Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

During the days of reorganizing the Mariupol Hussars, due to the arrival of spring, many nobles in Moscow also went to St. Petersburg. In summer, the new capital of Russia is more suitable for people to live in, but Moscow in the hinterland is not so good.

Speaking of which, this place is hot in summer and cold in winter. Although there are always hotter and colder places, those who have the conditions are still willing to come to the Baltic coast, where the climate is cooler. Some people are also willing to go to Crimea and Odessa, which has become popular recently.

You know, on the Kerch Strait, opposite Kerch and Mithridates Mountain, the fortress of Anapa is still under the control of the Ottoman Empire. There is still a slave market there. On the territory of the Circassians, the Ottoman Empire's Baiyi masters are still catching slaves in the Caucasus, although this trade has now declined on a large scale.

In other words, Russian nobles, whether they are Baltic Germans who originally lived here or those who moved here from all directions, still like this place very much.

If it weren't for the war, the richer ones might prefer to live in France, the Netherlands and Italy. Germany is not their first choice.

What's more, the illegal organization has now entered the countdown.

At this time, the owner of the Mikhailovskoye Manor in the Pskov area, this territory, also came here to live earlier than usual.

The matter is very clear, that is, Alexander and Louisa's idea is to build a school in the Imperial Village, from the preparatory elementary school to the Imperial Village Middle School. This order has been conveyed to many nobles in Petersburg and Moscow.

Moreover, Louisa also gave an enrollment brochure based on the homework that Nicholas was writing recently, which gave him a headache, and the fact that his brother-in-law's grades have been steadily improving recently.

Sergei Lvovich Pushkin, the eighth-class quartermaster, was not very famous in his life, although this surname was too famous, because of his eldest son Alexander.

His service in the Guards was not outstanding, and he was just diligent when he was a quartermaster in Moscow. Fortunately, because of his wealthy family, as a respectable master, he did not disdain to embezzle the silver rubles that the quartermaster could control at such a level of position that hereditary nobles could often hold. This was already quite alternative. Perhaps there was another problem, that is, Master Sergei Pushkin had not mastered this method.

However, there was also a problem, that is, the expenses were too high, and his wife was too fertile. She had been giving birth to children all the time. She had given birth to four children in ten years of marriage. In the meantime, we have to consider that sometimes he was not at home because of his work as a quartermaster, and he had to work hard to make a baby when he came back.

Therefore, if he hired a French tutor, it would also be a considerable expense.

Moreover, the eldest son Alexander was so naughty that when he just learned to walk in the Peterhof Summer Palace, he broke the roses at the door of Tsar Paul without fear of being pricked. That is to say, the late Emperor Paul was always tolerant and liked children. He would just pat their cheeks and scold them for being naughty.

As for the future, it was even more chaotic. The child's grandmother sometimes felt embarrassed. This kid was too naughty. He was smart but poor in study, which made the tutor feel embarrassed.

The child was smart since he was young, but he was not obedient to discipline, which was indeed a headache. This difficult problem, of course, also troubled Master Sergei.

"Master, do you really want to send the young master to that place?"

"So what?"

Sergei Pushkin listened to the question of his loyal servant Nikita Kozlov and said this.

"Nikita, you must take good care of my son. When you send him to boarding school, you must visit him often, from the old house to the Imperial Village. Well, if he asks for anything, we can give it to him if we have it at home. If not, even though you are a servant, you must remember to discipline him well."

"Master, this is not good."

"There is nothing wrong with this. Our Pushkin family's ancestor is Ladislav, the servant of the Grand Duke of Kiev. Ladislav is also ruthless when it comes to collecting taxes from the masters in the city." This means that Nikita should discipline his son well.

"That's not good either. I don't want to be driven away."

Speaking of which, although Ladislav is loyal, his extortion caused resistance from the citizens of Kiev, and he finally fled to Novgorod. His descendants have divided into many families over the past 600 years.

Among the families that were still relatively prosperous in the early 19th century, there were three families, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Kamensky, and they can all be traced back to him from the family tree.

Although the previous part may be fabricated, Pushkin mentioned this ancestor in his later poems. The earliest famous person in his family was Grigoriy Alexandrovich Pushka, the boyar of the Principality of Moscow and the commander of the artillery.

The artillery is really a branch of the army, and there are many talents. Who knows when someone will come to pretend to be a talent.

"No, Nikita, this family can't be without you."

This Kozlov is Uncle Nikita, a servant that Pushkin has known since childhood. Naturally, they have a good relationship, and he will accompany Pushkin throughout his life until his unfortunate duel and death.

Servants of this level are also serfs, but their treatment may be better. Some of them can also learn crafts, or serve as confidants to the master. In a literal sense, they can also be "family members".

"Okay, Master, since you said so, I will always stay with the young master."

"When Sasha comes of age, you will stay with him. My friend, I can only trust you. Anyone else can't control my son."

"Master, don't worry about this. It's just two young masters at home, don't be like Master Sasha."

What Nikita said made Sergei Pushkin a little embarrassed.

"Ah, Nikita, let's not talk about that. Let's take Sasha to boarding school."

However, before arriving at the boarding school, these children who were sent had to be received by the Queen.

As for Alexander himself not attending this event, he still has to attend a meeting. This time it is really serious work and has something to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Louisa has also seen the list of children enrolled in school. As a queen, her status in the court is not as good as that of the Queen Mother, and many public affairs and related departments, such as education, have always been under the Queen Mother Maria's department, so it is also The presence is thin.

But this time, when it came to building such a school in Tsarskoe Selo, Alexander felt that he could only do it with his wife.

It's just that his starting point is very strange. He already has five daughters, and it's not necessarily possible that they will all marry abroad.

Since the girls' school selects maids from the palace, it would take a certain amount of money to establish a school for the more respectable children of the nobles.

His abstract brain circuit would give Louisa a headache just thinking about it.

The children sent were all of school age between 1797 and 1800, and many were descendants of boyars who had been passed down from the Principality of Moscow and various principalities.

In terms of family status, there is no problem. A few of them are descendants of the nouveau riche. However, this nouveau riche has existed since the time of Peter the Great. There are also nobles from abroad who have been recognized by successive tsars.

Alexander probably noticed that his sisters would inevitably marry far away in the end, even his most beloved fourth sister Ekaterina. In the next generation, this is the consideration.

Before the official opening of Tsarskoye Selo Middle School, the selected children and outstanding students will directly become students of Tsarskoe Selo Middle School. If they cannot reach this level, they will be left in the boarding school.

Although it was not a restoration of history and put the cart before the horse, reversing the order of establishment of Tsarskoe Selo Middle School and Tsarskoye Selo Preparatory School, this plan was approved by Alexander himself.

As for the children sent here, their future prospects will not be too bad. It’s just that if graduates of Huangcun Middle School do not continue to go to university, they will usually be awarded the ninth-level civil service or the tenth-level civil service. However, in boarding schools, they cannot successfully enter the university. , and if they stay in this school, the better graduates among them will be able to obtain the tenth-level civil service level when they graduate.

Although they are all nobles, here they are graded based on their level of effort.

This request was made by Louisa herself. After all, she also saw the importance of determining students' grades when Solovyov or other teachers from Nikolai and Mikhail came to visit their homes.

Therefore, the preparatory school appeared first, and as for the Tsarskoe Selo Middle School, it could only be put aside until the Catherine Palace made room.

Every child who enters school is very polite when they come to her. It is obvious that they have been raised well at home.

Coincidentally, these forty noble children also included the first batch of thirty students of Huangcun Middle School.

As for when they came to shake hands one by one, Louisa was very satisfied when she saw them, except when they arrived at Alexander Pushkin's place.

The child took out a rose from his arms like a magic trick and showed his respect to the queen.

Compared with other children, he was very adventurous. He directly kissed the back of Luisa's hand, a standard French kiss on the hand, and then said: "Des roses pour Sa Majesté la Reine, mon muse." Your Majesty, my muse.)

This child was too irresistible. Louisa stroked the cheek of the little boy in front of her and was almost stumped by him.

"Come closer, Sasha, and this is your reward."

As for the reward, it was not that Louisa would kiss the children she liked on their foreheads when she met them in the palace, but she would take out a gold coin and put it in his pocket.

"You are good at talking. In the future, you will either become an excellent diplomat or a great poet who writes beautiful poems."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Queen."

Behind Louisa are the palace maids and state ladies with public offices who are on duty today. These aunts or elder sisters all like this kind of children with honey-smeared mouths, and they are also smart.

As for little Natalia, who was standing behind Louisa, she didn't realize that after she got married in the future, a daughter she would give birth to would be the child's wife.

It can be regarded as a historic meeting in advance between mother-in-law and uncle, but many people are not aware of it.

Of course, in his eyes, little Alexander Pushkin was also a beautiful "sister" of the queen, but he couldn't say this.

Even though he always likes to do extraordinary things, he still knows the rules. Even if he is a child, he is still smart and knows a lot of things.

He has become popular for a while, but that is enough for now.

As for the children standing together, Louisa did not speak to them, but just welcomed them to school and placed her hopes on them.

She did not say much, but the children had to introduce themselves before they separated to the dormitory.

Pushkin also had a relative Ivan who was in the same batch of students. When the two were still in the manor, they met because they were relatives and became friends quickly because they were familiar with each other.

As for the other children, seeing him so eloquent, they liked and envied him, and a little jealous, after all, he was rewarded by Her Majesty the Queen.

One of the boys wearing glasses introduced himself, behaved properly, but looked a little embarrassed.

"I'm Alexander Gorchakov, you're amazing."

"Ah, if you read more books, you can write moving sentences. Sasha, we should be able to be friends."

"Aren't there two Sashas then?"

Ivan's cousin said this, and Pushkin also laughed. The friendship between children is still relatively pure. If it can accompany them throughout their lives, it would be even better.

Gorchakov will be the last of his classmates to die. As the last prime minister and foreign minister of the empire, these two are the last. When he was a student, he received Pushkin's gift of poems. At that time, they were all formal students of the Imperial Village Middle School.

It's just a transcript, which is only announced to each student and their parents, and it also avoids the embarrassment of announcing the admission results.

Gorchakov's admission results are very good. Although he is only an 8-year-old child wearing a pair of small glasses, his mind is not bad.

As for Pushkin, his results could be better.

However, he probably had this problem since he was a child. Because he was not very focused, he hurriedly completed the entrance examination.

The answers were filled in, but there were still many mistakes, especially spelling and grammar mistakes.

But even so, 7-year-old Alexander Pushkin still passed.

Louisa looked at the performance of these children in school and could imagine what her husband was like when he was a child.

Otherwise, it would not have happened that General Langzdov and Mishka led a group of teachers to strictly discipline Nicholas and Mikhail, but the Queen Mother did not think they were strict, but instead increased the intensity.

This was the result of the education that seemed strict in the past, but in fact it was let go in the end, which made the doting mother-in-law finally make up her mind.

As for the opening of the Imperial Village Middle School in the future, the thirty selected students will study with Nicholas and Mikhail.