"Dear cousin: how are you doing, is little Alexei getting better, have all those Bolshevik demons been sent to hell to repent, people are already missing you in Berlin......"

In the glittering Golden Hall, Tsar Nicholas II was silently gazing at the letter in his hand. On the smooth page, there are rows of delicate Mao characters, and the top of the letter paper is decorated with a pink bow. As time passed, the expression on Nikolai's face changed one after another, joy, anger, bitterness, and loss...... Eventually, he regained his calm look.

"Cousin Sanya has written from Berlin expressing our strong desire to shake hands with the Germans. In her letter, she wrote that all the top German leaders, including her crown prince's husband, did not want a war with my Russia; As long as we strike on the Western Front, they will be more than willing to sit down with us at the negotiating table. Nikolai put down the letter in his hand and said slowly, "Holy Master, I would like to know if the gods have any hints about it. ”

A few steps away, a middle-aged man with stray brown hair stood quietly at the bottom of Nikolai. His cheekbones were high, his cheeks were slightly sunken, and his goat-like beard fluttered gently in the breeze under his thin face. The most memorable thing is his eyes, the blue pupils are shining and shining; Coupled with that simple robe, he had a bit of the aura of a god saint flowing through it. Hearing Nikolai's words, the middle-aged man bowed respectfully to the person in front of him. His eyes were closed, his arms folded, and it wasn't long before he passed. Then came out of his mouth a few difficult and obscure, but long, ethereal, clear syllables like a chant.

Seeing the middle-aged man's "spell casting" again, Nikolai clenched his fists, and a trace of nervousness and anticipation was revealed on his face.

As a devout believer. From an early age, Nikolai was interested in various legends of the gods. When he succeeded to the throne, he was a believer in mysticism, like his cousin Empress, who was also a fanatical believer in the Virgin Mary, and liked to entertain such figures as "priests", "holy children", "prophets", and "prophets", and often held solemn séances in the royal palace. However, God did not favor the couple in particular. Empress Fiorodovna is the direct granddaughter of Queen Victoria, a carrier of the hemophilia gene, and she is married to Tsar Nicholas as a close cousin. The crown prince Alexei, whom they raised, unfortunately inherited Yan zhòng's hemophilia.

With the current state of medicine, there is no cure for this deadly hemophilia. Whenever Alexei fell ill. Almost all of them are helpless. And Alexei is the only son of the empress after giving birth to 4 princesses in a row, carrying the heavy responsibility of continuing the Romanov dynasty, and the pain in the hearts of the tsar couple can be imagined. In order to save Alexei, they made countless attempts. But none of them worked.

1907 year. Alexey, who had just turned 3, fell ill again and was in an extremely serious condition; The sick Empress persuaded Nicholas II to summon Gregory with the attitude of giving it a try (and in this case strongly despised the disgusting little advertisements). Rasputin entered the palace to treat the crown prince. Prior to this, the "divine monk" had successfully predicted the impending drought in a Russian province and "luckily" cured the dog of Grand Duke Nicholas, whose miraculous abilities became famous among the Russian aristocracy. However, to the great surprise of the Tsar and his wife, Rasputin only gave the crown prince a small packet of ordinary hemostatic powder, and accompanied him to tell the story for a while at his bedside. Alexei, who was unconscious, woke up the next day, and his body recovered from the brink of endangerment!

By virtue of this miracle. Rasputin, a silk fisherman from Saratov Province, instantly achieved the most gorgeous counterattack, and was honored by the Tsar and his wife, who believed in mysticism and loved their son. And the "mana" he possessed was also vividly displayed to them in the following days. As long as he was in the palace, the crown prince was healthy and lively; And when he left the palace, the crown prince languished and became thinner. Especially in October 1912, Alexei, who accompanied Nikolai on a hunting trip in Poland, suddenly fell ill, with a high fever and bleeding, and all the imperial doctors were helpless, and the royal family had already begun to prepare for the aftermath of the crown prince. However, when Rasputin, who was far away in St. Petersburg, sent a telegram to the empress claiming that the crown prince would survive, Alexei's illness immediately improved, and he was once again in danger. To this day, Nikolai has long been convinced of Rasputin's "mana", and his trust in him has reached an unprecedented level.

However, it was thanks to the appearance of this man that the fall of the Romanov dynasty was brought at least five years earlier.

Rasputin is a monster with a dual personality. In front of the Tsar and his wife, he was humble and courteous, and with his inexplicable superpowers of communicating with God and healing Alexei, he was a perfect image of a saint from every point of view. However, in front of his subjects, he showed the most vicious and vicious, like the devil of hell. With his close relationship with the Tsar, Rasputin directly intervened in the government's affairs, and this "filthy wine-colored bald donkey" became an absolute power surpassing that of the prime minister. Flattering and praising his mediocrity was exalted, and despised and spurned his handsome was degraded. The reason why the fat and bearded Minister of War Suke Hollim was able to sit firmly in this position was all due to his relationship with this "royal friend". In addition, Rasputin's dissoluteness, foul language, and brutality also made him the number one thorn in the side of the Russian people and even the aristocracy.

The Russian people, seeing that the palace had taken in such ruffians, hated the Romanov dynasty for its bloody suppression of the revolution in 1905 and the evils of the current society. But when the Tsar and his wife saw these people, they even spurned and slandered such a glorious and pure saint, and their hearts were also full of anger. Since neither could see the two sides of Rasputin and therefore understand each other's actions, the tsar and the people pushed each other into sharp opposing positions.

After a long time, Rasputin finally stopped the Sanskrit singing. His face was slightly haggard, but his eyes were bright, and he said to Nikolai respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have already felt the secret words of the gods: the continuous war will destroy the Romanovs' rule over this country for more than three hundred years. ”

Hearing Rasputin's words, Nikolai's face couldn't help but change slightly. He was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Two days ago, the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of State for the Interior also drafted a memorandum for me, urging me to make peace with Germany as much as possible, and not to let the Reich run into bloodshed for the sake of the interests of democratic countries. With the successive defeats at the Battle of Tannenberg and Lake Masuria, the pro-German groups in China were also injected with new strength, and they began to openly incite the introduction of war, and this argument has already gained a considerable market in the country. ”

"And what does Majesty mean?" Rasputin asked softly.

"Although this war was triggered by a colonial dispute between Germany and France, and has nothing to do with our Russia, on the basis of the Franco-Russian alliance and the Anglo-Russian Entente, it is difficult for us to withdraw alone. Not to mention that the British have already promised us that they will support the annexation of Istanbul and the Bosphorus by the Reich after the end of the war, which has been the long-cherished wish of every Slav for the past thousand years! Nikolai's voice was slightly expectant, and he said, "This is the greatest diplomatic victory we have ever won in front of that old British bandit, and we have every reason to seize this opportunity." ”

Regarding the Tsar's view, which was completely different from his own, Rasputin obviously did not have the slightest desire to disobey him, but showed his obedience and humility. In fact, this is one of the reasons why he was so trusted and appreciated by the Tsar; There is no one more than Rasputin who can make Nikolai feel the supreme imperial power he has.

Nikolai smiled, with a confident look on his face that came from nowhere, and said: "In fact, the reason why Willy is in a hurry to negotiate peace with me is entirely out of a gambler-like mentality: that is, he wants to take advantage of the situation in his favor, and get out of the game with the rubles he has won. If we sit down at the negotiating table with them now, the bad boy Willy will definitely use his victory as a bargaining chip to put forward all kinds of harsh armistice conditions against my Russia, how can I fall for his clumsy tricks? ”

"At present, although the Reich has lost almost two army groups in the battle against Germany, for us this is a completely insignificant loss. Unlike the last war, the empire, which fought a decisive battle in Europe, was able to devote all its forces to the main battlefield! Nikolai's thoughts became clearer and clearer, and the confidence in his words grew, as if he had annihilated 400,000 German men at the cost of 40,000 casualties instead of the opposite. He paused, and then said: "Our previous failures were due to insufficient mobilization preparations; As long as we complete the complete mobilization, Germany will be completely submerged with an endless sea of people! ”

Rasputin Gong claims to be. In front of the Tsar, he will always be the most perfect image of the saint, and he will never say a word about the will of the Tsar. Seeing Rasputin's deferential and unusual attitude, Nikolai was greatly pleased; If his subjects can have half of him, why worry that Germany and Austria will not be destroyed and Emperor Russia will not prosper?

"It is true that no nation can ever sustain war, and the God of Mercion is right in telling us. However, the first to fall from exhaustion in this war must be the odious Willy. Nikolai said in a loud and conclusive voice. (To be continued......)

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