Struggle in Russia

Count Rostovtsev smiled and said casually: “Of course it will not involve Grand Duke Nicholas. How can the Grand Duke be in a scumbag like Count Shuvalov? His Highness naturally followed The case is irrelevant, but the despicable Count Shuvalov and his evil running dog took advantage of the loopholes and sneaked in contact! Therefore, we still need to review with His Majesty in order to better complete the tasks he explained in the future… ”

Sergey listened to Count Rostovtsev with a stunned voice. He felt that his brain was not enough. The count seemed to be saying to help Grand Duke Nicholas to cover up, even at the expense of admitting part of the responsibility.

But he felt awkward at all these words, the earl seemed to be mocking something. But Sergey didn’t dare to say what he was ridiculing, because the object of his ridicule really made him feel scared.

Anyway, Sergey looked at Count Rostovtsev and he was hesitant to say something. He wanted to say something to the count, such as admonition or reminder, but as long as he met the count’s eyes, he unconsciously said what he wanted to say. All swallowed back.

“You are too courageous!” Count Rostovtsev looked at Sergei’s leaving back and sighed: “This is probably a common problem with the flowers in the greenhouse! There will never be the courage to break the boat…”

Count Rostovtsev did not tell Sergey that he lacked courage, because the count knew that he had been shaped and his character was like this, unless he suddenly encountered a huge setback or turn in his life that could change the worldview, such as in 1825. He had witnessed the death of his comrades just like in that cold December, otherwise he would not be able to wake up.

Count Rostovtsev felt that Sergei’s upper limit was clearly laid there. He could be a conscientious reformer, but he was by no means a gravedigger of the old system. He lacks the courage and conviction to resist authority. When facing the oppression of authority, his first thought is not to resist, but to accept it.

Therefore, such a person will never be able to make a breakthrough, at best it is a mason who sews and repairs.

To be honest, Count Rostovtsev was still a little disappointed. After all, Sergei was trained by him alone, and in a sense, he is his child and the successor to his political heritage.

Obviously, as he expected, this successor could not take over his mantle and bring a bright future to Russia.

what? You asked Count Rostovtsev if he already knew this, why didn’t he make preparations early, such as cultivating another successor who was stronger than Sergei?

It’s not that he can’t, it’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that he really can’t.

First of all, the time left for Count Rostovtsev is no longer enough. Sergei spent ten years in his childhood. There can be several decades in a person’s life. It has come to know the destiny. Where does he have a few more years to train successors?

For him, the next ten years may be the last ten years of his life. What he has to do in this ten years is not to cultivate successors, but to fulfill the long-cherished wishes of the previous half of his life and break down the barriers of Russian conservativeness. Cut a hole in this thick wall to let light shoot into this dark land for the first time.

So he doesn’t have so much time to train successors, and he has more important tasks for the rest of his life.

Secondly, even if he had time, he would never train a Sergey No. 2 again. Yes, he thinks that even if he has time and energy to cultivate talents, at best he will get a second Sergey. Because the land he owns can only grow seedlings like Sergey, these little Sergey are at best continuing Sergey’s path, becoming exactly the same as Sergey step by step.

In that case, why do such useless work? Count Rostovtsev has realized that Russia’s old aristocracy may not be able to give Russia a bright future. Those who can lead Russia to a new era should be among other classes.

One last point, although Count Rostovtsev is worried about the future and worried that Sergey can support it, he has seen new signs in recent years, and he is more tenacious, firmer and more determined than Sergey. New forces that are pragmatic and smarter have begun to emerge.

Even if Sergey cannot succeed in succession, he believes that these people will continue to follow the path he pioneered, and there is no need to worry about no one to succeed.

So he didn’t give too much advice to Sergey, because he felt that he had given the little guy too much advice before. Some of these advices he listened to, and some he didn’t listen to them but were forced to correct them.

Although this makes Sergey look good, his heart is actually very fragile, and his brain does not have enough wisdom to solve the problems he faces, and even because of his forced intervention, Sergei has gained some so-called praise. , On the contrary, he lost his way and couldn’t see himself clearly.

The only way to correct this is to let Sergey see himself clearly, so just don’t interfere with everything and let him do things on his own. Only when he has experienced failures and setbacks can he see himself clearly. Maybe On the contrary, it can be surpassed. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Therefore, Count Rostovtsev’s final teaching to Sergey is to say nothing, let go and let him do it himself, success or failure, will become the most valuable experience in Sergey’s life.

Sergey didn’t know that Count Rostovtsev had already begun to educate him, nor did he know that he would leave the count soon, and he would go wherever he might be and start with the most ordinary mayor.

He thought that his future would be in St. Petersburg, and he would be recommended to work in the most powerful departments in Russia like a personal secretary of thousands of dignitaries, accumulating resumes while gilding, and then climbing up step by step. Maybe you can enter the State Council or the Imperial Conference at about the age of forty, and take over the mantle of the former boss to become the handful of people at the top of the pyramid in this country.

So for Count Rostovtsev’s decision this time, he was in a strange state of mind. He felt that it was too risky, but also felt that it was really awesome. He even looked forward to the future that he could turn hands like the Earl. Covering the clouds and raining hands, a single thought will determine the country’s major policies and the fate of some powerful people.

This feeling makes him very fascinated, makes him excited, makes him want to hold these in his hands involuntarily, and sometimes even wants to replace Count Rostovtsev as the man who controls everything…