Archduke Nicholas did not want to continue fighting and planned to go into exile overseas.
Doing so, he felt somewhat unwilling. However, it might be the best choice.
If he stayed in the country, he would be worried about his life. It would be safer to leave the Russian Empire.
The wealth he had accumulated in his life was not much. However, it was enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
The reason why he brought Archduchess Olga Nikolaevna along was to ensure her safety. Of course, it was also to have a trump card in his hands.
Sergei Viktor panicked when he heard the choice.
"Your Excellency, how can you give up now? With your influence in the army, even though you failed this time, you still have a lot of power. However, the other armies will definitely obey your orders. With the financial support from the Empire, you will soon be able to raise a powerful army!”Sergei Viktor quickly tried to persuade him.
Grand Duke Nikola shook his head." I underestimated Michael. His army has great firepower and combat power. Even if I can mobilize an army in a short period of time. However, how could a motley crew be a match for Michael's elite troops? If that happened, it would only cause more innocent people to die, and it would also cause greater losses to the empire.”
Seeing that Grand Duke Nicholas had already made up his mind and was not going to change it, Sergei Viktor had no choice but to stop persuading him.
"Your Excellency, you have made the right decision, a decision that is beneficial to the Russian Empire!”Prime Minister Pawlavi sighed.
"Prime Minister, no matter what, I am a member of the Imperium. I will never do anything that will harm the Imperium! However, Prime Minister, Finance Minister, you can also consider leaving the Imperium. Mihail has already won, and he might do something bad to you!”Archduke Nicholas reminded.
Prime Minister Prievi shook his head." I'm not young anymore. Although I've expressed my support for Grand Duke Olga Nikolaevna this time, I have my own selfish motives. However, since Grand Duke Michael was going to inherit the throne, there was no need for him to be so petty. At worst, I'll just resign from the position of Prime Minister.”
In fact, Prime Minister Primeval Minister Primeval Minister Pri Rather than that, he might as well resign. This way, he could still protect his reputation.
Sergei Viktor wanted to go into exile, but he couldn't let go of his family property!
As the Minister of Finance, he was also a famous money-making expert. He had earned a lot of money in his life.
His personal wealth was more than one billion rubles.
The annual revenue of the Russian Empire was only 1.2 billion rubles.
It could be seen how rich Sergei Witt was.
However, most of his wealth was land, mines, real estate, and gold stored in the bank. There weren't many things that could be taken away at any time.
If he left the Russian Empire now…In that case, there was no doubt that he could not take this wealth away. He could only let Grand Duke Michael take advantage of it.
Sergei Viktor was a very greedy person, so he naturally didn't want to lose so much money.
Moreover, he still had a sliver of hope in his heart.
Although he was a little greedy, he was still very outstanding in terms of ability. This was especially true when it came to financial management.
Perhaps the Great Guild Mihail valued his talent and forgave him for his previous sins.
In that case, everyone would be happy.
"Your Excellency, it's better for me to stay in the country!”Sergei Viktor said.
It was a pity that he had underestimated Grand Duke Michael's ruthless methods and his tolerance for corruption.
Seeing this, Grand Duke Nicholas stopped persuading him.
The next day, Archdukes Nicholas and Agleni left Petersburg with their families and the wealth they could take with them. They were going to the Germanic Empire, and then to the Empire of the Sun Never Sets.
The royal family of the Russian Empire was related to the Germanic Empire and the Sun Never Sets Empire by marriage. There shouldn't be any problems for them to go into exile.
Grand Duke Michael's cavalry arrived in Petersburg on the night of May 23rd.
The defenders of Petersburg did not resist and surrendered to them.
Soon, the entire Petersburg was under the control of Grand Duke Michael's army.
At the same time, all the members of the cabinet, including Prime Minister Privi and Minister of Finance Sergei Witt, publicly expressed their support for Grand Duke Michael's succession to the throne.
Under other circumstances, the other local officials of the Russian Empire, as well as the local governors and military generals, naturally agreed.
For a moment, it was as if the entire Russian Empire was kneeling to welcome the new Tsar, Grand Duke Michael.
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