Dmitry was fed up with his brother's tendency to compromise and give in. This man's bottom line was too low, and nothing would be left in the end according to his method of reform.
This time, Dmitri took advantage of Count Rostovtsev's opportunity to beat him and simply expressed his attitude.
"But, Your Majesty is always..."
Dmitri said unhappily: "You just care too much about His Majesty's preferences and attitude. This is wrong... If everything is done according to His Majesty's temper, what will the country be like? Crimea
Aren’t the lessons of the Asian War profound enough?”
Nikolai Milyutin stopped talking. The experience and lessons of the Crimean War had caused a huge storm in St. Petersburg during this period. A large number of nobles and college students who discussed this matter were arrested. Now his Ministry of Internal Affairs has reports every day.
Relevant people came to intercede, which made him very annoyed.
"But you must respect His Majesty's authority!" Nikolai Milyutin argued.
Dmitri was also anxious and immediately said, "Respecting His Majesty's authority does not mean that you have to listen to His Majesty in everything!"
Even before Nikolay Milyutin could speak, he added: "If you respect His Majesty's authority as much as you do, then you might as well not mention any reform at all, because His Majesty doesn't want reform at all!"
These words are very serious. Although what Dmitri said is true, it is very shocking to put it bluntly. Nikolay Milyutin has always told himself in his heart: It is not that His Majesty is unwilling to reform, but that reform is
You must be cautious, and His Majesty is under great pressure, so you must understand.
This type of self-comfort was the key to his ability to tolerate Alexander II's constant testing and suppression. He always felt that Alexander II was willing to reform. The key reason why the reform process was so difficult was that the opposition was too strong.
But Dmitry had just ruthlessly exposed this illusion, telling him that the key to the problem was that Alexander II was essentially a conservative, and he was not willing to reform at all!
Suddenly Nikolai Milyutin became anxious and corrected him hurriedly: "How can you say that? His Majesty is unwilling to reform. If he is unwilling, who can force him to reform? What you are saying is just standing up."
My back hurts, so irresponsible!"
Nikolai Milyutin spoke righteously. He felt that his reasoning was quite sufficient. He should be able to convince Dmitri. Even if he could not convince him, he could still make him be more honest. But who would have thought that his words not only had no suppressive effect at all, but also made him more honest.
Instead, it pissed off Dmitri.
"You can't stand and talk without pain in your back? I think you are completely confused!" Dmitri directly sprayed him in the face, "If it wasn't forced by the situation, if the count and we hadn't been trying to exert pressure, what would have happened?
Reform! Our Majesty is an out-and-out conservative. If the situation had not forced them to do so, they would have sent us to the gallows one by one, or sent us to Siberia like they did to the Decembrists!"
Before Nikolai Milyutin could speak, Dmitri criticized angrily: "You can't see the situation clearly at all, and you don't understand the crux of the problem at all... No wonder the situation is now deadlocked. I think the key reason is
The reason is that you are tied up and extremely passive! If you could take the initiative, you would never be like this!"
Nikolai Milyutin was startled by Dmitri's ferocious look. This was the first time he saw him so excited. Looking at his expression, he thought he thought there was a deep hatred between them!
This kind of Dmitry also felt strange to him. He felt that the calm-thinking and experienced brother in the past had disappeared, and was replaced by an out-and-out angry young man.
Suddenly he was furious, and subconsciously wanted to fight with Dmitry, but this time it was not a battle between the two brothers. How could it be possible for a living person like Count Rostovtsev to stand there?
Watching a white show?
"Nikolai, Dmitri is right, but you are absolutely wrong!"
Count Rostovtsev said slowly: "I have mentioned this issue to you several times. Don't place too high expectations on Your Majesty. He is not the enlightened monarch you imagined. Just in terms of character, he is
He doesn’t have a firm will, let alone much ambition... For him, maintaining the status quo is the best... So it is simply unrealistic to expect such a person to take the initiative to carry out reforms!"...
If Dmitri was the only one who said this, Nikolai Milyutin would definitely not be convinced, but if Count Rostovtsev also said so, the weight would be different. What’s more, what Count Rostovtsev said was true.
I mentioned it several times.
So what exactly is Nikolai Milyutin’s idea?
He is not an inexperienced person, but it is impossible for him to change his decades-old views overnight. So he is a bit like Count Rostovtsev, who whips him twice and then moves.
It feels like he is just going around in circles and even going backwards.
Count Rostovtsev taught him a lesson, and he became more proactive in the next few days. But as time went by, he became slacker.
The situation is like this. In short, it is a bit head-scratching and painful. When dealing with people like Nikolay Milyutin, we must teach him a lesson, but we must not teach him too harshly. Anyway, conventional methods have little effect.
And this was also the main reason why Count Rostovtsev deliberately told him and Dmitri about this matter. Because Count Rostovtsev didn’t have that much free time to chase his ass and whip him every day.
, after all, he is also a busy man with many things to do. But he cannot ignore Nikolai Milyutin. The only way is to find a few more powerful people who can whip him and stare at him together. Whoever has time can come up and smoke two
Whip, let this honest man work for two days.
Of course, this can only be a stopgap measure. In the future, according to Count Rostovtsev’s opinion, Nikolay Milyutin must be replaced by a more reliable person. After all, he is getting older and may one day lose his hair.
Already.
At that time, he would be really worried if the reformists were handed over to Nikolai Milyutin.
As for the candidate, Count Rostovtsev has not yet been found, but he is not too anxious. After all, he is still alive, and there is Dmitri watching Nikolay Milyutin. For a while, Nikolai.
Milyuting will not overturn.
Sure enough, after being taught a lesson by Dmitry and Count Rostovtsev, Nikolai Milyutin became much more honest. Although it was obvious that he still had unrealistic expectations for Alexander II, he did not
As for being as stubborn as before.
He asked slightly unconvinced: "Then what are you going to do? Do you want to replace the tsar with someone who is more supportive of reform?"