on of the Most High!" In a great finale, he began crying and outstretched his arms, saying "Come- if you wish to kill me with grief!"In the same year, revolts broke out in the military colonies in the Novgorod Province. The disgruntled soldiers, and unhappy peasants, used cholera as a pretext to rise against oppression. They ended up killing three generals, 160 officers, and a bunch of doctors and employees. Nicholas sent in regular, non-colony troops to subdue the mob. 2000 men were punished and 129 died. Nicholas, however, did get a clue and eliminated the military colony program.On top of all these reasons to be strict, Nicholas was also very militarily-oriented. He was raised in a military fashion, he loved military parades and uniforms, and above all military precision and discipline. Nicholas' military bent expressed itself strongly in his new organization of the government. As the central part of Nicholas' reform, Nicholas divested the existing govermental entites, the State Council, the Committee of Ministers and the Senate, of their more significant functions and greatly expanded the power of his personal office. He also created ad hoc committees as necessary. His predecessor, Alexander I had seen the state council as the focul point of all affairs of the central administration. Nick saw it as an institution existing only for the purpose on giving its point of view on questions that Nick asks it about and nothing more.He expanded the already-existed office known as "His Majesty's Own Chancery" to be the central power of his government. He had a habit of appointing generals aide-de-camp to deal with critical state problems. It eventually came to have six departments: The first received frequent reports from almost all central government agences, and eventally reviewed the records of civil servants. The second, dedicated to Law Reform -- created to codify the laws of the Empire. The third was the Police Agency, the fort...
