I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 236 This Empire Will Completely Belong to Her

Perhaps it was because of Shaar's reminder.

Ekaterina began to seek support in the political arena, first of all with the support of the Prime Minister Bestuzhev.

As a mature and experienced politician, Bestuzhev clearly knows Peter's abilities.

So he knew very well that if Peter was allowed to be in power and they were not mentioned, the whole of Tsarist Russia would not have a good result.

He immediately clarified the goal of the action: when the empress passed away, Ekaterina must be allowed to ascend the throne.

Ekaterina was still vaguely unable to imagine what method to take to ascend the throne, and she was basically pushed away during this period.

Soon, Bestuzhev was denounced by two important ministers loyal to the empress.The results of the torture showed that Yekaterina tried to use Bestuzhev to achieve her own goals, and she also maintained secret correspondence with Marshal Apraksin who fell out of favor and was imprisoned.

This angered Empress Elizabeth, and Bestuzhev was exiled as a result.

But just this winter, something happened that no one expected.

Queen Elizabeth became seriously ill with pneumonia and died within a few months.

Peter succeeded to the throne and became the seventh emperor of this empire.

Although this Peter has the same name as Peter the Great, the two are not the same person. His full name should be Peter III.

In the same year, Ekaterina's mother, the Duchess Anhalt, also died of illness.

Ekaterina suffered a blow, so she was depressed in the palace for a while, learned to draw by the way, and even drew a portrait and placed it in her bedroom.

The portrait is drawn based on Char as the prototype, and it has seven or eight parts.

As an aristocrat, although he has declined, he should have some painting skills.

Xia Ya felt that she probably drew this portrait to return the gift because of the portrait he gave her before.

However, for a place with intricate power like the royal family, it is obviously a big deal to have a portrait of a strange man in the queen's bedroom.

Some rumors circulated in the palace, and even reached Peter's ears. Peter became more and more rude to her, and the relationship turned into open hostility.

Later, it was even rumored that Ekaterina's crown prince Paul was not of Peter's blood.

When Peter heard the news, he immediately became furious and ordered Ekaterina to be arrested.But Peter's adjutant hesitated, and finally everyone persuaded, and Peter temporarily changed the order to arrest Ekaterina.

Later, at a state banquet, Peter uttered foul language in front of many domestic and foreign guests, and publicly insulted Ekaterina.

The relationship between the two is like fire and water.

In this time and space, Russia and Germany also experienced a war similar to the Seven Years War, which was stopped because of the war initiated by Beichen.

This state banquet was used to celebrate the signing of the treaty with Prussian Germany.

As Catherine said, the emperor was not in his right mind.

As the emperor of Russia, he especially liked Germany, even betraying the interests of the country.

During the peace talks, he even decided to give up all the fruits of victory in this war and make peace with Prussia and Germany alone.

As a loyal fan of Prussia, Peter III's choice is reasonable, but the extent of his concessions is really unexpected.

To negotiate peace, the King of Prussia sent an envoy named Henry to Russia.

Peter III has always regarded Prussia's military and political system as the standard, so he can be said to obey the opinions of this special envoy for peace talks, and almost entrusted others to formulate Russia's foreign policy for him.

Naturally, some courtiers couldn't understand it and questioned it, but unexpectedly they were reprimanded, and they were even asked to apologize to the Prussian envoy, which was undoubtedly a great humiliation.

The contract he signed with Prussia stipulated that Tsarist Russia would return all of East Prussia and all lands occupied during the Seven Years War, and Tsarist Russia withdrew from the war and instead allyed with Prussia.

As soon as the treaty came out, the whole of Tsarist Russia was shocked and confused.

A treaty that undid the efforts of all those who died in the Seven Years' War and turned the war into a ridiculous military exercise.

It can be said that there are very few such emperors throughout history.

If this were changed in a novel, it would definitely be an extremely outrageous existence.

But what he did in Russia in this parallel time and space, Peter III in another world also did exactly the same.

It has actually existed in history.

Peter III's approach caused dissatisfaction among many people.

As early as the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, many ministers and generals of the imperial army saw that Peter III would not plan for the interests of Tsarist Russia in the future, so they repeatedly brewed palace coups, intending to depose Peter as crown prince.

But these coups have been hidden repeatedly, one is because no suitable successor has been found, and the other is because of Queen Elizabeth.

The aristocratic Orlov brothers in the court, some officers of the Izmailovo Army and the Preabrazhensky Army actively participated in the coup planning.

This is undoubtedly the right time and place for Ekaterina.

She and her people stepped up their tandem activities in the Guards, and secretly formed a group of hundreds of officers, preparing to launch a coup to overthrow Peter III and support Catherine to ascend the throne.

Ekaterina was not afraid of her husband's threats, because she knew her own strength very well, and knew that many people were dissatisfied with Peter III and were looking for a way to depose him, so as long as she delayed as much as possible, she could win more Many supporters.

Later, Peter wanted to depose Catherine in order to marry a maid.

But this obviously does not conform to the rules of the Orthodox Church, and the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church bluntly opposes it.

Normal people would naturally be afraid of this, but Peter III was a very childish guy. He confiscated the church's land and serfs in a fit of anger, and even planned to convert all Russians to Lutheranism.

Ekaterina spoke out to intercede for the Orthodox Church, but was confined in the palace by Peter III, but this move also gained the friendship of the Orthodox Church.

Later, as the war between Beichen and Europe gradually ceased, Prussian Germany prepared to go south to unify Germany, but because of the war with Beichen, the treasury was empty.

So they thought of their dog-licking emperor and wanted to borrow a sum of money.

Peter III actually hesitated, but because of his admiration for Prussian Germany, there were a large number of courtiers from Prussian Germany in the court, and these people kept trying to persuade Peter III.

Soon, Peter III was persuaded by them, but Russia's treasury was also not optimistic, so he chose to impose heavy taxes on his own citizens.

This was actually not done by Peter III in another time and space.

But it seems that the history of this time and space has changed because of the differences between Beichen and today's Prussian Germany.

But in history, he actually did something similar, sending Russian troops to Prussia to help them attack Denmark.

The Russian army that participated in the Seven Years' War was sent to the enemy's land to protect their former enemy, to fight a war that did not belong to them, and to die in a foreign land.

Peter III also completely lost the morale of the army because of this.

But this time, his willfulness was transferred to the people.

With the implementation of the decree, many people chose to sell their land because they could not pay the tax, and became serfs of the nobles, and the people suffered terribly.

Ekaterina naturally couldn't sit idly by, she once again chose to persuade, and expressed her opposition in public.

This made Peter III, who hated Ekaterina himself and tried his best to dethrone her, even more annoyed, so he spoke.

"If you ride around St. Petersburg naked on a white horse like Lady Godiva, I will consider your request."

This is obviously a humiliation to Ekaterina, and Peter III also felt that Ekaterina would retreat.

But unexpectedly, on a certain day, she sent a word to the people in the city that she would parade naked in the street on a certain day, asking the people to stay at home and close the doors and windows when she passed by.

And that day is coming soon.

Shaar sat in his tavern as usual and ordered a Mojito. At this moment, the node of the tavern was set on the streets of St. Petersburg, and the streets of St. Petersburg could be seen through the window of the tavern. It seemed that the streets were very wide because of the new city. .

It is much wider than the streets of Britannia's imperial capital.

But this was not set up today, Xia Ya bought the store here after arriving in St. Petersburg.

Today's store was a little deserted, he was the only one, or in other words, Xia Ya didn't want to open the door today, so he hung up the sign of closing.

Soon, the door was pushed open, and Tony walked in from the outside.

"Why, didn't you go to watch the fun?" Xia Ya teased.

Tony sat opposite Char, "The whole city is quiet."

He said with emotion, "Everyone is hiding in their rooms, shutting the door and drawing the curtains.

Peter III tried to humiliate her, but the people of the city gave her the highest dignity.

I thought this kind of thing only happened in legends. "

Xia silently raised the Mojito in his hand and took a sip.

"The reason why universal values ​​are universal values ​​is that they are recognized by the vast majority of people.

The moral views of the East and the West overlap to some extent.

This shows that morality is not entirely related to civilization, but something derived from more primitive instincts.

Everyone has the desire to be respected, and if you want to be respected, you must respect others.

Many times, all people need is a reminder...

The silence of the whole city is a kind of respect, but also... a kind of resistance.

Close the curtains, Tony. "

Tony nodded, he didn't close the curtain directly, but walked out of the tavern, raised his hand and drew an ancient Egyptian character in the air.

The text is transparent, and cannot be seen without magic power. The text gradually expands and eventually covers the sky of the entire city, and then hides in the air.

Having done all this, he walked back to the tavern and drew the curtains.

"That's my respect for her," Tony said.

Xiaya didn't speak, but silently raised the drink in his hand and drank it down.

After an unknown amount of time, Shaar heard the sound of horses stepping on the bluestone ground outside the silent window, and then gradually drifted away.

He spoke slowly.

"After today, this empire will completely belong to her."

(End of this chapter)