With the order of Nicholas II, the whole city of St. Petersburg was put under martial law, the city defense army was ordered not to leave the camp, and the police were concentrated in the police station.

Since the last outbreak of the revolution, Nicholas II had doubts about the loyalty of the St. Petersburg city defenses, and now naturally he will not let them come out and make trouble.

Not to mention the police, everyone is working with the wages of capitalists, otherwise how can they live with such high prices in St. Petersburg now?

St. Petersburg was under martial law, and many people knew that it was bad, and according to Russian tradition, the consequences of the Tsar's assault were terrible!

Many people are beginning to regret that they would not join if they knew they wouldn't participate, but now it's too late. They wanted to take power away from Nicholas II, but now they have simply overturned the table and said they would not play!

The weakness of the bourgeoisie does not mean that they are really weak, and there is nothing they dare not do in the face of interests! It's just that in front of bayonets, they are really soft!

The strength of the capitalists united is enormous, and it is so much when they are dispersed. has no weapons of their own, even if they rely on the Jin Yuan cannon to buy many government officials, but no one dares to open their eyes for them at this time!

There is no way to do this, perhaps the power of the capitalists has penetrated into every corner of St. Petersburg, but only if they can unite!

Now that St. Petersburg has been under martial law, and individual capitalists have become the meat of the board, will Nicholas II be soft?

Obviously this is impossible! In addition to the struggle for power, now Nicholas II needs the property of these people to buy people's hearts, anyway, now their reputation has stinked, and the Russian people will cheer if they are killed!

The White Terror began, and after the army took over St. Petersburg, they immediately began to arrest people according to the list, and in this era there is no such thing as only arresting the main culprits, and everyone who is on the list of the Great Purge will go to prison together with the whole family!

The people who are implicated are naturally indispensable, these troops are outsiders, they can't tell who is who, anyway, they all open the door and arrest people, many people who love to visit the door have suffered unjustified disasters!

But this is all a small problem, seeing this posture, even the newspapers that usually criticize the tsarist government every day have decisively chosen to shut up, and whoever dares to take the lead at this time is looking for death!

The ruffians in the streets, the underworld groups attached to the capitalists, were unfortunately the first to be buried in this operation!

No way, who told them not to have long eyes? And the grassroots officers and soldiers of the army precisely hate them?

Before joining the army, many people suffered from the scourge of these people, and now that the opportunity has come, everyone has a sense of revenge! Often, when one is caught, a nest is pulled out, and then it is directly executed!

By the time Nicholas II returned to St. Petersburg on December 26, more than 2,000 prisoners had been directly executed by the military, and more than 30,000 prisoners had been captured.

Of course, it is also wronged, but the law and order in St. Petersburg has indeed suddenly improved, and those who dare to commit adultery are just a peanut!

According to later statistics, after this purge, St. Petersburg's casino and loan shark industries were wiped out and did not recover for decades.

With the return of Nicholas II, martial law in St. Petersburg was lifted, but the tense atmosphere remained unrelieved.

Nicholas II was in a good mood for such a successful accomplishment, and in order to show the tsar's benevolence, prices in St. Petersburg suddenly fell and returned to pre-war levels.

At the same time, due to the arrest of the capitalists, the factories were naturally closed, and now that the government has taken over the factories, His Majesty the benevolent Tsar has also announced the implementation of the eight-hour workday, prohibiting workers from working overtime in the winter.

For a time, Nicholas II's prestige in the minds of the people of St. Petersburg rose again, and sure enough, this was the little father of the Russian people!

Of course, this is also to fool ordinary people who don't know, and everyone knows that Russia's transportation capacity is limited now, even if you want workers to work overtime, you have to have enough raw materials, right?

Since this is the case, it was naturally used by Nicholas II to buy the hearts of the people! I have to say that the Russian people in this era are just fooling, and now everyone is making up their own brains, thinking that the unscrupulous capitalists let them work overtime in the name of the tsar in order to exploit them!

This hurt Comrade Stalin, who was working in St. Petersburg, and all his previous efforts were in vain. Now the ordinary workers think that they are exploited by unscrupulous capitalists and corrupt officials, and have nothing to do with the great Tsar, who is still on their side.

The proof is in front of you, now the unscrupulous capitalists have been cleaned up by the tsar, prices are immediately lowered, and the eight-hour day is implemented!

Since the bread was already there, they did not participate in the strikes and demonstrations for bread. Historically, the general strike that broke out in Russia in January 1917 was a great time when the workers of St. Petersburg withdrew without revolutionary spirit!

Nicholas II's sudden action, in fact, Ferdinand was also taken aback, he did not expect that his eldest brother would also be so decisive.

I have to say that Nicholas II did a beautiful job this time! The Russian bourgeoisie suffered a heavy blow as a result of this campaign, and although it may cause a short-term decline in the total volume of Russian industry, it is a minor problem compared to the consolidation of the Tsar's rule.

Not only did he kill his biggest political opponent, but he also confiscated a large amount of property, which could make up for Russia's financial shortcomings, and also bought a wave of popular support, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone!

Of course, the premise is that Nicholas II can handle the rest of the matter. His actions this time have also offended many people, and now the bourgeoisie in Russia must hate him to the core, and if he does not handle it well, there will be a big mess!

After all, his purge of Russia and Ferdinand's purge of Bulgaria before him are not the same concept!

It is impossible for him to complete the purge of the huge Russian Empire at once, and in addition to St. Petersburg, the bourgeoisie in big cities like Moscow still has a strong strength, and people still have the strength to fight.

Secondly, Nicholas II's actions this time were carried out shirtless, and the country is full of enemies, and with so many enemies, it is doomed that Russia will not be peaceful in the future!

Of course, this is what Ferdinand wants to see the most, a Russia with constant infighting is the most desired ally of Bulgaria.

If Nicholas II was really eloquent and able to deal with the internal contradictions of Russia, then this is an even more terrible behemoth than Germany!

But that's all for the future, and now Ferdinand is doing one thing, which is to make movies!

The war has been going on for so long, and all the belligerents in Europe have had a hard time, and Bulgaria is no exception. Although there has not yet been a "bread, not war" strike, he also has to be careful and vigilant!

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Bulgarian people would not ask him for bread in the short term! Before the outbreak of the war, the Bulgarian government had called on everyone to stock up on a year's worth of food in advance to prepare for a famine!

Most of them responded to the government's call, and the grain exported by Tsarist Russia a year before the outbreak of the war was bought out by the Bulgarian people!

At the end of 1914, the government counted more than 18 million tons of grain stored in the private sector.

In addition, the Bulgarian government now has adopted a rationing system, and each person can buy four kilograms of bread, 1,500 grams of vegetables, 900 grams of meat products, two liters of milk, and one kilogram of potato flour per week......

This food supply can basically meet the needs of life, but it is much higher than that of the Germans!

Of course, this amount can also be increased, but beyond this purchase amount, the price will be much higher, basically three or four times the price, as long as you have money you can still live the same life as before the war.

On the whole, the Allied countries of the First World War were not short of food, and most of the so-called food rationing system was created during World War II!

As soon as the world war broke out, Ferdinand was ready to implement a food rationing system throughout the country, but after professional calculations, it was found that even if the domestic grain production was halved, and the private grain reserves and government grain reserves were added, Bulgaria could still support it for more than three years.

Then, Ferdinand dismissed this idea of being ahead of his time, after all, the Entente navy had the advantage, and it was impossible for Bulgaria to be blocked from the coastline for three years!

Moreover, whether it is to take Romania or the peninsula of Asia Minor, you can complete self-sufficiency!

If it weren't for the massive influx of refugees after the outbreak of the war, which consumed a lot of food, perhaps there would still be overproduction now!

Although there was no shortage of food, Ferdinand still had to put on this show for the sake of publicity.

The content of the film is very simple, it is a documentary, documenting the day of the king.

At six o'clock in the morning, before dawn, Ferdinand arose from his sleep and began his morning exercise with several princes.

At eight o'clock, breakfast time begins, since it is a show food, it is naturally very simple, a piece of black bread + a fruit salad + a glass of milk, which is no different from ordinary civilian families.

The rest of the day began, and of course there were secrets involved, and when Ferdinand entered the office, the shoot naturally stopped.

Then he continued at noon, only this time he took the ministers to nibble on black bread, adding a stir-fried vegetable to breakfast, plus a few slices of beef.

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Ferdinand may not know that the promotional film he shot has become a precious film and television material in later generations.

His food is also considered by experts to be the reason why after the outbreak of the world war, Bulgaria was short of food, and the king had to lower his standard of living!

People also have words to analyze their expressions during the meal, for example: the expression of the meal has always been very natural, and the food is still refined and delicious.

proved that this is the standard of daily life of a king, otherwise it would be impossible to adapt to eating such unpalatable food!

It is also believed that there was no problem with the food supply in Bulgaria after the outbreak of the world war, that the whole Bulgarian country was sharing weal and woe, and that it was with such a king that a powerful empire was created!

If Ferdinand knew about this, he would definitely have hehe. Eating brown bread once in a while actually tastes very good, and in terms of nutritional value, black bread is already higher!

Besides, although it may seem that the food is about the same length, is it actually the same black bread made in the palace as it is outside?

Of course, these are all small things, and now Ferdinand is still giving this bowl of chicken soup for the soul to the Bulgarian people to taste.

As long as everyone sees the same food as the king, even if they are dissatisfied with the war affecting their lives, they will disappear!

In terms of publicity, Ferdinand still did a very good job, for example, after the outbreak of the world war, the royal family did not buy new clothes, did not buy any luxury goods, etc., which are all good publicity materials.

And these are true, not afraid of being debunked at all!

Long before the outbreak of the world war, Ferdinand was prepared, these miscellaneous things had been prepared for a long time, he was afraid that once Bulgaria lost in the world war, he could use these materials to publicize, so as to increase the score in the hearts of the people and consolidate his rule!

Of course, now that the victory is basically decided, there is no need to rely on these things to consolidate the rule, but now that he is ready, Ferdinand will naturally not waste it, and the more prestige this kind of thing, the better!