Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, if the war will end soon, we will have to consider the post-war issues. I think the white countries will be in extreme decline after the war. There will no longer be a white country that can fight us alone. They will definitely unite.
, As a result, we will be very passive internationally, and we must win over the yellow Istan Empire and our existing allies to fight against them."
Fang Xiaoyu and many senior officials were discussing the allocation of future combat tasks in the conference room. An officer suddenly walked in from outside, attracting everyone's attention. The person who came was Fang Xiaoyu's personal adviser, and he quickly walked to Fang Xiaoyu
Next to him, he took a telegram to Fang Xiaoyu and whispered: "Your Majesty, something big has happened in the Cossack Empire. The matter is very urgent. Your Majesty, please read it."
Fang Xiaoyu strangely took the telegram and looked at it for a few times and suddenly laughed and said: "It is a foregone conclusion that the Boston Empire will join us this time. There will be no fraud. Tobol, come and read this telegram to everyone."
Tobur picked up the telegram strangely and found that there was only one line on it: "A revolution has occurred in the Cossack Empire, and the regime of Alexander III is about to be overthrown."
The Cossack Empire was originally the weakest country among the major countries participating in the war. It was last in terms of gross national product and industrial output. After the start of the world war, the Cossack Empire, which had insufficient military industry, had to use up its personnel.
Naval tactics relied on numerical superiority to resist the attack of the Yaman Empire.
Although a large number of people can fight against the elite soldiers of the Yaman Empire, it will also bring many sequelae to the country. First of all, with a large number of troops on the front line, food is a problem.
The infrastructure of the Cossack Empire was very backward, with dilapidated and bumpy roads that were difficult for trucks to pass, and mostly single-track railways with limited transportation capacity.
A large amount of transportation capacity was occupied by trains transporting military rations, resulting in untimely arms transportation and making it even more difficult for the frontline troops. During the most critical period, three Cossacks on the frontline shared a gun, and each gun had no more than ten bullets, and the artillery shells
There is even more chronic scarcity.
Another sequelae is the labor force problem. Because a large number of prime-age laborers have been drafted into the army, factories are seriously lacking workers. Many factories have to let the elderly and children do high-intensity work.
This situation was even more serious in the countryside. Due to the lack of labor, many fields were abandoned and domestic grain production dropped sharply, causing widespread famine. The Cossack Empire had to adopt a grain rationing system.
Continuous high-intensity work and less and less rations have made the people at the bottom more and more dissatisfied. In addition, the front line has been defeated one after another, but the nobles are still living and dancing in poverty and luxury, without caring about the suffering of the people. The whole country seems to be sitting in the crater of a volcano.
It only takes one opportunity to break out and bury the entire empire.
The Cossack Workers' Party quickly saw this opportunity. This organization, which has always aimed at overthrowing the monarchy and realizing utopianism, has been suppressed by the government. When domestic conflicts became increasingly acute, the Cossack Workers' Party took advantage of these contradictions.
, rapidly expanding their political influence, they were waiting for the opportunity to overthrow the emperor's rule, and this opportunity came soon.
On April 25, 1907, a large-scale demonstration broke out in Paladin's Castle, the capital of the Cossack Empire. In addition to workers, farmers, and craftsmen, the demonstrators also included many elderly women and children.
With similar slogans and the slogan "End the war, eliminate hunger", they marched towards the palace of Alexander III.
When they advanced to a distance of 500 meters from the palace, they were blocked by the royal guards. The soldiers of the royal guards raised their guns at the marching crowd and asked them to disperse immediately. At this time, three people were marching secretly.
The teams met.
"Comrade Ivanov, how are things going?" a bald middle-aged man said to the young man who had just arrived.
Ivanov nodded: "It went very well. The boy agreed to shoot at the guards for only five hundred rubles. But Comrade Ulyanov, I wonder if doing so goes against our utopian spirit."
The bald middle-aged man named Ulyanov smiled and said: "It is true, but if such actions can arouse the revolutionary fighting spirit of the masses, some sacrifices are very necessary."
Another middle-aged person said: "Comrade Ulyanov, now that the matter has been settled, let's retreat quickly. It will be very chaotic here soon, and we won't be able to escape by then."
Ulyanov nodded: "Okay, let's leave quickly."
The three people immediately squeezed out of the crowd and retreated along the alley. Not long after they walked away, a gunshot pierced the night sky, and the bullet went directly through the chest of a Royal Guard soldier. The soldier fell backwards and fell to the ground.
There was already a tense confrontation at the scene, and the nerves of both sides were stretched to the limit. The sudden sound of gunfire became the outlet for this tension. When they heard the sound of gunfire, the Royal Guards soldiers, who had already loaded their guns and were on standby, immediately began to fight back.
By the time the squadron leader in charge of the on-site command came to his senses and wanted to stop it, it was already too late. The parade on the street caused great chaos. The fleeing crowds trampled on each other, and more people were trampled to death than were killed by bullets.
More to come.
When he heard that someone in the parade was shooting at the guards, Alexander III did not expect how serious the matter would be. He just shouted angrily: "These mobs, they dare to shoot at the army. He immediately searched the mobs throughout the city and killed them."
Arrest them all."
The army controlled by the royal family soon started a large-scale manhunt throughout the city, and a large number of civilians were arrested. The entire city fell into white terror. At this time, Ulyanov, the leader of the Cossack Workers' Party, promptly proposed to 'overthrow the imperial power and divide the land equally.
End war, eradicate hunger.' is the sixteen-character slogan.
Years of war have left the people of the Cossack Empire in dire straits. They are eager to end the war and live a peaceful life. Therefore, Ulyanov's slogan has been supported by the majority of poor people. Under the call of the Cossack Workers' Party, a large number of workers have flocked to
Taking to the streets, they attacked the arsenal and police station of the Paladin Castle, quickly armed themselves, and actively built barricades to confront the troops loyal to the royal family.
Seeing that the riot turned into an armed uprising, Alexander III was furious. He immediately ordered troops from the front line to be transferred back to Paladin Castle to suppress the uprising. Unexpectedly, the soldiers on the front line were already tired of the war. When they returned to Paladin Castle, they passed by the Cossacks.
The Workers' Party joined the ranks of the insurrectionists at the first sign of encouragement.
The number of the royal army was insufficient. After those experienced and combat-effective frontline soldiers joined the uprising, their disadvantages became apparent. Under the fierce attack of the other party, the number of troops loyal to the royal family became smaller and smaller, and their combat effectiveness was greatly weakened. In the end, they had to
They did not retreat to the palace, but fortunately Ulyanov was afraid of destroying the rare treasures in the palace and was not allowed to bombard them with artillery. The rebels had to surround the place with infantry, preparing to slowly consume the opponent.
Fang Xiaoyu looked at the officers who were whispering among each other and said, "What do you think about the revolution in the Cossack Empire?"
Feng Shichang said: "I have some understanding of the idea of utopianism. They propose that the people are the masters of the country and the government is elected by the people."
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "But they also proposed that all political power should be returned to the Soviets and insist on the leadership of the Cossack Workers' Party. How is this different from a disguised dictatorship? Except that the emperor is not lifelong, everything else is the same. What's more, they require all enterprises to be state-owned.
Centrally planned by the state, this system completely ignores individual private property and makes those elites lose the motivation to fight."
Fang Xiaoyu knew very well about this system similar to the Soviet Union. He continued: "The planned economy makes the national economic system rigid, so how can it keep up with the pace of market changes? They completely omit merchants as an intermediate link in commodity regulation.
Without the regulation of businessmen, such an economy may be able to develop rapidly under the national system in the early stage, but in the end if reforms are not carried out, the economy will inevitably go bankrupt."
Fang Xiaoyu recalled the historical lessons of the Soviet Union on Earth and the fact that China had pulled itself back from the brink of crisis because of its reform and opening up, with some emotion.
Fang Xiaoyu's words made the officers present look at each other in confusion. Feng Shichang said: "I didn't expect that the young master understands this utopianism so thoroughly. Many things are unheard of by us. It is really thought-provoking."
Fang Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "I'm not talking about utopianism, but his primary stage of socialism."
"Socialism?" Not to mention the officers present, probably even Ulyanov, the current leader of the Cossack Workers' Party, doesn't know about this new term.
Fang Xiaoyu explained: "The so-called utopianism should be that people in the whole society are distributed according to their needs, which means that you can have whatever you want. Maybe this is the future development trend, but it is not possible to succeed under the current productivity.
Socialism, on the other hand, is distribution according to work. Everyone has a fair right to receive compensation for their labor. Unfortunately, this cannot last long. People are selfish, and a social system without supervision will definitely become a breeding ground for corruption.
This is what is meant by the saying that absolute power causes absolute corruption."
Since the last domestic anti-corruption storm, Fang Xiaoyu has been aware of this problem, so he has become more determined to transform the state system in the direction of capitalism with public supervision. His first pilot was to implement a jury system in the courts.
The jury can reject the judge's verdict and has the final decision-making power. The jury is publicly elected by the local people and is renewed every two years. This measure is to supervise the judiciary, while cultivating the people's democratic spirit and getting used to the self-management electoral system.
A note to readers:
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