Vishnyak didn't know that he was being targeted by Count Uvarov. He was not as busy as usual now. As the most unpopular deputy leader of the Preobrazhensky regiment, he received a call
A slightly bizarre mission - to lead a company to maintain order around St. Petersburg.
In fact, it is to deal with the so-called mobs that have risen up, to prevent them from continuing to "harm" the noble gentlemen, and to ensure the safety of the noble gentlemen's property and family members.
"What the hell kind of mission is this?" Vishnyak grabbed the reins and kept cursing and chattering. He hated this mission from the bottom of his heart because he sympathized with the hungry serfs, but he couldn't refuse the order from above.
, so he could only keep complaining: "When will the Preobrazhensky regiment need to solve the problem of mud legs? What the hell!"
Of course, the Preobrazhensky regiment did not have to deal with the trouble caused by the muddy legs, but who made him an unpopular deputy commander? The superiors really felt that his staying in the Winter Palace was an eyesore, so they had to use someone who could
He sent him far away with tasks.
"Actually, this is a good thing." Boris was in a good mood. As long as he could get away from the pile of unintelligible textbooks, he would do anything. "At least you know they are forced to have no choice, and at least you sympathize with them."
, will not kill people indiscriminately like those barbarians."
Vishniak did admit this. He had let many people go along the way, as long as they were so-called mobsters who did not kill anyone. Normally, he should be able to live with it in his conscience, but he didn't know why he just couldn't.
It feels comfortable, but I always feel like my heart is clogged.
In fact, he knew where the crux of the problem was. It was just that his small favors could not solve the actual problem at all. Even if he let those poor people go with his noble hands, they still did not have enough food to satisfy their hunger, and they still faced the problem of hunger.
So what if he lets them go for the time being? Sooner or later they will be swayed by hunger and take risks again. Can he still be arrogant at that time?
When he thought of this, he became upset and felt helpless. How much he wanted to let these poor people go, how much he hoped that these poor people's meager wishes could be realized, because it was really not worth mentioning, and logically the reason would be satisfied.
But in Russia, this has become very complicated and troublesome. The nobles tightly cover their wallets, preferring the grain to moldy and rot in the warehouse rather than give even a morsel to the serfs.
They even plausibly argued that private property was sacred and inviolable. Then they thought of human rights, but little did they know that they did not even protect the serfs' most basic right to survival.
This severe selective blindness made Vishnyak surprisingly angry. He really wanted to pick up a bayonet and bleed these misers one by one. Unfortunately, he could only think about it. In fact, he couldn't do anything.
Can secretly hurt one's nerves.
Boris also sighed. Of course he knew what his good friends were struggling with. Although he was not a serf and had no personal experience with their suffering. But as a fairly well-informed person, he felt that the Russian aristocrats and slaves
The masters have indeed gone too far. They have completely passed on the huge burden to those who are already impoverished, but they themselves maintain a luxurious life. This is not a question of fairness or unfairness, but a question of darkening their conscience.
He felt that the most appropriate approach was for the nobles to make certain concessions and make a little sacrifice. They had gained enough over the years, and it was time to make a small contribution.
But Boris also knows that it is absolutely impossible to persuade those greedy guys to give up the fat in their mouths, even if they know that things have developed for the worst, they still won’t shed tears until they see the coffin...
Boris sighed and comforted: "What can we do about this kind of thing? I can only do something within my ability, which is worthy of my conscience. At least I don't have to regret it when I die!"
Vishniak was indifferent to this, because he was not very interested in religion in the first place. He always felt that it was a trick. As long as he repented, he could go to heaven. The threshold was too low. If he did this, he would be reckless during his lifetime.
It doesn’t matter if you have committed many evil deeds. If you confess to the priest before you die, it will be wiped out. Is this reasonable? Is it fair?
At least he felt it was unfair. According to this theory, those serfs who were driven to desperation by hunger did not have to go to hell. They could repent anyway! At worst, they could just repent when they went to the gallows!
Vishniak felt that this was not a solution to the problem, but a trick to deceive himself and others. Maybe he could not even deceive himself and others. At least those noble men did not worry about going to hell when they committed evil. On the contrary, those who were deceived
The poor serfs who were fooled were put in shackles for this, and they would be intimidated by all kinds of threats if they went beyond the limits.
In desperation, Boris could only suggest: "If you really can't figure it out, you might as well ask Andre. Although I don't think he has a good solution, it can at least make you feel better."
Vishniak had doubts about this, because he always felt that Li Xiao was still the grand duke of the empire and the ruling class, and he would not side with the serfs even if he was overflowing with sympathy.
"The ruling class?"
Li Xiao was a little shocked when he heard Vishnyak's troubles. He really didn't expect that this good friend would learn this vocabulary. It seems that he didn't teach it, right?
He quipped: "Have you ever seen a ruling class as down and out as I am?"
But Vishniak obviously didn’t think this was very funny, so he could only laugh and continue: “Strictly speaking, we all belong to the ruling class, but the difference is that we belong to the small group that is aware of the problem...
...If we follow the methods of those...well, what you call the miserly people, this country will soon fall into turmoil, and perhaps a revolutionary movement like the one in France or not long ago in Austria will break out."
Li Xiao looked at Vishnyak and saw that he listened very seriously, so he had to explain carefully: "Strictly speaking, Russia's current problems are actually caused by the uneven distribution of production means. To put it simply, it is
The serfs had no land of their own and were exploited by the vast number of stingy men who were pampered. Now the social contradictions have been greatly amplified due to the defeat, and these problems that have existed for many years have been brought to the maximum."
"If this problem is not solved, the result will be revolution. The serfs will rise up and overthrow the so-called misers like the third estate in France, and use violence to solve the problem of survival..."