3590. With his back still turned to Katuzov he waved him
forward with a gesture of his arm and hand, and Katuzov approached and stood by
the Emperor’s side. The Emperor continued to run the little train along the
track, and Katuzov bent forward and took a closer look.
3591. The gigantic table where the track was laid out
consisted of a map of the entire Russian empire from Saint Petersburg in the
North to Odessa in the South, from Moscow in the East to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast
in Asia. No such rail system existed or had ever yet been planned. What the
General was looking at was a model, a model of a dream of modern Russia, as it
existed in the Tsar’s imagination.
3592. The Tsar turned to General Kutuzov and said, “I am
well aware every day that the revolutionaries want to kill me, not only me but
my family and all that are related to me. After that they would joyfully eliminate
all of the Noble class of gentlemen such as yourself along with their
descendents, and in so doing establish a new Russia where the people never go
hungry.
3593. But it took over a thousand years to establish this
system of government, which is a divinely sanctioned Monarchy. It certainly is
not perfect; people starve when the crops fail, and serfs are beaten to death
because of the whim of their masters. Everywhere there is corruption and the
bribery of government officials.
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