The change in Alexei's attitude fully illustrates the principle that those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. What a simple and honest child Alexei used to be. Not to mention a saint like Leonid, at least for the royal family, especially for the royal family.
The emperor and the crown prince were still a little bit inexplicably loyal, and felt that it was an honor to serve the royal family even if they were shrouded in horse leather.
After hanging out with Li Xiao for these days, this little guy started to get excited. The status of the royal family in his heart has been greatly reduced. He no longer has the idea of serving the royal family unconditionally. Instead, he can serve the royal family, but he has to see if
worth.
This is very crucial. It can be said that Alexei has changed from the Crown Prince's slave to a normal person with his own thinking. So even if he encounters the overtures of Crown Prince Alexander, he has to think more about why, for fear of giving him
After the person sold it, he helped count the money.
"That's not easy," Li Xiao smiled and replied: "I saw you became the governor of Wallachia, so I quickly found a way to win over you!"
Alexey also felt that it was for this reason that Nicholas I appointed him governor of Wallachia, and then Crown Prince Alexander came to show his favor. You told him that he was a corporal of the Crown Prince? That is nonsense!
Anyway, this can only be a lie, at least Alexei doesn’t believe it now. It has to be said that Crown Prince Alexander’s actions gave him a deeper understanding of reality. Once upon a time, he was rushing to curry favor with Crown Prince Alexander, but others looked down upon him.
Now that the crown prince, who had once been favored and ignored him, took the initiative to come to visit the thatched cottage, doesn't this explain the problem?
Alexei was a little uninterested and felt that it was really boring, but that’s all! It’s boring but it’s boring. This does not mean that he will refuse the invitation of Crown Prince Alexander. After all, he really wants to do something in his career now.
If you want to do business in Russia, you must have a good relationship with the Tsar and Crown Prince.
So what he is more concerned about now is: "Does this mean that His Majesty's attitude towards reform has changed? If there had been no change on His Majesty's side, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would never have taken the initiative to show favor to me!"
This analysis is still reliable, but Li Xiao feels that Alexei's judgment is still too optimistic and arbitrary. It cannot be inferred that Nicholas I has changed his mind on reforms just because of Crown Prince Alexander's overtures. It is easy to infer this.
Falling into a pit.
He thought for a while and replied: "It cannot be said that the change in Crown Prince Alexander's attitude is more due to your appointment as governor. And the reason why you were appointed governor is probably not because of the change in His Majesty's attitude towards reform!"
Alexey nodded immediately. Indeed, the reason why he was appointed governor of Wallachia was not that Nicholas I wanted to carry out reform pilots in Wallachia, but that Nicholas I felt that he would be the governor of Wallachia.
The Governor is more reliable than Adlerberg. He considers the issue from the perspective of stable rule.
But Li Xiao added: "But Crown Prince Alexander shows his kindness to you. I can't rule out that his attitude towards the reformists has changed again!"
This immediately confused Alexey, and he couldn't figure out what the logical relationship was!
Li Xiao smiled and explained: "The reason is actually very simple, because you said before that Crown Prince Alexander didn't appreciate the reformists at all, and even if you, a little reformist, became the governor, I'm afraid he wouldn't be important enough to need him.
Is it serious enough?"
After a pause, he smiled and said: "So something must have happened that changed his view of the reformists, and since you are the most popular reformist recently, it is very likely that he is prepared to spend a lot of money to buy horse bones!"
Alexey was stunned for a while after hearing this. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He asked a little excitedly: "You mean the Crown Prince has changed his view on the reformists and started to lean towards..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Xiao interrupted directly: "Man? You're thinking a little too much... I'm afraid my cousin is not leaning toward reform, but he's starting to like you reformists!"
Alexey is a little confused? Because he can’t understand what Li Xiao said. He doesn’t like reform? But he likes people who want reform? What the hell is this?
In fact, this is really not a tongue twister that Li Xiao deliberately said, but there is no other way. The reason is that Igor's letter clearly explained the whole thing to him, indicating that Count Rostovtsev was involved in it.
What kind of work did he do? Successfully deceived Crown Prince Alexander? Now the count hopes that he will tell Alexei to make good use of this opportunity to try to attract the attention of Crown Prince Alexander and win more and more key positions for the reformists in the court, so that
Make plans for the future.
To be honest, Li Xiao was a little confused by this situation? He didn’t understand what Count Rostovtsev was planning. If Igor hadn’t repeatedly told him that the count was very reliable and would not cheat Alexei? He was
Alexey will definitely not be allowed to get involved in such nonsense.
Now Igor is a strong guarantee, and the count has some magical powers? The most important thing is that this is indeed an opportunity, so Li Xiao has to go around in a big circle to tell Alexey that he can do this? But he carefully reminded him that he must stay longer
One-minded? Do you think it’s easy for him?
"Do you like reformists? It may be because reformists can do things and help him solve problems, or it may be because His Majesty doesn't hate you so much, which makes him feel that he can win some extra support from you. Of course, it may also be because
What you said is starting to lean towards reform, but this possibility is really..."
There is really no need to finish what it is, because Alexey understands it completely. Obviously what Li Xiao means is that even if Crown Prince Alexander wants to get close to the reformists, it is not because he suddenly figured out that only reform can save Russia or only reform.
Only in this way can he become greater as emperor in the future. I'm afraid it's just that the crown prince thinks that the reformists can be used, so he should use it.
In fact, this answer does not surprise or disappoint Alexey, because this answer is more real. In the political environment of Russia, even the reformists themselves do not expect the tsar or the crown prince to have the consciousness to think that reforms can save or make Russia become worse.
Even better. Just want to be used by the tsar or crown prince and give them a chance to do something, so as not to be completely forgotten and disappear from the political stage forever.
And for Alexei, this relationship of mutual use also made it easier for him. His father devoted all his efforts to the reform, but the final result was silently chilling. He really didn't wish that he had worked so hard.
After investing everything for a long time, I still ended up with the same result as my father. It would be better to do as many things as I could with the money and treat it as a business and feel at ease...