"Next, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do its best to track down the real murderer who assassinated His Majesty the Tsar. No matter what, we can't let the mastermind escape!”Prime Minister Pahlavi ordered.
"Yes, Prime Minister!" Stolypin replied.
However, he knew very well that this was just talk.
Even if there was really a mastermind behind the scenes, it would probably be impossible to catch him in his lifetime.
"Gentlemen, the most important thing now is to choose a new tsar after His Majesty's death. According to the law of succession, the first heir would be Grand Duke Michael.”Prime Minister Pawlavi continued.
"According to the law of succession, Grand Duke Michael is indeed the first candidate for the new Tsar!”The director of the Orthodox Affairs Bureau, Pobedonoshchev, immediately said.
Although Grand Duke Michael was in the south, he had his own people in the cabinet.
Pobedonoshchev had a good personal relationship with Alexander III, and he also maintained a good relationship with Grand Duke Michael. At this time, of course, she had to speak up for him.
"If His Majesty the Tsar doesn't have a son, there's no problem for His Excellency the Grand Duke to inherit the throne. However, the Tsar already had Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. According to tradition, the archduchess was the first choice!”Minister of Finance Sergei Witt said.
Sergei Witt was also a close friend of Nicholas II. He knew that Nicholas II hated Grand Duke Michael.
He even secretly suspected that Grand Duke Michael had something to do with the assassination of Nicholas II. Perhaps all of this was planned by Grand Duke Michael.
However, he did not have any evidence and knew that such words could not be casually said.
However, he couldn't just watch as Grand Duke Michael inherited the throne and became the new Tsar. In that case, there would be nothing they could do to Grand Duke Michael.
In addition, Grand Duke Michael would definitely not let him off.
Sergei Viktor was a corrupt official known to everyone in the Russian Empire. Since he took over the financial power of the Russian Empire, he had made a lot of money.
"Archduchess Olga Nikolaevna should indeed have the right of inheritance. However, she was only half a year old, and the Tsar had never announced that he wanted to change his right of inheritance.”Foreign Affairs Minister Izvorsky said.
For the sake of the successor to the throne, the cabinet and the military had a serious disagreement.
Some people thought that they should follow the law of succession and announce Grand Duke Michael as the new successor to the Tsar.
However, there were also people who supported Archduchess Olga Nikolaevna. Even though she was only half a year old, she could inherit the throne and become the tsar of the Russian Empire.
After all, in the history of the Russian Empire, there had been female tsars.
In this regard, the higher-ups and the people of the Russian Empire did not object to a woman being the Tsar.
"The archduchess is only half a year old. She doesn't have the ability to govern a country at all. The country was currently in a difficult situation and had many troubles. If the archduchess were to inherit the throne, how would she govern the country?”Pobedo Noschaev asked.
"Although the archduchess is young, she will grow up one day. Before she grew up, the cabinet could take on the responsibility of governing the country. I will also fully support him!" Archduke Nicholas said.
Grand Duke Nikola knew very well that unless Grand Duke Michael was killed. Otherwise, he would have no chance of inheriting the throne. Therefore, he strongly supported the succession of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna to the throne.
This way, he would be able to hold power until Olga Nikolaevna came of age.
Prime Minister Pravi could not help but frown. If that was the case, it would be a very good result. His power as the Prime Minister could also be further expanded.
However, he also knew that this would probably cause a great upheaval in the Russian Empire. Especially Grand Duke Michael, he would definitely not accept it.
If Grand Duke Michael was just an ordinary member of the royal family, it would be fine.
However, Grand Duke Michael was a powerful local duke!
If anything went wrong, the Russian Empire might fall into a civil war.
"If we support the archduchess, what if Grand Duke Michael objects?”asked Prime Minister Pahlavi.
"He has no right to object. If he refused to acknowledge the archduchess 'right of inheritance, it would be treason. The army won't let this happen!" Grand Duke Nicholas said decisively.
In fact, Grand Duke Nikolay wished that Grand Duke Michael would rebel, so that he could mobilize the army to suppress him. At that time, Grand Duke Michael would be stripped of his right to inherit the throne. In that case, wouldn't he be one step closer to the throne?
After a short meeting, the cabinet of the Russian Empire did not reach a consensus. However, there were clearly fewer voices supporting Grand Duke Michael.
Grand Duke Michael soon learned of the news, which made him even more furious.
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