arrival of a large number of immigrants has effectively alleviated the shortage of labor in Siberia. With the rapid growth of the population, many cities have sprung up on both sides of the Great Railroad, and this pace of development was praised by international public opinion at the time as "American speed". In particular, thanks to the labor and capital technology brought by the railway, Siberia became the main agricultural and animal husbandry base of Russia, and by the October Revolution, Siberia accounted for 17% of the country's grain production. At the same time, Siberian industry was vigorously developed. In order to meet the demand for road construction, the coal mining industry, the timber processing industry, and the metallurgical industry have all been stimulated like never before, and even stimulated the entire Russian economy.

The greatest impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway was not only in terms of economy and manpower, but most importantly in the fact that the construction of the railway greatly strengthened Russia's control over the Far East. The Russo-Japanese War that broke out in 1904, the reason why Japan took a risk when it was not ready was also because the Trans-Siberian Railway was about to be completed, and the Japanese side was well aware of the harm that it would bring to Japan in the Far East after it was fully opened, so it had to take the initiative to provoke the war. At the time of the Second World War, the Soviet Union at that time also relied on the great depth of Siberia and the convenience of this railway to continuously transport the materials produced to the front, and finally won the final victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Just as Werther was thinking nonsense, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the groom said in front, "Young master, it's time to get there." As soon as Werther opened the car door and looked at the white sky, there was a man standing outside the room on the opposite side of the carriage, who looked at him with a smile and a smile, and Witte jumped out of the carriage and came to the man with a hug and said, "Ilyich! And tears streamed down his cheeks.

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