Rolling up both sleeves to directly strengthen the army?
"Let's say you became Chief of Staff right now. Which Duma members and bureaucrats reviewing the military budget would dare cast opposing votes?"
"...Wouldn't State Council elders or those seeking media attention evaluate coldly?"
"They would examine. But oppose? Old men fearing the next election and facing retirement absolutely cannot touch the military."
I can pride myself on knowing better than anyone the problems when one person's influence becomes too great, having risen to Tsar.
"Even the Okhrana Director here would have been polite and courteous when investigating you. He had to be. Who would roughly tie up and investigate the great commander who defeated the Empire of Japan and brought Germany to its knees?"
Even Sukhomlinov leading the military committee under the cabinet can't touch Roman now.
