Tallinn was built in the middle of the 13th century and is divided into upper and lower towns, the upper city was inhabited by the upper class such as the nobility and the religious class, and has maintained its medieval style. Built at the top of Fortress Hill, Tombea Palace is the heart of Tallinn's Upper Town, a huge fortress built during the Danish colonial period that has been expanded over the centuries and is no longer a single castle, but a series of palaces surrounded by walls, somewhat similar to the Forbidden City in China. Now it was not only the center of power of the Baltic Principalities, but also the heart of the entire Russian Empire. Within the walls of Tombea, the various yamen of the empire were being rebuilt.

Hersman and Chloe now also live within the walls of Tombea. According to the plan, he was to attend the funerals of the Tsar, the Crown Prince, the Empress and the three Grand Dukes as part of a delegation from the German military – a serious political split in Germany after the November Revolution. On the one hand, there are the forces of "democratic socialism" represented by the Social Democratic Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party; On the one hand, there are the Junker officers controlled by the Grand General Staff; On the one hand, there was the radical socialist faction led by the Spartacist League.

The Spartacist League, while denying any involvement in the murder of the Tsar, condemned the murder of the crown prince and the three archduchesses. But they gave a positive assessment of the killing of the Tsar and Empress as a necessary revolutionary measure.

Constrained by them, the Independent Social Democratic Party, which had three members in the Council of People's Commissars, also expressed opposition to sending people to attend the Tsar's funeral and did not agree to apologize for the murder of the Tsar, the Empress, the Crown Prince and the three Grand Duchesses in Germany. Therefore, the People's Commissariat of the legitimate government of Germany did not intend to send people to Tallinn for the funeral.

The attitude of the German military was different from that of the Council of People's Commissars, and Hindenburg decided to continue the policy of supporting Belarus. In his opinion, it would be very advantageous for Germany to allow the Russian Empire to be present as the main victorious power at the upcoming peace conference. Because Germany and Russia were now facing a common enemy, the Bolsheviks, the two sides could only defeat their opponents if they united.

So the German military is ready to send a fairly high-profile delegation, which will be led by Max, the actual commander-in-chief of the German army on the Eastern Front. Lieutenant General Hoffman.

However, Germany, which had already been defeated, could not be the most important guest at the Tsar's funeral in any case. The delegations of the United Kingdom, France and the United States were the most important. However, until November 30, 1918, Britain, the United States and France still did not decide what kind of big people to send to Tallinn. They sent only one Entente military delegation in Poland "through" the Baltic.

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Inside the Palace of Tombea, in the corridor leading to the conference hall. Two officers of the rank of colonel, almost as young, were talking as they walked. One of them was Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig of the German Army. Feng. Hersman. The other was much more handsome than Hersman, a man who could be described as pretty. His name is Felix. Yusupov was a Russian duke. The commander of the Tombea's Guards, who was also a female archduke, now holds the rank of colonel. Rasputdin, a confidant of Nicholas II, was murdered by him.

In addition, this Duke Yusupov is also a former super-rich man. The family of Duke Yusupov is one of the most famous families in Russia, and their origins date back to the time of the Golden Horde, and they are descendants of a certain leader of the Khanate. At the beginning of the 18th century, the descendants of this family became close confidants of Peter the Great, thus establishing the prominent position of the Yusupov family in the Russian period. Later, during the reigns of Empress Elizabeth and Paul I, the Yusupov family had the Tsar's confidants. Thus a huge fortune was accumulated. Moreover, the predecessors of the Yusupov family were also very good at investing, investing their wealth in coal mines, iron ore and oil fields. By the eve of the 1917 revolution, the Yusupov family's fortune was estimated to be worth between $350 million and $500 million.

And the owner of this wealth of 350 million to 500 million dollars is Duke Yusupov next to Hessman, whose mother is the only direct heir of the Yusupov family, and he is also the only direct heir of the family.

But now, with all this wealth at the expense of the Russian Civil War, the duke has nothing but the small amount of wealth he brought with him when he fled Russia and a few residences of the Yusupov family outside Russia. This is probably the reason why Yusupov is so actively involved in the camp of the Grand Duchess?

However, the attitude of Britain, the United States and France towards the Archduchess of Olga greatly exceeded the duke's expectations.

"This is simply humiliating Russia, how can we form an alliance with such a country?" Yusupov mentioned to Hersman what had happened to him yesterday morning when he accompanied the Grand Duchess to the port of Tallinn to meet the military delegation of the Entente powers.

In fact, Hersmann and Baron Pierburg and Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher (Chief of Staff of the Courland Defence Force) also went to the port of Tallinn. However, he did not participate in the subsequent talks, and even with the head of the Allied military delegation in Poland, Harold . Lieutenant Colonel Alexander did not have the opportunity to shake hands. It was only after the good offices of the Grand Duchess Olga and Admiral Yudenich that the British lieutenant colonel was reluctant to meet with an officer who could represent the "German forces in the Baltics" - his position was not to recognize the legitimacy of the Courland Defence Force and therefore not to make contact with the officers of the Courland Defence Force. He saw the Courland Defense as "the German army in the Baltics".

"Humiliation?" Hersman asked. "Duke, do you mean that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander is unwilling to shake hands with us?"

Yesterday's scene was indeed humiliating! Hersman guessed that Alexander, who was the same age as himself but had become a lieutenant colonel, must be the historical Marshal Alexander. But Lieutenant Colonel Alexander's arrogance must have been directed at the Germans, right? Perhaps he will make demands for the expulsion of the Baltic Germans or something......

"It's not just that!" Yusupov huffed and said, "This damned Englishman actually does not recognize the status of the Grand Duchess!" ”

"Do not recognize her as the monarch of the United Duchy of the Baltics?"

"Not even the United Principalities of the Baltic Principalities themselves!"

"So this part of the Baltic is still the territory of the Russian Empire?" "They don't recognize the Brest Treaty, it's supposed to be part of Russia, right?" ”

"No, they don't even recognize the Russian Empire!" Yusupov said, "So the British, French and American governments will not send delegations to the Tsar's funeral......"

"Well...... Hersman's brow furrowed, "what do they want?" Don't you want to defeat Soviet Russia? ”

This attitude was indeed greater than Hersman had expected. The main generals of the White Guards had already recognized Olga, and members of the Romanov dynasty had expressed their support for her. It seemed natural for Olga to become the head of the White Russian Communist Party and to fight against Lenin. Why don't Britain, France and the United States support it?

Is it for the German militants of the Courland Autonomous State? Hersmann quickly dismissed the question, as without the Courland Defense Army, the United Principalities of the Baltic would soon be occupied by the Russian Red Army. In this way, the Russian White Guards would lose their base for a counter-attack on Petrograd, and the capture of Petrograd was the best shortcut to the restoration of the Russian Empire.

If the Entente saw Soviet Russia as the main threat to the future, they had no reason to make things difficult for Belarus on this issue...... If they really intend to support the restoration of Tsarist Russia, then they should not humiliate the Russian empress with "no recognition"!

What exactly do they want to do? With a stomach full of doubts, Hersman and Duke Yusupov had already arrived outside a conference hall with an open door. At this moment, the roar of the Grand Duchess of Olga suddenly came from the conference hall.

"Lieutenant Colonel! On the lands of the United Duchy of the Baltic there were 1 million Germans! One in three. And I'm German myself! Do you insist on expulsion, do you want to drive me out and let Lenin's men come here? ”

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