Struggle in Russia

But Li Xiao can't directly dismantle the old fox's mask, after all, they are here to ask for help, not to sow hatred.

So he nodded and replied: "Who says no! Officials in St. Petersburg either eat and wait to die or just want to make extra money, and almost no one is willing to do things. That's why Dmitry and I came here specially to find you And Prince Mikhail, now you are the only ones in the whole country who sincerely want to make the country better, are sincerely willing to take responsibility and are willing to do things!"

Duke Mikhail blinked his eyes, he really didn't expect that Li Xiao would present such a high hat as soon as he came up.

He had thought that the other party would either be angry or beg hard when he heard Duke Alexander's perfunctory words. In short, he tried every means to get their brothers to agree to help.

Of course, he also knew that Li Xiao's attitude was so low and so good. The main reason was that things were difficult. Based on what he knew about someone, this guy was a thorn in his side, and he would never bow his head unless it was absolutely necessary!

This shows how troublesome things in Ukraine are. It seems that it is best not to touch your hands!

Duke Alexander thought differently from him. Although he was also a little surprised by Li Xiao's low profile, he didn't think that the reason for someone's low profile was to please and curry favor.

He thinks this is more likely to be someone's strategy. Everyone knows that negotiation is the most difficult job. Both parties at the negotiating table have interests. If the differences are small, it is okay to say, but if the differences are large, it will be very difficult to get a good result.

Judging from Duke Alexander's experience, it was extremely difficult for Li Xiao to negotiate with them this time. After all, their brothers had already made their attitude clear about this and they didn't want to interfere at all. And he almost left the words there as soon as he came up, saying it bluntly would be a polite refusal.

Can lobbying be easy under these circumstances?

Judging from Duke Alexander's experience, the first thing to do to convince their brother Li Xiao is to reduce confrontation and reduce their brother's defensive mentality.

If it can't be done, then the two brothers will be on guard against him all the time, so how can we talk about it? Even if Li Xiao has a thousand reasons and ten thousand benefits, I'm afraid their brothers won't listen to it.

And Li Xiao did a good job just now. He belittled the bureaucrats of St. Petersburg following Duke Alexander's words, which meant that he understood Prince Mikhail's difficulties and difficulties, and did not mean any dissatisfaction with his perfunctory in the morning.

By the way, he even flattered them a lot and gave the two brothers high hats. As the saying goes, if you don't wear flattery, who wouldn't listen to good words. Even if the purpose of the person who speaks good words is not pure, but good words are always pleasing to the ear. M..

Even Duke Alexander felt that what Li Xiao said was appropriate, as if he had come to ask for help.

Is Li Xiao asking for help?

To put it bluntly, yes.

Regardless of the fact that suppressing rebellion and suppressing bandits is a task entrusted by Alexander II, it seems that the whole country should cooperate obediently.

But in fact, this is not the case at all. If Russia is strong, it’s okay to say that it doesn’t matter if the landlord’s surplus grain is casually spoiled.

But now Russia is in ruins, and the landowner's family has no surplus food. At this time, you have to spend a lot of money and pay a lot to suppress the rebellion and bandits, and all aspects will care about you and tell you what it means that people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

After all, there are only three melons and two dates in the treasury. You, Dmitri, are going to take away the big head with a grin, and let others drink the Northwest Wind?

Grandma!

You think beautifully!

The seriousness of the Ukrainian rebellion is the responsibility of Ukrainian officials. If they mess up the job, they will take off their hats. What does it have to do with our officials in St. Petersburg?

Besides, you Dmitry went to counter the rebellion and made meritorious service, and you were the one who was rewarded in the end. What good does it do us?

You are the one who cannot be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and you are the one who is popular and hot, but in the end, we are forced to work hard while drinking the northwest wind. Why?

This is the truest state of mind of the bureaucrats. For them, their own small calculations are the most important. Anyway, in the end, the responsibility for the failure of the counter-insurgency is yours, Dmitri. Do you have anything to do with them?

What? You make a small report that they are prevaricating. Hey, how can this be called prevarication? This is a national system, and the rules and regulations for doing things are there. You can't just give up the system and rules just because you want to counter the rebellion, right?

This is the most annoying and powerful method of bureaucrats. Even if they deliberately trip you up, they have a set of reasons. You reason with them and they can use reason to **** you off.

To put it bluntly, there are too many interests involved in countering the rebellion. If Dmitry doesn't come up with some real guys to deal with these bureaucrats, he will really be unable to move a single step!

And now Li Xiao is begging someone to help him get rid of the bureaucratic constraints, which is naturally a begging.

It’s just that the person being begged doesn’t want to get involved in this mess, because at this moment, money is a thing that affects too many people’s hearts. Both Duke Alexander and Prince Mikhail are in a delicate juncture~www.readwn.com~ Offend people for nothing.

Li Xiao was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The Ukrainian rebellion may be too far away from St. Petersburg. It seems that it has no effect on St. Petersburg, but it is a granary after all. If something happens, it may affect the finances of the next year. The only way to put down the rebellion is as quickly as possible. , we will be able to guarantee our expenditure in the coming year.”

Duke Alexander just raised his eyelids. Of course he understands this kind of truth, but there is nothing new about it.

This kind of truth is still far away from impressing him!

Li Xiao didn't intend to impress them with this reasoning, he just used it as a start.

He continued: "Taking a step back, Ukraine has such a big mess, should some people be held accountable?"

Having said that, he deliberately paused. Duke Alexander was secretly startled, he understood what Li Xiao meant. Someone must be responsible for Ukraine's scapegoat, and it will definitely involve a large number of people. This large number of people will more or less have inextricable connections with St. Petersburg.

Whether it is a relative or a good friend, it will always make some people very passive when they are investigated. Who can guarantee that officials in St. Petersburg have nothing to do with officials in Ukraine?

Now Alexander II has entrusted the task of countering the rebellion to Dmitri. Not to mention more, Dmitri only needs to point out some Ukrainian officials in his report to Alexander II and say a few bad words It can ruin his whole life.

As the saying goes, when the radish is pulled out, the mud is brought out. I don’t know how much mud in St. Petersburg can be pulled out of the Ukrainian radish.

This is the threat of Hongguoguo, and it is also something that Dmitry can really do. Just because of this, Duke Alexander should think more about it...