Struggle in Russia - v3 Chapter 862 spiritualism

Alexander II didn't know what his subjects were busy with, but he could probably guess, but he didn't have much interest in caring. Because for the time being, he felt that he could breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that he had gradually controlled the situation.

Now he is not so anxious, and feels that it is not so difficult to be the tsar, because the power of the tsar is too great, and when necessary, he can just ignore it, and it seems that no one can bear it for the time being.

So he decided to do something he liked, like arrange his own coronation. According to Alexander II's plan, he will hold a coronation ceremony in Moscow on August 26, when the nobles who can rank in the country will gather in Moscow to celebrate this great moment.

It's just that Alexander II wanted his coronation ceremony to be slightly different. For example, he planned to have the royal family and nobles arrive by train instead of the traditional carriage.

The reason is very simple. It is to please the reformers. He feels that when he debuts with a high-profile break from the old tradition, the reformers should be satisfied, and then make more concessions.

In other words, he wants to use some flashy nihilistic means in exchange for the reformers to give up real interests. Judging from his recent dealings with several major reformers, he feels that this trick should be useful.

The only thing that Alexander II didn't expect was that when he came up with this novel and fashionable idea, he caused a new mess. Not only the conservatives opposed it, but even the royal family, especially his mother, were strongly opposed.

But he released the news before, at least the reformers thought he would really do it, so the reformers had considerable expectations for this. Now it's making him difficult to ride a tiger.

Alexander II wanted to show his attitude forcefully, but what caught him off guard was that before he could order, the court came up with new tricks, and Kostya was the wife of Archduke Constantine, Alexandra. . Grand Duchess Yusfovna suddenly gave an idea:

"Since some people say that this is a change of tradition, the late emperor will be unhappy, so why not ask the late emperor to show his spirit and talk about his feelings? What if he does not object?"

Well, this idea doesn't sound like a plausible idea? After all, Nicholas I did not abdicate but really went to heaven. There is no communication between there and the world. How can I ask?

Don't worry, in the 19th century, there were people who could solve this problem. In that era when metaphysics were popular, the more dignitaries and the royal family became, the more superstitious they became.

Let's just say that the entire Romanov family was a big fan of seances. More than one person has seen the spirits of dead and murdered tsars wandering in the Winter Palace.

It is said that a complete and orthodox educated tsar such as Alexander II should not follow superstition, but the strange thing is that when Grand Duchess Alexandra Yusfovna proposed this suggestion, he received a positive response from him. Soon he brought in a famous spiritualist from Paris.

The conjuration ceremony was held in the halls of the Peterhof Palace in the presence of Alexander II and his empress, the Queen Mother, the Duke and Duchess Constantine, and Witten, the brother of the Grand Duchess Irina Pavlovna. Prince Berg with Alexandra Dolgorukaya and Anna Tiucheva.

In fact, many things can be seen from here. Archduke Constantine, a reform pioneer who advocates science and freedom, has fallen into the cliché of superstition. But his aunt, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, didn't take it at all. She sneered at tricks like conjuring and refused to participate.

From this, it can be seen that Archduke Constantine, a reform pioneer, is a bit unworthy of his name, but the Grand Duchess is worthy of her name. From beginning to end, she has always adhered to science and advocated science, and has always tried to solve practical problems with scientific methods.

For example, when the reform measures could not be implemented, she was the first to take the lead in freeing more than 20,000 serfs that she owned.

It is obvious that the Grand Duke Constantine is far inferior to the Grand Duchess.

The conjuration ceremony began soon after, and everyone sat around the round table with their hands on the table. The spiritualist was sitting between the queen and the archduke Constantine... The ceremony soon began, and everyone was startled by the spiritualist's appearance.

He looked unattractive and even a little stupid before, but after the ceremony started, his body seemed to emit dazzling flames, his face was paler than a dead person, his eyes were wide open and he kept staring at one place without moving... Then his The hair suddenly stood up slowly, followed by a crackling sound throughout the hall.

If it was just this, Alexander II and others were not too panicked, but what happened next was beyond their cognition and imagination.

The round table in front of them rose half a foot out of thin air, and just floated in the air. The Queen Mother felt a hand touch her cuff, then grabbed her hand and took away the precious gemstone ring on her finger. And then that hand kept grabbing, shaking and twisting everyone present...even it took a bell from Alexander II's hand!

Next comes the big game, where Alexander II begins to ask questions, and the supposedly conjured soul of Nicholas I responds by tapping the letters of the alphabet on the table.

"Father, do you think it's okay to take the train to Moscow for the coronation ceremony?"

dong dong da... dong dong da... bang bang...

It means that it is possible~www.novelbuddy.com~ This naturally made Alexander II overjoyed, and then he gave the opportunity to ask questions to his mother, the empress dowager who missed her husband and became ill asked a long list of questions, but the result was no When the soul answered all the questions, the spiritualist fainted from exhaustion, and the first spiritual ceremony was successfully concluded.

To tell the truth, this set of tricks will be fooled by many people in later generations. In fact, you can just treat it as a magic trick, but it was still very bluffing back then, at least after the news spread, the voice of conservative opposition became less. half.

In order to completely block the mouths of conservatives, two weeks later, Alexander II invited famous conservatives including Count Uvarov to participate in the second spiritual activity.

This time, in the presence of Count Uvarov and his conservatives, the same trick was performed again. Count Uvarov and others, who could not see any flaws, could only reluctantly admit that maybe Nicholas I was not against trains, so they took the The train to Moscow should be no problem.

Of course, some people watched this farce with a playful attitude from beginning to end, such as Count Rostovtsev... 4255/11040532