Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

There are indeed many nobles at the current station of the Guards.

Soloviev set out from Langgeron and arrived here at night.

Grand Duke Constantine is different from Alexander. He is now living in a tent.

Speaking of which, his official title is "Tsar", while Alexander is actually "Emperor of All Russia". Although Paul is against the empress all day long, he is actually a pro-Russian.

After all, "Tsar" is changed to "Caesar", and Moscow is also the third Rome, which is not questionable.

Here, Soloviev met another person from the Dolgorukov family, but he is not a branch of the previous ones.

There is no way. The descendants of Rurik of the Grand Duke Chernigov are really prosperous, and the family tree is very clear, so that the branches of Prince Dolgorukov and Prince Volkonsky are everywhere. In the aristocratic circle, in addition to the name and patronymic to distinguish them, you also have to pay attention to nicknames, nicknames, titles and native places, which are also troublesome to distinguish.

But this person is also an acquaintance. When Solovyov was with Suvorov, he heard the Marshal's nephew Gorchakov mention this family. After all, the person in front of him is Gorchakov's brother-in-law.

Vasily Yuryevich is five years older than Solovyov. His father is the retired Army Commander-in-Chief Yuri Dolgorukov. However, this diamond aristocrat has not been engaged yet and remains single. His father lives a luxurious life in the country estate.

However, in Russia, girls generally need dowries when they get married. Solovyov couldn't figure out why he didn't get married.

When this guy saw him, he had to say hello to him. After all, he was a celebrity in the Guards circle.

"Soloviev, you are finally back to the Guards."

"We who are also adjutants have to keep our ears open when leading troops. Who knows what tasks the emperor will assign us."

"It's like this. Your Highness is not in the tent, so don't go back to the Guards Chasseurs directly. We can sit down and talk."

"What is there to talk about? I know your father, Yuri Vladimirovich, has been to Montenegro and met an impostor."

"That's right. At that time, Her Majesty wanted to unite some forces in the Balkans to fight against the Turks. That was more than 30 years ago."

Yuri Dolgorukov's mission at that time was to go to Montenegro to meet a Montenegrin warlord who called himself Peter III, the King of Montenegro, Stepan Mali. Although this impostor was not as famous as Pugachev, he was the most successful one.

After all, he had his own territory on the Balkan stage, and he had repeatedly defeated the Ottoman Empire's expeditionary forces, and he had also made the Governor of Venice suffer from him, but in the end he was assassinated by the local archbishop and external forces.

This is also the only impostor who was not liquidated by the empress, and even planned an alliance with him.

The affairs of the Slavs are always so abstract.

Obviously, this Dolgorukov also knew this story, and did some popular science for Solovyov.

After he finished speaking, he was also a little confused about Solovyov's approach.

"Misha, why do you ask this? As a senior of the Putin Group, I am also very curious."

"No matter what the result of our war with France is, we should deal with the Ottoman Empire, the traditional ally of the French."

Solovyov didn't know that his stepmother had no relationship with the Ottoman Empire except for the Barbary pirates.

Why was Napoleon III keen on creating this kind of pseudo-history?

The reason is probably that France wants to reaffirm its traditional relationship with the Ottoman Empire, so it fabricates a specious fact based on some rumors.

The real Ottoman Queen Mother actually came from the Caucasus. If you think about it, Armenians are still relatives of the Ottoman Sultan.

"You think too far ahead. Do you want to be a diplomat in the future?"

"No, I just want to use my connections to fight the Turks and accumulate some military merits in the future."

Vasily Yurievich looked at him and felt helpless. This kid was too ambitious. He was only 24 years old and had military merits and a lot of merits. In addition, the two emperors liked him, so he was mentioned here.

If he defeated the Turks again and learned from his master, Marshal Suvorov, to win a few big victories, wouldn't he take off directly?

However, this Dolgorukov didn't know that Solovyov went to see Alexander with Kutuzov's plan and poured cold water on the Tsar's enthusiasm. The position of general that was about to be obtained was directly wasted.

But this was also Soloviev's good luck. If the Battle of Austerlitz failed, the blame would be on one side Kutuzov and the other side Weroser. He was too familiar with these two people, so he would definitely not be able to escape.

Therefore, while Soloviev missed the fast-forward channel, he also avoided a blame that might make him unable to get up.

This is actually good for him. After all, his resume at every level is solid and complete. Whether he leads troops in the future, becomes a military governor in a local area, or inspects a large province, he will be more down-to-earth in his work.

Russia's civil service system is not bad. There is a permanent ninth-class civil service bar there. Civil service class is eligible to become hereditary nobles only when they are above the eighth class. Soldiers are hereditary nobles from the fourteenth class onwards. I don't know how many things are stuffed in it.

Some jokes are actually about the situation in Tsarist Russia.

If we really talk about ability, Solovyov is much better than the three brothers of Dolgorukov who can become generals in their early 20s. These people have reached high positions early and seem to be independent, but lack guidance and have too much subjective tendency.

Although it is a bit impolite to say this, the father of the three brothers went to the Balkans to fight with volunteers in his early years. After returning, he was in charge of the Tula Arsenal and did not fight a big battle.

When Peter went to see Napoleon this time, he was bound to be fooled by the second uncle who Solovyov had not yet recognized.

Speaking of which, Rurik of the Chernigov branch is indeed a golden thigh among the Russian nobles. It is relatively easy for powerful princes of these two branches to improve their political status by marrying them.

He did not expect that Dolgorukov wanted to match him because of the relationship with the Suvorov system on Gorchakov's side.

But this prince, who has no wife yet, is thinking about other people's affairs, which is also very interesting.

As for what position he has now, he is the leader of the Chernigov Regiment, the headquarters of Dolgorukov and Volkonsky.

And the Astrakhan Grenadiers Regiment where he used to serve was led by Alexander's brother-in-law Frederick Ludwig. If nepotism is taken into account, Solovyov was born to be covered by them.

"Do you plan to get married?"

"You ask me?"

Soloviev was a little surprised. He did not expect that the prince would ask him this question.

"Yes, in our Dolgorukov family, no matter which branch, many of them choose officers when they get married, and you are close to my relatives. Maybe I can help you when you get married in the future!"

"Then I still have to thank you, but this is not the important thing now. I am more curious about the situation in the Balkan Peninsula."

"I can tell you the details, but there are still many people who believe in the Eastern Church in Serbia, Montenegro and Greece, who can be allies. You are friends with the three brothers, and their father Peter Petrovich is very prestigious in Greece."

Soloviev wanted to hear this and change his mind. The Battle of Austerlitz was going to fail no matter how he looked at it.

He had to return to the Guards Chasseurs to lead the troops, which was also tomorrow's matter. There were still two days left, which was December 2, the first anniversary of Napoleon's coronation.

The coalition forces had some ideas in their heads to fight on this day, but how good were these ideas?

No matter how you look at it, it's hard to say.

After all, it was somewhat funny to fight on the first anniversary of the coronation of another party.

It was purely to boost the morale of the other side, just like the Battle of Trebia River happened to coincide with the anniversary of the Austrian Battle of Kolin.

But Alexander was very confident now. He even thought that the French army was likely to choose to retreat, which was a good time to launch an attack.

As for the order, it was soon conveyed to the Guards.

Solovyov found that he could prepare for the next season. Whether to go to the intermittent and intermittent Turkish front or continue to participate in the next anti-French alliance in the main force of the Russian army, he could consider it.

However, he was still listening to Vasily Yuryevich talking about some situations in the Balkans.

What he was doing now was also preparing for the future Balkan War.

Solovyov himself was considered a student of Suvorov, and those who were related to the Grand Marshal would help him at critical moments, but many of these people did not have a deep understanding of the situation in the Ottoman Empire. The changes in the situation in the Balkans over the years were very different from when they fought on the Danube.

"In the Balkans, we still have a naval fleet and a small number of troops in Corfu. As for the person you need, I think General Komnenos may be very useful."

"Ah? General Komnenos? His daughter and my sister are classmates!"

Soloviev himself wanted to laugh and turned around, because he was in the core area of ​​St. Petersburg, it was still very convenient to shake people. There will even be two Lazarevs as naval generals in the future, and those little girls can sleep in the same dormitory in the girls' school.

This General Christopher Komnenos, his wife is a princess of Moldavia, and his father was once the governor of Samos Island in the Ottoman Empire. Because of his relationship with Russia, he was beheaded by the Ottoman Sultan in Constantinople. It was in this context that General Komnenos married Princess Maria Muluzi of Moldavia because of his Greek ancestry.

He was one of the few descendants of Komnenos who had a name and some military power. Although he was only a major general and often served as the quartermaster general of the various corps on the Danube River, he was relatively familiar with the enemy situation in the Balkans, and with the relationship in his father-in-law's family, he could also have a say in the Minister of War.

Speaking of which, the Principality of Moldavia and the Ottoman Empire have now formed a feud. If you add Wallachia on the other side, it is not impossible to collect intelligence in the Balkan direction and conduct enemy research. The various ethnic groups in the Balkans, even those who do not believe in the cross but the moon and stars, hope that the Russian royal army will come to rescue them as soon as possible. They are exploited too much by the Ottoman Empire. Even the Crimean Khanate, which is considered a relative of the Ottoman Empire, had its Khan beheaded by the Sultan after the fall of the country.

Although Verosa's ability to formulate combat plans is very poor, he is still very good at intelligence collection and analysis. Soloviev learned his skills in this area and combined them with some of his own known methods.

While Verosa was still working on his plan to cut off the French army's retreat, Soloviev was considering the problem along the Dniester River.

He even had his own idea that Langgeron, the complaining monster, would definitely fall out of favor because he persuaded Alexander to give up the battle plan or made sarcastic comments on the current actions.

Solovyov's idea was to take this guy and a group of exiled French royalist officers to the Duke of Richelieu in Odessa, and to form a team to prepare for a big one.

The reason why it is said to "form a team" is that the Ottoman Empire will definitely take action in this direction under the instigation of France, and the French ambassador to Constantinople will do so.

The experience is that every time the Russian army arrives in this direction, one of Britain and France will definitely come out to support the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Now the French are doing this. If the Crimean War is unfortunately fought, it is the British who played the same trick to instigate, and finally led to the escalation of the situation.

But now he is just looking at the map and understanding the current situation in the Balkans.

There are actually ideas, but this requires reliable people to implement them.

It seems that after returning, he will more or less use the Polish girl's connections. She will help her brother's friends to run some middle and low-level military officer positions. Although it is a bit difficult to get a high-level military officer position, it should be no problem considering that Alexander is very fond of her and has had several daughters with her in succession.

But he actually has a very abstract route to find her through the queen.

After all, the Polish girl and Louisa have a good relationship. They have changed from rivals to besties. The queen can accept a mistress, sleep together, and raise children together. This is already very outrageous.

But no matter how you plan, you have to pass the current level now. If you can't pass this level, you may not have the opportunity to go to the Balkan stage in the future.

Of course, Solovyov also knows that because he and Bagration are directly superiors and subordinates, when he needs to mobilize troops to fight in various directions, as long as Bagration goes to the battlefield, except for the one in front of him, he should have a share.