Li Xiao knows Alexey too well. The smarter thing about this kid than Leonid is that he is not so stubborn. He will not always turn his heart to the bright moon, even if the bright moon shines on the ditch, it doesn't matter. Alexey will not force it.
With the bright moon shining down on you, you won't foolishly sacrifice your life for the bright moon that doesn't care about you at all.
Alexey is more practical. It would be best if he could do things to realize his political ambitions, but if he doesn't succeed in the end, he won't keep paying stupidly. This allows him to save a lot of worry. After all, only he knows how to do it.
What kind of sinkhole is Russia's reform process?
Not to mention the likes of Alexei, even Grand Duke Constantine, who has always supported reforms in history, had a pretty bad ending. After his eldest brother safely sat on the throne of the emperor, he turned around.
She used a little trick to force him to withdraw from the political stage, and almost brought the son of Grand Duke Constantine into disrepute.
From this point you can see the true attitude of this so-called greatest pro-reform tsar towards reform. His so-called reforms were completely the concessions he had to make when faced with the mess after the disastrous defeat in the Crimean War.
, once his position is stable, he will no longer need the reformists and can just kill the donkey.
Judging from the results, the second half of Alexander II's reign was actually not as good as his father. At least he never pretended to be anything. If he said he didn't like reforms, he really didn't. And Alexander II clearly didn't like reforms, but he didn't like them.
To pretend that you like it is to be considered a hypocrite!
Not only can we see the true thoughts of Alexander II from his attitude towards Grand Duke Constantine, but also from the attitude of his son Alexander III and grandson Nicholas II towards reform, it is also clear at a glance. This could be a grandfather who likes reform and
The younger generation who is taught by his father’s words and deeds!
This is also the greatest sorrow of Alexander II's life. He wore a mask almost all his life and pretended to be someone he didn't like at all. When he was young, he pretended to be someone Nicholas I liked, but after he came to the throne, he had to pretend to be something he didn't like at all.
The monarch who is loved by courtiers and ministers has lived under a mask all his life. Perhaps the only time he was not disguised was when he married his mistress and became the second queen. This was probably the most spectacular thing he had ever done in his life.
Anyway, Li Xiao will not be fooled by the disguise of Alexander II. He knows that when dealing with this person, he must speak with strength or power. He must put pressure on him and force him to follow your rhythm. If you follow his rhythm
If you walk, you will be led astray every minute, and in the end you will be unable to accomplish anything.
After reminding Alexey, Li Xiao was ready to continue on the road. He had to return to Austria. Prince Alexander Gorchakov had too many things to do, and he was urgently needed to help.
I have to say that this Duke is really a talent, and I don’t know what kind of ecstasy he poured into the Italians. The Italians under Austrian rule finally revolted? The idea of asking Schwarzenberg to draw troops from Radesky and return home was straightforward.
It will end in vain.
The only pity is that the Kingdom of Sardinia is still swinging? He failed to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the wounds of the Austrians. Otherwise, Schwarzenberg would probably have to add more troops to Radeski, let alone mobilize troops.
Only in this way can Austria's shaky situation in Italy be maintained.
This is naturally a better result for Russia? But, is it also because Duke Alexander is too coquettish in his operations? He was immediately targeted by Neserrodie, and this stubborn pro-Austria faction began to find trouble with him crazily.
Got it!
Why are you asking for trouble? Neserrodie, who is well versed in officialdom, is also very subtle in his methods? Perhaps he discovered that directly attacking Duke Alexander is not effective? Especially when Nicholas I is not on his side.
Then the effect was even worse. Several offensives were launched at the Imperial Council with no results, sometimes even losing his wife and losing troops. So Neserrode changed his tactics? No longer seeking to defeat Duke Alexander with one blow?
Instead, he kept attacking his subordinates!
In just one month, under the direct instruction of Neserrodie, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transferred several important officials from the embassy in Austria, and directly transferred some of Duke Alexander's confidants out of Austria.
Although this cannot directly hit Duke Alexander, but Neserrode replaced him with some of his confidants? Not only will it hinder Duke Alexander, but he will also constantly monitor Duke Alexander's movements? It will make him extremely annoyed!
Let’s put it this way, 50 to 60% of Duke Alexander’s energy has to be put on guarding against these pig teammates? There are really very few who can be used to do business. In desperation, Duke Alexander can only ask Li Xiao to help? Let’s deal with it together.
The provocation of this group of pig teammates? To strive for more benefits for Russia as much as possible.
Forced by the situation? Li Xiao rushed back to Vienna in only seven days, and then met Duke Alexander who looked tired.
"You look terrible!"
Prince Alexander smiled bitterly: "Isn't it terrible? Dealing with those pig heads every day makes me exhausted mentally and physically! This bastard Neserrode is really good at playing dirty!"
Li Xiao asked curiously: "What did these guys do again?"
Duke Alexander seemed to have found someone to talk to, and he gushed non-stop: "It's not what they did, the important thing is that they didn't do anything! At least they didn't do anything serious, but they were jealous and reported more and more.
Good! But I can’t tell them to get out yet!”
Li Xiao pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you responded to His Majesty?"
"Yes!" Duke Alexander smiled bitterly: "But it has no effect! Our Majesty likes to balance things the most. Even if he knows that Neserrode is intentional, he will just let it go!"
Before Li Xiao could speak, Duke Alexander continued to vomit: "Now the entire embassy affairs are on my shoulders. If I don't supervise them in all kinds of daily affairs, I will ignore them and not do them at all."
Once Neserrode found out about the delay, this bastard blatantly used the topic to beat me, which annoyed me so much!"
Li Xiao smiled and said, "You just keep holding on like this?"
"Otherwise?" Duke Alexander asked angrily: "Otherwise the embassy will be paralyzed!"
"This is not a way!" Li Xiao shook his head and said, "I guess these people did it on purpose and Nesselrode ordered them to do this, just to hold you back so that you can't impose greater pressure on the Austrians.
The pressure...you can’t follow their rhythm, it’s meaningless!”