Struggle in Russia

Not being able to go to the State Council really made Sergey a little disappointed, because he had long felt that he would be able to go to the State Council in the future, and then step by step into the center step by step, and finally take power.

Not to mention that one person is under one person and over ten thousand people, at least they can become the small group of people with the most prominent ears in Russia. But who would have thought that Count Rostovtsev would pour cold water on him from the very beginning, and the State Council would be useless.

If you can't go to the State Council, where is the best place to go? Sergey also has an account of this. Apart from the State Council, the best place for gold plating for a small shrimp like him is the aide-de-camp of the Winter Palace.

Of course, there is no need to even think about being a military attache to Nicholas I. It is not something he can think about. Even if he thinks about Count Rostovtsev, he is not able to arrange it. Yes, and most of them are close friends of Nicholas I, none of them are close to Sergei.

Sergey's goal is the military attache of Crown Prince Alexander. It goes without saying that getting closer to the crown prince will help the future.

In fact, in a sense, the imperial aide and military officer is the number one shortcut to promotion in Tianzi, which is better than the State Council. The main reason why Sergey didn't think about it before was that he didn't have military service experience, he wasn't even a military attaché with woolen hair!

Sergey felt that his strengths were still in government affairs, so he didn't think about the imperial aide and military officer. But didn't Count Rostovtsev just give him the first negation! He felt that he could only try the second way.

Of course, it would be a little troublesome to operate. First of all, Count Rostovtsev had to arrange for him to serve in the army.

However, entering the army does not mean that you will be able to reach the crown prince in one step. After all, Sergey is a pure layman. He had to polish it for a while and try to gild it, and then Count Rostovtsev could reasonably stuff him into the team of military attachés of Crown Prince Alexander.

It's just that two or three years is definitely not enough if you want to be in such a high position. For Sergey, he is a military layman and his starting point is lower than others. He has to waste more time to polish before he can get close to Crown Prince Alexander. It's such a waste of time and effort. It's really far less efficient than going directly to the State Council.

But who told Count Rostovtsev not to let him go to the State Council to be gilded? He could only grit his teeth and bear it.

"Aide-de-camp?" Count Rostovtsev raised his eyelids to look at him, and asked a little rudely: "You haven't even attended a military academy,

I don't know anything about the military, and my military skills are not outstanding. Why do you want to take this path? "

This is actually not a question, but a direct negation. Count Rostovtsev's meaning is very clear: You Sergey is not suitable for this path, change it!

Sergey could hear it naturally, but it made him a little dissatisfied. He felt that Count Rostovtsev was too harsh on him. Picking the best position and arranging it, you have never made things difficult for your own people like this.

It's just that he didn't dare to confide these dissatisfaction at all. He could only rack his brains to think of any other suitable ways for him in St. Petersburg. The state council and the military attache were not good enough, so what should he do? Do you want to be a dog spy in the third part?

It's not that Sergey didn't like the third department. This department is very close to Nicholas I's relationship with the royal family, and it's also a good place to go, but it doesn't have a good reputation. But think about the benefits of going to the third part, that is, you can expand your relationship in the intelligence community, and you can definitely know any major changes as soon as possible. If you look at it that way, it's pretty good.

"Then I'll go to the third part. I heard that the Duke of Aldorf lacks a confidential secretary. I can..."

Count Rostovtsev couldn't bear it anymore, he was really disappointed with Sergey's performance, he interrupted very rudely: "You like being a secretary so much? And you think Duke Ordorf Can I use you as a confidential secretary?"

Sergey was immediately speechless. He could see that it was useless to stay in the third headquarters in St. Petersburg. Suddenly, the resentment in his heart reached its peak, and he was very angry at Count Rostovtsev's "unreasonable" .

Immediately, he gave up on himself and asked with a bit of complaint: "Then where do you think it is suitable for me to go?"

He regretted saying this, because he obviously felt the disappointment of Count Rostovtsev, and the count was obviously dissatisfied with him, so he immediately made up for it: "I really don't have a clue, and you, as the person who knows me best People must know where is more suitable for me, I will listen to your arrangement!"

Did this remedy work?

It should be said that it doesn't make much sense. Count Rostovtsev is really disappointed with Sergey. He has basically figured out Sergey's upper limit. This young man's future achievements will not be very high, because he is simply No ambition.

No! To be exact, his ambition is to cut his head and climb up, and he can only become an official and a high official, for which he can give everything. In other words, he will be a bureaucrat in the future, not much different from thousands of officials in Russia.

Count Rostovtsev is not disappointed or depressed when he thinks that he has cultivated such a thing in ten years of hard work. He glanced at Sergey and said calmly: "Don't just think about staying in St. Petersburg, Russia is vast, and there are so many more suitable places for you!"

Well, just this sentence made Sergey half-hearted. In his opinion, not being able to stay in St. Petersburg is the worst result. What is the point of not being able to stay in St. Petersburg? It's not the same as being assigned.

Immediately he asked very discouraged: "Where do you think is suitable for me?"

Count Rostovtsev glanced at him again, and said calmly, "What do you think of Kiev?"

Kyiv?

Sergey really didn't expect that Count Rostovtsev would send him to Kiev. Although Kievan Rus is also a big city in Russia, it still can't compare with St. Petersburg.

Thinking of working and living in such a ghostly place in the future, Sergey was full of reluctance. But he didn't have the guts to tell Count Rostovtsev, what if the count changed him to a worse place?