Struggle in Russia - v3 Chapter 859 you're welcome

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Nikolai Milyutin was stunned. It was the first time he found out that Count Rostovtsev was so temperamental. Seeing how angry he was just now, he almost wanted to eat him alive.

Was this still the suave Count of Rostovtsev he knew?

Nikolai Milyutin, who was so scared that his heart was pounding, was in a mess. The traditional morality of the nobles told him that the words of Count Rostovtsev were simply heresy, but the experience of working hard in the officialdom these years told him, Although these words are not pleasing and unpleasant, they do make sense.

Everything in Russia, big or small, depends on the tsar alone. In the case of a wise and promising tsar, you can indeed make great strides, but in the case of a faint monarch, it is also a constant disaster.

Even the so-called promising tsar can't be so good from beginning to end. You look at Peter the Great in his later years. His tossing and turning essentially made the Romanov family die. Do you think this is a good thing?

In other words, Russia has always been good and bad, and its national policy has never been consistent. Every tsar has a tossing method. It made the whole country go up and down like a roller coaster.

What's the best way to face this situation? Naturally, as the Decembrists want to strive for a constitutional monarchy, they learn from the advanced experience of the West to limit the power of the tsar, and ensure that no one-man has wronged the country.

However, although Nikolai Milyuting had thought about this idea and even dreamed about it, but in reality, he was afraid of his hands and feet, always worried that it would be too much, beyond the the limit of servants.

For a virtuous nobleman, Nicholas Milutin always finds it difficult to accept methods like the French Revolution or the British constitutional monarchy.

Naturally, when it came time to implement the reform policy, he could not help but observe the face of Alexander II. On the one hand, he hoped that the reform would make the country stronger again, and on the other hand, he hoped that the tsar would not be guilty of sin and make the tsar happy.

The problem is that this is the mud. After all, the interests of the tsar are actually very closely bound to the conservatives. To put it bluntly, the tsar is the real leading brother and general manager of the conservatives. You attacked the biggest leader of the conservative forces, how did you carry out drastic reforms?

This is also the key reason for the failure of reforms in the history of people like Nikolai Milyutin. The reason why they were able to carry out reforms was the acquiescence of Alexander II, and once Alexander II changed his mind, everything would turn to ashes.

In short, it is unreliable to expect top-down reforms from the Tsar's wise man. Only by addressing the problem at the source and limiting the dominance of the Tsar's family at the root can ensure that reforms will never be reversed.

In this respect Count Rostovtsev looked a lot farther than Nikolai Milyutin. He realized very early on that the tsar was unreliable, and only relying on the tsar to carry out top-down reforms, one is that the reform plan will definitely be subject to a lot of restrictions, and many things can only be mixed with mud. The other is that the tsar can go back at any time, look at Alexander I, when he appointed Count Speransky to reform, he finally did not go back.

Therefore, we can't pin all our hopes on the tsar, and even be mentally prepared that the tsar is also one of the reformers.

And Nicholas Milyuting lacked such psychological construction. He always felt that it was difficult to reform. At this time, don't "get an inch", as long as you can pass it, you can pass it!

This kind of thinking is extremely dangerous, which is why Count Rostovtsev especially wanted to beat Nikolai Milyutin. After this conversation, the latter naturally had a new view on the situation. Although it may not make him completely awake, More or less, it also made him understand how difficult this reform is, because it has encountered a lot of difficult problems before it even started.

At this time, Nicholas Milyuting was also a little discouraged. He also admitted that he thought of reforms too simply and underestimated the problems that the tsar might cause.

"Then what position do you plan to give the archduke?" he asked sullenly.

Count Rostovtsev replied: "The chief of the St. Petersburg police."

Nikolai Milyuting was taken aback, because although the chief of the St. Petersburg Police Department did not look like a high-ranking official, the power in his hand was very crucial. The police and security of St. Petersburg, large and small, were in his hands. You are welcome. People who say that this position is not particularly trusted by the Tsar are generally unsteady and unable to sit still.

At least Nikolai Milyuting felt that Li Xiao would definitely not be able to sit still, because Alexander II would definitely not be happy to let such an unsightly cousin control the violent institutions in St. Petersburg.

"It's not possible!" Nikolai Milyuting blurted out, "Your Majesty will never agree!"

Count Rostovtsev replied indifferently: "So we need to put some pressure on Your Majesty. If the police force in St. Petersburg can be controlled in our hands, there will be a lot less trouble in the reform, won't it?"

Nikolai Milyutin admits that this is a very good idea. If he can control all the police agencies in St. Petersburg, it can definitely make those conservatives honest.

But he still thinks this is a bit too much. After all, Alexander II and the conservatives are not stupid. How can they not see the possible blow to them by this appointment?

"I think even if we try to exert pressure~www.novelbuddy.com~ it will not be successful," Nikolai Milyutin replied with consideration, "Why don't we give the archduke another position, I promise it will not be too much. Bad or bad!"

Count Rostovtsev laughed out loud in his heart. He knew that Nikolai Milyutin would say so. In fact, he calculated that Nicholas Milyutin would not agree, so he deliberately proposed to let Li Xiao be the St. Petersburg police station. Chief, to put it bluntly, this is a bargaining tool.

"Really?" He snorted slightly, "It seems that you have a lot of beautiful jobs there! You can choose at will!"

Nikolai Milyutin suddenly smiled bitterly. How could he have so many beautiful mistakes? Wasn't this forced by Count Rostovtsev to make him happy? You think it's easy for him!

Nikolai Milyuting thought for a while and replied, "How about going to the Ministry of Finance? There is a shortage of fat there!"

Count Rostovtsev snorted coldly: "It's not to make money, I want real influence and power to help us in our position!"

Nicholas Miluting said badly in his heart: "You are really welcome, the question is, where is such a good location to find!"