Struggle in Russia

Did you find it amazing, did you not expect that Count Rostovtsev was actually a rebellious Decembrist? Are you shocked? Don't be surprised, even more amazing things are yet to come!

While other Decembrists were punished by harsh laws, deprived of their titles, property, and all honorary titles, served hard labor and exiled to the earth in Siberia, this magical Count Rostovtsev was completely helpless. The wounded one stayed in St. Petersburg, stayed in the Winter Palace, stayed beside Nicholas I, and became the confidant of His Majesty.

Amazing, right?

So how did this gorgeous transformation comparable to Sailor Moon come true? Quite simply, on the eve of the Decembrist uprising, Count Rostovtsev personally went to meet Nicholas I and warned the future emperor that "danger is coming".

Yes, it is said that the miraculous count turned out to be an informer, and this allowed him to win the trust of Nicholas I and escape.

It seems that the earl is mean, a complete villain, and should be cast aside? Should it be infamous for thousands of years?

Things were not that simple. Everything that happened in front of the Winter Palace that winter was very complicated. Many things and the images shown were not completely consistent with the truth. The actions of Count Rostovtsev are more complicated and full of profound meaning.

First of all, the earl didn't betray his friends to report the secret. In fact, he told his friends that he was going to warn Nicholas I. At that time, he said openly to his good friend who was also a Decembrist: "I am loyal to Russia and to the Romanov family. It is foreseeable that our actions will make Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich (Nicolas I) ) As for the danger, I decided to go to him and beg him not to accept the throne."

Yes, Count Rostovtsev hoped to indirectly contribute to the success of the uprising by persuading Nicholas I not to accept the throne. And he did not tell the whole story of the actions of the Decembrists, but only told Nicholas I: "It will be very dangerous for you to accept the throne!" The whole process of the meeting with Gula I.

Looking at it this way, the earl is no longer a despicable informer, but more like a naive child.

Of course, Count Rostovtsev was not naive. In fact, he had a deep city. The reason why he went to warn Nicholas I was not because he was naive. On the contrary, it was because he was very realistic and very predictable. I am afraid that at that time, as a Decembrist who did not approve of launching an armed uprising immediately, he had already realized that this uprising with a hasty organization and unclear purpose would not succeed. .

It is undoubtedly a good idea to warn Nicholas I vaguely. It neither affected the implementation of the uprising, but also found a way to protect myself after the failure of the uprising. How can someone who can come up with such a clever method be a little naive? It's good to be scheming!

The result! It is also written in the history books that the Decembrist uprising can only be regarded as a farce. The messy sit-and-see opportunity slipped away and nothing was achieved. Instead, it exposed the immaturity of Russian progressives and the ignorance of the bottom serf class soldiers. A combination of the two is clearly unlikely to lead Russia to a new page. This shows that the earl's prediction was very accurate!

Count Rostovtsev wisely jumped out of the vortex, preserved his strength, and lurked beside Nicholas I silently waiting for new opportunities, but now, he felt that the time was ripe.

"Count, do you really think that the current international situation is conducive to the reform of our country?"

In the slowly moving carriage, Nikolai Alexievich Milyutin asked Count Rostovtsev without concealing his doubts.

Count Rostovtsev looked at Xiaomi Liujing, who was ten years younger than himself. The slightly immature face of this 29-year-old young man always reminded him of himself in 1825.

That winter of that year,

He also kept asking his good friend and big brother Sergei Ivanovich Muravyov-Apostol with similar doubts, and he also kept questioning the other party's decision to revolt immediately, Instead, they called for the cancellation of the uprising plan. At that time, did Muraviyov feel as confident as he is now?

Count Rostovtsev's thoughts flew away in an instant, as if he had returned to the winter that he would never forget: Colonel Muraviev was put on the gallows on the Peter and Paul Fortress Square on Rabbit Island. Looking at the gallows and noose calmly, without the slightest fear. This disappointed Nicholas I, who was watching the execution. The tyrant wanted to see the rebels freaking out or kneeling in repentance, which would serve as a deterrent.

But Muraviyov was always so calm. He used his calmness to despise Nicholas I and the conservative Russian upper class. Nothing could make him change his ambitions, not even death.

Rostovtsev will never forget the terrible scene that followed. Muraviev was put on a black hood and noose. They fell, and then a stunned scene happened. The wooden beam tied with the noose couldn't bear the prisoner's weight and broke with a click. The prisoners fell directly to the ground, broke their legs and screamed in pain.

This was not a trick deliberately played by Nicholas I, nor was it the fake execution that Dostoevsky and his friends encountered later, but a concrete manifestation of the incompetence of decadent Russia. In the words of Muraviyov before he was executed again, it is: "This bastard country will not plot, judge, or even hang people!"

Nicholas I did not let go of the five Decembrist leaders headed by Muraviyov, even if the beam that broke suddenly seemed like God was saying to keep people under the sword, even if dignitaries continued to intercede for the five. But Nicholas I insisted on executing again immediately, so Muraviyov and others dragged their broken legs to the gallows again on the spot.

From that day on, Rostovtsev hated the new tsar very much. Even though Nicholas I gave him full trust and continued to promote him, he still could not forget his elder brother Muraviyov before his departure. The look in his eyes is not only the contempt for the decadent autocracy, but also the infinite longing for the revolutionary future. He is determined to carry forward the will of Big Brother and carry this revolution to the end. For this reason, he has endured humiliation and accumulated strength, and has been preparing for too long...