There is no life without madness. For the young Russian elites who have fallen into despair and madness, since the Tsar does not give them a way to go, they can only deprive the Tsar of a way to live. As the saying goes, if we die together, I will die.
I have to drag you along to support me.
There is no way, who can make rabbits bite people when they are anxious? Starting from the unprecedented strengthening of domestic control by Nicholas I and the adoption of unprecedented high-pressure policies, it was destined that there would be an unprecedented struggle between imperial power and human rights.
When the descendants of Nicholas I still have strong power, or when the Russian conservative class can still control the situation, they may still be able to suppress it. It is nothing more than a series of assassinations against the Tsar. Even if it succeeds, it will change
It doesn’t care about the overall situation.
But as Russia's national power weakens, or it progresses less quickly than other major powers, the long-standing social conflicts will explode instantly. The failure of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 almost detonated this huge bomb, but
In the end, Nicholas II barely managed to survive, but more than ten years later, when the unprecedentedly fierce battle consumed the last breath of anger from the Russian conservative class, when the bomb finally exploded, the power was devastating.
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Look at the ending of Nicholas II's family, or the direct line of the Romanov family, it's a tragedy. It seems that this family is quite miserable, but isn't this tragedy caused by generations of tsars in their family themselves?
To put it mildly, this family does not deserve sympathy at all. It is not surprising that the whole family or even nine clans were wiped out.
God is watching what people are doing, or it’s not that they don’t report that the time has not come, but when the time comes, it will be called a brilliant one!
Think about it, even noble elites like Dmitry Milyutin were almost driven crazy by this family. How could the more radical elites behind them not eat their flesh!
Of course, Count Rostovtsev did not eliminate the Romanov family, nor did he intend to eat their flesh or crush their ashes. In the final analysis, Count Rostovtsev was just a conservative reformist and had no intention of
Just like the French Revolution, the king and queen were guillotined.
What Count Rostovtsev wanted to do was only weaken the power of the Tsar and formulate a constitution for Russia that was basically acceptable to everyone. He was still following the old path of constitutional monarchy.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to encourage young people to kill the king and exterminate the clan. He just wants to tell Dmitri that if he wants to reform, he must see the conservatism of the Romanov family and cannot place all his hopes on a particularly enlightened family.
A monarch is destined to despair.
Nicholas I could not be enlightened. Just like his grandmother Catherine the Great, the famous empress also relied on an iron fist to tame Russia. Just like his son Alexander, if he had not been forced to a dead end, he would not have been enlightened.
May change.
"Our majesties are all cheap!" Count Rostovtsev said with a sneer. "If you tell them gently and delicately with kind words, there will be serious consequences if they don't change, they will never listen or listen."
They only believe in the power in their hands and just want to keep all the power tightly in their hands. Whoever wants to weaken their power will be their life and death enemy!"
Speaking of this, Count Rostovtsev sneered: "But they never thought that the power in their hands was not inherent, and they never thought about whether their abilities were worthy of these powers.
They're all misers of power, that's all!"
"If they are allowed to do what they do, then Russia's future will be a dead end! As loyal patriots, as a thoroughgoing Russian, we cannot watch them lead Russia to a dead end!"
"But I myself have no intention of killing the king and regicide. I am not a Montagnard, and I don't want to be Napoleon II! What I want is the Russian Bill of Rights!"
At this point, Count Rostovtsev suddenly waved his arm passionately and said eloquently: "Back then, the British Islands embarked on a path of rapid development and growth through the establishment of a constitution... All the British islanders can do it.
There’s no reason why Russia, which is so vast and rich in resources, can’t do this!”
"I believe that as long as we limit the power of the tsar and reform politics, our development speed will far exceed that of any other era! The only ones that limit us are the old stubborns! If we remove their obstacles, we will have a broad road ahead!"
At this time, not only Count Rostovtsev, but also Dmitry, who seemed very decadent, fell into intoxication. They seemed to see the future of Russia, a Russia that was extremely powerful and transcended all! And this is exactly what it was like.
What the Russian elites of all ages have been waiting for!
After a long time, Dmitri sighed leisurely and said to Count Rostovtsev: "Count, you are the most outstanding demagogue I have ever seen! I must admit that you fascinated me!"
But Count Rostovtsev smiled and said: "My friend, I am not a demagogue. I can't deceive those old-fashioned and stubborn people, because they don't have Russia in their hearts at all, and they don't care about Russia's future at all. They always pretend in their hearts
It’s just that those people at home will never put Russia’s interests first!”
At this point, he snorted contemptuously: "Even our Majesty and our Crown Prince, Russia is not the first priority in their hearts. They just want to maintain their family's privileges from generation to generation, and they can sell out for power.
Everything, including selling your soul and selling Russia!"
Dmitri listened quietly, and Count Rostovtsev also changed from his usual reticence and began to speak impassionedly: "So since 1825, I knew that I could never hope to cooperate with them, because they will never
If they don't cooperate, we can only be like Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, pick up a whip and slap their butts hard, forcing them to follow our path! Only in this way can our dreams and hopes be realized!
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Dmitri asked: "What are you going to do?"
"It's very simple!" Count Rostovtsev's eyes radiated with scorching light, "Our strength is still too weak, and the cage created by His Majesty is too strong. We cannot break through it just relying on our strength.
That cage! So we must use external forces!"
Dmitri asked curiously: "External power? How to use it?"
Count Rostovtsev was very satisfied with Dmitri's acumen. If it were his stupid brother, he would definitely ask who the external force is? It is obvious that Dmitri knows what the external force is. He is confused or more