Struggle in Russia

【Struggle in Tsarist Russia】【】

Chapter nine hundred and ninety fifth

"I hate this feeling! Can't do anything!"

Facing Li Xiao's constant murmurs about Alexei, I find it interesting, because they have always been discouraged and flirted with Li Xiao to comfort them, and it is rare to see Li Xiao like this.

He laughed and said, "No way! Who made the situation so stalemate? In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, let's be patient!"

Li Xiao curled his lips, and said sullenly, "It's like this every time. If the situation is always like this, are we just waiting foolishly?"

Alexei was also quite speechless about this. He also didn't like this state, but he felt that he could do nothing. He could only hope that Count Rostovtsev would take action to break the deadlock as soon as possible.

"By the way, is the time for the enthronement ceremony fixed?" Li Xiao asked suddenly.

Ordinarily this shouldn't be a secret, but Russia is so weird, it's a good thing that is obviously a festive event, but it has to be covered up, making the enthronement ceremony look like the opening of a puppet regime.

"On the third of next month."

Of course, this so-called secret is only aimed at ordinary people and ordinary nobles. There are several channels for people like Alexei to get inside information. The result is that this so-called secret will only be a mere formality in the end.

"When are you going to Moscow?" Li Xiao asked again.

Although St. Petersburg has been the de facto capital of Russia since Peter the Great, major events involving the enthronement ceremony are generally held in Moscow, after all, that is the "Land of Dragons".

Alexei was not very interested in this, and replied blankly: "Probably next week, if possible, I really don't want to go..."

Li Xiao was a little strange, and asked, "Why? There are quite a few people who want to go! In their words, this is a grand ceremony that is rarely seen once in a lifetime. If you miss it, you will regret it for life!"

"cut!"

Alexei snorted coldly: "If we win...?

In Turkey, the coronation in Constantinople can be said to be a grand ceremony, but it has just lost the battle, and the country is in a state of desolation, and the people are almost in dire straits. At this time, a lot of money is spent on the enthronement ceremony. What is it called? "

He thought for a while and continued without hesitation: "This is called puffing up your stomach to pretend to be fat. You just don't know what it means!"

Li Xiao smiled: "You still don't talk so much, you can even talk like a fat man with a bulging belly, and you are getting more and more down-to-earth!"

Alexei frowned: "No, it's not very accurate. You used to have a more accurate saying about fat people. How did you say it?"

"Slapping a swollen face to pretend to be fat?"

Alexei nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, this is it, isn't it just a swollen face to pretend to be fat!"

Li Xiao also felt that Alexander II had a swollen face to pretend to be a fat man. He spent a lot of money for the enthronement ceremony, which once made the already tight finances even worse. No wonder Alexei was so opinionated.

"The only good news is that there is a railway among these expenses." Li Xiao comforted.

Alexei snorted again: "It means that the railway is still a little bit useful, but I heard

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Many people died in order to meet the deadline! "

Speaking of this, Li Xiao is also a little speechless. In order to show that his enthronement ceremony was different, Alexander II specially ordered the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

According to his intention, he will take the cultural relics ministers to Moscow to attend the grand ceremony by train. But the problem is that the construction period is too short, and in a hurry, a large number of serfs can only be mobilized to work day and night.

Everyone knows the status of serfs in Russia, that is, gray cattle. For the greedy Russian bureaucrats, exploiting and extorting serfs in every possible way is their way of making money.

In addition, the finances are already tight, and the allocation of funds is not so sufficient and timely. These poor serfs who participated in road construction had almost no guarantee of life. Doing the hardest and most tiring work, but the stomach is full...?

Not full.

As a result, a large number of serfs died of fatigue and malnutrition, so that no one was willing to work for a time.

For this reason, the reformists also had conflicts with Alexander II. Some advised him to suspend the railway, and some suggested that the officials responsible for road construction should be investigated.

And Alexander II was also furious because of this, thinking that the reformers had gone too far. Obviously he has followed the requirements of the reformers to do new things and build railways, so why is he still criticized after doing something?

He thinks that the reformists are just unsatisfied and want to make things difficult for him, anyway, they end up making trouble very unpleasantly.

Not only labor issues, but also criticism of the quality reformers of the railway. In order to catch up with the construction period, it is naturally impossible to build a double-track railway. This St. Petersburg-Moscow railway is just a single line.

Although the single-track railway is also meaningful to Russia, for the reformists with high expectations, so many people died and spent so much money, but in the end they only built a single-track railway.

Alexei is one of them. He believes that the most important thing for Russia at present is not to introduce one or two new things to whitewash the peace. It is to completely change the old backward system in Russia, otherwise, sooner or later, this kind of superficial skill of paper craftsmen will not be able to deal with it. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com At that time, it will be a major event that the building will collapse and the house will collapse!

"You're right," Li Xiao also sighed, "but my cousin probably doesn't think so, he'll deal with it as long as he can, and resolutely not make big changes unless it's absolutely necessary. Our biggest disagreement."

Alexei nodded, and suddenly asked: "When are you planning to go to Moscow to attend the grand ceremony? Why don't we go together, and we will have a companion on the way, so as not to have to deal with a lot of people who don't know what to say, annoying!"

"I?"

Li Xiao pointed to his nose and smiled wryly: "I really don't know when to go, because my cousin hasn't sent me an invitation letter yet, it seems that he doesn't particularly want me to attend his grand ceremony."

Alexei was taken aback, wondering: "Impossible...?

No matter how you say it, you are also a member of the royal family and the grand duke of the empire, so how could you not be invited? "

Li Xiao spread his hands and said, "I also find it strange, but the fact is like this, what can you do?"

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Alexei was strange and surprised. Although Alexander II really didn't like Li Xiao, his cousin, it was in private. It might not be good to expose the internal problems of the royal family in public, right?

In fact, Alexander II himself was a little entangled. He was looking forward to his enthronement ceremony. He hoped to make it a grand ceremony. The more shocking the better, so it is best to abandon such a grand and perfect ceremony. Some bad factors, such as someone..._&?