Struggle in Russia

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Alexander II seemed ready to ignore the matter, but Count Rostovtsev knew that this was just an illusion.

He was so concerned about saving face that he probably wanted to secretly send someone to find Grand Duke Constantine and use the rhetoric he taught to invite him back.

Afraid of embarrassment, he could only use this method of self-deception to cover up others' misunderstandings.

Naturally, Count Rostovtsev would not expose him, and Count Kleinmicher would naturally not talk nonsense, so Alexander II thought that his "acting skills" had deceived them.

In order to save face, he also took great pains and waited for three full days before sending Duke Dolgoruky to personally inform Grand Duke Constantine.

To be honest, this once again wastes valuable time.

If you think about it, what the reformists feared most was that he and Archduke Constantine would force the higher court to quickly convene a hearing to change the sentence.

And he actually wasted three days in order to save ridiculous face. He did nothing during this time and wasted it in vain.

This made Viscount Prozolov so angry that he complained angrily to Grand Duke Constantine: "Your Majesty, is he crazy? Doesn't he know that time is precious? He wasted so much time just for that ridiculous face. Do you still want to win? I’m sure Nikolai Milyutin has not been idle these days, he must be making arrangements!”

Archduke Constantine was naturally even more angry. He had long been dissatisfied with Alexander II, and immediately echoed: "Who says it's not the case! If we lose this time, all the responsibility lies with him, because he made us... Defeat again and again!"

Okay, that's a bit much. Viscount Prozolov looked at him with resentment. Although he didn't say anything, his expression was clear.

Also, Grand Duke Constantine and Alexander II are indeed brothers, and they do almost exactly the same thing for that little bit of face. If only Grand Duke Constantine had listened to him and surrendered to Alexander II earlier, instead of going to the Empress Dowager and trying to get the Empress Dowager to do Grand Duchess Irina's job. If those few days of effort had not been wasted, the situation would have been different.

It's better now, these two brothers, you delayed for three days and I delayed for three more days. A whole week was wasted doing nothing. God knows what Nikolai Milyutin will use this time!

Viscount Prozolov would not think that Nikolai Milyutin was the same as these two living brothers, not to mention that there was a more difficult Li Xiao behind, who would waste time and give away the initiative?

Go ahead and dream!

Anyway, he now has a sense of urgency and constantly urges Grand Duke Constantine to act quickly. He even tells him not to engage in any disputes of temper when he meets Alexander II later. As long as Alexander II's request is not particularly excessive, he should hurry up. Promise, never do anything stupid again!

Unfortunately, Archduke Constantine did not completely listen to him. How could he let go of this opportunity to slap Alexander II in the face after he finally managed to win back a victory?

So the two brothers quarreled all afternoon, and it was not until Queen Mother Alexandra intervened that they took a step back and reached an agreement.

And this wasted another day. Viscount Prozolov was speechless when he saw Grand Duke Constantine walking out of the palace with a proud face.

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What's so happy about this? Another day wasted! What's more, you didn't take any real advantage!

Is it worth going through all this trouble just to save some worthless face?

Of course it was worth it for Alexander II and Grand Duke Constantine. They both enjoyed the pleasure of embarrassing each other. As long as it made the other party feel uncomfortable and wasted a little time, what did it matter?

It’s just that the two brothers will soon regret it, because just one day later, Duke Baryatinsky’s serious malfeasance, corruption and shocking scandal involving murder were exposed!

St. Petersburg is boiling, not only because of the huge amount of money involved in this case, but also because it is rumored that Duke Baryatinsky accepted a huge bribe of two million rubles to allow an unqualified logistics supplier to obtain the right to supply the department's logistics supplies. In order to cover up the facts of the crime, he even killed the upright deputy director of the logistics department to silence him.

This melon is not that big. Corruption is not uncommon in Russian official circles. The amount of two million rubles is indeed large, but it is not unprecedented. The terrible thing is that the act of killing and silencing was so bad. The deputy director of the Logistics Department who was killed was not a transparent person without background. After all, he was a dignified earl. His grandfather had participated in the 1812 War for the Country and the Seventh Russo-Turkish War. He made great achievements in the war.

It is somewhat taboo to dare to kill such a person.

After all, the tradition of the nobility still values ​​peace. Even if everyone has conflicts, the most they can do is resolve them through private duels.

Blatantly engaging in assassinations to eliminate dissidents is a rogue method that is very unnoble and uncivilized!

Anyway, after the incident was exposed, Baryatinsky was criticized by thousands of people. The more old-fashioned aristocrats were, the more they could not accept his approach, thinking that he had broken the rules. Some emotional old antiques even rushed to the Winter Palace to strongly demand Alexander II severely punished Baryatinsky.

"How is this going!"

Alexander II slammed the table~www.readwn.com~ and roared at Pobedonostsev, Duke Dolgoruky and Count Shuvanov across from him:

"Tell me, how did these rumors spread throughout St. Petersburg...Why didn't the third part notice it at all? Isn't the meaning of your existence to prevent such rumors from misleading the public?"

As he spoke, he slammed the table again: "But what about you? Without realizing it, you allowed these rumors to spread unchecked, and allowed those with ulterior motives to criticize the heroes who have made great contributions to the country. Wouldn't your conscience Does it hurt?"

Pobedonostsev's conscience will definitely not hurt. The news spread from him. It is not too late for him to hope for Baryatinsky's misfortune!

However, as the director of the third film, he must take the initiative to take responsibility. This is a rule and a common sense.

"Your Majesty, I'm very sorry. All the responsibility lies with me. It was me who failed to arrange suitable people to monitor the public opinion trends in St. Petersburg, and gave those despicable people an opportunity to take advantage of. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Alexander II was extremely fed up, because he had no way to punish Pobedonostsev. Originally, Baryatinsky’s thigh was destroyed, and then he took the initiative to destroy the other thigh? He's not that stupid.

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What he wants is not a painless punishment for Pobedonostsev, but for him to quickly find a way to solve the problem and eliminate the bad effects.

But Pobedonostsev didn't even mention this issue at all. He only mentioned acknowledging the punishment but not solving the problem. It was clear that he didn't want to get involved!