Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 109 >

Kazakhstan, Russian Empire. Military advance base of operation.

“Loyalty!”

Having accepted the salute, I looked at Kuropatkin and asked.

“How is the situation?”

“Don’t worry! The mob has been annihilated, and the rest dare not even raise their heads to the imperial majesty!”

When Ungern interrupted without even telling me to, I glanced at Kuropatkin with a sneak peek out of one ear.

“Once now, the Ordas are calming the inhabitants, and those who resist have been killed or taken prisoner. There are some who have fled, but there are very few, and the Xinjiang Warlords arrest and repatriate all those who crossed the border.”

“You know how to crawl.”

“Yes.”

However, something felt uncomfortable. It felt like something was missing. That’s what I was thinking, and there isn’t one.

“By the way, where did you leave that girl?”

“… I don’t know.”

Then, something changed even in that outfit that never changed. But his mood did not allow him to ask, so Ungern kept his mouth shut.

***

“Things are going smoothly than I thought, I was amazed. comrade.”

“It is nothing compared to the sufferings of Comrade Trotsky.”

The man, Joseph Zhugashvili, could not hide his uneasy feeling as he said that.

“Frunze is said to be preparing for an uprising. Now is the time to show our strength.”

“…can I be honest?”

Currently, in a situation where Lenin is dead or alive, the supreme leader of the party is Trotsky, which was unsatisfactory, but now, if you fight over it, everyone will die.

But one thing had to be pointed out.

“It’s too contrived.”

“what did you say?”

“Until the emperor got the flu, I would say so. However, the emperor suddenly leaves for recuperation in the Ural Mountains, and the Crown Princess becomes regent. Well, maybe we were lucky enough.”

Trotsky’s face twisted strangely.

“But their actions… are too arbitrary. It’s like tempting an uprising.”

“You mean a trap?”

“Yes, it is possible.”

“Look, comrade.”

Trotsky looked at his opponent as if he was extremely pathetic.

“Let’s assume that all of this is a trap. So they want our party to revolt the workers and destroy St. Petersburg? Besides, there’s a reasonable reason the nobles moved away, the reason. Any evidence that this is a trap? Not heart disease, but physical evidence.”

“…… There is not.”

“All of my comrades are good, but I’m so worried I’m leaving.”

No, you’re too optimistic.

Jugashvili clenched her fists invisibly.

In original history, Trotsky argued that the Russian Revolution was a success, and now export the revolution to the world, causing a global revolution, finally communism will spread throughout the globe, and now even the state will be obsolete. He went around advocating for the declaration of war all over the world.

To put it bluntly, he is a dreamer. On the other hand, Jugashvili is a realist.

The two are incompatible with each other from the beginning.

And, sadly for Djugashvili, most of the writers by the name of Comrade in St. Petersburg are of this kind.

“First of all, it hasn’t been officially announced yet. But don’t you think it’s a bit strange to have that information in our hands?”

“Everyone who knows already knows that, and on the contrary, it is not a great opportunity for us.”

He is not royalty.

Even though the Salika Law has been repealed, it is clear that the regulations on incestuous marriage are still in effect in the Russian Empire.

Therefore, taking advantage of the serious condition of her father, the Crown Prince tries to divorce the duke who had been appointed as her sister’s husband and make her her own husband.

However, it is also the tsar’s authority to overcome this. If there is no aftermath, it is rather strange.

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Moreover, unfortunately, it is not without enemies. Conservatives among the aristocracy, some forces in the Russian military that have become obsolete because they failed to change the line in time, and the capitalist class who are likewise outcast, especially those from St. Petersburg.

Of course, not everyone of St. Petersburg descent is being ostracized, but it is already clear who the Interior Army is more friendly with.

They alone are clearly not enough. Most of the general public actively support the ‘recapture of the Holy Land’, and the reformists led by Stolipin, including the bureaucrats, and the majority of the royal family are unlikely to be hostile to them, at least.

But opportunities can be created. As Lenin predicted, if this situation were to run towards catastrophe, it would inevitably create the optimal situation for them to rise.

In addition, a significant portion of the Interior Army’s forces were sent to the Caucasus, Central Asia, and China, creating significant voids in the region as well.

The problem is that this is how things work out for them strangely. Jugashvili was suspicious of all of this.

Workers uprising, armed struggle, revolution.

Would it be an exaggeration to hear the laughter of someone who was going crazy watching all of this from behind the curtain?

“Anyway, good job, you will hear some good news soon.”

“When do you start?”

“It’s not up to us.”

‘Are we discussing the revolution without being able to adjust the timing and do it independently? Are you serious?’

“Let’s just get up. comrade.”

“Look, comrade. For World Revolution Day.”

‘This is crazy.’

“For the revolution.”

As he walked out of the closet, he thought.

I couldn’t understand why Comrade Lenin would take such an idiot so seriously. No, it was clear that Lenin himself had clouded his judgment. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come up with such a crazy plan.

Although this was nothing more than a companion suicide at best, he had no power to stop it, as he was only one of the senior party members.

***

“I need your help.”

“What is the cost?”

“It’s the same as ever.”

“Continue?”

“That’s right. And you yourself… don’t you know? Why should you cooperate? Aside from all interests, trades, and everything else.”

“Proof?”

“Here it is.”

“…Yes, I am sure.”

“Do you believe me now?”

“I believe, then now I ask, what can I do?”

***

Central Asia, Tashkent.

The paper burns with a clicking sound.

In fact, it is possible to restore the writing even on burnt paper if the original remains to some extent, but it can never be restored if the ashes are crushed.

I used poker to crush the remaining ashes from the burning paper.

“Failed?”

“Yes that’s right. To be precise… it wasn’t there when they raided the organization. I looked down at it, but I didn’t know anything about it. I opened the safe and swept it all away. There were also a few humans who disappeared together.”

“Hey, something seems strange, so you swept through the monastery vault? I am stunned.”

I was going to wash the dishes before going into the main game, but are you running away?

As soon as I frowned, my men bowed their heads as if they thought I was outraged.

“done. If we had run away long before we hit it, there would be no help.”

In the first place, the author can no longer threaten me, and since I am wanted for various crimes, I will not be able to even go to major cities including St. Petersburg, so I decided to turn my attention off now.

‘A very loach-like bastard, Rasputin.’

After a while, I erased the thought of him from my mind. Matters far more important than that of a pseudo-monk were piled up in front of me.

The key to this plan is secrecy.

‘I don’t like the fact that you almost notified me, but it’s clear that there’s a certain point that the idea has something to do with my room.’

Personal feelings set aside for a moment. In the first place, it is clear that there are not many opportunities for genius Il-woo like now. And to be honest… I didn’t know that the yangban was going to fall ill, but the fact that he was able to judge the situation on the spot and come up with a plan like this without any prior preparation is a huge thing.

As soon as I was notified, I put some more flesh on it. Is it fortunate that there is an operational plan prepared in advance and prepared for it, so that the plan can be adjusted and carried out according to the change of the situation?

“The Chinese invasion will proceed as planned.”

I drew a line on Chinese territory.

“Let’s ask France, do you have any plans to expand the Indochina Government-General a little bit?”

Black arrows were drawn towards Xinjiang Uyghurs, Mongolia, Gansu Province, and Manchuria.

The current French government has strong pro-Russian tendencies, but I heard that the approval ratings are not very good these days. And always the surest and most traditional means of doping approval ratings is victory in war and territorial expansion.

The arrow indicating France was drawn this time towards Yunnan.

“If we invade Manchuria, prior consultation with the Japanese Empire would be essential.”

“Anyway, they say they spend a lot of this and that with the Inspector General,”

“You must prepare the conference room.”

“Probably so. In any case, once we have discussed with them, we will proceed with the operation immediately.”

“All right.”

The United States does not want us to slap China excessively.

It’s not because the Chinese are pitiful, it’s just that they want their interests in China not to be violated, but it doesn’t matter in the first place.

We have no intention of infringing upon the United States’ major interests, particularly in southern China, where the United States is increasing its investment.

In the first place, we are a land force, not a sea force, and we have no intention of gaining anything we will even lose in a war, and perhaps tearing up some of the northern territories – Xinjiang Uyghurs are well known even in the 21st century, but they can grow cotton. In addition to this, it is known that a large amount of natural gas and oil are stored, and it is a geopolitical key point, and there are also underground resources in Mongolia. Manchuria has a lot to pick up and eat – and it is highly likely that it will end up demanding reparations and increasing Russian influence in China.

Whether the Chinese starve to death while collecting reparations to us anyway, or whether the northern territories are taken or not, the conflict with the United States is likely to be the problem of Russian influence in China, knowing that it is not very close to the interests of the United States. There is room for

However, other forces trying to intervene in this war are annoying.

Except for France, Germany, and Italy, where the domestic situation is not very good, and other countries, the UK and Japan are UK and Japan, but the UK will be reluctant to come forward…

In the end, it was Japan around and around.