Struggle in Russia

The problem is that centrists like Duke Aldorf don’t cooperate. In fact, to put it bluntly, the gap between centrists and conservatives like Duke Aldorf and Duke Mikhail has become bigger and bigger in recent years. .

If it weren't for this war, Duke Ordorf would not have been willing to talk to Chernyshov, thinking that these conservative guys to the bone had completely outdated the times, and they were simply out of date.

Therefore, Chernyshev deliberately diverted the conversation to Nesselrode's direction. can cooperate.

But if the topic of changing the prime minister is discussed, then he will not accompany him at all!

This made Chernyshev more embarrassed. Look at the other people sitting in this room. Needless to say, Prince Vorontsov is an old liberal. He is not the same as him, and it is impossible to support him. .

Nikolai Golitsyn's personal prestige is not bad, but he is considered an academic in the military. He is interested in complaining about Kutuzov, but he is not sensitive to getting involved in such a major event as changing the prime minister.

Chernyshov was a little embarrassed for a while, and almost no one responded to his words, so he could only make a haha ​​and change the subject and said: "The 200,000 reinforcements are a bit small, but the country is indeed in difficulties. Today is an eventful time. Both sides are unstable, and they all need the army to maintain order!"

He seemed to be softening, but he wasn't. He did it on purpose, to blackmail Duke Ordorf and others, meaning that if you don’t cooperate with me in dealing with Nesselrode, then I don’t need to cooperate with you in ordering more troops to support Duke Mikhail.

Chernyshev felt that his move should be able to grasp the seven inches of Duke Ordorf and others, and he was not afraid that they would not cooperate.

Duke Ordov and Prince Vorontsov looked at each other, and they knew that Chernyshov was not a good fart, and they were going to find ways to deal with them.

It's just that this trick is a bit naive. Are they that easy to handle? What's more, you think that the matter of reinforcements is only a matter of Duke Mikhail. Do you really think that you, the Minister of War, can cover the sky with one hand in the army?

So neither of them picked up the conversation, and naturally the meeting couldn't go on. This made Chernyshev a little baffled. Wasn't Duke Ordorf in a hurry just now? Why are you not in a hurry all of a sudden?

He thought it was because the Duke of Aldorf needed to go back and find someone to discuss the matter, thinking that there would be good news in a few days.

But he waited and waited, there was no news and no one came to him. Count Uvarov, who had been waiting for news, became impatient.

"Are you sure they went back to discuss and discuss?" Count Uvarov asked with a frown.

Chernyshev nodded subconsciously, and replied: "It should be. Don't you think they don't have too many choices, count? If you don't replace Nesselrode, who would agree to send more reinforcements!"

Count Uvarov didn't make a sound, thinking about something silently. Chernyshov saw that he was a little worried, and immediately continued to explain: "Count, why don't I go to find out the situation, and if it doesn't work, I can put more pressure on them obedient!"

Tsk!

Count Uvarov glared at him, shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be reckless! Duke Ordorf and others are not easy to offend, otherwise it will be very troublesome!"

Chernyshev snorted nonchalantly in his heart. To be honest, he felt that Count Uvarov was too cautious. Now that the conservatives have basically reached an agreement on the replacement of the prime minister, they think that a giant wheel can easily crush the blockade. All small boats on the waterway, what is there to be afraid of?

It's just that he didn't dare to push around in front of Count Uvarov, so he could only accompany him with a silly smile. For a while, Count Uvarov was about to say something to him when he heard a knock on the door, Uvarov The old butler of the Count Husband said loudly outside the door:

"My lord, the earl's secretary is here, and I need to see you and the earl urgently!"

"Let him in!"

Count Uvarov looked at Chernyshov while answering, as if asking: "What's the matter?"

Chernyshov was also at a loss. Although the Ministry of War has been very busy recently, it is all routinely busy with the war against Turkey. Those trivial matters don't need to bother him at all, so why did the secretary come here?

Soon Chernyshov and Uvarov knew the reason, and the secretary told them that Paskovich had written a strongly worded letter, asking the Ministry of War to try to get more reinforcements to the imperial court, otherwise the whole crisis would be destroyed. There is no way to fight the war.

This old Qiuba spoke extremely tough in the letter, as if he was not asking for help but ordering Chernyshov, but this made the latter dare not have any dissatisfaction, because Lao Qiuba really couldn't afford to offend him!

At this time, Count Uvarov sighed, because he finally figured out why the Duke of Ordorf and others were indifferent to their proposal. People are simply confident, okay!

Yes, although everyone in the ruling and opposition parties knew that it was Duke Mikhail who was directing the battle. But the nominal commander-in-chief of the Russian army is Paskovich.

Although this old Qiu Ba was unable to shoulder the heavy command task due to physical reasons, his commander-in-chief was more like a senior supervisor sent by Nicholas I. But no one dared to ignore his influence. With his character, he naturally couldn't just sit back and watch Duke Mikhail suffer. After all, he was still the commander-in-chief in name. If the war was not fought well, he would suffer!

What's more, Paskovich is not really old and confused. The reason why Duke Mikhail has been unable to make progress after the war is like this is that Russia did not know enough about this war, and did not do well at all for Britain and France to participate in the war. , Austria dragged its feet, and Prussia watched the show from the sidelines.

These serious strategic misjudgments are the crux of the problem. It is not easy for Duke Mikhail to maintain the situation, and Paskovich will naturally not make trouble, not to mention that he and Duke Mikhail are still grasshoppers on the same rope, so naturally they have to help talk!

Speaking of which, Paskovich is also a conservative, and he is also an important pillar of the conservatives in the military. Now that this boss has directly sent a request, can you not agree?

If you stay indifferent and refuse to agree, then if he is assassinated, more than half of the conservatives in the military will collapse. Count Uvarov also counted on Paskovich to help contain Bariatinsky and maintain the situation, so how dare he offend Paskovich?

Soon Chernyshov also figured out the reason, and he suggested to Earl Uvarov, "Why don't you write to His Excellency the Prince to explain the situation, I believe he should understand..."