Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 78 >

Netherlands. Den Haag. Inside the former conference hall building.

The commune was suppressed.

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Major communist leaders within the commune fled, committed suicide, or died fighting.

And when we entered Berlin, we had to see a gruesome sight.

The madness of the communists.

Bodies were strewn across the street, and signs were hung around their necks.

＜Enemy of the People>

Ironically, many of those executed were members of the Social Democrats. Among the German Social Democrats, moderates who did not support such a bloody revolution were dragged out and killed.

In addition, nobles and bourgeoisie were also killed and their bodies were not properly recovered.

It took a week to collect all the bodies. And that week was also a period of bloody vengeance.

All surviving Communist prisoners of war, those suspected of collaborating with the Commune, and their families were taken out and executed after summary trial.

It’s funny to say that we were the ones who drove away the blind German soldiers and their commander, the Junkers.

At the very least, all we could do was ask them to go through a trial and then kill them so that they could go through the element of a summary trial, and to reduce the number of people who were unjustly as much as possible.

It was very difficult just to convince him that it would be better to go through a trial and kill the generals who had their eyes turned over to see the bodies of his family and friends right away and to pay the same back.

In any case, as soon as the suppression of the Commune was declared to be over, the German government announced a ceasefire with the Russian army and offered to negotiate a surrender.

And so we gathered here, at Den Haag, by another name, The Hague. It’s fortunate that it’s not Versailles like the original history.

I wanted to take a break from a meeting attended by Tsar Nicholas II, Wilhelm II and the Crown Prince, the French President, and the British Prime Minister, but I was brought in again, and I was wrestling with each condition.

“The territorial adjustments for the home state are Galicia-Romaria, Thrace, Pozen, Northern Anatolia, Silesia, Syria, Kurdistan, Palestine including Jerusalem, etc.”

From the perspective of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary, it was worth vomiting blood, but for the German Empire, it was a very generous condition.

As if to prove that, there was a new medal on my chest. Along with the Order of the Russian Empire, the Order of Honor of the British Empire (1st class) received from the British Empire, and the Order of the Legion d’Honneur from France, it was Germany’s Great Cross of the Iron Cross, also known as the Growth of Hindenburg.

In a nutshell, I received this award for suppressing the Commune in Berlin… I mean, the German army is giving me a medal that only two people, including Kaiser Wilhelm II himself, have been awarded.

-The dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire is a matter that must be proceeded of course, but for the maintenance of the German Empire and the reduction of public dissatisfaction, it is desirable that Belgium be divided between France, the Netherlands, and Germany as suggested by Germany, and Emperor Charles is the King of Austria. It would help to attract the support of German citizens to Russia by allowing it to preserve and then annex it to Germany if necessary.

It was originally intended to give Hungary to the Habsburgs, but then changed direction.

I immediately added a note to the tsar, and added one thing.

-Hungary is difficult to annex and it is difficult to incorporate into other countries, so it is desirable to establish and maintain a separate royal family. .

I was thinking about making it a republic for a while, but in a republic, my tsar, who causes inflammation, would cause hysteria, so I compromised with the queen.

As an added bonus, I have to think about the disposition of the Greek royal family… Ha, my head hurts. Since the Greek royal family has blood ties with the Romanov dynasty – Constantine’s mother was a member of the Romanov family – it’s a pain in the ass, but what do you think of a guy who was kicked out for taking the German side?

The eldest son was in Germany, the second son Alexander remained in Greece, and he fled to Spain with his third son Pablo and his daughters Eleny, Irini, and Ekaterini, and then to Spain. ….

I also sent an invitation in the name of Princess Irene, but if you think about what an 11-year-old kid would know, it must be because his father only borrowed his name. It’ll just be annoying if you go.

As far as I know, Anastasia’s invitation to the Russian side was the only successful case of Anastasia’s face shining for a while to see her cousin Princess Ekaterini (2 years old) briefly.

To be honest, in terms of blood lineage, Tsar and Kaiser are cousins, so he probably didn’t rub off just believing that his mother was of the Romanov family, but Anastasia said that she just greeted the younger brothers and got out before it bothered them.

Anyway, the unwelcome King, who is not welcomed by anyone, seems to have been squashed in a nearby hotel, perhaps giving up now…. There were quite a few similar uninvited guests around here.

However, the thing that worries me is that there are cases where independence activists, especially Korean independence activists, try to contact me.

Of course, I figured it out in advance and avoided it as much as possible, but right now I was also avoiding independence activist Lee Wi-jong, a Russian nobleman and active duty Russian military officer, from my side, and there was no reason to meet them.

reason? Simple. There’s nothing better than being in a relationship with Joseon right now.

Right now, the Koreans in Primorsky Province were also actively writing in the past, when I had nowhere to go. Because it could become a huge problem if it caused conflicts with other peoples for nothing. The independence activists… they are great people, but it is just a nightmare from the standpoint of controlling the Koreans in the Primorsky Territory.

First of all, Goryeo people are a subject of dispute with Japan for their very existence. Someday, they will have to fight Japan, but that is absolutely not the case now. Russia is not in a position to go to war anymore.

Even if I want to help, my origin is holding me back. Since it is easy to be attacked politically if you get involved, Stalin must have maintained a strong oppression stance in his hometown of Georgia for no reason.

In other words, contacting independence activists right now is just biting a poisonous apple. It’s not even possible to kick them out like that, so you’ll just have to avoid it from my side in advance.

It was rather easy because there was a melody that was originally twisted around to avoid assassination.

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More troublesome were France and England.

“All responsibility for the war rests with the allies, and accordingly, a war criminal trial will be held!”

It was a French request. Naturally, Nicholas II was against it.

Wouldn’t it be right for the Serbian royal family to go to war crimes trials right away if they want to be held responsible for the war in the first place?

Eventually, as the discussion of war criminals faltered due to our opposition, this time we started fighting for territory.

“Our Russian Empire has no ambitions for Prussia. Prussia will belong to the German Empire, but…”

“Alsace-Lorraine is a legitimate territory of France, and it should be returned immediately!”

“Yes, we agree with that, but… What are these terms and conditions? The coal mine rights of Saarland will be transferred to France for 20 years, and 20 years later, a referendum will decide whether to revert it? Even with the coal mines, it would be too much to make Saarland a occupied territory.”

“The Kingdom of Denmark is Schleswig…”

“Saarland is the price for the blood shed by our French youth. And even in the days of Napoleon, Saarland was a French territory!”

“From Napoleon’s point of view, isn’t the entire Rhineland a French territory? I would agree with the establishment of a demilitarized zone, but to humiliate the German Empire too much will result in another great war.”

“In the Kingdom of Italy……”

“I can see that you have no objection to the fact that the Austro-Hungarian Empire should be dismantled.”

“The French Republic has no objections.”

“The British Empire also agrees.”

Of course, the countries that deserved to have a voice were the ones that fought the best after all, and Russia was overwhelming in this regard.

France was still able to gain some say in the fact that it was able to sustain the Western Front, but anyway, because of the Nibel Offensive and a lot of shoveling, to be precise, the war ended before the French army escaped from the initial shoveling, so they had high expectations. Not as much as I did.

Britain, to the point of hearing what it had done other than the naval blockade, had a weaker voice than that of France. Of course, both had a stronger say than Italy, the Balkans and Denmark.

Belgium was almost out of the question. France, stricken with the bait of the annexation of Walloons, excluded Belgium, and Britain, who had to prevent this, had neither a country to support it nor a way to get France to abandon the annexation of Walloons.

“The Russian Empire will support the annexation of Walloon by the French Republic. However, how about being satisfied with the German territory in Alsace-Lorraine?”

“I don’t understand why the Russian Empire keeps taking sides with the German Empire.”

“No matter how hard it takes to take away Germany’s power, even if it divides Germany into several parts, Germany, once it has regained its power, will seek revenge on us. It would be better to quickly return Germany to the international community than to be stabbed in the back then. This is especially true when it comes to the preservation of the royal family. Wouldn’t that be much better than being communist?”

“Anyway, are you saying that the Russian Empire is in favor of the partition of Belgium?”

“That’s right. Unlike Britain, isn’t France a traditional Russian ally? Wouldn’t it be best for Europe’s future if France and Russia jointly manage Germany?”

Instead, the French side eventually withdrew Saarland’s request, saying that they would give up the rights.

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Meanwhile, Britain has been busy rolling its heads. In the event that Denmark invaded Schleswig, Denmark had no choice but to reach out to Russia in order to take a backseat, which meant that one more shackle in Russia’s Baltic fleet would be released.

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Moreover, it was difficult for them to kill Germany excessively in a situation where it was certain that the Habsburg royal family would survive in Austria, but in reality it would become a military government of the Russian army.

Aside from the feelings of the people, I felt sorry for one alliance. The situation of the British alliance was so bad that it had to embrace even Italy, which failed to subdue the Austro-Hungarian fleet until the end of the war.

“I am willing not to impose any restrictions on German armaments in exchange for the spoils of four Bavarian-class ships and many other artillery and aircraft.”

“The Bavarian class is now a spoil of the Russian Empire. All four ships are currently moored in St. Petersburg, and I don’t know what the UK is claiming for what the country has already obtained.”

But now the German imperial family is leaning on Russia. No, you have to rely on it.

If so, shouldn’t it be enough to overthrow the German imperial family and make the German people lean towards the liberal camp?

With the support of the City of London, we might be able to change public opinion somehow. However, the risk of communism is too great to collapse the imperial family.

So, I tried to abdicate the imperial family and establish a republic…. Those damn Ruskis were constantly demanding that the Hohenzollern imperial family be maintained.

Even France was no longer seen as an ally, and Britain had to face a dilemma.