Struggle in Russia

It was definitely impossible for Li Xiao to agree to what Nikolai Milyutin did, and it was impossible for his relationship with Alexander II to be repaired or improved. As long as his cousin sits in the position of emperor, he will not relax his suppression.

And he is not a coward who is willing to be bullied and swallow his anger. Since Alexander II won't make it easy for him, then he won't make it easy for the other party, isn't it just hurting each other? Who is afraid of whom!

As Li Xiao made it clear that he refused, Nikolai Milyutin could only give up this childish idea and asked instead: "Since we want to win this lawsuit, do you have any suggestions?"

Li Xiao knew he would ask. He was well prepared and immediately answered: "Since the Ministry of Justice is now leaderless, it is the best time for us to seize the right to speak... Previous lessons have told us that if we cannot effectively restrict this department, Sooner or later, they will become a stumbling block in the reform process! "

Nikolay Milyutin nodded with deep understanding. The review of the Ukrainian reform bill has wasted so much effort and wasted so much time. If the Ministry of Justice had not finally been forced to bow its head, the reform might have been wasted. .

Having already fallen into a trap once, it is natural to avoid making the same mistake again. It is indeed necessary to control the Ministry of Justice to prevent Alexander II from doing this again next time.

However, the difficulty was obvious. Nikolai Milyutin frowned and said, "But it is impossible for your Majesty to let one of our people serve as Minister of Justice under any circumstances, right?"

This is of course obvious. If you think about it, Nikolai Milyutin controls the Ministry of Internal Affairs and controls the police and other violent institutions. If the Ministry of Justice falls into the hands of the reformists, it means that the reformists have controlled Russia's powerful forces. Violent institutions, who can do anything to them?

As long as Alexander II did not drink fake wine, it was impossible to allow this to happen. Naturally, the reformists had to find other ways to control the Ministry of Justice.

"As you have seen before, as the Minister of Justice, Minih actually does not have that great influence on the Ministry of Justice. If the heads of the departments below rebel, he, the supervisor, can only do nothing!"

Nikolai Milyutin asked: "You mean to try to control more departments of the Ministry of Justice?"

Li Xiao curled his lips and said: "Of course it would be better if you can do it, but do you think His Majesty will watch you ignore the Minister of Justice?"

Nikolai Milyutin suddenly stopped talking. Alexander II was obviously not that stupid. Once they attacked the Ministry of Justice, he would definitely stop them.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Nikolai Milyutin asked.

“Rather than vigorously competing for the positions of departments under the Ministry of Justice, we should try to win over the current heads of these departments. As long as they are on our side, the problem will be solved!”

Nikolai Milyutin was dumbfounded. This is simply to put it simply. Most of the heads of the Ministry of Justice are conservative, so why should they listen to you?

Do you think you can buy it with money?

To take a step back, even if you can buy him with money, is this guy who is blind to money reliable? Once the chain is dropped at a critical moment, it will really kill people!

Besides, the reformists are really no match for the conservatives when it comes to money. Those **** are richer, so it feels like they are overestimating their abilities compared to them.

Li Xiao curled his lips and said: "How can you just buy them with money? Those people are all bottomless pits that can't be filled!"

Nikolai Milyutin was stunned and said: "Then what are you going to do?"

Li Xiao smiled and replied: "This operation against the judicial department really opened my eyes. Every one of our officials in the Ministry of Justice is shady. They make a lot of money by pretending to be public for personal gain... so Come on, it’s impossible to say that there are no good people in the Ministry of Justice, but there are not many good people!”

Nikolai Milyutin was stunned, because he didn't think there was anything to be happy about. The Ministry of Justice was so bad, one can imagine how serious the judicial problems in Russia are.

"Strictness is the best!" Li Xiao replied with a smile: "Their little tails can grab a lot of all kinds of dirty information. As long as they are dishonest, they will throw out the evidence to make them look good!"

I see. Nikolay Milyutin suddenly realized that this method was indeed effective. After all, this was how the previous victory came.

But, he really can't appreciate such a method. For the sake of the overall situation, I can reluctantly accept it, but it is very embarrassing to regard this as the norm!

Li Xiao spread his hands and said, "In extraordinary times, you can only use extraordinary methods. Otherwise, do you have any way to control those guys?"

Nikolai Milyutin stopped talking. Obviously he had no better way. After hesitating for a long time, he could only give way: "Let me discuss it with Duke Vorontsov and Grand Duchess Irina first and find a book. "Whww.zhaoshuyuan.com depends on their opinions."

Li Xiao was naturally capable, but he still reminded him in particular: "If we can capture those people, it will be of great help to us in winning the Voice of Liberty case. The Ministry of Justice is putting pressure on those judges. , If they want to completely switch to the conservative side, they must think carefully!”

Nikolai Milyutin snorted, of course he understood this truth, but he just had a moral obsession with it. It's simply unrealistic for him to agree immediately.

"Why don't you agree?" Duke Vorontsov immediately began to teach him. "That boy is right. As long as he can win the Ministry of Justice, he will use any means to control him! The most important thing at the moment is to ensure that the reform can proceed smoothly. This It's a big deal. As for other things, what's wrong with the shabby methods? We even burned down Moscow in order to defeat Napoleon. We can't accept this small price, so why win?"

Nikolai Milyutin said coyly: "I just think that doing this will start a bad start. If everyone in the future follows what Grand Duke Andrei did, wouldn't it mean that the world would be in chaos?"

Prince Vorontsov snorted contemptuously: "You are too unfounded. If all those little guys can learn Grand Duke Andrei's methods, then it will be too late for me to be happy! The real problem is that they are all better than pigs. They are all stupid and do things so stupidly that I want to whip them!"

Speaking of this Duke Vorontsov, he was full of anger. Many progressive young people he had come into contact with all admired the theories in the book and wished they could eat and sleep according to what the book said.

They simply didn’t realize that the things in the books were thousands of miles away from the reality in Russia. Applying them mechanically would only make people laugh and slow down the reform process.