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Chapter 8 I really have no father or mother now.

There is an internal logic behind the royal family's efforts to educate the princes. If they perform too well, they will be punished by God. Even if the tsar does not take action, God will take action.

George has not yet fully integrated into this era. Some things that were correct in his previous life may not necessarily be correct in this era.

Half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.

In his previous life, George was accustomed to political correctness. "Contributing one's strength to the empire" is not wrong in any era, but it happened that this sentence was so correct that it completely disrupted George's plan.

George has already made a plan. After going to France, he will start living in peace. Anyway, with the royal alimony and the assets purchased by Ya Er for Catherine, he will have a worry-free life in a short period of time.

Before he reaches adulthood, George will work hard to strengthen himself, exercise while forming a reliable team, and use the knowledge of the 21st century to earn wealth, so that before the arrival of the world war, George can take Ekaterina and his two sisters with him Go to the United States and completely escape the threat of two world wars.

George has no long-term plans. As long as he is rich and powerful, George will not be afraid of him no matter where he goes.

Now George's plans are completely disrupted. If he cannot go to France with Ekaterina, then all George's plans for the future will come to nothing.

Fortunately, there is Ekaterina.

George is Catherine's only son, so George believes that Catherine will resolutely reject Alexander's request and take George with her to France.

No matter what, the family must be in order.

What George never expected, and he didn't know what Alexander told Ekaterina, was that Ekaterina actually agreed to leave George in St. Petersburg, and in turn did George's work.

"George, don't hate me. It's for you that I agreed to let you stay in Russia." This is how Yekaterina explained.

In Russia, George is a prince, a Yurievsky super duke, who can enjoy extra-legal privileges. Out of consideration for family affection and public opinion, Alexander will not be too harsh on George, and George can still enjoy the treatment he deserves.

Going to France is said to be a long flight, but in the eyes of outsiders, it is also equivalent to being exiled. Except for 40,000 rubles per year, George will lose all the resources of the Russian royal family. In Catherine's view, this is even more cruel to George.

Alexander's attitude towards George was completely different from his treatment of Catherine.

Alexander's alimony to Catherine was only 40,000 rubles per year, which was far from the Duchess's salary.

While Ya Er canonized Ekaterina as the Super Duke of Yurievskaya, Aiwujiwu also conferred the title of Super Duke of Yurievsky and Yurievsky on George and his two sisters, so The George family has not one duke, but four dukes.

As mentioned earlier, the annual salary of a duke is 15 rubles.

Four is 60.

No, it should be 65, because Ekaterina is already married, so it should be 20 per year.

Russia's treatment for members of the royal family is very generous. In addition to the annual salary of 15 rubles, there is also a palace construction fee of 100 million rubles, and thereafter there is a palace repair fee of 3.5 rubles every year.

Even if there is no construction fee and repair fee for the palace, 60 rubles per year is enough to make George's family the top richest people in Paris.

President of the French Third Republic, with an annual salary of 60 francs.

The salary of George's family is equivalent to the annual salary of two and a half presidents. In order to dispel Catherine's doubts, Alexander promised to let George receive the same education as Crown Prince Nicholas, and to give George Yuryevsky the level of treatment that a super duke should have.

"Katya, I don't want a salary, I don't want to leave you and Olga -" George was at a loss for the first time since his rebirth. It really doesn't matter whether he has money or not. With knowledge that transcends the times, how much money can he make if he wants to?
  Give George some time, and before he reaches adulthood, George is even confident of becoming the richest man in the world.

"George, my dear child, when you have a child, you will know how painful it is for me to make this decision -" Yekaterina burst into tears. She was not willing to leave George in St. Petersburg, but he The Tsar's decision could not be changed.

George's heart gradually cooled.

Whatever Catherine's reasons for keeping George in St. Petersburg, George considered it a cruel abandonment.

Inflicting the most critical damage in the name of love, is this the correct way to express love?
  When Catherine made this decision, her starting point may really be for George's consideration.

Alexander wants to keep George in Russia, and the purpose may really be to prevent the blood of the Romanov family from being lost.

But when Catherine and Alexander made these decisions, did anyone ask George for his opinion?
  No, not a word at all. When they made these decisions, they never considered George's mood. They gave George the feeling that he was at the mercy of others like a commodity.

Now I really have no father and no mother.

"The temporary separation is to get together better. You can go to France for vacation every winter. My sisters and I will wait for you in Paris and Nice. Your vineyard will definitely be yours. I will save all the champagne. Don't sell a bottle, it will be worth more when you become an adult -" Yekaterina kept talking, and George looked like a fool, staring at Yekaterina in a daze without saying a word.

You are still so smart, now you are stupid!
  Is political correctness so fun?

Look at those politically correct rednecks and white leftists in Europe and the United States. Their homes are about to be stolen, and yet they still leave their babies alone. After being sold, they still have to help count the money. Isn’t that cheap?

George is not stupid. He will look at this matter after calming down to hide the mystery.

As mentioned earlier, Ekaterina is only 35 years old now. Not to mention that she still has charm, she is also in her prime and looks almost as old as 25 years old.

In addition to the royal support, Catherine also has the label of the Tsar's widow.

France has always been famous for its romance.

These factors were added together. After Ekaterina arrived in France, Alexander's biggest worry was probably not that Ekaterina would be "killed for love", but that Ekaterina would create a lush prairie for the late tsar.

The lives of members of the Russian royal family are famous for their corruption, which is why Catherine, who has emerged from the mud but is not stained, is so favored by the tsar.

The men of the Romanov family are unanimous on the matter of being lenient on oneself and strict on others.

Therefore, Catherine may have left George in St. Petersburg because she was considering George's future.

Alexander definitely wanted to keep George as a hostage.

Well, it turns out that not having a father or a mother is not the worst thing.

(End of this chapter)