Struggle in Russia

Grand Duke Mikhail is in a very good mood. These days, he has experienced the thrill of being in power. Seeing a large group of people obediently bowing to him, the feeling is really wonderful.

Anyway, Grand Duke Mikhail fell in love with this feeling, which made him a little bit reluctant to return to St. Petersburg.

It's just that Grand Duke Mikhail feels good, but in Viscount Prozolov's opinion, this guy is simply being played around. You see, you are doing useless work every day. Apart from being flattered and flattering, is there any practical effect?

But for Viscount Prozolov, this is the best way, he is really worried that something bad will happen to the pair of living treasure brothers! This state is the best now, it's good to watch them waste time without doing practical things every day!

For Viscount Prozolov, it is better to care more about Count Rostovtsev's movements than the pair of useless brothers. After all, the only big crocodile in Ukraine now is the imperial envoy, and his choice will determine where things here will eventually go.

Sometimes Viscount Prozolov would also take the role of Count Rostovtsev to see what he would do if he was in the position of this count. But as time passed, all his speculations did not come to fruition, which made him a little confused about the earl.

And what is Count Rostovtsev doing? Simply put, Count Rostovtsev is waiting until the time is right. In fact, for him, the situation in Kiev is clear in all aspects. He basically has the cards that Shuvalov and Grand Duke Konstantin can play. clear.

In this position, what he has to do is to create a suitable timing for these two companies to play their cards, and induce them to play all their cards step by step. When these two cards are all played, it is time for him to come forward to clean up everything and reap the final fruits.

In a sense, Count Rostovtsev is like a fruit farmer waiting for the fruit to ripen. When the fruit is ripe, he just pulls it out and sells it for money.

Of course, he is basically satisfied with the performance of these two companies, especially the side of Grand Duke Constantine. Before, he was worried that the grand duke was too stretched and couldn't keep up with Count Shuvalov's rhythm, so he needed to take extra care of him and help him play cards step by step.

In recent days, the actual performance of Grand Duke Constantine has completely exceeded his expectations, whether it was to tear Count Shuvalov at the beginning, or to play Melkulova secretly to get Peter Barek , are considered beautiful.

In Count Rostovtsev's view, as long as the opponent played these two cards, the final outcome would not be too bad. Even if he didn't get anything in the end, it would still make Uvarov feel deflated.

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For Count Rostovtsev, the rhythm of Grand Duke Konstantin's playing cards is still a bit lacking, and he seems a little anxious. It would be better if he could calm down a little more.

"The Grand Duke Constantine doesn't have this ability. I think the earl should have a good staff."

Count Rostovtsev's judgment made Sergey very puzzled. He didn't understand how his boss came to this conclusion. Because in him or in the aristocratic circle of St. Petersburg, Grand Duke Constantine has a relatively good reputation, and it is generally believed that he is shrewd and capable.

For Sergey, isn't it normal for a shrewd and capable prince to have the current performance? However, according to Earl Rostovtsev, it seems that the grand duke is not very good, and there is no way to deal with the situation without a staff. is it possible?

"Do you think that Grand Duke is very shrewd and capable, a genius of culture and martial arts?"

Sergey looked at Count Rostovtsev, and based on his understanding of the count, he knew exactly what these words meant. It's just that he still can't accept it. Isn't Grand Duke Constantine amazing?

"Sergey," Count Rostovtsev suddenly said earnestly, "in the political arena, seeing people is a very important ability. You must be able to clearly distinguish the essence of a person, such as his What kind of ability and what kind of heart is it... And now I can see from your expression that your level of this ability is not high!"

Sergey was a little unconvinced, but he didn't say anything, because it was the first time that Count Rostovtsev directly told him that he was not capable in a certain aspect. This was unprecedented, so he was a little confused, wondering what Count Rostovtsev meant by saying this.

And Count Rostovtsev continued: "You are very smart! You are very good at observing and thinking, which is very good. But your observation and thinking may not necessarily lead to correct conclusions. This is the problem."

"Of course, there is a problem with your lack of experience. But I still have to say that the biggest problem is that you are too easily disturbed by external factors, and these external forces always make you make wrong judgments!"

Sergey swallowed, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more obvious, because Count Rostovtsev behaved so strangely today, he always felt that the count was going to teach him the last lesson and then follow him Like farewell.

This made his mind buzz, and he kept trying to tell himself that he was thinking too much, but soon Count Rostovtsev would use new words to aggravate his doubts.

"The circle you came into contact with seems to be the elite circle of the upper class. It seems that they are all dragons and phoenixes, but I want to tell you that these people are nothing more than donkey dung! Most of them are idiots, so they judgments are worthless!"

"Don't think that something is good because they say good, and don't think that something is bad because they say bad. And you are too easily led astray by them!"

Looking at Sergey who was already in a daze, Count Rostovtsev taught him earnestly: "You learn to see problems with your own eyes, and then make your own judgments, don't be disturbed by them, This is very important to you now, because I believe that after following me for so many years, your brain still has this judgment!"

After a short pause, Count Rostovtsev said bluntly: "Now you probably guessed why I told you this. Yes, my friend, it is almost time for us to part. You have learned more things, and you should go out alone to increase your experience and experience, which is very important. It can even be said that where you can go in the future depends on whether you can learn something!"

Count Rostovtsev said with a slight smile: "Now, you'd better think about where you want to go to increase your experience. As your friend and teacher, this will be the only thing I can do for you!"