This letter is very long. Shuvalov wrote almost everything he saw and heard in detail. If outsiders saw it, they would laugh at him for it was a chronicle. But Shuvalov
You know, what Count Uvarov wants is a running account, and he doesn’t want to read beautiful articles. What is the use of such colorful things?
What Count Uvarov wants is the detailed story of the incident. What he wants is experience and lessons. The most important thing is to understand why it failed this time.
As for the reason for the failure, Count Shuvalov was thinking about this issue when he was free along the way, but after much deliberation and searching for various reasons, he always felt that he couldn't find the point.
At first, he thought it was Grand Duke Constantine's strong intervention that disrupted their steps, causing them to lose everything in one move. But then he felt that was not the case. Grand Duke Constantine's intervention was nothing more than a mistake at best.
Introduction, without this Grand Duke, Nicholas I would not have had the idea of removing Belkh.
But Grand Duke Constantine was not so critical, because he arrived too late, which was not enough to reverse the situation and make him return without success.
After much deliberation, Shuvalov felt that their biggest failure was the delay in news. Judging from Baron Titov's experience, it was obvious that the other party had received the news long ago, otherwise it would be impossible to wait and successfully disrupt their rhythm.
But the problem is that the distance from St. Petersburg to Sevastopol is certain. Even if the horse is racing, it will not be that much faster. What's more, Titov's hands and feet are not slow. He is already a fast runner.
So how did the other party get the news in advance?
Shuvalov was puzzled by this question. How could a conservative die-hard like him know the power of science and technology? To put it bluntly, he is a toad in a well, and his vision is really narrow.
But his vision is narrow, but Shuvalov is indeed smart. If he can't figure out the problem, he will ask it and tell those who can help him figure it out, such as Uvarov. He believes that with the energy of this count, he can figure it out.
The secret is not a difficult one.
Shuvalov guessed this right. When Count Uvarov saw his letter, he immediately realized that the most critical issue was the speed of message transmission. They were obviously too fast for him, otherwise he could just sit back and wait.
But he couldn't figure out why, but just as Shuvalov expected, he quickly recruited a group of confidants and staff to discuss this issue.
"Tell me, is there a faster route to deliver messages to the Black Sea?" Count Uvarov said in a deep voice, "Your task is to find this route. I don't want to fall on the same road for the second time.
In a pit!"
After his order, the staff naturally began to discuss enthusiastically, but the opinions they gave were not satisfactory, because after discussions, these people still focused on the lines or horses.
Some people say that maybe the route chosen by the other party is easier to travel, but the problem is that the road conditions in Russia are there, no matter how easy it is, how much better can it be?
Others say that the other party may have established a secret inn system, selected good horses, and set up stations widely, so that they can gallop all the way.
But Uvarov knew that this was nonsense, because this kind of station system required an astronomical amount of capital investment. With the vastness of Russia, except for the tsar who could create such a system with the power of the country, there was no way he could find one.
Two people.
What's more, to build such a huge system just to deliver a few messages, how unscrupulous you must be to do this! The ratio between input and output benefits is not equal at all. No one would be so stupid.
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Anyway, Uvarov did not agree with these two, but what made him depressed was that among the methods that this group of staff came up with, only these two were slightly reliable, and the others were almost like the theory of strange power and chaos.
Although Uvarov is conservative, he is not superstitious or ignorant. He does not believe a word of these nonsense!
"A bunch of trash!"
Suddenly Uvarov felt annoyed, feeling that raising such a large number of people was a waste of food and would be of no use at the critical moment.
Just when Count Uvarov was full of anger, the butler suddenly announced: "Sir, Duke Baryatinsky is here to visit!"
Uvarov's eyebrows immediately knitted together. Baryatinsky came over early and late but at this time. Could it be that he had heard something?
Count Uvarov felt a little uneasy. The reason was very simple. It was what happened to the Black Sea Fleet this time. Belkh's sudden dismissal was a major setback. What was even worse was that they had no time to clean up their affairs in the Black Sea Fleet.
As well as laying landmines, after this incident, it is conceivable that their previous arrangements in the Black Sea Fleet have been completely destroyed. Maybe the Black Sea Fleet will become a paradise for liberals again.
Such a big matter definitely needs to be explained. Even a giant like Uvarov must explain the reasons clearly to the subordinates below, especially why the matter was not successfully concluded.
After all, there were extenuating circumstances for Belch's dismissal, but if he failed to do a good job in the subsequent work, he would not be able to explain it at all.
After Uvarov received Shuvalov's long letter, in addition to carefully studying the reasons for this failure, he was also secretly thinking about how to explain it to the outside world. But he found several reasons, but none of them were satisfactory.
, if he really had to explain it like that, he would be ashamed.
But at this difficult time, Baryatinsky came to the door. Do you think it can stop people's imagination?
If it were someone else, Uvarov would have blocked the door with just one word, but Baryatinsky couldn't do that. His position was too important, and it was related to the future of the conservatives. Even Uvarov had to give him a few favors.
Divide into thin noodles.
After thinking for a moment, Uvarov sighed and ordered: "Invite him to my study."
Uvarov knew that there was no way to avoid disaster. Since Baryatinsky had already come to his door, hiding was the stupidest way to hide it, and it was impossible to hide it at all. It was better to go straight in and confront the opponent, at least with momentum, he could take the initiative.
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"Count, I heard that you are sick? How is your condition? Are you feeling better?"
As soon as Uvarov and Baryatinsky met, the latter was very enthusiastic and greeted him warmly as soon as he came up. It seemed as if he came specifically to visit the patient.
But Uvarov didn't believe that Baryatinsky was just here to visit a sick person, or rather to see if he was dead than to see if he was dead. For these new conservative forces,