Count Uvarov is indeed very keen. He realizes that things in Kiev are not that simple. If he is given enough time to investigate, both Li Xiao and Count Rostovtsev may be exposed.
Unfortunately, Count Uvarov did not have enough time to investigate. Basically, he could not escape in St. Petersburg. He would soon have to fight a fierce battle with Baryatinsky and his gang. How long will this battle last?
I don’t even know, let alone what it will look like after the fight. It may take several months or even a year or two to clean up the mess.
Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for him to leave St. Petersburg during this period.
Don't you think he has subordinates? Whether it's sending a few capable investigators or simply asking Count Shuvalov to investigate on the spot, isn't that okay?
Well, this is probably impossible. Send someone to Kiev to investigate? At this time when he is about to have a fight with Baryatinsky? Even if he is Count Uvarov and one of the most powerful people in Russia, he is not that
Surplus manpower.
As for having Count Shuvalov investigate on the spot, that’s not impossible, but do you think Count Rostovtsev will let Count Shuvalov stay in Kiev happily?
Although he seemed to be noble and let Count Shuvalov go, and did not pursue his case of conspiring to frame Bestuzhev. However, he did pursue other issues reported by Grand Duke Constantine and gave him directly.
Removed from office.
How can Count Shuvalov carry out investigations without his authority? Even if he is unwilling to do everything himself, Count Rostovtsev will take him back to St. Petersburg and will never allow him to stay in Kiev to cause trouble.
So let's put it this way, even if Count Uvarov is keenly aware of the problem, he has no ability to explore the truth under the general environment. Even if he really tries to do it regardless of the circumstances, Count Rostovtsev is also
I won't stand by and watch.
The count's methods may not be a good way to deceive an old fox like Count Uvarov when the case has just ended and all the circumstances are relatively new. But as long as he is given enough time, he can definitely clean up the problem.
Wipe away relevant evidence completely.
Moreover, Count Rostovtsev will not let Count Uvarov idle. Do you think he will watch Count Uvarov and Baryatinsky fighting and remain indifferent?
How could he let go of this opportunity to alienate and undermine the conservatives? I'm afraid that Count Uvarov will not fight Baryatinsky just because he wants to retaliate. As long as they fight, the scale and destructiveness of the war will not be controlled by the two of them.
Count Rostovtsev will definitely do his best to keep these two men in a state of confusion.
In fact, we can hold a moment of silence for Count Uvarov in advance. His starting point for teaching Baryatinsky was to maintain his own status and the stability within the conservatives. But he never imagined that this would backfire. After this battle, the conservatives may have to fight.
Break the dog's skull and turn it into a pot of boiling water.
It's a bit far-fetched. While Count Uvarov was anxiously waiting for Count Shuvalov's latest report, Count Shuvalov who was far away in Kiev was also a little uninterested.
At present, he has not received the latest instructions from Count Uvarov, and he is a bit idle. After understanding the case, Bestuzhev Liuming was indeed defeated by him as he wished, but the price he paid was a bit heavy.
Not only was he turned into a bare commander, but also the close friends who followed him suffered heavy losses. In the third part, this long-running den was almost wiped out, and almost all the people he placed in it were kicked out or transferred.
Go, even if there are two three-legged cats left, they will be sent to sit on the bench.
Not only did he suffer heavy losses in the third department, but also in other key municipal departments, not many people involved with him ran away. Count Rostovtsev used various reasons to hold them accountable one by one, and they were either dismissed or demoted.
Kicked out of key departments.
After such an operation, Count Shuvalov's power in Kiev was cut in half. It was almost uprooted.
"This imperial envoy is really unusually ruthless!"
Count Shuvalov looked in the direction of the Governor's Palace and sighed sadly. Previously, he thought that Count Rostovtsev would take gentle measures to solve the problem in Kiev. Even the culprits like him and Grand Duke Constantine were let off casually.
Now, there shouldn't be any big fight.
But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the count would wield a butcher knife and kill him with a single blow. Only then did Count Shuvalov realize that he seemed to have misjudged Count Rostovtsev. He was not here to calm things down and make peace at all.
of.
The only thing that made Count Shuvalov feel a little relieved was that it was not only his people who were unlucky, but also Grand Duke Constantine's people, and several of Bestuzhev. Ryumin's gang members also did not escape.
Count Rostovtsev’s forty-meter machete was killed one after another.
Even those who were newly attracted by the later Grand Duke Mikhail, who danced more joyfully in the previous paragraph, were slaughtered to offer sacrifices to heaven. Anyway, after this attack, everyone in Kiev or the Ukrainian nobles was in danger.
, for fear that Count Rostovtsev would catch him and chop him down if he was not careful.
This made them suddenly become more honest than quails during the dramatic changes. No one dared to act arrogantly, and no one dared to rely on connections or spend money to buy Ukrainian officials. They could only hide at home and pray secretly.
, hoping that Count Rostovtsev, the god of murder, will leave soon.
"Count Rostovtsev's nonsense will probably offend the public, and he won't be able to explain it at that time, right?"
In response to this, Count Shuvalov just snorted coldly and taught him a lesson rudely: "Naive, do you think he did it randomly? I'm afraid he did it deliberately under His Majesty's instructions!"
The man was startled: "Your Majesty also supports this?"
Count Shuvalov sighed quietly. Only then did he think clearly about what Count Rostovtsev had done. I am afraid that in addition to the public closing report, the count should privately tell the whole story and the truth about the matter.
They all reported to Nicholas I one by one.
The reason for covering up their shame was not that Count Rostovtsev was afraid of Count Uvarov. They did not want to mess with things at all, but to save the face of Nicholas I.
So despite the fact that he was not publicly punished, it was just a show for outsiders to see, but he would still punish them severely in private. That's why Count Rostovtsev would be so crazy about killing people, do you think he
He is a mad dog, but in fact, everyone follows the rules and has Nicholas I’s endorsement!