I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 633 Distribution to the Frontier
It was precisely because of the Queen's protection that the children took the risk.

Rasputin thought he had the protection of the Queen and could do whatever he wanted in St. Petersburg, but he had no understanding of the power structure of the empire.

Paul, Yusupov and George, one is a royal family member, one is the largest capitalist in the empire, and the last one is the commander-in-chief of the theater with millions of troops under his command.

Together, these three men were powerful enough to overthrow the Russian Empire.

Now the queen has taken the initiative to stand against these three people. What on earth does she want to do?
The Queen could be hysterical, but Nicholas remained calm.

At the imperial court meeting, Minister of Justice Dobrovolsky reported to Nicholas on the investigation process and results of the incident.

"On the morning of the 26th, we received a call from Rasputin's daughter, who said her father had not returned home all night. After investigation, we learned that Rasputin was invited by Grand Duke Yusupov to visit the Yusupov Palace. Gunshots were heard at the Yusupov Palace that night, and someone saw Grand Duke Yuriev's car leaving the Yusupov Palace without turning on the lights. The next morning, the police found Rasputin's body in the river. After an autopsy, Rasputin died of drowning. He also had five gunshot wounds, three of which were fatal."

Dobrovolsky had a rich expression, as if he was marveling at Rasputin's tenacious vitality.

"The guests at the Yusupov Palace that night also included Grand Duke Yuriev's second son Alexander and Grand Duke Pavlovich. We are investigating their relationship with this incident—"

After Sergei was assassinated, Dmitry successfully inherited Sergei's title.

"I order you in the name of the Grand Duke to immediately stop any investigation into this matter!"

Nicholas's brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, roared at Dobrovolsky.

On October 1911, 10, Mikhail married Natalia from Moscow in Vienna.

Before marrying Mikhail, Natalia had been married twice and had a daughter with her first husband.

Since Natalia was not from the royal family, her marriage to Mikhail was a marriage between nobles and commoners, so Nicholas did not recognize the marriage. Mikhail, like Paul, was expelled from the Russian Empire.

After the outbreak of the war, Mikhail was pardoned and returned home.

Dobrovolsky looked at Nikolay with an embarrassed look.

Nicholas had to defend the power of the Minister of Justice: "No one has the right to kill!"

"Niki, do you know what you are doing? Do you want to hold those three children responsible? Have you ever thought about the consequences of doing so!"

Mikhail did not soften his attitude towards Nikolai at all.

Tsarevich Alexei, who accompanied Nicholas to attend the imperial meeting, had been crying since the meeting began. He suddenly said to Mikhail: "Shouldn't we teach them a lesson and hang the murderer?"

"Amusha, shut up!"

Nikolai stopped him a little too late, Alexei had already blurted out the words.

"Ha! That's great! Two of the three people who killed Rasputin were your uncles, and now you want to hang your two uncles for a dirty guy! Is this the attitude you should have as the crown prince of the empire?"

Mikhail was at full speed. It seemed that patrolling the front line did not make Alexei mature quickly.

Although Alexei was only 11 years old.

But who can blame someone for starting his military career at the age of 11?

Alexey was so frightened that he could not utter a word.

"Nikki, do you think so?"

Mikhail asked Nikolai about his true attitude.

All eyes were on Nicholas.

“Although there are some things I shouldn’t say, I still want to remind you, Nikki, that this matter must be handled with caution.”

Dmitry's biological father Paul must take a stand. Yusupova has already made it known in Crimea that if her son is harmed, she will make the other party pay the price.

Although George said nothing in Constantinople, his attitude was even more worrying.

St. Petersburg can ignore what Yusupova said.

The thought of George having a million-strong army is terrifying.

"I know, I will handle it with caution."

Nicholas was in a very bad mood. When he returned to the Summer Palace, he had to face the crying queen; the imperial conference was also somewhat divided.

Mikhail and Paul's attitude was clear: they were determined to protect their three children, even if they broke the law.

Dobrovolsky worked very hard. Rasputin's daughter reported the case on the 26th, and the next day Dobrovolsky submitted the investigation report to the Queen.

Protopopov, who was appointed Minister of the Interior on the recommendation of the Queen, must have been a supporter of the Queen.

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Goritsyn, is already very old, while the Chairman of the State Duma, Rodzianko, hopes to handle the matter in a fair manner and at least give an explanation to the outside world.

After the news of Rasputin's murder spread, St. Petersburg was in an uproar. People took to the streets to celebrate, and were so excited that they went crazy. The St. Petersburg Daily publicly announced in the newspaper: "The devil has been conquered, and there are no more sinful souls!"

But at the same time, there are also rational people who are reflecting and calling on people to calm down and treat this matter with the right attitude.

The so-called correct attitude is to demand that the murderer be brought to justice.

Zhunkovsky arrested two so-called rationalists, and after interrogation, they admitted that they had received private training in the United States and then returned to the Russian Empire to fight for democracy and freedom for the Russians.

What horrified Zhunkovsky was that according to the two men, there were about 150 people in their group alone. They were the third group.

And it’s not the last batch.

Now this matter is very complicated.

Although it is private training, it does not mean that it has nothing to do with the US government.

Although the United States had not yet entered the war, it was already deeply involved in the war, and its trade volume with the Allied Powers had skyrocketed.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will cause the United States to completely side with the Allies, which will bring greater disaster to the Allies.

Due to concerns about causing greater chaos, the matter is still in the secret investigation stage. Zhunkovsky hopes to find out how many people came to the Russian Empire from the United States.

This is difficult to investigate clearly because after the war broke out, many Russians living in the United States responded to the mobilization of the Russian Empire and voluntarily returned to the Russian Empire from the United States to join the army.

This consequence is extremely serious. If the army is infiltrated by insurgents——

No wonder the Northern Front was such a mess.

George didn't know how Nicholas would deal with this matter. After Alexander and his two companions killed Rasputin, Andrei finally stopped his continuous bombardment of Budapest, and Count Nagykaroy finally walked into George's office again.

"Grand Duke, it seems that you are not being treated fairly."

Count Nagykaroy was in a good mood and seemed to have found the right way to convince George.

George smiled. He didn't want to talk to Count Nagykaroy at all. Meeting with Count Nagykaroy would be a warning to St. Petersburg.

No matter how good the relationship between George and Nicholas is, he would not sacrifice his son for the so-called fairness of imperial law.

The nobles were not originally bound by the law. A few decades ago, if a noble killed an ordinary person, the most serious punishment was a fine.

Before the outbreak of the French Revolution, the favorite thing for French aristocratic youths to do was to go to the streets together, randomly look for an ordinary person, surround him, and then talk to him.

There was a rule in France at that time that ordinary people could not turn their backs to nobles when talking to them.

So these young nobles took advantage of this rule and made fun of ordinary people for fun.

For the noble young man, this is just a game.

But ordinary people who are fooled will pay a heavy price for violating the rules.

This is in Europe.

In Africa, the white man's way of playing the game is to shoot the Africans who are working for them.

The situation in Asia is even worse. Before the fall of the Qing Empire, foreigners killed Qing people. Because of "consular jurisdiction", the Qing government not only had no right to deal with the murderers, but also had to pay compensation to appease the foreigners.

Rasputin had no title, and even his status as grand elder was not recognized by the Orthodox Church. After examining Rasputin, the dean of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary, the royal priest Fiofan, believed that Rasputin was unlearned and could not even "understand the scriptures" and "could not read a complete sentence."

Subsequently, Fiofan was stripped of his title of royal priest, removed from his position, and sent to serve in a local area.

Even Nikolai, when talking about Rasputin, could only describe him as a "farmer".

So in essence, what happened was that Alexander and his two companions killed a farmer.

"You are commanding the battle at the front, but your first heir is being arrested in Petrograd. If this happened in Budapest, the Budapest police station would be burned down by your supporters, and the people who arrested the little prince would be hanged—"

Count Nagykaroy felt very sorry for George.

George looked at Christie, who came over and asked Count Nagykaroy to leave as his time was up.

"I haven't said anything yet—"

Count Nagykaroy was disappointed and wished for more time.

"I'm sorry, there are other guests waiting outside, and the Grand Duke's time is limited."

Christie was firm in her attitude. She gave you the chance but you were useless.

On October 10, Nicholas finally made a decision.

The three men who killed Rasputin were not tried, but they were all punished.

Dmitri was exiled to Persia and served under the command of General Baratov, commander of the Persian Expeditionary Force.

Little Felix was expelled from St. Petersburg and exiled to the Goldfinch Estate in Kursk Province, the birthplace of the Yusupov family.

Alexander was sent to the Balkan war zone to serve under the orders of Grand Duke Yuriev.

On October 10, Alexander and Anne arrived in Constantinople on the yacht "Polaris".

"Polaris" is a yacht exclusively used by the Russian royal family.

George made Alexander his secretary and brought him by his side to personally discipline him.

Alexander had a greater responsibility.

(End of this chapter)