Struggle in Russia

When Alexei understood the reason for Li Xiao's worry, he also fell silent. Although he didn't think so far, after Li Xiao's reminder, he could still figure out the reason.

It is true that in Russia, where the people's wisdom is not yet developed, one of the first things to do is to enlighten the people's wisdom.

Otherwise, even if Count Rostovtsev has the power to overthrow all the conservatives by himself, but as long as the people's wisdom is not enlightened, the conservatives will revive when he dies, and Russia will still go back to the old way.

If you want to truly ensure the results of the reform, you must enlighten the wisdom of the people so that more people will recognize your ideas and support your actions. Only in this way can the possibility of conservative counterattacks be completely eliminated.

"Let's do it step by step!" Alexei suddenly smiled, "Isn't the thing we are most afraid of when we are young is that we have nothing to do? I can't help being excited when I think that we have so many opportunities to flex our muscles!"

Li Xiao also laughed, it is true to say that, life is more than a battle, if things can be done so simple, there is really no sense of accomplishment. This is the same as playing games. It’s cool to play with modifiers, but after the fun, there is nothing left, only the achievements that I have made brick by brick. It feels completely different!

Li Xiao was also a revisionist before, but after he realized the sense of accomplishment from his hard work, that feeling was more exciting than any ecstasy. Anyway, he fell in love with this feeling and couldn't stop it.

What's more interesting is that Victoria actually expressed her opinion again for the first time: "Is there a need for reform? Is it like the French sent the king to the guillotine?"

See if not, this is the importance of enlightening people's wisdom. Victoria is a dignified princess. No matter how poor she is, her education is much better than that of ordinary people. The first reaction of a person like her who should be educated and knowledgeable after hearing the reform is to kill the king. Head, you will know how closed and backward Russia is. ..

Alexey just wanted to explain that reform and revolution are not the same thing, so Li Xiao said first: "It would be best if the czar could be guillotined to solve the problem once and for all, but it's a pity that it's obviously impossible. One can only tinker like a papermaker and hope that Russia can hold out until the house falls and renews itself."

Victoria didn't know much about the words Li Xiao said, but it didn't prevent her from figuring out the meaning. She frowned and asked, "Paper maker? But I heard people say that you just want to rob and carve up the nobles' property. ...Although I am not against the emancipation of the serfs, I believe that personal property is sacred and inviolable, and you are doing it wrong!"

Alexei and Li Xiao looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes. Victoria's words represent the current situation in Russia. There are many people who verbally support the reform and emancipation of the serfs, but once the specific emancipation involves personal interests, these people will change their faces.

What a sacred property is inviolable. The problem is that according to Russian law, serfs are the property of serf owners. How can the serfs be liberated without violating the sacred rights of the serf owners? Orally or in a dream?

"It seems reasonable to say so?" Victoria thought for a while and suddenly said: "Is there no way to have the best of both worlds? I don't think serfs should be considered private property, they are also human beings and our compatriots!"

Li Xiao smiled and said: "I agree with you very much. Serfs are indeed human beings and our compatriots. We should respect their most basic right to survival! But I don't think there is a way to achieve the best of both worlds, and I understand what you mean It is probably to liberate the serfs and declare the serfs to be free, but at the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that the serf owners do not suffer too much loss, such as giving certain compensations, such as redemption by the state, right?"

Victoria nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, that's what I mean. The state can completely redeem the serfs with money, so that the interests of the serf owners are also protected!"

Suddenly Alexey burst out laughing: "Do you know how much it costs? Dear Victoria, our country's finances have reached the verge of bankruptcy, and we still owe a huge amount of foreign debt. If we really want the country to pay for the redemption, then If you can’t make up the money for the ransom in a hundred years, you can’t liberate the serfs one by one, right?”

Victoria just wanted to say that it's okay to do this, but immediately she thought, if they are liberated in batches, who will come first? What's more, if it really takes a long time, don't say a hundred years, twenty or thirty years will be fatal. After all, serfs are also going to marry and have children. Don't worry about the first batch of serfs not being liberated, and then several batches of small serfs will continue to emerge up.

If this is the case, wouldn’t it be true that the serfs who were liberated later took advantage of it and could treat the emancipation of serfs as a business?

This is clearly neither reasonable nor fair!

If you don’t do this and redeem all the liberation at one go, the country will not be able to pay for it~www.readwn.com~ and those serf owners obviously can’t accept IOUs, so wouldn’t emancipating the serfs become a joke?

Victoria immediately had a headache. She also discussed this topic with her little sisters before. At that time, everyone just talked superficially, thinking that the emancipation of the serfs was the result of people like Alexei and Li Xiao messing around and complicating simple things. up.

But listening carefully now, it seems that the things here are not that simple, and if you move the whole body if you don't pay attention, you will make a joke.

Victoria was sighing secretly here, who would have thought that Li Xiao said again: "Even if the country has the money to redeem it, this road will not work!"

Victoria was surprised now, and asked inexplicably, "Why?"

"The reason is very simple. How do serfs survive? In the past, they were attached to the serf owner and worked for the serf owner to make ends meet... But now, once they are liberated and free, where will they have land to cultivate? To put it bluntly, they may not even have a place to live. Already!"

Victoria suddenly realized that the serfs used to be the private property of the serf owners, and everything they owned belonged to the serf owners. Once the serf owners were liberated, they would naturally take back other properties that belonged to them, such as the houses where the serfs lived.

If you do this, the serfs will indeed lose their shelter!

Victoria thought for a while and asked weakly: "Why don't these also be bought by the state?"

To be honest, I knew it was impossible just after exporting to Victoria. How could the country have so much money? What's more, what is the necessities of basic necessities? Just having a place to hide is not very meaningful. Serfs need their own houses and land in order to survive.

But the problem is that these are all the private property of the serf owners, and now they are full of opinions even on giving the serfs personal freedom. Do you think they will be happy if they still have to give the serfs so much?