Struggle in Russia

Alexander II was really surprised. Pobedonostsev said that he could understand that he could not find anyone. After all, he was not familiar with the business of the third part, and it was normal that some things could not be done.

But Duke Dolgoruki is different! This is the old man in the third part. Although his ability to handle affairs is not comparable to that of Earl Benkendorf and Duke Aldorf, he is still capable.

Why even he can't do anything about it, is it possible that this Duke Vladimir really has the ability to change like three heads, six arms and seventy-two?

To be honest, Alexander II looked down on Duke Vladimir at all, and he didn't know much about the Duke. When I first heard that Duke Vladimir had greened him, I didn't have any emotions other than being furious.

In his opinion, this is just a dead man and a fool who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, otherwise he could do such a stupid thing.

Naturally, the Tsar did not need to pay special attention to a fool, let alone a mortal man. So he just lightly issued an order to let Pobedonostsev be the executioner and it would be over.

Even when Pobedonostsev reported that the guy had never been found, he still didn't pay much attention to it. It seemed to him that Pobedonostsev might not be good at business or didn't pay special attention to the matter.

After all, it's not a big deal!

But now Duke Dolgoruky also shied away from taking over, which surprised him, and finally he wanted to know who Duke Vladimir was!

It's just that it was too late to investigate this matter at this moment, so he could only turn his head and ask Pobedonostsev again: "Count, does this Duke Vladimir have many friends?"

In his opinion, unless Duke Vladimir has a well-developed network, can he get news in advance? Otherwise, under the big manhunt in the third part, can it be hidden tightly or the golden cicada escaped and slipped abroad?

Obviously someone opened the back door for this guy, otherwise he would be so hard to catch?

It's just that Pobedonostsev's answer surprised him again: "Your Majesty, this duke is a dilapidated libertine. He has some friends, but most of them are little people."

Alexander II froze for a moment, and asked, "Don't have enough reliable friends? Does that mean you're particularly rich?"

Pobedonostsev smiled bitterly: "I have no money, and I even owe a lot of debts, and even my daughter needs to go out to work to support him..."

Alexander II became more and more speechless. It doesn't matter if he has no power, no money, and third, it doesn't matter. Is it possible that this guy is a rabbit so he can hide?

He looked at Pobedonostsev, who also had a wry smile on his face, apparently also made speechless by Duke Vladimir.

So he looked at Duke Dolgoruky again, and the latter quickly replied: "Your Excellency's words are true, Duke Vladimir has nothing to recommend him, he is simply a scum."

But after saying this, Duke Dolgoruki was also a little embarrassed, because the fact is that these smart and capable people were beaten to death by a scum, and there was nothing they could do. Doesn't this indirectly mean that they are all trash?

In fact, Alexander II also had the same idea. He looked at Pobedonostsev and then at Duke Dolgoruky. For the first time, he wondered if he had really blindly selected a bunch of trash as his henchmen?

Suddenly there was a dead silence in the royal study, and Prince Dolgoruky and Pobedonostsev didn't know what to say. Alexander II, on the other hand, fell into deep doubts.

After a long while, he asked, "Is it because the people below are ineffective?"

There is such a possibility, after all, the Russian Empire is full of bureaucrats. As the saying goes, there are countermeasures above and policies below, and it is very normal for government orders not to come out of St. Petersburg.

But, this is only for general situations, and the kind of things that make the Tsar particularly angry and attach special importance are definitely not included in this list. As long as the people in the third part are not stupid and know that this matter is supervised by Pobedonostsev, then it is impossible to work without effort!

After thinking for a long time, Alexander II gritted his teeth and patted the table: "There must be a problem! There must be something that we haven't noticed! This Duke Vladimir will never disappear out of thin air. Let me check and find out his relationship. Go through the sieve of the relationship from the beginning! Once you find out who is helping him secretly, you will be punished severely!"

After speaking, Pobedonostsev left without waiting for Prince Dolgoruky to speak.

Are you really mad?

There may be a little bit, but the most important thing is that Alexander II can't help it. As I said earlier, it is impossible for him to change his general and accept Pobedonostsev's resignation, but Pobedonostsev's attitude is so firm.

In desperation, he could only act like a hooligan and walk away with his anger!

So Pobedonostsev sat on the wax, he really wanted to throw out this hot potato, and he didn't want to be the director of the third part for a day.

But who would have thought that His Majesty the Emperor would run away like a hooligan? He looked at Duke Dolgoruky~www.readwn.com~ and was about to say that you will be responsible for the tasks assigned by His Majesty. But the latter was not stupid and immediately bowed and ran away, and also left in a hurry.

Suddenly Pobedonostsev couldn't laugh or cry, what should he do?

Hey, I have no choice but to hold on. After returning to the third part, Pobedonostsev can only call his subordinates for another meeting and order to immediately screen Duke Vladimir's interpersonal relationship again. Wait until they are listed one by one and check again.

is that useful?

Of course it is useless. Pobedonostsev has already done similar work on at least two sides. If it was useful, he would have captured Duke Vladimir long ago. How can it be so exhausting until now?

In fact, Pobedonostsev also knew it was useless, but first of all, this was an order from Alexander II. Even if similar work has been done twice, but His Majesty ordered you to check it, would you dare not check it?

Besides, Pobedonostsev didn't know how to deal with the task. Since it was His Majesty's order, he just followed it. Naturally, if he couldn't find it anymore, it would not be his problem alone.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor, you have nothing to do, right?

As a result, those cronies, friends, old friends and even creditors of Duke Vladimir were tormented miserably, and they were taken to the third court one by one.

It’s just that after three days of tossing, there was still nothing. Pobedonostsev had no choice but to go to the Winter Palace to resign again. Anyway, he made up his mind that he must not let Alexander II run away this time. If you don't agree to him, you will stay in the Winter Palace and never leave!

But what he didn't expect was that Alexander II didn't let him enter the Winter Palace at all, and directly blocked him at the door, telling him to investigate the case slowly and don't worry, and report when he has clues...