The fundamental reason why Nikolai Milyutin has so much confidence is not because of Alexander II.
If you didn't have so many crazy thoughts, if you honestly started to carry out reforms, then Nikolai Milyutin would definitely become the most fanatical supporter of you in Russia.
But you just want to do a lot of tricks and wear down this person's patience and confidence to almost zero. What else do you think he can do? Is he just sitting there stupidly and being played to death by you?
It’s just that people like Alexander II could never realize their mistakes. He believed that he was the Tsar of Russia chosen by God and the embodiment of Russia’s highest power and will.
Of course he will make mistakes, but these mistakes are all for a reason and are not his own problem. The problem lies entirely with these uncooperative subjects. If they cooperate with his rule honestly, Russia's future will be bright!
So he thinks that the problems are other people's, and naturally all he thinks about is how to maintain his rule and attack those who disobey him.
"I still think it is necessary to expand the discussion. It is appropriate and appropriate to discuss such issues at the Imperial Council!" Alexander II suddenly emphasized his tone. He wanted to tell Nikolai Milyutin that his will could not be resisted.
Nikolai Milyutin sighed. If he had felt a little self-reproached just now, and felt that his attitude towards Alexander II was somewhat disrespectful, he could not stand up to this supreme leader.
But as Alexander II persisted in his wrong approach, his self-blame immediately disappeared. Because he felt that a king who was determined to make the country better should not be like this. Why?
Is it possible to do this?
Since you don't respect martial ethics anymore, why don't you allow him to resist?
Nikolai Milyutin bowed and replied firmly: "Your Majesty, if you must do this, that is your right. You are the master of the country and can do whatever you want. However, as a
Minister, as your minister, I think doing this will be harmful but useless. If you must do this, please allow me to resign!"
Alexander II was stunned because this was the first minister to threaten to resign since he took the throne. This fully demonstrated that Nikolai Milyutin would not compromise. If he insisted on doing this, then everyone would be destroyed.
alright!
This is no joke. Alexander II knew very well that his position was actually not stable at all. Don’t look at the fact that at the end of the Paris Peace Conference, he told the whole country that he had glossed over the failure of the Crimean War.
It seems that despite defeat there is still glory.
But he knew that these tricks could not fool many people. At most, they could only deceive ignorant novices.
In fact, both the common people, nobles and bureaucrats in the country criticized his decision to end the war.
The common people felt that he gave in too late and made their lives a mess. The aristocrats and bureaucrats thought that he should not give in so easily and thought that he was too weak to bear the responsibility of being a czar.
All in all, there are a lot of people who are dissatisfied with him internally. If the decision to admit defeat had not been supported by a vote of senior nobles and ministers, he, the czar, would have been ousted before his seat was even warmed up.
Knowing this clearly gave him a sense of crisis. He knew that his position was not stable. Without the support of powerful ministers, he would collapse in minutes.
Unfortunately, Nikolai Milyutin is the most powerful minister at present. He is the leader of the reformists. Once he resigns and makes a public break, it almost means that the reformists will stand against him, which can almost be said to be his.
It will collapse immediately.
At that time, even if he fully embraced the conservatives and completely fell to them, he might not be able to defeat the reformists. Even if he took a step back, even if he relied on conservatives to defeat the reformers, the final result would still be that he would have to become a conservative.
Pie's puppet.
At that time, he had to rely entirely on the conservatives to maintain his position. As long as the conservatives were dissatisfied with him, a new czar could replace him in minutes.
He had no interest at all in being a puppet without real power. He clearly remembered Nicholas I's warning before his death - he must firmly control power in his own hands!
He knew that he had to keep the reformists and conservatives at a stalemate so that he could have both sides and slowly gain power step by step.
Once Nikolay Milyutin announces his resignation, it means that this stalemate balance will immediately collapse. Either to the left or to the right, he must make a choice immediately. Then no matter which faction wins in the end, he will become
The winner's puppet!
So as soon as Nikolai Milyutin threatened to resign, Alexander II immediately relented, because he couldn't do it!
He immediately comforted him cordially: "Dear Nicholas, don't be anxious and don't get excited! I also hope that the country will become better, so I try to build a bridge of communication. After all, the current situation of neither up nor down has changed."
It has gone on for too long... Not only are you anxious, I am anxious too! I really hope that Russia will become great again! I really can’t wait!”...
After some consolation, he continued: "As for resignation, I will never accept it! I know your abilities very well. I think you are very important to Russia. The road to making our great country great again requires you. You
But don’t act out of anger!”
In the past, Nikolai Milyutin would have been very moved and felt that Alexander II really relied on and cared about him.
But now he has witnessed His Majesty's methods step by step. He knows that the other party is too tough and is ready to be soft. To be honest, this chills him, and naturally he cannot be fooled!
He bowed again and replied: "Your Majesty, I personally am willing to serve the country. As long as you start the reform process as soon as possible, I believe that all problems will be solved soon... The most important thing now is to procrastinate...
You should continue to rebel against it! Even if I don’t resign, but you don’t make up your mind, I still can’t do anything... I hate being a useless person who wants to do things in his position!"
Alexander II was so angry that he felt that Nikolai Milyutin was being shameless and refused to let him go even after he had already stepped down. He simply did not take him as the tsar in his eyes and was not loyal or conscientious at all.
Very bad!
But on the surface, he had a different story. He continued to comfort him with kind words and make promises, and after a long conversation, he managed to get the matter over with...