Struggle in Russia

Alexei agreed without hesitation, but he also told Li Xiao that this kind of initiative would probably not get strong support. The best result would be a few symbolic support from a few big bosses, or even a symbolic support. There is no sexual support.

Li Xiao is not surprised by this, because basic work is the least popular. Almost everyone likes to sit in the office and build the superstructure, but you let them go down to the bottom to do some dirty and tiring work. When you work, you probably won’t have anyone to support you.

It’s just that people always have to do basic work. From a country to a family, the most basic things are the pillars. If the foundation is not strong, neither the country nor the family can maintain it, and they will collapse in minutes.

It’s just that not many people in this era understand this truth. Of course, there are also many people who understand this truth but just don’t do it, because they know that whoever advocates this will probably be sent to do it. They don’t want to do this kind of dirty work. Woolen cloth!

A month has passed in a blink of an eye, and St. Petersburg has finally calmed down this month. There are no arrests in the third part of the world, and there are no thrilling struggles. The nobles finally have a peaceful life.

But this kind of tranquility ended soon. The situation in Ukraine finally revealed something. When everyone knew that Kharkov was occupied by rebels and there were a large number of rebels active around Kiev, no matter how smart they were, People who don’t have enough know that big trouble is about to happen!

"What's going on in Kharkov?" Alexander II asked angrily.

But no one answered this question, because those who knew the inside story would not tell it foolishly, and those who did not know the inside story did not know what to say.

Alexander II looked around at his ministers and found that all of them were so hateful. Just one year after he took the throne, the rebels captured Kharkov, the largest city in Ukraine after Kiev. What does this mean? M..

This shows that these seemingly honest ministers are actually not honest at all. Alexander II did not believe that they did not receive any warning or see any signs, but these grandsons did not say anything and treated him as a fool. , If Kharkov hadn't fallen, these bastards would still be telling him that the world is peaceful and the people are safe!

Alexander II was so confused that he felt that he had been deceived and deceived!

"Minister of War, why don't you say anything? Didn't you order you to dispatch troops to counter the rebellion? Is this the result of your counter-insurgency?"

In fact, the Minister of War was quite unjust. Yes, Alexander II gave instructions to counter the rebellion, but how could the mess in Ukraine be leveled with just those few men and horses?

He could only wipe a cold sweat and replied hesitantly: "Before... the previous judgment was wrong, mainly because the intelligence in Ukraine was not detailed enough. We misestimated the strength of the rebels. Now it seems that only There is no way to completely eliminate the rebels with one or two divisions of regular troops..."

Alexander II was furious, and he would be an idiot if he couldn't hear such an obvious shirking of responsibility.

What do you mean by misjudgment, and what do you mean by Ukraine's intelligence being insufficiently detailed? According to your point of view, the lack of troops is a complete mistake. At most, it means that Ukraine did not provide enough reliable intelligence, right?

Alexander II thought this was nonsense, so he was not going to let the Minister of War off. He wanted to kill him as a warning to other ministers to let other ministers know that he, the emperor, could not be fooled casually!

"Error in judgment? Insufficient intelligence? I think you have neglected your duties!" He shouted angrily: "You are removed from your post, and Duke Mikhail Gorchakov is temporarily acting as Minister of War!"

As he spoke, he turned to Prime Minister Neserroddie, who was closing his eyes and concentrating: "Count, as Prime Minister, don't you have anything to say?"

Neserrode stood up calmly, bowed slightly, and replied: "Your Majesty, this was my mistake. I resign to apologize!"

Alexander II looked at the old fox. The reason he was looking for trouble with Neserrode was because he wanted this old guy to help him get to a higher level. Things in Ukraine were definitely not the responsibility of one or two people, but his foundation was unstable and It is not good to belittle too many important ministers at this time.

So, he hoped that Neserrode would temporarily step in and take over the responsibility, so that he could just give Neserrode a symbolic lesson and turn the page.

But Alexander II had no intention of letting Neserrodie resign. Although the prime minister was now a mere commander and was basically not responsible for any affairs, he was generally just a personal seal.

But this seal cannot be taken away for the time being. Who will become Prime Minister after he leaves? At this time when conservatives and reformists are at loggerheads, a prime minister who is impartial and ignores everything is more useful. Otherwise, no matter whether the conservatives or the reformists get this position, they will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble and suppress the other party, and then conflicts will break out!

But Neserrodie took the blame and resigned without saying a word, which was stopped by Alexander II. If you agree, you won't be able to deal with things later. If you don't agree, how do you get down the steps in front?

It was obvious that Neserrode, the old fox, did this on purpose. He saw through Alexander II's thoughts, and then deliberately defeated the entire army.

Alexander II took a deep breath, then suppressed the burning anger in his heart a little bit. He almost gritted his teeth and said: "Take the blame and resign? It's not like that, just a little rebellion in Ukraine will force the Prime Minister to resign. , they don’t have that much energy yet!”

He looked at Neserrode with cold eyes and said: "You should be punished for your merits! The work of suppressing bandits is complicated and requires the Prime Minister to take care of it. Count, please mobilize your manpower as soon as possible to cooperate with Prince Mikhail in formulating a strategy for suppressing bandits. You must use the best possible methods to suppress bandits." Quiet the bandit chaos as quickly as possible!"

After letting go of Neserroddie, Alexander II was so angry that he increasingly felt that if he continued to use these old tricks left by Nicholas I, he would not be able to do anything.

After thinking for a while, he added: "Let the General Staff work together to formulate a plan to suppress bandits. The specific implementation depends on them!"

Now everyone heard it, regardless of Alexander II's words to ask the General Staff and Neserrode's people to cooperate with Prince Mikhail in formulating a plan to suppress the bandits. But it was definitely not Prince Mikhail who led the suppression of bandits, but Chief of General Staff Dmitry.

According to his wishes, Dmitri will be responsible for the final suppression of bandits. Obviously, he trusts Dmitri more.

After explaining these things, Alexander II left the conference room without looking back. He didn't want to pay attention to the old foxes and old fools inside for a moment. He had an urgent thought in his mind: he must replace these old fools with people who are loyal to him as soon as possible. , the sooner the better!