Chapter 868 Pay Attention to Safety

Baryatinsky also wanted to return to St. Petersburg, but there were so many trivial matters in the Caucasus that he could not escape in a short time. He could only communicate with St. Petersburg through letters, and as everyone knows, this method Very inefficient.

"Wired telegraphy is a good thing," Baryatinsky exclaimed sincerely. "Count Uvarov was so stupid to oppose wired telegraphy before. If we could promote it earlier, why would we be so passive!"

How else to say that suffering losses and being beaten can make people improve? Although Baryatinsky did not explicitly oppose the establishment of cable telegraphy before, he actually did not support it, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Count Uvarov's attitude.

But now that I have tasted the benefits of fast wired telegraph communication, I realize that I have fallen into a trap. It can only be said that conservatives have this virtue. They will oppose any new thing, even if this new thing is really useful, or they will oppose this new thing before they have discovered any use.

They oppose it just for the sake of opposition. They do no research or investigation at all. They are just a bunch of old scum.

Baryatinsky is considered a good person, at least he can reflect sometimes. Like Count Uvarov, who knows the benefits of wired telegraphy but still insists on it, and just opposes it, then he is hopeless. .

Of course, it is still difficult to build a cable telegraph network from St. Petersburg to Yerevan. One is that the distance is too far, and the other is that Russia has no money. After all, Nicholas I just squandered the treasury, and there is no money at all. Money is used for construction.

In fact, one or two years have passed. The only wired telegraph network in Russia is the line from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The rest are under planning, and there are not even drawings.

"Nikolai Milyutin wants to carry out major reforms? Where is his brother? What is his opinion?" Baryatinsky asked Kanditantin Pobedonostsev directly in the letter: "Definitely Pay attention to that Dmitry, I have a feeling he is the same type of person as his brothers! They are both subversives of tradition and our enemies!"

I have to say that Baryatinsky's feeling is still very accurate. He has already noticed Dmitri's true tendency. Fortunately, he is not in St. Petersburg at this moment, otherwise Nikolai Milyutin and the others would have to face more complicated problems. situation.

"If His Majesty lets you take charge of the third department, it will be good news for us. However, although that department has great power, it also has a lot of troubles. And you, my friend, I know that you were not good at handling those affairs before, but now you must not Do not face the most complicated situation, so as your friend and defender of traditional order I sincerely recommend that you appoint Prince Vasily Dolgorukov as your assistant."

"The Duke is familiar with the operation of the third part, and his ideas are highly consistent with ours. The most important thing is that he and Count Uvarov are not the same people. You can trust him completely. I believe that with his help, you will open the door." The situation needs to be controlled by those liberal elements who are ready to take action!”

Baryatinsky not only recommended Duke Vasily Dolgorukov, but also specifically recommended Peter Alexandrovich Valuev. This person is also a famous conservative in history, and he is a conservative who is particularly good at disguise.

At least at the time, it seemed that this person was not a die-hard, and even vaguely close to liberals. It was precisely this disguise that allowed him to appear on the stage after Alexander II's reforms. Historically, this dear friend soon became Minister of the Interior and almost forced Nikolai Milyutin to retire.

This also shows how terrifying Baryatinsky is. Not only does his conservative stance win the trust of Alexander II, but his methods are no less than that of Count Uvarov. In some aspects, he is even better than his master.

Historically, the final defeat of Grand Duke Constantine and Nikolai Milyutin was not surprising at all. The original positions of these two men had issues of compromise and concession. Coupled with Alexander II's double-dealing methods, the reform was ultimately disrupted. It's really normal.

Of course, there was something Baryatinsky did not expect, and that was Count Rostovtsev, a reformist who was hiding deeply. After all, he could not be a reformist in any way, so Baryatinsky did not regard Count Rostovtsev as an enemy at all, so many of his proud arrangements could not be hidden from Count Rostovtsev. Eyes, this gives the reformists a chance to make a comeback!

The only pity is that in history Count Rostovtsev died not long after the reform began due to gangrene of his limbs caused by falling from a horse, which gave Baryatinsky a big advantage. But now with Li Xiao's intervention, Count Rostovtsev will not die so easily.

"Horse less? My young friend, why do you have such advice?" Count Rostovtsev looked at Li Xiao in astonishment and didn't understand why the other party gave such advice.

"I heard that you like to race horses with others recently?" Li Xiao asked calmly.

Count Rostovtsev replied nonchalantly: "This is my little personal hobby. Why don't you like horse racing?"

"No," Li Xiao shook his head and replied, "I just don't like you appearing in person. Have you ever thought about the consequences if you make a mistake in such an intense sport?"

Count Rostovtsev fell silent. Obviously he knew what the consequences would be, but he didn't think it was very serious.

"I'm very confident in my riding skills!" he replied.

Li Xiao replied seriously: "But I have little confidence in Nikolai Milyutin and Grand Duke Constantine. Once something happens to you, I don't think they have the ability to continue to promote the reform process!"

Count Rostovtsev frowned and sighed: "I appreciate your concern, but I still think my riding skills are good enough!"

"This has nothing to do with riding skills, but is just a matter of simple probability. If you can guarantee that if something happens to you, there will be someone who can protect the reform like you, then you can treat it as if I didn't say anything just now. On the contrary, you can Please give me a reasonable explanation, I won’t place all my hopes on a few unreliable guys!”

Count Rostovtsev was silent now. He probably knew how unreliable Nikolai Milyutin and Grand Duke Constantine were. Without his protection, it would be difficult to even start this reform. .

"I will take care of my safety," he replied calmly, "When you came to see me today, did you have anything else besides caring about my safety?"