Chapter 1296 Meeting
As Baranov expected, as a monarchy, the East African government naturally had an ideologically hostile relationship with the Russian Labor Party regime.
The news of Nicholas II's "disappearance" caused an uproar within the East African government. For this reason, the East African government directly communicated with the Labor Party government through special channels when Nicholas II was "missing", trying to "rescue" Nicholas II and his family.
However, the Russian Labor Party regime rejected the East African government's request and refused to disclose information about the whereabouts of the Tsar and his family, and asked East Africa to repatriate Alexei and other remnants of the Tsarist Russia in East Africa.
Rhine Palace.
Imperial Emperor Ernst met with Baranov and Alexei and his party.
"Ambassador Baranov, we are sorry to tell you this bad news. The Russian Labor Party regime rejected our request. At present, we cannot get accurate information about the whereabouts of Nicholas II and his family. But you should be prepared. Nicholas II himself and other members of the royal family are likely to be in danger." Ernst said to Ambassador Baranov with regret.
"At the beginning of this year, we sent a message to Nicholas II, but at that time, under the provisional government, Nicholas II was unwilling to leave. No one could have imagined that the provisional government would collapse so quickly. Now Nicholas II's desire to leave has become a fantasy."
Not only in East Africa, in fact, the British royal family or other countries have also considered accepting Nicholas II to seek refuge in their country, but at that time, no positive response was received from Nicholas II himself.
This is not to blame Nicholas II's relatives for not being strong. European nobles are one family. Except for Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which have become mortal enemies of the former Tsarist Russia, other countries have good relations with Russia.
The Rhine Royal Family is naturally one of them. Ernst's deceased aunt had a marriage with the Grand Duke of the Royal Family of Tsarist Russia, so the Rhine Royal Family can also be related to the Russian Royal Family, but the relationship is a bit too distant.
In addition, the Rhine Empire started late, and it was difficult for the nobles and high-level people born in the country to marry the great European nobles, so the connection in the circle was not very close.
This is also easy to understand. European nobles attach great importance to bloodline and inheritance, while many East African nobles are new nobles outside Europe who have risen through wars and other means. Naturally, it is difficult for them to integrate into the European noble system, unless they are nobles who directly originated from Europe like the Rhine royal family, but such nobles are rare in East Africa.
In this way, it is not as easy to establish a relationship with European nobles as it is to establish a relationship with the ancient families of the Far East Empire. Many East African families directly moved out their own surnames to improve their own cultural heritage. East Africa is an immigrant country, and this is unavoidable.
Of course, there are also cases of marriage between European nobles and East African "gentry". Some small European nobles are still willing to go to East Africa for development.
The reason why it is called "gentry" is that the threshold of East African nobles is too low. After all, the European method of determining identity by blood relationship is not suitable for East Africa. In East Africa, noble status is often tied to contribution and honor, and "honorary nobility" is prevalent.
The East African government issues a lot of such honorary nobility every year, and in East Africa, many senior officials do not have noble status themselves, which makes the upper class of East Africa not distinguish by noble status.
Ernst said: "The Labor Party regime is obviously not easy to deal with. Their style of doing things is different from all the countries we have faced before. They are especially hostile to the nobles and capitalist groups. So Ambassador Baranov, if you can still get in touch with your family, it is best to withdraw from Russia as soon as possible!"
"And Alexei, you should also try your best to persuade the royal family members to go abroad for asylum. We in East Africa are still very welcome to you."
East Africa will certainly welcome Russian upper-class people with a lot of social wealth to come to East Africa, which also means that the flow of Russian social wealth into East Africa is of great benefit to the East African economy.
This is why the United States liked to accept exiled government officials or businessmen, or corrupt elements from other countries in the past.
After they left their country, except for being rich, they could not stir up any waves at all. After all, without their original connections and regime machines, they were nothing in other countries.
And their wealth was either consumed in exile or invested, which would only benefit the country where they were.
Ambassador Baranov was naturally unwilling to accept this. He asked with a heavy heart: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Rhine Empire, are you just going to watch the Russian Labor Party regime grow?"
"Their seizure of power in Russia does not only mean a disaster for Russia, but also for the whole of Europe and even the whole world. Moreover, they are now concentrated in St. Petersburg, and the rest of Russia is still in our control. We are fully capable of destroying this "evil" regime."
Ernst pretended to be helpless and said: "We in East Africa naturally do not want the current situation in Russia to happen, but East Africa and even other countries can do very little."
"Europe is still in a state of war, and it is impossible for the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Austria to unite to eliminate the Russian Labor Party regime."
"This is the worst case scenario. After all, if Europe is unstable, it will be even more difficult for East Africa, the United States and other foreign countries to interfere in Russia's internal affairs."
"Take us for example. Our main connection with Russia is nothing more than shipping through the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. However, the British simply cannot allow East African military forces to pass through the Suez Canal or the English Channel. We cannot even reach the Dardanelles or the waters near the Jutland Peninsula."
"The same is true for the United States. The only channel for them to contact Russia is now estimated to be the Siberian Railway. That route is very difficult to reach the heart of Russia, let alone interfere in Russia's internal affairs."
"So it is basically impossible to expect foreign interference at this stage. You can only hope to regain power with your own strength."
Relying on the reactionary forces within Russia to regain power, Ernst's light words are difficult to achieve for the reactionary forces within Russia.
On the one hand, the situation within Russia is complicated. There are numerous factions among the reactionary forces. Even the nobles are divided into several forces. At the same time, there are capitalist forces and regional forces.
Even if Nicholas II is not controlled by the Labor Party now, it is difficult for him to become the leader of the reactionary forces in Russia. After all, the capitalists represented by the Provisional Government will most likely not listen to his command.
Nicholas II is already the most influential figure who can unite the reactionary forces in Russia. As for Alexei, if he is older and has some experience in governing, he may not be unable to play the role of Nicholas II.
But these two points are exactly what Alexei does not have. First of all, he is too young, which makes it difficult for him to convince the public. This is very important. For example, a certain leader born in the 1980s in the past life had a big shortcoming in age, so for political service, he had to gain weight to make himself look more "reliable".
Although the final result is that he has become a laughing stock in other countries, it is undeniable that his political ability is quite strong, maintaining and consolidating his family's rule on the peninsula.
Moreover, the leaders born in the 1980s were nearly 30 years old when they took over the government, and Alexei is still a few years away from adulthood.
Not to mention that due to the drag of hemophilia, Alexei had never been involved in Russian government affairs before, and Nicholas II had no time to teach him the art of emperorship.
In Ernst's view, Alexei, who had just recovered from a serious illness, could not even take on a slightly intense job, let alone lead the reactionary forces in Russia.
On the other hand, the Russian Labor Party regime was not easy to mess with. Ernst had no doubt that even if several other major powers joined hands to destroy this emerging regime, it would be very difficult.
If you want to solve the Russian problem, you can't do without the support of the Allies. After all, the connection between other countries and Russia basically cannot be circumvented by the Allies, but the Allies' current attitude towards the Russian Labor Party is probably not ideal.