When Rock went to find Kitchener, Kitchener was already preparing to go to the Russian Empire.
Although the Russian Empire performed poorly after the war, no one can deny the role of the Russian Empire. Without the restraint of the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front, the number of enemies faced by the British and French coalition forces might have more than doubled. In that case, Moltke would have enough
To implement his "Schlieffen Plan", the British and French allied forces would lose the war before the colonies lost blood.
A major event happened in the Russian Empire in May. Since Nicholas II appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, St. Petersburg has been controlled by Rasputin's magic stick, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the nobles of the Russian Empire.
On May 11, Rasputin visited Russian Prince Felix Yusupov. Yusupov was the husband of Tsar Nicholas II's niece Irena. His family property was larger than Romanov's.
The family's property is even greater, and it is the biggest beneficiary of the Russian imperial system.
Yusupov had been dissatisfied with Rasputin for a long time, and he was determined to kill Rasputin. Many nobles joined in, including Grand Duke Dmitry Romanov, cousin of Nicholas II.
Yusupov invited Rasputin in the name of Irena, and Rasputin happily went to the appointment. In Yusupov's palace, Rasputin drank a lot of poisonous wine mixed with potassium cyanide, but
Rasputin did not die, but became more energetic as he drank, and even suggested going to Petersburg's red light district.
Yusupov said he had a cross studded with precious stones.
Rasputin wants to see.
Just as Rasputin stood up, Yusupov shot Rasputin.
Rasputin fell to the floor, seemingly dead.
But just as Yusupov and Dmitri were celebrating, Rasputin miraculously came back to life.
Yusupov ran up the stairs, Rasputin hot on his heels.
Yusupov locked himself in the room, and Rasputin cursed angrily and looked for something to break open the door.
At this time, Dmitri fired. The first two shots missed, and the third shot knocked Rasputin to the ground again.
This time Dmitri walked up to Rasputin, pointed his revolver at Rasputin's head and shot him.
Yusupov also opened the door and hit Rasputin several times on the head with a golf club.
After confirming Rasputin's death, Yusupov and Dmitry wrapped Rasputin in a curtain, tied him with a rope and threw him into the river.
When the police fished out Rasputin's body, they found that the rope had come loose. A subsequent autopsy showed that Rasputin died of drowning. He was still alive when he was thrown into the river, and struggled for a long time.
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Rasputin was a mysterious man, and his vitality was as tenacious as a cockroach. A few days before Rasputin's death, Rasputin wrote a letter to the "Russian Tsar, Russian Mother, Child of the Russian Empire"
In the letter, Rasputin warned Tsar Nicholas II: If it is your relatives who kill me, then your family and relatives will die one after another within two years, and the Russians will kill them.
Rasputin was finally buried in the park of the Romanov family. The Tsar Queen and the Tsar's children attended Rasputin's funeral. Although Rasputin had a bad past, Rasputin cured him.
Crown Prince Alexei's hemophilia. Crown Prince Alexei was the only son of Nicholas II. Nicholas II and Queen Alexandra were very grateful to Rasputin.
After Rasputin's death, the Russian Empire seemed to finally be on the right track. Nicholas II appointed a new Prime Minister and a new Minister of War, and the Russian Imperial Army also won a brilliant victory in Galicia.
Kitchener wanted to open a new battlefield along the coast of Germany. This time he went to Russia to discuss the possibility of opening a new battlefield with the military generals of the Russian Empire.
Roark will not let Kitchener go to Russia. Kitchener and Winston are Roark's biggest supporters in the British government. If Kitchener dies unexpectedly, Roark will lose his greatest support.
Winston's influence is also rising, but Winston's influence on the military is far less than Kitchener's.
Rock's reasons for preventing Kitchener from going to the Russian Empire were also very good. There was a wave of calls for the Prime Minister's resignation in the UK, and Kitchener could not leave London at this time.
After the outbreak of the world war, some people in Britain asked Asquith to resign because Asquith had vowed that the war would never break out.
The war has been going on for nearly two years now, and the end seems far away. The British Expeditionary Force has suffered millions of casualties and suffered economic losses of billions of pounds. Someone must be held responsible for this.
After the Battle of the Somme broke out, the opposition to Asquith reached a climax. Before the outbreak of the World War, many people believed that the Allies could easily defeat the Central Powers. No one thinks so now. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British Expeditionary Force suffered casualties.
Sixty thousand people, this number frightened all the British. They didn't know how long the war would last, and they didn't know how much losses the British Expeditionary Force would suffer. The British wanted to vent their anger, and since they couldn't vent it on the Germans,
Then we can only vent it on the Prime Minister.
"Locke, don't be alarmist. Politics is not what we soldiers should care about. Our mission is to destroy our enemies on the battlefield!" Kitchener is a traditional soldier. He has never been a politician.
"Marshal, as soldiers, we cannot escape from the political whirlpool. Let alone politics and the military, you know, if Winston is the prime minister, or if someone is the prime minister, the support for the military will be completely different.
"Roque insisted that there should be no separation between military and political affairs. Soldiers should not interfere in politics, but they cannot be indifferent to politics. The military serves politics.
It's like a person working for a certain company. It's his duty to do his job well, but he should also pay attention to the company's dynamics. He doesn't know when he will lose his job.
The person Rock was talking about was Lloyd George.
After losing the position of Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George did not lose power. He still had great popularity in Parliament, but he was forced to resign as Minister of Munitions.
The British Parliament is discussing the impeachment of Asquith. Once the majority of members agree, Prime Minister Asquith will choose a dignified way to leave the Prime Minister's Office, so that Asquith can retain the last dignity, otherwise he will
There is a big difference between being kicked out of the Prime Minister's Office in a humiliating way.
Once Asquith resigns, now it seems that Lloyd George is very likely to become Prime Minister, and then the military will be in trouble. When Lloyd George was Minister of Munitions, he was disgusted with military generals.
It is no secret that in Lloyd George's view, all these British military generals were emotionless, cold-blooded butchers, and Roark was the best among them.
"Winston? No, no, no, Winston is impossible." Kitchener frowned. He didn't like Lloyd George. It was precisely because of Lloyd George's operations that Kitchener lost most of his possessions.
that power.
Winston's biggest problem is that he is too young. Now Winston is just forty years old. For the Prime Minister of the British Empire, forty is still young.
Lloyd George was 11 years older than Winston and had just turned fifty this year.
"Why is it not possible? There is no need for an election. As long as His Majesty appoints Winston to form a cabinet, then Winston will be a qualified prime minister." Roque did not have the rules and regulations of this era. If Roque followed the trend, there would be no place like now.
Southern Africa: "There is only one question we have to consider, who is more suitable to be the prime minister of the British Empire. This is related to whether we can defeat Germany and how long it will take to defeat Germany."
Since Kitchener talked about the war, Rock also talked about the war. Winston is indeed a bit young, but Winston was born in the aristocracy and naturally has the support of the aristocracy. If Winston has the military background,
Support, then it is not without any effort. When George V considers the choice of a new prime minister, he must consider the opinions of the aristocracy and military generals.
Don't forget that the British king and the nobility are one, and the military generals are the hope of defeating Germany, so the opinions of the aristocracy and military generals will greatly influence George V's decision.
"Wait a minute Locke, we shouldn't do this, it's too outrageous -" Kitchener hesitated. When he said this, he actually admitted that Locke was right.
"The world war has gone too far. The number of casualties on the Western Front is even more outrageous. A certain person was also outrageous when he served as Minister of Munitions. The country is facing a critical juncture of life and death. Instead of uniting thoughts and firm beliefs, Congress is discussing the need for
Don't impeach the prime minister of the country. Isn't this out of line?" Rock also really couldn't understand the thinking of the British. They used their talent of "messing" to the fullest, not only to stir things up internationally, but also at home and in the colonies.
Stirring up, I want to reach out everywhere.
"Let me think, let me think -" Kitchener had not yet made up his mind. He sat on his chair and murmured to himself, staring at the British flag on his desk motionless.
Rock was anxious, but his face remained calm. When he came to see Kitchener, he deliberately wore the Elizabeth Cross and Garter medals he had received on his chest. Everyone was dedicated to the public, and there was really no personal gain involved.
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Kitchener didn't have much time. On June 21, the British Parliament voted on whether to impeach Prime Minister Asquith. Although the vote that day did not pass, Asquith decided to resign later.
That evening, Rock went to see King George V together with General William Robertson, Chief of Staff of the British Army in Winston-Salem, Kitchen, and John Jellicoe, who had been promoted to Secretary of the Navy because of his victory in the Battle of Jutland.
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