And Rasputin did not regret his original choice, if he hadn't hugged the tsar's thigh, he would still be an ordinary village priest, how could he have today's wealth and prestige? Besides, even if he is ruined in the end, Rasputin will at least play all the ladies and ladies of St. Petersburg, and even Her Majesty, who is all honorable, will also take what she wants, what is there to regret in this life?

After taking a deep breath to readjust his emotions, Rasputin began to further analyze Tsar Nicholas II, "Let's look at your enemies first, there are mainly so few, first of all, the Chinese, this is the most powerful and difficult enemy, but all they want is to pay reparations and cede land, as long as you agree to their demands, you can free your hands to suppress the rebellion in the country." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf the negotiation goes well, you may even persuade the Chinese to release more than 3 million Russian prisoners of war, just like Prussia released French prisoners of war after the Franco-Prussian War, so many veterans, even if you can only return half in the short term, you will have enough strength to quell the rebellion at home. ”

Tsar Nicholas II did not expect that the Chinese Momen had colluded with the Bolsheviks (Note 1), and his eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, but he still hesitated when he thought of the harsh peace conditions of the Chinese government, "But the Chinese demanded too much, and actually said that they would take the Volga River, the northern ridge and the Jiman Ridge as the boundary, and if they agreed, they would be the sinners of Russia." ”

"Everyone can hit Moscow, where is it too much to put forward such conditions? If it were you, after achieving such a big advantage, would you be satisfied with only recovering that bit of former land? Besides, it's just their offer, and it's not that it's not negotiable. Rasputin said urgently, even unconsciously slapping the table.

Tsar Nicholas II's relationship with Rasputin was extraordinary (well, unusual, indeed. He didn't care about this, but nodded and listened. However, what really moved Tsar Nicholas II was Rasputin's next paragraph, "No matter how much territory is ceded, His Majesty is still the honorable Tsar, and if those rebels succeed......"

Nicholas II's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly made a decision, "What Aiqing said is very true, I would rather give it to a friend than a house slave!" ”

After thinking about this, Tsar Nicholas II, even if he was not clever enough, was able to quickly understand Rasputin's analysis of several other groups of enemies: those unorganized riots were not to be feared, they could be cleaned up at any time, and they should be put aside; And among the organized rebels, those with the slogan of national liberation only want independence, you can let it go for a while, if you really can't do it, you can agree, anyway, there is no direct threat to their throne; The rebels led by the opposition forces in Russia can be divided into two categories, most of them are just fighting for rights, and there is every possibility of winning over, even the Social Revolutionaries who have always advocated the overthrow of the Tsar, and the only one who cannot compromise is the Bolshevik faction of the Social Democratic Labor Party led by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!

The Bolsheviks wanted not only the Tsar to step down, but also to completely seize power, and their methods have always been radical, if other parties come to power, the Tsar only needs to abdicate, and the property and life safety of the family do not have to worry, but if the Bolsheviks win, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife and children will definitely die a miserable death. After thinking about this, Tsar Nicholas II finally made the wisest decision to try to win over the other forces and concentrate on the elimination of the Bolsheviks first!

And Rasputin also helped Tsar Nicholas II find out the strength he can rely on the most at present, although the nobility and bureaucracy are the basic plate of the tsarist regime, but the rotten and incompetent they will only help, although the middle and upper class officers are still generally loyal to the tsar, but most of them are corpse vegetarians, more importantly, the middle and senior ranks alone cannot ensure the control of the troops, and the junior officers are no longer reliable because of their origins, Rasputin's suggestion is to use a large number of non-commissioned officers, their loyalty to the tsar is unquestionable, And they are not as corrupt and degenerate as their predecessors, and they have enough ability to serve as middle and lower-level officers, using them as a skeleton, the tsar can firmly control hundreds of thousands of core troops in a short period of time, this is the capital to turn the tables!

"The army is important, but the people's hearts are more important, the nobility and bureaucracy are unreliable, but we still have the church!" Rasputin himself was once an Orthodox priest, and naturally knew how much influence the Orthodox Church had in Russia, "Your Majesty, more than eighty percent of our people in Russia are believers in Orthodox Christianity, especially the peasants, almost all of them are religious, and as long as the Orthodox Church firmly supports Your Majesty, the expansion of the Bolsheviks will be greatly hindered...... And the attitude of the Orthodox Church, there is no need to worry at all, their loyalty to the royal family cannot be compared even to the non-commissioned officers! You can see this from Wechen! ”

After listening to Rasputin's explanation, Tsar Nicholas II felt that his confidence had returned, but first he had to conclude a peace treaty with China as soon as possible, and if he continued to delay, it would be too late to know a solution to the crisis. Although Li Hui has recalled the First Cavalry Army, this does not mean that the Chinese army has stopped attacking, in addition to not wanting to become a bond of unity among all strata of Russia, the main reason for the recall of the First Cavalry Army is that they are alone, and the losses on the outside line are greater, not to mention, even if they can really destroy Tsarist Russia in one go, they can only destroy the tsarist regime, but they can't occupy any territory, but they are making a wedding dress for other countries, and the attack of the main force in the east is different.

In fact, at the same time as the recall of the 1st Cavalry Corps, the 4th and 5th Chinese Mountain Divisions and the Gurkha Brigade sent by Nepal (there were close to 30,000 men, in fact, divisional establishments. These 100,000 elites have been advancing westward and expanding their successes for the camp step by step. By the time Tsar Nicholas II finally made up his mind to sue for peace, his vanguard had even approached the eastern barrier of Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod, and together with the defenders of Moscow, there were almost a million Russian troops (most of them were newly drafted during the three-month truce, and the veterans were also demoralized after repeated defeats, and could only rely on quantity to make up for the quality gap). Restrained by them, and without removing this threat, Tsar Nicholas II simply did not have much to spare troops to suppress the revolution......

Note 1: The top brass of Tsarist Russia guessed that the mentor was released by China, but they thought that China was only doing this to let it drag itself back, and they could not have imagined that China was ready for a full-scale confrontation with the entire West, and that it would support the Bolsheviks to ensure the security of the west, let alone that the Chinese government was actually helping the Bolsheviks to convert their captured Russian troops into the Red Army.