Struggle in Russia

Nikolai Milyutin was a little worried. If Count Rostovtsev was really a supporter of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich and was planning to plot to overthrow the rule of Nicholas I, then things would be really troublesome .

Because among the supporters of the Decembrists, the earl is quite influential. If he wants to rebel, he will definitely have a large number of followers. But Nikolai Milutin did not approve of rebellion. He felt that who would be the tsar was not the most important thing. The most important thing was to maintain the stability of Russia, and the new tsar must do something new.

Only when these two conditions are met, will Russia not fall into division due to a new round of political turmoil. He is very clear that Russia really can't afford to struggle now, because it is too far behind the United Kingdom. Once it falls into turmoil, Russia may be dismembered by foreign interference forces. At that time, it will not be all over.

After pondering for a long time, Nikolai Milutin cautiously persuaded: "Count, I don't think it matters who will be the emperor. The direct blood relationship of the Romanov family was cut off after Peter the Great. If we insist on blood, we Who do you want to be the emperor?"

Russian emperors who are too powerful generally have problems with heirs. The Romanov family came to power because Ivan the Terrible had no heirs, so they could only let the heirs of the former queen's family inherit the throne (there were more than one former queen back then, so you understand). And Peter the Great was almost the same as Ivan the Terrible, his sons were basically wiped out, and his wife Yekaterina I had no sons, so in the end he had to let his grandson Peter II come to power. He died at the age of four or five, completely announcing the end of the Romanov family.

In the end, Ivan V's daughter could only be allowed to become emperor, and after a lot of tossing, Elizabeth I, the daughter of Peter the Great, snatched power and claimed to have inherited Peter the Great's blood in name.

Of course, it is just a name, because according to tradition, everyone knows that daughters and sons are different. That is to say, no matter whether it is Nicholas I, his elder brother Alexander I or Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, they are not serious descendants of the Romanov family, only Peter The collateral line of the great emperor's grandson.

However, after Peter II, Anna I, Ivan VI, Elizabeth I, Peter III, and later Ekaterina the Great and Paul I, the coup d'etat was honed. Russians, especially Russian nobles, have dismissed the Romanov lineage. Anyone with two legs who can touch Peter the Great or Ivan V can be a tsar, what orthodoxy let it go to hell! Whoever has the hardest fist is the Tsar!

Therefore, it is the last word to say that the fist is hard, and now Nicholas I's fist is very hard, so his legitimacy is unquestionable. It’s okay to question if you want, you have to be harder than his fist!

Count Rostovtsev looked at Nikolai Milutin, who was a little nervous and terrified, with a blank face, and asked calmly, "Can anyone be emperor regardless of blood?"

Nikolai Milyutin replied firmly: "To maintain the unity of Russia,

Those who can promote the prosperity of Russia and achieve these two points, regardless of blood, are the most qualified descendants of the Tsar and Romanov family! "

Count Rostovtsev suddenly smiled, and said slowly: "I think so too! It seems that we are completely in agreement on this! Very good! My friend, I hope you will always remember these two points !"

Nikolai Milyutin was stunned. He didn't understand what Count Rostovtsev meant. Why did he go around in circles as if he didn't understand anything?

"Count, what do you mean?"

Count Rostovtsev looked at him in surprise, as if he was confused, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean? What do you mean?"

This is mouth-wrenching and brain-burning enough. If you are accustomed to using Chinese, it can be regarded as a question above the sixth level of the Chinese exam. Nikolai Milyutin thought for a long time before he roughly understood what Count Rostovtsev meant, and asked in a low voice:

"You give me the feeling that you think Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich is the orthodox, and you are planning to conspire against the current rule of His Majesty..."

Count Rostovtsev suddenly burst into laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. After a long time, he held his stomach and asked:

"Why would you have such an idea? It's ridiculous... Imagi's rule is unquestionable...Only the stupidest idiot would want to start a rebellion... Do you think I would be such an idiot ? Or do you think I'm out of my mind, crazy?"

Nikolai Milyutin curled his lips and was very speechless. He really wanted to say that was what you meant just now, but looking at Count Rostovtsev's attitude now, he didn't mean to support Kang Fanny at all. Could it be that he understood it? Wrong?

Nikolai Milutin was at a loss. Count Rostovtsev's inscrutability really made him unable to grasp the wind. He could only smile wryly: "Count, the problem is that your attitude just now was...too ambiguous. , people have to make such associations!"

Count Rostovtsev smiled apologetically: "Then it was my mistake. I just want to tell you, my young friend, that I have never regretted the choice I made in 1825. I chose His Majesty back then, and it is still the same now." !"

Nikolai Milyutin nodded suddenly, but he still felt that something was wrong, but Count Rostovtsev's resolute and decisive attitude did not seem to be fake. It's better not to think about the brain-burning problem!

Nikolai Milutin left with a door number on his forehead, but the old butler Igor sat down in Milutin's position just now, and said angrily: "This guy is obviously Nicholas I. His diehard loyalists can't be won over at all!"

Count Rostovtsev glanced at him and asked calmly, "Why do you say that?"

Igor said: "It's obvious! Isn't what he just said obvious enough?!"

Count Rostovtsev said disapprovingly: "I didn't hear anything, at least I didn't hear that Nikolai Alexievich was someone's loyalist!"

Igor was shocked, and said incredulously: "Are you deaf? He refused to recognize the legitimacy of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich. Isn't that obvious enough!"

Count Rostovtsev suddenly smiled and said, "That's true, but didn't you hear him say that 'If you can maintain the unity of Russia and promote the prosperity of Russia, if you can do these two things, regardless of your blood, you are the most qualified tsar and Roman? Descendants of the Knoff family!' words?"