Struggle in Russia

This involves a key question, what is the original intention of attacking Duke Baryatinsky.

According to Li Xiao's suggestion, the purpose of this operation was to divert Alexander II's attention and distract him from the struggle at the Superior Court of St. Petersburg, thereby buying more time.

Has the goal been achieved?

As Li Xiao said just now, part of it has been achieved.

Alexander II was indeed distracted, and was indeed trying his best to clear Baryatinsky's name.

However, he did not completely give up his work at the St. Petersburg Superior Court. He continued to put pressure on the superior court and ordered them to open court as soon as possible.

This makes the reformists depressed. Let's continue to put pressure on Baryatinsky. Let's not talk about whether they can finally defeat this guy. Let's just say that the current rescue efforts of Alexander II are enough to cause a headache. If the intensity is increased, the two sides may have to come to blows and get into a real fight.

The reformists were not mentally prepared for this, or in other words, most people who wanted to make Russia better through reforms did not want to really fall out with Alexander II. They cannot accept it either psychologically or profitably.

Since we can't really fall out, what's the point of continuing to make a fuss about Duke Baryatinsky?

What's the point of doing what Nikolai Milyutin did and finding an innocuous excuse to attack Prince Baryatinsky?

To put it bluntly, this is nothing but a waste of time and energy.

Li Xiao saw through the reformists' hypocrisy in this regard at a glance, and knew that they had no real determination to turn against them.

Naturally, we don't expect them to play any role in this regard.

The problem now is that Nikolai Milyutin has not realized that his team is not actually that confident. He still places his hope in the original plan and is even prepared to increase investment. Do you think Li Xiao can just watch him being stupid?

Li Xiao explained the key to the matter straightforwardly: "Duke Baryatinsky is not something we can overthrow now. Do you want to fight His Majesty head-on in a decisive battle to the death now?"

Nikolai Milyutin was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this. Could it really have such serious consequences?

"Duke Baryatinsky is too important in comparison. He cannot tolerate his right-hand man being cut off by us... Once our attack on Duke Baryatinsky reaches a certain level, His Majesty will explode! The consequences will be unimaginable! "

Nikolai Milyutin was silent. To be honest, he was not ready for a decisive battle with Alexander II. He had never even had such an idea.

From the beginning to the end, he regarded himself as a loyal minister, and what he wanted to do was to assist Alexander II in making Russia a better place, rather than giving Alexander II's suspects a fresh start.

Naturally, Li Xiao's words gave him a great stimulus, forcing him to think deeply about whether he should continue to make a fuss about Duke Baryatinsky.

After a long time, he frowned and asked: "If we don't continue to attack Duke Baryatinsky, wouldn't it mean that all our previous actions were in vain?"

It should be said that Nikolai Milyutin was not holding Li Xiao accountable or questioning Li Xiao, he was just discussing the matter.

But his words inevitably aroused some associations in other people's ears, and many people felt that Nikolai Milyuting was dissatisfied with Li Xiao.

Also, Li Xiao was the one who came up with the idea, but you were the first one to turn around and "run away" when something happened. No matter how you look at it, you have something wrong with it, right?

This can't help but make some people start to feel complacent, thinking that Li Xiao is going to be unlucky now, so what are you waiting for? Hurry up and add insult to injury!

Let me make you arrogant and make you unruly!

Someone immediately jumped out to accuse Li Xiao: "Your Excellency, it was you who suggested that we attack Duke Baryatinsky, and it was you who objected to continuing to attack Duke Baryatinsky when the progress was not going well. What do you want?! Where? There is no one as capricious as you!”

Li Xiao just glanced at the man and said calmly: "Are you completely unable to understand what it means to adapt to the situation? Now and then, the situation has changed, so of course you choose different methods of handling it. People like you who don't know the changes are mechanically adapted. Of course an elm-brained person cannot understand the mystery of this!"

Well, this ridicule made this man blush and almost die with Li Xiao. Fortunately, Nikolai Milyutin got in front of him: "There is not much problem with Grand Duke Andrei's strategy, at least. We didn't have a better way at the time, but now it seems that this method has worked... I have no intention of holding anyone responsible, I just think it's a pity to give up halfway!"

Li Xiao shook his head and said: "This is not about giving up halfway, but we have done everything we can. Now that the situation has changed, looking for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com we naturally have to make adjustments, otherwise we will fall into passivity!"

Before Nikolai Milyutin could speak, Duke Vorontsov said first: "What the Grand Duke said makes sense. When the situation changes, we will naturally have to make adjustments. The most taboo thing now is to go all the way to the dark side without touching the south wall and never look back. , we paid a heavy price for this back then, and we cannot make the same mistake again!"

He looked around at everyone and said solemnly: "What's more, we were not prepared to completely overthrow Duke Baryatinsky. Now we are acting hastily. If something goes wrong, we may lose all our previous efforts!"

Duke Vorontsov's status and prestige are there, and he has already stood up to speak for Li Xiao. Who dares to beep with him?

However, these idiots did not give in immediately, but looked at Nikolai Milyutin eagerly one by one, with the clear intention to see his attitude before deciding how to act.

If Nikolai Milyutin doesn't give up, they will follow up and continue to cause trouble for Li Xiao. On the contrary, they all stopped and went back to their homes.

Nikolai Milyutin thought for a moment and asked: "Then what do you think we should do next?"

"I think the most important thing to do next is to quickly get through to the Ministry of Justice and introduce Ukraine's pilot measures as soon as possible. With these disputes in the higher courts, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose!"

Everyone fell silent as soon as this statement came out, because how could the Ministry of Justice be so easy to deal with? They have made it clear that they just want to delay time and expect them to quickly introduce policies. It is simply nonsense!

Nikolai Milyutin sighed: "I have tried my best here, but there is nothing I can do if there is no oil and salt over there!"

Li Xiao said decisively: "Since normal methods don't work, we can only use special means to solve the problem!"