Struggle in Russia

Of course, although this matter seems to be very simple, the actual operation is still very troublesome. Even if Li Xiao did it himself, it took a lot of effort, and the result can only be said to be coped with. Although he avoided being tricked by Count Uvarov, in the end it was just a passive defense. Taking Uvarov There's nothing the old bastard can do.

Even though Li Xiao and Alexei passed the test this time, Grand Duke Constantine was not so lucky. Nicholas I was very dissatisfied with the performance of Grand Duke Constantine in Moldavia, so he wrote a letter to teach him a lesson, warning him to immediately put his energy back on his job, otherwise he should not occupy this latrine up.

Li Xiao sighed and said, "Although Kostya is really annoying, it's better for him to be the governor of Moldavia than other bastards. At least he won't cheat us so blatantly like Uvarov's people! "

Anton also sighed, quite agreeing with this. He also didn't understand what was going on in Grand Duke Constantine's mind. Obviously, everyone is a reformist, not to mention sincere cooperation, at least there is no need to hold each other back!

As long as he can be a little more sincere, whether it is Moldavia, the Black Sea Fleet or Ukraine, it is definitely not what it is now. Get a show.

"If he was so sensible, you, me, and Alexei might not be appreciated so much by Count Rostovtsev. I think the count will give him all he can to help him. Naturally, it is impossible for you to go to Kiev. Come to work!"

Facing Li Xiao's joke, Anton also laughed. In a sense, this is true. It is precisely because Grand Duke Constantine messed up so many messes that made things more and more complicated. , It also freed Ukraine from Uvarov's control.

If you look at it from this aspect, then the great justice of Constantine is very good!

Just imagine, if it wasn't for Li Xiao and the others not dealing with Grand Duke Konstantin and deliberately not reminding him that something happened to Bestuzhev Ryumin, the latter things would never have happened.

If you look at it this way, Grand Duke Constantine is really a living thing, but it really helped a lot.

After chatting about Grand Duke Constantine for a while, Anton asked, "You came to Kiev, didn't you just come here to discuss constitutional issues with the count?"

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "Of course not, I'm not that busy yet. There's a lot of shit going on in Wallachia, and Istanbul also needs my attention. How could it be possible to come to Kiev just to chat?"

After a pause, Li Xiao said seriously: "This trip, one is to deal with your work handover issue,

The stability of Ukraine and Kiev is very important, you'd better stay here to help the Earl's people stabilize the situation and resist Count Uvarov's counterattack! "

"Secondly, I must have a good talk with the Earl about the war with Turkey. Now it seems that the war is completely inevitable!"

Anton was taken aback. He really didn't expect that the situation would develop so quickly without paying attention to the Turkish issue in the past two months. The problem is that he didn't hear of any major changes that stimulated both Russia and Turkey?

"The Bulgarians have sent a delegation to St. Petersburg, and have met with His Majesty, asking His Majesty to help them uphold justice and help them get out of Turkey's control!"

Anton was taken aback for a moment, it was obvious that the Bulgarian delegation came by coincidence, and it was obviously intentional!

At this sensitive moment, Bulgaria, the center of the whirlpool, sent such a delegation to St. Petersburg, which is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, okay?

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, adding fuel to the fire. It is said that this delegation was arranged by Count Nesselrode. Our old prime minister can't sit still!"

"Nesselrode!!!"

Anton cried out. In his impression, the old prime minister shouldn't be so impulsive. At least before, he always opposed the blind expansion of Nicholas I. Why is it so uncharacteristically now?

Li Xiao replied flatly: "He is under too much pressure. Too many people in the country are jealous of his position. He has held the prime minister and foreign minister for too long. If it is peacetime, it will be fine. The last great revolution made the military emboldened. He has swollen to the limit, so he is naturally not interested in his stuff. There are too many people in the country who want to make achievements and climb up, so naturally they target him!"

Li Xiao smiled contemptuously and said: "So the old man has been squeezed out too much. Now His Majesty and the military want to get rid of his restraint. If he continues to stick to the rules, I am afraid he can only return to Vienna to retire. Unwilling to call it a day I can only give it a go and prepare to vent this torrent by bullying the Turks!"

After a short pause, Li Xiao guessed: "I guess he wants to make the military and His Majesty feel uncomfortable by resolving Turkey, and then transfer some of the benefits to Britain and France through manipulative negotiations, so as to ease the tension between us and Britain and France... In the end he regained the balance he wanted, and then it was business as usual!"

Anton is no stranger to this set of operating techniques, and echoes the old fox's usual style. But he doesn't think things are that simple. This time, Britain and France's resentment towards Russia cannot be dispelled by small profits. It can be said that these two families have been at odds with Russia since the elimination of Napoleon. During the European revolution, this kind of resentment gradually reached its peak.

For Britain and France, it is impossible to watch Russia continue to expand, otherwise the entire European continent will be shrouded in Russia's shadow, and Russia may dominate in the future!

Therefore, it is definitely the consensus of Britain and France to give Russia a head-on blow and interrupt Russia's expansion. As long as the two countries reach an agreement, it is not particularly difficult to clean up Russia with their national strength. At least interrupt Russia's expansion. A profound lesson is fully doable.

This also determined that Nesselrode's strategy of first cleaning up Turkey and forcing it to cut a large piece of meat to meet the needs of Nicholas I and his confidants, and then throwing a small piece of meat to send Britain and France could not succeed.

The more likely result is that Russia was hit hard and then suffered a crushing defeat. Not only would it not be able to eat meat from Turkey, but it would have to cut a large piece of meat to let those wolves, tigers and leopards let go.

And if such a result occurs, then Nesselrode will definitely collapse, and even Russia's political structure will be completely rewritten, and everything will be shuffled. This seems to be a good opportunity!

Anton knew what Earl Rostovtsev had been planning, and this was his dream opportunity. Obviously, Li Xiao also saw this opportunity, so he felt that Kiev was coming.

Anton couldn't help thinking what could he do for this?