Li Xiao was quite familiar with Nicholas I's bad temper. In fact, the emperor was not that disgusted with killing foreign diplomats. What really disgusted him was what if this matter was exposed and his face would be greatly lost.
The emperor was always worried about the issue of face, and the ministers around him who hated Alexey were likely to use this to slander the emperor and talk rubbish about the negative consequences of Alexei's behavior after it was exposed.
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These are the key issues that lead to bad things, and to be honest, Li Xiao can't help.
After thinking about it, Li Xiao could only suggest: "My friend, the current situation can only be dealt with in two steps. On the one hand, you should immediately contact your friends at home, especially those good friends of your father, and ask them to help you speak in front of His Majesty.
Nice words..."
To be honest, Alexei didn't like this suggestion very much. He also had self-esteem and didn't like to rely on his father's influence to do things.
But Li Xiao said decisively: "My friend, now is not to do things, but to save your life! You should know the temper of our Majesty. For the sake of his face, he can sacrifice all the less important things, including us.
These dispensable ministers!"
Alexei was startled, and then he woke up. Was the situation already so bad?
At this time, Li Xiao continued: "In fact, asking someone to help and say good things is just a delaying measure. It can only prevent the situation from deteriorating further. The most important thing is for you to come up with some results that can really make His Majesty happy!"
Alexei sighed and said: "I also want to do something, but it's really beyond my ability. Our power in Wallachia is too weak and we can't do anything!"
In this regard, Li Xiao was really speechless. Is it difficult to do something? Of course it is difficult. If it were easy, it wouldn't be their turn. But if you say it can't be done at all, he doesn't think it's necessarily true, otherwise he would
How did you manage to get along so well?
But Alexei is a good friend after all, so Li Xiao didn't want to attack the poor kid in person, so he just asked casually: "Then what do you want to do? Or what are your plans?"
Alexei was sincere and told the whole story without hesitation. However, Li Xiao frowned more and more as he listened. Not only was Alexey only focused on assassination, but more importantly, the target he wanted to assassinate.
Why is it so painful?
So he advised: "My friend, I am afraid that your Majesty did not send you here to kill and kill a few Wallachian leaders who are not willing to deal with us. This is of little significance. Because as long as our army
Come, we can defeat them easily!"
Alexei asked a little unconvinced: "But these guys can also run away. Wouldn't it be easier for them to let them run away?"
Li Xiao shook his head again and said: "So what if we run away? A monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple. Our goal is not to get rid of the monks, but to restore order in the temple. The latter is the most important. Just stare at the former.
It’s a matter of priority!”
Before Alexei could speak, Li Xiao emphasized: "Our most critical task is to restore order in Wallachia, rebuild everything here, and completely eradicate those anti-Russian forces. It is best to let Wallachia
Fall to us again and turn this place into a bridgehead for the march to Constantinople!"
Alexei was very interested in this. He was also a supporter of rebuilding the New Roman Empire. He believed that if Russia could establish a brand new Roman Empire, Russia would truly become the top of the world's powers.
But he didn't know much about how to do it specifically and had no idea. Now when he heard what Li Xiao said, he became very interested and asked repeatedly: "How to do it specifically?"
Li Xiao curled his lips and said: "First of all, you have to change your identity. Don't always regard yourself as a saboteur. You didn't come to Wallachia to do sabotage or to rape. How effective can killing a few people be?"
"Your task is to build. First of all, you must unite a group of Wallachians who can be used around you, so that they can surround you and obey your arrangements."
"Secondly, understand why the anti-Russian sentiment in Wallachia is so strong. This is a key issue, because according to my observation, anti-Russian sentiment is widespread in Wallachia and Moldavia. If this is not resolved,
Even if we can restore order with gunfire for a while, it will be unstable in the long run. Otherwise, this damn place will turn into a powder keg and explode every now and then!"
"You certainly don't want to see this happen, right?"
Alexey immediately shook his head, while Li Xiao continued to guide: "So you have to figure out the Wallachians. I don't mean the nobles and landowners, but ordinary people. You have to figure out what they want."
What, and then find a way to satisfy them!”
"In this way, without the support of the lower class, the nobles are like rootless duckweeds, unable to make any waves! And you can definitely create a balance among these nobles and let them check and balance each other, so that everything is settled up and down.
, who can resist us?"
Alexei thought about it and felt that it made sense. He increasingly believed that someone had a keen eye and could easily figure out the key to the problem. Isn't that right? He came to Wallachia to execute several people.
How useful can a rebel leader be? If he loses his reputation, he has to destroy it. It is totally worth the loss and it cannot solve the fundamental problem.
Only by completely eradicating the roots of anti-Russian sentiment in Wallachia can we solve it once and for all! Immediately, he asked with great interest: "You said it very well, but can you be more careful? Can you tell me a specific method?"
Li Xiao sighed in his heart again, secretly thinking that Alexey is really easy to fool, do you think these things are easy? I'm afraid it will be harder than your assassination!
However, he still explained: "The first thing to bear the brunt is the land issue. If the land issue of Wallachian farmers can be solved, things will not be difficult at all!"
Alexei thought for a while and asked: "You mean to confiscate the land of those anti-Russian elements and distribute them to farmers?"
Li Xiao's mouth twitched when he heard this, but what he said was correct. Anyway, Mr. Diomede is a Frenchman, and confiscating the land cannot be blamed on him, so he nodded and said:
"Yes, this can not only punish those anti-Russian elements, but also please and ease our bad relations with ordinary Wallachians. It kills two birds with one stone. And without land and other wealth, the anti-Russian elements will have no money to cause trouble.
Got it!"
Of course, Li Xiao also added: "But how to do it specifically must be carefully planned, especially to avoid irritating the old and rotten nerves of our domestic departments, who are extremely sensitive to land!"