Struggle in Russia

This is why Li Xiao insisted that this incident was not so bad for Kornilov and Nasimov.

He even thought that this might be a good thing in some respects. He said: "Think about it, most of this group of officers are captains or captains, and they are basically the supervisors of the grassroots companies. The positions of battalion commander or battalion staff are considered high-level among the grassroots, right?"

Kornilov and Nasimov nodded at the same time, and Li Xiao continued: "So their personal status and habits can easily affect the entire company, and if they don't make it, one person will lead a group of people to harm. Now these bad role models are gone. , you can correct the company's habits without any effort, isn't that a good thing?"

Without waiting for Kornilov and Nasimov to speak, Li Xiao said again: "Besides, they left a lot of positions for the heads of the grassroots companies, which is very important for those younger, energetic and willing to make progress. For young officers, this is a great opportunity..."

"Think about it, if these old fritters continue to stay in the army, because there is no way to promote, it will suppress the promotion of these young officers, which will affect their mental outlook. Now that they are gone, it is not just for these young and energetic Did the officer take an early shot before he became lethargic?"

Kornilov and Nasimov looked at each other, obviously it made sense, as Li Xiao said, this group of company leaders who couldn't be promoted to field officers really affected morale, and they didn't have any special skills They will not easily choose to retire, so they can only survive in the army for a long time.

But their hard work will make young people very depressed, and will suppress the promotion of young officers. This will form a vicious circle, which will naturally make the army dead.

And Grand Duke Constantine got rid of such a group of people, not to mention that the problem was solved immediately, at least the problem of promotion in the past five years or so was released. Young and energetic officers can be promoted to the positions of company commander or deputy battalion commander in advance to receive training. On the one hand, it will be easier for them to be promoted in the future, and their temperament is completely different from those old fritters, so they won't be dragging their feet.

If you think about it this way, Grand Duke Constantine is not making trouble, he is simply doing good deeds, okay? He solved most of the problems at the grassroots level of the Black Sea Fleet in this way, and then Kornilov and Nasimov only need to promote those young talents step by step to replace those old fritters.

To put it bluntly, this simply helped the Black Sea Fleet complete the blood exchange in advance, and it only had a positive impact on combat effectiveness.

However, Kornilov still has another concern. He whispered, "But let him buy people's hearts so cunningly. In the future, if he uses this public opinion to make trouble..."

Li Xiao waved his hands and laughed loudly: "Where is there any public opinion to coerce,

Think about it, if these people want to go to Kostya, they have to retire from active service first, otherwise they won't be able to leave at all. And once they retire, it has nothing to do with the Black Sea Fleet. Do you think they can come back? "

"But, young officer..."

Li Xiao continued to laugh and said, "As for the young military officers, you need to select them carefully. It's unlikely that the young talents you promoted by yourself will show their teeth to you instead?"

Kornilov and Nasimov also laughed, one patted their foreheads, and the other squeezed their foreheads, looking a little embarrassed. Indeed, if even the officers they promoted don't have one heart with them, then it's a mess!

In short, they're a little bit overwhelmed. Such a toss about by Grand Duke Constantine is a great thing for them. Not only do they not need to oppose it, but they even strongly advocate it.

Hearing this, Kornilov and Nasimov smiled wryly and said, "Forget about advocating it vigorously. It would be terrible if even young officers become interested, and it's hard for us to explain to His Majesty!"

According to the two brothers' thinking, the Black Sea Fleet suddenly retired hundreds of officers, even if they were all low-ranking officers, they had to explain it to the Ministry of the Navy. After all, according to the ideas of Menshikov and Nicholas I, they believed that only older officers were reliable enough. Now that so many experienced and reliable officers have left at once, how could this be a good thing?

Anyway, Kornilov and Nasimov felt that they had to explain it to Nicholas I, otherwise they were likely to be reprimanded and taught by that majesty.

However, Li Xiao sneered at this: "What a simple matter! Push all the matter to the Grand Duke Constantine, and you will write a report to the Ministry of the Navy, saying that the reason for the retirement of these officers was instigated by the Grand Duke Constantine. And in order to support the work of this commander, you can only reluctantly agree!"

Kornilov and Nasimov's eyes were wide open, because Li Xiao went on to say: "If you do what I say, not only will you not be reprimanded, but His Majesty will reward you, and Menshikov will also reward you." I refuse to pick your thorns!"

The two brothers thought about it, and the possibility is still very high, but it's a bit unreasonable to prevaricate responsibility in the name of Grand Duke Constantine, right? Ordinarily, it is enough for the Grand Duke to help solve the officer's problem, but now they are not only not grateful, but also arrange him like this, it is really a bit of a thing!

But Li Xiao replied nonchalantly: "The problem is that this is all the truth? Did Kosya inform you when he made this out? Did he ask for your opinion? Did he care about your feelings? Since he didn't, What are you doing so honestly?"

In this way, Kornilov and Nasimov think it is right. Although the result of what Grand Duke Constantine did is good, but from his original intention, I am afraid that he is holding back to make things happen. So why thank him? Thank him for doing good deeds with bad intentions?

Kornilov and Nasimov are not small, it makes no sense that Grand Duke Constantine is holding back and slapping them in the face, and they still want to miss others, isn't that stupid?

As soon as they thought of this, the hearts of the two people immediately became clear, and they felt that Grand Duke Constantine was to blame for himself, and he was completely unworthy of sympathy.

Li Xiao also said with a smile: "That's right, don't be polite to Kostia, otherwise, that fat man will only push his nose and face more and more! Oh, by the way, if His Majesty asks about this matter, you will He replied that it was you who overcame difficulties to support Grand Duke Constantine. Only when Moldavia is stable can the empire be stable... Don't forget to say such beautiful words. Maybe His Majesty will compensate you for this time 'Loss' huh!"

Well, Kornilov and Nasimov could only look at each other with wry smiles, who made someone more and more immoral!