Section 342 The Tsar's Crisis
"Is Russia going to the end?"
In the Summer Palace, the Grand Duchess of Olga cried and cried. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"How so, no."
Yang Chao comforted, but he knew in his heart that Russia was really finished.
"Please, help Russia."
The tearful female archduchess couldn't bear to refuse.
In Yang Chao's view, the Tsarist clique entrenched in Western Siberia is beneficial to China and harmless to China.
"Of course, I don't know how. In just one year, His Majesty's army of four million was almost wiped out, and I really don't know what to do to help. β
Last winter, he helped the tsar rearm an army of one million, and the tsar even recruited female soldiers, and asked Yang Chao how to help.
"Stolypin said that if the Chinese airship unit is willing to help with the bombingβ"
Yang Chao interrupted: "This is impossible, our country cannot interfere in the civil war in Russia, this is a matter of principle. β
Grand Duke Origa's expression darkened.
Yang Chao said again: "Forget it, I don't want these unhappy things, our wedding has been delayed for too long." Isn't it time to do it? β
Although the sheets were all torn, the two were not legally married now.
Origa didn't speak, apparently she didn't have the heart right now.
Women's diplomacy is really troublesome, and Stolypin's grandson has fooled Oliga a lot.
"Don't worry, I will never allow Soviet Russia to invade Siberia, as long as they dare to cross the Ural Mountains, it will threaten the interests of our country, and our country must not sit idly by."
"Really?"
Origa is happy.
"Of course it's true. Where is the oil in Tyumen already extracted. The railway is being built intensively and will be completed in a few months. The oil field was run by me in a joint venture with Nobel and the Tsarist family, and my government will not sit idly by and watch the assets of its citizens suffer. What's more, oil is a matter of national security. β
Yang Chao swore that he would say.
The Tyumen oil fields are not only oil security, but also the best reason to intervene in the Russian civil war.
The wedding will be done.
The Tsar came to Beijing again, this time he was much more haggard than the last time, his face was wrinkled, and he looked ten years old, and it seemed that the fierce war with Soviet Russia for a year had indeed exhausted his energy.
What Yang Chao didn't know was that he could still insist on his majesty in front of people, but behind his back, the tsar had cried several times, and he found that he couldn't bear this kind of pressure at all, the pressure of losing the country.
So this time, under the pretext of his daughter's marriage, he directly handed over all official duties to Stolypin, and he fled and left Siberia.
In fact, by the time the war was fought, the tsar had no confidence at all, and he was very dissatisfied with Stolypin, but seeing that Stolypin was older than him, the resentment in his heart disappeared. I also heard that Stolypin's family was implicated, and they were all shot by Soviet Russia. Far from complaining, he was full of sympathy for the minister, and although he also lost a son, he managed to save the lives of all his daughters and wives.
The wedding was still held in the church, and Yang Chao originally had the idea of changing it to a Chinese-style wedding, but the Chinese-style wedding required to worship his parents, which meant that Yang Chao had to kowtow to the Tsar, and Yang Chao's identity was the president of the Republic of China, so he was not allowed to make such a move at all, so he could only continue to be held in the church.
The wedding was more grand than the last time, but this time the security measures were much tighter, and the guests, both men and women, were carefully searched and checked, and there were no complaints from the guests about the assassination last time.
Ministers from various countries, as well as the royal families of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyus, participated in the event, and the event was unprecedented.
But the wedding itself was very prosaic, everything was according to Western etiquette, and the procedure was simpler than the wedding of the wealthy class in China in later generations.
After the wedding, the two officially became husband and wife, and the Grand Duchess of Olga cried uncontrollably, but Yang Chao always entertained the guests very calmly.
After the wedding, the song ended, but the tsar did not leave.
Instead, he stayed in Beijing and began to conduct state activities and exchange negotiations with diplomatic envoys of various countries.
With the defeat, Britain and France had given up supporting the Tsar, and apart from receiving some support from China, the Tsarist government had cut off all foreign aid, and the aid given by the Chinese government could no longer meet their needs.
Having received no promise of renewed assistance from the countries, the tsar had no choice but to turn to the Chinese government for help.
However, China has never let go of lending to foreign governments, and the tsar is no exception, of course, it is not absolutely unsettled, and the tsarist government has borrowed 1 billion taels of silver, but it is not exchanged for territory, or it is mortgaged with minerals.
"Don't you still have a fleet, and our country is willing to pay a high price for it!"
Yang Chao made a suggestion to the Tsar.
Kolchak's fleet stayed in Qingdao, the tsar did not give them a penny, and the fleet did not even have fuel.
Not only Yang Chao, but also the British and Americans had fought the idea of this fleet, but both Britain and the United States hoped to use it to repay their loans, and the Tsar of course refused to agree.
Yang Chao proposed to buy it, how could the tsar not agree, and at this time, the price of warships is quite high, especially the spot price.
These warships, just 10 super dreadnoughts, before the war had 10 million US dollars, during the war the price of civilian ships tripled, even 30 million do not worry about selling, these ten sold for 300 million is not a problem. Yang Chao offered the Tsar the entire fleet, a total of 500 warships, $500 million, and the Tsar delivered the goods quickly.
Although Kolchak was dissatisfied, he could not do anything. The warships were all lying in Qingdao, what else could he do except sell to the Chinese, so he honestly took the sailors ashore and went to Siberia to serve as an army, but Kolchak got the position of commander of a group army, which was also considered a high authority.
With money, materials and equipment have been solved, but how to solve the problem of military morale, last year's winter war spirit, the tsar's subordinates have broken their courage, there is no morale at all, plus there are too many female soldiers in the army, various adverse events have occurred in the market, military discipline has plummeted, and it is infinitely close to the level of bandits.
Sure enough, as soon as the Russian Red Army attacked, the tsarist army collapsed, and Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, and other Urals cities fell one after another, seeing that the Russian army was approaching Tyumen.
Yang Chao immediately issued a statement on behalf of the Chinese Government that no country would be allowed to threaten the security of the Tyumen oil fields, and that the use of force would not be ruled out when necessary.
Through this statement, a pretext was created for the intervention of force.
Comrade Vladimir, of course, protested here, but again, they could only protest at home, and no country had diplomatic relations with them, and there was no place to send protest letters.
The Tsar, still in Beijing, had completely abandoned his army and threw the crisis all to Stolypin. (To be continued.) )