Struggle in Russia - v3 Chapter 869 not feeling good

Of course, Li Xiao had other things to do. He had already assumed the post in the past few days and began to familiarize himself with the position of the director of the third hall in St. Petersburg.

To be honest, he didn't feel particularly good after taking office, mainly because the main supervisors of the third department in St. Petersburg are all thousand-year-old foxes, and they are slippery than soap. No matter what they can push, they can push but not push and drag. , in a word, it is yang to obey yin and not to do things.

What's worse is that Li Xiao can't do anything about them for the time being. After all, the only person he can use is Muravyov, and the two of them alone can't cure so many fox spirits.

"You asked me for someone?" sighed Count Rostovtsev.

Li Xiao replied as a matter of course: "Otherwise? Could it be that he recommended talents for you?"

Count Rostovtsev rolled his eyes: "There is a shortage of people everywhere now. I told you before that there is a reason why you were able to go to the third part of St. Petersburg. Do you need me to repeat the reason?"

"I know, I know!" Li Xiao became impatient. "But if anyone who can use it won't give it to me, what do you want me to do?"

Count Rostovtsev rolled his eyes at him again: "Didn't I ask Muravyov to help you? How can you say there is no one?"

"Then you are so generous!" Li Xiao snorted, "He is also a bare commander, what can he do?"

"That's your business!" Count Rostovtsev was unmoved at all and refused: "If you don't do well, resign, and I didn't force you!"

Li Xiao was so angry that he had nothing to do with the rogue Count Rostovtsev. After all, he couldn't really quit his job. But he was unwilling to let him accept this result, so he continued to fight for it in a shameless manner:

"I don't care. I can't do anything without anyone. Either you can give me a few capable people, or you can help me clean up those old fritters and make them honest!"

Count Rostovtsev glanced at him and smiled meaningfully: "That's what you came for, right? What? You've already drawn up a list and want me to help drive people out, right?!"

Count Rostovtsev really guessed right. This is actually Li Xiao's purpose. The only way to clean up those thousand-year-old foxes is to kill chickens to warn the monkeys. Only by killing a few chickens can the monkeys have a sense of awe. Otherwise, they will just slap their noses on their faces and take you less seriously!

But it was impossible for Li Xiao to admit this directly. He replied with a snarl: "What list do you want, I don't want any of those bastards, it's better to drive them all away!"

Count Rostovtsev smiled contemptuously: "How dare you mention it, let alone me, even His Majesty can't do it!"

However, Li Xiao refused to do this and insisted: "It's not that I can't do it, but I don't want to do it, right? Those guys have been instructed by someone to deliberately embarrass me. How could it be possible without the above hints? !"

Count Rostovtsev snorted: "You can see clearly! Why do you want me to clean up the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Li Xiao immediately nodded and said, "Isn't this exactly your duty? Otherwise, what are you doing? It's too decadent to play horse racing every day!"

Count Rostovtsev was speechless for a while, and Li Xiao went around in a circle and mentioned this stubble again. It seemed that the other party was fully prepared to seize this point and make a fuss.

What made him uncomfortable was that he couldn't say anything yet. After all, although horse racing was a leisure hobby, it was really unreasonable for him to indulge in it. And taking a step back, it is indeed his job to destroy the behind-the-scenes forces that interfered with Nikolai Miluting and Li Xiao's actions, but this time, the behind-the-scenes mastermind is a bit tricky.

After a pause, Count Rostovtsev suddenly said, "Do you know Duke Vasily Dolgorukov?"

Li Xiao's ears pricked up immediately, because he really knew this duke. The famous old fritters conservative later became the director of the third department and was the loyal dog of Alexander II.

Of course, the most famous thing about this guy is that when Alexander II just decided to start reforms, he was not generally close to the liberals, and it was once thought that he was a supporter of reforms.

But later, once Alexander II showed his true colors, this man immediately showed his fangs, and he was really a **** conservative.

"I've heard some rumors about him," Li Xiao replied calmly, "I don't seem to be very active recently. It seems to be very close to my cousin!"

"Yes," Count Rostovtsev nodded, "the Duke has not expressed his support for reform on different occasions, at least everyone thinks he is an enlightened person!"

Li Xiao burst out with a laugh: "Fucking enlightened person, he is just a piece of shit, he supports whatever the tsar supports, believe it or not, as long as my big brother says he is against reform, tomorrow he will start criticizing liberalism. Sing praises to traditional virtues!"

Count Rostovtsev was surprised, because the reformists felt very good about Duke Vasily Dolgorukov, and many high-level officials, including Archduke Konstantin and Nikolai Milyutin, felt that he was Very open-minded. Only Count Rostovtsev personally felt that the duke was not a good bird and needed to be focused.

And Li Xiao was able to see through the duke at a glance~www.novelbuddy.com~ and even said that he was the loyal dog of the Tsar. How did he come to such a sharp judgment? Count Rostovtsev remembered that someone was not particularly familiar with the top nobles in St. Petersburg, and he had no research on the doorways. How did he see through Duke Vasily Dolgorukov?

Count Rostovtsev asked calmly, "Why? The Duke's remarks are still very sincere..."

"Sincere?" Li Xiao sneered: "How do you see that he is sincere? Let me say, these guys who are suddenly close to us before but not very close to us can't trust any of them. Either they are speculators or they have ulterior motives. The villains, be careful with them, and don't be fooled by them!"

Count Rostovtsev likes to listen to this kind of words, because what he has heard in the faction recently is blind optimism and blind credulity, and there are many people who are flattering and saying something nice. I was coaxed to be unable to find the north.

This is not a good phenomenon. Once the top and bottom are overwhelmed, I am afraid that it is not far from failure.

Count Rostovtsev sighed in his heart, but still asked calmly: "Then what do you think about these supporters who suddenly appeared?"