Struggle in Russia

Duke Dolgoruki was very entangled, unwilling to miss this opportunity, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute.

Immediately, he was a little anxious to get angry, but when he rolled his eyes, he saw Pobedonostsev sitting there as firmly as a mountain, and his eyes lit up immediately!

He felt that Pobedonostsev should be able to speak for himself for two reasons. First of all, he helped the other party just now, and he should speak for himself even if it was a favor. Secondly, he believes that Pobedonostsev, as the second in command, must also hope to make some impressive achievements before Bariatinsky returns to St. Petersburg, so as to improve his status.

According to old Adlerberg's opinion, the opinion of Duke Bariatinsky must be sought. No matter how you look at it, this feels a bit like pressing Duke Bariatinsky over their heads.

With Pobedonostsev's character, how can this be tolerated!

Prince Dolgoruky immediately asked Pobedonostsev: "Count, what's your opinion?"

Old Adlerberg suddenly became nervous, for fear that Pobedonostsev would really support Duke Dolgoruky, but fortunately the former was still sober.

He replied unhurriedly: "I personally think that the time for a decisive battle is not ripe, and there is no harm in listening to Prince Bariatinsky's opinion!"

Prince Dolgoruky was stunned, and looked at Pobedonostsev in disbelief, not understanding why he supported old Adlerberg, it didn't make sense!

Is it really unreasonable?

In fact, Pobedonostsev did so for a good reason.

Firstly, although he has the same idea as Bariatinsky, but after this period of blows, he found that he has relatively large shortcomings in many things. Without Bariatinsky, he would not be able to support himself alone. , just look at his performance in the third part in the past few months.

Second, he has tasted something very dangerous in the turmoil caused by the Ukrainian rebellion. Why does Count Uvarov have this attitude? This old fox is still very high level, if he didn't find something, would he tolerate reformists riding on his neck to shit?

In the end, as the director of the third part, he was well-informed, and he was keenly aware of the change in Alexander II's attitude. After this period of blows, the conservative tsar seems to have begun to waver. Although he is still close to the conservatives, he does not seem to think that the current conservatives can beat the reformers.

In other words, Alexander II is not optimistic that they can win, so don't expect that, as Duke Dolgoruki said, Alexander II will support them without reservation. I am afraid that the tsar's support is very limited, and in the context of the Ukrainian serf uprising, it is unlikely that he will put all his chips on them!

Naturally, without the absolute support of Alexander II, there would be no chance of winning the decisive battle with the reformists at this time!

Pobedonostsev, who wanted to understand these problems, actually wanted to leave the field with Count Uvarov, but he stayed because of the bad influence.

It can only be said that Duke Dolgoruki wanted to succeed in one fell swoop too much, which made him miscalculate the situation and did not realize that the current situation was not as good as he imagined.

And Pobedonostsev's non-support or implicit opposition became the last straw that crushed him. Unless he wanted to do it alone without Pobedonostsev and old Adlerberg, he would suffer the bitter pill of defeat.

"Hey! Since you all say so, then I respect your opinion, and I will write to Prince Bariatinsky personally and tell him what a rare opportunity we have missed!"

Look at how dissatisfied he is, even if he has to compromise, he doesn't forget to pull the tiger skin as a banner for himself. Listening to him, you think that Duke Bariatinsky will definitely support him, thinking that this time is really a once-in-a-lifetime event What a great opportunity!

What about the facts?

The fact is that he really thought too much, because the real player in this big game is Count Rostovtsev. How would conservatives react and would he be unprepared?

He has been preparing for twenty or thirty years, just waiting for this day. For this day, he will not hesitate to turn against Li Xiao. Do you think he will let little ants like Duke Dolgoruki spoil his good deed?

In fact, Earl Uvarov's worries are very reasonable. The more fiercely the conservatives fight against the reformers, the more losses they will suffer. The best way is to save money and avoid disasters as he said, and quickly contribute money to help the country suppress the rebellion. As long as the rebellion is suppressed, everything will go on as usual.

It's just that people like him who see clearly are already a minority among conservatives. The smooth sailing of the past two decades has turned the conservatives into miserly misers. They are unwilling to give up even a single copper coin, and they will not tolerate any behavior that harms their interests.

In this way, it is nonsense to expect them to lose money and avoid disasters!

And Count Uvarov also understood this point~www.readwn.com~ knew that without a stormy fiasco, these misers would not wake up. Even if the Ukrainian crisis group listens to him this time, according to the current situation, there may be a Polish crisis and a Belarusian crisis.

It may even be the outbreak of a crisis that subverts Russia's thousand-year-old tradition, which will completely destroy Russia's tradition and wipe them out.

Instead of watching the crisis get bigger and bigger, it's better to take advantage of the less deadly crisis to make a small outbreak and cure the problems of this group of people. Let them understand the consequences of not pulling one hair out!

So Count Uvarov simply left, without even bothering to say a word, he just wanted to watch this group of people being taught how to behave by reality, and let the **** reality make them wake up!

It has to be said that Count Uvarov and Count Rostovtsev are exactly the same in this respect. It's no wonder that these two have been able to fight against each other for so many years.

If Nicholas I was still alive, Count Uvarov's plan might really succeed. He could re-knead the conservatives into a whole and continue to suppress Count Rostovtsev's reformists. .

It's just that Count Uvarov's biggest reliance is Nicholas I, who has passed away. Compared with his father, Alexander II is too young, and he doesn't trust Count Uvarov at all, so he still wants to engage in this set of failures more likely.

Count Rostovtsev is different. Although there are problems within the reformist faction, there is nothing to say about unity and unity for the time being. What's more, although Alexander II does not completely trust him, he still believes in that. As long as Rostov Earl Tsev grasped the timing and method of speaking, and it is not a big problem to make Count Uvarov unable to eat and walk around...