It can only be said that Baryatinsky is indeed a cunning fox. His method is not a solution, but it sounds feasible to implement, because Wallachia and Moldavia are thousands of miles away from St. Petersburg, and they can take advantage of information asymmetry.
The advantage can indeed catch Grand Duke Constantine off guard and end the battle before Grand Duke Constantine can react.
Anyway, Crown Prince Alexander heard this and after thinking for a while, he didn't realize there was anything wrong. However, he was not the same person as before. In the past, he could only listen to Baryatinsky and Pobedonostsev's deception and had no other choice.
And now he has one more option to listen to Dmitri's opinion.
At this time, Crown Prince Alexander also had to sigh at how clever his father's methods were. It was indeed a good way to strike a balance among the ministers. No matter how you look at it, he would be invincible. At least no ministers could easily fool him.
. He felt that he must find more courtiers like Dmitri in the future, so that no one could deceive him.
"Dmitri, what do you think?"
Faced with Crown Prince Alexander's questions, Dmitri was very calm, because he knew from the beginning that Baryatinsky was difficult to deal with and could not be repelled with just a few words. He proposed a plan to fight with him.
When he used the spear to attack the other's shield strategy, he considered how Baryatinsky would crack it. I can only say that Baryatinsky's reaction was completely within his expectations.
So he replied unhurriedly: "If we can act quickly to catch Grand Duke Constantine and Count Speransky off guard, of course we can succeed. I agree with this, but the only question is, can we really solve it so quickly?"
The means to the problem?”
Dmitri asked this question really well, because what Baryatinsky just said was that no matter what we do, let's make a surprise attack first. Maybe Grand Duke Constantine won't be able to react and we will win.
To be honest, this is an irresponsible approach, because everything must be done carefully before taking action, and all aspects of the situation and impact must be considered. At least various situations must be considered, such as what to do if a sudden attack has no effect.
However, what Baryatinsky just said was irresponsible. He only said that he would do it, but he did not consider what to do if he failed to do it. He did not even say how to implement it. This is typical.
Acting recklessly without caring about the consequences.
At least to Crown Prince Alexander, this sounds like a random act. How could he come up with such an idea and say that he is going to do it without saying how to do it without considering the consequences of not doing it? He doesn't have such an idea!
In fact, it's very simple. Of course Baryatinsky would not be so incompetent. If he had been at this level before, then Crown Prince Alexander would have been tricked to death by him countless times. The real reason is that he just wanted to deal with Alek quickly.
After Xie was determined, he would slowly discuss the specific action plan with Pobedonostsev.
As for the terrible consequences of failure? Hehe, in their opinion, now that Crown Prince Alexander has basically confirmed his status, even if Grand Duke Constantine can fight back, how powerful can it be? Is it possible that Nicholas I can still let it go?
Does he threaten the status of Crown Prince Alexander?
For Baryatinsky and Pobedonostsev, as long as the status of Crown Prince Alexander is not damaged, even if Grand Duke Constantine can be arrogant for a while, as long as Crown Prince Alexander ascends the throne as emperor in the future, everything can be made up for.
What's more, in their opinion, if they deal with Alexei this time, they may not be able to provoke Grand Duke Constantine. How can a mere Alexei deal with Crown Prince Alexander?
In short, these two people feel that their side is invincible, so they can do whatever they want regardless of gains and losses.
It's just that I knew that I could talk about this in private, but I could never say it in front of Crown Prince Alexander. If I said it out loud, it would be very hurtful and hurt people's feelings.
After all, as a minister, you should always think about your master. How can you let your master go all out to charge into battle and enjoy the fruits of leisurely enjoyment? To say the least, this kind of thinking is disrespectful to Crown Prince Alexander. You have not considered the interests of the crown prince at all.
Put it first?
Although Grand Duke Constantine could not do anything to him, even if it was Nicholas I's verbal criticism or beating, it was not Crown Prince Alexander who suffered it himself, and he was not the unlucky one? How can you let the master bear it alone?
So when Dmitri exposed all this, both Baryatinsky and Pobedonostsev had to face this problem. They couldn't use it. The consequences are not serious. Crown Prince, you will be fine if you suffer.
Prevarication. Either they can convince Crown Prince Alexander to accept this possibility, or they have to honestly provide effective methods, strategies or countermeasures to reassure Crown Prince Alexander, otherwise this matter will not be done!
Baryatinsky suddenly felt pain in his balls. He looked at Dmitri, who had a completely calm and serious expression, as if he was discussing the matter, but he always felt that something was wrong, but there was no evidence.
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Then he looked at Pobedonostsev again, that means you hurry up and tell me, if you ask me to tell you that I'm ugly right now, isn't that nonsense?
Pobedonostsev immediately said: "This is a good question, it is indeed critical, but I think that at the moment we have decided to deal with Count Speransky first, and just set this goal, and the rest of the plan will be
We can discuss it slowly and in the long term!”
To put it bluntly, Pobedonostsev's move was a delaying tactic, because he naturally didn't have the ability to make a strategy for a while, so what could he say? So he tried to confuse the concept, as if he was accusing Dmitry of not agreeing.
Take care of Alexey.
Of course, that is what he actually meant, but his expression was very obscure and his method was very clever. However, this trick was of no use to Dmitri. Because the latter immediately said:
"Your Excellency, haven't we unanimously determined that it is necessary to teach Count Speransky a lesson and eliminate his accomplice? Is there anything else to discuss about this? Now that we have made it clear, we should immediately consider how to achieve this
The target method, after all, His Excellency the Duke said that he must be eliminated cleanly and neatly with a surprise attack, otherwise there will be endless troubles. To achieve this cleanly and neatly, we naturally have to seize the time to implement it. After all, opportunities are ever-changing, and political trends sometimes change.
, we must get the relevant work to the forefront, we can’t let the crown prince worry about us all the time, right?”