18th century total war

Chapter 333 Alexander I ascends to power

"Damn it!
bastard!

I don't understand why the great Russian Empire, even whether to start and stop wars, must be manipulated by those Anglo-Saxon barbarians who only care about money and ignore honor!
What about the honor of the Russian Empire?
Does it mean that we have to work under the baton of the London government all the time? "

Paul I roared in anger in front of his cabinet ministers.

This is not the first time he has been so angry. Since the London government cut off aid to prevent the Russian Empire from signing the armistice agreement, Paul I's mental state seemed to have been greatly stimulated, and he seemed to regard reprimanding cabinet ministers as a "daily" transaction'.

The cabinet ministers present showed obvious impatience on their faces, and deep disgust was hidden deep in the eyes of many of them.

This is not the first time they stand here to eat the saliva of Paul I, as the top nobles of the Russian Empire, they have had enough!
Even the minister who was most loyal to Paul I no longer supported him in his heart at this time, and even acquiesced in the unscrupulous spread of certain palace conspiracies in St. Petersburg!

"Your Majesty, we have discussed this issue countless times. The Munich Peace Conference has ended. In the fourth anti-French war, we have to admit that the tyrant Li Wei once again won the victory.

This has become a fact, we can't change it, our finances and our starving army, can't do anything about it.

Stopping the war and sending most of the serfs who joined the army back to their farms was the best way to stabilize the Russian Empire.

Without the support of the British, the Russian Empire can do nothing, Tyrant Levi's army is a bunch of lunatics, facing the Tyrant Levi, the Russian Empire cannot fight alone! "

"you again!

Every time you are here to preach to me, very good, my Chancellor of the Exchequer, starting today, you can return to your manor to retire!

I tell you in the name of the Tsar of the Russian Empire.

just now!

immediately!

immediately!

Get out of here! "

The Chancellor of the Exchequer who was insulted by Paul I pointed his nose, his eyes were full of disappointment, he looked at Paul I's gradually crazy eyes and replied in a flat tone: "Your Majesty, you will regret today's decision, because you drove away the last one. Loyal to your minister."

After these words were uttered, the surrounding cabinet ministers looked at him with unfriendly expressions, and Paul I's angry face also became suspicious. After seeing Paul I's eyes sweeping over, those cabinet ministers entered into a state of meditation again, watching Nose to watch the sky.

As long as Paul I didn't ask about himself, he would never waste his saliva with him.

After the Chancellor of the Exchequer was dismissed by Paul I, Paul I returned to his seat, seemed to have calmed down a lot, and said in a low voice:
"The fourth anti-French war is over, and our next goal is to restore domestic production and continue to have enough wealth to start the next war.

Of course, there is also the corruption problem exposed in this war. I will set up a special anti-corruption monitoring team that is directly responsible to me. Fools devour! "

The cabinet ministers looked at each other and bowed in unison: "I am willing to obey your will, Your Majesty."

After the routine cabinet meeting, Paul I returned to his residence suspiciously.

It wasn't that Paul I was too suspicious, but that he found that there seemed to be fewer guards in the palace today than in the past.

Bang, bang!

Paul I, who opened the door of his bedroom, suddenly heard the sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground. When he looked at the source of the sound, his pupils shrank, and he quickly closed the door and retreated.

Then he bumped his head against a broad chest.

Two unfamiliar faces wearing the uniforms of Guards soldiers and holding bayonets and flintlock guns looked at Paul I with a smile on their faces, and then dragged Paul I to the bedroom door that had just been closed as if they were lifting a chicken.

"Who are you?!
I am the Tsar of the Russian Empire, you are treason and regicide! "

"Your Majesty the great Tsar Paul I, as long as you sign your name on this document, your life will be guaranteed."

As Paul I was dragged past the bodies of two of his valets, a voice and a document of voluntary abdication appeared before Paul I.

The two soldiers disguised as the tsar's guards didn't give Paul I face at all. They pressed Paul I's cheeks firmly on the abdication edict, as if they were helping Paul I see the writing on it clearly.

"Your Majesty, sign your name here, with your seal lightly stamped, your son can inherit your tsarist throne, and you don't have to die in your own bedroom.

Take a look and see what a good deal this could be for you.

You earned your own life.

And what you pay is only the tsarist throne that you will pass on sooner or later. "

"You damned usurpers, don't even think about succeeding!
I am the Tsar of the Russian Empire, you don't want me to submit!
In the Duma of the Russian Empire, there is no way such a bogus abdication decree will come into force! "

After hearing Paul I's words, the people next to him laughed mockingly.

"Your Majesty, it seems that you still don't know why we are here.

This is your palace, the most strictly guarded place in all of Russia. Do you think that unknown people like us will come here easily?
Your Majesty Paul I, it is not the unknown people like us who are forcing you to abdicate, but the group of people you most want to get rid of.

It's just that they are noble, so they cannot appear on this occasion.

After all, no matter how stupid things you do and how mindless laws you promulgate, the crime of regicide is always a huge stain, and big shots care about their own reputation very much. "

"Aren't you four afraid that after I die here, you who bear the title of kingslayer on your back will have no place to die?!"

"Your Majesty is not too stupid.

At this time, they still want to persuade us.

Unfortunately, you have offended too many people.

And although I'm just an unknown junior, I still have the blood of nobles flowing through my body.

Well, an official who was deposed because of your incompetence killed you for personal revenge, and the four of us can easily break free from the charge of regicide.

Rest assured, I will not leave the name of regicide in history.

Paul I, you are a righteous monarch, but it's a pity that you didn't figure out whether the Russian Empire supported you, whether it was a commoner or an aristocrat.

Those free people and even serfs, although they occupy the majority, can't play any role in your power consolidation.

On the contrary, the nobles you keep attacking hate you to the bone!

Why can't you understand things like Catherine the Great? "

"Serfs can produce food for Russia, and freemen can manufacture various handicraft products for Russia. They are the key to the prosperity of the Russian Empire. I help them, unshackle them, and let them exert higher enthusiasm for production. What's wrong?

What is wrong is that they are self-sufficient, they only know that they are greedy for immediate interests, and they have no bottom line to oppress and exploit the nobles who exploit free people and serfs!
They did not produce anything of value for the Russian Empire, but they enjoyed more than [-]% of the resources of the Russian Empire!

Even the bureaucratic positions held by the nobles have made a mess of their own affairs. Apart from the wisdom of being greedy for money, where else can they get it?
It's ridiculous that the Russian Empire, with its vast territory and the largest population in Europe, is actually a poor country in Europe!

As the Tsar of the Russian Empire, I should try to change all this! "

"I'm sorry, it's the first time I press the great and noble tsar here, I'm a bit too talkative, and I wasted a lot of time.

As a courtesy to the Tsar, I will let you die quickly. "

Obviously, the assassin didn't want to listen to Paul I's preaching.

Everyone understands the truth, but if the truth can determine everything, there will be no creatures like politicians...

In late 1803, less than a month after the fourth anti-French alliance disintegrated, Tsar Paul I of the Russian Empire was found dead in his bedroom. Paul I's son successfully succeeded to the throne with the support of the Duma Council The title is Alexander I!
The cause of death of Paul I given by St. Petersburg is that an official who was fired by Paul I sneaked into Paul I's bedroom for revenge and assassinated him.

Then he was shot dead on the spot by the four royal guards who arrived!

Well, the four royal guards were also rewarded for this, and were awarded the Order of Honor of the Russian Empire!

The name is to help Paul I kill the assassin!

And the high-level nobles of the Russian Empire knew that the four so-called royal guards who were awarded the medals were the assassins who killed Paul I with their own hands!

That assassin's body was nothing more than the body of an unlucky and unlucky official...

After Alexander I succeeded to the throne, the first order was to move the capital!
The name was that St. Petersburg was too close to the 'border' and moved back to Moscow, the traditional capital of the Russian Empire.

Subsequently, a series of decrees issued by Paul I that harmed the interests of the nobles of the Russian Empire, such as the lifting of the corporal punishment decrees of the nobles of the Russian Empire against the free people, were all banned and restored to the laws of the Ekaterina era!
All the reform efforts made by Paul I were in vain in an instant!
However, the death of Paul I was not as perfect as it seemed. All high-level European countries, including Li Wei, received information that Paul I was assassinated by the court, and the mastermind of the Duma Council was the mastermind behind the assassination. noble!
However, the specific list cannot be known...

The death of Paul I did not have much negative impact on the Russian Empire. On the contrary, because of the death of the radically reformed Paul I, the contradictions at the top of the Russian Empire tended to ease, and internal fighting showed obvious signs of reduction.

Alexander I didn't know if he was frightened by the death of Paul I in a court conspiracy. Since he took office, he has been wooing the big nobles of the Duma Council, and soon he wooed a group of staunch royalists.

As far as the Russian Empire is concerned, the tsar has considerable power. As long as the tsar does not take the initiative to weaken the aristocratic class, it is still easy to win over the nobility.

At the same time that Paul I was assassinated, Livy of Vienna also rejected the Ottoman Empire's peace.

The reason is simple. The peace condition proposed by the Li Wei government is to ask the Ottoman Empire to give up Istanbul!

Li Wei wants to restore the glory of the Eastern Roman era!
Obviously, no matter how afraid the Ottoman Empire was of Li Wei, it would be impossible for the Ottoman Empire to hand over its capital to others!

That would make the Ottoman Sultan's prestige drop negative.

The state of war between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Alliance is still going on. The only difference is that as more and more French defense forces move eastward, the Ottoman Empire has switched from offense to defense, and has begun to strengthen the defense of Istanbul at any cost.

Istanbul is known as the strongest fortress in the world, and it has convenient water transportation. It is impossible to force surrender by besieging hungry food, unless the Li Wei government has a powerful naval fleet!

That is why the government of Istanbul dared to reject the conditions put forward by the Livy government.

Li Wei also knows that if he wants to take down the Istanbul Fortress, he will inevitably lose a lot of troops. Even after the end of the fourth anti-French war, Li Wei has obtained a full 200 points of glory, but he is still unwilling to squander the lives of the brainwashing army like that .

200 glory points, Li Wei allocated 30 glory points to sharpshooters, increasing the number of sharpshooters to 103000+, allocating 20 glory points to guard cavalry, and raising the number of guard cavalry to 51000+.

There are more than 5 elite multi-purpose cavalry, which can also be called a dominance among European powers!

The remaining 150 points of glory were invested in the infantry guards, the main combat unit, and the infantry guards suddenly expanded to 365000+!

So far, the total number of Li Wei's brainwashing troops has reached more than 50!

Now Li Wei is confident that he will be invincible by opening a two-line battlefield. This is the fundamental reason why he is eager to stop the fourth anti-French war!

As for the source of soldiers, it is not a problem for Li Wei now, because he has relaxed the restrictions on recruiting soldiers, and no longer just recruits the French to join the army. All vassal powers can join the brainwashing army, and even the vassal armies of many countries Directly pulled into the barracks on the spot to implement the adaptation.

After this reorganization is over, Li Wei intends to wear a more ruling crown for himself-the emperor of the Roman Empire!
When you open the map of Europe, you will know that the European area controlled by Li Wei is not much less than that of the former Roman Empire, but the territory of the Ilibian Peninsula, the British Isles, North Africa, and Asia Minor is missing.

However, the Central European territory controlled by Li Wei is larger than that of the Roman Empire.

Even at its peak, the Roman Empire failed to completely conquer the Germanic barbarians.

The area where the Germanic tribes once occupied is the current Central European area.

In addition, there is the support of the Holy See, as well as the 'request' of many nobles in Italy, the heart of the Roman Empire.

Of course, everyone knows that this kind of request is just a formality.

It's not that everyone wants Li Wei to be the emperor of Rome, but Li Wei wants to be the emperor himself!
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