Chapter 387 Deep Chat (Part 2)

Anton was dumbfounded by Li Xiao's series of questions, and it took him a while to understand the logical relationship. To put it bluntly, it is actually simple, that is, someone feels that the tsar is unreliable. If such a major event as reform is completely entrusted to the tsar, once there is a slight change in it, everything will be useless.

This kind of thinking is not to say outrageous in this era, at least it is a bit surprising, especially in backward and conservative Russia, questioning the monarch is heresy, it is too individual.

For the Russians of this era, to reach the top is to mention enlightened autocracy. As long as the king can do this, it will be a great blessing. As for sending the king to the guillotine and then launching a democratic revolution like France, it is really a bit scary, and it can be classified as a devil.

That is to say, it was Anton who was listening. If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would go to the third department to report and expose him immediately.

Even Anton was taken aback by the shock. If he hadn't been familiar with Li Xiao's character, he might have doubted whether the old boss wanted to rebel and usurp the throne. After all, there were not a few clans in Russian history who used similar excuses to rebel. It's not surprising that someone meant that.

After thinking for a while, Anton asked, "You mean, if His Majesty doesn't support the reform in the future, what should we do if we have to go back, right?"

Strictly speaking, Li Xiao didn't mean it that way, but it didn't matter if Anton understood it according to this meaning, and it would take too much time to explain this problem to Anton in detail, so it's better to follow this simple way.

Li Xiao nodded, and Anton continued: "This possibility should be said, but I think that if Count Rostovtsev's plan is successful, His Majesty should be able to see the benefits of reforming and abolishing the serf system immediately. , that way he shouldn't turn back!"

When Anton said this, he was a little convincing, which meant that although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he was sure that things would definitely develop in this direction, or that he would rather believe that things would develop in this way.

But Li Xiao is not him, so Li Xiao is not as confident as him, not to mention that as a time traveler, he is too clear about history.

"Really? What if you're wrong?"

Anton was taken aback again. He felt that Li Xiao was a bit strange today, because this question was a bit of an exaggeration. There is no reason, it is a pure assumption. What is the meaning of this kind of question?

"Do you think I'm playing tricks?" Li Xiao asked again expressionlessly.

Anton nodded and said, "This kind of assumption is meaningless!"

Li Xiao replied affirmatively: "It makes sense! On the contrary, your kind of thinking is very dangerous!"

Anton was stunned.

Because Li Xiao seldom talked to him like this, he couldn't understand why Li Xiao would be so stubborn on this issue, even a little unreasonable.

Li Xiao glanced at him and said calmly: "I told you before that no matter what you do, you must be fully prepared. You must not act blindly just seeing the huge gains of success. You must think about it." What should you do if you don’t succeed. Think about it for yourself, are you too blindly optimistic on this issue, have you never considered what to do if you don’t succeed?”

Anton was stunned again. Li Xiao did teach him to be considerate when doing things. He must think through all aspects of the situation and be prepared to deal with all kinds of emergencies before he can do anything. Otherwise, he must be cautious.

And on this issue, he really didn't consider the possibility that Li Xiao said, because he subconsciously rejected that possibility.

Immediately, Anton's face changed, he understood why Li Xiao said that the assumption made sense. It does make sense, if Li Xiao's hypothesis appears, can those who support reform have a way to save the situation?

Anton was very sad to find that there was absolutely no way, because once the tsar did not support the reform, or was about to go back, they had no way to stop the tsar from doing so, at most they begged.

But does it work?

If begging is useful, Russia had completely abolished serfdom as early as the time of Alexander I. Why did it take so long to stand still?

Anton knew that begging was useless, otherwise Count Rostovtsev would not have spent so much time and energy risking pushing Russia into the abyss of doom to force the Tsar to nod and start reforming.

Obviously, once the tsar doesn't want to do something, the opponents don't have much to do, unless you rebel in a coup and change the tsar like Paul I.

It's just that such an approach needs to be opposed by a huge force, at least the reform supporters in Russia don't have this strength.

In other words, once the possibility mentioned by Li Xiao arises, the reformists will be at a loss, and there is nothing they can do. Isn't this dangerous?

Anton felt that his mind was in chaos. He was educated to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Although it would not make him a die-hard royalist, it also made him subconsciously feel that it is normal to have a king or emperor. All he has to do is to serve the king well and use his abilities to make the country better.

This kind of thinking is so simple and natural, so he never thought about what to do if the courtiers try to make the country better but the king doesn't cooperate. Even with Zhuyu from the French Revolution, Anton felt that the French's approach was too extreme. Even if Louis XVI was a little bit, he couldn't overstep his duty as a courtier.

But now Li Xiao's question stumped him, if the czar really did that, what should he do?

In the past, he felt that this issue was meaningless and he could ignore it, but now Li Xiao told him that this issue was meaningful, and he could not ignore the issue if he really wanted to promote reform.

In this way, even if Anton wanted to avoid the problem, he couldn’t do it. He could only face the problem. If the tsar did not support the reform, or if the reform was changed, it would generally shrink, what should reformers like them do?

Should we directly rise up to kill this tsar who does not support reform and replace it with a new enlightened tsar who supports reform, or do nothing and watch the previous efforts go to waste?

Anton's brain was buzzing. Judging from his expression, he was struggling. He gritted his teeth for a while as if he had made up his mind, but after a while he appeared confused and tangled. This change of expression was like a face change, and Li Xiao felt a bit too embarrassing for the poor child.

It's just that the question he raised cannot be avoided, because one day they will face this problem, and there is no way to talk about the future without solving this problem...