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Chapter 824 Respect the fate of others
What George found difficult was not the Rothschilds but Romania.

As Russia's most loyal ally, the Kingdom of Romania has always been consistent with Russia since its establishment. Whether in the two Balkan Wars or in the World Wars, the Kingdom of Romania fought side by side with Russia.

The old King Ferdinand of Romania died two years ago, and the current king is Ferdinand's grandson Michael.

Michael's father is the former Crown Prince Carol and his mother is Princess Helen of Greece.

During World War I, Carol and Rampolina eloped and secretly married in Odessa. They had a child. The marriage was later declared invalid and their child was born out of wedlock.

In 1921, Carol married Princess Helen, and soon had Michael, and Carol once again became the Crown Prince of Romania.

The good times did not last long. After Carol married Princess Helen, he met a woman named Elena Lupescu. Carol returned to his old ways and eloped to Paris with Elena again.

At this point, Ferdinand was completely disappointed with Carol. He passed legislation to deprive Carol of her inheritance rights and devoted himself to training Carol and Princess Helen's son Michael as the crown prince.

In 1927, Ferdinand died and Michael, who was only 6 years old, succeeded to the throne and became the youngest king in Europe.

Considering Michael's young age, Ferdinand decided that Michael's uncle Nicholas, Romanian Orthodox Bishop Christi and Romanian Supreme Court Justice Buzdugen would serve as regents until Michael came of age.

These three people came from the royal family, the Orthodox Church, and the Romanian government. Ferdinand's original intention was to hope that the three of them would work together to assist Michael and check and balance each other.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. After Ferdinand's death, Romania was soon on the verge of collapse due to the inability to reconcile the interests of the three parties.

George received a secret report from Alpha saying that Carol had secretly returned to Romania in recent days, which might cause greater political turmoil.

George's first reaction was that Carol might be staging a coup.

But this is unlikely. After all, Michael is Carol's son. If Carol launches a coup, it means that the father will inherit the throne from his son, which is really against the will of heaven.

George certainly did not want the Kingdom of Romania to fall into chaos, but Russia lacked reason to intervene.

Although Ferdinand had a very good relationship with George, he was always wary of Russia and did not want Russia to interfere too much in Romania's internal affairs.

Carol is an extremely selfish person. If he were to become the king of Romania, there would be too many uncontrollable factors, which might even affect the relationship between Russia and Romania, which Russia would never allow.

George sent a telegram to Grand Duke Mikhail, the Russian ambassador to Romania, asking Mikhail to closely monitor the developments of the Romanian government and parliament.

At the same time, he sent a telegram to Christian, the head of Alpha in Romania, asking Alpha to mobilize all resources to find Carol as soon as possible.

Christian was efficient and quickly determined that Carol was hiding in the Elizabeth Palace on the outskirts of Bucharest.

Elizabeth Palace was built by Ferdinand for his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, who married Polis.

So, does this matter have anything to do with Boris?
Before George had time to send a telegram to Polis, news came from Bucharest that the Romanian Parliament had formally abolished the ban on Carol becoming heir to the throne.

Carol acted very quickly. As soon as the news reached Alexander, Carol came to the palace surrounded by a group of officers and asked Michael to pass the throne to him.

Vasily and Guchkov came to George at the same time, and their suggestions were completely different.

Vasily wanted to intervene, and as long as George gave the order, Vasily could send troops to restore order.

Guchkov brought Carol's telegram, believing that Carol's succession to the throne would be more in line with Russia's interests.

The first call Carol made after taking the throne was to Guchkov, hoping that the Russian government would increase its investment in Romania, which would help Russia expand its influence in Romania.

Leonid also brought a telegram from Carol. Carol, despite Ferdinand's resistance, took the initiative to invite the Yuriev family, hoping that the Yuriev family would also increase their investment in Romania.

“Therefore, not only should we not interfere, but we should also maintain Carol’s rule, which will help us strengthen our control over the Kingdom of Romania.”

Guchkov was very happy that during Ferdinand's time, Russia's influence on Romania was far from the level of control.

"Letting this bastard be king will sooner or later lead to public outrage, and it will also harm Russia's interests."

Vasily's purpose is actually similar to Guchkov's.

After the end of World War II, Russia withdrew all its troops from Romania.

If we take this opportunity to redeploy troops to Bucharest, we can also strengthen our control over Romania.

It's just a different way.

“We should not interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Romania unless the Kingdom of Romania invites us to do so.”

George made the best choice.

What George needs to consider is not whether Russia can control Romania, but the subsequent impact that will be caused once Russia sends troops.

No matter how Romania struggles, it is Romania's own business. Once Russia sends troops, it will be at a disadvantage.

Carol should have learned a lesson from Goryeo, so he ceded his interests to Russia at the first moment of the coup, hoping to gain Russia's support. If Russia brazenly sends troops, whether it will trigger international public opinion or not, Russia's allies may have some ideas.

It is good to cling to Russia, but no one wants to be annexed by Russia.

“The Kingdom of Romania is an important link in the Balkan Alliance. If Romania falls into chaos, it will have an impact on the security and stability of the entire Balkan region.”

Vasily did not give up and did not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Russia has only two allies, one is the army and the other is the navy.

Now you can add the Air Force as well.

Not to mention the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Grand Duchy of Yuriev, other countries such as Romania, Goryeo, and even Germany were all burdens in Vasily's view and must be thoroughly transformed based on Russia's interests.

"As long as the army is not in chaos, Romania will not be in chaos."

George was prepared.

Romania's current Prime Minister is Field Marshal Alexandru Averescu, who has a 30-year military career.

During the World War, Averescu served as the military commander of the Kingdom of Romania stationed in the Balkan theater. He had a close relationship with George and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Romania.

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Ferdinand himself served as commander-in-chief.

When Ferdinand died, Averescu was qualified to become regent, but Ferdinand did not choose Averescu perhaps because he was worried that Averescu would become too successful.

As soon as Carol's coup took place, Averescu sent a telegram to George, hoping that Russia would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Romania.

Averescu assured George that no matter who became the king of Romania, Romania would always be Russia's most loyal ally.

George called Averescu back, promising not to interfere in Romania's internal affairs, and offered to help the Kingdom of Romania improve the level of its military weapons and equipment.

The weapons and equipment currently equipped by the Romanian Kingdom's troops are still at the level of World War I, especially in the air force, which is far behind Russia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The Romanian Kingdom's army was still pretty good, with a standing strength of 20, second only to Russia and the Kingdom of Italy in the Free Trade Alliance.

It should be noted that in the Romanian army, more than 70% of officers are graduates of Russian military academies, and a large number of them are Russians who have already acquired Romanian citizenship.

Since Carol took the initiative to cede interests to Russia, George reciprocated by giving the Kingdom of Romania a batch of fighter jets and armored vehicles to improve the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army.

What George didn't expect was that even if Russia did not interfere in Romania's internal affairs, it still caused controversy to a certain extent.

The British ignored the facts and concluded that Carol was forced to transfer benefits to Russia under the coercion of Russia, and described Carol and Romania as victims.

Romania is indeed the injured party.

Carol certainly wasn't.

"Only those with dirty hearts will over-interpret from a dark perspective. Despicable people cannot understand noble sentiments and will attribute all good intentions to ill intentions, because those noble behaviors will expose all the filth in their hearts to the sun, leaving nothing to hide!"

Andrei is indeed more educated than little Nicholas and his level of swearing is much higher.

"Trading your own country's discarded junk for other countries' high-quality assets, is this what you call noble?"

Edward rose up in resistance, and whoever ultimately benefits will be the most suspicious.

So, inferring from the results, Russia was the mastermind behind Carol's coup.

"You are right. Russia should indeed increase its export efforts—"

Andrei said meaningfully that since the British Empire felt that its troubles were not enough, Russia would add more troubles to the fire.

After the independence of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth existed in name only. After the outbreak of the economic crisis, Britain intensified its exploitation of its overseas colonies and continued to suck blood from the colonies to feed the British mainland.

Now, let alone India, even Singapore is almost unable to survive due to the absorption of Britain, and its economy has been severely affected.

When Britain was the dominant power in Southeast Asia, Singapore was a transit point for East Asian trade. Relying on maritime trade, Singapore developed into the largest city in Southeast Asia in just a few decades.

Other countries dare not offend Britain, but the Grand Duchy of Yuriev is not afraid.

As soon as the Grand Principality of Yuriev was established, a port was built opposite the Lion City to provide more convenient services for passing ships.

Lion City is a tiny country and even with the support of Britain, its potential is always limited.

The area of ​​the Ekaterinburg Port built by the Grand Principality of Yuriev is ten times that of Singapore in the first phase alone.

(End of this chapter)