Struggle in Russia

Grand Duke Mikhail feels that this trip to Kiev is a golden opportunity. If he can perform well, whether it is Prince Alexander or Duke Constantine as emperor in the future, he will inevitably be in the cabinet and imperial council. Occupy a position.

This is also his goal. According to his idea, the prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, minister of finance, or minister of the interior is definitely not a real power position, but there should still be hope for the secretary of the army or the secretary of the navy. The Minister of National Education like Rove.

In order to achieve this goal, he must show his talent, and he must be shown to Nicholas I, Prince Alexander and ministers of his ability and skill.

It’s just that it’s not very friendly to Grand Duke Mikhail that now both the cabinet and the Royal Council are controlled by the old men. Don’t you see that Grand Duke Constantine, Nicholas I’s beloved son, has worked hard for many years. He failed to become Minister of the Navy, and an acting commander of the Black Sea Fleet made him rush.

Even Archduke Constantine is so difficult, let alone Archduke Mikhail, who is smaller and has no outstanding abilities. Not to mention the cabinet ministers, even the assistants of the cabinet ministers, he can’t mix up now, because there are so many talented people waiting for these positions, so many that he can only stare at him as a prince and grandson.

This time, there was a chance to perform, and it was still involved in a big case like Duke Constantine. If he performed well, it would be a big bonus. At that time, he and Nicholas I coquettishly begged for a few words, no matter what Shouldn’t it be difficult to go to the Navy or the Army as a major general or a lieutenant chief of staff?

Even if these are not enough, then he will go to the local government to become a governor. Don’t say that Ukraine’s fatness is at least a little bit less than it should be!

It must be said that Grand Duke Mikhail’s abacus is still very good. He has planned everything. First, stabilize the silly and sweet Duke Nicholas, fool him with his baton, and then see the machine to see Kiev in advance. After figuring out what the situation is, let’s look at the attitudes of various forces towards him, and he will favor which side the price is higher.

Grand Duke Mikhail estimated that the price offered by Prince Alexander or Uvarov was high in the end, so he also secretly made a plan to cooperate with them in doing some things, but he must not be too showy, after all, Rostov The attitude of Count Tsev is still unclear, if the count is biased towards Grand Duke Constantine, wouldn’t he be ignorant of himself!

Although Grand Duke Mikhail had ambitions, he was really not stupid. He was very clear about the weight of Count Rostovtsev in the mind of Nicholas I, and he said that he was much higher than his prince.

If he blatantly confronted Count Rostovtsev, there would be absolutely no good fruit, so his plan was to be an old gangster hiding in the dark, only shooting secretly and never arrogantly appearing.

Here, Grand Duke Mikhail has already figured out how to act. Count Rostovtsev didn’t know what his ambitions he had, but how could he not understand this family who was guarding Nicholas I and the Winter Palace every day? Personality.

From the very beginning, he knew that these sons of Nicholas I were not fuel-efficient lamps. Naturally, he had already made the possibility of these two grand princes doing things well, and he was a veritable imperial envoy. At most, they only have the power to make suggestions, and even if they want to make trouble, he still has a way to fix it clearly.

So what he is most concerned about along the way is actually the news from Kiev. After all, he can’t receive first-hand news from Kiev anymore. He has to wait for the news from Kiev to be delivered to St. Petersburg first, and then St. Petersburg will pass it on to him. Invisibly, I went into a big circle, which is too wasteful of time and too passive.

But there is no way. It has been the same since ancient times, but he heard that once the cable telegraph spreads across the country, the message transmission will not be so troublesome and the efficiency will be greatly improved. He is a little looking forward to this, but this is only a long-term prospect, and it is not expected for the time being. The only and best way for him is to arrive in Kiev as soon as possible.

Count Rostovtsev is hurrying here, but Archduke Konstantin is a bit unable to sit still. After getting Petrovna, his heart is completely different. This kind of panic can’t be completely disappeared all day long, and replaced by the spirited person who can’t wait to kill Shuvalov and Peter Balek immediately.

If it weren’t for Viscount Prozolov’s desperate stay behind, he would really run like a wild horse. That’s the case, he is always thinking about it every day, and he really has no patience at all.

Finally, he was able to prepare according to Viscount Prozolov’s plan. He immediately rushed to the third part of Kiev, and he wanted to show Shuvalov a little bit of color immediately.

“Where is Count Shuvalov?”

As soon as he arrived at the scene, he yelled at Peter Barek: “Let Count Shuvalov roll over and see me immediately!”

Peter Balek was confused. He didn’t know what kind of madness the grand prince was playing. Although he also didn’t like Shuvalov very much, after all, this was Uvarov’s confidant, and he had to maintain one or two.

“His Royal Highness, the earl has gone to deal with official duties~www.wuxiax.com~ What can you do with him?”

But Peter Balek didn’t make a hard top with Archduke Constantine, he just gave an excuse casually, and then began to test his tone.

I heard that Shuvalov had gone out, which disappointed Grand Duke Konstantin. He snorted and said displeasedly: “Handling official business? I think he went for private business. What’s the point of his deputy chief? On official business, call him over immediately. I have important things to… I need to talk to him!”

Grand Duke Constantine originally wanted to say that there were important things that he had to ask, but when he wanted to say that, all fools knew that he was a bad person. Although he was eager to breathe out a bad breath, he also knew that he was not prepared to attack it. The truth.

So I changed my mouth temporarily, just saying that there was something to talk about and asked Peter Barek to find someone right away. But the latter is not stupid. I don’t see that Grand Duke Constantine is a bad person, even if he wants to watch Shuvalov’s jokes, but after all, Uvarov’s latest instructions just confessed that he must cooperate well. Shuvalov must ensure that he wins the battle in Kiev.

And Uvarov also specifically confessed that Nicholas I had sent Count Rostovtsev as the imperial commissioner to hear the case. Everything must be settled before he arrives in Kiev. He will deal with whoever dares to do evil!