Tsar of the Sphinx

Chapter 8 You will come back like lightning!

As soon as the words fell, Alexander Yermolov asked Ekaterina directly: "Your Majesty, is this your will?"I have reason to suspect that you are being coerced by Grand Duke Vladimir.

As soon as he finished speaking, the supporters of Alexander Yermolov said that Grand Duke Vladimir threatened the Tsar, while Potemkin's supporters retorted: His Excellency Grand Duke Vladimir has the support of His Majesty Those who came to the Senate, and Ekaterina's supporters did not get the Queen's instruction and did not speak. In the Senate, there were two factions quarreling, and one faction sat in a high position...

Ekaterina II sat on the main seat and watched the senate divided into two factions to quarrel and even fight. Against this background, Alexander returned to his seat on Ekaterina's right, and asked sideways: Grandma, when are we going to stop them.

Ekaterina smiled and said, "Don't worry, let them hit it first, and you can imitate your father and sleep here."

Only then did Alexander realize that his father had already slept soundly in his seat, so he couldn't help but rolled his eyes and tried to squint for a while.

After a long time, Alexander felt that he had fallen asleep and heard his grandmother's words when he was still in a daze.

Enough is enough, you are the pillars of the country, how can you fight in the Senate?Ekaterina said.

Grand Duke Vladimir's reform plan was announced to you in the Senate after I agreed and revised it.

Now that the reform plan has been announced, it will be implemented starting tomorrow. I hope you can support it.

After finishing speaking, Ekaterina kicked Paul, then led Alexander with her right hand and walked out under the watchful eyes of everyone in the Senate.

On the way back to Ekaterina's work hall from the Senate, Ekaterina said to Alexander: "Your legion, have you chosen the name? If not, can grandma help you choose it?"

Alexander Road: Grandma, I haven't chosen yet. My father means that my title is Grand Duke Vladimir, so I can just call him the Vladimir Guards.

Ekaterina said: Is that so? I have prepared several names for your army, do you want to hear them?

Alexander nodded and said: Yes, I want to hear the name prepared by my grandmother.

As soon as Ekaterina heard that her grandson wanted to hear the name she had prepared, she said: The first one is the Kremlin Guards.The second is the Slavic Guards.The third is the Byzantine Guards.The first name comes from the Kremlin built in Moscow by our ancestor Vasily II.The second one is more direct and comes from our ancestral Slavic tribes.The third came directly from the Praetorian Guard.Which would you choose, Alexander.

Alexander thought carefully and chose the Kremlin Guards. The Kremlin has a saying among Russian nationalities that "respect St. Petersburg, fear Moscow, and love Kiev".

If you choose the Slavic Guards, it is too far away. Although it is the ancestor of Russia, Belarus, and Kiev, it is too far away.

If you choose the Roman Guards, even though you are a genius, the name is not the same as the Roman Guards, but what if the same thing happens as the Roman Guards.

Finally, Alexander thought about it carefully and said, "Grandma, why don't you just call it the Legion of Augustus? Although the name of the Roman Guards is very attractive to me, the name of the Roman Guards, which is a letter difference from it, is really confusing." People are a little scared.

Ekaterina heard that Alexander did not choose the three-year name he gave, but chose the name of the First Augustus Legion in Rome.Then he said: Alexander, why didn't you choose the rest of the names, you should know what they represent.

Alexander nodded and said: Yes, grandma, I understand exactly what they represent.Let me talk about the first one first, I am more inclined to press the name of the Kremlin on your Janissaries, the Kremlin represents the glory of the empire from a principality to the empire, so put it on your Janissaries, I think very suitable.The second Slavic Legion, its meaning is too far away, why not put this name on your second Praetorian Legion.The third one is as I said, the Roman Praetorian Guard, which is a letter difference from it, is really scary.

But the name Kremlin only represents the East Slavic ethnic groups that rule Russia, Belarus, and Kiev, which is too small.The name Slavic is much bigger than what the Kremlin stands for.But it is still limited to the name Slav, and the third one only represents the Romans who have disappeared, but not the Slavs.

In my vision, I want to conquer the entire old land of the Eastern Roman Empire, and then take the Eastern Roman crown, and let the Catholic Pope in Rome crown me with the Roman Emperor's crown, although only in the Nominally, but I would still combine East and West Rome into one, Augustus.Let the Romans and the Slavic peoples of the country bathe in my light.

Ekaterina never thought that her grandson would want to fulfill the dreams of all aspiring kings and emperors in the past 1300 years since the split of the Roman Empire. Thinking about it this way, what kind of Kremlin Guards and what Slavic Guards are really too big? Small.She really didn't expect that her grandson would fulfill this dream decades later. (Even in reality, Alexander is revered as a holy king by European countries.)
Ekaterina said, "Then Alexander, your new army's name will be the Augustus Guards, your father's army will be the Volga Guards, and my two Guards will be added to the Kremlin and the Guards respectively." Slavic name.

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Time passed by, and it was August of 1787 in a blink of an eye.

In the past two years, Alexander's reform has been completed in the royal territory, and has been advanced to some aristocratic territories that support the reform. In the new year of 1787, Alexander's military reform plan was officially implemented.Russia now has eight large military regions, one super-large military region, each with five border guards, and this super-large military region is the Central Military Region, which has five border guards, two guards, and two guards .

Of course, while promoting reform, there will always be people who are dissatisfied and directly launch a rebellion, but in front of the newly formed army, they are wiped out like chickens and dogs, and the properties and territories of these rebels have become the royal family. Private property, among them was Alexander Yermolov, who took the lead in announcing his opposition to reforms, and rebelled, and there were many voices, so while the empire was digging its own potential, the blood of these rebels stained Nove Every inch of land dominated by nobles such as Godello and Tver.

At the end of May, Catherine II toured Crimea and New Russia with Alexander and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.

On the way, secret talks about Catherine II and Grand Duke Vladimir in Sevastopol were revealed.Among them were remarks about the restoration of Byzantium, which annoyed the Turks, and the new Sultan of the Turks began to spread it vigorously in his country to arouse the Turks' hatred of Russia.

Subsequently, the relationship between the two countries began to deteriorate rapidly, and diplomatic negotiations began. At the same time as the diplomatic negotiations, the Turkish ambassador's attitude was extremely tough. He not only asked Russia to make a public apology for Grand Duke Vladimir's remarks, but also asked Russia to return the Crimea recognizes Georgia as a Turkish territory and inspects Russian merchant ships entering and leaving the strait.

This attitude made Ekaterina very angry with the Turks, and Alexander judged that the Turks might use Russia's non-compliance with the Kuchuk-Kai-Nagy Treaty as an excuse to start a war against Russia.

During the [-]-day negotiations, the Turks even directly proposed to let Russia withdraw from Crimea and the New Russia region, which allowed Ekaterina to confirm Alexander's judgment that Turkey really wanted to initiate It's war.It's just that it is impossible to determine when the Turks will start the war.

Now, the Turkish ambassador has come to the Winter Palace, and the news came out in the afternoon. Constantine, Grand Duke of Vil, Gregory Alexandrovich Potemkin, Duke of Tavlia, and the Imperial Senate.

Still the same place, different people and different decisions.

In the afternoon, the residents living in St. Petersburg knew that the Turks had come to declare war on the empire. They not only accused the empire of not fulfilling the Kuchuk-Kai-Nagy Treaty, but also asked Grand Duke Vladimir to apologize for his previous remarks.

Under the rebuttal of the Grand Duke Vladimir and the Duke of Tavlia, the Turks successfully completed half of their mission, which was to declare war. The other half of his mission was to anger the Russians, preferably the Russian crown prince. And duel with him, and die by his sword.

He was irritated, really irritated, but before he could talk about a duel, Grand Duke Vladimir ordered his guards to drag him out like a dead dog.

Then, the residents of St. Petersburg learned in the evening that the empire would hold its first military parade in St. Petersburg five days later, and the army participating in the parade was the Augustus Legion of Grand Duke Vladimir.Then, under the personal command of the Grand Duke, he will go south to join the border guards in Smolensk, and go to Crimea to participate in the battle against the Turks.

Then, the night in St. Petersburg began to party all night.

In the State Council Hall of the Winter Palace, brightly lit, Catherine II, Crown Prince Paul, Grand Duke Alexander of Vladimir, Duke of Tavlia Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin, Imperial Privy Council convened The battle plan meeting was held, and although the preparation of the battle plan had already begun in July, the plan was being perfected every day until the official start of the war today.

Your Majesty, according to the improvement of these dozens of days, we have decided to mobilize the Caucasus Military District and the two Central Military Districts stationed in Moscow in addition to the Grand Duke Vladimir's Guards, the Smolensk Military District and the Crimean Military District. The border guards of the military district.Our combat strength will reach 20.
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The cause of the sixth Russo-Turkish war: In May 1787, Empress Catherine of Russia and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II toured the Crimea Peninsula and the New Russia region.Rumors about Ekaterina's Greek restoration plan (Byzantine restoration plan) were rampant, and public opinion in Constantinople began to stir.Russia and Turkey complained to each other that they could not abide by the Kuchukkainaji peace treaty, while Britain and France tried their best to support the Ottoman Empire. (Here, the source of the speech is replaced by Alexander)
1787年，奥斯曼帝国要求俄罗斯帝国放弃克里米亚以及黑海沿岸的驻防。1787年8月19日，俄方借此向奥斯曼帝国宣战，1791年7月9日，土军在马钦的战役中再度败北。由于俄方开始担心普鲁士会干预战争，俄土于1791年7月31日签订了的停战协议。

Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich: (Russian: Константин Павлович May 1779, 5 – June 8, 1831) Grand Duke of Russia, son of Tsar Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna.He remained heir-presumptive during the reign of his brother Alexander I. He actually ruled Poland from 6 to the November Uprising of 21. In 1815, he secretly relinquished his inheritance. In 1831, after the death of Alexander I, although he won the title of Tsar, he did not ascend the throne.Later, his younger brother Nicholas I ascended the throne, and related disputes triggered the Decembrist uprising. (Comparable to Li Longji in the Tang Dynasty and his brother Song Wang Li Chengqi, but Constantine is better than Li Chengqi)

He was named after his grandmother Catherine II the Great, just as his older brother was named after Alexander the Great, and he was named after Constantine the Great, who his grandmother hoped would one day make him a king The throne of Tandinople (that is, the focus of the Greek Restoration Plan).

When the pro-Russian-Austrian coalition forces were defeated at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, the Dragoons led by him also defeated the 2nd Infantry Division of Vendamme and captured the eagle banner of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the French Army. The Allied forces had only one loot in this battle; Napoleon himself was furious at the loss of the eagle, because the commander of the 4th regiment happened to be none other than his brother Joseph Bonaparte. In 1805, the department was expanded into a cavalry division, and in 1806-1807, it claimed to defeat a Dutch cavalry regiment in Healesburg and Friedland.

After the Vienna Conference in 1815, the Kingdom of Poland was established, and Emperor Alexander I appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces, exercising the powers of the governor. In 1823, he divorced his wife Anna Feodorovna, who had been separated for 20 years, and married Poland. Countess Joanna Grudzinska, and voluntarily renounced the right of succession to the Russian throne, although legally speaking, this marriage did not hinder his right of succession.The reason why he didn't want to inherit the throne was because his elder brother participated in the conspiracy to murder his father Paul, and he didn't want to sit on the bloody throne again. After Alexander I was declared dead in 1825, he and his younger brother Nicholas resigned from the throne to each other for 16 days, causing the throne to be suspended and the Decembrists to revolt. In 1830, the European revolution broke out, the French Bourbon dynasty was overthrown, and Belgium became independent; affected by this, the Poles who did not want to endure the semi-independent status attacked his palace at night, and then an uprising broke out. He left the Polish border and immediately commanded Russian reinforcements to launch He counterattacked and died of cholera before the flames of war subsided.

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