Struggle in Russia

Pobedonostsev really didn't expect Count Uvarov to suddenly fire on him. This was a bit unreasonable, after all, he acted very aloof. Generally speaking, as long as Count Uvarov has no problem with his mind, he will not provoke him while dealing with Duke Dolgoruky.

But this old man just did this. It makes no sense at all, okay?

But now there is no time left for Pobedonostsev to think about the reason. The most important thing is how to deal with Count Uvarov's inexplicable attack.

He took a breath and pretended to be calm and replied: "I don't think everything is fine, let alone satisfied with the current situation..."

To Pobedonostsev's surprise, Count Uvarov interrupted him forcefully before he finished speaking: "Really? But you give me the feeling that you don't care about all this at all. If you really care, How can you do so many stupid things!"

Pobedonostsev was confused and couldn't understand why Count Uvarov targeted him like this. To be honest, he admitted that his performance during this period was not very good, but this did not mean that he had done something stupid, let alone There are no more stupid things to do!

He suddenly became angry and retorted: "If you just wanted to humiliate me, then you succeeded, you succeeded in irritating me, but if you don't quickly explain why you did this, I will let you know how terrible I am when I am angry. !”

Pobedonostsev looked like he wanted to eat people, but this did not scare Count Uvarov at all. The latter smiled contemptuously and said: "I would like to see what you look like when you are angry. Because your behavior in the past few months seems to me like a weak bitch, you can only scream!".

Pobedonostsev's face turned red with anger, but he tried to restrain his emotions, because reason told him that when facing an old fox like Count Uvarov, no matter how angry you are, you must remain rational, otherwise you will lose. Very miserable!

He stared at Count Uvarov silently. Although he said nothing, it brought invisible pressure. Even Duke Dolgoruky who was watching on the side was a little surprised because he was so angry and oppressive. This is the first time I have seen Pobedonostsev. This momentum is really amazing!

After a moment, Count Uvarov sighed in his heart. He was indeed deliberately provocative and wanted to anger Pobedonostsev, because anger will make people lose their minds, and an irrational fool will not look angry even if he looks aggressive. Not difficult to deal with at all.

It's a pity that Pobedonostsev has grown up too much, and he is not swayed by anger. He is the most difficult to deal with.

After knowing that he had made a mistake, Count Uvarov did not panic, let alone be at a loss. He has experienced too many similar things over the years. You can't always predict your opponent. Even a completely brainless idiot will not be completely tricked by you. There will always be accidents, and there will always be things you expected. If you don't have it, if you want to have everything under control, you won't be able to accomplish anything.

A successful bureaucrat must have the ability to cope with emergencies, and he does not lack such ability nor the experience.

Count Uvarov smiled contemptuously and said: "What? You are right and you can't say anything? Look at what you have done in the past few months. The third part has not played any role in your hands. , and this department was originally our best means to deal with those liberal elements. In your hands, it has become a burden, which is ridiculous!"

Pobedonostsev certainly knows that the third film did not play the role it should have in his hands, but he does not think this is his problem alone.

He retorted calmly: "If you can limit the boring investigation initiated by Nikolai Milyutin and let him get out of my department, then of course the third part can play its due role. But not only do you You didn’t stop his actions, but instead joined him in causing trouble for me. I’d like to say that the failure of the third part to work is largely your fault!”

"And now you still dare to criticize me without shame, aren't you ashamed!"

Pobedonostsev's counterattack was also sharp, but overall it was within Count Uvarov's expectations. Because he deliberately mentioned the third part. This was actually a trap, specially prepared for Pobedonostsev.

He calmly mocked back: "I didn't stop Nikolai Milyutin, you are really ungrateful! If I hadn't been restricting his investigation, what do you think you would have faced? Huh, no way. Well, you have ruined the third part and made the third part a dog of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

This move is very insidious, because everyone knows that the special investigation into the third part was presided over by Nikolay Milyutin and Count Uvarov, but how exactly was the special investigation conducted and what happened in it? In fact, Outsiders don't know.

Count Uvarov took advantage of the information asymmetry and deliberately created the impression that Part III and Pobedonostsev were able to withstand Nikolay Milyutin's investigation solely because of his checks and balances.

Of course, only he and Pobedonostsev knew whether he had done it or not. But the problem is that Pobedonostsev's previous performance was so poor that everyone thought he performed poorly. Naturally, they subconsciously believed that he was not capable, and they naturally believed in Count Uvarov more.

This trick is not very clever, but it uses people's inherent impression. Who made Count Uvarov's previous performance more convincing?

Count Uvarov believed that not only would he completely defeat Pobedonostsev, he would also greatly shake his prestige. Defeating him is equivalent to defeating Duke Dolgoruki. In this way, the situation falls under his control. From now on, these two people will not be able to threaten him in the slightest!

But an accident happened again, because Pobedonostsev immediately sneered: "You are really arrogant, talking as if how powerful you are, how much restriction you have on Nikolai Milyutin! If you are so awesome , then I wouldn’t have been forced to resign to His Majesty’s cellar. If His Majesty hadn’t still trusted me, the third part would have been owned by liberals now!”

The whole room was shocked when this statement came out. If Pobedonostsev resigned as the director of the third department, it would be a self-evident blow to the conservatives. If you look at it this way, if Count Uvarov is really powerful, then things will never come to this point. Looking at it this way, it seems that Count Uvarov is bragging?

Although everyone did not fully believe Pobedonostsev's words, it was obvious that most of Count Uvarov's attacks on him had failed, and the situation became a bit delicate...