Count Rostovtsev knew very well that with his status, he would definitely not be able to serve as Prime Minister, and naturally he would not be able to use the authority of Prime Minister to forcefully promote reforms.
Although the chief of the third department has a lot of power, he is in charge of the secret police and spies across the country, and can respond to hot issues at the first time. However, this position is too restrictive, and the most important thing is that it is easy to be exposed.
political standpoint.
It is very necessary for Count Rostovtsev to maintain a relatively vague political position at present. Only in this way can he be able to have both sides and penetrate into the heart of the enemy.
Once this coat is gone, he will be very passive and may even be unable to do anything.
Therefore, when planning to deal with Duke Dolgoruky and Pobedonostsev, his fundamental purpose is not to win the third part in one fell swoop, but to weaken the enemy as much as possible and try to wedge more secrets inside the enemy.
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This time, after Duke Dolgoruky and Pobedonostsev failed in their mission, he would take the initiative to help them clean up their mess and try to hint that Alexander II was unreliable. Finally, at the right time, he would try to help them clean up their mess.
Recommend a dark subplot that looks reasonable but is actually poisonous to insert.
In this way, the enemy is weakened without exposing one's own position, and one can advance and retreat calmly without any further trouble.
Dmitri suddenly interrupted and asked: "Do you have a suitable candidate for your so-called dark son?"
This issue is indeed critical. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be embarrassing if we put in so much effort but end up with no suitable candidate?
The reason why Dmitri asked this question was also very simple, because he felt that there was no such a suitable candidate, at least there was no such person among the reformists.
Thinking about it, if you want to be this secret agent, you must at least be a staunch supporter of the reformists. Otherwise, you can't get a die-hard conservative to be the second or fifth agent, right?
But the problem is that Alexander II is not blind. He is now very afraid of reformists. How could he watch Count Rostovtsev insert another reformist into the third film?
And even if he is sometimes blind, he will always react afterwards. Will he doubt Count Rostovtsev's true political stance at that time?
You can't expose Count Rostovtsev's true political stance for such a big bastard, right?
Anyway, Dmitri felt that this was not worth the gain and there was no need to do this.
Count Rostovtsev replied with a smile: "Of course it is impossible for me to make such a stupid mistake. It is certainly impossible for me to send someone who supports the reform at first sight to be a spy..."
Dmitri was dumbfounded because he thought this was Count Rostovtsev's mistake. After all, a wise man must make mistakes. Although Count Rostovtsev is powerful, he cannot completely avoid making mistakes.
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But according to Count Rostovtsev, he has already thought of this problem, and it seems that he is planning to use a conservative as a backbone. How is this possible? And isn’t this nonsense!
"Of course it is possible," Count Rostovtsev replied unhurriedly. "If conservatives use it, they can also play a key role. The key is how to use it and who will use it!"
Dmitry and Nikolai Milyutin looked at each other. They had no idea how to implement such a difficult operation. At least they were incapable of "inciting rebellion" against a conservative element. Could it be that Rostov
Does Count Zeff really have this kind of power? Can he make conservatives realize their mistakes and change their past?
"I don't have the ability to do that!" Count Rostovtsev denied such a possibility. "And it's not necessary for me. It's not worth taking such a risk!"
Dmitry and Nikolai Milyutin looked at each other again. The two brothers were increasingly confused about what kind of Western trick Count Rostovtsev was playing.
Seeing that the two brothers were becoming more and more confused, Count Rostovtsev simply revealed the answer to the mystery: "What do you think of Count Shuvanov? Is he the most suitable candidate to be the undercover?"
Both Dmitry and Nikolai Milyutin are familiar with Count Shuvanov. If their memories are correct, Count Rostovtsev seems to have said that this guy is the most die-hard conservative, and quite
Cunning and dangerous.
In this case, why do you still use such a dangerous guy as such a key secret? Is Count Rostovtsev an old man who eats arsenic and thinks his life is too long?
Count Rostovtsev was not angry when faced with the two brothers' doubts, and calmly explained: "Count Shuvanov is indeed quite dangerous, but it is precisely because he is a die-hard conservative and cunning and capable enough that
This makes him more in line with the requirements of being a secret agent... After all, I can't recommend a reformist or an idiot who looks like a waste to His Majesty, right?"
"But he is too dangerous!" Nikolai Milyutin whispered.
Count Rostovtsev nodded: "It is precisely because he is dangerous that I am loyal enough to your Majesty, and your Majesty will believe that this recommendation does not contain any selfishness, so he would never have thought that Count Shuvanov would be us
people!"
It sounded like that, but Dmitri said: "That's true, but how can you guarantee that Count Shuvanov is willing to be your accomplice? You are not afraid of his backhand.
Betrayed to you?"
Count Rostovtsev chuckled and said: "Don't be afraid. Today I took the opportunity to give him a good beating and shock. For a while, he didn't dare to do any tricks... and he always thought that I was also a conservative.
I thought my purpose was to compete with Count Uvarov, Baryatinsky and Pobedonostsev!"
Having said this, Count Rostovtsev smiled unusually happily, and Dmitri and Nikolai Milyutin could feel that he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
Count Rostovtsev said while laughing: "So he thought this was their internal struggle for power, and never thought that I was also a supporter of reform... Haha, this guy probably never thought of who he was helping in his entire life.
work!"
Dmitry and Nikolai Milyutin really found it funny when they said this. They had to admit that Count Rostovtsev's disguise was so successful that he deceived almost everyone in the government and the public, especially Alexander II.
And those die-hard conservatives were even more deceived.
If they were told that Count Rostovtsev was the boss behind the reformists and the remnants of the Decembrists they had always wanted to eradicate, I really don’t know what their expressions would be...