"I see, this Russia is going to be finished."

Seeing Hannibal's first words, he uttered a desolate smell.

Hannibal remained unmoved, and sat quietly at his desk writing in the same brigadier uniform as he had done every day.

just looked up slightly and saw that it was Liu Yu, and lowered his head again.

Hannibal no longer has the slightest trust in Liu Yu.

Protestants, merchants, heavy artillery, warships...... It's all fake. Even on the warship, he humiliated him with the phrase I came and I saw me conquer.

It's just that now that he is captured, Hannibal knows that even if he wants to duel, Liu Yu will not give himself this chance. So when Liu Yu's words were fart, he didn't want to hear it at all.

With a squeak, Liu Yu moved a chair by himself, deliberately made a big noise, and sat opposite Hannibal.

Shake your ass a few times to make the chair squeak. Hannibal finally stopped his pen and said with a sigh of rage: "Excuse me, what are you going to do?" You have trampled on my honor, do you want anything from me? ”

Liu Yu spread his hands and said, "Didn't I say it?" Let me tell you, this Russia is coming to an end. ”

"No, it won't. It was the last refuge of Orthodoxy. ”

Listening to Hannibal's rebuttal, Liu Yu just wanted to laugh in his heart, and said in his heart, you are a person who turned from Coptic to green and Orthodox, and you are still in the play like this.

Before Liu Yu thought about how to pry Hannibal's mouth open and let Hannibal cooperate. After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that there were not many ways available.

However, people always have weaknesses, and people without weaknesses are bound to be ruthless. As long as a person has something to love and care about, the deeper the love, the greater the weakness.

He wanted to test what Hannibal really cared about, perhaps, his spiritual homeland Russia counted as one?

"Mr. Hannibal, there's news you may not know yet. Tsarina Catherine died. Peter II ascended the throne, and Menshikov was exiled...... Also, the Privy Council decided to move the capital from Petersburg back to Moscow. Do you know what that means? ”

The first few sentences seem to have been expected by Hannibal.

It's just that when he said "moving the capital to Moscow", the quill in Hannibal's hand trembled involuntarily, and a look of shock appeared on his dark face.

took out the big jade in the wild history to persuade Hong Chengchou to be a traitor, and when he saw Hong Chengchou flick the ash on his clothes, he knew that this person would definitely not want to die. Liu Yu had been staring at Hannibal carefully, trying to see what he really cared about.

Where he cares, it's his weakness.

Seeing that Hannibal was excited because he talked about moving the capital to Moscow, Liu Yu had a general direction in his heart.

It took Peter decades to drain the treasury, and the country of change was almost collapsing, and it was easy to move the capital to St. Petersburg, just to be closer to Europe and continue to westernize.

And the move of the capital to Moscow is equivalent to Peter's decades of painstaking work all in vain. Moscow was held by the old aristocracy, and those people were not going to continue to support Westernization.

Not Westernizing means sinking for Russia.

Since Hannibal cared about this, Liu Yu continued: "I have an inference, you can see if it is reasonable. ”

"Peter II is only 12 years old this year. But he was Peter's grandson after all, and perhaps when he grew up he would take power back from the dukes of the Privy Council. Perhaps, he will soon die, from a strange illness or a hunting accident. Since you have traveled to the courts of various countries, I don't think it should be surprising. ”

"As soon as he dies, the dukes and counts of the Privy Council, of course, will not usurp the Tsar's throne, but they can prop up a man whom they can manipulate - for example, certain women who marry foreign countries have no roots in Russia. Do you think this is possible? ”

In Hannibal, the word abrupt change in complexion is not used, because it is too dark. But Liu Yu's words made Hannibal's hands tremble slightly, which is a change that can be intuitively noticed.

Hannibal, who had been a slave in the Ottomans and had been with Peter for a long time, and the two heirs who 'called themselves Rome' had a tradition of coups d'état, were convinced that Liu Yu's words were not nonsense, but very likely.

If Peter II may have been full of malice towards the reforms because of his father's death, there are still some variables after all.

If...... If, as Liu Yu said, Peter II died of a strange illness and a hunting accident, and a woman of blood was found from abroad, it was entirely possible that those people in the Privy Council would completely control the political situation in Russia.

Let the tsar be a mascot, the real policy is made by the Privy Council, and as soon as the policy is made by that group of old party nobles in the Privy Council, all reforms will stagnate or even retreat.

Liu Yu had talked a lot about Russia with Count Sava before, and asked a lot of questions. He probably knew that Hannibal belonged to the West French party, but it was difficult to say who Hannibal supported.

Hannibal was certainly loyal to Peter, but was he loyal to the heirs of Catherine I? After all, it can be known from the mouth of Count Sava that the old party in Russia was not satisfied with Catherine I, did not have the slightest respect, and secretly called her a maid, a foreign cousin, a military prostitute......

Taking advantage of Hannibal's agitated mood, Liu Yu struck while the iron was hot and said tentatively: "Perhaps, the only successor who can inherit the legacy of Peter the Great and lead Russia to reform is Princess Elizabeth." ”

Hearing Liu Yu say that name, Hannibal was a little excited, and took the initiative to echo Liu Yu's words for the first time.

"Yes, yes. Only she, able to carry on her father's legacy, as the heir to orthodoxy, led Russia to glory. ”

Hannibal was not only excited, but his eyes also became much brighter and more agile than before.

Liu Yu heard that this smell was a little wrong, and said in his heart, don't you have any thoughts about your godsister?

"I heard she's beautiful, isn't that true?"

Hannibal's lips turned into a smile that he probably hadn't even noticed, and his eyes were slanted upwards into the void, as if caught in some kind of memory.

"Yes, beautiful, the most beautiful woman I have ever met. The first time I met him, His Majesty and I returned from abroad, and Her Royal Highness the Princess came to greet him with grace and liveliness in a splendid gown. If you see that scene, you will definitely be captivated by her charm. She is so lively, she always shines the brightest at the ball, like a candle burning on the Neva River in summer, and all the flying insects revolve around her......"

Hannibal was still there describing the princess in various words, and Liu Yu was quite disdainful of this, thinking that a "dragoon"-like woman who could walk a horse on her arm and hold a thirty-pound marshal's scepter would give birth to what kind of daughter? There is absolutely something wrong with your aesthetics.

The more I listened, the more I felt that Hannibal cared about ...... I'm afraid that this godsister will be ahead of Russia.

So at the moment when Hannibal's memories reached their sweetest, Liu Yu also pretended to sigh and said, "It's a pity." It's a pity for such a beautiful woman. ”

"It's a pity?"

"yes. Didn't I just deduce? The old party of the Privy Council would most likely let Peter II die in an accident and then choose a woman who was easily controlled and had no roots in Russia to ascend to the throne. Because, the male of the Romanov family is gone. Do you think the old party in the Privy Council will choose to put on the throne Princess Elizabeth, who thinks she can continue to reform? ”

Just recalled the best moment when he was interrupted by Liu Yu, and when it came to the dirtiest politics, Hannibal was a little sluggish.

"As far as I know, there are three people who have the right to inherit. One is Elizabeth and the other is Elizabeth's sister, but I heard from the Count of Savoy that she is seriously ill and may have a hard time surviving this winter. Further on, there was Peter's niece, the daughter of Ivan V, and the widow of the Duchy of Courland, Anna. Do you think the Privy Council will choose Elizabeth, who is supported by many? Or will they choose Anna, who has no roots in Russia or even knows only blood? ”

This simple politics, Hannibal, of course, understood. Although the truth is cruel, I have to admit Liu Yu's inference.

"Would choose Anna."

"Yes, I would choose Anna. Anna is a widow, what will she do with Elizabeth, who has the right to inherit and threatens her position? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu sighed and seemed to pretend to care.

"When the time comes, Elizabeth will definitely be locked up in the convent. Standing at the window every day, her only pleasure is to hope that a bird will fly to the window and make a few calls to let her know that there is life outside; Maybe she still has the same gown you had when you first saw her, but in the dark monastery, there was no one to dance with, so she could only dance alone in that gown. The black rat and the bed bug on the bed are the only spectators of her dancing. ”

"In the dark of night, she would sing alone and then cry. Will disturb his hair in the candlelight, and use the shadow as his only companion. ”

"In the dark, damp monastery, there was only the sound of rats. Maybe one day, the bird outside the window will die, and her only connection with the living world outside ......"

"No!"

Hannibal couldn't help but scream, the quill in his hand was broken, and the paper on the table was crumpled by him and crumpled in the palm of his hand.

"Please don't say any more! Please don't say any more! ”

Hannibal's rapid breathing made Hannibal scream a little exhausted, threw away the paper ball in his hand, and clung to his head, his eyes a little red.

But Liu Yu's mouth didn't stop at all, rats, bed bugs, crazy, watching, scratching the door with his nails, nagging and waiting for the birds to fall out of the window...... All sorts of scenes are translated into words, drilled into Hannibal's ears sentence by sentence.

Just when Hannibal couldn't help but clench his fists and wanted to fight Liu Yu. Liu Yu took advantage of the moment when Hannibal stood up and didn't swing his fist, and said lightly: "Let's make a deal." ”

Stunned, Hannibal froze, his already clenched fist gradually loosened, and the previous fanatical impulse gradually dissipated, and he regained some consciousness.

"Dashun is not Russia, Dashun is full of outlets to the sea. So, the future of Dashun is in Southeast Asia. For Siberia, there should be no desire. ”

"The changes in Russia are welcome to Dashun. Even if Russia became stronger, it would be difficult to resist the might of nature, and it would be impossible to send enough soldiers through Siberia to fight Dashun. The reverse is also true. Dashun wanted a Russia that maintained its ambitions for Europe. ”

After half-truths, he finished his business, slightly dispelled the slightest wariness of Hannibal after he woke up, and then said: "Captured Cossacks, you can control them." If the time comes, we can release you back. And you, you can take these Cossacks with you to protect everything you want to protect. Even, you can be given a certain amount of monetary assistance at that time. ”

"You can form your Order of Guardians and save your princess. Like a knight's story. ”

Having just experienced the nightmare described by Liu Yu, Hannibal's heart ignited with the light of hope, but he still maintained his last calm.

"So, at what cost?"

Liu Yu pointed to Hannibal's head.

"It's all there."

"Everything you learned at the French military academy."