Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 359 001 Soloviev’s marriage was shelved because of his low family background

When they passed through Dresden, it was already January 1806.

The Elector of Saxony also entertained them. Saxony itself was a de facto vassal of Prussia. When fighting foreign wars, the princes of Saxony acted together with Prussia.

The intelligence that Soloviev got from them was obviously the latest version.

The King of Prussia was tempted by the ownership of the Hanoverian territory. After the mediation failed, he had some ideas about Hanover under French control, while Napoleon had taken some measures like teasing a donkey with a carrot.

In the court, it is indeed necessary to pay attention to the fact that several branches of the Elector of Saxony also made some moves at this time.

Since the plan to pick up the two princes was stranded, he also paid attention to what he saw along the way and returned to Petersburg to report.

"That's it, Misha. If you want to get information, you can only know this much when you arrive in Dresden. Besides, we have to prepare to return home."

After leaving Naples, Vasily Vasilyevich did not take the route of the Balkan Peninsula or Vienna. He returned home from the south because the Ottoman Empire was not honest either, but he had a manor in Dresden.

And he did have something to ask Solovyov.

"Misha, now there are vacancies of officers in each unit of the Guards. Where is the best place to go?"

"Vassily Vasilyevich, why are you asking me this?"

"I have been abroad for many years, but Europe is not peaceful at all now, and our family is preparing to return to St. Petersburg. My sons recently went to Berlin to visit their aunt, so they are not here, but they will always serve in the army when they return to St. Petersburg."

"The Guards Cavalry is more suitable, of course, excluding the Cossacks, who have always recruited soldiers from the Black Sea Cossacks."

Vassily Dolgorukov smiled and shook his head: "But our family is all infantry, you know that."

What the retired Lieutenant General Prince said was not wrong.

After all, most of the people in the Dolgorukov family, except Mikhail, one of the three brothers of Prince Peter, who was in the Hussars, were from the infantry. Except for Prince Krimsky's line, there were very few people with real power to lead troops. Prince Vasily's father was the commander-in-chief of the army.

If he had not offended Paul because of his faith, and his father-in-law was suspected of murdering Peter III, he would not have been expelled from the country. Even if he wanted to return to China now, he would need to be reintroduced to the upper class.

Of course, he was not familiar with the domestic situation. After all, telling him about the domestic military garrison in the letter would easily anger Paul and Alexander and leak secrets.

But verbally speaking, this is not a problem, and it involves... finding a job.

"Then the Pu Tuan is better. There are many positions for officers in the four battalions. Apart from those of us who were transferred from outside, not many people are 3 years old..."

He likes to hide half of his words, but everyone can understand when they hear this.

Who let the Russian nobles register boys in the army to brush up their qualifications when their children are sucking on pacifiers?

Solovyov's slow promotion was probably because he was already thirteen years old when he was registered. Obviously, he was at a disadvantage in terms of qualifications, and he was at a disadvantage in terms of qualifications.

If he had not brushed so many military merits, Alexander could only ignore his affairs because of his military merits when he was looking for a scapegoat for the Battle of Austerlitz.

There will still be bloody things involving qualifications in the Russian army in the future.

Vasily Vasilyevich planned to arrange his eldest son to the Guards, and his second son Nicholas would become a diplomat.

After all, his sons, unlike their brothers and old father, were accustomed to military life when they were young. At that time, Dolgorukov, a descendant of Rurik, was attacked by Empress Anna because his military merits were reduced and his life was hard.

In the next two generations, not many people were willing to join the army. Those who filled the officer positions were always the more destitute among the great nobles, as well as those small and medium nobles.

And there were those foreigners.

After this defeat, the performance of officers of various factions in the Russian army was actually quite eye-catching.

Regardless of whether they were local noble officers or German officers, these two big mountains were not very good.

The only reliable officers were the guards of Grand Duke Constantine, the young and middle-aged officers brought by Suvorov and Kutuzov. This amount of manpower was indeed not enough. There were hundreds of regimental units in the Russian army, and the gaps needed to be filled from the regiment commander to the company commander, and the flag bearer. There were still many officers to be added.

Alexander's idea was indeed to add officers from the sons of nobles, but he did not relax the restriction on hereditary nobles for officers.

In the civil service system, one had to wait until the eighth-class civil servant to obtain the status of hereditary nobles. But for officers, as long as they reached the fourteenth-class second lieutenant, they were hereditary nobles.

Those soldiers who fought hard also had to make great contributions to have a chance.

For example, Dolokhov restored his status by preserving cannons and military flags, or capturing enemy officers.

But when adding noble sons, these young people are often incompetent.

Prince Vasily still wanted a familiar young man who could help his son in the Guards, but there was no suitable person.

Because of Prince Krimsky's relationship, their family is also a big mountain in the Russian army, and they also have a close relationship with the Moscow garrison.

If Solovyov could get close to him, it would actually be very beneficial.

But he didn't expect this, but when the old prince was in the country, he also took care of him a lot because of his background.

"If Vasya goes to the army in the future, he will need your help. You are very young and can help him for a long time."

"It's just that the noble ladies nowadays don't like officers very much. I met them some time ago. When they were getting married, they deliberately didn't want officers, especially officers from the Guards."

"That's because they look like reckless people. And you are not."

Speaking of this, Solovyov also knew that his faces in front of people were more or less impressive.

Those troublemakers in the Guards were all causing trouble, but he just secretly met with his lover. He was very capable at work and never delayed his own business. This also made people feel praised.

But Vasily Vasilyevich has not considered that there will be marriage in the future.

If he returns to his country, he must have a good relationship with Prince Saltykov's family. After all, this person is considered a tutor and has always had a high status in Petersburg, and his wife is the prince's daughter of the Dolgorukov family.

Although they come from different branches, and this person is the aunt of Vasily Yurievich who was going to introduce a wife to Solovyov last time.

And Vasily Yurievich, the wife he wanted to introduce to Solovyov happened to be Vasily Vasilyevich's eldest daughter Ekaterina.

Speaking of which, this single nobleman, his intelligence work is very good. Although the intelligence on the enemy is really not very good, the intelligence on the upper-class aristocrats is accurate.

It's just that when he returned to Petersburg, he also lived in his aunt's house and mentioned these things.

"Vasya, you rarely come to my place."

"Aunt, you know. In a few days, when spring comes, we have to return to the garrison. This expedition is not pleasant."

"Ah, I know that. What are you doing recently?"

"I plan to introduce wives to some talented nobles, especially those who have made contributions on the battlefield."

"Ah, who do you have your eyes on?"

Vassily Yurievich first mentioned a few, and his aunt also thought they were all interesting.

"The girls you found for the Volkonsky boys are all good, but they still have to go to Moscow to meet them. I think the Pushkin family is okay."

"Also, I thought of Prince Krimsky's granddaughter, who will be 15 years old soon, and it's time for her to find a husband."

"Ah, that child is a well-educated and good girl, and she looks very beautiful. When she was still a child, you can tell that she will be a beauty in the future. Now, I don't know what she looks like?"

In fact, the princess's wife wanted to choose a suitable daughter-in-law for her youngest son Sergei. Seeing the small portrait brought by Vasily Yurievich, she was very satisfied.

Therefore, she also valued the Krimsky family, which had a higher status in the Dolgorukov branch family and matched her own status. After all, when the old prince was still alive, he left a large number of estates near Moscow. Because his son Prince Mikhail had no sons, all the property was left to Prince Vasily.

There is a lot of inheritance in property, but there are also a lot of debts. However, a prince of this status can bring a lot of dowry.

In Russia, it is difficult for girls to get married, mainly because of insufficient property.

A typical example of this is Sonya from the Rostov family. She has been in the house of Count Rostov and finally failed to get married.

This is obviously different from the customs in the East, but in China, betrothal gifts and dowries exist, and there is nothing to say about this.

Thinking of this, the princess's wife is indeed quite curious.

How can her nephew introduce this girl?

"Vasya, how did you arrange it?"

"If the granddaughter of Prince Krimsky wants to get married, she must arrange a young man with military merit. I have my eyes on two people. One is Colonel Solovyov, the 'little follower' of Prince Bagration. Although he is young, he is very courageous and has made many military achievements at the age of 24. He is the leader among young officers. In addition, there is Count Kamensky the Younger. He has a good status and is already a general."

These two arrangements involve the two most powerful factions in the Russian army, the line of Marshal Suvorov and the line of Marshal Kamensky.

The son of the former has married a girl from the Naryshkin family. He has many disciples, but the only ones who are not married are the charming middle-aged man Miloradovich and the last one to enter the door, Solovyov.

But the former is obviously not suitable, and he himself has no plan to get married. It was Vasily Yurievich who asked it himself.

Solovyov was very young, and Vasily Yurievich's brother-in-law, Prince Gorchakov, was Suvorov's nephew. He once mentioned that his uncle's last disciple was very capable. When he was asked about the expedition, he had no objection, so naturally he wanted to arrange this marriage.

Next, he continued: "But little Count Kamensky seems to be very interested in girls from the Orlov family, so I am considering this Solovyov. Misha is still very capable. Yes, he served as a rear guard in the Guards and captured the military flag."

"Although this boy is capable, his family background is too low, and he is the descendant of smugglers. He only got up by clinging to the Menshikov family. No matter how capable he is, he is not worthy of little Katya."

Vasily Yurievich looked at his aunt and felt that it was outrageous. He could not guess what she wanted to do.

But since it was my nephew who was here, the aunt didn't have anything to hide.

"This boy, in the salon, made me unable to get off the stage with a bunch of words that I didn't understand. Vasya, if you arrange a blind date for little Katya, your cousin Seryosha is also single."

"Aunt, this is not appropriate. I heard that Vasily Vasilyevich is very fond of Misha, and speaking of it, he is also the emperor's aide-de-camp, and Grand Duke Constantine also thinks highly of him. If it weren't for According to the emperor’s personnel arrangements, I am afraid that he will be the leader of the Semyonovsky Regiment, which has a great future.”

"Vasya, you must listen to your aunt."

However, Vasily Yurievich was still very good at making arrangements. He did not want to have to deal with this with his aunt, and it was not easy for Solovyov to let go.

"Aunt, if you really want to arrange it this way, I can postpone discussing the marriage proposal with the young man. If you can arrange it, you can wait until Vasily Vasilyevich comes back. The family went to Lausanne from Naples. It should be He will return home via Dresden soon. At that time, you can make your own arrangements according to the previous decision. I see that Solovyov has a good future, so I have found this young talent for my little cousin. Jun arranged it this way because of his idea of ​​getting married.”

This aunt is indeed very powerful. Although the younger generation of girls from the Dolgorukov family are all gentle and virtuous, these aunts are not easy to mess with.

The house of Prince Saltykov is like this. No wonder people say that the old prince is a royal tutor and can take charge of the government when Alexander is not in the palace. But after returning home, he just puts a few oysters on the dinner plate. A weakling who can't decide.

He couldn't help, so he could only rely on Solovyov's own luck, but the person involved didn't know that yet.