Struggle in Russia

Victoria was silent, and then realized that many of her previous cognitions were too superficial, and could be said to be half-understood. When Li Xiao and Alexei broke things apart and explained them clearly, she suddenly realized that the so-called sanctity of private property was a big joke.

To emancipate the serfs would definitely involve infringing on the so-called private property, and there would be no middle path.

She suddenly felt very frustrated. As a noble, even a run-down noble, the education she received determined that she still respected Russia's so-called tradition to a greater or lesser extent.

Now Li Xiao and Alexey tell her that these traditions are a bunch of rubbish. How do you think she feels?

She sighed for a long time and said: "I'm very conflicted. On the one hand, I pity those unfortunate people and hope they can live a good life. But on the other hand, I feel... I feel that certain traditions should be respected, at least. Respect the most basic rights of the nobility. But..."

But there is no need to say anything more, Alexey also sighed leisurely and said: "When I understood this truth, I was just as depressed as you. I always felt that a path acceptable to both parties could be found, but after these few years... …I find this idea to be childish and ridiculous, and there is no way to have the best of both worlds…”

Victoria's eyes flashed twice and then dimmed. It was obvious that the girl was hit. Not only she lost confidence in life, but her outlook on life was shaken by the thunderous blow.

What Li Xiao is best at is shattering other people's shaky old views. He added: "The reality is not just that there is no best of both worlds. The nobles can either completely liberate the serfs, or they will be angered by the angry serfs. solve it completely!"

Victoria stared at Li Xiao in disbelief for a while with wide eyes before turning to Alexey, obviously asking if this is true?

Alexey smiled bitterly, what else is not true, it is absolutely true. In fact, from the beginning of the new year to August, dozens of serf uprisings, large and small, have occurred in Ukraine.

If Alexander II had not announced that he would reform and completely abolish the serfdom system, the serfs would see a glimmer of hope and temporarily give up the uprising. Otherwise, if we had followed the conservative approach, the whole country would have exploded.

"Is it really that bad?" Victoria asked with her big, flickering eyes, holding on to her last glimmer of hope: "Why haven't I heard anything?"

Alexey curled his lips and pointed at Li Xiao and said: "Then you have to ask the Grand Duke, he is the most familiar with the work of the third part!"

Victoria turned to look at Li Xiao, but she didn't ask anything. It wasn't that she didn't trust someone, but that she knew what the third part was about. Since there is no news, it means that all the news is controlled by the third part.

She let out a long sigh, turned her head and looked at the cheering crowd outside the window, and said leisurely: "Now I feel more and more that this scene is unsightly!"

For a moment, the three of them lost the mood to talk and watch the show. They looked at Alexander II riding a tall horse in the distance and disappearing at the street corner. God knows how long this scene can last in Russia. God knows how many other czars can accept this. cheer.

Of course, Alexander II was unaware of these episodes. When he arrived at the Kremlin, he was in an extremely high mood and walked back and forth in the room without stopping for a moment.

You can see his chest rising and falling rapidly and his eyes filled with tears. He only does this when he is extremely excited.

“People’s support is available!”

Alexander II suddenly pushed open the glass door on the balcony and strode onto the balcony. Looking at the dusk in Moscow, he opened his arms as if to embrace his country.

Fortunately, he didn't say: I am the king of the world. Otherwise, if Li Xiao knew about it, he would have to say that this was too unlucky.

After being immersed in his own world for a while, Alexander II returned to the room. He rang the bell and called old Adlerberg.

"How are the preparations for the coronation ceremony? Are everything ready?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the enthronement ceremony has been fully prepared, and all personnel are ready and waiting for you and the Queen to arrive!"

Alexander II nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Are all the people here? Especially those who have made great contributions to the empire?"

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. Most of the personnel have arrived in Moscow, and the remaining small number will arrive by train tomorrow."

Alexander II asked with great interest: "What do you think of trains?"

Old Adlerberg hesitated because this question was a bit difficult to answer. If the answer is that everyone is very satisfied with the train and all think the train is good, this is obviously nonsense. For Alexander II, who is generally conservative, whether he really likes new things like trains is a question.

What if Alexander II is like his father, one hates steam ships and the other hates steam trains?

But old Adlerberg did not dare to speak ill of the train. After all, this thing was specially ordered by Alexander II, and he also specifically ordered all nobles from St. Petersburg to come to Moscow by train.

If he really doesn't care about the train, it's obviously impossible to give such an order, right?

After pondering for a while, the old Adlerberg carefully answered: "Most people think traveling by train is a brand new experience, but some people think it goes against tradition..."

"Tradition?"

Alexander II seemed to be stuck in memories. He was not a person who liked traditions before, but after he actually sat in that position, he realized that some traditions had to be respected. If he didn't respect them, it would be equivalent to digging up his own foundation.

"Tradition is a good thing!" He suddenly exclaimed, "But there is something important about how to respect tradition. You have to think carefully about how to maintain and respect tradition. You must maintain tradition while also accepting new things. I don't think this is No contradiction!”

In other words, Alexander II said this so that old Adlerberg did not curse. What kind of nonsense is this? Do you think there is really no contradiction if it is not contradictory? Do you think that every word you say from God is the truth?

Anyway, old Adlerberg didn't know how to maintain tradition while accepting new things. He thought that his mind was relatively flexible, but there was really no way to implement such an outrageous assertion by Alexander II.

But who made someone a tsar? Even if someone insists that flowers are smelly or fragrant, he can only hold his nose and admit it!

Old Adlerberg forced a smile and said flatteringly: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. There is no contradiction between the two. It's just that some people insist on creating conflicts and making nonsense to confuse the public. I think they are harboring evil intentions." ah!"