Struggle in Russia

Crown Prince Alexander originally thought that Dmitry Milyutin would defend Alexei or say something nice, because he was too familiar with this routine, because all the courtiers he met before were in this routine, basically recommended The person or object of intercession belongs to his faction. And judging from Dmitry Milyutin's previous intentions, he should have come to speak well for Alexei.

But Dmitry Milyutin surprised him. He didn't say anything good for Alexei at all, and even said something according to his intentions. It seemed that Alexei was really The people of Grand Duke Constantine are dead, what's going on? Why don't you play your cards according to the routine?

Crown Prince Alexander had question marks all over his forehead, and looked at Dmitry Milutin suspiciously, as if saying, "You're not kidding me, are you?"

Of course Dmitry Milyutin didn't mean to play tricks on him, because he hadn't finished his sentence yet!

"Count Speranski has supported reforms since his father's generation, and Grand Duke Constantine has been calling for reforms before, obviously trying to win over the reformers to work for him. So it is normal for the two parties to have a relationship!"

These words made Crown Prince Alexander even more suspicious and depressed. He didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Dmitry Milutin's gourd. The latter continued to speak slowly:

"But because of this, Your Highness, you need to befriend the Earl even more!"

This turning point came so suddenly that Crown Prince Alexander finally couldn't help asking: "Why? According to you, it's too late for me to pay Count Speranski, right?"

Dmitry Milutin smiled and said, "It's not too late! Your Highness, please forgive me. Most of the young talents you have befriended before are the children of traditional nobles, and they don't have close contacts with those noble children who support reform. It's very wrong!"

Crown Prince Alexander was confused by him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I told you before that the way of a king lies in balance, but now your subordinates are all children of traditional nobles, and their parents are all dignitaries like Prince Mimenshkov. Even if they support you, I am afraid There is no way to convince their parents to serve you overwhelmingly!"

Crown Prince Alexander thought about it and thought it made sense, because the attitude of old foxes like Menshikov had been analyzed clearly before, and it was the same for me. How could a son or grandson be more reliable than a father or grandpa?

In terms of their identities, this group of people is doomed to be icing on the cake instead of giving charcoal in the snow, and they will be unreliable at critical moments.

Seeing that he had listened, Dmitry Milutin continued, "So if you continue to make friends with this type of talent, you won't be able to provide much help for yourself. On the contrary, if you are too enthusiastic about them, it will be more difficult for you. Let them be proud of you, and start to ignore you!"

"So you have to let them know that even if you leave them, there is no shortage of supporters. Therefore, it is very important to make good friends with those reformist aristocrats, because there are very few supporters in that faction. It is completely blank. As long as you fold After the festival, there must be a large number of talents willing to accept your kindness!" ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм

"In this way, you have not only filled the gap, but also balanced your own somewhat unbalanced power structure, and weakened the power of Grand Duke Constantine. It really kills three birds with one stone!"

Crown Prince Alexander was stunned. According to Dmitry Milyutin's analysis, he really needs to have a good chat with Speransky, not to mention pulling the count into the chariot to alienate him. The relationship with Grand Duke Constantine is also a great benefit!

He slapped his forehead suddenly and felt that he was really too narrow before,

I have narrowed my own path, as long as I can attack and contain Grand Duke Constantine, why can't I show my favor to the reformers...

But after thinking about it, he was a little hesitant, and only heard him say hesitantly: "But father, he is very disgusted with reform and has no good impression of reformists. If he hears that I am getting close to reformists, will he be furious! "First release www.(x81zw) m./x81zw/

I have to say that Crown Prince Alexander was really pitiful, being forced by Nicholas I to be cautious and not dare to make any mistakes. He probably thought that the position of crown prince could only be secured by following Nicholas I's preferences meticulously, but he didn't think about it at all, maybe it was not that simple at all.

Dmitry Milyutin asked calmly: "Indeed, Your Majesty dislikes reforms very much. But have you ever wondered, since His Majesty dislikes reforms so much, why is Grand Duke Constantine able to speak out for the reformers and make friends with him? What about the reformers?"

Crown Prince Alexander was stunned. It's not that he hadn't thought about this issue at all. In fact, how could he have never thought about it. He was very unconvinced before. Why should Grand Duke Constantine not be reprimanded for advocating reform? This is simply my partiality. Well!

He couldn't help but think: Could there be something else going on here?

Dmitry Milyutin did not answer directly, but raised a new question: "Your Highness, according to your opinion, His Majesty should be particularly disgusted with reformers, but please note that Count Speransky is a real reformer." Pai, but Mr. Adlerberg Jr., who is competing with him for the post of Governor-General this time, is firmly opposed to reform. According to your statement, His Majesty should not favor Count Speranski!"

Crown Prince Alexander was surprised again. Indeed, if the old father hated the reformists so much, he should not have appointed Speranski as the governor at all. From what happened this time, the old father obviously admired Earl Speranski more. ,How is this going? Could it be that his previous cognition was wrong?

Looking at Crown Prince Alexander, who was a little skeptical about his life, Dmitry Milutin calmly explained: "Your Highness, your cognition is biased. I think that for Your Majesty, the Reformist Party is not unusable, as long as it does not threaten the current Order, as long as they have the ability to do things, even if the reforms they advocate are really helpful, His Majesty is still willing to give them a chance to do things. What His Majesty really hates are those rebels who strongly demand to destroy the traditional Russian order and everything that exists!"

Crown Prince Alexander let out an oh, he came back to his senses, and he finally understood what the old father liked and disliked. According to this explanation, indeed everything makes sense. Why the old Speranski was able to do nothing, why the young Speranski can be the governor this time, and why the Grand Duke Constantine has been messing around without getting hurt!

Now, he really fully understands! !