Struggle in Russia - #2301 - Vol 3 Chapter 1349: Which side do you stand on?

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The struggle surrounding the “Voice of Liberty” naturally attracted the attention of the bureaucracy. For the Russian officials, they would never care about the problems of the common people, but when the emperor and the grand duke were in trouble, they would definitely talk about it one by one. Dog Turin.

The first ones to smell it were naturally old foxes like Count Uvarov and Prince Alexander.

The former also immediately realized that this was an opportunity for the conservatives to make a comeback, and immediately wanted to summon old friends to “conspire for big things” together.

But he was stunned again when the matter came to pass, because there were not many Gujiu Zhen left who still bought it. Most of them were either marginalized veterans of the former dynasty like him, or they were just small fish and shrimps, and they would never become a big deal. .

If you expect these people to give the reformists a blow, then just go to sleep!

Count Uvarov knew that there were only three people who could deal a heavy blow to the reformists at the moment. The first one was Duke Baryatinsky. Unfortunately, he was still on his way back. It would take ten days and a half at the earliest to reach St. Petersburg. , that is, distant water cannot save nearby fire.

The second one is Count Pobedonozev, but this guy doesn’t buy his account at all, and if he is allowed to take action, who gets the final credit?

Count Uvarov didn’t want to end up making a wedding dress for someone after a fierce operation. Why did he bother to do it?

As for the third person, it is Duke Alexander. But the problem is that this Duke is a liberal. To put it bluntly, he is almost wearing the same pants as a reformist. If you expect him to help conservatives, it is better to expect the fox to stop eating the chicken.

In short, after much thought, Count Uvarov felt that no one of these three could really help him. In that case, why bother?

At that time, he wanted to give up, but he was a little unwilling to do so. After thinking for a long time, he decided to talk to Count Pobedonozev first to see what his attitude was before making a decision.

If Pobedonostsev is on the road enough, then he will cooperate with the other party to deal with the reformists. On the contrary, he simply ignored it and wanted to be quiet.

Count Uvarov made a decision on his side, and Duke Alexander also got the news on the other side. He was not surprised by the conflict between Grand Duke Constantine and Li Xiao.

As early as the Crimean War, he heard Prince Mikhail talk about the conflicts and contradictions between the two.

He also saw everything Archduke Constantine did after returning to St. Petersburg. If he were a reformist boss, he would deliberately have opinions about this selfish guy.

But the breaking point of the conflict was a bit strange. He originally thought that the two sides would fight over Li Xiao’s reform strategy, but who would have thought that it would be a newspaper that finally triggered the conflict.

“The boss behind this newspaper is Grand Duke Constantine.” Prince Mikhail said, “This newspaper was crazily criticizing Grand Duke Andrei before. I think this time someone can’t bear it anymore!”

Duke Alexander rolled his eyes at Prince Mikhail and was speechless at his brother’s political sensitivity. In the officialdom, there are not many cases where you scold me and I slander you. No one has ever been scolded like a bullshit.

If you can’t even bear being scolded, then why should you be an official?

If Li Xiao is someone who can’t even tolerate such a trivial matter, then it’s not worth wooing him over. Just let him get away as far as possible without ruining your good deeds.

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“It’s not that simple!”

Duke Alexander said with certainty: “There must be other reasons for this. Grand Duke Andrei is not such an impulsive person. It is impossible for him not to know that a conflict with Grand Duke Constantine may cause internal strife among the reformists!”

After a pause, he pondered: “And Nikolai Milyutin actually spoke for Grand Duke Andrei. This is really intriguing!”

Prince Mikhail asked: “Then what do you think is the reason?”

Duke Alexander thought for a moment and said: “It’s hard to say. It’s very likely that Nikolai Milyutin and Grand Duke Andrei have already reached an agreement, so that’s why Grand Duke Constantine is so angry!”

Prince Mikhail blinked: “It’s really strange that Nikolay Milyutin would choose to side with Grand Duke Andrei!”

Duke Alexander rolled his eyes again: “It’s not surprising that Nikolai Milyutin supports Grand Duke Andrei. Anyone with a right mind would make such a choice!”

Prince Mikhail’s eyes widened and he said in disbelief: “No matter what Grand Duke Constantine says…”

Duke Alexander interrupted him: “You want to say that his high status is more useful? The problem is that his status is high, but he is not liked by His Majesty, so what does his status mean to the reformists? Besides, Kang You should understand Archduke Standing. He is a typical person with high vision and low power. How significant is such a person to reform? Reform is not just about words!”

Prince Mikhail was immediately speechless. He wanted to ask, is Grand Duke Constantine so unbearable?

But after looking at Duke Alexander’s expression, UU Reading www.uukaｎshu.net he simply swallowed his words, because the answer was already obvious.

He sighed and said: “His Majesty’s attitude this time is worth appreciating. He seems to want to help Grand Duke Constantine? It seems that brothers are still different!”

The first half of Prince Mikhail’s words made Duke Alexander look at him, but the second half made him shake his head.

After working for a long time, the guy didn’t see anything at all. Duke Alexander was not surprised that Alexander II would help Grand Duke Constantine. He was more curious about whether Alexander II would succeed. And how Li Xiao and Nikolai Milyutin will respond to this change.

Duke Alexander had a feeling that Li Xiao and Nikolai Milyutin should have foreseen that Alexander II would help Grand Duke Constantine. Now that they are faced with such a difficult situation, how can they make a comeback?

“Do you think Grand Duke Andrei and Nikolai Milyutin will win?” Prince Mikhail exclaimed in disbelief.

Duke Alexander rolled his eyes at him: “I didn’t say they would definitely win, but I think it’s impossible for His Majesty to achieve his goal!”

Yes, he believed that the reason why Alexander II intervened was to disrupt the reformists and cause internal strife and division among the reformers.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be so generous based on his relationship with Grand Duke Constantine.

It’s just that Duke Alexander had a very vague feeling. He felt that Alexander II had fallen into a trap. This incident was a trap from beginning to end, with the purpose of luring him, the tsar, into a trap.

He was thinking hard, but Prince Mikhail became impatient: “Forget it, I can’t understand what you said. Now just tell me, where do we stand?”