The Admiralty Building is located on the northeast side of the Privy Council Square, on the other side of the Bronze Horseman Statue. It is closer to the Winter Palace than the State Council Building. From this perspective, it can also be seen that the Admiralty's status in Tsarist Russia is much higher than that of the State Council.
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Not only does the Admiralty have a higher status than the Council of State, it is also richer than the Council of State. This can also be deeply felt from the decoration of the Admiralty building. The Admiralty is completely French-style extravagance, with various famous paintings and various works of art.
Various gold and silver jewelry, various antique swords and armors are listed among them.
This makes the Admiralty more like a large museum rather than an administrative agency of the Navy. When he was looking at the gate of the Winter Palace, Li Xiao often passed by the Admiralty Building, but there were not many opportunities to go in.
It’s not that the guards are strict. In fact, the outposts of the Admiralty are basically a dummy, and the ceremonial guards are completely useless. Anyone who looks like a noble can go in and visit with swagger.
Li Xiao's main reason was that he didn't have time to play. He was bullied like a dog by Nicholas I's family all day long. He was either on guard duty or on the way to guard duty, so he had almost no private time.
But today is different. Li Xiao was invited into the Admiralty Building. Well, let’s call it an invitation. Accepting questions is also a kind of invitation, isn’t it?
"It looks like there's quite a scene today!"
As soon as he walked into the Admiralty Building, Li Xiao noticed that people were pointing at him and talking about him from time to time. It seemed that the news of his questioning had been deliberately leaked. It was probably to create public opinion and laugh at him.
You can guess who did this with your buttocks. It seems that Grand Duke Constantine is no longer satisfied with the small tricks and harassment before, and is ready to do something big.
"Something's not right!"
Leonid also frowned. Unlike Li Xiao, he knew more about the domestic military technical experts. Just at a glance, he saw several technical experts in shipbuilding. These people have no
With one exception, they are all supporters of old-style sailing ships. No matter how you look at it, they are all coming from bad intentions.
"The old gentlemen over there all support pure sailing." Leonid reminded in a low voice, "They were also the ones who scolded you the most before!"
However, Li Xiao still didn't care much. Before he came, he knew that this question was about a banquet, and it must be a Hongmen Banquet. The current situation was exactly what he expected.
"Normally, my cousin just wants to see me make a fool of myself!"
Looking at the calm Li Xiao, Leonid sighed a little. The more he got to know Li Xiao and the grudges between him and Nicholas I's family, the more he felt that he was not easy or simple.
Even Leonid, who has always supported the royal family, had to admit that Nicholas I and his family went a little too far. Even if there are problems with Li Xiao's bloodline, he is still the biological son of your brother and your uncle. As for such a petty tit-for-tat confrontation.
What's more, Li Xiao has never done anything wrong, so targeting him like this seems even more heartless and heartless.
Leonid felt that whether he was a Russian or not did not depend solely on his bloodline. As long as he supported Russia and safeguarded Russia's national interests, even if he had Polish ancestry, he was one of his own. There was no need to be so exclusive.
On the contrary, some pure Russians now shout that they love the motherland, but what they are doing is digging up the foundation of their own country. What is the use of such bastards no matter how pure their blood is?
Anyway, Leonid looks down on the idiots and moths who believe in bloodline theory, and he accompanied Li Xiao to participate in the questioning just to show his attitude - I am on Li Xiao's side!
The questioning was held in the largest conference room of the Admiralty. There was no way, there were too many "experts" and "reporters" invited by Grand Duke Constantine. An ordinary conference room really couldn't accommodate these people.
But as soon as he reached the door, Leonid was stopped.
"Lieutenant Colonel, this inquiry is conducted behind closed doors. Please wait outside the door!"
At this moment, Leonid became very angry. He started asking questions behind closed doors. How did those reporters get in?
The guard replied seriously: "This meeting is held behind closed doors, and non-invited persons are not allowed to enter!"
Leonid said angrily: "I am the commander of the 748th Regiment. The Navy Department wants to question my subordinates, and I should be there!"
"No one can enter unless invited, Lieutenant Colonel, please go back!"
Leonid suddenly lost his temper, grabbed Li Xiao and sneered: "Then we refuse to participate in this questioning. Andre, let's go! Let's go back!"
Now it was the guards' turn to be dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that the other party would dare to offend the Admiralty. They immediately stopped them and said: "Lieutenant Colonel, please don't make unreasonable troubles! This is an inquiry initiated by the Admiralty..."
Leonid rolled his eyes at them and said: "So what? Which military regulations and laws stipulate that you must respond to inquiries? Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich has the right to refuse to respond to rude inquiries. You guys
If you are not satisfied, just issue a subpoena."
The guard was speechless. The most speechless thing about Li Xiao was his title of Grand Duke. Although this title had no actual benefits at all, it had great benefits in terms of status. As the Grand Duke of the empire, unless he was
It was truly a crime, otherwise the Navy would have nothing to do with him.
Similar questions, if Li Xiao wants to be honest, then he really doesn't have to. At most, it is just an excuse to disrespect the Navy, but so what? Anyway, if Nicholas I is in someone's official career, don't even think about it.
Smooth, whether you respect the Admiralty or not, it doesn't matter.
What's more, the inquiry initiated by Grand Duke Constantine is really not mandatory. It is at most a research and discussion nature.
After all, Li Xiao is not a designer in the naval shipbuilding department, and there is no real specific design case that causes problems. He just expresses his views and opinions in publications, and he is considered a keyboard designer.
The problem is that keyboard designers do not commit crimes. At most, you can only say that their ideas are not good and unreasonable, but you cannot say that if they design a keyboard, they will be put in jail and cry behind bars, right?
Therefore, this inquiry initiated by the Ministry of the Navy is actually untenable. What are you questioning Li Xiao for? Questioning him about his keyboard design? Isn’t this funny!
None of the opinions expressed by Li Xiao have caused any substantial harm. What do you want to question him about? What else is there to question? You can’t say that there is anything wrong with his views and opinions, right?
Although Russia is closed and conservative, it is not to the point where even technical issues are not allowed to be discussed, right? What is not allowed to be discussed is politics, not technology. Talking about technology can even openly curse in newspapers, no problem! It is considered uncivilized at most.
But it's not a crime.
Therefore, if Li Xiao really refuses to give face, he can ignore the questioning from the Navy Ministry. And now if Li Xiao turns around and leaves, the guards are really frightened. After all, according to Grand Duke Constantine's wishes, Li Xiao must be questioned by the Ministry of Defense.
Come on stage, otherwise such a big stage would be in vain!