Struggle in Russia

"You mean, when Grand Duke Constantine inspected the 748 regiment, he was furious when he found an officer distributing prohibited books, and then directly took down Messadov?"

While the younger Adlerberg was telling in detail what he had learned about that day, the elder Adlerberg suddenly interrupted and asked.

"You think it's strange too, don't you?"

Little Adlerberg said excitedly: "I think there must be something wrong here. Pigs will not believe that Messadov's greedy and stupid subordinates are interested in banned books. As far as I can see, those idiots usually don't Don’t read! Many of them are even illiterate! Not to mention reading prohibited books!”

"I think this is a trap, and it was deliberately used by Grand Duke Constantine to deal with Messadov. The Grand Duke is probably planning to make a fuss about Messadov, and intends to point directly at that old man Menshikov!"

Old Adlerberg narrowed his eyes, then shook his head suddenly, denying his son's speculation: "No!"

Little Adlerberg felt that his speculation was reasonable, otherwise why would Grand Duke Constantine suddenly attack Messadov?

"It's too superficial!" Old Adlerberg commented with a sneer. "My child, you still look at the problem too superficially. If you want to stand tall in the political arena in the future, you must analyze it more deeply."

"Let me ask you, why did Grand Duke Constantine attack Messadov?"

Little Adlerberg was about to say that he had already answered this question, when he saw his father pat the handrail:

"The loss of a Mesadov is nothing to Menshikov. Even if Menshikov is proved to be full of crimes and unforgivable crimes, Menshikov will not be implicated. What is a small regiment leader? He even brought down an admiral, a confidant of His Majesty? What a joke!"

Old Adlerberg sneered and said, "It's all smoke, and it's all a cover to confuse outsiders. Messadov is not considered a character at all, and he is not worthy of His Majesty's favorite son. If you want to crush him to death The Admiralty can just find a general. It’s not worth asking Grand Duke Constantine to do it himself!”

Little Adlerberg also reacted suddenly, and said in surprise: "Yes! This is unreasonable! If Messadov hadn't been the commander of the 748 regiment at this moment, he would be nothing more than a cat or a dog. Kill this kind of garbage Why use a sledgehammer!"

"But Grand Duke Constantine just did that!" Little Adlerberg's facial features huddled together, showing how entangled he was with this question, "It's meaningless?"

Old Adlerberg sneered again: "It must be meaningful. It's just that it's hidden very deeply. I'm afraid you have overlooked some details of this matter?"

Little Adlerberg said blankly: "Details? What details?"

"Didn't you notice that it was the military police from the headquarters of the third department that arrested Messadov? You are clearly nearby, so why did the Grand Duke go around and find someone from the third department to arrest Messadov? "

Little Adlerberg thought for a while and replied: "Maybe the Grand Duke doesn't know my position? Worried that I won't deal with Messadov according to his ideas?"

"Maybe a little." Old Adlerberg said contemptuously: "But, I don't think this is the most critical reason. What I worry about is that the reason why the Grand Duke bypassed you is because some of the cases in this case You can't let you know the details, once you know, the diorama will go wrong."

"So!" Old Adlerberg solemnly ordered: "Your most important task now is to discover these details, find a way to find Messadov, and ask clearly! Of course, you can't put all your hopes on that. Spend more money on the idiot, go and bribe the people around Grand Duke Constantine and the witnesses that day, and find out what's going on!"

I have to say that the old Adlerberg is still very powerful, and he was keenly aware that something was wrong. Under his guidance, the young Adlerberg immediately started to act,

Gather information in a two-pronged approach.

This sensitivity is much better than Menshikov, although the old eunuch immediately learned that Messadov was imprisoned by Grand Duke Constantine. But the old eunuch didn't pay much attention at first, as old Adlerberg analyzed, Messadov is really not important to him, he has hundreds of mesadov's henchmen on hand, dead If you lose one or two, ten or eight old eunuchs will not feel bad.

Even when he first heard the news, Menshikov was a little happy and proud, thinking that Grand Duke Constantine had come to deliver the head and handed over the handle to him.

why?

Because in the eyes of the old eunuch, Messadov is still a bit important now. After all, Nicholas I was very concerned about Li Xiao, and he wanted to kill someone quickly. Killing Messadov will inevitably affect the actions against Li Xiao, so Nicholas I will be happy?

So, this is a completely stupid move, a stinking game. Menshikov felt that as long as a few days passed, as long as Nicholas I heard the news, or he asked about the progress of the mission against Li Xiao, Grand Duke Constantine would have a good fruit at that time. At that time, as long as he reports some "evil deeds" of Grand Duke Constantine in the Admiralty with extra details, then the Grand Duke will have to suffer!

Beautiful! Happy!

This was Menshikov's first thought. What? You asked why he didn't take the initiative to report to Nicholas I? The old eunuch is also thoughtful. After all, he is a foreign minister, and he is not close to each other.

Although the small report of Grand Duke Constantine can speed up the process of the Grand Duke's misfortune, it will also leave a bad impression on Nicholas I. After all, they had been very unhappy about the navy budget before, and this time they took the initiative to "report and expose", which would definitely make Nicholas I think that Menshikov did it on purpose.

Menshikov attached great importance to the impression he gave Nicholas I, and he relied on this to make a living, so naturally he couldn't smash his own job. It would be much better to pretend not to see it, and wait for others to pierce the window paper before hitting the dog in the water.

Menshikov's little calculation was to hit it with a bang, thinking that everything was under control. But in fact, the development of things exceeded his expectations from the very beginning. Yes, after a few days, someone did report the news to Nicholas I, but the emperor's reaction far exceeded Menshikov's expectations!

Nicholas I just said nonchalantly: "Well, I know!"

What does it mean? Menshikov was a little confused, and he was going to take advantage of Nicholas I's anger to give Grand Duke Constantine eye drops! But Nicholas I was not angry, what should we do?

The old eunuch was immediately dumbfounded, and he wanted to post online to ask for help, but how could there be time to hold Buddha's feet temporarily? He could only force himself to hold back his desire to make a small report, left the imperial meeting in despair, and hurried to inquire about the news...