Chapter 427： Crimea my commander-in-chief

Looking at the radiant prince in front of him, a flash of surprise flashed on the face of the attendant attache. He was curious about what kind of magic Prince Menshkov used to make Prince Menshkov turn the world upside down in a short period of time. The change.

However, now is not the time to be curious, and the attendant can only suppress his curiosity and lead Prince Menshkov to return to the Imperial Village from St. Petersburg.

Prince Menshkov and the attendant attache who walked out of the castle came to the carriage with the Romanov family logo. The white horses also cheered up as their breeders cheered, and a stream of heat spewed from the steed's white nostrils.

"Your Majesty, please!" The attaché of the attendant stretched out his hand and invited Prince Menshkov to take a carriage.

Prince Menshkov naturally sat in the carriage as well, and then the attendant and the coachman sat on the driver's seat together.

The carriage slowly began to accelerate and traveled through the streets of St. Petersburg. It took about five minutes to drive. That one left the city of St. Petersburg and walked on a road paved with stones in the suburbs. There are endless grasslands on both sides of the road. If you stand on the side of the carriage If you look out from the ceiling, you can see the forest in the suburbs of St. Petersburg.

The carriage drove on the outskirts of St. Petersburg for about an hour, and a large-scale palace cluster loomed. Menshkov had nothing to do with the attendants and finally arrived at the imperial village on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.

After Menshkov and the attendant attache entered the Imperial Village unimpeded, they soon came to the gate of the Yekaterina Palace.

Menshkov, who was parked on the steps of the Catherine Palace and got off the carriage, walked down slowly, raised his head and looked at the sacred palace sitting on the steps, and his heart could not help but get mixed up.

Just a few months ago, he was the most trusted general under the Tsar. However, who would have thought that after just half a year, he would become what he is now.

If it wasn't for the Ottoman Empire, I wouldn't be like this!

Thinking of this, Prince Menshkov clenched his fists involuntarily.

If it weren't for his humiliating diplomatic failure in the Ottoman Empire, Menshkov would not have become a laughing stock in the diplomatic circles of the Russian Empire, and His Majesty Tsar Nicholas I would not have been embarrassed by Menshkov's failure. Alienate Menshkov.

In the final analysis, everything is the fault of the Ottoman Empire! Why didn't they surrender honestly? Why are they rebelling against the great Russian Empire!

After a few months of neglect, Menshkov resented the Ottoman Empire even more in his heart, and he vowed that he would destroy that abominable heretical empire within his lifetime... He believed that he would be able to achieve this wish soon!

Full of resentment, Menshkov stepped up the steps leading to the Yekaterina Palace step by step. After entering the Yekaterina Palace, Menshkov was led by the attendant to one of the rooms.

When the attendant attache opened the door, Prince Menshkov saw Nicholas I and others.

Menshkov stepped up and came to the room. He first curtly bowed to Nicholas I. After obtaining the permission of Nicholas I, Menshkov Bai approached Nicholas I.

"Tell me about your original plan!" Nicholas I first explained to Menshkov the purpose of calling him here, and then pointed to the map of the Near East and asked Menshkov.

Menshkov looked at the war minister Dolgoruko gratefully, knowing that without Dolgoruko's help, his plans would never have reached the Tsar's ears.

Dolgoruko, who was standing on the side, calmly accepted Menshkov's gratitude, pointed to the map and reminded Menshkov: "Prince Menshkov, don't let the tsar wait too long!"

"Yes!" Menshkov responded sonorously.

Subsequently, Menshkov once again told Nicholas I of his plan to attack the Ottoman Empire's ports in Constantinople and Cipuno.

After hearing about Menshkov's plan, Nicholas I immediately asked Menshkov: "Menshkov, if I put all the Empire's warships in the Black Sea under your command, can you guarantee that? Completely wipe out all the Ottoman ships in the Black Sea within a month! Remember, all the ships!"

In the face of Nicholas I's meticulous face, Menshkov hesitated for a moment, then gave Nicholas I a military salute and responded firmly: "I can assure you that I will wipe out all the people within a month. The Ottoman fleet!"

"Okay!" Nicholas I smiled again, he turned his head to look at Dolgoruko and said, "I heard it! Prince Menshkov said that he would destroy all the ships of the Ottoman Empire within a month. !"

"Understood!" Dolgoruko quickly responded to Nicholas I.

Nicholas I once again turned to Prince Menshkov and issued his latest appointment to Prince Menshkov.

From this moment on, Menshkov has been appointed as the Governor of the Crimea and Caucasus region, responsible for commanding the Russian Empire's fleet in the Black Sea, as well as all military and political affairs of the Russian Empire in the Caucasus and the Crimea region.

This appointment of Tsar Nicholas I can be said to have shaped a soil emperor in charge of the Caucasus and Crimea.

During Menshkov's tenure as governor, no one except Nicholas I could interfere too much with Menshkov, even Dolgoruko, the minister of war, could only advise rather than order attitude to convey military instructions to Menshkov.

The appointment of Nicholas I not only surprised Menshkov, but also made Dolgoruko, the Minister of War, feel a little tricky. He originally wanted Menshkov to act under the control of the Ministry of War, but I didn't expect that I had created a governor that I couldn't control. It really meant shooting myself in the foot.

However, the appointment of Menshkov by Nicholas I also made Dolgoruko understand that their tsar was really determined to dismantle the Ottoman Empire.

After a short period of surprise, Menshkov's face was full of excitement. He immediately thanked Nicholas I and said that he would destroy the Ottoman Navy as soon as possible.

"I only give you one day. After one day, you can immediately go to Sevastopol to take office!" Nicholas I, who did not want to delay for a moment, ordered Menshkov.

"Your Majesty, you can leave now!" Menshkov responded immediately.

"Let's go now?" Nikolai I glanced at Menshkov, nodded and said, "Let's go as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Menshkov, who was appointed, saluted Nicholas I decisively.

After Prince Menshkov left the room, Foreign Minister Karl Nescherrodie, who had been silent for a long time, adhered to the concept of sound diplomacy, and cautiously asked whether Nicholas I should inform the Russian Empire about the next actions of the Russian Empire. The Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, so that these two countries can help the Russian Empire at a critical time.

"This is not necessary!" Nicholas I rejected Karl Nesselroddy's suggestion and said confidently: "I just want them to witness our conquest of the emperors with their own eyes before they can react. The success of the great cause of Tantinoburg. Only then will they be more deferential to the Russian Empire and dare not take any other thought."

For Nicholas I's idea that the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia were regarded as "son kingdoms", Karl Nescherroddie could only be silent.

As a German, he sometimes can't understand the extreme arrogance and extreme inferiority genes carried in the Russian bones. It really makes him feel incredible that such a contradictory personality can be perfectly integrated in a Slav.

It is precisely because of these two personalities that Karl Nescher Roddy's diplomatic strategy has been under constant criticism. Many Russian imperial people think that Karl Nescher Roddy is a despicable German, a detrimental person. A traitor to the interests of the Russian Empire.

Since Nicholas I was confident that he could cope with the current situation, Karl Necherrodie naturally did not want to destroy Nicholas I's mood.

Karl Necherro, who has experienced many ups and downs in the Huanhai Sea, relied on swinging along the general line with one hand, thus gaining the trust of Tsar Nicholas I.

Subsequently, Nicholas I issued an order to the Minister of War Dolgoruko, asking him to issue an order to march through the Ministry of War to Paskevich, who was stationed in the Danube Principality.

Try to capture the passage of Silistra first before Menshkov annihilates the Ottoman warships, and then divide your troops into two groups, attack Varna all the way to get supplies from sea transport, attack Erdine all the way, and get through the attack on Junshi Channel of Tandinoburg.

Dolgoruko, who received the order, immediately assured Nicholas I that the War Department would quickly send the Tsar's order to the army Then, Nicholas I ordered Orr again. Bove added control over speech within the Russian Empire, and any speech that was disloyal to the Russian Empire was subject to arrest. Even the nobles are no exception!

No one knew better than Nicholas I that beneath the holy Romanov eagle lurked many Decembrist sympathizers.

Once the Russian Empire loosens its domestic regulations, the rats lurking in the shadows will crawl out again.

"Understood!" Count Orlov, who agreed without hesitation on the surface, disapproved of Nicholas I's order in his heart.

He has been in control of the "Third Division" for many years, and he knows a thing or two about the surging undercurrents under St. Petersburg, and there are also some people who are trying to subvert the empire.

However, Count Orlov did not dare to arrest them. In the intertwined network of forces in St. Petersburg, nobles and nobles have formed a silent tacit understanding. As long as no one does anything to break the balance, all forces will can tolerate their development.

This bizarre political balance is the characteristic politics of St. Petersburg.