Chapter 133 Worry

In Russia, probably only a weirdo like Ilya would think that it is a hard job to be an attendant to the tsar or the crown prince. For others, it must be a sharpened head to drill in.

Fortunately, according to the order of Nicholas I, the Duke of Ordorf sent him a task to monitor Nikolai Muravyov, which temporarily relieved Ilya, but as soon as he thought of returning St. Petersburg had to go to the Winter Palace to "suffer" and he also had a headache.

At this time, Ilya was very much looking forward to the longer duration of this mission, preferably a lifetime, so that he would never have to face those problems that gave him headaches.

Nikolai Muraviyov didn't know that his "deputy" was thinking about so many things at this moment. He was not satisfied with this overly handsome deputy, not only because he was so handsome that he often received Their people will subconsciously ignore him as the leader, and secondly, the deputy speaks too little, and he is simply stinging words like gold. Often he asks a lot of questions and the other party just chats away with a few words.

To be honest, it was also the first time Muraviyov encountered such a strange thing. He wondered if the spy who acted as the tsar had to be trained to pay attention to the tongue, otherwise how could he speak so little and how could he be so indifferent.

In fact, before meeting Ilya, Muraviyov didn't think that talking less was a shortcoming. He actually liked subordinates who talked less. If they were more capable, such subordinates would be perfect.

But when he met a watcher or spy who didn't talk much, he couldn't get any useful information from the other party, so he would be very depressed and dissatisfied.

"Colonel, what impression do you have of Count Speranski? What kind of man is this?"

But Muraviyov is not giving up. Although Ilya's mouth is very strict, he still tries tirelessly to open his chatter box. Anyway, he just asks all kinds of questions along the way, and asks whatever he sees. He believes that even the third part No matter how strict the training is, it is impossible to really create a secret agent who does not show any flaws.

Ilya raised his eyes and glanced at Muraviyov. Apart from being disliked by Nicholas I and the conservatives because of his political stance, what impressed him the most was that he talked too much and asked what he saw. , like a curious baby.

However, Ilya was not impatient at all, because although he had a taciturn personality, he didn't dislike others talking too much. In his opinion, it was not a big problem if he liked to talk a lot, at least he was obviously a little better than those he had seen in St. Petersburg. It's better to be a fool who doesn't understand farts, but pretends to be smart or pretends to be reserved to maintain the so-called superior authority.

It's just that Ilya understands it, but the attitude when answering this question makes Muraviyov feel bad.

For he said, "I don't know the count."

The meaning of this statement is very clear. It is nothing more than saying that if you don’t know Alexei, you won’t have any impression, and naturally you don’t know what kind of person he is.

Ilya is the best at using this method to frustrate those who try to get close to him or make stereotypes, and Muraviyov is not the first person to run into a wall.

I have to say that Muraviyov also has two brushes on tireless work. Others would have given up long ago after hitting a wall like this, but he didn't. He didn't care about Ilya's answer that was not an answer, and he was still there. keep asking:

"Really? Haven't you seen this earl? As far as I know, Earl Speranski also served in the third department before, and you are also from there. It is impossible that you have not seen it?"

As for Ilya, his answer is still concise and efficient: "I have seen it a few times, but I don't know each other. The third part is very big, and we have never worked together."

Well, in other words, others would probably vomit blood from such an answer, but Muraviyov is used to it, so he continued to ask indifferently: "I see, but since you have met the count, how much is it?" I have a little impression, doesn't that earl have anything to impress you?"

Ilya replied calmly, "No."

Muravyov determined that Ilya deliberately did not talk about Alexei's situation. This must have been explained to him by his superiors, otherwise he could not have been in such a tight-lipped state. And this also shows from the side that the top really attaches great importance to Alexei, or that he, the special envoy in charge of inspection, is going for the earl!

After reaching this conclusion in his heart, Muraviyov couldn't calm down for a long time. As a supporter of reform, it is naturally impossible for him not to know the name of Count Speranski, whether it is the old one or the young one. , have left an indelible impression on the Russian reformers.

Muraviov met the old Count Speranski several times, and some of the count's thoughts and remarks gave him a lot of inspiration, and it can be said that he was his enlightener. It's just that the earl's results were not particularly good, and Muraviyov often regretted it.

And the young Earl Speranski left an impression on him in the past three to five years. When he heard about what Alexei had done in the Far East, he was very impressed. Although he didn't clearly set out the banner of reform and abolition of serfdom, his experiments in Wallachia undoubtedly aimed at these two directions.

Considering the living conditions of reformists today, what Alexei did is even more commendable, especially because he has made some achievements, and Nicholas I was not severely pursued afterwards. Such an achievement is Even greater.

As long as Muraviev thought of what happened when he spoke to Nicholas I and demanded the abolition of serfdom, he felt his old face blush. Back then, Nicholas I didn't give him good food and good looks, so he turned around and sent him to Siberia from the military and political governor of Tula State to exile indirectly. Tongue."

Anyway, the way Muraviyov understood everything. At that time, apart from being disheartened, he was inexplicably sad, thinking that the end of serfdom might have to be left to their descendants to complete.

But just one or two years later, what Alexei did in Wallachia rekindled his hope. They were all aimed at the serfdom system. He was beaten severely by Nicholas I, and Alexei But Lekesey was not only unscathed, but also in a good and beautiful way. How could there be such a big difference between people?

Anyway, he had been thinking about this question when he was in the Far East all these years, but now that he had the opportunity to contact Alexei, he felt that he had the opportunity to figure out the reason behind it. Of course, Muraviyov was also vaguely worried about Alexei, because his mission was so unusual...