Volume Two Chapter 285: The Birth of a Nation
After seeing off the baron and ambassador, Fang Zida returned to the central hall. Princess Annastasia sat quietly on the chair of the ambassador, holding her cheek with one hand and frowning slightly, while her loyal servant Ivan stood silently behind her without saying a word.
"Your Highness, please make a decision." Fang Zida said after returning to his seat and sat down.
"Your Excellency, my heart is very confused..." Princess Annastasia raised her head, and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears: "They betrayed the dynasty that was once filial and loyal, betrayed my father, betrayed me, and now they are trying to betray their own motherland! I don't know if I can trust them anymore. From my heart, I wish these two traitors could die! But out of reason, I feel that I should agree to them, so... please forgive me, I can't make a decision..."
"I can understand your entangled psychology now, Your Highness, Princess." Fang Zida nodded slightly, and said with some relief: "You did not angrily ask me to abandon them and punish these two traitors, which shows your maturity and judgment ability. Of course, it is impossible to have complete trust for these two people who have betrayed your family, including you, but due to the current situation, they still have some value in use. Although their real purpose is to make you a backer, or even a shield and life-saving straw, for you, you also need such subordinates at present. Even if such subordinates are unreliable, what do you think?"
Princess Annastasia pondered quietly and nodded after a long time.
"Thank you for your reminder, I understand what to do."
Fang Zida smiled and watched Princess Annastasia leave the central hall under Ivan's escort. It seems that this princess is a truly smart person with a high political talent. Fang Zida likes to cooperate with such people. At least he does not want to become the head of the exiled government in the future and is a merciless and incompetent puppet.
After the Baron and the Ambassador met with Fang Zida, although Fang Zida agreed to help them find the whereabouts of the princess, he still did not bring any news to them after nearly a week.
At this time, the situation in Russia has undergone drastic changes in another direction. Due to the desperate war with Germany, the resignation of the Russian Provisional Government has reached the countdown, but because the parties of the Provisional Government and Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov's Bolshevik Party have not yet reached all negotiations on certain transfers of powers. In order to ensure their respective interests after the resignation, the Provisional Government has racked its brains to delay time and attempted to let the Bolshevik Party give them certain guarantees before handing over the rights. Therefore, on the surface, the Provisional Government is still the legal government of Russia, but in fact, everyone can see that the Provisional Government has reached the point where the sun sets.
Today, the Bolshevik Party has a high reputation in Russia. There are a large number of intellectuals, workers, farmers, small industrialists, soldiers, students gathered around it... In order to promote the revolution as soon as possible, Vladimir Ilyic Ulyanov gave the Provisional Government a final blow and forced the Provisional Government to hand over its rights as soon as possible. On April 4, 1918, another massive demonstration was launched.
The demonstration was larger in scale and number than the previous few times. When the parade reached the end, thousands of soldiers resolutely participated in the parade, and under the agitation of the parade, they developed from demonstrations to a sudden coup. The coup quickly spread rapidly from the city center, starting from the initial joining of thousands of army soldiers, by the afternoon, nearly 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of workers, citizens and students participated. Even the fleet stationed in the Baltic Sea quickly participated in the event.
In the afternoon of the same day, Vladimir Ilyic Ulyanov announced the establishment of a revolutionary military committee, with Lev Davedovic Trotsky commanding the Red Guards. The soldiers and the navy involved in the coup launched an attack on the temporary location, the Hermitage. Late at night that day, the Hermitage was captured. The Provisional Government Prime Minister Alexander Vodorovic Kerensky, Minister of the Army and Navy Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak fled in a panic.
The members of the Russian members were arrested. On the morning of April 5, the Revolutionary Military Commission announced to the outside world that the Russian Provisional Government had been overthrown. All central and local governments had been transferred to the Soviet Union. On April 6, the All-Russian Soviet Congress was held at the Smolny Palace. Vladimir Ilyic Ulyanov was elected as chairman and gave a report at the meeting. At the same time, the meeting passed the Peace Act and the Land Act, proclaiming the birth of the first Soviet government...
The Russian revolution shocked the world. After the birth of the Soviet government, the first thing was to formally cease the war with the allies and announced their withdrawal from the war. This result made the German Emperor William ecstatic and immediately sent diplomats to negotiate with the Soviet government, and signed the final agreement in a short time. The war with Russia ended at this point. The German Emperor William was proud, because his investment received a generous return. Russia, which had not been defeated on the battlefield, collapsed and gave in, which allowed him to see the dawn of winning the entire war.
The opposite of the allies was the Allies. When they learned that the Russian Provisional Government had collapsed and the Soviet government unilaterally terminated the war, Britain, France and other countries were lost. The Allies, without worries, would use all their strength to deal with the British and French coalition forces. Although the Chinese regiment was already in place on the Western Front battlefield, the Allies had no confidence in facing such a powerful opponent.
While cursing the Soviet government, the Allies urgently asked Japan and the United States for help, demanding that Japan fulfill its obligations to the Allies as soon as possible and send troops to the war. But to their disappointment, the Japanese government pushed for three obstacles and said a big difficulty was that it refused to send troops, which made Britain and France furious. Otherwise, if the Japanese government was worried that it would switch to the allies, Britain and France would even have the idea of kicking Japan out of the Allies.
As for the United States, it still did not respond positively to the Allied countries' request for help, but the US government privately promised to increase assistance to the Allied countries. As for the formal dispatch of troops in the United States, it is probably necessary to wait a little longer. Faced with such a situation, the helpless Allied countries could only grit their teeth and hope that the bravery and perseverance of the soldiers on the battlefield would block the fierce army of allied countries.
At the same time, in order to retaliate against the Soviet government's stabbing in the back, the Allied announced to the world that it did not recognize the Soviet government as the legal government of Russia, and that it still believed that the temporary government that fled was Russia's only and legal government. The tit-for-tat allies immediately responded to the reaction of the Allied. The Allied camp led by Germany also made a statement while the Allied countries announced that it would not recognize the Soviet government. German Emperor William publicly announced that he would recognize the legal status of the Soviet government and strongly praised Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov as an old friend of the Germans. Germany and Russia would become friendly countries. Given the current situation in Russia, the Allied countries will voluntarily return part of the Russian territory and sponsor a huge amount of 500,000 Jinmak of the Soviet government to express goodwill.
The Soviet government was established and the provisional government collapsed. The Baron and the Ambassador felt that the day had fallen. Although the domestic situation has not affected their security in China yet, bad news has been heard one after another, making the two of them restless and their hair is so white.
Finally, looking forward to the stars and the moon, news finally came from Fang Zida. When he received the message that Fang Zida invited them to pass by, the baron and the ambassador rushed over without even a minute.
"Your Highness the Princess has been found."
When they saw Fang Zida, the first sentence made the two of them very happy. They hurriedly asked where the princess was and asked to see her.
"Two, do you think Your Highness the Princess will meet you?" Fang Zida asked coldly: "I think you should know the real reason why Your Highness the Princess left the Embassy."
"This..." The Baron and the Ambassador looked at each other, their faces changing, and they could not speak for a moment.
"To be honest, Your Highness the Princess is very disappointed with you." After sighing, Fang Zida shook his head and said, "Originally, Your Highness the Princess doesn't want to see you again, and he doesn't even want to contact you. As for the reason, I don't need to say more, right?"
"Your Excellency, the matter is not actually what His Highness the Princess imagined..." The Baron couldn't help but find out.
The ambassador heard another meaning in Fang Zida's words, and quickly pulled the baron down and said sincerely: "Your Excellency, we know our mistakes. Yes, we were indeed tempted by the devil at the beginning and had the urge to give up our faith. But you, this happened after all, and now under the call of God, the baron and I returned to God's arms like a lost lamb. Although we do not expect His Royal Highness the Princess to truly forgive us, we still want to ask you to convey our sincerity to repent..."
After saying that, the ambassador drew a cross seriously and looked pious. The baron next to him also woke up and said it was repeated. The two seemed to have turned into charlatans and performed ridiculously poor performances in front of Fang Zida.
As he endured the funny thing, Fang Zida's face seemed to ease a little.
"Okay, I will find a way to convey your sincerity to Your Highness the Princess, but you must first show some attitudes that satisfy Your Highness the Princess. Everyone knows the coup in your country. As the Princess, His Highness is very worried about the survival of her family and the great changes in the country. In this case, the two have to make a choice."
"This..." The Baron and the Ambassador exchanged glances, and after a long time the ambassador spoke: "We will consider your advice carefully, but before, the Baron and I wanted to meet His Royal Highness the Princess."
"With your Highness, of course there is no problem with this, but it is not that convenient now." Fang Zida smiled.
"Why? Could it be..." the Baron asked anxiously.
After waving his hand, Fang Zida shook his head and said, "Stop guessing, Your Highness the Princess is not in the capital, she went to Fuyuan, Northeast China."
Chapter completed!