What Nicholas I feared most was that his nobles and courtiers would be influenced by liberals to start a revolution. The last Decembrist uprising had always left him with lingering fears. Although the counter-insurgency did not take much effort, it involved many people, big and small.
There are hundreds of minor nobles, including some of his best friends and confidants.
Even such people were hidden revolutionary parties, and Nicholas I really didn't know who else he could trust.
So this time when he saw Duke Mikhail and Grand Duke Kogelniceanu saying that little Adlerberg was connected to the liberals, he immediately became nervous, fearing that little Adlerberg would become the second traitor.
Prince Rubetskoy.
But now after listening to Count Rostovtsev's analysis, he suddenly felt that a stone in his heart fell to the ground. He is not the second Duke Trubetskoy, that's good, that's good, it turns out he is
Several ministers are vying for power and profit below and making reports!
Nicholas I was very happy to see his courtiers do this when it came to matters such as fighting for power. He always firmly believed that these courtiers should not be too relaxed. It would be best to let them quarrel or even fight together, so that he, the emperor, could
Divide and conquer. Otherwise, if the ministers below are monolithic, then he, the emperor, will become a clay Bodhisattva.
Duke Mikhail had a conflict of interest with little Adlerberg, which Nicholas I was very willing to see. Because this meant that Duke Mikhail and Duke Alexander would never be able to compete with the old Adlerberg.
The group of people drank and talked happily.
If Nicholas I felt heavy and full of worries when he read those two reports before, when he reads them again now, he is really overjoyed!
Nicholas I was very happy, but Duke Ordorf was not so happy. Because according to the original plan, he should give young Adlerberg and old Adlerberg a bad dose of bad medicine.
The father and son were left with nothing to eat. But with Count Rostovtsev's interference, the truth of the matter was almost exposed to the world. How could they give medicine at this time?
Suddenly, Duke Ordov cursed Count Rostovtsev in his heart: Why did you say you were so kind to the Adlerbergs? Did you accept their money? Or accepted their love?
Of course, Duke Ordorf was also a little lucky. Fortunately, Count Rostovtsev spoke before him. If he went to apply the medicine first, and then Count Rostovtsev analyzed it like this, it would be a lot of fun. Don't
Instead of destroying the father and son, he himself got involved.
[This can be considered a blessing among misfortunes!]
Duke Ordorf sighed in his heart and prepared to write a letter to Duke Mikhail explaining why the plan failed and asking them to wait patiently for the next opportunity.
Yes, Prince Ordov's thoughts of making trouble were immediately extinguished. He felt that with Count Rostovtsev around, it would be difficult for this kind of conspiracy to work, and he would have to think of a more clever strategy next time.
It can only be said that Duke Ordov still doesn’t understand Count Rostovtsev too well. As the person who best understands Nicholas I’s thoughts, this count knows the best way to completely destroy the trust of a courtier in his mind.
What is.
For example, today's method can only hide from Nicholas I for a while. Although the Tsar's IQ is not particularly high, and his reaction speed when facing an opportunity is not very fast, Nicholas I has a very important advantage.
That means being extremely diligent.
A person like him who is particularly diligent and likes to play with the emperor's mind will review everything when there is nothing wrong. He will carefully recall everything over and over again, recall the expressions and suggestions of every minister, and read them again carefully.
significance.
This means that you can hide it from him for a while, and it’s okay to fool him once or twice, but if you do it more often and over time, you won’t be able to withstand his careful scrutiny. Just like today’s matter, it’s really not that complicated.
With Nicholas I's political IQ, he actually came out on his own when he was sleeping on the camp bed at night and thinking about the truth on both sides.
Nicholas I was just made nervous by the liberals and the revolutionary party. Whenever relevant issues were involved, he would subconsciously become nervous, which affected his judgment.
If Count Rostovtsev had not jumped ahead just now, if Duke Ordov had taken the bad medicine as a matter of course, Nicholas I would have understood it later. At that time, Duke Ordov’s tendency was exposed, and Nicholas I
King Gula I would think that he and Duke Mikhail were connected or even part of the same party.
In the future, when it comes to issues involving Duke Mikhail or Duke Alexander, Nicholas I will consider Duke Ordolph's opinions unreliable and not listen to them. This is a penny wise and pound foolish.
Naturally, Count Rostovtsev would not let Duke Ordov fall into such a low-level mistake, so he deliberately broke the news first, so that Duke Ordov could not act according to the original plan. This was actually
It's a disguised form of protecting him.
Moreover, Count Rostovtsev also wants to let Duke Ordov know the correct way to apply bad medicine. He will not miss this opportunity today!
Just when Nicholas I breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly said: "However, your Majesty must still pay attention to the various actions of little Adlerberg. Wallachia is now a mirror for us, and no trace of anything is allowed.
If something goes wrong, Wallachia's stability trumps everything else. If a scandal arises due to the struggle for power, we will become an international joke!"
Nicholas I's heart suddenly jumped again. He then remembered that Wallachia was no other place. This ghost place had just experienced a revolution due to anti-Russian resistance. If little Adlerberg's struggle for power caused a new round of turmoil,
That really doesn't end well.
He felt that what Count Rostovtsev said was very right. The stability of Wallachia trumped everything else. Any action to cause trouble in Wallachia must be stopped, even the ministers who are now trying to cause trouble in Wallachia.
They are all bastards with evil intentions! They simply have no sense of the overall situation!
Nicholas I did not think that little Adlerberg was stupid. On the contrary, he felt that both he and his father were "sly and cunning", and it was impossible not to know the current importance of Wallachia. But at this important time,
At that moment, he took the opportunity of being a special envoy and imperial envoy to go to Wallachia to say goodbye to Alexey. What kind of behavior was this?
Nicholas I suddenly felt a little disgusted by the Adlerbergs. He felt that they had no overall view of the overall situation and ignored the important interests of the entire Russia just for a small profit. If such a person is entrusted with an important task