Struggle in Russia

Count Uvarov has always believed that the key to Russia's survival and standing in Europe is the aristocratic elite. Without the leadership of these elites, Russia, which has a vast territory but "poor resources", would not be an opponent of the traditional European powers at all, and even He can't even beat the neighbors next door.

It’s not like Sweden and Poland have not caused huge trouble to Russia in history. What can those serfs like cannon fodder do?

Therefore, Count Uvarov believes that Russia should concentrate its precious resources so that the elite can obtain the best material support, while the serfs can be used as gray animals. Although this is by no means the best model, it should definitely be the model most suitable for Russia's national conditions.

Naturally, in the current difficult situation, he believed that the nobles and landowners should not continue to suffer losses, and that the serfs should face a difficult situation as a matter of course.

But now that the serfs have revolted, he can't bear it anymore. He can't waste precious resources on gray animals and let the precious elite nobles suffer, right?

Unfortunately, people are often unreasonable when faced with survival issues. Since the majority of serfs can no longer survive, what so-called laws and rules can restrain them? Doing nothing and just waiting to be starved to death by the nobles would be considered a heroic act, but simply rising up and overthrowing the nobles and snatching the rations to survive from the nobles' granaries is considered heroic even if it fails.

In any case, it is better to die like a man than to die like a man. As a fighting nation, there is no shortage of courage. If the head falls off, it is just a scar as big as a bowl. At worst, eighteen years later, he will be a good man again!

Count Uvarov was speechless and helpless against the serfs' unreasonable attitude. He was quite helpless when a scholar encounters a soldier who has no reason to explain.

How he hopes that he can persuade those rebels to settle down with his sharp tongue. He will tell them that every sacrifice is valuable. Maybe their sacrifices today can contribute to Russia's re-emergence in the future!

Feodora knew her father well and felt that her father's words made sense. Russia's national conditions were more than a little behind those Western European tycoons. If they didn't try to make reasonable use of resources, they would be left behind in the future. Shadow! .

However, she had an argument with Vishnyak that day. After she accused Vishnyak of condoning the mob, she told him what Count Uvarov said. Tell her disdainfully:

"Rational use of resources? Beautiful lady, I don't know who told you this nonsense, but I want to say that it is such nonsense!"

"You noble men occupy 90% of the country's land. Even if your Majesty's war tax has affected your harvest this year, you eat white bread, milk and beef every day, as well as imported red wine, and even You squander countless amounts every day. What role do these precious resources play for you? Are they just for you to waste and lead the country into a dead end?"

"To put it bluntly, if you can save a little bit, the little food leaked from your fingers will be enough to feed millions of poor serfs. But you have no sympathy and would rather use those precious food They throw them away and let them moldy in the warehouse, and they are unwilling to take them out to help the poor people who are hungry."

"Is this reasonable? Obviously as long as you have a little sympathy, this difficult year can be easily overcome, but you maintain a luxurious life while accusing the serfs of being hungry? Damn it, I regret saving you, it's so It’s unnecessary, scumbags like you are not worth saving!”

These words gave Feodora a strong stimulation. She was a smart girl with perfect thinking ability. And she is not lacking in sympathy. She previously agreed with Count Uvarov's theory because she thought it was reasonable. However, after this so-called reasonableness was ruthlessly exposed by Vishnyak, she couldn't help but fall into In contradiction.

Because she knew what Vishnyak said was true. Although the failure of the Crimean War made the atmosphere in the aristocratic circle depressed, strictly speaking, most people had no worries about eating and drinking, and at most they only had dance parties six days a week. It has been changed to open five days a week.

In fact, the food, drink, and entertainment were not fundamentally different from those before the war. In this case, it was indeed a bit inhumane for the serfs to starve just because the gentlemen had missed one day of dancing. It really didn't make sense, at least she couldn't convince herself to accept it all, and this was also an important reason for her to go home early. She had too many doubts that she needed her old father to help solve.

"Dad, as he said, what I saw in Moscow was indeed extravagant. If we can restrain a little bit of waste, there is really no need to let those poor people who are hungry and cold suffer alone!"

The question of his good daughter caught Count Uvarov off guard, and was the fatal problem with his theory. If the upper class and the lower class of society in Russia share the same joys and sorrows, then there is nothing to say, and there is certainly no reason for the serfs to rebel.

But the problem now is that the lives of the noble men have not been greatly affected, but the mud-legged people can't survive. This can't be called sharing the joys and sorrows, right?

You can't share the joys and sorrows of your family. The mud-legged guy who drinks spicy food and is popular among the gentlemen deserves to starve to death. Then there's nothing to say. But no one in the world would recognize such sharing of joys and sorrows, so naturally this trick cannot fool anyone.

It took Count Uvarov a long while to hold back a sentence: "I do not deny that luxury and waste do exist, but they are only a minority. They cannot represent the entire aristocratic class. The vast majority of people are good. We cannot generalize! "

Feodora fell into deep thought. Although she wanted to believe what her old father said, judging from what she saw and heard, this was not a generalization. Extravagance and waste in the aristocratic circle were universal!

Count Uvarov probably knew that his words were not convincing enough, and he immediately defended: "Even if there is luxury and waste, my son, what we waste is all our own property, and everything is given to us by God. Yes. What does it have to do with other people if we waste our own things? We cannot be blamed just because of the power we naturally enjoy, let alone the reason for those mud-legged people to cause trouble. If this principle can be established, then wouldn't robbery also be the reason? Is it reasonable and legal?”

It has to be said that Count Uvarov is a good at changing concepts. When his so-called theory cannot be justified, he resorts to the fallacy given by God. So, can he convince Feodora?