To be honest, when he first received the news, Grand Duke Constantine was so angry that he almost vomited blood and even cried without covering his head. He felt that this was a sign that Nicholas I did not love him, otherwise what biological father could do such a thing?
Arrangement?
In fact, Nicholas I did do it on purpose. The reasons why he did not give Grand Duke Constantine any arrangements were very complicated. The first is that he did trust Menshikov more, and he always felt that Grand Duke Constantine had nothing to do with his words.
Not strong.
Especially in recent times, Archduke Constantine has made a lot of mistakes, making Moldavia a mess, and almost ruined everything.
Under such circumstances, how can you ask Nicholas I to trust his biological son?
What's more, this matter is really big. Is it easy for the British, French, and Turkish coalition forces to get along with each other?
Grand Duke Constantine did not have any experience in commanding large armies in combat, and was not even an army general. No normal person would agree to let a layman like him shoulder such an important task.
But Menshikov is different. This guy started out in the army. Although he has no achievements worth mentioning, he has rich command experience after all. He had many fights with Turkey back then. It is at least safer to let the old eunuch go.
As for why Grand Duke Constantine was not given even a nominal post, it was entirely because Nicholas I beat him.
My own father also has a temper. Look at all the bad things your kid has done, and you still have the nerve to ask for an official position?
Nicholas I deliberately ignored Grand Duke Constantine, just to let him learn a lesson and tell him that even his own father would not let him do anything wrong.
Regrettably, Grand Duke Constantine did not notice this heart of fist, and Viscount Prozolov, who noticed it, could not say it clearly, so he could not say: "Your father is a little bit dissatisfied with your unreliable work, so this is just to give you some color."
Take a look and let you learn a lesson!”
Then Grand Duke Constantine can't even fry it!
In short, he was full of anger and couldn't calm down without venting his anger. So Viscount Prozolov could only tell him: "Your Highness, after all, this is your Majesty's decision. At this moment, you cannot go up to the cow. There is no benefit in that.
It will make His Majesty’s impression of you even worse!”
"So even if you are angry, you can't go against His Majesty!"
Grand Duke Constantine shouted angrily: "Then I can only hold it in?"
Viscount Prozolov sighed and said: "It's best to hold it in, otherwise once His Majesty finds out, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Grand Duke Constantine hammered the table angrily and yelled: "But I really can't swallow this breath. The thought of having that old eunuch sitting on my head and dominating me again makes me furious!
Is there no way to make me feel bad?"
Viscount Prozolov sighed again and said helplessly: "If you must vent your anger, there is nothing you can do... I don't think Kornilov and Nakhimov will be satisfied with your Majesty's appointment this time.
We can use them to stumble Menshikov secretly!"
He couldn't believe it, so he came up with the idea of asking Grand Duke Constantine to give Kornilov and Nakhimov some advice to make things difficult for Menshikov, and that's how things happened.
On the other hand, although Kornilov and Nakhimov did not trust Grand Duke Constantine, they thought about it and found no better way. In desperation, they could only take a try and take a step forward.
One step.
However, George Bingham was not the most unlucky. Another admiral, Dundas, was simply called a damn's ass, which was not an ordinary unpleasant sound.
In short, the progress of the British army on this day was not smooth. They just stumbled to the Alma River and faced off with the Russian army on the other side of the river...