There was dead silence in the conference room. Antonov, who was blushing, Messadov, who was as pale as the bottom of a pot, and Lodkin, who was pale green, as well as a group of stunned onlookers, all looked at Leonid stupidly.
Couldn't say a word at all.
Indeed, what Leonid said is true. How to refute it?
It's just that this fact is not popular, and it is not accepted by people like Mesadov. They are more accustomed to the Russian tradition-that is, the will of the commander is the only one.
If the superiors think you are a talent, then you are a talent. If the superiors think you are a lumber, then you can only be used as lumber. Meritocracy does not exist in Russia. You are just a piece of mud and shit.
If the commander likes you, then he is a pillar of talent.
But now this set of unspoken rules has been broken. Leonid directly stripped off the underwear of Rodkin and Messadov. When the nepotism and clique for personal gain was exposed, they really couldn't get out of the way or end it.
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What's worse is that Messadov has not been able to use his power to suppress others. In the past, even if someone disagreed with his personnel appointment and dismissal plan, he could use the authority of the group leader to suppress it. But now he meets someone with a deeper background than him and a higher status than him.
Leonid's method won't work anymore.
He didn't even dare to stab Leonid. He could only watch in frustration as Leonid refuted Lodkin as worthless, and could only watch as Leonid proposed someone he thought was more suitable.
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"I think that no matter in terms of qualifications, battle merit, experience, or merit, among our regiment, Captains Vishniak Sergeyevich Bogolovsky and Mikhail Alexander
Captain Lovich Bogokin is even more qualified to serve as the commander of the second battalion!"
Messadov looked at Leonid, who had a menacing gaze, and felt flustered and unconfident for no reason, like a mouse seeing a cat. He didn't like the two people recommended by Leonid and wanted to oppose them.
, but I don’t know why as long as I look at Leonid’s eyes, he is like a deflated rubber ball, and I can only retreat step by step.
Soon, under the strong recommendation of Leonid, Vishniak was recommended as the commander of the second battalion and was officially recommended to the Navy Ministry. According to the tradition of the Russian army, this kind of command is jointly signed by the regiment commander and deputy commander.
The Navy Department will usually approve the letter of recommendation. In other words, Vishniak becoming the commander of the second battalion is just a matter of procedure.
However, Vishniak was not very happy. Although he had hoped to have this opportunity for a long time, this opportunity suddenly fell like pie in the sky, and the person who recommended him was heard to be Alexander's confidant, which made him
He felt uneasy.
"Could it be that guy's trick?" Vishniak asked worriedly, "There's no reason to recommend me so kindly! Could it be that they are planning to divide us and destroy us one by one?"
Li Xiao was still thinking, but Boris felt that this was what happened: "She probably didn't run away! Maybe she was planning to bribe and win over both of us, isolate Andreka, and then take Andreka down in one fell swoop!"
Li Xiao shook his head and said: "It's not like that! Even if I want to bribe you two, I should first make hints and promise benefits to you, and then take action after you agree. How can you give benefits first before the conditions are negotiated like this?
. Nicholas I and Crown Prince Alexander are not stupid!”
Boris thought about it and felt that it made sense. This benefit was given so readily. I had never heard of the nonsense of paying first and then inspecting the goods!
Vishnyak asked: "What does Deputy Commander Leonid want to do? I'm not familiar with him."
"It's hard to say," Li Xiao touched his chin and was very confused. He thought for a while and said, "But no matter what he wants to do, Vishniak's promotion to the commander of the second battalion is a good thing for us. If we make good use of this opportunity, we can
Let’s show off our skills!”
"Really?" Vishniak still expressed doubts.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Whatever! There is no reason to spit out the meat you eat... Anyway, even if you are not the battalion commander, those guys will not let us go!"
"Instead of making random guesses and imaginings, it's better to do your own thing and wait until the soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth!"
Li Xiao and his friends were in for a surprise, but Messadov's friend Adlerberg was furious and resentful.
"You are the leader, he is just the deputy leader, how can you be led around by the other party! Is this how you become an official?"
Adlerberg pointed at Messadov's nose and lectured him: "Why don't you object directly?"
Messadov replied hesitantly: "After all, he is the crown prince's confidant. I...I have to give him some face no matter what..."
"idiot!"
Adlerberg wanted to beat the guy in front of him to death. He suspected that this guy was just thinking shit. Otherwise, how could he not understand such a simple truth: is it more important to give Leonid face, or to complete the task?
Are the orders of King Gula I important?
Adlerberg was very sober in this regard. He was only responsible to the emperor and only obeyed the emperor's orders. Between the emperor and the face of others, serving the emperor is always more important!
"After fulfilling His Majesty's instructions, what does a mere Leonid mean? He will give you face at that time! If you fail to fulfill His Majesty's instructions, if you just kneel down and lick Leonid's shoe, he will not do it.
I won’t help you! Think about it yourself!”
Messadov was taught a lesson like a quail. He began to realize what he had done wrong, but he felt that it was shameful to be taught such a lesson by a person who was more than ten years younger than him. He tried to defend his confusion and cowardice:
"Of course I will go all out to fulfill His Majesty's instructions, but things are not that simple. I...don't I have to worry about Grand Duke Constantine's wishes? The Grand Duke is very supportive of Leonid!"
Adlerberg was a little impatient, because he found that Messadov was indeed a fool. He still couldn't figure out that only the emperor was the most important, not to mention Grand Duke Constantine, even if he was the crown prince of Alexander, he was nothing compared to the emperor.
!
Of course, Adlerberg was also a little surprised by the sudden intervention of Grand Duke Constantine, because the Grand Duke did have two brushes and was difficult to deal with. What was his intention in suddenly supporting Leonid?
"What do I mean?" Grand Duke Constantine laughed and said to his confidants very easily: "What I mean is very simple. Winning over Leonid and the Gorchakov family behind him is one thing. Give me that
It’s another thing for an indecisive older brother to cause a little trouble.”
"The more concerned my father is, the worse the consequences will be if things go wrong. Think about it, can he tolerate Sasha (Crown Prince Alexander) making repeated mistakes and embarrassing him again and again, haha..."