Struggle in Russia

Igor fell into deep thought, not because he thought Earl Rostovtsev was alarmist. Li Xiao and David Lebouf were active in Wallachia, and his knowledge of that place was probably still in the hands of Nicholas I and Above the third part.

Igor knew very well the great achievements of the Mikheevich brothers. If there were problems with food and grass in the war, the result would naturally not be so good.

After thinking for a while, Igor suddenly asked: "Isn't this issue being discussed in this imperial meeting? Is there any result?"

Count Rostovtsev smiled, a little noncommittal. Judging from his expression, he knew that the imperial meeting might not have any results.

Igor suddenly said angrily: "Nikolai Pavlovich will ignore such a big matter, he must spoil that old eunuch too much!"

Count Rostovtsev still just smiled and didn't mean to answer at all, which made Igor quite dissatisfied, and he said angrily: "If you are always like this, then there is no need for us to continue talking !"

Count Rostovtsev sighed lightly. He is not used to speaking too clearly. Why waste your tongue when you can clearly express things with a look and a hint?

Don't you know that if you talk too much, you will lose it? If you want to live a long and comfortable life, the first priority is to control your tongue!

It’s just that it was Igor who made the request, and he could only reluctantly agree: “The discussion is of course fruitless. Paskovich can’t wait to monopolize Austria, Wallachia, and Moldavia. Now Mi Hayil Gorchakov is deflated, he is too late to be happy, how is it possible to allow grain and grass to pass through his territory?"

"As for the other old foxes, in order not to offend Menshikov, they certainly don't have much to say... As for Your Majesty, Menshikov is his confidant after all. Although the mistake this time should not be, he has always been the one Temper, always very tolerant to your confidants!"

After a pause, Count Rostovtsev suddenly smiled and said, "However, this time there is a bit of fun. The conflict between Crown Prince Alexander, His Majesty, and Grand Duke Constantine has become irreconcilable. If it weren't for Uvarov Get involved, it's going to be very interesting!"

Igor looked at Count Rostovtsev, who was gloating at his misfortune, speechless. Sometimes you really don’t know where this guy is standing. You say he is a revolutionary party, and he is loyal to the imperial power and opposes similar The drastic means of the French Revolution, it is believed that the emperor should be retained, and it is enough to learn from the advanced experience of Britain.

But you say he is a royalist, this guy is unscrupulous every time he reads royal jokes, no matter how you look at it, it comes from the heart, do you think there is such a virtuous royalist?

After thinking about it, Igor gave up.

It's not the first day he has known Qi Hua, and he is no stranger to Qi Hua's strange methods.

"You didn't do anything?" Igor asked suddenly.

Count Rostovtsev nodded and said, "Of course, it's enough to untie the crown prince's waist and gain a wave of goodwill!"

Igor was speechless. He pointed at Count Rostovtsev's nose and was so angry that he couldn't speak. After a while, he said, "You...you...you just let go of this good opportunity? Are you crazy? "

Count Rostovtsev just glanced at him and asked, "Why do you say that? Is there any other good opportunity?"

Igor said bitterly: "Isn't this the best opportunity to completely provoke their father-son relationship and make them feel like fire and water! If we can provoke their father-son discord and let them fight like a dog, then we will have a chance !"

Count Rostovtsev snorted contemptuously, and said with disdain: "Short-sighted, you don't know the father and son too well, do you think provocation is useful? Naive!"

Igor said unconvinced: "You haven't even tried it, how do you know it's useless!"

Count Rostovtsev waved his hand and said domineeringly: "If I say it's useless, it's useless. Guys who don't know the father and son are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks!"

Igor was so choked that he couldn't speak. He couldn't figure out why Count Rostovtsev was so stubborn. It was really annoying to give up such a good opportunity as soon as he said it.

"Because that's not an opportunity at all!" Count Rostovtsev also knocked out Igor's emotions, and patiently explained clearly: "Crown Prince Alexander is more cowardly than you imagined, even if he suffered a great shame. , but as long as the provocateur is his younger brother and the one who incites the flames is his father, he will not take any action and will only endure silently!"

Count Rostovtsev sneered: "He is an honest boy. If you go to his ear to fan the flames at this time, he will tell him what you said when you turn around. Tell him about the person who fanned the flames back then. What will be the result?"

Igor stopped talking for a while, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Is this crown prince really so honest?"

"Hmm!" Count Rostovtsev snorted, "I've been watching the Winter Palace for twenty years, and no one knows better than me what kind of temper this family has... The crown prince is terribly afraid of his father. , he didn’t have the courage to challenge Nicholas at all... As for that Grand Duke Constantine, he is quite courageous, but in fact, just like Alexander, Nikolay can frighten him with just one look..."

"Both of them don't have the guts to launch a coup, or even think about it. What's the use of instigating such a waste?"

Igor remained silent for a while. This was the first time he had heard that the Crown Prince and Grand Duke Constantine were so cowardly. If Count Rostovtsev hadn't lied, it would be pointless to fan the flames.

At this time, Count Rostovtsev said again: "You think I haven't tried it before? Why do you think Nicholas doesn't like the cowardly Alexander?"

As soon as this remark came out, Igor was taken aback again. He stared at Count Rostovtsev in disbelief with wide-eyed eyes. He seemed to have a thousand words, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Count Rostovtsev sighed: "It took me twenty years to create the current situation, but you think I did nothing, who do you think Zhukovsky taught Alexander? suggestion?"

Count Rostovtsev seemed to open up the conversation box, and began to talk endlessly: "You don't know anything, you think I haven't done anything all these years, you think there is some so-called opportunity, I will tell you for the last time, dispel those who don't I have tried every practical idea, but it is useless! And even if it is useful, I advise you not to use it indiscriminately recently! Otherwise, it is very likely that you are marrying someone!"