Struggle in Russia

The so-called crooked brain is of course not going sideways, but similar to going sideways with a sword. Because generally if you want to get the title of prince, you either have to be a member of the Romanov family, you have to be reincarnated well, or you have to be particularly capable of fighting or be particularly valued by the tsar.

In the past, Duke Mikhail worked hard towards being particularly capable of playing, but now he feels that this path has basically come to an end, and there should not be any particularly good opportunities. Then work hard to be especially seen and valued by Nicholas I? For example, picking up a princely title like the old eunuch Menshikov?

It's a pity that Prince Mikhail still can't go this way. The reason is very simple. Who made Duke Alexander have liberal tendencies? Just for this one, he would never try to win Nicholas I's favor.

So does it mean that Prince Mikhail has no hope?

That's not true, this is about talking about the sword's slant. The credit can be credit on the battlefield, but it can also be some special credit. He thinks that if the cable telegraph is really as useful as Duke Aldorf said, it will be a Geshiqi credit if it is promoted!

Think about it, would Nicholas I be happy if the cable telegraph could strengthen his rule over the country? And this thing really has this ability!

In the past, Russia often suffered from the disadvantages of sparsely populated land and inconvenient transportation. For example, in history, the Decembrists made troubles, that is, the two brothers Nicholas I and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich lived in St. Petersburg and the other in St. Petersburg. Communication in Warsaw was difficult. Nicholas I didn't know that his brother had given up the throne, so he pretended to be generous and refused to take the throne.

If there is a cable telegram, the matter will be clarified in just a telegram, and it is impossible to give the Decembrists a chance to do things.

There are many other examples of this kind. Inconvenient transportation and poor communication of information caused too many problems in that era, such as those liberals who Nicholas I didn't like, why Herzen and others could escape to London and continue to spread "Heretics", isn't it because every time a guy is caught, if the information is communicated smoothly and a telegram is sent from St. Petersburg, that guy will have to go to jail immediately, right?

Duke Mikhail realized the value of the wired telegraph. When every order of Nicholas I can be conveyed to every corner of the empire with lightning speed, doesn't it mean that Nicholas I's control can be exerted? At the extreme, such a good thing would not be attractive to the tsar, whose desire for control is not so strong.

If it is really going to be done, can you Nicholas I be unhappy? He was so happy, but he could forget the credit for Duke Mikhail's efforts to promote the cable telegraph. At that time, he was grateful to Duke Mikhail for knowing that the Sacred Heart was good at doing things, so why not give him the title of prince?

I have to say that Duke Mikhail's thoughts are really in the right place.

Nicholas I was indeed particularly interested in any tool that could strengthen his rule. Even if this tool was a new thing, he definitely would not refuse anyone, okay?

The most important thing is that Prince Mikhail thinks that this matter is a mess because the opposition led by Uvarov strongly resisted it. Sometimes the credit depends on the difficulty. If everyone agrees, there will be no credit at all. , but if everyone opposes it and the opposition is particularly fierce, can the person promoting it not have a big credit?

Don't say that Duke Mikhail's consideration is really reasonable, at least Duke Aldorf thinks it is really reasonable after hearing it, isn't the credit proportional to the degree of difficulty! If you want to make a great contribution to the world, you have to hate a big guy like Uvarov.

Of course, the above sentence was a joke. Although Duke Aldorf approved of Duke Mikhail’s theory, the theory is the same thing. He still has a lot of concerns about letting him fight Uvarov with a sword. .

"Count Uvarov is not easy to mess with!" Ordov said to Duke Mikhail as if sighing and persuading, "Your Majesty trusts him very much. Chernyshev, Adlerberg and Bariatinsky and others have a very close relationship with him, and the crown prince also attaches great importance to him, so it is not worthwhile to offend him for such a little contribution!"

Prince Mikhail disagreed with this. He smiled and said: "It seems that you are right. Count Uvarov is not easy to deal with, but are we just rotten persimmons? Not to mention Chernyshov, Adlerberg and his ilk can only be considered passé, if not for His Majesty's nostalgia, do you think they can still stand in the court?"

Duke Ordorf frowned. He admitted that there was some truth in what he said. Chernyshev and old Adlerberg were indeed a little lame, but Bariatinsky and Crown Prince Alexander still had to give face.

"Balyatinsky! It's this Bariatinsky again!" Prince Mikhail said, his tone becoming very gloomy.

The reason was that he didn't like Bariatinsky, or that Bariatinsky had a conflict of interest with him. According to the current public opinion propaganda of the ruling and opposition parties, Bariatinsky is the leader of the next generation of Russian military circles, a quasi-god of war.

Old men like Duke Mikhail and Prince Paskovich are in the past tense, and they have immediately disarmed and returned to the fields to take care of their lives. The military work should be left to Duke Bariatinsky.

Of course, this is not what makes Prince Mikhail the most angry. What makes him the most angry is that, according to outside public opinion, Bariatinsky alone is better than a group of veterans including him, as if Bariatin Ski let them hit them with one arm.

This made Duke Mikhail couldn't bear it anymore, because he felt that Bariatinsky and the people behind him were too rampant. Do you think these veterans eat porridge!

Anyway, in the past three years, Prince Mikhail has been angered by those who advocate Bariatinsky. He knows that someone is deliberately creating momentum for Bariatinsky in order to promote him. But it's unbearable to step on him so obviously!

Of course, Duke Mikhail also knows who is behind the tricks, except for Count Uvarov, the big man who controls Russia's ideological field. Since he, Uvarov, has the guts to hit him like this, Duke Mikhail, then they have to bear his anger accordingly!

Let's put it this way, in fact, Prince Mikhail has been a little bit intolerable for Uvarov. This guy said strange things to his brother, Duke Alexander, who made him unable to become the foreign minister for a long time. That's all, and now He even got it on his head by blatantly playing tricks. If he can bear it, he is a tortoise!