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Where is the Tsar?

In Tsarskoye, now, almost every St. Petersburg person knows where the tsar went, and of course, at this time, no one will say that, perhaps, for the tragedy of that day, the tsar is not responsible. But how could he, as "the chief leader of all reactionaries," not be responsible?

At the instigation of the Soviets, on October 9, an armed force of tens of thousands of revolutionary sailors, infantry, and workers, led by the revolutionaries, marched towards Thorskoye Village, and they did not meet any resistance along the way, not even the Cossacks defending Tsarskoye until they approached Tsarskoye and were surprised to find that there was no enemy here.

At first, these people were skeptical. But when they entered the Tsarskoye Village, they were immediately stunned by the magnificence of the Tsarskoye Village, and those "staunch revolutionary fighters" immediately became obsessed with money, and they plundered the palace without any scruples, and when they found the wine cellar, they immediately got drunk and raped the ladies of the court one after another, and when the situation in the Tsarskoye became more and more chaotic, they finally knew why the Tsarske had no one to guard the Tsars!

The tsar fled!

This is a victory, an unprecedented victory!

Just last evening, when Ulyanov's agitated revolutionary army launched an attack on the "last bastion of reaction", a light cruiser sailed into the dock of Tsarskoye Village, which for many years had been the place where the royal cruise ship was moored, and Witte, who had previously lobbied for the support of the financial community in France, returned to Russia, and at the first moment of civil strife in Russia, he ended his trip in France and returned to Russia, and after learning of the riots in St. Petersburg and Russia, he directly ordered the captain to sail the warship to Tsarkoye Village.

Upon receiving information that the rebels were about to attack Tsarskoye Village, he immediately persuaded - except that Tsar Mikhail II was "invited" to the royal cruise ship without kidnapping, accompanied by hundreds of loyal attendants and Cossack guards.

On the way out of Tsarsko, when informed of the fact that many sailors had taken part in the insurrection, Mikhail II simply said not without sorrow:

"What, are these our sailors? Our own sailors are the same, I can't believe it, why did they betray Russia......"

Faced with the sad Tsar's Majesty, Werther only reminded softly.

"Your Majesty, now the whole of Russia has been plunged into turmoil, and on the way to Tsarskoye I have learned that the unrest in St. Petersburg, Kronstadt, Luga, etc., has intensified, and almost all the troops have gone over to the side of the rebels. Officers and officers of police stations were shot, important government officials were arrested, riots broke out in Moscow and other important towns. And more importantly, we don't have an army to stop this......"

Yes, Russia now simply does not have troops to stop all this - Russian troops are either in distant Siberia or in Chinese prisoner-of-war camps.

"Why should they rebel? Werther, why did those soldiers rebel? ”

Mikhail II asked sadly.

The reason why they got involved in the rebellion is very simple, they ...... No one wants to be cannon fodder, especially the newly recruited recruits, who have not yet established a sense of discipline, so they are easily instigated, and under the instigation of the rioters, they can easily get involved in the riot and become the main force of the riot.

Of course, this was only Werther's speculation, and he would never tell His Majesty about his speculation, but on the other hand, he knew very well what was most important right now.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is how we can quell the riots that took place in Russia, and if we are not able to do this, then Your Majesty, you will have to think about a practical question, is it exile to England, or to Germany? Or some other country! ”

Werther's words made Mikhail II, who was immersed in grief, raise his head, and he looked at the minister who had returned from France for a long time before speaking.

"Werther, as much as I do not want to be a tsar, but now, now that I have taken over the crown of the Romanovs, I will never accept it to be taken away, especially by a mob!"

At this moment, Mikhail II seemed to have regained his self-confidence as a tsar, although now he could not mobilize even a brigade of troops.

"Werther, what should we do now?"

Mikhail II, who had regained his self-confidence, looked at Witte and eagerly asked, now he urgently needs the advice of his ministers, but not the Minister of the Interior, Dmitry? Sergeyevich? Sippiakin's kind of stupid suggestion that even led to the end of the empire.

"Your Majesty, compared to other regions, Finland is still extremely quiet!"

From the day Finland was annexed to Russia 93 years ago, it was undoubtedly fortunate for the Finns, thanks to the fact that 93 years ago Alexander I had given the newly occupied land the power to Finland to maintain its former constitutional, legal, administrative and religious systems, as part of the Russian Empire, not as a subordinate province, but as a self-governing and constitutional state. In a solemn ceremony formally proposing a self-governing Finnish state, Alexander I issued a royal decree guaranteeing the recognition and responsibility for the protection of the Finnish constitution.

Alexander's edict of guarantee has been hanging in churches throughout Finland for the next 93 years, and it is the Tsar's guarantee to maintain the inviolability of Finnish laws and constitution that established the nature and basis of the union of Finland with the Russian Empire. It can be said that during the ninety-three years under the Tsar's twin eagles, the life of the Finns was peaceful and prosperous, and many Finns would consider themselves lucky, and even most of them were grateful to the Tsar.

Like previous Tsars, Mikhail, who never thought of becoming a Tsar, did not know Finland as well as his father, but he was able to do as little as possible without changing many affairs, and rarely interfered in the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy in the Finnish question, even in the face of internal Russian calls for Russification in Finland, which was not approved by him.

Of course, this does not mean that the wave of Russification has not affected Finland, just as the Finnish postal system, customs system and its monetary system have been gradually integrated into the Russian imperial system under Mikhail's leadership, and some high-ranking institutions of the Finnish government have also been ordered to adopt Russian as the office language, and of course Finnish is also the office language.

Although the Russification process provoked a certain amount of resentment, it was acceptable in the eyes of the Finnish parliament and the vast majority of Finns, so that despite the fact that there had always been a national independence movement within the country, and even that they had staged riots with the support of the intelligence services in the north-east, their riots were suppressed by their own people - by the Finnish police.

At this time, when the whole of Russia was in turmoil, only Finland remained the docile region that was grateful to the Tsar, and not as dangerous and discontented as the others. That's why Witte offered to go to Finland, and in fact, when he left Tsarskoy, he gave orders to the Cossacks guarding Tsarskoye to go to Finland.

“…… In short, now Finland is Your Majesty's last and only option! ”

After some analysis by Wette, Mikhail II rejoiced in his choice: if he had pushed Russification as strongly as he did in Poland, Finland might have become a small oasis in turmoil now.

"So, what are we going to do next?"

"Your Majesty, Finland has enjoyed peace for the past 93 years under the protection of you and successive Russian Tsars, and now, when Russia is facing turmoil, it is time to hold them accountable, of course, this requires the approval of the Finnish Parliament, and I am sure that we will be able to convince them that, after all, for the Finns, everything they enjoy today, is under your protection!"

What's next in Finland? Naturally, the troops stationed in Finland need to be mobilized, and at the same time new troops need to be called up in Finland, and of course, this is only the first step. On the way back to Russia from France, Werther had prepared for the worst, even though the reality was worse than he had imagined.

"However, now that the rioters have taken control of many places, Werther, relying on them alone, cannot pacify the mob everywhere!"

If it was just a rebellion in one place, then Mikhail, as the tsar, would not have known that he had fled in a hurry, and the situation in Russia was far worse than he had imagined, and it was for this reason that he suspected that it was impossible to quell the current rebellion with the help of Finland.

"Yes, Your Majesty! That's why we need the help of our allies! ”

The help of allies?

Looking at Witt in surprise, Mikhail asked.

"What, what do you say? Are you talking about Germany? ”

Almost instinctively, Mikhail thought of the "Three Emperors Alliance", but the former "Three Emperors Alliance" was far from being compared with the "Holy Alliance" of the year, and the "Three Emperors Alliance" had already been destroyed during the Bulgarian crisis.

"Your Majesty, fifty-four years ago, when Europe was in turmoil, when European traditions were threatened by revolution, Tsar Nicholas I confidently told the Austrian royal family that Russia could send 500,000 troops at any time to ensure that any European revolution was quickly extinguished. So during the riots in Hungary, the Russian army thundered as promised, and ensured the maintenance of the European system as the European gendarme. The reason why we sent troops at that time was because everyone remembered the consequences of the French Revolution very clearly, if we did not send troops at that time, then the new Napoleon was very likely to sweep Europe again, and now, for Germany and Austria-Hungary, they also had no other choice, perhaps the Bulgarian crisis announced the collapse of the Three Emperors Alliance, but ......"

After a pause, Witte looked at His Majesty and said in an extremely calm tone.

"For their part, Germany has always been eager to maintain friendship with Russia, preferring to be an ally with Russia than an enemy, if possible......"

The reason why Werther said this actually has a lot to do with his trip to France, when he passed through Germany on the way to France, the German Emperor Wilhelm II personally received him and personally sent him to France on his royal cruise ship, while in contrast, the French people from all walks of life were extremely indifferent to his visit, and the fiasco on the battlefield caused the entire French financial community to suffer heavy losses, how could they give him too much courtesy?

It was precisely this treatment of ice and fire that made Werther, who was originally pro-German, choose Germany in the choice of allies, and he believed that Germany could see more clearly the threat of post-revolutionary Russia to Germany, not to mention, once Germany sent troops to quell the turmoil in Russia, then Germany would undoubtedly get everything it dreamed of - becoming a real ally with Russia, and no longer need to worry about the East.

It was for this reason that Witte believed that he could persuade Germany and Austria-Hungary to agree to send troops to suppress the riots in Russia. Of course, this idea of his needs the consent of the tsar in order to be successful.

"Well, you really, can we convince them?"

Because of the history of his grandfather sending troops to Hungary to help Hungary restore order, Mikhail did not object to using the power of Germany and Austria-Hungary to restore order in Russia, although it was inevitable that there was some psychological resistance, but he also knew very well that he had no other better choice now.

"Of course, I believe that His Majesty Wilhelm II will definitely agree to send troops to help us!"

"But, Witt ......"

Walking a few steps in the cabin, Mikhail thought of the helplessness and even embarrassment of Hungary, which had no power to protect itself in the face of the help of various countries, after the countries helped to quell the Hungarian riots, it can be said that the later merger of Austria and Hungary was also the seed planted by that intervention, which could not help but make Mikhail worry about whether it would lead the wolf into the house.

"A lot of times, there is always a price to pay for the help of outsiders!"

"So ......"

In the face of His Majesty's question, Werther still seemed extremely calm.

"Now, in addition to the need for help from the outside, we also need a truce with the Chinese, at any cost, because, in Siberia, we still have a legion, and in the camps of the Chinese, there are hundreds of thousands of our troops, and if we can transfer these forces back, then help from the outside is just help, and will not cause any damage to Russia!" (To be continued.) )