Time passed in a hurry, and the winter that the Russians had been waiting for finally came, but the result was not what the tsarist government wanted!

After winter fell, the Allied army not only did not attack, but retreated back hundreds of miles, building a defensive line to wait for the Russian army to attack.

There is no doubt that the planned winter counteroffensive of the Russians has become a phantom, and in the face of the Allied forces that are in full battle, they now do not have the strength to counterattack, and the most important thing is to survive the winter.

Due to the war, military transport has seized a large number of wagons, and according to the statistics of the Russian government, the capacity that Russia can currently use for civilian transport is only two-thirds of what it was before the war!

The precondition is that all unnecessary transportation of military supplies should be stopped immediately, and all efforts should be made to rush civilian supplies, which will not be able to meet the needs of the people.

In St. Petersburg, for example, this means the winter of 1916, and if the volume of coal from Donetsk to St. Petersburg is reduced by one-third, then it means that at least 80% of households will lack coal for heating this winter!

What the? You say this ratio is wrong? Don't forget that in addition to meeting people's living needs, private transportation must also meet the needs of industrial production!

And industrial production is the industry of the aristocracy and capitalists, can the common people compete with them for coal?

Obviously, even if the citizens of St. Petersburg freeze to death in front of their eyes, it will not be possible for them to give up their interests!

So the real unfortunate are the ordinary people, the life of the Russian people is now hovering on the line of life and death, and domestic production, although it can continue, is also on the verge of danger.

And this decline in production is irreversible, because in this case the Russian government will not be able to come up with enough money and not enough time to repair the infrastructure!

And the capitalists are desperately expanding their production capacity for their own interests, and the so-called expansion of production capacity is obtained by squeezing other non-war fields, and there is a limit to this, and when the limit is reached, the Russians will be finished.

Now the Russians are not going to attack the Allies, they have problems even maintaining the normal functioning of the country. There are only two paths in front of the tsarist government, either to ensure production or to protect people's livelihood!

It's very simple to ensure production, the tsarist government can do nothing, the capitalists themselves can do a good job, and the ordinary people are not capable of contending with them!

However, the consequences were severe, as the tsarist government did in history, and then ushered in the February Revolution; The new bourgeois government did the same, and the October Revolution was ushered in!

The government must restrict industrial production to reduce the consumption of raw materials, and the capacity consumed will naturally be reduced.

Then use this part of the saved capacity to transport daily necessities closely related to people's lives, such as food, coal, daily necessities and so on.

In a totalitarian country like Bulgaria, the problem is simple, as long as the government prohibits overtime during winter construction.

With less time for factories to open, consumption will naturally be reduced, and the saved capacity can be used to meet the basic needs of the people.

Unfortunately, this is Russia, and even if the tsar gave this order, it would have no effect, and it was impossible for Nicholas II to personally supervise the implementation of the capitalists.

There are even factories that work fifteen or sixteen hours a day, and it is useless for them not to work overtime, and in this case, in order to protect the people's livelihood, it is necessary to attack the capitalists.

History has once again reached an inflection point, and the moment has come to decide the fate of Russia.

Because of the problems of the Duma, Nicholas II already hated the capitalists who supported them; And the large number of inferior weapons produced by the capitalists before offended the Russian military; Now they have to stand in opposition to the common people for their own benefit.

It can be said that the time that Nicholas II had been waiting for had come to destroy the Russian bourgeoisie at the slightest nudge.

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The spy leader's voice trembled a little and said: "Your Majesty, this is the information we have gathered, the list of capitalists involved in the hoarding of Juqi in the country, more than 80% of the capitalists in the country are involved, and a small number of nobles are also involved!" ”

Taking the bill, Nicholas II rubbed his forehead, although he had long guessed that the number of people involved in this time was very large, he still did not expect that so many people would be involved.

After hesitating for a moment, Nicholas II still decided to narrow down the scope of the attack, and Zou frowned and said: "Screen again, and pick out the bad ones!" ”

"Yes!" The head of the secret service replied

After a moment of silence, Nicholas II asked again: "How many MPs are involved?" Which nobles are involved? ”

The spy leader thought for a moment and said, "The members of Congress who are more than nine floors are directly or indirectly involved. It is difficult to define the big nobles involved, none of them are directly involved, but there are a lot of people related to them! ”

Nicholas II nodded, all of which he had expected, and the fact that most of the MPs were puppets supported by capitalists and aristocrats, and it was not surprising that they were involved.

As for the great nobles, who doesn't have a bunch of vests? This kind of thing that damages the reputation of the family, of course, can't end up in person.

"I see, you go down!"

If you want to attack these people, it is not so simple, at least the police in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II will not dare to mobilize, once the news leaks, the counterattack of the capitalists is also very terrible.

He had to keep it a secret even from the government, and most of these politicians were inextricably linked to the capitalists, and suddenly Nicholas II found himself with no one at his disposal.

The loyalty of the Praetorian Guards in their hands is guaranteed, provided that they do not have to deal with the nobles, most of their officers are of noble origin, so they cannot be used this time.

Then the only thing that can be used is the Russian army, due to the war, the Russian army has expanded a large number of troops, and the influence of the nobility on the army has been greatly reduced.

Besides, this time it is not mainly aimed at the domestic aristocracy, as for the small number of people involved, their influence is limited.

Even actions against the capitalists will be supported by many conservative aristocrats. Without other interests, the rise of the capitalists has affected the interests of the aristocratic class, and in addition to the nobles who have successfully transformed, most of the conservative aristocracy is still very hostile to the capitalists.

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By mid-October, prices in St. Petersburg had already skyrocketed, and the prices of daily necessities had skyrocketed by 300 percent compared to before the war, and there was also inflation, while the wages of the working class did not rise at all!

Nicholas II had to convene a government meeting to negotiate a solution!

He said in a very angry tone: "Everyone knows the situation in the country very well, so who told me what to do now, once the supply of living materials in the city cannot be guaranteed, you know the consequences!"

So now I don't care what method you use, first find a way to ensure the supply of living materials in St. Petersburg, and at the same time bring down the prices for me, understand! ”

After saying that, Nicholas II surrendered his eyes to the prime minister and asked him to come up with a plan.

Obviously, he overestimated the discipline of politicians, and knew that this problem was not easy to handle, so the prime minister pretended not to see his hints, and hung his head in thought.

The angry Nicholas II gritted his teeth and asked with a sneer: "Prime Minister, do you have any good ways to solve the trouble we are facing now?" ”

The prime minister, who was caught, knew that he could not hide, and after hesitating repeatedly, he said: "Your Majesty, this problem is very difficult to handle, and we can only communicate with the capitalists by the government, so that they can reduce some of their production capacity and give priority to meeting the basic living needs of the people." ”

After thinking about it, Nicholas II said with a smile: "Then this matter will be left to you, and you must communicate with the capitalists as much as possible to ensure the basic life of the people of St. Petersburg." ”

"Yes!" The Prime Minister replied

He was still very surprised in his heart, just raised high and fell gently? Anyway, now that this level has passed, as for whether it can solve the problem, let's talk about this later.

As if the problem was solved, Nicholas II was in a much better mood and spoke again: "Winter has come, the Allied armies have already retreated, and there is little chance that they will start another war in winter."

I decided to convene an enlarged military conference to bring the main generals of the front to St. Petersburg to discuss what we have achieved on the battlefield this year, as well as our military deployment for the coming year! ”

Here it is, everyone knows that the time has come to settle accounts after the autumn. After such a big defeat at the front, how could it not be held accountable?

In front, because the German-Austrian forces are still on the offensive, and both sides are busy fighting, in that case, it is natural that they cannot be held responsible.

Now that the fighting on the front line has stopped, then the result will be different, and everyone can sit down and slowly hold them accountable. Those who should be removed from their posts should be dismissed, those who should be commended should be commended, and those who should be sent to military tribunals should also be sent to military tribunals.

The contradictions between the Russian government and the military have always existed, but they are not very intense, and they are usually suppressed.

Now that Nicholas II wants to trouble the military, the government naturally has no opinion, and many of them are ready to attack the military when the time comes.

The War Chancellor replied apprehensively: "Yes! ”

He knew that this time the trouble was big, and the losses of the Russian army this year exceeded more than 4 million, and the number of casualties exceeded more than 5 million.

Besides, Nicholas II has long looked at him unpleasantly, even if he takes this opportunity to let him go, it is normal.

After a moment of silence, Nicholas II frowned and said: "The war of 1916, we can divide it into two parts, the winter offensive in front, everyone fought very well.

The original planned table meeting will still be held, and all the heroes who emerged in this battle will be summoned to St. Petersburg, and I will personally summon them to give them a commendation.

As for the summer war that followed, it was a mess, and the same group of rice buckets were brought back to me, sent to a military tribunal, and tried in St. Petersburg. Let everyone see the difference between the heroic and the straw bales! ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, and then they understood that there was no doubt that the commendation meeting was Nicholas II buying the hearts of the army. The later autumn settlement is undoubtedly in Liwei!

The Minister of War said worriedly: "Your Majesty, will there be too many people in this way, and ordinary soldiers will not be used, right?" ”

Nicholas II was shocked and thought that his plan had been exposed, but looking at the performance of everyone, he realized that it might just be an accident. So he sneered and asked, "How many people can there be?" ”

The Minister of War's face changed greatly, he knew that he had said the wrong thing again, since the Tsar wanted to do this, let him do it well, why bother to be unhappy?

He replied apprehensively, "Oh, not much! There are about 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the specific number will not be known until the statistics of each unit are counted! ”

Nicholas II glared at him, and then said slowly: "Well, that's it!" ”

The meaning is already obvious, you are a kid acquaintance, this time I will let you go.

Everyone is very aware of the current affairs and chose to shut up, the willfulness of the tsar is not once or twice, as long as it is not a matter of principle, let him go!

You can't stop the tsar from buying the hearts of the army, this is a political mistake.

They didn't realize that the danger was coming, or someone guessed a thing or two, and chose to shut up, anyway, it wasn't themselves, so why take the risk of saying it?