The evening breeze brings a hint of summer coolness to the Charlottemberg Palace hidden in the dense forest.

In the main study room in the center, Qingying stood quietly in front of the window. The bright moonlight poured from the sky like a waterfall, illuminating his face like silver light. Unlike his normal calmness and confidence, at this moment, a rare sigh appeared on his face, like the sigh of passing time, and like the desolation of things changing.

A few hours ago, Tirpitz, who had been in charge of the German Navy for nearly 30 years, came to this summer palace and submitted his resignation to him. At this time, Qing Ying realized that this outstanding hero had passed his 75th birthday, which was five years later than his original retirement age. Looking at the other party's bifurcated beard that had been completely white under his jaw, Qing Ying also knew that the veteran was indeed at the end of his service period. After a while of silence, Qing Ying finally approved Tirpitz's resignation and changed his order to another admiral Cenkel, who was good at organizing and coordinating, as the position of state secretary of the navy. When Tirpitz saluted him deeply and slowly retreated, Qing Ying was full of reluctance, but this was a will and law that no one could stop.

A low knock on the door sounded from not far away, breaking Qingying's feelings in front of the window. He calmed down and then expressed a syllable for inviting him. The shiny imperial prime minister Berman stepped into the room and said respectfully to Qingying: "Your Majesty, there is news from the Don Republic. They fully appreciate the proposal of His Highness Alexey to crown him as the Tsar, and hope that the direct descendants of the Romanov family can arrive in its capital, New Cherkask as soon as possible to gather the public opinion and morale of the anti-Bolshevik patriots in Russia."

Qingying nodded slightly, responding to Berman's words. When the members of the Falcon organization snatched Alexei from the guns of the Soviet firing squad ten years ago, he had the consideration of supporting him as the new Tsar; but because the other party was too young, it could not achieve the desired effect at all. He could only give up temporarily. After nearly ten years of growth, Alexei is now almost in his prime; and under Qingying's careful training, this beautiful handsome man had long been brainwashed, and he could be placed east as an ideal pawn.

According to Qing Ying's original consideration, he was to keep Alexei by his side for a few more years. Although there was no age restriction in the emperor under the monarchy, it was undoubtedly too much to be alone at the age of twentie. In the era in which Qing Ying lived in his previous life, an ordinary 20-year-old young man was still a young seedling in the ivory tower, and it was almost impossible to entrust him with important tasks. But now, he needed to let Alexei go to the East to play a golden sign. Due to the large-scale epidemic of Spanish flu, typhus and other epidemics, as well as the countless hunger caused by the abandonment of agriculture, the three forces entrenched on Russian land were exhausted after two years of fighting.

The situation is fully revealed; farmers resist food riots in the areas under the control of the Bolsheviks, and workers also frequently strike due to hunger and fatigue in the European War. Even the large-scale bloody suppression of Cheka could not fundamentally resolve these incidents. The area occupied by the White Guards was also thieves, and the people were suffering. The White Army, which was originally almost a mess, also attacked each other due to the deteriorating situation, intending to bring the other side to the core stage of power. At the end of 1914, the ambitions of both sides' intention to unify the whole of Russia have now become no longer in the face of severe reality: compared to extinguishing the other side's forces, the right way is to stabilize the one side first!

Under the urgent need of reality, the Hong and White conveniences, which had been immortal, finally arrived at the negotiating table in 1920. The two sides temporarily reached a ceasefire based on their respective actual control areas. The subsequent matters will be discussed separately. Due to Germany's strong support for the White Guards, the latter in this plane survived the civil war against the Red Bolsheviks and controlled the other side's rule in the areas east of Smolensk, north of Voronesh, and west of the Ural Mountains. Siberia still controls nearly 13 million square kilometers of territory, and the sphere of influence of the Don Republic has expanded in the south: although there are a group of talents in the Soviet Union who are famous in the world, they still cannot achieve the reversal of objective strength!

This split in Russia is almost the most ideal situation for Germany. Because this country is different from Austro-Hungary, which has complex ethnic issues and sharp internal contradictions, it has the potential to become a superpower; in view of this, it is difficult for Germany to use its support policy to Austro-Hungary on this country in order to make it use it for itself. At present, France's anti-German forces are still brewing at home, and Italy is not so enthusiastic about continuing the Three Kingdoms alliance because of Germany's partiality with Austro-Hungary. Britain is even more concerned about the United States, the United States, whom they have always looked down upon, and they have the intention to make a fuss at any time. Faced with this uncertain situation in Europe, Germany needs absolute stability in the East, and Russia's split is obviously the easiest way to achieve this goal.

Under the leadership of this strategy, the Qing Dynasty sent Alexei to the Volga region to a considerable extent. Once the legitimate son of the Romanov dynasty returned in a high-profile manner, it confirmed the legitimacy of the separatist forces of Denikin, and at the same time fundamentally established the irreconcilable position of the Southern White District in the Northern Red District. After all, Alexei's family died of Soviet suppression, and his arrival would even arouse a new round of conflict between the north and the south: if this could be done, Russia's Arctic giant bear would always be in a state of schizophrenia and wounded and bleeding, which would undoubtedly be a favorable situation for Germany's strategy.

In addition, Qingying also wanted to explore another way to tackle Russia through this move, that is, to use capital to penetrate into its national economic lifeline like France at the end of the 19th century, so as to control this giant bear as strong as a mountain. The current Southern White Army, which was combined by forces such as the army, Cossacks, right-wing elements, etc., was an ideal pilot for Qingying to implement this concept. Before this, Germany had already penetrated the economy of this region to a certain extent by supporting it with a large number of arms and prisoners of war, and Alexey's crowning here would undoubtedly accelerate Germany's process. If this method is achieved, then the benefits brought by conquering this polar bear would obviously be more beneficial than causing it to lose blood and fall to the ground.

"I have already negotiated with him on Alyosha. He is very expectant and relieved to be able to do something and make a comeback on the road to revenge for his family." Qingying said with a smile. In fact, he still had a thought in his heart that he had not said: as time goes by, Elena, who has grown up, has become more and more attached to Alexey; letting him disappear to southern Russia, two thousand kilometers away, is also the last way to protect his daughter.

"In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also received a message from Istanbul. Ottoman's Interior and Navy Minister Zemar requested a visit to Berlin next month and sent his most sincere congratulations to William the Great's 65th birthday." Berman paused, and then spoke again, "According to what we have, these Turks seem to want to attack Greece in order to restore their rule in the Aegean region. This time Zemar came to Berlin to test our attitude and wanted the empire to light up the green light for their actions."

Qingying snorted faintly and said, "Tell the Turks that they should focus their money and energy on the eastern region on the border with Persia, rather than always thinking of using their fists to solve the tragedy between them and the Balkan countries. At the moment when the Mediterranean sea control is in our hands, defeating a Greece, located at the southernmost end of the Balkans, has no meaning to the empire's strategy. With this war fund, it is better to use it to build the railway on the Mesopotamian plains and continue to promote the modernization of its navy: even if they do not have to buy the main ships and replace the old-fashioned torpedo boats with new destroyers, it will be considered a contribution to the Allies."

"Caesar's Holy Dead. Once the Ottoman Empire provokes war in the Balkans, it will not only not help the empire's strategy, but will not only give any excuse to the United States, Britain and other countries, so that their media will publicize to the people that the Allies are provoking bloody and barbaric anti-counterfeiting in Europe, which is no different from the Red Bolsheviks. The initiator of this war is the pagans, which will even make them stigmatize the empire to bring wolves into the house of the Christ world; no matter from any perspective, this is a situation that is harmful but not beneficial to us." Berman replied in response.

"If you receive the Turks and convey the attitude of the empire to them, you will leave it to you. You must let these Turks understand that only by respecting the will of Berlin is their only choice to gain a foothold in the world at the moment." Qingying said his attitude towards the Ottoman Empire without hesitation. He took a deep breath and spoke again: "In addition, let the navy send a general to talk to Zemar. Now the Ottoman Navy is seriously behind the times. If Zemar, who is from the navy, has the intention to renew the fleet, we don't mind providing them with another help. The preferential prices of the Imperial Shipyard will still be open to them."

Berman should claim that it was. Ottoman, who had both the economy and the army completely under Germany's control, bowed down and obeyed, and there was almost no challenge for him. He saluted Qingying and wanted to leave. At this moment, a clear and dense sound of footsteps suddenly came from the palace corridor outside the door. A long distance, a charming girl, the voice of a girl, came over: "Father of the fool, are you going to let Brother Alexei go to the North Caucasus?"

Qingying's muscles twitched on her face and said, "Mr. Berman, go and do your business first. I believe you must have heard nothing just now." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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