Alexey definitely didn't come to Li Xiao to talk about trivial matters. He was not that free. The reason why he came to Li Xiao was Vasily Konstantinovich. Li Xiao asked someone for help and generously gave him money.
This surprised him.
In his impression, Li Xiao is not the kind of person who spends money freely, let alone the kind of person who easily trusts strangers.
"Vasily Konstantinovich is not a stranger, right? After all, you introduced him!" Li Xiao replied with a smile.
Alexey curled his lips and said: "I was also Leonid's friend at the beginning, but you were not so quick to trust me!"
Li Xiao shook his head and said: "That's different. I wasn't very familiar with Leonid at that time, so naturally I couldn't trust his friends unconditionally. What's more, you also know him... With his personality, he doesn't have many friends.
Think about it, what if you are a saint again?"
Alexei smiled, Leonid was indeed a bit uneasy, and it was indeed a bit uneasy to be friends with such a person.
"Then you trust me so much now?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "I'm not blind. Besides, we have been partners for so long. I don't understand your temperament. If I don't trust the people you introduce, then who can I trust?"
Alexei smiled happily, and it felt really good to be trusted. He mainly wanted to discuss with Li Xiao how Vasily Konstantinovich's line should work.
"I think this is a good opportunity for the Crown Prince and His Majesty to play a subtle role. If the Crown Prince can realize the importance of reform as early as possible, even if we are unable to carry out thorough reforms, we can count on the Crown Prince to continue to promote this cause!"
To be honest, Li Xiao felt that Alexey was thinking a little too far. After all, Crown Prince Nicholas was still too young, not to mention that he, a time traveler, knew that the crown prince died in infancy and did not ascend to the throne. Work hard on him.
I feel like I'm being wronged.
But he couldn't tell Alexei that the crown prince would be killed by tuberculosis, and that the fat man Alexander III would succeed him in the future. Then Alexei shouldn't think he was crazy.
What's more, even if he, a time traveler, could interfere with history and find a way to save the life of Crown Prince Nicholas, he would not agree to pin the hope of reform on him. The Tsar was completely different before he ascended the throne and after he ascended the throne.
Before he succeeded to the throne, he could be very open-minded and seemed to be tolerant of everything. But once he ascended to that position, everything changed. Everything could only revolve around him, and there was no way to go beyond him.
So Alexei said that he should develop Vasily Konstantinovich's line and try to let him play a greater role. Li Xiao agreed, and that's exactly what he did.
But if Alexei said that he wanted to invest in the future in advance and try to influence and interfere with the development of Crown Prince Nicholas, he would not agree with it.
Vasily Konstantinovich, an outsider, does not have that much influence on Crown Prince Nicholas, and it is unlikely that he will surpass the influence exerted by Alexander II on him. After all, he is his biological father and mother, how can you be such a dilettante?
Can a servant be compared with a friend?
What's more, Alexander II is not blind. How can your precious son, who has been teasing and teasing me, pretend to be deaf and mute and let you do whatever you want?
I'm afraid that as soon as you make some move, Alexander II will take him away with you with a transfer order, so that you will never get close to his son in your life.
Li Xiao believes that Vasily Konstantinovich's line is too important, and it would be a pity to scrap him because of something that has no trace.
Therefore, the most important thing is to let him firmly establish himself in the Winter Palace and preferably stay with the crown prince for a long time.
After all, their internal information network within the Winter Palace is so lacking that even if Vasily Konstantinovich does nothing, the value of being the eyes and ears there is astonishing!
"But isn't this too passive?" Alexey asked doubtfully: "Don't you always insist on taking the initiative?"
Li Xiao patiently explained: "Striving for the initiative does not mean being reckless, nor does it mean acting recklessly. The most important thing for us at the moment is to do our own thing well and develop more like-minded people in our position to strengthen our strength.
Instead of rashly trying to subvert the old order by relying on the strength of a few people, that would be to hit an egg with an egg and kill a stone, and the gain will be totally outweighed by the loss!"
Alexey sighed. Although he knew in his heart that Li Xiao was right, he always wanted to do more without realizing it. He always felt that it was too slow to do it step by step like he was doing now.
I wish I could build Rome in one day!
But this is also understandable. Who doesn’t want their country to be rich and powerful, and who doesn’t want their struggle to see results. At least no one wants to struggle silently for a lifetime only to be told in the end that they are just paving the way for future generations as a stepping stone.
Li Xiao is not worried that he will become a stepping stone. In the current state of Russia, reform is imperative. The only question is whether the reform is thorough enough. If it is like what happened in history, it is indeed almost meaningless. What he pursues is more thorough reform.
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To achieve this, accumulation is very important. Just three or five friends like them want to start a career. To put it bluntly, it is called an intimate delusion!
No matter what you do, the most important thing is people. The simplest thing everyone knows is that there is strength in numbers.
If you want to make a career, it is necessary to develop more like-minded people. When more and more like-minded people occupy the mainstream, it will be impossible to succeed.
And this is a process of accumulation. If they don't accumulate properly, it is very likely that they will become the second Decembrists.
"Be patient, my friend!" Li Xiao advised, "It is best to be mentally prepared to spend ten or even twenty or thirty years to change our country... There is no shortcut, and even if there is, it is best
Don't take shortcuts, because all shortcuts come with a price... If you don't want our career to be overturned and destroyed in the future, you can only make up your mind and move forward slowly step by step!"
Alexey was silent. It wasn't that he couldn't accept the result, but that this excuse came from Li Xiao's mouth and made him very frustrated. How he wished there was a shortcut!
"Okay," he sighed and said in frustration, "I listen to you, let's take our time, lay a solid foundation and don't take shortcuts!"
Li Xiao smiled and hugged his shoulders and praised: "That's right. Believe me, every work we do is meaningful, and every step we take will be remembered by history!"
"Okay!" Alexey smiled bitterly: "You don't need to comfort me, I'm not that fragile. By the way, besides this, I also want to tell you that Grand Duke Constantine wants to talk to you..."