Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao didn't know what Count Rostovtsev was planning, nor did he know that Neschel Rodi was upset and was trying to make things worse. His days have become more leisurely and more comfortable.

The Provisional Government of Wallachia or the Revolutionary Committee now regards him as a big benefactor, and they are all trying to hand over the grain in their own granary to him, hoping that the grain will quickly turn into cash.

Of course, our protagonist is also disciplined. He does not collect all the food from the stand alone, but preferentially buys the food from the state-owned granary under the name of the Provisional Government of Wallachia. Because these grains are the bulk of profits.

After all, although other private food can be obtained through the grain-for-arms agreement in name, even if it becomes money, it can earn the difference and rebates from it, but there is no state-owned public food pit. What!

Therefore, Li Xiao, who is disciplined, only gives priority to helping his own people, such as the Bretianu brothers, such as Jan Gicala, and the grains under their family's name quickly filled the port of Constanta. Waiting for shipment to Izmail.

In less than half a month, Duke Mikhail Gorchakov, who was bald due to food before, has now put his heart firmly back in his chest, and even issued a special award to a certain grand prince. An archduke raised a first-level military rank and awarded him the "Great Martyr and Invincible Saint George Medal."

Don't look at the name of this medal is super long, in fact, the status of this medal is not particularly high, according to the order and rank of Russian medals, it belongs to the seventh rank. That is to say, it was still in 1848, and the Saint George Medal had only one grade. By 1856, this product was divided into four grades, and it was becoming more and more worthless!

Of course, in fact, the Russian medal has a more cheating design, that is, all those who receive the medal must pay a "pension" to the state treasury. What kind of "pension"? It is not a pension for medalists, but a pension for the poor. Of course, Li Xiao won the Saint George Medal without paying the money!

Not because he is the Grand Duke, but because the Saint George Medal is particularly free and without payment. Of course, you get what you pay for, and medals that don’t need to be paid are naturally rare!

However, this Order of St. George or other medals of the Russian Empire also has a hidden benefit, that is, as long as you get the medal, you can enjoy the honor. The so-called honor is actually noble status.

According to the laws of the Russian Empire, before 1826, as long as they received a medal, they would automatically become a nobleman in the Russian Empire and enjoy the power of hereditary nobility. It's just that after Nicholas I came to power, in order to highlight the respect of the nobles, special regulations were made. Even if the merchants obtained the medals, they did not enjoy the noble privileges.

After 1845, the aristocratic power obtained by the award was further stuck. Only when the first class of the medals of all levels or the Saint George medal of all levels and the Grand Duke of Saint Vladimir medals at all levels were awarded can they enjoy the hereditary aristocratic power. Medals of other ranks do not enjoy the power of hereditary aristocracy, but only enjoy the power of general aristocracy.

Anyway, the circles here are quite big. Of course, a mere Saint George Medal is nothing to Li Xiao, and he is not uncommon for the weighting effect brought by hereditary aristocratic status. After all, he originally brought his grand duke. The title, and with his merits in Wallachia, a mere Medal of St. George is really not worthy of him.

There is no way, because according to Duke Mikhail Gorchakov and Lazarev, at least one first-class Order of St. Ekaterina should be given to Li Xiao’s merits, or even directly There is no problem with giving the Order of St. Andrew Pervozwani, the highest honor of the Russian Empire.

Because someone’s merits really don’t have to be said, but the awarding of the medal was approved and stamped by King Nicholas I. How could he give the most annoying nephew the highest honor with his careful attention, and even give one according to his own will? The lowest rank of the Order of the Duchess of St. Olga will be given away.

But his idea was strongly resisted and protested by the military, because most of the soldiers were not blinded yet. If such a big credit is so fooled, who would still be willing to work for the empire in the future. Even if you hate your nephew, you can't behave like this, let alone a small medal, what if you give it? Can't you be so stingy!

So after a quarrel, Li Xiao was awarded such an inferior medal and a nominal rank of major. Why is it that his rank as a major is not real? Because the rank was given, but his position has not changed, it is just the little company commander.

From this point of view, Nicholas I was really stingy and cruel to him, doing everything possible to suppress his promotion.

Of course, when this inside story was known to Li Xiao through Duke Mikhail and Leonid's letter, he was not very angry. Because Li Xiao knew that Nicholas I regarded him as a thorn in his eyes, how could he not be suppressed?

Anyway, Li Xiao had already made the psychological preparation for not using Qianlong during the reign of Nicholas I, and his mentality was relatively stable.

Leonid, Boris and Vishniak also received awards along with Li Xiao. UU reading www. These three at uukanshu.com also have a Saint George medal, but Leonid, who is very saint, feels that he won the medal without doing anything is completely shameful. He felt that Nicholas I was too unfair and should not be so random. Honor.

Boris was the happiest, because the source of his family's hereditary aristocratic status was that his grandfather won the Order of Saint George for participating in the first battle to carve up Poland. It can be said that his family's aristocratic status originated from this medal. And now that he has also received this medal after his grandfather, it can finally consolidate the embarrassing aristocratic status for their family.

Moreover, Boris felt that since he was able to obtain the Order of St. George so quickly, it is possible to obtain a higher-level medal or even the Order of St. Andrew in the future, and it is even possible to be awarded the real noble title by the emperor directly. Anyway, he is Excited to sleep.

Vishniak is not much different from Li Xiao, because he has been awarded the Saint George Medal before. Naturally, there is nothing to be excited about. What is more important is that his position and military rank have not changed much, and naturally it will not be too much. happy.

For this reason, he also wrote to Li Xiao and vomited: "...Our majesty is really stingy. Such a great achievement can be dismissed with a single medal. I thought that at least I would be able to get a lieutenant colonel and get a little money! "