Chapter 147 abdication

In the process of two parliamentarians lobbying the Tsar to abdicate, hundreds of people gathered on the platform between the Tsar and the parliamentarian's train. There were all kinds of people. They read the leaflets distributed and shouted "Ula". An officer of the guard ordered the group to disperse, but was stopped by the attendants.

"His Majesty the Tsar ordered not to provoke or drive anyone away!"

At nearly 11 o'clock at night, the shouts of the people on the platform were louder, and they were getting closer and closer to the train. In another carriage, with the shouts of the people, the Tsar's abdication edict was being drafted, and Guchkov took advantage of the intermittent shouts to come to the back of the living room carriage and passed the stage. The emotional people announced loudly.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet! The father of the people..."

He paused deliberately, and then said.

"The Tsar fully agreed to our request, and even agreed more than we expected!"

On the platform, there was a silence, followed by a cheer.

"Ula...Ula..."

Cheers echoed on the railway station. It seems that at this moment, a new era has opened, and Russia's bright future is displayed in front of people's eyes.

At 1:15, Nikolay returned to the carriage. He was not more excited than when he went out. He was still calm. He looked at the people in the carriage, handed over two printed papers, and then said calmly.

"This is an imperial edict, please have a look!"

When the Tsar came in, several people stood up. At this time, they all stood solemnly. Shulikin stood beside Guchikov, leaning over the desk. The two quickly browsed through the edict and whispered.

"During the great war with foreign enemies... The people's turmoil that began to appear will affect Russia's ongoing tenacious war related to the fate of the country... At this critical moment, we regard unity as the conscience and obligation to alleviate the suffering of the people... The Duma and I agree that I have come from Russia. It is beneficial for the imperial throne to retreat... I hope not to be separated from my beloved son... I will pass the throne to my brother... call on all the loyal sons of the motherland... lead the country to victory, glory and happiness..."

Germany is eager to enslave Russia! For the victory and future of Russia, the Tsar is very willing to leave the throne.

Ruski saw that this was far from the imperial edict brought from the base camp. Did the Tsar really rewrite the edict of abdication so quickly and so smoothly?

Guchykov has no objection to the imperial edict, and Shulikin more accurately follows the spirit of the Constitution. You should know that it is in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution that they were sent here. It is proposed to point out that Grand Duke Mikhail must swear allegiance to the legislature.

His suggestion made Nikolay frown, but there was no objection, so he added it.

"You must take an oath at the same time, and you must not break the oath!"

Shu Lijin muttered about Tsar's words: Is there any other unviolable oath not to write "to the whole people"? But he didn't argue. Finally, he proposed.

"It's better to mark the time after three o'clock in the morning!"

Because they were not present at this time, but the tsar had decided to abdicate, so that people would not accuse the tsar of being forced to abdicate by the parliamentarians.

For Guchkov, on the contrary, his role was weakened by such a mark, but he also did not say anything, so it was marked at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Finally, Nicholas officially signed the abdication edict, using a very ordinary pencil. When the Tsar signed the edict of abdication, Guchkov thought that it would not be better to take the original of the edict at such a chaotic time, take the risk, print another original, and leave him with Ruski in such a chaotic time?

So they asked someone to print another copy.

At this time, the three of them, the two representatives of the former Tsar and the New Deal Axe, will be silent face to face for 20 minutes.

However, you can't throw everything away as something strange. The program can't be destroyed. The throne is handed over to the younger brother. It's good, but who will the cabinet be handed over to? Who will the Supreme Command be handed over to?

The two legislators agreed: it is also good to issue instructions. The succession of the regime should be strengthened. In order for the edict of abdication to take effect, the time should be indicated one hour earlier.

Who is the cabinet going to be handed over to?

Nikolay doesn't want to give it to Luo Jianke, who betrayed him. It's better to give it to Kryvoshein. After he made this suggestion, the two senators suggested.

"Give it to the Duke of Lviv!"

"Okay!"

Nicolas did not object.

"What about the Supreme Command?"

"Of course it's Nikolaisha. Who else can I give it to?"

So the order to the Privy Council was also written, which only made the two of them more confident. The document was sent for printing, so they began to be silent again.

In the future, in the future... The most difficult thing is to talk about yourself without the throne. This is an unprecedented situation. Where should I go?

Nikolay, who became a civilian, has not yet spoken in the right tone. Now, there is still the question of who obeys whom? It's not good to be on your own, but ask others a little low... So he shrugged his shoulders and said.

"If I go to the imperial village now, I won't encounter any obstacles!"

Guchkov raised his head, and his forehead was like an obstacle. When he was still in the daytime, he expected this possibility, but... he seemed to see the majestic and fierce figure of his biggest female enemy behind the Tsar.

Do you fulfill his wish? No, then he will go back with an imperial edict.

Guchkov did not explicitly say that he did not allow it, but it could be seen that he was nervous and blushed, but he didn't say anything and was silent for a while. Then he said.

"There is turmoil in the city of Luga, and there is no guarantee to pass there safely!"

His answer only made Nikolay stagger, as if he had been hit hard and paralyzed.

Can't go to the Imperial Village? But all he thought about was this. For this reason, he was in a hurry to complete all the procedures as soon as possible, but in the end, it still couldn't work!

Is it starting from the overall stability? Well, maybe it's right, for the benefit of Russia?

He comforted himself in his heart.

But he went to the imperial village, just wanted to stay until the children recovered, and then let them go together... It's better to go to Livadia, where the weather is good.

But where are you going now? Going to the base camp?

Go to the base camp. It should be like this. There are also things to explain there.

Maybe you can call your mother from Kiev to Mogilev and say goodbye to her.

What if you have to leave Russia now?

"Go to the base camp!"

Does this sound like a question? Notification? Request for permission? Or asking for this is really an inexplicable situation.

Guchikov kept staring at the Tsar again. It should be Nicholas. This time, he didn't hide his eyes at all. He saw that the Tsar was already scared.

Base camp, isn't that the center of the army? Next to him is Alexeyev but without Alex, then he can't make any decision and can't do anything!

After thinking about it, Guchkov nodded.

"You can go!"

General Rusky was a little puzzled about this, and he was also opposed in his heart. How could he let the abdicate supreme commander go to the base camp? But he did not speak out against Guchkov.

This is the second edict sent. The two senators asked Fredericks to attach it after the two signatures of the Tsar, and Nicholas nodded and agreed.

Frederox sat down with difficulty, took out a fountain pen, looked at the abdication edict that he never wanted to see, and painted for a long time, never so hard to write his name.

"All right!"

Nikolay asked two more senators to write a receipt to prove that they had taken the edict of abdication.

"With the wolf, you have to..."

At this time, the wall of the living room is 15 minutes away from midnight.

The Tsar's train could leave here and go to Mogilev. He spent three days and nights wandering around meaninglessly, lost his crown, and had to return to the place where he should not have left.

The two special trains stopped for another hour, during which Nikolay and the attendants drank midnight tea together, but at this time they did not talk about abdication.

In the face of the attendants, Nicholas said in a very ordinary tone.

"They detained me for a long time!"

At 0:40 a.m., the headquarters of the Northern Front reported to the base camp that the Tsar's edict of abdication had finally been signed.

Well, after all, it's still signed, and I'm no longer so nervous.

The Tsar's rule ended, and Nicholas II did not exist, but it did not produce Alexei II, but Mikhail II. Looking at these two names, the throne was turned back.

The Northern Front will soon send the text. The Tsar's rule is over, and the stable situation is coming, but life is often a mixture of great moments and insignificant moments. Just as the edict is obtained and the situation stabilized, there are many troubles that the base camp can't get rid of. Then, the military transport commander reported that more than fifty low-ranking people came, with pistols and sabers. They got off the train and asked to disarm the station guard. The military transport commander asked them who ordered to make this request. They said that they had ordered an officer. The officer stayed in the carriage, and the commander sent a A gendarmes went to verify that some of the "delegation" immediately hit him and fired his gun. Fortunately, a row of dragoons appeared at the station at this time, and the soldiers who came to him fled. It turned out that there were no officers in the carriage.

At this time, those people will gather again and run to Vitebsk, or there will be a new so-called "delegation", or ten such delegations. The historical tsar's edict issued by the Hughes telegraph machine should be telegraphed to the irresponsible Luo General Ke again. Newspaper, but the wording should be respectful. All the military commander-in-chief and even the supreme commander-in-chief are under his leadership...

In making this decision, Alexeyev gently reminded him.

"In the war time and the combat force area, the railway guard force cannot be disarmed in any case. The most severe measures must be taken against the bandits and those who claim to be delegations..."

At this time, Alexeyev was angry at the chaos in front of him, and there was a strong accusation between the lines.

"In order to make the combat troops not have a deep moral corruption like the Petrograd Garrison!"

Luo Jianke's work was still so unassuring. He disturbed the commander-in-chief of the front army for three nights and asked them to answer the phone, so he sent him accurate military telegrams one after another, talking about worrying events, but he acted as if he had not received these telegrams at all.

However, for Alexeyev, who has experienced the high-intensity work of the headquarters staff, he has the ability to consider and deal with many things without omission, including the most trivial and unexpected things.

Almost after receiving a telegram from Pskov and confirming that it was the Tsar's edict, he immediately ordered and immediately forwarded him to all the front forces with a telegraph machine at the same time, and then sent it to all the field troops, all the heads of the military regions, and immediately distributed to the troops. Now the whole Russia is waiting for him.

As for the rest, he considered the army's re-apledge of allegiance, and then he sent a telegram to Luo Jianke and Lviv on this issue.

At the same time, Alekseev thought again that when people were busy with Pskov and Petrograd, people forgot a little - how to inform their allies about the Tsar's abdication! This can't wait. The abdication of the tsar himself is most suitable to do this, and it should also be suggested that Petrograd's New Deal Axe prepare such an announcement first.

Before the special train leaves Pskov, it is customary to report the news from the imperial army to the Tsar through the palace commander-in-chief of the bodyguard General Voyekov. After all, General Grojian and other military officers of the imperial army are detained in municipal organs. If the Tsar goes there, should he be more alert?

Just as Alexeyev was thinking about it in his heart, Pskov reported it. Nikolay? Grand Duke Nikolayevich was appointed commander-in-chief.

"Great!"

As soon as he heard the news, Alexeyev shouted, which was exactly what was expected. Now, he should send a telegram to the Tsar, but how to call himself? Is it called "inferior"? There is no such statement now. You need to find a new word and say "the most loyal to you".

"Well... you can write it down"

After finally finishing the manuscript, Alexeyev said to his secretary.

"The most loyal you, Alexeyev, please give instructions when your majesty can come to the base camp? Before he arrived, could General Alexeyev be allowed to act as the commander-in-chief? Do you need to make new regulations? Well, for the time being, it seems... for the time being, it seems like everything..."

Alexeyev narrowed his sharp eyes and looked at the telegram carefully.

From the moment the Tsar went to the station to now, only three days and nights have passed, and it was also in such a late night.

In only three days and nights, the boulder blocking Russia's way forward was removed and completely removed...

(to be continued)