I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 468 This is not a reason

Half of the Japanese prisoners of war who rebuilt Arthur's Fortress died in just six months. According to the laws of the Russian Empire, the guards who supervised the work of those Japanese prisoners of war must be held responsible.

George issued an amnesty order last month that would not hold the guards accountable.

Although Amur law is constantly improving, it is still not perfect, and some people can still make profits through loopholes in the law.

During the Russo-Japanese War, an extremely bad case occurred in Amur. A businessman named Jared took advantage of loopholes in Amur law to sell Amur coal to Japan through a third country.

George had suspended trade with Japan a long time ago and included high-quality coal and iron ore, which Japan was in urgent need of, on the list of prohibited sales to Japan.

This wise man named Jared purchased high-quality coal from Amur in the name of selling it to the United States, hired French merchant ships to haul the coal around the Pacific, and then turned around and sold it to Japan for huge profits.

Jared thought he had done this perfectly, but he did not expect that Japan would be defeated, so Jared was sold by the Japanese.

Even if the incident occurred, according to Amur law, Jazhid could not be held responsible.

Because Jiazhid sold coal to a shell company in the United States, and then the American shell company sold the coal to the Japanese, the procedures were impeccable.

For the sake of these two good uncles, Nicholas took all the responsibility for the defeat on himself.

For a former war minister, the pain of losing power will make him worse than death, and he will spend the rest of his life in pain and regret.

After Nicholas issued these two amnesty orders, there were calls in St. Petersburg for Nicholas to commit suicide to apologize.

Nikolai did not hold these two men accountable in order to protect Vladimir and Alexei.

After returning to St. Petersburg, Kuropatkin underwent a period of investigation and is currently writing a memoir about the Russo-Japanese War.

George did not touch Kuropatkin.

What's more, Jazhid is a Hebrew with a bad record.

George used his strength to break the situation and ordered a comprehensive investigation of Jazhid, so Jazhid's "crimes" were made public.

Witt had nothing to say about this result.

Therefore, all Amur people applauded George's abuse of power.

But these days, no one can withstand a comprehensive and detailed investigation.

George did not have much hatred for Kuropatkin, and the environment at that time would not have been much better if someone else had been the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Kwantung.

Alexeyev has not appeared in public since then and has lived in a farm outside St. Petersburg for a long time.

They were both pardons, but the results were completely different, which made Werther lament the beauty of power.

What Witt didn't know was that George was not ready to let Alexeyev and Kuropatkin go.

The latest news about Alexeyev is that he suffered a stroke due to an overdose of health pills and was paralyzed.

The Amur Military District has written Kuropatkin's mistakes during the Russo-Japanese War into its textbooks. In the future, whenever anyone mentions this war and praises George, Kuropatkin will be pulled out and whipped to death.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Nicholas also issued several amnesty orders, including former Kwantung Governor Alexeyev and former Kwantung Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Kuropatkin.

From an Amur legal perspective, Jazhid is not guilty.

After Alexeev was dismissed, he returned to St. Petersburg and still maintained a high profile. He even dared to go to the theater to cheer for his mistress, and was scolded by the people of St. Petersburg.

I guess Nicholas didn't expect that his two amnesty orders would actually set him on fire.

After a day of travel, Werther returned to the State Guesthouse and talked with his wife about what he had seen in Amur, and was filled with emotion.

Mrs. Witte was tired from the long journey, so she rested in the State Guesthouse all day today and did not leave the room.

Due to her status, Werther's wife was not popular in St. Petersburg, which made her develop a habit of reclusiveness and did not like contact with outsiders.

Witte and his wife talked about what they saw in Vladivostok, and finally suggested to his wife: "You really should go out and take a look. Vladivostok gives me a completely different feeling from St. Petersburg. Every time I come to Vladivostok, Divostok, you can clearly feel the progress of this city.”

Mrs. Witte was not idle at the State Guesthouse. She lay in bed all day and read newspapers, as well as the text and picture introductions about Vladivostok provided by the State Guesthouse for guests.

The State Guesthouse is the highest-grade hotel in Vladivostok. After many foreign tourists come to Vladivostok, their first choice is to stay at the State Guesthouse. Therefore, the State Guesthouse has prepared a lot of information about Vladivostok for guests.

"You can't really feel this city just from words and pictures. You should go out and walk more -"

Werther hopes his wife can come out of the shadows.

Werther's wife is a Hebrew. Since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Empire's attacks on Hebrews have been increasing, and Werther's wife has become less and less fond of going out.

"No, it's good to stay here. The snacks here are delicious and the scenery from the balcony is also good."

Mrs. Witte is very satisfied, at least she is in Vladivostok and her personal safety is more guaranteed.

Everyone in St. Petersburg is now in danger, and Werther has to carry a pistol with him. The family members of officials are also on the assassin's assassination list.

As for the snacks at the State Guesthouse, this has long become one of Vladivostok’s signatures.

Vladivostok is a blend of east and west, offering both traditional pastries from the Russian Empire and more colorful traditional oriental pastries.

In terms of food, not only the Russian Empire, but all countries in the world were far worse than the Qing Empire.

"How about we stay here a little longer?"

Werther had an idea.

Werther was originally going to travel abroad with his wife, and Amur was the first stop. Next, Werther originally planned to take a boat from Vladivostok to the United States.

Not only does the Russian Empire drain oil in Europe, almost all countries in Europe will use the Hebrews as a punching bag whenever their domestic conflicts are acute. Relatively speaking, the only countries in the world that are most friendly to the Hebrews are the United States and the Qing Empire.

Don't even think about the Qing Empire. It can't even defeat the former vassal states. There will be many hard times in the next few decades.

Looking at it this way, the United States is the best choice.

Although the Russian Empire was draining oil, Werther had a distinguished status and was made a count by Nicholas. As long as he was not targeted by assassins, his safety was still guaranteed.

There are no assassins in Amur.

"We can stay until winter."

Mrs. Witte was tempted by the tourist brochure and wanted to see if the winter in Vladivostok was really as lively as the tourist brochure said.

Summer in Vladivostok is nothing special, people have to work and there are not many recreational activities.

When winter comes, Vladivostok will start carnival mode, with a variety of ice entertainment projects that are dizzying.

George didn't care, Werther could stay with him in Vladivostok as long as he wanted.

If Werther wanted to settle in Vladivostok, George would have been more welcoming.

Witte was less than qualified as prime minister.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte is eminently qualified.

George was also very busy during this time.

Almost all the war dividends that Japan gained since the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894 were taken away by George.

Now from East India to Vladivostok, Amur merchant ships have ports that can provide supplies throughout the entire journey, and they are no longer subject to the control of any country.

After defeating Japan, Amur's center of gravity quietly moved south, from Northeast Asia to East India.

The Siberian Fleet placed its home port in Nagasaki, and its control over East India was seriously insufficient.

In order to solve this problem, the Vladivostok Shipyard began to build cruisers, and George planned to increase the number of cruisers to 20.

Not an armored cruiser, but a light cruiser.

This decision certainly did not satisfy Peter.

But it would be good to have new ships, but the Imperial Navy is really miserable. It will not start construction of large warships for at least 5 years.

The disastrous defeat of the Russian Empire also made the allies uneasy. George's friend, Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, came to visit and gave George a surprise.

The treatment of the crown prince was still different from that of Werther, so George held a grand welcome ceremony for Ferdinand at Yuriev Palace.

Ferdinand's wife was Princess Mary Alexandra Victoria, the eldest daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.

Maria is George's only sister.

So George was Ferdinand's uncle.

Ferdinand couldn't accept the change in status from brother to uncle.

George was delighted and the kiss would bring closer ties between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania.

Because of this, Ferdinand was very worried about the situation in the Russian Empire in the past two years.

"Thankfully you defeated Japan, otherwise Bucharest would have been more worried about St. Petersburg."

Ferdinand admitted that the alliance between the Kingdom of Romania and the Russian Empire was not indestructible.

The king and crown prince of the Kingdom of Romania are all from the Hohenzollern family. Although the Kingdom of Romania chose to ally with the Russian Empire due to geographical relations, there are also strong calls for an alliance with Germany in Romania.

News of the defeat of the Russian Empire reached Bucharest, and Romanians began to question whether the alliance with the Russian Empire could bring security to the Kingdom of Romania.

Fortunately, George turned the tide and the voice of alliance with Germany was suppressed.

“The Russian Empire is a sleeping lion, and once awakened, the whole world will tremble.”

George borrowed a famous quote from Napoleon, which also applies to the Russian Empire.

"Are you still in contact with Nicky?"

Ferdinand's relationship with Nicholas was far less close than that with George.

The relationship between Ferdinand and Nicholas was more routine.

"Of course -"

George didn’t want to say too much on this issue.

"You have to understand Nicky, Nicky's situation is very difficult, he can't satisfy everyone."

Ferdinand felt that he could not please everyone.

George smiled and said nothing.

This is no reason, Nikola can do better.

(End of this chapter)