Struggle in Russia

What exactly did Count Rostovtsev say that made Peter Barek faint instantly?

It's very simple, he said: "This is the exact words His Majesty asked me to convey to you, and His Majesty also asked me to scold you, it's better to teach you with a whip, so that you can understand how to be a governor! "

Peter Barek didn’t dare to disagree with Nicholas I if he had opinions on anyone. Even if Nicholas I called him a stupid pig, he could only admit it. Make that His Majesty amused.

Count Rostovtsev is very clear about the thoughts of Peter Barek and his ilk. He is not very capable and has a lot of bad tempers, but he is as humble as a pug when facing the imperial power. Dealing with such people is very simple. Just slap your face.

Count Shuvalov was dealt with three times, five times and two times. This made everyone present see Count Rostovtsev's methods and decisive killing. Everyone present, including Grand Duke Constantine, gasped. Take a breath.

"His Royal Highness!"

When Grand Duke Konstantin was still thinking about how to take advantage of the victory to beat Shuvalov, a lagging dog, Count Rostovtsev suddenly called him.

"Count!" He hurriedly stood at attention, for fear of offending the imperial envoy, "What orders do you have?"

"You speak too seriously, Your Highness," Count Rostovtsev replied flatly, "You know, the most important reason His Majesty sent me to thoroughly investigate this case is that you were involved in this case, which is a huge scandal. Your Majesty is deeply saddened by this sleepless night..."

Grand Duke Constantine quickly lowered his head and confessed: "I'm sorry, it was my mistake. I didn't know people well, and my father was troubled."

Count Rostovtsev smiled slightly and said, "It's good if you have this knowledge. Your Majesty will feel a little better if he knows. But before we do that, we have to find out what is going on in this case, don't you think so?" ?”

Grand Duke Constantine looked at Count Rostovtsev suspiciously. He didn't know what the latter meant, but he instinctively felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, Count Rostovtsev immediately said: "As you have seen, I am going to thoroughly investigate the case. Everything before must be restarted, the suspects must be re-identified, and the case must be re-organized. For the sake of fairness and justice, Shuvalov The earl has been suspended from review, and as another person connected to the case..."

Grand Duke Konstantin probably guessed what Count Rostovtsev was going to do, and he was furious about it, and was about to explode immediately, but Count Rostovtsev still told him to be honest with only one sentence .

I saw him pointing to Grand Duke Nicholas and Grand Duke Mikhail who had watched the white play for a while and said: "You saw it too,

Because you were involved in the case, His Majesty had to send two Grand Dukes to supervise the case. You should know the nature of this, right? "

Grand Duke Constantine stopped talking, and he still doesn't know why?

Count Rostovtsev said again: "But you are a prince after all, and you have important responsibilities. It is a bit inappropriate to suspend your work. How about this? Grand Duke Mikhail will supervise you nearby and assist you in handling your daily affairs. How about clearing up your suspicions and blocking those tongue-chewing mouths?"

Grand Duke Constantine looked at Grand Duke Mikhail, and then at Count Rostovtsev. He knew that he had to agree if he didn't agree, and he didn't need to think that his younger brother was actually the person sent to watch him nearby.

Grand Duke Constantine has not yet agreed, and Grand Duke Mikhail on the other side is a little confused and eager to try. What was confusing was that he had just arrived in Kiev, and before he could figure out what happened, Count Rostovtsev assigned him an errand.

This errand is still watching and assisting his ambitious second brother nearby, which is very happy.

What? What is there to be happy about, you ask?

Isn't it simple? Monitoring the Grand Duke Constantine nearby means that his second brother is under his supervision. As long as he behaves a little more impartially, how can he not be happy if the news reaches the ears of the Crown Prince?

At that time, as long as he is more courteous, visits the elder brother twice more, and tells how he strictly supervised the Grand Duke Constantine at that time, will the elder brother not have a good impression of him?

More importantly, there are two hidden benefits of taking this job. The first one is that Count Rostovtsev said that he was asked to assist Grand Duke Constantine in handling official duties. After all, Grand Duke Constantine is in a state of restraint, and some official duties are not suitable for him to handle alone, but he said that he is assisting the actual It also has a certain right to intervene.

Grand Duke Mikhail dreamed of having power, but he had never had a suitable opportunity before. Now Count Rostovtsev gave him the opportunity. Wouldn't he be worthy of this opportunity if he didn't make good use of it?

The second is that Grand Duke Mikhail can use the pretext of "assisting" the work to secretly monitor the movements of Grand Duke Constantine. If you want to make a better impression on the eldest brother, you can report it directly, and if you want to blackmail some benefits from the second brother, you can secretly hook up. This is simply a good job!

Anyway, Grand Duke Mikhail was happy in his heart, and his opinion of Count Rostovtsev was much better, and he completely forgot about the discomfort of rushing all the way.

It's just that Grand Duke Mikhail didn't know that Count Rostovtsev's arrangement was actually intentional. The reason why Grand Duke Mikhail was sent to "supervise" Grand Duke Constantine was mainly for two purposes.

The first one is that he knows that compared with Grand Duke Nicholas, this man has a much more vivid mind and many more ideas. If he is kept by his side, this man may make trouble, and even cause him to be corrupted. Without Grand Duke Nicholas, things will be very troublesome.

After kicking him away, Grand Duke Nicholas, a cowardly and good-natured character, let him handle it. He said that if he went south, he would never dare to go north. Even if Grand Duke Mikhail wants to play tricks, he can't connect with Grand Duke Nicholas to form a joint force.

The second reason is that Count Rostovtsev is actually not at ease with Grand Duke Constantine. Li Xiao had warned him before that Grand Duke Constantine was the best at making troubles, and he must be on guard against making trouble.

But this time when he came to Kiev to investigate the case, this man made a trick just at the beginning, which aggravated Count Rostovtsev's vigilance. In order to prevent him from continuing to do things later, someone must be sent to take care of him, and Grand Duke Mikhail is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate...