"Democracy? Freedom? What a ridiculous two words! Golitsyn, what the Russian Empire needs is not the so-called democracy and freedom, but a master and a father! What you do will only make the entire Russian Empire fall into a state of eternal destruction!"
Nicholas I glared at Duke Golitsyn and said, "Think about Poland back then! Why did they perish in the first place!"
"Russia is not Poland!" Duke Golitsyn retorted calmly: "Furthermore, Poland still has not stopped pursuing its path of independence to this day, so they are far from a point of no return!
And I will give them the right to be independent after the new Russian Empire is established!"
"You are crazy!" Nicholas I shouted at Duke Golitsyn with his eyes wide open, "Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?"
"Consequences?" Duke Golitsyn chuckled, "The consequence of this is that the citizens of the New Russian Empire will be closely united with the citizens of Poland!"
"No! What you do will only destroy all the efforts of the Russian Empire in the past century!" Nicholas I, who did not want to be a sinner of the empire, said to Duke Golitsyn in a slightly pleading tone: "Golitsyn,
Think of your ancestors! Think of your father! It took us several generations to fully annex the Polish lands, you cannot give them up so easily!"
"Mr. Nikolai, what else has the land we spent generations of casualties and annexation brought us besides the hatred of the Poles and the high cost of military garrisoning?" Duke Golitsyn
Ask Nicholas I.
"That is not the reason for us to abandon Poland!" Nicholas I retorted to Duke Golitsyn.
"Mr. Nikolai, I am the one who decides this matter now, not you!" Duke Golitsyn showed a fake smile on his lips, "I also want to tell you that I not only want to liberate Poland, but also Finland.
Rimea…liberate all oppressed peoples of the Russian Empire!”
"You..." Nicholas I cursed Duke Golitsyn in a trembling voice: "You are a complete madman! Madman!"
"Crazy?" Duke Golitsyn pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "I am indeed crazy!
After all, the place I live in is the most authoritarian and barbaric country in Europe."
"This tyrannical and barbaric country allows you to enjoy privileges that you cannot enjoy in any country!" Nicholas I replied to Duke Golitsyn: "My ancestors, grandmother, brother and me, which one
We have wronged you and your family! We have given you privileges, allowing you to do whatever you want in the land under your jurisdiction.
Prince Golitsyn, tell me which of your manors, farmlands and factories is not built by you relying on the privileges we gave you!
Even a dog will wag its tail at us after receiving such kindness from us! What you do is worse than a dog, you are just a wolf that has not been fed well!"
Although Nicholas I desperately wanted to anger Prince Golitsyn with vicious words, Prince Golitsyn did not show any anger.
On the contrary, Andrew Nikolayev Golitsyn, who was next to Duke Golitsyn, had an angry expression on his face. He walked up to Nicholas I and raised his hand to offer it to Nicholas I.
Give him two slaps to wake him up a little.
"Don't do it!" Prince Golitsyn grabbed Andrew's hand and shook his head and said to him.
Then, Duke Golitsyn turned his attention to Nicholas I again, "You are right, you and your family have indeed given me and my family a lot of privileges and wealth, but these things are all produced by you yourself.
Of?
As the helmsmen of the empire, have you ever really worked for a day!
You calmly snatched away the fruits of the labor of the citizens of the Russian Empire and temporarily handed them over to our charge.
This bottomless plundering behavior is itself based on sin. I feel ashamed of the wealth I possess!
Therefore, I must put an end to this evil with my own hands! Let the people of the Russian Empire no longer have to be squeezed by privileges and live together in a new era of equality!"
"What crazy talk are you talking about!" Nicholas I yelled at Duke Golitsyn: "I'll say it again, this world has been unequal from the beginning, even France, which you admire, is like this! You go and ask Hot
Rome Bonaparte, is he equal to his subjects? Ask the nobles in Paris if they are willing to be equal to those subjects who have lived on the land for generations!
Everything you do is just to satisfy your own desire for a savior!"
"You are right, there is no absolute equality in this world!" Duke Golitsyn responded with approval: "This is true even in France now, but I think I can build a relatively equal world with my own efforts.
!That’s enough!”
"Do you know how many nobles were massacred and expelled by France back then?" Nicholas I widened his eyes and said to Duke Golitsyn: "Do you also want to imitate them and massacre all the nobles in Russia?"
"I don't want to cause too much killing!" Duke Golitsyn responded indifferently at first, then changed the topic and said coldly: "If those nobles are unwilling to give up their privileges, I will be like Luo
Just like Perspierre, kill them all without hesitation!"
"What you do will only make you opposed by all the nobles!" Nicholas I stared at Duke Golitsyn and said to him word by word.
"Maybe!" Duke Golitsyn shrugged his shoulders and said to Nicholas I: "From the beginning, I did not expect to be able to convince them with words. Only by letting them feel death personally can they learn to communicate with the citizens of the Russian Empire.
compromise!"
"Once they choose to compromise, it will be your death!" Nicholas I continued.
"Since they have chosen to give in, it means that they are moving forward along the reform I want!" Duke Golitsyn showed a happy smile on his face, "Even if I will be killed by them in the end, I will not
A trace of regret!”
"You..." Nicholas I was speechless. He found that he could not convince/irritate a Puritan with his needs.
"Okay! Citizen Nicholas I, the conversation between us should be over!" Duke Golitsyn responded to Nicholas I, and then turned to Andrew and responded: "The Tsar of the Russian Empire will be here
Die tonight!”
"Yes!" Andrew showed a ferocious look on his face.
"Prince Golitsyn, I curse you! I curse each of you to bear the sin of regicide for eternity, to walk in purgatory, and to suffer endless torture..." The angry Nicholas I's face turned slightly
Somewhat twisted, he issued a vicious curse to Prince Golitsyn.
"Your Majesty! If there really is a purgatory in this world, then you will enter it before me!" Duke Golitsyn responded calmly, "After all, my family and I stand on the shoulders of the Romanov family.
superior!"
After saying this, Prince Golitsyn left the room.
Only Nicholas I and Andrei Nikolaev Golitsyn were left in the room.
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to hit the road!" Andrei Nikolayev Golitsyn said to Nicholas I when he came to his ground.
"Andrew, I don't know what Duke Golitsyn promised you! As long as you choose to submit to me, I can guarantee that you and your family will be able to follow the Romanov family for a long time!" Nicholas I tried to win over with benefits.
Nikolayev Golitsyn.
Andrew Nikolayev Golitsyn stopped, with a hesitant expression on his face, "But my surname is also Golitsyn!"
Seeing that the work of instigating rebellion was somewhat interesting, Nicholas I responded quickly to him: "It doesn't matter! As long as you are willing to arrest the traitor Golitsyn, I will personally make you the Prince of South Russia! At the same time, you will be appointed as the Governor of Odessa, and the entire
Odessa will become your territory!"
"Sounds good!" Andrei Nikolayev Golitsyn touched his chin and looked thoughtful.
"Yes! If you don't want to be the governor of Odessa, you can also be the governor of Finland!" Nicholas I hurriedly increased his chips. He felt that he could persuade Andrei Nikolaev to defect.
"Alas!" Andrei Nikolayev Golitsyn sighed. He walked slowly in front of Nicholas I. In Nicholas I's hopeful eyes, he pinched Nicholas hard.
La Shi said coldly on his neck: "What a pity! There is some irresolvable hatred between the two of us!"
"What hatred do we have?" Nikolai I, who was choked by Nikolayev, asked intermittently.
"My biological parents were ruthlessly exiled to Siberia by you! If it weren't for Uncle Golitsyn's help, I would have died on the way to Siberia!" Nikolayev Golitsyn said through gritted teeth.
Nicholas I roared angrily.
"So... it's... like this!" Nicholas I's voice became weaker and weaker.
Just as he was dying, he seemed to have returned to the winter of twenty-nine years.
At that time, he had just inherited the throne and encountered the Decembrist rebellion.
At the beginning, he did not understand why the Decembrists would give up their superior life and devote themselves to an action that was of no benefit to them.
But now, he still doesn't understand what Duke Golitsyn said.
Are these really so important to them?
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Tsar Nicholas Pavlovich of the Russian Empire died of a stroke in November 1854 at the age of 58.