＜ Episode 95 >
I have a lot to prepare and no time. So, in the end, I had to take it off and run.
As a result, I was able to repeat the bizarre experience where time swishes into the future every time I close my eyes and open them.
The tsar just pushed himself and announced Tatiana’s engagement with me. After that day, Tatiana came to my mansion with all her luggage.
“came? What are you going to do? meal? bath? if not……”
“From the meal.”
So this is the situation. Isn’t it a bad thing in aristocratic society to live together with fiances? But was it not synonymous with saying that it is okay to do something that it is not flawed?
Even if an affair is not a fault among nobles right now, it doesn’t mean that you can do it to your heart’s content.
“You’re so squeamish even though you haven’t done it before, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to go to a wedding venue with a child, do you?”
“Please, I am tired.”
“Are you going to say that when you get married? Am I the woman who will be your wife?”
“No… stop bothering people who are tired…”
Of course, I’m tired more mentally than physically. Anyway, being tired is being tired.
“So I’m going to give you some relief from your mental fatigue, right?”
“Did you know that Olga-sama’s eyes aren’t very unusual these days?”
“Your sister?”
“What kind of conspiracy do you see?”
“It doesn’t matter, after all, I’m the one my father named after all, right?”
Is it overwhelming confidence? Tatiana grabbed my arm.
“Stop doing nothing. The rice is ready, so why not just eat and go right in?”
“……I have to wash it, though.”
Tatiana is not lacking as a cohabitant.
She helps with my work to some extent, is a good conversationalist, and is definitely a charming person.
The only thing I don’t like is that – although it’s not her fault – that this was done regardless of my intentions?
It’s not that I don’t like her.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy with her.
I just don’t feel comfortable in a corner of my heart.
There must be no reason not to be happy, but it is heavy as if a rock was placed on my heart.
No, there is no reason not to be happy, what nonsense is that.
After all, isn’t it just a deception for myself? It’s just that he doesn’t want to take off the mask, isn’t it?
Whether or not she knows I’m in conflict, she smiles and hangs on my arm.
“I have prepared a delicious meal.”
“……..okay.”
***
The next day, the Winter Palace
I went to work and sat down in front of the Russian missionary.
“There are many different religions in the Empire.”
The state religion of the Russian Empire is the Eastern Orthodox Church.
But, of course, of course, there are many people of faith living within the empire. In the 21st century, Korea is full of people with various beliefs.
First of all, the religion with the largest number of heads is the Eastern Orthodox Church, and surprisingly, there are also quite a few Catholics.
There are quite a few Catholics in Poland, and there are also quite a few Catholics among the aristocracy and bourgeoisie of the Russian Empire.
And there are quite a few Protestants who are Lutherans, often called Protestants.
In any case, Christianity remains the religion of the ruling class and most of its subjects. There are hardly any non-Christians in high positions.
Next is Islam. If you look at the distribution, the newly annexed territories, especially Anatolia, and Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, etc. There are Christians in this area, but there are also many Muslims.
And throughout Central Asia, the Eye of the Storm, there are nomads of Muslim descent, and even Buddhists, to a lesser extent. Considering Manchuria and the Far East, it only hurts my head.
Besides, Jews everywhere, etc.
In conclusion, Muslims are plentiful in the empire.
I moved the horse.
“Listen to all the generals here, there is no petty treason, and there is a sin that no kindness can cover.”
“Let them know that the war starts when they want, but at the end they have to beg for it to end. The entire unit should train chemical warfare training, street warfare training, anti-nomad maneuver warfare, and stronghold defense from this time on.”
The officers, knowing that all of this was assuming actual combat, were frozen.
Do revolutionaries intend radical suppression? Does not matter. The evidence that Lenin was even doing this is evidence that it was difficult to gain sympathy from the existing Russian community, so he resorted to such extreme means.
“Nomads obey by force. Instill fear in them.”
A gas attack was also a concern. But most of the suppression will be carried out by the cavalry.
If the Spanish flu spreads faster than expected and the cavalry is incapacitated, then it will be necessary to pour poison gas, but until then, it will be necessary to show the tsar’s wrath in a visible way.
“The estimated size of the rebels spans across Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang Uyghurs, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Chechnya and Turk.”
“You burn every city. If you entrust me with command of the Cossack cavalry, I will overthrow them, turn them into ghastly seas of blood wherever they see me, slaughter the rebels with gas and burn their residences, and only then will they understand my subject.”
Ungern calmly spoke bloody words.
“Originally, serfs who rise up without knowing my subject must be trampled on. If you yield once, you will only make two, three, four, endless demands.”
In Ungern’s eyes, this was a common peasant revolt. But very large.
Wouldn’t it be enough to make a sea of blood with my family’s blood, let me swim there, and sleep on the beds of my neighbors’ heads?
“Anyway, it doesn’t make sense to say that there isn’t even a single oil painter. dismissal.”
Kuropatkin protested.
“If they revolt, the self-employed are the first target. If we evacuate them, organize a volunteer corps, and unite the Yuhwa faction, it will be a great force.”
“Hmm.”
“Ha, so you were defeated by those vile Japanese people, Kuropatkin, do you not understand your intentions? I’m not asking you to step on those lowly things.”
“You have to do it right, gas slaughter and burn all the dwellings? Even the moderates with a handful will take off their cranes!”
“But if anyone escapes alive, we have to release the Cossack and catch him and kill him. If you kill them all, no one will be dissatisfied.”
“stop.”
I moderated the harsh atmosphere.
“Kuropatkin, are you going to leave in a conciliatory way, Ungern, you want to kill all of you? to sum up.”
“I’m not saying we forgive the traitors, I’m saying that if you slaughter an entire population with some kind of poison gas, they will go wild with outside support. When all the Muslims rise up…”
“External support? All the Muslims are uprising? It’s the same thing, don’t you know how divided they are? They fight because they have different sects? Which country will support them? Persia? England? Or now England. Those Middle Eastern emirates whose relations with them have already deteriorated?”
“Ungern! I ordered you to stop fighting!”
As I raised my voice, Ungern immediately bowed his head.
“I’m sorry. I’ll correct it. Your Excellency.”
As I slowly showed signs of anger, Ungern bowed his head in hopes that he would let go of himself and go into action.
Originally, suppression of the rebellion should be suppressed by setting a harsh example, but it is necessary to give even a little carrot to reduce the consumption of manpower and materials and to prevent a recurrence.
“First, the Islamic rebels are by no means easy-going. Because of the active cooperation of Muslims, it is difficult to conduct large-scale sweeping operations.”
This is a lesson the Russian military learned while fighting in the first Chechen war.
“Therefore, kill all those who cooperate with the rebels. I will give Ungern unlimited operational rights. Also, send Spetsnaz to guerrilla warfare in mountainous areas. We will force it even if the damage is great. In case of emergency, poison gas attacks are also allowed on the premise that there is no possibility of damage to the pro-Russian and neutral forces.
“Kuropatkin, and Ungern, let your officers act together in case of emergency. Your skills will be able to fill each other’s shortcomings.”
The two slowly turned their gazes and collided with each other. After a while, a shout rang out.
“dismissal!”
“Please reconsider! please!”
***
Well, Ungern’s words to kill them all aren’t completely impossible. Not only is it unwilling, it just costs too much time and money.
Besides, it’s not like I’m not going to rule there, so in the end a pro-Russian faction is needed.
“After the rebellion is suppressed, bone marrow anti-state actors in Poland are searched out and forcibly relocated to Central Asia. If necessary, we can also bring in Manchuria, or we can bring in manpower from Palestine, etc.”
Anxious forces abound everywhere. And the surest solution is forced migration.
“Manju?”
Although Manchuria is currently shared between Russia and Japan, it is formally a territory of China.
“Yeah, anyway, the Chinese will figure it out and feed us a cause.”
To be precise, I think Sun Won will do that. Please, please, move as expected. That’s why we have a cause.
The interesting thing is that Sun Yuan and Chiang Kai-shek are moving separately now… That part is not important right now.
‘It is not without the possibility that the UK will intervene. In any case, Sun Yat-sen also has his own legitimacy, and as a British, he wants Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen to be harmonious.’
However, there are not a few countries that can be on our side, such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, or Germany. France is a bit vague.
‘Are you going to make an economic block out of these countries?’
It is common knowledge that the larger the weight class, the easier it is to withstand the Great Depression, and even without the UK, it is possible to control the damage of the Great Depression by creating an economic community of the dinosaur weight class even by bringing it to Germany.
It was a sudden thought, but it was more plausible than I thought.
‘After the war, we should really push ahead.’
The problem is that I already have trouble figuring out how much I have to run to do that. I have to go to Germany, and in the Czech Republic, I set up the military administration headquarters, but I am working with the parliament there too, so I’ll have to check it out to see if things are going well. I’ve been to Hungary once, and I’m thinking about whether I should go to Serbia or not.
It seems like something has happened in an instant, but what can I do? It’s necessary, but what should I do?