Ch.53Anti-Communist Spirit

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“But Your Majesty has a very high possibility of being a hemophilia carrier. Therefore, if…”

She seems quite uncomfortable speaking about this. I can see her mumbling and holding back.

I can roughly guess what she’s trying to say.

“If I have a child, that child could inherit hemophilia.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. And while it’s not a major issue… still, just to be safe, I would recommend you refrain from domestic tours as much as possible.”

Well, that’s fine. I already knew all this.

This medical examination is just a formality anyway.

Looking at it now, this body is indeed still weak.

It’s just that something miraculous seems to be coating my body, like a tanghulu.

“I’ve already considered that issue, so don’t worry. Thank you for your work. Please continue your efforts for the advancement of Russian medicine.”

“Yes. I will certainly strive to meet Your Majesty’s expectations.”

Vera Gedroits withdrew from my office.

I leaned back comfortably in my chair and repeatedly clenched and unclenched my fist.

This body works strangely.

Well, I never planned to have children anyway. I already have someone in mind as my successor, and although I’m dragging Russia up by its collar, I’m aware of the hemophilia records.

This would cause a lot of talk about succession, so it would be better to quickly bring Vladimir from the Kingdom of Finland.

At this point, no royal family member, whether from a cadet branch or otherwise, dares challenge my authority.

The Salic law, now that I’ve ascended to the Russian throne as Tsar and Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople, is buried somewhere at the bottom of the Black Sea.

In this situation, the cadet branches of the imperial family won’t be able to do anything.

A constitutional monarch with powerful authority though without direct power. Standing proudly alongside my comrades through bloody battles where they were torn to pieces, the White Army’s support for me is sky-high.

In this situation, could a cadet branch royal interfere?

Not a chance. It makes no sense.

Rather, they would face hostility if they tried to return and settle in Russia again.

Today’s Russia follows “Anastasia.” It’s uncertain whether other royals would be welcomed.

So health issues should be fine.

Anyway.

I am something inside Anastasia. I’m not Anastasia.

The world I lived in was destroyed by a nuclear war started by Russia, China, and North Korea.

They only claimed to be communist. In reality, the Russian Federation as successor to the Soviet Union, Communist China, and North Korea…

The world was ruined because of them.

My ultimate goal is to eradicate communism from its roots, hoping such a future never comes to pass.

Germany, with its tremendous industrial power, has turned communist?

This isn’t something I can just let slide.

Let me say it again, that Germany will likely prepare for a final battle with the United States of Greater Russia, which was born from defeating the Soviet Union and harboring nothing but hatred for communism.

All policies of the Russian United States would be fatal blows to communist Germany.

And the Kaiser of East Prussia still remains.

In this case, we should defend against Anschluss, but is that possible?

Since Austria is different from actual history, will it hold out?

Germany is still suffering from the aftermath of civil war.

They say communism has its own fanaticism, but hmm, I’ll have to keep watching.

“Your Majesty, the Communist Party in Georgia has been eradicated. I hear they were trying to lead a revolution within Georgia even after the Soviet Union’s collapse.”

Interior Minister Boris Savinkov reported on the situation in Georgia.

Yes, that’s what I’m hearing.

“That fellow Beria seems quite competent.”

He’s someone who does his job properly.

“Indeed he is.”

“Besides him, are there any other communists worth recruiting to our side?”

I have to acknowledge there are talented individuals among the communists.

I thought there might be some worth selecting from those who remain, since we’ve already executed enough in the previous purge.

There should be some decent ones among those in the camps.

“There’s a man called Vyacheslav Molotov, a bureaucrat.”

“A communist doing things that other communists would hate.”

Was he that kind of person?

Trotsky probably pressured him tremendously.

“Yes, he’s quite unusual. But he surrendered when Moscow fell.”

He wasn’t on the execution list.

After experiencing Lenin’s rule and seeing how I’m changing Russia now, I wonder if his thinking might change. I’m not sure if it’s right to incorporate him into the United States.

Even Beria has been dismissing Lenin as a dreamer and acting as if he never had any connection with Stalin.

“Let’s talk to him.”

If he refuses, we can just keep him working in Siberia.

In any case, it’s right to eradicate communists unconditionally.

“How are things going in Turkey?”

“In Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has stabilized the political situation and begun internal reconstruction.”

If Mustafa Kemal has become Turkey’s founding father as in actual history, we should help him a bit.

I’m against him dying early.

It’s a kind of sympathy that comes from knowing actual history.

Personally, I’d like Turkey to remain a member of the international organization that Russia will lead in the future.

An international organization of countries that occupy Roman territory or can be considered its successors. Something like the Constantinople Treaty Organization.

I don’t know how long communist Germany will last.

The red plague is extremely dangerous.

“We should make some moves there too. We need to improve relations. By the way, what’s the new Ottoman state called?”

“The Turkish National United States.”

A name influenced by me.

Just as I included ethnic minorities in the United States, Atatürk seems to have taken the idea from me, intending to expand into the Middle East.

He wants to organize nations seeking independence through national self-determination under a united states.

Atatürk is adopting the Russian-style united states, which has a different meaning from the United States of America.

In another sense, I can see his will to rebuild the Ottoman Empire.

“Not bad. Then let’s extend a hand.”

“Would they like us after we took their land?”

Well, we have a clear justification.

We only sought Constantinople and Eastern Roman territories in Anatolia by invoking ‘Eastern Rome.’

But what about Britain and France?

Those who have nothing to do with us are acting outrageously.

Especially Atatürk must be grinding his teeth at Churchill.

“Constantinople and Pontic Greece are strongly justified on our part, so it can’t be helped. Moreover, Atatürk is probably more resentful of Britain and France, who have been tyrannical long before us who got things for free. Originally, Atatürk negotiated with me out of trust. That means he’s hoping for our help.”

Those who weren’t at the negotiating table wouldn’t know.

In the end, Atatürk trusted me and chose the Russian United States as an ally.

“Your Majesty, didn’t you say you would help Turkey? Are you planning to fight Britain and France?”

“Of course not.”

I’m not crazy enough to antagonize the British pirates who are impossible to invade, or France who must face the German plague head-on.

We’ll just push from behind, and while Britain and France fight bloody battles to catch the Germans who will start revolutions, Syria and Iraq will all fall.

At that time, we’ll give Turkey a little push. Just a little.

“Besides, I’m just a Tsar who approves proposals coming up from the Duma. The military should handle such matters.”

“When the Tsarina says such things, it’s really… um.”

“Excuse me?”

“It’s nothing.”

Why? I really just want to play that comfortable role.

I don’t understand people obsessed with power.

Isn’t it better to just maintain a decent reputation and live in luxury for life? I have no intention of ending up like Nicholas.

Even now, reforms are easier and the Duma has stabilized because the nobles have been divided and the royal family can’t ignore my absolute symbolism.

And I grabbed Russia by the collar and made the White Russians win.

I think I’ve done more than enough.

“Your Majesty, the Education Department has something to show the Tsarina.”

“Isn’t the Education Minister already handling reforms there?”

Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatiev, who went into exile with British military help during the civil war and then returned, is serving as the Education Minister.

I heard he reformed Russian education in actual history too. This time, as I advocate for reform, he seems determined to change the very foundation of Russian education.

“As Education Minister, I visited Moscow State University. Given the war damage, I thought I should check it out.”

I’ve heard of Moscow State University.

During the Soviet era, Moscow State University was an elite course that children of high-ranking officials in communist countries had to pass through.

I don’t think it would be much different now that it’s White Russia.

Maybe I should have visited too.

“I should have gone there myself.”

“It would have been the greatest honor if the Tsarina had visited in person.”

What happened there?

“Did something good happen?”

“If I may say so, something good for the Tsarina.”

Something good for me?

For me, a good thing is just living in luxury and indulgence.

“Tell me about it.”

“Moscow State University currently accepts students with good academic records. One student who enrolled recently wrote an essay that was quite impressive.”

What kind of essay?

“For example?”

“It’s an essay about how miserable and hopeless communism is, and it received high praise at the school. This is the essay.”

Looking at what the Education Minister gave me, I see.

It’s as if Lenin stole something. The essay written by that female student wasn’t mindlessly anti-communist but seriously delved into communism to reveal its true nature.

Communism is an ideology where everything is suppressed and freedom is impossible.

In contrast, the modified capitalism I advocated is an ideology that feels free and future-oriented.

Honestly, I just made it up according to my taste.

I only claimed it to counter communism and turn the hearts of Russians.

“Hmm. Rather than praising me, it precisely explains how miserable the communist revolution was and how much more advantageous modified capitalism is in comparison.”

“Yes, she has excellent comprehension.”

It’s quite good.

A college student wrote this?

Isn’t this a time when people don’t properly understand communism? Whatever.

“What’s her name?”

“Alisa Rosenbaum. She’s the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family who originally grew up in Petrograd.”

Alisa Rosenbaum.

Who was that person? Wasn’t she American? A writer who was Russian and then moved to America.

“She must have a grudge against the Bolsheviks.”

“Yes. The Bolsheviks took everything under the pretext of nationalization. After Moscow was recaptured by the White Army, she escaped from Petrograd with her family and settled in Moscow.”

She has reason to hate the Bolsheviks.

Who would like it if they took everything and redistributed it?

Only those poor people on the streets who were seduced by communism and raised the red flag would say it’s good.

But to write such an essay at this time.

Hmm. Not bad.

Communism still remains.

The German Empire has already turned red.

“Not bad. This anti-communist spirit is exactly what Russians should have now. What about implementing anti-communist education in the school curriculum?”

“That’s a good idea. It would be better to provide anti-communist education, even to prepare for Germany in the future.”

The more anti-communist education we provide, the more immune Russia will be to the red plague.

White Russia is unified, and now anti-communism on top of that.

The Soviet Union from actual history would be very surprised if they saw this.

“Then please prepare it on your side.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

But a thought just occurred to me.

Everyone reports to me as if seeking my approval like a test.

Does constitutional monarchy even have meaning now?