Struggle in Russia

Count Uvarov is a very cautious person. He knows that the most dangerous enemies are often from within the group, because those boys who want to step on him will never miss this opportunity.

He even felt that those external enemies might just want to drive him out of power, while those little guys inside the group wanted both his position and his old life!

To be honest, Earl Uvarov has become more vigilant against internal enemies in the past six months. On the one hand, he feels that his control has declined, and he can no longer suppress the juniors inside. On the other hand, the international situation has changed too drastically, which has put too much pressure on him. If the international pressure continues to increase, then his overall arrangements over the past two decades will not be able to keep up with the situation.

Failure to keep up with the situation means that adjustments must be made, but only Earl Uvarov himself knows how difficult it is for the huge and bloated group he belongs to to self-regulate. The interests of all aspects have long been determined, who is more and who is less Not at all, if you want to ask someone to make sacrifices, it will make you dizzy.

Count Uvarov was resolutely unwilling to make adjustments unless it was a last resort, because every adjustment was a war, and wars inevitably required bloodshed and sacrifices, which he hated.

It's just that he has already realized that it is impossible not to make adjustments now, because the situation is already so dangerous, and he can still control the development of the situation by actively adjusting, and he still has the initiative. If he waited until those juniors forced him to adjust, then he would really lose control of everything.

So Count Uvarov decided to look at the attitude of the most dangerous juniors, that is, the Bariatinsky group, and see what these guys think before making a decision.

"I believe everyone knows the relevant news. The case in Kiev is over. Although we got rid of Bestuzhev Ryumin, we also got Peter Barek in. This result can only be said to be unsatisfactory!"

Count Uvarov's opening remarks made Bariatinsky secretly laugh, what is unsatisfactory? He felt that Kiev was a complete mess, so he exchanged Peter Barek for a Bestuzhev Ryumin. This was a loss-making deal, okay?

To put it bluntly, this is a disaster, this is a fiasco. Let him say that Count Shuvalov, who is in charge of this matter, is to blame, and he should be severely punished!

So as soon as Uvarov's words fell, he immediately interjected: "In my opinion, Count Shuvalov's work is questionable. Although he got rid of Bestuzhev Ryumin, he took the Peter Barek went in and let us lose a governor, what is this doing? Playing house?"

As soon as Uvarov's eyes turned cold, he knew that Bariatinsky would jump out to make trouble, but he was a little surprised by such an aggressive attack.

It seems that a lot of things did happen during his absence in St. Petersburg, maybe those rumors have made him unable to bear it.

Facing Bariatinsky's provocation, Uvarov replied flatly: "Count Shuvalov has always been relatively reliable. The problem should be Peter Barek. He has always been unreliable!"

This is a bit interesting, because it is said that Count Shuvalov also belongs to the young and strong faction of the conservative faction, but he is also an ambitious junior. It is said that he is very similar to Bariatinsky, so he should be regarded as a passerby.

And Peter Barek can only be regarded as a marginal member of the conservative faction. He became the Governor of Ukraine only by virtue of his seniority. In fact, he should be more dependent on the support of Count Uvarov, and he should be closer to Count Uvarov.

However, in the face of Bariatinsky's provocation, Count Uvarov chose to defend Shuvalov but throw Peter Barek out to take the blame. This choice is very strange.

In fact, it is not surprising at all. For Count Uvarov, although Count Shuvalov is a young man, but the young man has more than just Bariatinsky, and Count Shuvalov can barely be counted as one. On the other hand, supporting Count Shuvalov to fight against Bariatinsky is the best way to check and balance them.

As for Peter Barek, he is already a dead dog and has no use value at all. Even if he belongs to his own people, he can only be thrown out and blamed!

Baryatinski immediately realized that Uvarov was abandoning the pawn, so he was naturally unwilling to let Count Uvarov pass the test easily, and immediately interrupted: "Peter Barek is indeed responsible, but If I remember correctly, Count, you seem to have entrusted all the command of Kiev-related operations to Count Shuvalov, right?"

This is pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man. It is clear that Count Uvarov's conclusion is incorrect.

To put it bluntly, this is a very serious accusation!

Count Uvarov frowned, suppressed his discomfort, and replied calmly: "It is true, but when His Majesty sent Count Rostovtsev to the place as an imperial envoy, Shuvalov The Earl was immediately placed under house arrest, and in fact lost his command. Everything that followed was made by Peter Barek, and his performance was obviously unqualified!"

Bariatinsky spat secretly in his heart: "Old fox!"

In his opinion, Count Uvarov was too cunning, not only dumped the blame on Peter Barek, who was like a dead dog, but also dismissed Shuvalov, and even deliberately avoided using tone when evaluating Peter Barek The harsher words are simply watertight!

Why do you say Count Uvarov is watertight? In fact, Bariatinsky's real purpose was not to attack Count Shuvalov, because objectively speaking, although he was responsible, there were indeed force majeure factors behind it, and there was actually no big problem with his command, on the contrary. His decision-making in the early stage of insisting on doing things was very problematic.

Bariatinsky knew that Count Shuvalov could not be defeated by this alone, so his real purpose was to use Count Shuvalov as a bait, and firing at him was actually a feint, and the real purpose was the sword Refers to Peter Barek!

Can't understand again?

In fact, it is very simple to say that Peter Barek is a pawn in Uvarov's old man's faction. He can be the governor of Ukraine entirely because of Count Uvarov's support. Hitting him would actually hurt Uvarov.

If Count Uvarov scolded Peter Barek just now in order to get rid of Count Shuvalov, then Barjatinsky will ask why such an incompetent person should go to such an important Ukraine Governor.

At that time, it was difficult for Count Uvarov to explain clearly, and naturally Bariatinsky's goal was achieved...