Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 89 >

“Are there hemophiliacs in the Spanish royal family?”

“Yes.”

knew it Starting with the Spanish Crown Prince, there are quite a few people with hemophilia in the Spanish royal family. These are all diseases that come from the genes of the European grandmother, Queen Victoria.

“good.”

“…Aren’t you going to make any other requests?”

“What are you doing?”

Guessing that he would make a political request, the representative of the Spanish royal family was embarrassed.

But is there anything we can get out of Spain?

No, it’s not the Spanish government, it’s the royal family. The two are strictly separate beings.

And the royal family… I’m sorry, but they renounced the throne before the Spanish Civil War and were driven out, but only after Franco’s death that they managed to ascend the throne again.

There is literally nothing that can be accepted except money. can’t take it

There’s such a thing as mining interest, but what kind of aftermath are you trying to use? It’s impossible to ask Spain to pressure Gibraltar, so they’re just selling it at full price.

“It is disqualification as a medical professional to take unfair advantage of a patient’s urgent circumstances. I don’t know what it’s like to be a politician.”

Actually, diplomacy is a battle of how elegantly you can slap your opponent in the back… But there’s really nothing to gain from just such a thing.

This is not the time of absolute monarchy, and there are limits to what the royal family can do alone. Russia is always an exception.

“And in fact, I never had any secret contact in this way. It would have been enough to sell the plasma if we had just reached out to the public to purchase plasma.”

“Hmmm…”

“Anyway, I was well aware of the position of the Spanish royal family. However, I hope that you will use the diplomatic window from now on. It is not an unexpected ‘gift’ whose meaning is difficult to understand.”

not a bribe To define it as a bribe, there has to be a return, but there was no return. I just gave it as a gift and asked to meet, let me know that I could sell it, and the other party formally requested income and bought it with money. that’s the end

“I understand what the Duke means.”

“I hope that the friendship between Spain and the home country will continue, and that the sadness that befell the royal family of your home country will disappear as soon as possible.”

***

UK, Cabinet meeting room.

“We can no longer ignore the current situation. Something must be done!”

“What are you going to do? Should we go to war with Russia? Yeah, let’s do a little something. Let’s see if it’s quicker for the bandit to hit Buckingham Palace or for our troops to be annihilated!”

“Who makes war? Let’s build an anti-Russian siege!”

“Anti-Russian encirclement. Haven’t you done enough already? Italy, Japan, and any other countries?”

france? Germany? Both are not in a condition to attract. Although there was hope in Spain, the report that the Spanish side attempted to make under-the-ground contact with the Russian incumbent Archduke Vostok was enough to turn the British eyes.

British hegemony is challenged in all directions. Suez came within range of the Russians. To prevent this, the British were building a long fortification line in the Suez area.

No matter how they work perfectly to protect Suez, if the Russian navy defeats the Italian and Mediterranean fleets and takes control of the Eastern Mediterranean, Britain will be defeated.

Even if they stop both, if Spain backs Russia and seizes Gibraltar, it is their defeat.

Oil from the Persian Gulf, India.

If both are lost, the empire cannot be maintained. If the oil supply is cut off, the Royal Navy’s battleships will all be scrap metal.

Fortunately, they are succeeding in projecting influence on China, but it is unknown how long that will last.

“There is a way to tie up Russia.”

“Tell me. Minister.”

“If we are lucky, Russia will be caught up in a civil war and will have to work on it for a while, and the British Empire will be able to recover the damage in the meantime.”

“Where are you aiming?”

“It is an Islamic region.”

***

“Lenin is in Chechnya…la.”

“There was already a precarious atmosphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus. In particular, there are signs that nomads are demanding independence…”

“And that Lenin’s going to agitate people there, because those who are good at agitation are rednecks.”

“And espionage activities of unknown nationality are on the rise. Probably…”

“Yeah, it looks like the pirates want to f*ck us.”

If the UK is snooping around Central Asia or the Caucasus, the routes are too diverse. The corridors are overflowing to transport weapons, spies, and money from Persia to India.

Besides, Central Asia has been a place where revolts, large and small, have taken place when bored. In particular, nomads, who were close to victims of Stolipin’s core policy of fostering independent farmers, are not usually against the government of the Russian Empire. Caucasus, Chechnya was all I could say.

“British, Lenin, and even Muslims, a bunch of troublesome things, isn’t it?”

“That’s right. However……..”

“You can guess the timing, if you blow it enough to be suppressed with a single shot, it is easy to suppress it, Irina, do you know why earthquakes happen?”

“Yes?”

“If you look closely at the surface of the Earth, it is made up not of a single mass, but of several plates, which are solid rocks at least several kilometers thick floating on magma, separated from each other, adhered to, and pushed against each other. It attaches, it moves away, it’s so, so slow that it’s impossible for us to feel it.”

“…….Ah yes.”

“But where such plates interlock, pressure builds up as the continents move. Then, when the limit is reached, the earthquake bangs! and it happens The important thing is that in order to cause a huge earthquake, it has to build up pressure over a long period of time. If there are several small earthquakes, the accumulated pressure is released and weakened.”

“Do you mean that they will accumulate power so as not to end in a mere rebellion?”

“It is a question of whether that is possible, because it depends entirely on the capabilities of that Lenin, but in my view it is unlikely. The limit is to delay it by one to two years at the most. That alone would be huge.”

“then……..”

“There are no civilians, and it is very likely that all of them will be rebels or their sympathizers. Chemical warfare, strategic bombing, etc. We have to use all we can to suppress it in the shortest possible time. Of course, before the pressure builds up enough, but we have to be well-timed to blow it up after we’re ready, and it’ll be Ohrana’s job until it finally starts.”

after starting? The military will return to their main job after a while.

“Because of the active cooperation of the Muslims, a large-scale sweeping operation will not be easy, so we have to go ahead with the tactic of devastation. Again, there are no civilians in the rebellion area. Suspect those who cooperate with friendly forces as spies, and all those who do not cooperate should be regarded as sympathizers. In guerrilla warfare, we should respond with Spetsnaz, and burn all suspicious areas.”

There is no reason to struggle and fight like the first Chechen War. Just burn it up and crush it, just like the Second Chechen War led by Putin. After all, when did we care about public opinion? If you twist, you go to war.

Italy also managed to win with gas in Ethiopia, and in the meantime, it was criticized internationally, but Italy was an accident of power in the first place. we are russia Who’s to blame? Germany is still heavily dependent on Russia? Friendship France? America that has no interest outside of America in the first place? At least the UK and Italy.

We’re not in a position to go to war, but it’s important that no one else but us think so.

Of course, there is a high probability that the UK will fall for the first time. If you don’t want to go to war with us, it’s natural, but it’s just a bummer.

“War is not allowed, and what other way to f*ck England other than war? Irina? Do you have anything in mind?”

“An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Will you supply any weapons to the Irish independence forces? Or should we be more gentle on the counterfeit bills?”

“Let’s think about it a little more, order more gas production, non-persistence.”

Persistent gas—like VX—is not good enough to quell a domestic rebellion. Anyway, I have to keep using that area. Phosgene or hydrogen cyanide gas is much better in this regard.

Both of these items were used horribly during the Great War. Other chemical agents are also being studied. For example, mycotoxins.

“Someone will criticize you.”

Irina said softly.

“Obviously, the West will blame, and some will say our response was overdone. You ask, is there any reason we should have reacted that way?”

“But they started out of their own will. They will trigger this war of their own pure will, and they must pay the price to start this war, there is no conspiracy to sit on, no petty treason. If one should die for a hundred, ten for a thousand, and a hundred for ten thousand, it is right that we should be willing to do so, Duke.”

“Yeah, that’s the way it is, since the birth of mankind… there have always been sacrifices of a few for the many, not to mention that even that minority is primarily responsible for causing the crisis.”

It’s a fact I’ve come to realize in my last life. You can’t save everyone.

Currently, I am not responsible for the few people around me.

The fate of billions of Russians could depend on me. Furthermore, every step I take can affect billions of people.

As much as they have great power, their responsibilities and duties are also heavy. Power comes with duties, and power without responsibility is just indulgence.

Of course, the three fundamental factors of the problem that will arise now are the rising antipathy of the nomads who have been affected by economic development policies, the deterioration of relations between Russia and Britain, and the communists, respectively.

The British… Frankly speaking, it is inevitable that they fought first, but the imperial government is definitely responsible for the problem of the Muslim nomads who were hit hard by the economic development policy, and considering why communism was born. It is true that it is unreasonable to say that the government is completely not responsible.

However, it has already come too far to deal with, and if the economic development policy is stopped now, even greater damage will occur. The lack of welfare, which has become the root cause of the communists’ movement, will be resolved slowly and little by little as the reform proceeds, but even that is impossible if we leave it alone.

“When a rebellion arises, as soon as a cause is secured, the riot is suppressed in a short time. It is better to shed a lot of blood in a short time than to prolong the suppression and increase the number of victims.”