Struggle in Russia

The enthronement ceremony of Alexander II is about to be held, and Moscow has not been so lively for many years. The last time there was such a feast of lights, festoons, colorful gongs and drums seemed to be the enthronement ceremony of Nicholas I.

Anyway, since Peter the Great actually moved the capital to St. Petersburg, Moscow has really become a big countryside. Except for some dilapidated nobles who had to stay in this desperate city, nobles with a little knowledge would try their best to go to St. Petersburg to seek camp.

All in all, Moscow has the name of the capital, but its actual status is really not good.

At least Li Xiao's first impression of the city when he walked out of the station was very ordinary. The bumpy roads and the mottled and gray walls all showed the dilapidation of the city.

The only thing that shines are those onion domes. They are like a fig leaf with golden light, tenaciously supporting the last face of Russia.

Li Xiao didn't have any manors or villas in this city. Although his cheap old man did leave some such properties to him, after he took back these properties from Nicholas I, he immediately disposed of them and replaced them with real ones. Gold and silver invested in factories.

So Li Xiao was a little embarrassed at this time, because of the enthronement ceremony, the whole of Moscow was overcrowded, and all kinds of nobles flocked from all over the country to fill up all the hotels in the city.

And thanks to Alexander II's procrastination, he couldn't reserve a seat in advance, so he had nowhere to go after walking out of the station.

"I should have known that I should have kept a manor..."

Sitting in Alexei's carriage, Li Xiao sighed and smiled at his best friend in embarrassment.

The latter did not mean to laugh at him, but felt that Li Xiao was a bit too reckless. Although investment in industry is the general trend, it is not enough to sell all the manors. In places like Moscow, at least one villa must be left, otherwise In the aristocratic circle, this is a drop.

"Why don't you go to the estate of Prince Vorontsov, the prince welcomes you?"

Li Xiao sighed and said: "We have to be self-aware. It is a great favor for the Duke to take me to Moscow by special train. If I go to live in his manor again, what will His Majesty think of it? Although the Duke said he doesn't care, But I don't want to cause him too much trouble, do I?"

Alexei smiled and asked, "Then you are not afraid of causing trouble to me?"

Li Xiao smiled and put his arms around his shoulders and replied: "Our relationship is different, and His Majesty already knew that we wear a pair of trousers, so what trouble can it cause? This is called not afraid of biting if there are too many lice!"

Alexei was a little speechless, and was also drunk on someone's thick skin. However, although someone's words are not pleasant, the truth is still the same. He is indeed not afraid of being bitten if he has too many lice. It is impossible for Alexander II not to know his relationship with Li Xiao. If this is the case, don't try to keep a distance to fool him Alexander II, he is not stupid.

"Aren't Vishniak and Boris here?" Alexey asked.

"No!"

Speaking of this, Li Xiao felt aggrieved. If Boris couldn't come, there was nothing he could do. After all, his status was such that he didn't have the right to watch Alexander II's induction ceremony up close.

But as the deputy head of the Preobrazhensky regiment, Vishniak is actually fully qualified to come over as the Tsar's de facto Imperial Guard.

But because Alexander II hated Li Xiao's relationship, he hated Wu and Wu deliberately found an excuse to let Vishniak stay in St. Petersburg to guard the Winter Palace, and naturally he couldn't come.

To be honest, this matter was too petty, and the style of the small belly was really disgusting. For this reason, Li Xiao personally apologized to Vishniak. Fortunately, the latter didn't care whether he could watch the coronation ceremony. He has no objection to not being able to go. Probably for the lover, if he has the spare time to watch Alexander II walking the monkey, it would be better to stay in St. Petersburg and get a few more girlfriends.

Alexei naturally knew it, he shook his head and said: "In the past, you always said that His Majesty's family is stingy, and I thought you were a little biased at that time, but now it seems that their family is not stingy, it is completely small-minded You will be rewarded, okay?"

Will Alexander II take revenge?

For sure, in the Crimean War Austria put Russia together, and this enemy Alexander II has always been in his heart.

When Prussia was about to unify Germany, he found an opportunity for revenge. When the Austrian military was under the greatest pressure, he also sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border to the other side, making it impossible for the Austrian army to deal with Prussia wholeheartedly. Let the Habsburg family completely lose the orthodox status of Germany.

To be honest, this operation is not impossible, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the revenge of the year. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Because to be honest, letting Prussia replace Austria and unify Germany has a great impact on Russia's interests.

To put it bluntly, the root of the subsequent two world wars was here, and the ambitions of Germany or Prussia have been out of control since then.

In fact, the more correct approach is to let Prussia and Austria maintain the status quo, and let the two hold each other back, so that they can be firmly enclosed in the three-acre land of Central and Eastern Europe.

The choice of Alexander II looked very relieved, but the result was not good. When Prussia unified Germany, it instantly had the confidence and foundation to become a world power.

Moreover, Alexander II's relationship with Austria has become even worse. There is no possibility of reconciliation between the two parties, and they can only be enemies.

However, Prussia and Austria quickly came together because of the same origin and the same interests. It is equivalent to saying that Russia has not been able to please Austria and Prussia after tossing around. Isn't this tossing!

From this point of view, it is true that national interests cannot be mixed with too many personal feelings, especially not based on one's own likes and dislikes.

Look at Alexander II's revenge on Austria, and as a result, a more terrifying enemy, Germany, came out of nowhere. He hated Turkey and launched the tenth Russo-Turkish war in order to avenge Crimea. Although he was angry, he had to give up a large part of his interests in the end because of his lack of strength.

And because this battle completely exposed the attempts against the Balkans and Turkey, the powers including Austria were deeply afraid, which also laid a fuse for the First World War.

All in all, all of Alexander II's coquettish operations are to lay mines and pits for future generations.