Alexey replied categorically: "It's not wrong to say that my recommendation has no effect at all! Your Majesty and the cabinet ministers must listen to my opinions. My role is probably to select a preliminary list.
, and then Your Majesty and the others will choose a suitable one from my list."
Li Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "That means you are the judge of the preliminaries and decide who is qualified for the finals, right?"
Although Alexey didn't understand what a preliminary judge meant, he generally understood what Li Xiao meant, so he said that was what he meant.
"This is easy to handle. It shows that you are still more important!" Li Xiao laughed and said: "No wonder these Wallachians have sharpened their heads to please you. Although you can't decide who can be the Grand Duke of Wallachia.
, but you can decide who will not be the Grand Duke of Wallachia, this is very important!"
Alexey was dumbfounded by Li Xiao's witty words, because he still didn't understand what they had to do with solving Vishnyak's troubles!
"Of course it does matter, it matters a lot!" Li Xiao replied with a smile: "You can invite Mr. Barbu Stirbey to come in later and tell him that you can help him pass the preliminaries, but
You have some trivial requirements that he needs to meet!"
Alexei said in astonishment: "I have a request for him to satisfy? What request?"
"You have a friend who has never been able to obtain a title in a serious manner due to family background. This time, he made great contributions to quelling the rebellion in Wallachia and eliminating the rebels, so he hopes to have some decent honors.
Can be awarded to him..."
Alexey's eyes widened in astonishment. He finally understood what kind of magic trick Li Xiao had done. Yes, it would be impossible for Vishniak to be immediately granted a title of marquis in Russia based on his achievements, or even a baron.
Get it. But, it's completely different in Wallachia. With the urinary behavior of these traitors in Wallachia, it's not easy for them to confer a title. As long as there is a chance to become a grand duke, how big can this be?
Something happened!
"But isn't it a bit too disgraceful to do this?" Leonid held it in for a long time before uttering the wrong sentence.
"What's so shameful about this!" Li Xiao thinks it's not a problem at all, "Vishka did make great contributions to quelling the rebellion. Without him bravely sneaking into Wallachia, our subsequent military operations would not have been so smooth. He
He is simply the hero behind the scenes!”
Alexei and Leonid opened their mouths, and finally resisted the desire to vomit, and continued to watch someone shamelessly perform: "How can the Wallachians not show any expression for such a great achievement?
According to me, making a baronet is more than enough!"
According to Alexei and Leonid's ideas, it is indeed not too simple to obtain a baronetship in this way, but no matter how you look at it, it feels disgraceful, and it is really a bit embarrassing.
But Li Xiao is completely indifferent to this. Why don't we get the title first? People can't be so rigid. Besides, how much difference can there be between a Wallachian baron and a Russian baron? It's nothing more than a certificate of identity.
The rest is all bullshit.
For Vishniak, the most embarrassing thing is that his origin is unclear. He may be said to be from a noble family, but he is just an illegitimate son. Wouldn't the title of that illegitimate son be even more embarrassing and shameful? Now he is officially a baron.
There is nothing shameful about the name!
Besides, this is just a transition. With Vishniak's ability, it may not be impossible to be granted a title of marquis immediately in the future. Let's get a baron title in advance to completely solidify the half-hidden noble status and establish a solid foundation for the future.
It is easier to be knighted after meritorious service.
This last point convinced Alexey and Leonid, because the most difficult thing about becoming a knight in Russia is a white child born from a commoner, followed by a half-hidden illegitimate child. But if you can skip this embarrassment, first of all
If you have a serious aristocratic title, it will be much easier to get a title for your meritorious service later on.
This time they helped Vishnyak get out of the embarrassment first, so that they would have to worry a lot later!
Alexey thought for a moment and said, "That's not impossible. Okay, for the sake of Vishka, I will send a message to these old fritters to make it easier for them!"
Just as Alexey was about to leave, he was held down by Li Xiao: "You didn't do this!" He smiled mysteriously and said: "You are so direct. If Vishka knew about it, he would never do it.
Happy. We have to make it so seamless that Vishka won't notice anything strange. I tell you, we have to do this..."
After listening to Li Xiao's idea, Alexey had to admit that Li Xiao was more thoughtful and following his instructions would indeed make Vishnyak more comfortable.
So what is Li Xiao's solution? To put it bluntly, it is worthless. The goal of asking Alexey alone to help Vishnyak get a baron title is too obvious, and people can see at a glance that there is something famous in it.
Therefore, we have to mix things up, and we have to ennoble meritorious ministers like Vishniak together, and do a large wholesale at one time, so that others will think that this is just a merit-based deed by the new Wallachian government to please the Russian master.
Just a reward.
In this way, Vishnyak won't feel too embarrassed when he gets the title, and there will be a group of fellow sufferers at home who will look down on them. He can even use this to please Duke Mikhail. After all, the title of noble is
No one can have too much of this kind of thing, so it would be good to get a batch for him to win people's hearts!
This wave of operations really amazed Alexei. Not only did they solve the difficult problems they faced, but they also pleased Duke Mikhail and his generals. It was really high!
Li Xiao also reminded in particular: "By the way, you have to remind the Wallachians to give Duke Mikhail the highest medal in recognition of his achievements!"
Alexey naturally nodded repeatedly, feeling that someone had a good idea. After using this combination of punches, no one at the top or in the country could fault him. It was so reasonable and seamless.
Suddenly he looked at Vishnyak who was drunk to death and sighed: "Vishka is really lucky. He met a good friend like you, and the big stone in his heart was easily removed!"
Thinking of this, Alexey suddenly realized that it seemed that Vishnyak was not the only one who had a good life. Boris, Leonid and he all had a big turn in their fate after meeting Li Xiao. Unknowingly,
Suddenly Li Xiao had helped them too much.
He glanced at Li Xiao secretly, and suddenly felt that he owed this good friend a lot, because this good friend had helped them so much, but they could not do anything to help him...