Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao would never put his hopes on Alexander II, and he would not even put his hopes on Count Rostovtsev. Just himself.

If you look at the miraculous operations of the Decembrists in history, you can see how disorganized this group of people is. Back then, if they were decisive and forceful, that would not have been the result.

It's a pity that although this group of people is brave, their organization is scattered and their thinking is not unified, and their execution ability is even more worrying.

Even though nearly thirty years have passed, maybe the friends and sympathizers of these people have improved, but Li Xiao will still speculate on them with the greatest mistrust. The only one you can trust in the era is yourself, no matter how good the relationship is with other people, you can't count on it completely.

What's more, it's such a big thing as reform or revolution. Anyway, Li Xiao is highly vigilant in this regard, and he will never trust anyone easily, especially the Decembrists who don't have good criminal records.

Even if it wasn't for a person fighting alone and being easily killed by the old bastard Nicholas I, he really didn't want to have too close contact with Count Rostovtsev or the Decembrists.

He always felt that this group of people was unreliable and that they were pig teammates, so he always emphasized to the people around him, including Alexei and Anton, "Cooperation is cooperation, but you can't rely on Rostov for everything." Earl Zev and his gang should even be prepared to be dragged back by them at any time, or even break up unhappy and part ways."

In Li Xiao's words, self-reliance is more reliable than anything else, and relying on the sky, the earth, friends and parents is unreliable!

Although Anton had just heard what Count Rostovtsev had done, he knew it was not good.

Needless to say, Count Rostovtsev's personality is charming. Don't look at him usually humming, but he is really good at doing things, giving people a feeling of aloofness. And in terms of life, he didn't have the stink of ordinary high-ranking nobles, and his requirements for material life were very low. By the standards of this era, he was almost an ascetic.

Charismatic and skilled, it would be hell if such a person couldn't attract followers. It's no surprise that Anton is a little obsessed with it.

It's just that obsession is obsession, and Li Xiao doesn't object to Anton's worshiping someone, but worship can't develop into superstition, and absolutely can't follow blindly.

Anyway, since Li Xiao figured out the purpose of Count Rostovtsev, he was not particularly optimistic about his route. The most important thing was that he did not solve the problem fundamentally. He could force the tsar to make concessions due to the bad situation.

But once the external pressure no longer exists, the tsar can go back on his word at any time, so what will you do then?

Is it possible to do it all over again like now, not to mention that his method is to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, how many times can Russia withstand the toss he does?

From Li Xiao's point of view, Count Rostovtsev's thinking seems to be locked by himself. You are already on the opposite side of the tsar and his lackeys, the conservatives, so how can you take chances on him.

Even if it is impossible to kill the tsar and completely end the imperial power, at least there must be an effective way to limit the tsar or conservative counterattacks. Don't talk about constitutional monarchy, you have to try to get an overview of the overall situation and grasp the power in your hands!

But according to Igor, Count Rostovtsev is not particularly interested in this, and it seems that his ultimate goal is to kill the serfdom, as if Russia can become more and more as long as the serfdom is eliminated. the better.

As for the counterattack of the conservatives or the tsar, he has thought about it, but he is not particularly worried. In his own words, he has a way, but he refuses to elaborate on the specific way.

This more or less made Li Xiao not have enough confidence in him. Thinking about it, too, with Li Xiao's cautious and suspicious character, how could he buy into Count Rostovtsev's mystery.

Naturally, Li Xiao must be prepared, although he also agrees with Count Rostovtsev's arrangement at this stage. It is true that only relying on Russia's internal forces to defeat the conservative group headed by Nicholas I and Uvarov Totally impossible. If Russia wants to modernize and make changes, it must hit this group hard and weaken their power.

So this requires the intervention of external forces. What's more ingenious is that Nicholas I was a tsar who was not completely clear about his own strength and was too superstitious about force and wanted to make a difference. He had the confidence to suppress the 1848 revolution. He has completely swollen to the point of no edge.

As long as he teases Nicholas I a little bit, he will definitely realize his ambition regardless of hesitation-retake Constantinople and even recover the holy city.

As a result, it is completely impossible to reconcile the conflict between him and Britain and France, and he can only compete in the form of war. The gap between the Russian army and Britain and France has far exceeded that in 1812, relying solely on the advantage of numbers , the Russian army took less than a little bit of advantage.

If there is no accident, Nicholas I and his general soldiers will be hanged and beaten, and a tragic failure is inevitable. At that time, all the contradictions that accompanied the failure would erupt, and all the spearheads would be aimed at him and those conservative ministers he loved.

At that time, even gods could not save them, they could either change or perish. I believe that both Nicholas I and the successor Alexander II knew how to choose.

This is Count Rostovtsev's overall plan, not particularly brilliant, but it is indeed the only way. Judging from historical experience, this set is indeed effective. Nicholas I knew what kind of mess he was facing, but he was unwilling to admit that he was powerless, so he ended it himself in a humiliating way and handed over the work of cleaning up the mess to him. to Alexander II.

But Alexander II was completely different from his father in character, not so strong and not so stubborn, a little weak, he chose to surrender and admit defeat, and was forced to carry out reforms.

Everything seemed to be going according to Count Rostovtsev's plan. The only thing he didn't expect was that he didn't expect that he would die unexpectedly, so the subsequent arrangements were not made at all, or in a good situation, they themselves I was also intoxicated, forgetting that the danger still exists.

So a few years later, as Alexander II gradually gained a firm foothold with the help of the reformers, and the country seemed to have returned to its peak, the existence of the reformers became very annoying, and in his heart he was afraid I didn’t like reformists and reforms, and then there was no more…