Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

After accepting the mission, Soloviev returned to St. Petersburg with Prince Vasily's family.

This time, they finally returned home. Prince Vasily's family would live in the official residence arranged by the Saltykov family, and Soloviev would first return to his home by the Moika Canal.

The brothers and sisters had obviously grown stronger, but this time the stepmother did not have any movement in her belly like before, and just led Anton out.

This brother was taken out of the stepmother's belly by Soloviev, and he rushed over when he saw his brother.

"Anton, don't be like this!"

The age gap between the younger brother and himself was too big, and there was really nothing he could do. In their family, the gap was not that big.

"The child is like you, that's why he is like this."

Soloviev himself lived in the old house separately. If Yulia was close to him, she was his sister, and these brothers and sisters were good to him, and they were still a family, and they really supported each other.

However, stepmother is actually his big lottery ticket, but he needs to wait to cash it out, and she is French, but he is not French.

"You will not go out for a while after you come back this time, right?"

"As long as there is no war, I will live in the old house and will not go out for a while."

"That's good."

The old baron was very satisfied and limped back to the bedroom.

Well, he is not young anymore. In addition to running the business outside, he also works hard at home, and his health is not bad. In addition, stepmother is not yet 30 years old.

Their family is prosperous, probably because of this.

Solovyov thought about it and blushed a little. Although he was not married, he also had several children.

And after coming back, since someone from the Dolgorukov family asked him to be a matchmaker, he really had to be prepared, but he didn't know who the daughter-in-law would be introduced to in the future.

As for returning home, Adela was not there. This girl must have gone to the house of Prince Yusupov in front.

She was quick in doing things. Although she was just a maid, she was very popular with the prince's wife.

In this way, the other servants also went to their father's place, that is, Adela and Belzoni's family members were permanent residents.

Belzoni married a wife and placed his family in the boss's house. This was agreed by the old baron.

However, Belzoni's wife, the taste of this Italian strongman

Let's not talk about this. He was repairing the local water conservancy facilities at his home in Ryazan. If he had achievements, the local governor and noble leaders would still reward him. If he was lucky, he could even be promoted to the eighth-class civil servant level, so that he could be considered a hereditary noble.

Count Rostov said that he admired Belzoni very much, and he also knew that Solovyov had someone above him, so he could make friends with him. He was indeed a kind-hearted person who always liked to help young people.

In this regard, Solovyov was indeed a more worthy investment. Although his military rank was always stuck with bugs, medals and other rewards were always added along with military merits.

Now, he took on a strange new job.

After Soloviev came back, he rested for a few days, took a bath at home, and relaxed, and then went back to the Winter Palace for duty.

As for Madame Recamier, she has been keen on holding literary salons recently, and has also attracted attention. Although Soloviev is the only one who can enter her boudoir, he cannot make it conspicuous.

This lady is really too conspicuous.

When they returned to the palace, the Guards Chasseur Regiment was not on duty now, because they had made meritorious service in the rear guard battle and had the opportunity to take a vacation.

Now the guard work of the palace is also taken care of by a special garrison battalion, and several main regiments do not need to be here often, but have to go for training.

As for Grand Duke Constantine, he took him in as soon as he saw him.

It is indeed a headache to take Nicholas with him, and it is no wonder that the Queen Mother came from Gatchina.

"Mother, I brought Solovyov here."

In fact, Solovyov also knew that the Queen Mother's attitude towards him was okay at the beginning, but it became worse and worse after Paul was killed in 1801. It was very strange that she was using him now.

The Queen Mother looked at Solovyov and found that the only change from the past was that he looked a little stronger and had more medals.

These medals were the Order of the Knights of Malta awarded by Paul, the Order of St. Anna of the Third Class and the Order of St. George of the Third Class, which were not bad for a very young officer.

After all, some high-level medals also require becoming a general to get them.

And Solovyov was not eligible for the Order of St. George of the Fourth Class, which was awarded for merit.

"Soloviev, I called you here for only one thing, that is, to be Nicholas' teacher."

Soloviev heard that although Grand Duke Nicholas was only ten years old, he was particularly interested in military affairs. This could guarantee that he was Paul's son. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren had the same hobby. If Paul saw him grow up, he might be very happy.

However, the Queen Mother did not like it. Thinking about her dead husband's hobby. She just hoped that Nicholas' interest would leave military affairs.

Therefore, after talking to the two older sons and the unmarried Catherine, the attitude of the three brothers and sisters was to find a young man who understood military affairs but had some other skills for his younger brother to dilute Nicholas' hobby.

Then, Queen Mother Maria thought that Solovyov was very suitable.

"I am willing to serve His Highness, but I don't know how to guide His Highness Nicholas."

When Soloviev asked this, Konstantin coughed, and then Queen Mother Maria said: "You have to find a way to make Nicholas no longer so enthusiastic about military affairs."

Well, this job is indeed unique.

It seems that the Queen Mother is also worried about her ten-year-old son, who was actually guided like this.

Originally, Nicholas and Mikhail were guided by Count Matvey Langzdov, and the task was the same as the Queen Mother's request.

But Nicholas likes fighting so much that even a lieutenant general can't solve it. Finding a baron colonel is another way, after all, he knows a lot.

But this is not an easy job. You have to know that education is more than just this.

In other words, he has a leader above him. Langzdov is the Grand Master and he is the Junior Master.

It would be fine if Alexander and Louisa could not give birth to a son. Constantine has repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to be the first heir. After all, the two older ones feel that the throne is stained with blood, while Nicholas and Mikhail do not feel so guilty about this, but Nicholas has some impression of his father's death.

He has no psychological burden. If Alexander and Constantine have made up their minds, or if Alexander has a son and chooses to designate the successor by edict because the child is young, then Nicholas is a more promising heir.

This job is highly rewarding, but it also requires a lot of effort and more thinking.

It is obvious that Count Langzdov did not complete his previous tasks well. If this matter cannot be transferred, although there will be no loss, there will be some problems in the future.

And this count is also here. Although Soloviev is not familiar with him, he also knows that he has always been a patriarch.

Nicholas and Mikhail respect him very much, and I am afraid they will also have a bit of rebellious psychology.

Coupled with the atmosphere in the palace, he could only think of other ways.

Although the Queen Mother sometimes disliked him, she continued to talk when she saw that this guy was on the right track.

"I would like to hear what you, a warrior who is both civil and military and has made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, think about."

"Your Highness, what I think is that this kind of thing cannot be stopped, but can only be properly guided. If you force children to do what they can and cannot do, I am afraid it will cause children to rebel. It is the key to set an example for them. Of course, you can't be like Admiral De Ribas, who is strict with Count Bobulinski, but quite indulges himself."

"There is some truth. My brother-in-law mentioned this before. Your father assisted him in doing business and he really understands it."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was quite satisfied, Solovyov didn't waste words and came up with a plan according to what Konstantin had told him before.

"What are you doing?"

"If His Royal Highness Nicholas wants to like military affairs, there is nothing we can do about it. Russia has its own national conditions. But I want to let your two highnesses know that if you really want to make progress in the military, you still need to learn all kinds of basic knowledge. It's not just the things in the queue. Infantry is fine. Artillerymen need to learn mathematics to fire artillery, and cavalrymen need to take care of horses and understand relevant knowledge when riding horses. I am just expanding the content of learning and then find ways to guide them."

The Queen Mother was very satisfied after hearing this, so she said.

"Sure enough, there are some tricks. No wonder Constantine wants to take you from Bagration."

"Thank you for the Queen Mother's praise. It is my honor to be able to tutor your two highnesses."

What he didn't know was that if Anna wasn't a girl, I'm afraid she would have to be sent to him to receive education.

Because Anna is jealous of her fourth sister Catherine, she has been a little psychologically rebellious recently, which has also caused Queen Mother Maria a headache.

It turned out that Anna was the second best among the five girls, but now she is slowly starting to disobey and sometimes doesn't follow the rules.

Catherine dared to be presumptuous, or she became like this because of her mother and two brothers' favoritism, but Anna was purely because of her mother's favoritism.

But Anna was still managed by Mrs. Liven, and she also hired music and dance teachers, so she could still behave in front of the tutor.

The Queen Mother agreed to Solovyov to be Nicholas' teacher, and Alexander also agreed.

But there was one strange thing, that is, Louisa, who had always lived in the Tavrid Palace, also supported this matter.

It must be said that the Russian court was also quite strange. Nicholas still respected the emperor's sister-in-law very much. Because of the age difference, if Louisa had given birth to her first child earlier, she would be about the same as Nicholas.

In comparison, the biological mother, Queen Mother Maria, was not necessarily more influential than the eldest sister-in-law, Queen Elizabeth.

No wonder all the gossip about Louisa was deleted by Nicholas.

As for the destruction of Louisa's diaries, notes and some letters after Nicholas ascended the throne, it was more or less the Queen Mother Maria who was in charge. She could not interfere too much with her eldest son, but when the third son became the Tsar, her words carried more weight.

However, only the diaries and notes of Louisa that were carried with her were destroyed. Many of them were later found by Alexander II's daughter-in-law, Louisa's niece. It is hard to say what role Nicholas and Mikhail played in it.

Nicholas was particularly happy about Solovyov's arrival, but the opening remarks gave him a headache.

"Brother Mishka, you are very capable, and you are also the disciple of the Grand Marshal. You must teach me how to fight! Others have lost to the French, but you have always won. I want to learn from you how to fight the French!"

As for Mikhail, he looked at him innocently. Because it was winter, he was still running a nose, and he needed the servant beside him to wipe it for him.

"But learning to fight is not just about marching, formation, or strategy and tactics. There are many things to understand. Your Highness, you can't fight well just by leading troops. Artillery needs to know mathematics, and so do engineers, and they also need to know engineering. Cavalry needs to know how to raise horses and be familiar with animals."

"Yes, Brother Mishka, no one in the palace knows animals better than you, even my sister-in-law doesn't know as much as you do."

Well, it seems that this child's early education class was not in vain, and he knows that he knows animals very well.

"But Your Highness, you should also know that there are many things to understand besides military science. As a general, you need to understand the right time, right place, and right people. Well, I will bring you an article about the knowledge of an oriental philosopher today."

The Queen Mother herself also attaches great importance to her third son. After all, this child is the son she raised by herself. Even though he is often placed with a tutor and a nanny, the relationship is actually deeper than that of her two adult sons.

Therefore, she personally listened to Solovyov's first class at the door.

At first, she was a little angry. After all, Solovyov was a young officer who had made many meritorious deeds and came here to take office with medals. Nikolai naturally had to talk to him about fighting, and he would point at the medals.

But Solovyov was smart enough. He tried to guide him to distract Nikolai's attention.

And the first lesson was guided by military, but it was actually about philosophy and worldview.

For a ten-year-old child, it is a little difficult to understand, especially the cross-language content.

Fortunately, Solovyov was a well-known versatile young officer, so it was relatively smooth.

Moreover, it was not about fighting, but winning the hearts of the people first.

". Therefore, Your Highness, in addition to military exercises, if you want to be a general or a military governor, you also need to win the hearts of the people. To make soldiers line up in an orderly manner and obey orders, you also need the hearts of the people, and the most important thing is the people. The late emperor was loved by the people because he was willing to listen to the voice of the people."

This class can be regarded as Solovyov's passing of the probation period.