Chapter 25: The Great Purge

In the evening, a man in Tsing Yi walked into a small alley with a panicked look and knocked on the courtyard door.

"Oh, God forbid, Tom you didn't get caught! Come on in, this is not the place to talk! After speaking, he put the man in Tsing Yi in, stretched out his head and looked around again, and then closed the door.

"Don't worry~ Coulomb, I came here secretly, no one knows!" Tom said after a sigh of relief

"Oh, that's good, now the police in Sofia are crazy, going around arresting traitors! Didn't your newspaper office be shut down, I heard that many people were arrested, I thought you were also arrested, it's great to see that you're okay, may God bless you! Coulomb said excitedly

"Don't mention it, I think only God knows what's going on! The police suddenly seized the newspaper office and took the editor-in-chief away. I happened to be out on the outing for an interview and escaped! Tom explained

"Oh, God bless you! But how are you spending all these days? Culomb continued

"Hiding at home, of course! You know, even if there is any problem, a little miscellaneous fish like me is not eligible for a wanted warrant, and most of them are forgotten. ”

"I came to you tonight to inquire about the news. Coulomb, you're my best friend, and you work in the government, you must know what's going on! Tom said first to himself laughingly, then to look at Coulomb expectantly

Coulomb smiled bitterly, lowered his voice and said, "I don't know very well, the above suddenly ordered to arrest the traitor!" A lot of newspapers have been shut down, and I guess it has something to do with your report some time ago! ”

"By the way, you'd better hide again and wait for the wind to pass before coming out! There are too many people arrested now, and the police can't take care of you in their time. Leave Sofia tomorrow and go back to your hometown in the countryside! ”

Tom jumped up in excitement and said in disbelief, "Oh God! How is this possible? ”

……

Bulgaria has entered a "silence period" since the action of the Stamm cabinet, and it has been more than a month since martial law in Sofia.

The police were constantly dispatched, sealing newspaper offices and printing houses, and setting up barricades in the streets and alleys to check the newspapers that were being shipped to various places.

There are many pond fish like Tom who have been affected. Coulomb was not wrong, there were too many people arrested, and the police really couldn't care about a small trash like Tom.

As long as they are not caught red-handed, the rest is basically forgotten, and the prisons in Sofia are already overcrowded.

The government's reckless behavior has caused the people to be angry but not to speak out, and members of opposition parties have been forced to go underground.

What Ferdinand did not expect was that the Stamm cabinet did so neatly this time, and the opposition parties had no power to resist.

The government quickly arrested the opposition and seized a large amount of goods, totaling hundreds of millions of leva.

With the previous loans, the funds needed for the five-year plan were raised in such a comedic way.

Ferdinand didn't know whether to rejoice or worry.

Suddenly sprouted, why don't you just let the cabinet continue to toss? casually dispelled this terrifying thought, if the cabinet continues to toss, God knows when, it will reach the limit of what the people can bear?

In case the situation gets out of control, a civil war breaks out, and another wave of foreign invasions, who the fuck can get it but God!

Although the plan went well, Stam Borov still had a headache. Many people in the Liberal Party expressed their dissatisfaction with this matter and put a lot of pressure on him.

Externally, he can kill decisively, but he has to appease his own people. Due to the large number of people involved, there is an endless stream of people who intercede with Stam Bolov.

And the specific person in charge, Younas, is now the spokesman of the executioner. However, the powerful Younas didn't care, he has surpassed the other three in the cabinet and is the second person after Prime Minister Stam.

At the new cabinet meeting, Michael said: "Your Excellency, the enemy has almost been cleared. Is it time to end martial law, the country needs to return to normalcy! ”

"Mr. Michael, the enemy is almost cleared, but there are still fish that have slipped through the net, we must make persistent efforts to find them all and destroy them!" Younas retorted sharply

"Minister Younas, you've already captured more than 20,000 people, almost one percent of our population, do you want to continue?" Wilson said angrily

"But they're all enemies, aren't they? Don't just see the bad side, but also the good side! Although it has a great impact on the economy, haven't we already gathered the funds needed for our five-year plan? We've cleaned up a bunch of national moths, solved the financial crisis, and added a batch of free laborers, so why not? Sowell said optimistically

Stam-Bolov knew that the quarrel of several people also involved their own interests. Now everyone is no longer hot-blooded patriots, and under the corrosion of power, they have begun to overturn themselves to politicians in a short period of time.

Under the emergency policy, economic development was greatly affected, mainly because it weakened the voice of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Industry in the government, and Michael and Wilson had to come out to oppose it.

Younas and Sowell, on the contrary, now in this case, they have the power in their hands. Once the state of normalcy is restored, it will inevitably make way for the development of the country, and their voice will be greatly reduced. They need to extend this period for their own benefit.

Stam Bolov is also powerless about it, and although he is a politician himself, it does not mean that he likes politicians. Opened his mouth to stop and said:

"Alright, don't make any more noise! The cleaning work is still well done, which is worthy of recognition! You also know that this state of affairs cannot last indefinitely! ”

"I'm giving you a month, catch all the rats, and then lift martial law, and the country will return to normal!"

……

At the end of 1888, martial law in Bulgaria was finally lifted, and no one could have imagined that Sofia had just lifted the ban and the opposition party made another big news.

On Christmas Day 1889, Stam Bolov was attacked at the gate of his residence, and Stam narrowly escaped. But the entourage killed three people on the spot, and several others were injured.

What's more, after the shooting, the five killers, in addition to leaving a corpse, actually let the other killers escape. Prime Minister Stam Borov is furious, and someone is going to be unlucky again.

At the same time, other high-ranking government officials were also patronized. Defense Minister Sowell, one of the unlucky ones, was shot three times in the body and is being rescued. One of the shots hit his balls right in the ball, and it was a waste.

Even more bizarre is the Minister of Finance, Christo-Berchev, a shell minister who has little presence in the government, who is crushed by a frightened carriage when he encounters a scramble between the police and the assassins on his way home, and then heroically dies.

In the original plane, Christo-Berchev was also a bad lucker. In March 1891, he was mistakenly killed by the Assassins as Stam Bolov. Now, due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, he received a boxed lunch in advance.

This night was later called "Bloody Christmas Eve". Dozens of high-ranking officials were attacked at the same time, causing hundreds of casualties and direct economic losses of hundreds of thousands of leva.

The peace of Christmas Eve was broken, and all the military and police in Sofia were dispatched, and the whole city was uneasy.