Chapter 642: Undercurrent

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the democratic aspirations of the Russian people?" The fox said with a smile.

You have said that it has become a demand for democracy, and you still come to ask me what I think? Yang Feng despised this old guy in his heart, and then said seriously: "Russia really needs to carry out a thorough reform, Nikolai's rule is a behavior that goes against the trend of history, it is precisely because of the lack of effective restraining force that he has gone further and further on the road of aggression and expansion, as a former friend, I am also very sorry to see him come to this point."

Now that the Russian people have finally been able to stand up against his Bao government, this is worthy of recognition, and we believe that a democratic Russia is the foundation of world peace, and as a neighboring country and a responsible power, we should provide them with help within our ability to realize democracy in Russia as soon as possible.

In short, we should support the Russian people in whatever form of government they ultimately choose, whether they want a republic or a constitutional monarchy, that is their freedom. ”

He chattered so much, in short, it was just a sentence, what do you like, they will not care if they come to China with their own brains, and this is also the attitude of the Germans, meddling is necessary, but it is definitely not when this fire has not burned enough.

The fox was content to inform the Enquires that the new place of the negotiations had been changed to Peking, which was also in line with their status, and since they had lost the battle, they had to have an attitude of admitting defeat and begging for mercy, and they had to find out which side they were representing and when Russia would determine the real government, and it was very inappropriate to sign a treaty under such circumstances.

However, at this time, the Russian negotiators in Stockholm did not know which one they should represent, let alone him, and even the generals at the front were confused, and Nikolai, in his capacity as generalissimo of the Russian Navy and Army, issued an order to them to immediately return to St. Petersburg to quell the rebellion, and the chairman of the State Duma, in his capacity as speaker of parliament, issued an order to them to stay in place. There was also the call of the Social Workers and Workers on the radio to stand up and overthrow the Tsar and establish a people's government, but at present the millions of Russian troops on the battlefields were in a state of complete confusion.

If they were still at war at this time, they might have maintained order because of the pressure of the enemy in front of them, but now that the war has ceased to be in place, it is inevitable that everyone will think about each other, and Grand Duke Nicholas and Kuropatkin openly declared St. Petersburg a rebellion, and they will return to quell the rebellion on the orders of the Tsar. However, Kuropatkin's subordinates mutinied, and the mutinous soldiers, who had fought so hard during the five-year war, were shot dead in the headquarters of the Southwestern Front in Odessa, along with a large number of generals who were ready to be loyal to the tsar.

There was no mutiny under Grand Duke Nicholas in Ufa, but when he led his men to Kazan, they were blocked by the workers' forces. And soon a division of the Russian army originally stationed in Tsaritsyn mutinied, and the mutinous soldiers, led by members of the Social Workers' Party, stabbed to death more than half of the middle and senior officers with bayonets, and then spontaneously organized the workers' armed forces to go north and unite with the workers' armed forces in Kazan to firmly block the 30,000 Russian troops of Grand Duke Nicholas on the east bank of the Volga.

There was also a mutiny in Sevastopol, but the prestige of the commander of the fleet, Admiral Makarov, was quickly quelled, but he immediately announced that he accepted the orders of the State Duma.

The commander of the North-Western Front, who had retreated to Poland, also announced that he would accept orders from the State Duma, but then there was a mass desertion of his subordinates, and the soldiers who had been seduced by the slogans of the Social Workers returned to Russia in large numbers with weapons and engaged in various places with troops trying to stop them.

By this time. Russia was practically on the brink of civil war, and the capitalists in the State Duma suddenly came to their senses, and it was clear that if the stalemate continued, perhaps the Social Workers would eventually benefit. The Tsar was not their enemy, the Social Workers did. After the chairman of the State Duma personally went to the Peter and Paul fortress to negotiate with Nikolai, Nikolai finally accepted the reality.

However, unlike the original history, he did not abdicate this time. Rather, he accepted the transformation of the country according to a full constitutional monarchy, rather than leaving it to him, as before, and he appointed whoever was appointed as prime minister. As for the others, they are naturally in accordance with the standards of a constitutional monarchy, and China has set a good example in this regard.

In this way, the tsar and the Duma reconciled.

But in this way, the Vladimirs were dumbfounded, and tossed around that we were making wedding clothes for others, what should we do if you reconcile? Of course, the Duma has not forgotten about them, and the Social Workers Party will become a legal party in the future, and after a while, when the State Duma elections are held again, you can participate in the elections!

Vladimir was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, but they really have no ability to change the reality now, the military power balance in St. Petersburg is obviously not in their favor, after the reconciliation between the Duma and the Tsar, the strength has occupied an overwhelming advantage, although they have armed all the people who can be armed by this time, but the strength comparison is still weak, in this case, the best choice is to delay, the longer it drags on, the better, as long as the soldiers on the front line who were mobilized by them arrive in St. Petersburg, Then the two sides will be reversed immediately.

Except for a small number of old and weak women and children who had little combat effectiveness on the spot, the backbone of the Social Workers Party of about 10,000 people still retained their arms in the name of workers' pickets, and even those who laid down their weapons hid their weapons and took out some rags to fool the outside world, and the vast majority of people could organize again at any time.

In this regard, both the capitalists and the tsar in the Duma were strictly unvigilant, they did not look down on these rabbles in the first place, and in their opinion the rebellion had been quelled, and then it was enough to restore order as soon as possible, including the generals who supported the Duma at the front. In fact, the elite of Russian society basically supports a constitutional monarchy, which China has become a model for the whole world, but the republic has lost any appeal. Among the major countries in the world, it is nothing more than a republic of France, and then from the Franco-Prussian War to the present, it has been beaten by one enemy after another, thinking about how majestic France was in the era of the kingdom and the empire, not to mention the other republic of the United States, at this time it is already considered a dead country, and the name of the republic Yan zhòng lacks advertising effect.

In the eyes of the Russian elites, as long as the monarchy is constitutional, the Russian Empire can quickly get rid of the quagmire of poverty and backwardness, like China, and then resurrect with full blood and one day regain the lost one, but they forget how much gold and silver Yang Feng spent in order to smoothly transition China to a constitutional monarchy, not to mention anything else, just to win the hearts of the people to make a big splash of money across the country, enough to buy the Russian naval fleet in its heyday, he has the ability to play like this, No one else is capable.

Not to mention the fact that the People's Bank of China maintained the original state finances, and the huge loans provided to those princes from all walks of life, which were unimaginable figures that no one else could imagine, and no one could replicate his model.

The current Russian government is almost poor and pants are poor, the rats in the treasury are crying, not to mention throwing money to win the hearts of the people, they can't even get the salaries of officials, and the ruble is no different from waste paper now. What the people want is not a democracy or a republic, what they want is real benefits, gold and silver, food to eat, clothes to wear, since the government cannot solve this problem, then the people can only rise up, as for the rest, it is all bullshit.

Even the increasingly serious situation of deserters at the front did not sober up the naïve Russian elite, and even it seemed to them that it was normal, and now that the war is over, although there has not yet been an official order for them to surrender their weapons to the enemy, this is for sure. Since this is the case, there is no need to stop the deserters, even if they are armed with weapons, there is no need to stop them, in the eyes of some generals who are more unwilling to admit defeat, this situation should even be encouraged, let alone carrying guns, even if they carry cannons, they will turn a blind eye.

In this way, the turmoil in Russia quickly subsided on the surface, and at this time I am afraid that no one except Emperor Yang would think that this was only the beginning of a larger rebellion, because at this very time, Vladimir sent men to Sweden to ask for the last weapons that should have been given to them.

"Poor Nikolai, you say that if he had hanged all these fellows earlier instead of pretending to be exiled for a few years, wouldn't he have been in so much trouble at this time?" Emperor Yang gloated.

"That's not even what you're behind the scenes!" Ye Guifei said disdainfully.

"You'd be wrong, he would have been like this without me, and I can even say that without me, his end might have been even worse." Emperor Yang said that of course he couldn't tell her that the Nikolai family was going to be wiped out in the original history, and it was hard to say whether he would die this time, but the pair of sisters and brothers in the Yang Medical Center in Yanköping definitely didn't have to die.

"Go, send a telegram to the medical center, take care of Nikolai's daughter and son, and never go on any business trip, and besides, they will never be allowed to return to Russia under any circumstances, alas, it can be regarded as a friend, and there is only so much I can do for him, and tell Sù Lin Zhongying, if Vladimir wants arms, try to satisfy them." Emperor Yang said with a sigh. (To be continued......)