No one wants to cooperate with a madman, especially Grand Duke Mikhail, a proud man who cherishes his life. He doesn't want to get involved with him. So after learning about Shuvalov's madness, he immediately gave up his previous thoughts.
Be prepared to give it a wide berth.
Naturally, he was not too keen on contacting Shuvalov, and he no longer urged Grand Duke Nicholas to do things quickly. It was too dangerous for him.
And as his relationship with those wallflowers became more and more intimate, another thought inevitably came to his mind: Why can't I make good use of these wallflowers, maybe I can use this to develop a force of my own?
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Grand Duke Mikhail knew very well why these outsiders were fawning over him. On the one hand, he was a grand duke and a prince. Even a prince who had no hope of succeeding to the throne was still a prince. If there was a prince to take care of him, it would be better in Russia. Especially
This kind of marginalized nobleman in Kiev needs connections with the royal family in St. Petersburg to keep his wealth and advance further. If you don't say too much to him, you can always make a good relationship, right?
On the other hand, there is this case. It is obvious that the conservatives have been divided. Count Shuvalov has one attitude, and Peter Barak has another attitude. The two sides are already incompatible with each other and have constant friction.
Everyone wants to completely crush the opponent, so on the one hand they are constantly fighting among themselves, and on the other hand they are constantly putting pressure on the fence-sitters, hoping that the fence-sitters will stand on their side.
This kind of pressure can be a promise of huge profits or a blatant threat, but no matter what it is, it makes the fence-sitter very unhappy and difficult to deal with. Because they really don't want to get involved in this case and are worried about being implicated.
However, clinging to the wall-mounted faction, they could not resist Shuvalov and Peter Balak's attack, so they were beaten back step by step, almost standing on the edge of the cliff.
At this moment, Grand Duke Mikhail descended from the sky, and his attitude was still very ambiguous. Although he gave Count Shuvalov some help, he refused to directly intervene. This is very in line with the taste of the fence-sitter. From some
On the one hand, the attitudes of the fence-sitters and Grand Duke Mikhail are very close:
The conservatives can't stay out of the situation, but they don't want to be completely involved in the whirlpool. They want to maintain this kind of aloofness, neither taking risks nor harming their own interests.
It was obvious that Grand Duke Mikhail had this plan. Naturally, the two sides were on the same page. As for the outsiders, if Grand Duke Mikhail could protect them, they would naturally not have to worry about being beaten by Shuvalov and Peter Ba.
Lake nibbled away, naturally trying to please the archduke more and more.
Similarly, Grand Duke Mikhail also saw the potential of these outsiders. Maybe they are not enough to directly challenge Shuvalov and Peter Balak, but they are also an important part of Ukrainian conservatives. If these people all vote for
Under his leadership, he immediately became a giant within the Ukrainian conservatives.
This discovery immediately made Grand Duke Mikhail's heart beat, because he knew that if he operated correctly, he could use this favorable opportunity to make a big gift for himself. By then, he would at least become one of the top talkers in Ukraine.
Grand Duke Mikhail wanted such an opportunity so much that he immediately did it when he thought of it. He quickly contacted the leaders of the wallflowers, and after some communication, the two sides hit it off immediately!
For Grand Duke Mikhail, with the support of these outsiders, he can be considered a powerful force in Ukraine. Although he may not be able to use these people for anything, at least he is no longer a mere commander and has to do everything himself.
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And with his own men, it is reasonable for him to intervene in Ukraine's affairs. At least he doesn't have to worry about working hard and working hard, but in the end he will only be able to benefit his eldest brother, Crown Prince Alexander.
Now that he has an agent, he can digest and absorb the benefits and benefits he has obtained.
After this, Grand Duke Mikhail naturally became less and less interested in Shuvalov. In his opinion, helping Shuvalov would not do him any good at all. The guy seemed to be arbitrary and arbitrary. Even Peter.
Balak didn't even look down on it, so naturally he didn't particularly respect his opinion as a spare tire.
Grand Duke Mikhail was not willing to be Shuvalov's little boy and obey his orders obediently. He felt that it would be the most benevolent thing for him to do his own thing with his own men and at most help Shuvalov maintain channels for external communication.
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Therefore, the most he could do with the feedback received from Grand Duke Nicholas these days was to help convey it. He even refrained from conveying some things that were obviously not beneficial to his people. He also did not rush Grand Duke Nicholas.
He even secretly encouraged Grand Duke Nicholas to watch the theater and take a break, which he called a combination of work and rest.
It can only be said that Shuvalov's luck is too bad. None of his teammates are reliable. In the front, there was Petrovna, who rebelled on the spot, and in the back, there was Pyotr Balek, who was holding back. Two archdukes came temporarily.
He is also a fool and is full of calculations.
If he could get things done in such a disorganized state, then he would really be a genius. However, it turns out that Shuvalov is not a genius, and he cannot make a group of teammates with different ideas good.
Unite. Even he himself is not much better than this group of teammates. He is also too selfish and only plans for his own interests.
If he could really lead the overall situation and keep things even, things in Kiev would definitely not be like this. If he would not go it alone and would share some benefits with Peter Barak, the latter would not hate and resist him so much, and he would have
With the cooperation of Peter Barak, there would not be so many flaws left in the preliminary work, at least it would not allow Petrovna to defect on the spot.
Speaking of Petrovna, if Shuvalov could be more pregnant and really willing to fulfill his promise, the relationship between the two would not be like this.
To put it bluntly, you can only reap the fruits of what you plant. Shuvalov himself is a selfish villain who only cares about himself, so how can he get the people around him to cooperate selflessly and sincerely?
It's just that he hasn't realized this yet. He still has illusions about the current situation. He feels that he can give orders to the outside even if he is under house arrest. This fully shows that they have the absolute upper hand in Ukraine and can naturally clean up Kang.
Archduke Standing is not a difficult matter.
He never imagined that, let alone taking care of Grand Duke Constantine, not only would he himself be in danger, but Peter Barak and the entire conservative party would also be in catastrophe!