Struggle in Russia

Alexei was stunned, he had never thought about the problem in this way. What his father, teachers and friends told him before were all great truths, the concept of going all out to do everything well, and striving for perfection in everything without any flaws.

Influenced by this concept, Alexei took it for granted that he must do his best in everything, and if he could not achieve perfection, he would be an insult to his ancestors and not a good man.

Naturally, Alexei can't accept half-doing things at all, how can this work? How can this be? Anyway, he is completely unacceptable!

"My friend," Alexey said tactfully, "isn't it inappropriate to do this? It's a bit too perfunctory?"

Li Xiao could probably guess what he was thinking, it was nothing more than his habitual thinking at work, and the aristocratic Xiaobai who was used to penetrating thinking couldn't understand what the real society was like. The world will never shift around your will, and people in the world will not all understand and support your ideas, and some are just endless calculations of interests.

If you can’t make trade-offs, but instead try to please everyone and naively think that you can satisfy everyone in the world, then there will only be one result—you will be so tired that you will offend everyone and let everyone People hate you and make it hard for you to survive.

The correct way to do things is to grasp the main contradiction, unite people who can be united, and form a community of interests, so that the power of the group is reliable. Do what can be done successfully first, and then move forward step by step.

In this way, there will be more and more people united around you, and your strength will become stronger and stronger. In the end, when you gain an absolute advantage, it will be easier to do things.

Li Xiao explained to Alexei very sincerely: "This is not perfunctory, but judging the situation. There are limits to what can be done and what can't be done. Doing things beyond the limits can only be laborious." Not nice!"

"We must do what we can, and it is impossible to accomplish everything in one step, and we must not be greedy for too much, otherwise the result will be shooting ourselves in the foot!"

"For example, in the case of Wallachia, our strength is limited, so we should not try to solve all the problems at once. We should take it step by step, and gradually let those who can understand us and those who support us come to our side, one step at a time. This is the right way to grow step by step!"

Alexei fell into deep thought, but Li Xiao couldn't convince him completely, after all, his ideas had been formed for a long time, how could they change overnight. But this didn't prevent him from listening. He felt that Li Xiao's words were somewhat reasonable.

In fact, in this room, it was Fontana who really understood. This smart girl listened very carefully, combined with her own experience,

He quickly agreed with Li Xiao's philosophy.

So she also said to Alexei: "Count, I think Your Excellency the Grand Duke is right. The current situation does not allow us to solve all the problems, so let's solve some of the problems we can solve first!"

Alexei fell into deeper thoughts, because when Fontana agreed, he felt completely different. Unlike Li Xiao, Fontana is more intimate and close to him. They have worked together for a long time and are familiar with each other's style, knowing that the other will not harm him.

So when Fontana also agreed, Alexei was already inclined to agree with Li Xiao's plan. But there was still a little bit of worry in his heart - or a little bit of mind.

At this time, he thought of his father. When the old Earl Speranski was alive, he seemed to have talked about this topic. What was the situation at that time?

It was already a long time ago, so long ago that Alexei even forgot which day and year it was, and only knew that it was the last time of his father. At that time, the old father had already entered the last journey of his life, and he only had the title of a senior adviser to the royal family. Every day's work was ceremonial, or in Alexei's view, it was just a show.

At that time, he was disappointed with the father he had always admired. He felt that his father had forgotten his dream and ambition.

To be honest, Alexei doesn't like that kind of father. He thinks that even if his political career is extremely unsatisfactory, a man should maintain his dignity. .

He looked down on such a useless state, so at that time he had great conflicts with the Earl of Speranski. He was like a rebellious bear child in the world. He had to do everything right with his old father. The relationship between the two was not General tension.

He remembered that day because he had just got off work from the Ministry of the Interior, and he was talking about state policy with a few good friends in the drawing room, when Count Speranski happened to come across him after a walk.

Although Speransky didn't say anything at the time, the sensitive Alexei still noticed the disdain and contempt in his father's eyes. This made him a little unconvinced when he just stepped into his official career. He felt that he was a fish in water at work. Everyone liked to respect himself and admired his opinions.

Alexei felt that he was very good and strong, he was a pillar of the country, a hundred times stronger than his old father. And now he is despised by an old father who is like a political zombie who has been outdated and abandoned by the times, how can this be tolerated!

Like all boys, Alexei wanted to prove his strength and strength in front of his father, just like an adult army must declare war on the former lion king. After his friend left, he immediately went to his old father and announced Go to war!

It's just that the result of that time surprised Alexei very much, because the old father, who was always gentle with him, lost his temper, scolded him severely, and dismissed all his opinions. Childish and childish.

At that time, the father and son broke up unhappy. For a whole month, the two of them didn't say a word, until one day a month later, when Alexei was enthusiastically promoting a certain The innovation of meaning was ruthlessly pushed back by the top, and attracted all-out attacks and boycotts.

That time, when he returned home dejectedly, drank a whole bottle of vodka, and woke up as drunk as a dead dog, the first thing he saw was his caring old father.

"Are you awake? You are not allowed to drink like this in the future. If I see you coming home drunk again, I will take care of you!"