Chapter 1 mu

"He, Fang Zhipu, as his name, is an ordinary to ordinary name. Perhaps, originally in history, this person, this name, will not leave any brilliant marks in history, but after the "hund hunger strike in the constitution" in the autumn of the three years of the empire, the name was remembered by history. He is the first young man to sacrifice his life on hunger strike. In his opinion, he is for the ideals. For those people, we all hold respect. At least, their courage and choice are not what everyone can do!

But has their behavior changed history?

This is a problem, but everyone knows that it is the death of Fang Zhipu that led to His Majesty's determination to send troops. From the current perspective, the army is ready to suppress. At least, every interviewee has answered so.

"We will take all means to end the events in front of the palace!"

In an understatement, no one doubts the loyalty of the soldiers to His Majesty, and no one will doubt His Majesty's determination. For China, this is a good thing. At least at the last moment, His Majesty still gave the young people the opportunity to choose.

History may forget the choices made by His Majesty at that time, but history will also remember that it was after the end of the "sprint to protect the constitution", His Majesty bypassed the Consultative House and signed the holy metaphor. Changed the Yanhuang era to the era of empire.

It is also from then that everyone must be aware of a problem that the imperial power has not been affected by the "goes to protect the constitution", but has been further strengthened!"

The June 1914 issue of Asia Watch is in mid-June. At this time, for the Russians who are used to the cold, the temperature of more than 20 degrees every day after entering June is a pleasant time. Every year from May, for the Russian nobles, they will always compete with each other. The number and level of visitors to the dance party often represent the emptriousness of their hosts. Now is the time to compare.

At this time, Russia was by no means nine years ago. The economy almost collapsed after the war. The war failed nine years ago, and the subsequent reforms injected a shot of strength into this sinking country to some extent for Russia. The price of the international agricultural market has risen for Russia. European granaries have brought billions of rubles a year, and the influx of capital from France, the United Kingdom and the United States has further stimulated the development of the Russian economy.

The huge amount of external investment and the adequacy of foreign exchange in the country have enabled the Russian economy to develop well. The current economic situation in Russia is far better than at any time in history. At the same time, the social crisis nine years ago has disappeared in the economic development of this good name.

The good economic situation makes the nobles have more money to hold more luxurious dances. For them, this is a symbol of status and status. There are also many businessmen who are willing to donate money to the aristocratic dance to integrate into the circle of the "upper class" and become the top-class people of Russia.

In the imperial village in the outer suburbs of St. Petersburg, in the palace of Grand Duke Mikhail, as always, a dance was held on Saturday night. This is the habit of Grand Duke Mikhail in the past nine years. People still remember the first dance. It was nine years ago, when Grand Duke Mikhail returned to St. Peter with his Chinese fiancee. After the castle, he held his first dance for his fiancee.

At that time, although people were surprised by the beauty and nobility of Lord Lisa, they were quite resistant to her "yellow blood" and even the title of the female lord of the Chinese Empire, but the dance was still very smooth. After all, Grand Duke Mikhail He is the only brother of His Majesty the Tsar.

Ten o'clock in the evening. In the garden of Grand Duke Mikhail's palace, the tall trees clearly set off the sky decorated with golden stars. At this time, waltz and treble music had come out of the grass, and there was a brilliant light in the cracks of the shutters. At this time, there were more than a dozen servants in the garden preparing dinner. As in the past, Lord Lisa, the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail, still chose to hold dinner under the canopy on the lawn. The beautiful blue sky full of stars had given the lawn a decisive advantage.

At this time, the garden is full of all kinds of colorful lights, all of which are the most popular decorations in Paris, France, and the silk table is covered with candles and flowers. This kind of luxurious table is the same everywhere in the world. Many people are often surprised by the luxury of the Grand Duke of Mikhail's Ball, and once a week, but they Then he was relieved, because he knew that Lord Lisa, the "sister-in-law" of the Chinese queen, had received a generous dowry when she got married.

As the Grand Duchess, Lisa, after ordering the servant, she returned to the room. At this time, the guests came one after another. Most of them were attracted not because of the prominent status of Grand Duke Mikhail, but because of the elegant demeanor of her Grand Duchess, of course, which had nothing to do with her beauty.

When Lisa greeted the guests, a little girl in a white gauze skirt appeared in the garden. The little girl was very beautiful, and her bright eyes flashed eagerly. "Look at that, it's really like an angel!"

When the girl in a white dress, some guests said so.

"It's not Lisa's daughter in the Tatar life!"

A baroness said with a sarering smile, and her eyes were full of contempt.

"How beautiful it is, it can't be changed. There is Tatar blood in her body!"

"I admit yes,"

Another countess replied softly.

"But she also has the blood of the Romanov family in her body, doesn't it?"

For these ladies, it seems that they have never accepted Lisa. In the past, they often used "women from barbaric countries" to describe Lisa, but now, although they rarely use such language, it does not prevent them from continuing to maintain their hostility to Lisa.

But for some people, they only need to look at their appearance and figure to imagine the reason. Every woman is jealous. For these noble ladies, they are jealous of Lisa's beauty and also jealous of Lisa's wealth. There have been rumors in the upper class of St. Petersburg that Lisa's dowry No one has doubted that it is worth more than 10 million rubles, because Lisa has two department stores in the busiest place in St. Petersburg, and those two department stores are the reason why Grand Duke Mikhail can hold a luxury dance once a week.

Wealth and beauty coexist in a woman, so they have to not be jealous.

"Nasha!"

Seeing her daughter coming over, Lisa quickly called out to her daughter. For her, her eight-year-old daughter is the treasure in her heart, far better than everything.

"Mom!"

Nasha walked to her mother with a touching smile on her face. She completely inherited her mother's beauty, even more beautiful than her mother. Although she was only eight years old, there were already many boys fighting for her in the imperial village school.

"Will the Count of Kharkov come tonight?"

"I don't know, but he hasn't come yet!"

"It seems that Grand Duke Mikhail, who is the master today, doesn't want it!"

In the conversation of people, these people seem to notice that there is something wrong today. Some adults who were supposed to go to the dance have not come until now.

"What will happen!"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, the current situation is very unstable!"

A viscount answered other people's questions with a smile, and then said without show.

"After the Balkan War, our relationship with Austria-Hungary became more and more tense. I think maybe they didn't come here, I'm afraid..."

"Balkan war? Austro-Hungarian Empire? Serbia, right?

"Ah! Yes, we will definitely fight for Serbia..."

"Yes, we are all Slavs!"

The viscount's words attracted his attention, and then someone said.

"War? I don't think it's necessarily because of Serbia. You know, our relationship with Germany is very tense now..."

"That is, I just returned from Germany a week ago, and now our trade frictions with Germany have reached a very dangerous situation. The German press generally uses "trade war", "tariff war" and "economic war" to discuss German-Russian relations, and these articles predict that hostile economic relations will be two The political relations of the President of the State have a negative impact.

"Ah, whether it's Germany or Austria-Hungary, aren't they allies? As long as we have a war with one of the countries, the other country will definitely be involved, so..."

"Don't forget, there is also China!"

"Yes, and China, China and Germany have an alliance! I'm afraid they will also help Germany at that time!"

"Oh, my God, in that case, the whole world will be involved in the war!"

Some noble ladies shouted in surprise. In their opinion, these people's words and truths are too alarmistful, and even some fairy tales. At least in their knowledge, it seems that the world has had such a war from the future!

"Look, it's the ambassador of China!"

Following the surprise of one of them, everyone saw an oriental man in a formal dress coming to Lord Lisa.

"Good evening, madam!"

When he came to the Lady Lisa, Liu Jingren bowed respectfully. To some extent, he often regarded himself as the "mother's family" of the Lord. Therefore, whenever there was a dance held by Grand Duke Mikhail, he would definitely come as long as he had time. Even if he didn't come, he would send a first-class counselor. Add a dance party.

"Good evening, Mr. Ambassador!"

When Lisa returned the salute, Liu Jingren saluted Lisa, who was standing next to his wife.

"Is His Royal Highness not here?"

"His Royal Highness is talking about something in the palace under the summons of His Majesty. It seems to be a Balkan thing..."

When she said the last sentence, Lisa's voice was not loud. It seemed that it was just a random sentence, but Liu Jingren's eyes lit up. Then she saluted and walked towards the lawn. He had already got the answer. Tonight, the rest of the business was the dance.

(to be continued)