I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

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Pobedonostsev was the director of the General Administration of Orthodox Church Affairs at the time. After Asan gradually retired due to illness, Pobedonostsev served as Nikolai's personal adviser and had an equally great influence on Nikolai.

On the night they arrived in Crimea, there was a quarrel between Nikolai and Yasan, and the reason was Alex.

Yasan's attitude towards Alex was actually not too fierce. The six czars before Yasan were all of Germanic descent.

The one with the most intense attitude was Queen Maria. Because Germany forcibly ceded the Schleswig-Holstein region of Denmark through the Prussian-Danish War, Maria did not want Nicholas to marry a German princess.

However, based on George's understanding of Maria, even if Nicholas complied with Maria's arrangement and married Princess Orleans of France, the relationship between Maria and Princess Orleans would still not be harmonious.

Maria was too controlling of Nikolai.

"what should I do?"

Nicholas was depressed and came to George for a drink.

Speaking of alcohol, just now, the Russian Empire passed a new alcohol sales order.

The tax revenue lost by the Russian Empire due to wine every year is at least 2 million rubles.

As Nikolai's closest uncle, George should solve Nikolai's problems instead of causing them.

"I just can't figure it out, why can't she accept Sani (Little Sun)? Obviously Sani is so smart, so gentle, so considerate -"

George's persuasion worked.

George advised Nikolai to delay.

The next day, George and Nicholas had breakfast with Ya San. Ya San was very happy and only drank a bottle of wine.

Through George's champagne monopoly, Nicholas finally knew how much money wine merchants made every year.

Ya San is already very ill and may die someday. When the time comes, Nicholas can marry whomever he wants, and the Queen will not care.

Because George has always performed well on taxes.

"Your Majesty is not in good health, you should not argue with him."

And that’s just lost tax revenue.

This rule has a lot to do with George.

In order to build warships, the Russian Empire only dared to issue bonds of 1.1 million rubles.

"I know Alex is very good, but His Majesty doesn't know that, so you need time for Your Majesty to get to know Alex better."

This business still belongs to George and Nicholas.

George obtained the rights to champagne throughout the Russian Empire.

Under normal circumstances, the tax revenue generated by alcohol in the Russian Empire should be around 7 million rubles every year.

The new liquor sales order stipulates that: liquor production and processing can be carried out in government-run and private factories, and bottling should be completed in government-run factories; the Minister of Finance determines the conditions and prices for liquor distillation and processing according to national orders; government-run liquor stores and Private liquor stores all sell state-designated products, etc. In addition, alcohol content, standard capacity, and individual carry-out capacity are also stipulated.

George would not suggest that Nicholas change his wife just because Alex carries the hemophilia gene. Can this be done at will?

Nicholas wished he could bestow all the beautiful adjectives on Alex.

After the tax farming system was abolished, the Russian Empire nationalized all production and sales of alcohol, strengthening its control over alcohol sales.

Even Maria had given up her restraint on the Tsar, and George had nothing to say.

Ekaterina has returned to St. Petersburg and lives in the Ekaterin Palace, her and Yaer's love nest.

Next, regarding the preparations for the wedding, there was nothing to do without George, and Ekaterina took care of it.

Pobedonostsev took the initiative to see George before leaving for Amur.

Unlike George's imagination, Pobedonostsev did not teach George what to do. Instead, he praised George and believed that the Amur Governorate was a model for the Russian Empire.

"The late emperor was assassinated because he was too good to those thugs. I heard about some of your things in Amur. You did a good job! To deal with those thugs, they should all be hanged!"

Pobedonostsev made no secret of his hatred of the Volya Volya.

"The Zemstvos are all made up of arrogant and incompetent careerists. They are selfish and have no regard for the interests of the empire. They only know how to take - I heard that Amur banned the Zemstvos. This is good, and it should be done!"

George was ashamed.

Amur really did not ban the Zemstvos.

Because the Local Self-Government Bureau has never been established at all!

Before Ya San granted Amur to George, it was managed by the commander of the Siberian Fleet.

After George took over, Amur was cleaned from top to bottom, and then gradually filled with immigrants, so Amur had no foundation for the birth of autonomy at all.

"Your performance is excellent, but it is also very dangerous. We must work hard to reduce the risk of conflict with the United Kingdom."

Pobedonostsev’s waist is not too stiff either.

This is normal. Milyutin was also very talkative about the British Empire.

Yasan did not arrange a new position for Milyutin.

So George will not let Milyutin leave Amur, but let Milyutin go to work in the Amur Management Committee.

Amur was not only the imperial governorate of Amur, but also George's private fief.

Theoretically, George does not have administrative rights over the Amur region and only enjoys part of the tax revenue from the Amur Governorate.

The larger part still has to be turned over to the empire.

George established the Governing Council to decentralize the power of the Governor.

In addition to Milyutin, the other members of the management committee are Mikhail, Yeroshin, Kanunnikov, Danila, as well as Kuklev, Igor, Karpov and others. "It will take at least 10 years for us to completely digest Goryeo and East India. Before that, if the British do not cause trouble for me, I will not target the British."

Pobedonostsev breathed a sigh of relief at George's statement.

St. Petersburg was new to Anne, so George tried to make time for Anne.

"Don't worry, we are very busy!"

Ekaterina was not angry with George who was doing nothing.

Ekaterina is designing a wedding dress with Anne these days.

According to Russian royal tradition, Anne will wear a long court dress with an exaggerated skirt at the wedding.

Neither Ekaterina nor Anne liked it, so Ekaterina took it upon herself to design a novel, luxurious and luxurious wedding dress for Anne. The key was to make Anne more comfortable.

Tradition?

unimportant--

No tradition is as important as my daughter’s comfort!

These are Ekaterina's exact words.

There is nothing to say about George's dress, the Guards Pussar dress being the only option.

By the way, George's current military rank is Lieutenant General of the Guards Hussars.

On August 8, the wedding of George and Anne was successfully held at the Winter Palace.

The Tsar and Empress also returned to St. Petersburg from Crimea to attend George's wedding.

More than 400 royal family members from various countries came to attend George's wedding, including Emperor Gaozong and Concubine Min.

The Qing Empire and Japan both sent envoys to congratulate George. The envoys from the Sultanate of Aceh and Johor attracted much attention because of their obvious Slavic characteristics.

Archduke Otto Franz from the Austro-Hungarian Empire confirmed that Yankov, the general of the Aceh Sultanate who came to congratulate him, had previously served as George's guard captain.

After the wedding in the Winter Palace, George and Anne took a car to Kazan Church to receive the blessing of the Patriarch, and then returned to the Yekaterin Palace. According to tradition, Catherine waited for George and Anne with bread and salt. .

In the evening, Nicholas prepared a grand fireworks party for George and Anne in the Palace Square.

Vasily and Andrei distributed gifts in the Palace Square to people congratulating George and Anne.

The gifts prepared by Catherine were very thoughtful, including a bottle of wine and a piece of meat, as well as a leather hat and a pair of leather boots from Amur.

The value of this gift is up to 25 rubles.

Ekaterina prepared a total of 10 copies.

George and Anne could not return to Vladivostok immediately after the wedding because Britain's Prince George Albert was also getting married two weeks later, and George was going to England to attend Prince Albert's wedding.

This George is the second son of Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra, the future King George V, and Nicholas's cousin.

Alexandra is the sister of Queen Maria, and George did not need to go so early.

However, after George's wedding, Nicholas hoped that George could go to London with him.

Alex, whom Nicholas never forgets, is the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and is also going to England to attend Prince Albert's wedding.

Nicola couldn't wait to see Alex soon.

George didn't really want to go to London.

In East Asia and South Africa, George's relationship with Britain was very tense, and at one point there was even a conflict.

Although Prince Alfred also came to attend George's wedding, George still had a headache at the thought of going to London and facing a group of relatives he had almost never met.

"It's nothing to worry about, it's part of our lives."

Nicholas was used to royal society.

George refers to this type of social interaction as ineffective social interaction.

No matter how good the relationship is, it doesn't matter. When it comes to national interests, Nicholas and William II are really relatives, so they still fight at will.

Although Prince Albert and Ya San were brothers-in-law, Britain still showed no mercy when it restrained the Siberian fleet.

However, this can also be understood as the Russian Empire is trying to improve its relations with Britain in this way.

After all, after Prince Albert ascends the throne, the relationship between the Russian Empire and Britain will enter a new stage.

London is okay in the summer, it doesn't look like a fairyland with clouds and fog. But in the winter, London is not a place for people to stay.

After Nicholas and George arrived in London, they first went to visit the Queen.

The Queen, who was born in 1819, is 74 years old and has reigned for 56 years. It seems that she can continue for a few more years.

The Queen's attitude toward Nicholas was average and toward George even worse, and the two of them only spent a few minutes together.

"Let's go, let's go find Sani for coffee -"

Nicholas walked briskly, he had already made an appointment with Alex.

"I won't go -"

George doesn't want to be a lightbulb.

"If you and Annie don't go, how can I have any reason to see Sani!"

Nicholas needs George and Anne to cover.

(End of this chapter)