Paskovich still didn't care: "Sanya, you just think too much. I know your majesty, and I know that old man Menshikov even better. Do you think he is the kind of person who will be easily defeated?"
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Without waiting for Chernyshev to answer, Paskovich waved his hand and continued very forcefully: "Unless Menshikov suffered a big defeat or started a rebellion, His Majesty will never take him down easily.
of."
"You can rest assured that nothing will happen to Menshikov. If he is fine, the navy will not escape our control. Everything is the same as before. We can only be the backbone of the empire. Military expenditures and personnel are all based on us.
Lord, we can’t turn the sky upside down!”
"You have so much free time to worry about these things, you might as well think more about Wallachia and Moldavia. Haven't you noticed that His Majesty is becoming more and more impatient?"
Chernyshev was stunned at first. He was still a little worried about Menshikov. After all, the old eunuch’s opponent was Grand Duke Constantine, who was Nicholas I’s favorite son after all. And he knew that this
The Grand Duke is inclined to reform. Once the Grand Duke takes control of the Admiralty, the Navy will inevitably undergo comprehensive reforms. What if Nicholas I thinks that the revolution in the Navy is very good and extends it to the Army?
This is what Chernyshov is most worried about and afraid of. It doesn’t matter whether Menshikov is dead or alive or whoever becomes the Minister of the Navy. Anyway, as long as it does not affect his interests, it doesn’t matter!
It’s just that Paskovich is the veteran who is closest to Nicholas I after all. His understanding of Nicholas I is beyond ordinary people. He said that Menshikov is fine, so there should be a guarantee, right?
Chernyshev sighed and said: "Even so, you should pay more attention and take the time to talk to His Majesty. Don't let that idiot Grand Duke Constantine do anything he wants. Otherwise, if His Majesty thinks it's a good idea,
, it would be very difficult for me to ask the Army to follow suit!"
Paskovich finally put away his indifference and said slightly: "Okay, that makes sense. If you can't do it, don't do it. The army can just change whatever it wants, and it's fine now!"
Afterwards, he warned again: "You should also pay more attention to the affairs of Wallachia and Moldavia. This is a fat job!"
Chernyshev naturally agreed wholeheartedly. He also knew that that was the focus of Nicholas I's future attention, and the benefits involved were immeasurable. However, he also had some contempt for his father:
Half of your body is buried in the ground, and you still want to gain military exploits. This is because you have determined that the Turks are easy to bully. Are you ready to gain the title of prince for yourself?
Chernyshov knew it very well. In the past two years, according to the instructions of Nicholas I, the Finnish Parliament gave Menshikov a prince title, which made his father envious and jealous. The old blind man in Ukraine thought that his military exploits were greater than those against Turkey.
The old eunuch who lost his little brother is ten thousand times stronger. But the old eunuch has become a prince, and he is still just the Duke of Warsaw. The face-conscious father really can't bear to lose to an eunuch!
Chernyshov is also willing to fulfill Paskovich's ambition, but things in Wallachia and Moldavia are not that simple. That ghost place is poor, rotten and chaotic, and the empire's repeated use of troops is always very constraining.
Much effort was made to turn Wallachia and Moldavia into "autonomous" principalities vassalized by Russia. It was far from the Balkan "paradise" expected by Nicholas I to establish the Orthodox Church and the Slavs.
A difference of ten thousand miles.
Especially since 1846, as the events at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem have intensified, the relations between Russia and France, Russia and Ottoman Turkey, and Russia and Britain have declined avalanche.
In particular, the relationship with France is terrible. The two sides revolve around the key to the door of the Church of the Nativity (Greek priests who believe in Orthodox Christianity are the administrators of the Church of the Nativity, but the Manger Church behind the Church of the Nativity belongs to the Catholic Church, and to enter the Manger Church, you must pass through the Church of the Nativity.
Therefore, the Latin priests in France also hold the key to the door of the Church of the Nativity (and the Greeks expressed strong dissatisfaction), the key to the Grotto of the Nativity (this grotto is located under the Church of the Nativity and is said to be the place where Jesus was born) and the silver inlaid by the French in the Grotto of the Nativity.
The star issue (the French inlaid a silver star with the French national emblem and Latin on the grotto floor in the 18th century. In 1847, the silver star was stolen, and the French thought it was done by the hostile Greeks).
Open business.
Foreign Minister Nesselrode summoned the French ambassador to Russia to protest in person almost every now and then. The French side also often mentioned the Russian ambassador to France to vent their anger.
So much so that France and Russia are now in constant contact with each other. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will spit and curse at each other. Fortunately, the two countries are not bordering each other, otherwise the angry believers will definitely fight to the death.
What's worse is that these religious nonsense greatly irritated the nerves of Nicholas I. The emperor who claimed to be extremely devout to his Heavenly Father and the spokesperson and guardian of the Orthodox Church could not tolerate his most extreme behavior for a moment.
Disgusted, France repeatedly provoked people in person, hoping to solve the religious problem once and for all.
The czar-style solution once and for all is actually war, what Nicholas I called "holy war". He was fed up with the Ottoman Sultan not honoring the treaty signed with Russia, fed up with the pagans still occupying Jerusalem, and fed up with the despicable co-workers.
The shameless French never stop wrangling.
Nicholas I wanted to use a hearty victory to declare to the world that he was the guardian of Christ and the saint who performed the will of the Father on earth. He wanted to destroy Turkey and regain Constantinople, and he wanted to organize a group of
A new crusade to reclaim the Holy Land!
Nicholas I's grand aspirations made the conflicts between him, France and Turkey almost irreconcilable. But now it is no longer possible to have the Duke of Wellington as a peacemaker to force Turkey to make concessions like when he first succeeded to the throne.
, because the British were extremely impatient with his ambitions and were eager to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson.
However, in 1847, Russia's illusory power was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Nicholas I arrogantly believed that he was the king of Europe, and destroying Turkey was as easy as pushing a broken wall.
In accordance with his request, Chernyshev began to mobilize military forces in the Black Sea region. On the one hand, he stockpiled supplies. On the other hand, he also vigorously promoted and encouraged the Leading Party in Wallachia and Moldavia, constantly creating friction and conflict.
dispute.
These tasks were tedious and complicated, occupying too much of Chernyshov's energy. If Menshikov's matter hadn't been too big, he really wouldn't have been able to spare the energy to "meddle". Now since Paskovich
I am sure that nothing big will happen to Menshikov, and he is also happy and relaxed. He should hurry up and get down to business, and don’t delay his schedule and make Nicholas I dissatisfied...