The dance party has ended and the night has darkened.
Peter stroked Ekaterina's back, and her long silky hair was under her chin. As usual, Ekaterina fell into a deep sleep.
But Peter didn't fall asleep. He was thinking about the events between Peter and Catherine in the original history.
It turns out that Peter did too many ridiculous things to count.
At a banquet, the object of the banquet was the eloquent General Buterin, and Peter was amused at the banquet.
He said on the spot: "This son of a bitch is going to make me happy to death."
This was a dinner specially invited by the crown prince and crown princess to the general. At that time, Yeka was almost ashamed to death.
Buterin said nothing and turned to find Queen Elizabeth. The Queen ordered everyone not to communicate with such vulgar people again.
The vulgar person refers to Peter.
After Peter was overthrown, General Buterin met with Catherine, who was already the emperor. When talking about this matter, Catherine left a warning to herself:
"Unfriendly words are impressive, so be careful."
Also, the day after Queen Elizabeth's death, Peter held a banquet and required all ladies to attend in costumes and not in black.
Ten days before the funeral, the empress' body was transferred to Kazan Cathedral. People came to mourn in an endless stream. There was only one woman, dressed in black, with a black gauze covering her face, without a crown or jewelry, kneeling there.
Grief is Ekaterina.
Peter, on the other hand, vented his joy in public mourning for several weeks. He rejected the funeral traditions of the Orthodox Church. He did not hold a vigil or kneel down to worship the coffin, and he only made a few appearances in the church.
Just these few times he wandered around, joking loudly, laughing from time to time, pointing around, and sticking out his tongue at the priest.
What is even more incredible is that Peter's contempt for the Empress reached its climax when the Empress' body was moved from the Kazan Cathedral and crossed the Neva River Bridge.
He was wearing a black mourning dress, and he followed the coffin ostentatiously. Several older nobles held up the hem of his mourning dress. At this time, Peter actually made a joke.
He first slowed down, then stood still, until the coffin in front was 30 feet away, and then he suddenly chased after it.
The few old men behind him could not keep up with him and watched helplessly as the hem of his clothes broke free from his hands and flew up and down in the wind.
Peter repeated this trick over and over again, and he was very happy.
At the funeral of the woman who raised him to the throne with his own hands, he wrote and directed such an absurd farce.
Peter's actions shocked everyone present, including the nobles in the funeral procession, the soldiers on both sides of the road, and all the civilians who were watching.
But even so, Peter still secured the throne at the beginning, and the Russians' level of tolerance was simply unimaginable.
Peter then recalled several exiled ministers, including Ernest John Biron during the reign of Queen Anna, and the elderly Field Marshal Munich, a German under Queen Elizabeth.
Jeff was unmoved.
This is painful for many Russians.
Because only political prisoners with foreign names can return to St. Petersburg, Bestudev, a politician of Russian origin who has long been committed to maintaining Russia's security status in Europe, is still being humiliated.
So far, the Russians still have not resisted.
During the meal time at one o'clock at noon, Peter ignored his rank and only invited people who could make him happy to have lunch with him. The Russians did not react.
At the dinner, there were pipe tobacco and wine bottles everywhere. The leading figures in the empire were covered with ribbons and medals, but they were jumping around on one leg like children, sadly playing what Peter liked to watch.
Hopscotch, the Russians didn’t fight back.
Peter ordered that all images and sculptures of saints, except Jesus Christ, be removed from churches. These saints have become inseparable from Russian history.
He also ordered all clergy to shave their beards and no longer wear floor-length brocade robes, but instead wore black cassocks like the Protestants who hated the Russians.
Even though the bishops said that this would lead to murder by the believers, Peter still insisted on his own way.
Even though people already thought that the new emperor was a heretic, or even a worse Protestant than a heretic, the Russians still did not resist.
The core of the rule was the army, and Peter reorganized the Russian army according to the Prussian model.
Uniforms, discipline, drill methods, tactics and commanders, all had to be transformed and made in the Prussian style.
He stripped the Russian soldiers of their long, fat coats that were suitable for keeping out the cold in the northern winter, and put them in German tight-fitting uniforms with bright colors and light texture. The Russians did not react.
Under Peter's rule, the Russian Imperial Guards began to wear powder and were almost unrecognizable.
Peter hung the St. Andrew's Medal, which symbolizes the highest honor, around his neck to prevent others from seeing it. He replaced it with Prussia's highest-level Black Eagle Medal, and forced the soldiers to accept Prussian training methods on the training ground.
Several hours.
When he reached middle age, the bloated generals had to stand in front of the legion, dragging their stiff limbs suffering from ventilation to train. Peter laughed loudly when he saw the funny looks of these generals.
Frederick was besieged on all sides. One-third of Prussia's territory was lost. The Russians occupied parts of East Prussia and Pomerania. Austria recaptured most of Silesia. Berlin, the capital of Prussia, was plundered and half of it was destroyed.
The city was in ruins.
Frederick was desperate and was about to sign a peace treaty to permanently cede East Prussia to Russia. Peter ordered an end to the hostile relationship with Prussia, so that the Russians could no longer advance in Prussia and cease all hostile acts.
Later, an official document was issued telling France and Austria that Russia would give up all the land it had seized by force. In the Russo-Prussian peace treaty, Peter asked Frederick to personally draw up the specific terms of the agreement.
After the treaty was sent to Russia, the draft did not go through the normal approval process. The Prime Minister did not get it, and Peter signed his name without even looking at it.
Then someone was sent to Vorontsov. With this signature, the Prussian territory captured by the Russian army in the past five years was returned to Prussia, and a permanent alliance was concluded.
Europe was in an uproar. Teresa wanted Peter to give an explanation. Peter said it was out of sympathy for the suffering and his personal relationship with Frederick, and hoped that Teresa would follow suit.
In order to intimidate Theresa, Peter sent 16,000 infantry and 1,000 Cossack cavalry to join the Prussian army to deal with Austria.
Peter betrayed Austria, and France was filled with indignation, but had no choice but to negotiate peace with Prussia.
Subsequently, France and Russia severed diplomatic relations and recalled their ambassadors.
Throughout the war, 180,000 Prussian soldiers died on the battlefield, 500,000 civilians died from lack of medicine and food, and one-ninth of the Prussian population died.
Russia also suffered huge casualties.
After doing this, ignoring the casualties of soldiers in Russia, and spitting out all the results of the war, the Russians were filled with indignation, but they still did not fight back.
Insulting the generals, being disrespectful to the deceased empress, giving preferential treatment to the German political prisoners while ignoring the Russian courtiers who dedicated their lives, having fun in the palace, insulting the Orthodox Church and the generals, betraying the interests of the country, all of this is like a cluster of
Clusters of firewood kept piling up and finally came together.
When Peter launched a war against Denmark without considering Russia's interests, Frederick warned him to take some precautions before setting off. He suggested that Peter go to Moscow to hold a coronation and consecration ceremony before leaving, and to send all unreliable people to Moscow.
They were all taken into custody, and Holstein troops loyal to him were dispatched to garrison St. Petersburg, but Peter did not listen.
I think Frederick was completely worried.
Then the Russian army composed of 40,000 experienced veterans gathered in occupied Pomerania in Prussia and advanced towards Denmark from here.
The Danes took the lead and met the Russian army in Mecklenburg.
But to the surprise of the Danish commander, the Russians actually began to retreat.