"Men, get the Chief of Staff here immediately!”Grand Duke Michael ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Secretary Yakov suppressed the excitement in his heart and quickly went to inform the others.
As Grand Duke Michael's confidant, he knew the plan to assassinate Nicholas II very well. Now, the plan had succeeded. This also meant that Grand Duke Michael would soon inherit the throne and become the Tsar of the Russian Empire. This made Yakov very excited. After all, his status would also rise along with it.
Lieutenant General Brushilov, Chief of Staff of the Caucasus Military Region, soon arrived at Grand Duke Michael's office.
He had also learned that Nicholas II had been killed in the explosion, even though he felt a little guilty. But since things had come to this, there was no other choice.
He was a general promoted by Grand Duke Michael, so he naturally hoped that Grand Duke Michael would be a good tsar, a tsar who could lead the Russian Empire to become stronger.
"Sir Chief of Staff, order our army to secretly enter a state of combat readiness. Once the order was given, they could immediately move out!”Grand Duke Michael ordered.
"Your Excellency, could there be any accidents? His Majesty the Tsar has passed away. According to the law of succession to the throne, you should be the first in line to inherit the throne!”Lieutenant General Brushilov was a little puzzled.
Major General Vasily was the same.
According to their plan, everything should have been smooth sailing after killing Nicholas II.
" No," Grand Duke Michael shook his head." I also hope to inherit the throne smoothly and become the Tsar. However, we must prepare for the worst. Those people in Petersburg might not be happy to see me inherit the throne. Therefore, when necessary, we must display our powerful martial strength. Only in this way can we ensure that we achieve our goal!”
"Yes, Your Excellency!" Lieutenant General Brushilov and Major General Vasily both answered.
Tsar Nicholas II was assassinated and killed on the spot.
This caused a huge uproar in Petersburg.
Even if Nicholas II's guards had sealed off the scene on the spot, it was a highway with people coming and going. How could they have completely sealed off the news?
It could be said that the news of Nicholas II's assassination was like a shock bomb that swept across the Russian Empire, Europe, and the world.
The upper echelons of the Russian cabinet were equally shocked when they heard the news. These ministers seemed to be unable to accept this fact.
However, they soon had to face this reality.
Moreover, he started to clean up the mess.
The bodies of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, who were assassinated, were placed in the church. A grand funeral would be held on a certain day.
However, before that, they had to discuss the next Tsar candidate for the Russian Empire.
As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a master for a day!
This was especially true for a world-class country like the Russian Empire.
The Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, Vyacheslav Privi, gathered a group of cabinet and military leaders to discuss this matter.
Including the Orthodox Affairs Administration, Pobedonoshchev, the Minister of the Internal Affairs, Biastorepin, the Minister of Finance, Sergei Witt, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Izvorsky, the Minister of the Army, Sukhomlinov, the Minister of the Navy, Alexander, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, Grand Duke Nikolay, all of them were present.
These people could be said to be of high status and authority, directly representing the highest level of the Russian Empire.
The Orthodox Church was the state religion of the Russian Empire, so the director of the Orthodox Affairs Bureau, Pobedonoshchev, did not have much real power. However, he had great influence in the cabinet and even the entire Russian Empire.
As the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Grand Duke Nicholas had great influence in the army of the Russian Empire. At the same time, he was the uncle of Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael. In fact, his right to inherit the throne was second only to Grand Duke Michael.
"Gentlemen, our respected Tsar has suffered a shameful assassination attempt. We must not let the murderer and the mastermind go. We must hang him!”Prime Minister Pawlavi said through gritted teeth.
The other cabinet ministers also gritted their teeth.
"We found the remnants of the cloth party's pamphlets at the scene of the explosion. We can confirm that the murderer is a member of the cloth party. Of course, there was a high chance that the mastermind behind this was the upper echelons of the Bolsheviks. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he increased his attacks on the Bolsheviks. Those guys held a grudge and assassinated His Majesty. I suggest that we capture the Bolsheviks nationwide. This time, he definitely could not forgive them. He had to deal with them ruthlessly!”Home Minister Stolypin suggested.
"It's hard to say if it was the Buddhas or if someone was framing the Buddhas. Let's wait until the investigation is clear!" Grand Duke Nicholas suddenly spoke.
The other ministers looked at Grand Duke Nicholas with a strange expression.
These ministers were all old and shrewd fellows. They had no choice but to think about Grand Duke Nicholas's statement.
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