Regarding Muravyov and Ilya's sudden inspection, Alexey and Li Xiao were both confused and couldn't figure out what Nicholas I meant. You said they were because of Viscount Prozolov and
The matter about Count Vladimir must have come about, but the time is not right.
Based on the distance and time, neither case had happened when these two men received the order from Nicholas I and left St. Petersburg! Nicholas I had no foretellers, so how could he send someone to inspect in advance.
But if you want to say that they have nothing to do with Grand Duke Constantine and Count Vladimir, that's not necessarily true. It can only be said that the timing of these two coming is too strange.
But regardless of whether they deserve to be received or not, they still have to be received. Although they are not the so-called imperial envoys, they can still be regarded as special envoys, and they have also received an inspection mission. They cannot be neglected under any circumstances!
"Your Excellency, Bucharest welcomes you..."
After the usual formulaic welcome ceremony, Alexei introduced Muravyov and Ilya into the conference room. Although he wanted to send these two to the hotel to be corrupted, he did not understand the purpose of their visit.
Before, he didn't dare to make any mistakes. If these two people came here with bad intentions, he would not directly give them the clue.
"I wonder, General, which department do you want to inspect first?"
Looking at the cautious Alexei, Muravyov felt a little emotional in his heart. He understood Alexei's feelings too well. For the feudal officials like them who supported the reform, the special envoy or imperial envoy from St. Petersburg was the most embarrassing thing.
Characters they worry about.
These guys were either specially sent by Nicholas I to beat them, or they were sent to supervise them. In short, these guys generally had bad intentions and were difficult to get rid of.
Anyway, Muravyov doesn’t like dealing with this kind of guy at all, but today he turned out to be something he hates. This is really touching!
Of course, Muravyov has also made up his mind. As long as he has the ability, he will speak a good word for Alexei. This great situation in Wallachia must be taken good care of.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Ilya next to him without leaving any trace, because Muravyov felt that the only person who could do anything bad was the dog spy in the third part, and he had to find a way to stop this guy's mouth!
Ilya didn't know what Muravyov was thinking, but he was particularly sensitive to other people's eyes, so he was aware of the glance Muravyov glanced at him, and he could detect something from this look.
Bad thing, it seems that the special envoy has other ideas for him?
Looking at Muravyov's old face, Ilya couldn't help but shudder in his heart. He knew that some nobles in St. Petersburg had very special hobbies, and he also heard that that ghost place in Siberia had more men than women.
, this has driven many people crazy, and it is said that many people just live like that.
Thinking of this, Ilya couldn't help but tremble with his two limbs. He felt a chill for no reason. He moved his buttocks for no apparent reason to keep himself a little further away from the "old gangster" Muravyov.
The little moves between Ilya and Muravyov did not escape the eyes of Alexey and Li Xiao. They all noticed the strange aura between the two envoys, and they immediately looked at each other:
【Did you see it?】
【Saw!】
They speculated that the relationship between the two envoys might be problematic and did not seem to be very harmonious. This should be good news for them. At least when the worst happened, they could choose to defeat each other or recruit one party to deal with it.
the other side.
However, they also knew that it was too early to say this at the moment, and it was best not to make any mistakes before they understood the purpose of these two special envoys, and take a look first before talking.
At this time, Muravyov also replied with a smile: "Let's start with the military! At present, the relationship with Turkey is tense, and the most important thing is the military issue!"
Muravyov asked to see the army first, which surprised both Alexey and Li Xiao, because if Muravyov's mission was to find faults, then there wasn't much to see in the army, and even if there were problems with the army
, the big head of the board can’t even reach the buttocks of Alexei, the governor.
Alexey and Li Xiao had thought that they would first ask to inspect government affairs. After all, there are too many particularities here, and it is easy to find faults. What's more, conservatives have always been dissatisfied with many of Wallachia's policies.
It's completely normal for people to find fault in the eggs.
[Could it be that we guessed wrong? This person only came to inspect military affairs because of the Turkish issue?]
Alexei and Li Xiao had also discussed Muravyov's purpose before, and there were many speculations, including that Nicholas I was preparing to be tough on Turkey and was preparing for a war, so he sent a general who knew military knowledge.
Come and check Wallachia's preparations for war.
It's just that this speculation is too optimistic. With Alexei and Li Xiao's understanding of Nicholas I and the conservatives, it is not worthwhile to send a special envoy just for this point.
After all, Nicholas I had sent people to Wallachia every year to check the armament situation under the pretext of inspecting military affairs. There was no need to send a special envoy.
Therefore, they are still more inclined to think that Nicholas I and the conservatives are drunkards who are not interested in drinking. The inspection of armaments is just incidental, and beating them is the main purpose.
So even if Muravyov said to check military affairs first, Alexey and Li Xiao would not dare to be careless. Who knows if the other party is planning to relax their vigilance first and then launch a surprise attack?
Muravyov is not a junior official, so he can naturally see the caution of Alexei and Li Xiao, which makes him a little relieved. He feels that Alexei can do something good in Wallachia.
It is indeed not an accident, because only those who have been in Russian official circles for a long time know the secrets.
You don’t know what kind of words you are talking about, what you are saying, what you are trying to do to sell someone else’s meat, you don’t even know how many times you will be tricked to death by someone if you are not paying attention. When you are a frontier official in such a harsh environment, you must always maintain sufficient composure.
You can't let your guard down for a moment, you have to be like Alexei.
Of course, appreciation is appreciation, Muravyov is actually a little anxious in his heart. The reason why he proposed to inspect military affairs first is to avoid the important and ignore the trivial. He also knows that there are not so many bells and whistles in military affairs, even if there is something wrong with Alexei
The responsibility is also small.
Government affairs were completely different. If something went wrong, Alexei would be the first to be implicated, so he deliberately checked the military affairs first to buy Alexei a little more time and let them tie up the pieces quickly.