Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 126 >

Drinking glasses were exchanged in the Kremlin’s Granovitaya Palace, which was used as a reception.

Even if it was a banquet that was all pretentious from start to finish, the food was high quality and the alcohol was sweet.

The invited dignitaries from all walks of life also enjoyed the banquet.

“your majesty. Congratulations on your marriage.”

“It’s not your Majesty, but legally, you’re just the husband of the Crown Princess, so I know what you meant, but please don’t do anything that will be blamed for nothing.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Wrangel was a little shaky, but there was nothing he could do about it. Of course, my position isn’t unstable enough to be dismissed with something like this, but there is such a thing as image management, right?

“How are things going these days?”

“The merger of the Army is going smoothly. I couldn’t tell if it was the army or a bunch of beggars. First, regarding last year’s treason case, it was easy to seize the command, as many of the top officials as well as the front-line officers were taken away and were in a state of confusion. but…….”

“but?”

“The army and our standard equipment are different, and the equipment is almost different for each unit, so we are having a hard time supplying it.”

“I’ll take action, basically, the equipment is basically classified as usable and should be discarded without compatibility, and what is to be disposed of is sent to Moscow to disassemble and use as spare parts, and most of the usable ones will have to be returned as spare equipment.”

“When will the new weapons be distributed?”

“Before the military action, it will be supplied to the entire army. Now, many of the industries are paralyzed, so don’t worry too much, why are your hands itching?”

“no. I just wanted to know a little bit more about the schedule.”

Wrangel immediately bowed his head, but I did not take my eyes off him.

‘Should I take discipline one more time?’

In the last Ohrana-led Sukgun work, a significant number of people were caught in the internal affairs army as well. Of course, it wasn’t treason, but most of the cases were caused by corruption, incompetence, and other problems, but anyway, the figures were enough to shock the internal affairs officers.

At the same time, Ohrana’s robbery of the Chief of Staff was also a deliberate discipline. Ohrana is practically under my control.

In other words, the mobilization of Ohrana, an external force, rather than carrying out the work of slaughter through the GRU, a regular line within the Interior Army, was not only for fairness, but also a kind of flag-gathering that reconfirmed the rank.

And neither Wrangel nor the other generals are stupid enough to understand this.

“The Russian army will always be loyal. I will never do anything that deviates from the duty of the military. We do not follow in the footsteps of those Germans.”

“I believe it is.”

I said so and turned my head.

“Prime Minister, it is an honor for you to visit us.”

“It’s okay to make fun of it.”

Stolipin frowned.

“I came from negotiating with the working group a while ago, and I also read the data through Ohrana’s external information network.”

“How is it?”

“In Germany, the imperial family is the only force in favor of this proposal, and they are right, whether they feed Austria or return the warships, they need a track record.”

“It looks like Archduke Cyril is chasing me and making a fuss.”

“I can’t increase the number of main ship builds any further.”

Stolipin quickly hit the player, blocking the possibility.

As I was about to say something, I heard the Obrachensky Regiment March in the distance.

It was the sound of the Kremlin clock in the Spaskaya Tower to announce the time.

After a while, one of the guards officers entered the banquet hall and whispered into my ear.

“dismissal.”

“what.”

“A little while ago, a small-scale… whether it was a demonstration or a march has been taking place.”

“Are you from the left?”

I furrowed my eyebrows, but the answer was different.

“no. It is mainly for international students, but everyone is marching with some flags.”

“Wait, what?”

“Currently, personnel are coming to the Kremlin while chanting slogans for the independence of Korea. Probably…”

“Yeah, well, because this place would be good for expressing the will to independence… But I didn’t know they were going to hold a demonstration for national independence even though there were Japanese troops nearby… Major.”

“Yes?”

“How many days is today?”

“It’s February 16th… is it?”

Unfortunately, Russia still uses the Julian calendar. Changing this is one of the things I have to do. It should be introduced even in the same line as the lunar calendar….

“In the Gregorian calendar?”

“It is March 1st.”

Damn, I forgot. Since I only used the Julian calendar, I guess I’m all Russian.

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March 1, 1919 on the Gregorian calendar, 6:00 pm Moscow time, and 0:00 on March 2nd on the Korean Peninsula.

A demonstration for national independence began in Moscow, led by international students.

“Do you suppress it?”

“It is not an anti-government protest, but it is difficult to prevent them from approaching the Kremlin.

Damn, I didn’t expect this.

Originally, the 3.1 movement spread abroad to some places where Koreans lived, such as the United States, but now international students are coming.

Obviously, there is no national self-determination because Woodrow Wilson lost the election, World War I ended early and the League of Nations did not exist.

But if you think about it, although national self-determinationism played a role as a catalyst for the 3.1 movement, it would not have happened without it.

It is an all-round reaction to the Japanese colonial rule, which was triggered by the government-general’s ill-advised response to the Spanish flu, unreasonable rice supply, and decisively the poisoning of King Gojong.

‘Besides, I am.’

I was pretending not to know, but the independence activists were constantly trying to contact me. A few people came to the wedding hall right away and asked to let them in, but they were kicked out by the guards.

I have been confirmed to be the current king of the Czech Republic, and I am the husband of the next empress of Russia, a war hero, a minister and the highest noble of Russia.

It’s strange that you don’t even try to ask me for help. Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Russia to wage an all-out war with Japan and the UK behind it, so I have no choice but to ignore their cry.

Since I kept pretending not to know and was only ignoring, I thought that maybe they were trying to move me by doing a national demonstration.

If that’s true, that’s unfortunate. None of the current Russian leaders are interested in Joseon.

“sorry.”

Then, a voice was heard.

“Irina.”

“It is my negligence. I couldn’t predict the sudden behavior of the students…”

“Okay, there’s a protest in my country, but it’s strange that it doesn’t go down, what’s the situation?”

“Almost all of the students of Korean descent took part in the protest. Arresting the protest leader is possible now. We have already identified the main characters. Currently, the main instigator of the protest is Gwansun Yu…”

“Wait, what?”

I wondered if I had heard it wrong, but Irina looked into her notebook and answered.

“Did you read Gwansun Yu, Yu Gwansun… Anyway, she is a female student who was included in the international student group, so why is that?”

When I heard that sound, my mind was dizzy. No really, why is that sister here again?

I wanted my sister to come out, but what to do, I didn’t even read the list properly – I did read it. I’m only going through the officer roster – it’s my fault.

“Khhh… Yu Gwan-sun… Anyways… Uh… We have to suppress it in moderation, but… Uh… disbanding is… Um. …”

But that’s it, and I struggled with coding in my brain right now.

“……I will instruct you to take appropriate action on the spot.”

“Do that.”

Protests now aren’t really a domestic problem, but it doesn’t help to cause diplomatic friction with Japan by giving the impression that we support Korea’s independence unnecessarily.

“All right.”

However, shooting at peaceful protests doesn’t help either, so I would have told them to pretend they didn’t see them if they had just been protesting in a suitable park, but I can’t help but say that they are going straight to the Kremlin.

“Hey, you bastard.”

As I was restless and then took a deep breath, the people around me looked at me with curious and crazy eyes, but there was a person with a big liver enough to ask me directly. one person.

“Sister-in-law, what’s going on?”

Alexei approached me and asked a sneak peek, and I answered briefly.

“International students took part in a protest, and this time, major figures from around the world gathered here to petition for the independence of their country.

“Can you suppress it? Why not?”

“Well……”

Well, you usually think like this.

“Anyway, I just told them not to approach the Kremlin, and they don’t have enough numbers to order them to disband.”

“But can you come to the Kremlin if you leave me alone? Through all those people?”

Now the Kremlin is under strict control.

Taking into account the experience of her father’s accession to the throne, a large-scale internal affairs army was deployed to control the chaos, and the amount of gifts to be distributed was prepared in double the expected amount.

As a result, it seemed to be able to narrowly match the quantity. This will also prove that Olga is different from her father.

Here, even if international students break in while chanting hurrah, it would be better to worry about whether people will block the noise, and whether there will be a major accident because it is unlucky and crushed by crowds.

“Well, it would be.”

I shook my head when I realized again that even if all the Koreans in Moscow came out, they wouldn’t be less than a tenth of the crowd there. I thought that the 3.1 movement was a crowd gathered in Tapgol Park, but there are not many Koreans themselves enough to gather that crowd.

“Anyway, the less accidents, the better. Have a nice day.”

“Okay, should I go out and take a look…”

“Hey, where are you going? Just sit.”

“I’m bored, but I need to watch a military parade, this is a circuit board meeting. I’m also calling.”

“Don’t go anywhere without the guards, and the military parade is over so there’s nothing to see. The evening parade has about two hours to start.”

“……”

“Just stay here.”

After giving a pint glass to Alexei, who seemed to have a moth sting, I got up and added one more instruction to Irina.

“Don’t let that bastard wander around somewhere strange…”

“I’ll get someone.”

“okay.”