Struggle in Russia

Count Rostovtsev's strategy is undoubtedly very ingenious. It not only got rid of the trouble of Grand Duke Mikhail, but also contained the big trouble of Grand Duke Constantine. Without the interference of these two grand dukes, his layout in Kiev was successful. More than half of it.

Of course, he knew that his greatest enemy, Count Shuvalov, had not been completely subdued, and the next focus was to repair him. And he immediately thought of the ammunition that Grand Duke Constantine sent up just now, and he had to say that it was better to come early than coincidentally. He had just arrived in Kiev, so there was an unexpected harvest!

"His Royal Highness Constantine, now we can talk about your accusation against Count Shuvalov. Is everything you said earlier based on solid evidence?"

Grand Duke Constantine is still thinking about how to get rid of the oily bottle of Grand Duke Mikhail. He has a mediocre impression of this younger brother. In his eyes, he is just a mediocre mediocrity. Of course, in his eyes, apart from himself being a genius among his brothers, everyone else, including Crown Prince Alexander, is mediocre.

Anyway, his relationship with Grand Duke Mikhail is very ordinary, but now Count Rostovtsev just sent such an annoying mop to supervise him, so he has to find a way to make him be more honest!

Grand Duke Konstantin was already thinking about how to disown Grand Duke Mikhail. Count Rostovtsev suddenly asked him about the evidence, and he hesitated. Because Viscount Prozolov told him that it is best to keep these terrible things in his hands, otherwise the power will be greatly reduced.

But now it is Count Rostovtsev who is looking for him. As the imperial envoy with full authority to handle the case, his power is not only great, but his attitude is also very important. What if Count Rostovtsev misunderstood Count Rostovtsev if he didn't hand in the evidence, so he directly investigated him severely?

After thinking for a while, Grand Duke Constantine decided to hand over half and keep the other half, and keep the most terrible evidence in his hands, and we will see how the situation develops.

"Count, of course I have relevant evidence, but you must ensure that you must protect these evidences. If something goes wrong with them, even if the lawsuit comes to the father, I will ask you for it!"

Count Rostovtsev replied indifferently: "Yes, if you are worried, I can give you a written receipt to say that I have received these evidences."

Grand Duke Constantine naturally wished for it, and immediately handed over some unimportant handles to Count Rostovtsev.

After Grand Duke Konstantin left, Count Rostovtsev looked through the evidence casually, and immediately sneered, "This Kostya is not usually very narrow-minded, so you don't even need to think that he has more important things in his hands. Anton, let your people keep a close eye on him, especially pay attention to his contact with Uvarov's people, and notify me as soon as there is any news about this!"

a little pause,

He also ordered: "There is also Grand Duke Mikhail, keep an eye on him, this is also a worry!"

Anton bowed in awe and agreed. He was very unfamiliar with Count Rostovtsev. He had only heard that he was Nicholas I's senior adviser and confidant, and he was a die-hard supporter of Nicholas I. .

But this confidant of Nicholas I was actually in contact with Li Xiao, who supported the reform, and he was still in close contact. Li Xiao even directly ordered him to obey the orders of Count Rostovtsev, no matter what the count asked him to do. Do everything without hesitation.

To be honest, even Alexei Li Xiao was never so generous. Anyway, Anton was very curious about the relationship between Earl Rostovtsev and Li Xiao, as well as the earl's true political orientation.

Anton was observing Count Rostovtsev, and the latter was also observing him. When he became an imperial envoy, he immediately contacted Li Xiao, hoping that Li Xiao would send reliable personnel to assist him in dealing with Kiev affairs.

The reason why Count Rostovtsev sought out important people from Li Xiao was because he didn't trust all the big and small officials in Kiev. Their identities are too sensitive, and it is really not suitable to have too much contact with them.

But this time, it is necessary to attack the strength of the conservative faction and to intimidate Grand Duke Constantine and try to gain control of the third department of Kiev, which determines that he must have some reliable personnel to assist.

After thinking about it, Count Rostovtsev felt that only Li Xiao was reliable. And Li Xiao was not stingy, and directly assigned all of Anton's people to him, and told him that Anton was the commander in charge of trapping Grand Duke Constantine and Shuvalov before.

Count Rostovtsev was quite satisfied with Anton's previous performance. In hindsight, it seemed that Petrovna's sudden escape disrupted the overall plan. hands on.

Although it was a bit hasty, after a successful blow and then quickly retreated, there was not a trace of clues left. It was useless for Shuvalov and Peter Barek to search the whole city for half a month.

From the whole operation, it can be seen that Anton and his party are indeed well-trained, especially Anton, the commander, who was calm and calm in the face of unexpected situations, and acted decisively and early in the face of unexpected situations, which achieved satisfactory results. This fully proved his ability. Anyway, Count Rostovtsev felt that he could trust Anton to handle any secret matters.

After the explanation, Count Rostovtsev asked after keeping an eye on Grand Duke Constantine and Grand Duke Mikhail: "How is the situation in Kiev during this period? Did Shuvalov do anything?"

Count Rostovtsev has also noticed Shuvalov for a long time, and is very clear about his danger. He didn't believe that this insidious guy would just sit and wait during the half-month window period, he must have made arrangements.

Anton replied succinctly: "For more than half a month, he has lived in seclusion and basically stayed in the third department of Kiev. We have no eyeliner there, and we have no way of knowing what he has done. However, from the outside situation, his The focus of the work is not on the hunt for Fionin, although this work is also very tight, but I think it’s too much noise. Shuvalov’s focus should be shifted.”

Count Rostovtsev looked at Anton with great interest. He became more and more interested in this young man. He had to say that every time he dealt with Li Xiao, the down-and-out grand duke always gave him some surprises. Look at this young man under him, this brain is somewhat stronger than those aristocratic talents in St. Petersburg who have been in the officialdom since childhood!

Immediately, Count Rostovtsev had the idea of ​​testing Anton's real level, and asked casually, "Then what do you think Shuvalov has focused on during this period of time?"