There is some truth in what Li Xiao said. Count Vladimir does have a tough background and is indeed scary, but the undeniable fact is that he is just a Bucharest city defense commander.
This so-called city defense commander is very important, but not important enough for people to worship him. After all, he is not even the commander of the Wallachian garrison, and he has no qualifications to make irresponsible remarks.
Let's put it this way, Alexei gave this guy a bit of shame, it was for the sake of Nicholas I's face. But Alexei didn't give him any face, that's normal.
After being reminded by Li Xiao, Alexei remembered this incident and suddenly felt a little more at ease. He asked with a little doubt: "Can those guys below understand our intentions?"
Li Xiao replied with a smile: "Don't underestimate those bureaucrats. Their ability to observe the actions of their superiors and understand their superiors' intentions is beyond your imagination!"
Alexey was immediately stunned, because he felt that there might be bureaucrats in Wallachia or Bucharest, but there could not be that many. At least under his governance, all officials in Wallachia, big and small, were capable.
Or work as an official, but at least you won't be messing around, right?
This made Li Xiao burst into laughter. After laughing for a while, he stood up and put his arms around Alexei's shoulders and said: "This is the least funny joke I have ever heard. My friend, if you were just
Seriously, then I can only say that this is very dangerous, you'd better drive around regularly, this will help you get to know the real Wallachia!"
Alexey was obviously in a daze, because he felt that he had done a good job in the past few years, and he knew everything about everything, at least he knew what he was talking about, but why did he feel like he was in an ivory tower when he listened to someone?
This made Alexei feel very insecure, and he began to examine his past two years. Could it be that he had really been so flattered that he had lost his sense of crisis.
But before he could clear his thoughts, Li Xiao said directly: "Understanding the situation is not that complicated. Next time you go out, just take a few people with you, take an ordinary carriage, and then drive around.
!Now let’s solve Count Vladimir’s matter first!”
In fact, there is nothing easy to solve, because the solutions are ready-made. At least Alexei's secretary casually hinted to the heads of the departments below, and then Alexei criticized Count Vladimir a few times in public. At that time
Everyone knows what to do.
And this opportunity came soon. Suddenly, a meeting was held in the Governor's Palace to discuss how to implement Nicholas I's will to put pressure on Turkey. Count Vladimir was not generally active at this meeting. From the beginning, he
Think of yourself as the protagonist or master, as if he is surrounded by followers who can be assigned at will.
"His Majesty's will must be implemented and more troops should be sent to the border, not only in the direction of Bulgaria, but also in the direction of Constanta!"
"When necessary, we can use force to scare the Turks and let them have a taste of our power!"
Count Vladimir was talking incessantly while secretly observing the expressions of the others. Alexei was expressionless and could not see anything, while the others were respectful and even frightened.
This undoubtedly made Count Vladimir very satisfied, and he felt as if he had become the governor. He firmly believed that after a while, this would not be a feeling, but a fact!
Suddenly he slandered Arkady in his heart, thinking that the other party was procrastinating in doing things. If the other party could be more efficient, he might be the governor of Wallachia now.
Thinking about this, Count Vladimir looked at Alexey and quietly licked his lips. Now it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to conceal his greed.
"inappropriate!"
Just when Count Vladimir was thinking wildly, Alexei brought him back to reality with one sentence. He ruthlessly rejected Count Vladimir's suggestions.
"We have limited troops. We need to maintain the stability of Wallachia and put pressure on Bulgaria. Now we have reached our limit. There is no possibility of continuing to increase our troops or even threaten Constanta!"
"Only idiots who know nothing about military affairs would make enemies on three sides. Our most important task now is to ensure the stability of Wallachia and actively cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pressure Turkey. We are not allowed to do any other unnecessary things of our own initiative!"
Alexey's words were very strong, almost completely denying Count Vladimir's opinions, and he was unable to get off the stage.
Seeing this scene, everyone in the audience was stunned for a moment and then began to exchange glances secretly. Everyone was a well-informed old fox. How could they not know the gossip coming from the Governor's Mansion? They were not sure before, because Count Vladimir
He has a strong background, and not just anyone would dare to attack him forcefully.
But looking at the current situation, Alexei and Count Vladimir have a bad relationship and are even incompatible. The rumors that the former wants to deal with the latter are probably true!
For a while, everyone in the meeting felt a little bit on pins and needles, feeling that this meeting was not going to be easy. After all, one was the illegitimate son of Nicholas I and the other was their immediate boss. They were both gods-like figures, and they could not afford to offend either one.
Don't dare to offend, what do you want them to do if they are caught between these two people?
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly dropped a few degrees, as if it were an ice cellar. Count Vladimir, who was scolded, glanced at Alexey with a sinister look, his eyes full of cold light. For Alexey
He was very annoyed by Xie's unreasonable provocation. He wanted to let the other party know who was the boss immediately!
"What is this nonsense!"
Count Vladimir banged the table and shouted: "This is equivalent to doing nothing. It is simply passive and lazy without making progress! We must take action immediately without any delay. I request that we take action immediately after the meeting is over.
There must be no further delay!”
While talking, Count Vladimir glanced at Alexei provocatively, as if to say: "What can you do to me!"
But he was overturned immediately, because Alexei's reply was: "Your request will not be approved!"
Just this one sentence was more effective than thousands of words. Count Vladimir was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Alexei's reply to be like this, because it was completely outside of his expectation.
He felt that Alexei would be more likely to quarrel and debate with him, and in short, have a big fight, but he never expected it to be like this. He felt like a monkey in a circus, being slipped around...