Struggle in Russia

Alexander II, who had given his descendants a lot of trouble, was in a good mood. He finally experienced the joy of being a tsar along the way from leaving St. Petersburg.

Looking at the vast land and seeing countless nobles bowing down at his feet obediently, he finally had a sense of accomplishment in controlling the empire.

Especially on the day when his special train arrived in Moscow, when the bells of all the churches in Moscow rang for him at the same time, and when countless salutes roared crazily, the atmosphere made him ecstatic.

After coming out of the train station, they took a carriage to Tverskaya Street. The whole street was crowded with people to welcome the Tsar to the capital. Bells and symphony were played together. Alexander II rode on a white horse, And the Empress, sitting in a golden carriage, inspected her subjects for the first time under the **** of the Preobrazhensky regiment.

The road was full of people, so that tens of thousands of pigeons and sparrows were frightened and filled the sky.

For Alexander II, this will be a preview of the enthronement ceremony. A few days later, he will be officially crowned on August 26. The scene on that day should be even grander and more lively than today.

Li Xiao and Alexei stood in front of the window and witnessed the arrival ceremony of Alexander II. To be honest, he was very shocked. The textbooks of later generations would never tell him that Alexander II's accession to the throne was so big and so popular.

On the contrary, textbooks will only mention his reforms that have failed, and only criticize him for giving up halfway.

But looking back at history is definitely different from watching the same scene in the tide of history. When you see hundreds of thousands of nobles and people in Moscow spontaneously taking to the streets just to see the faces of Alexander II and his queen, when you see them shouting from the bottom of their hearts, long live the tsar and long live the queen, you will Only then can we know that it is not just the few so-called conservatives who are blocking the progress of history, but the poisonous vegetable system and the blind obedience and worship of the superiors that have been deeply rooted since human civilization.

These things are the stumbling blocks that prevent human beings from becoming more civilized and progressive.

Especially in a backward country like Russia, allegiance to the king and lord has become the genes in the blood of many people. They will think that the old system is natural and reasonable, and they will also think that being enslaved and exploited is due to fate.

These things shaded their eyes, made them insensitive, made them content with their status quo, made them blindly submit to their fate of enslavement.

It is meaningless to talk about reform without enlightening the wisdom of the people and preventing the enslaved people from realizing that all this is not a matter of course. At least when Li Xiao saw those poor serfs in sallow, emaciated and ragged clothes shouting respectfully and respectfully the emperor's long live, he knew that both reform and revolution in Russia had a long way to go.

"What did you see?" he asked suddenly.

Alexei was obviously shocked and attracted by the grand scene in front of him, and did not hear Li Xiao's question at all.

It wasn't until Li Xiao asked again that he came back to his senses with an er: "What did I see?"

Alexei took a deep breath and said with emotion: "I have seen the greatness of Russia!"

Well, although Alexei can keep up with Li Xiao's rhythm in many things, he is still an aborigine in the mid-19th century after all, and some things cannot be seen so far for him. It is impossible for him to imagine a whole forest just by seeing a leaf.

Li Xiao didn't get the answer he wanted, and every time he felt lonely at this time, he felt that he was always just an outsider, and that he didn't belong to this era at all.

Immediately he sighed faintly, and looked sluggish all of a sudden. It's just that Alexei was completely attracted by Russia's greatness and didn't notice it. And when he was most sad, Victoria Vladimirlovna, who was watching by another window, suddenly said:

"Sorry, Earl, I didn't see the greatness of Russia, I only saw the endless extravagance and waste, and the painful wailing of countless serfs..."

This remark surprised Alexei and even shocked Li Xiao. To be honest, Li Xiao resisted when old Igor forced Victoria to bring him to watch the enthronement ceremony.

He felt that this was very inappropriate. After all, although the princess of the family has declined and is not eligible to participate in the enthronement ceremony, is it appropriate for you to force her to come here regardless of whether she is willing or not?

And this year is not like later generations, let alone cohabiting with others, even if they get too close to others, girls will be discussed a lot, especially Victoria, who is not married or engaged, should be careful.

It's just that Li Xiao couldn't refuse the old Igor's decision, and he didn't know what kind of ecstasy the old man gave Victoria, but the lady also agreed to come with her. To be honest, Li Xiao was caught off guard~www.mtlnovel. com~Fortunately, this princess is a good-tempered lady, and her family background has almost no sense of existence in the aristocratic circle. She came to Moscow with Li Xiao. I don’t know if I thought she was someone’s personal maid or confidante. I didn't expect this to be a princess.

Alexei looked at Victoria incredulously, because he wouldn't be surprised if Li Xiao said the above words. Sometimes someone is so worried about the country and the people, but a princess can also say such a thing That would be a little powerful.

What's more, isn't it a bit too harsh to speak like this on such an occasion of universal celebration? Even if Alexander II had 10,000 bad things, wouldn't he still have to show some face on this occasion?

"To be honest, it's not a disrespect to him," Li Xiao snorted contemptuously, "In my opinion, Miss Victoria is right. This kind of trick of whitewashing the peace is really eye-catching. The greatness of Russia is not because of such a ceremony. Can lay the foundation!"

Alexey let out a thud, looked at Li Xiao with a serious face, and Victoria with a sad face. To be honest, he was confused by these two. Does such a small matter need to be put on the line?

Besides, didn't the previous tsars ascend to the throne all this way? It cannot be said that what Peter the Great and Catherine the Great did was great, but what Nicholas I and Alexander II did was a waste of time and money, right?

"At this time and that time, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great didn't engage in such a big whitewashing project when they just lost a war and the country was in ruins?" Li Xiao snorted and criticized: "But now that Is that the case?"

Alexei was speechless, and smiled wryly, "Okay, then what did you see?"

Li Xiao sighed: "What I see is that the prospects for reform are not optimistic!"