Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, if the war will end soon, we will have to think about the post-war problems, I think the white country will be in extreme decline after the war, and there will be no white country that can fight us alone, they will definitely unite, so that we will be very passive in the international community, we must win over the Yellow Empire of Iraq, plus our existing allies to fight against them." ”

Fang Xiaoyu and many other senior officials were discussing the next combat mission assignment in the conference room, when an officer suddenly walked in from outside, attracting everyone's attention. The person who came was Fang Xiaoyu's personal staff officer, he quickly walked to Fang Xiaoyu's side, took a telegram to Fang Xiaoyu's hand and whispered: "Your Majesty, something has happened to the Cossack Empire, the matter is very urgent, please also ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Fang Xiaoyu took the telegram strangely, looked at it a few times, and suddenly smiled: "This time the Boston Empire joining us is a foregone conclusion, there will be no fraud, Tobul, you come and read this telegram to everyone." ”

Strangely, Thobul picked up the telegram and found only one line on it: "There is a revolution in the Cossack Empire, and the regime of Alexander III is about to be overthrown." ”

The Cossack Empire was the weakest of the major countries involved in the war, ranking first in terms of gross national product and industrial output. After the start of the world war, the Cossack Empire, which lacked a military industry, had to use the tactics of crowds, relying on numerical superiority to resist the attack of the Yaman Empire.

Although the large number of troops can fight against the elite soldiers of the Yaman Empire, it will also bring many sequelae to the country, first of all, a large number of troops are on the front line, and food is a problem.

The infrastructure of the Cossack Empire was very backward, the roads were dilapidated and bumpy, and the trucks were difficult to pass, and the railways were mostly single-track and had limited transportation capacity.

A large amount of transport capacity was crowded out by trains transporting military rations, which caused untimely arms transportation, which made it more difficult for the troops at the front, and at the most critical time, the three people of the Cossack army on the front line shared a gun, each gun did not exceed ten rounds, and the shells were even more scarce for a long time.

Another sequelae is the labor problem, with a large number of middle-aged workers being conscripted into the army, and factories are severely short of workers, many of which have to do high-intensity work for the elderly and children.

The situation was even more acute in the countryside, where many fields were abandoned due to a lack of labor, and the country's grain production was sharply reduced, resulting in widespread famine that forced the Cossack Empire to adopt a food rationing system.

The continuous high-intensity work, the distribution of rations became less and less, making the people at the bottom more and more dissatisfied, coupled with the successive defeats at the front, but the aristocracy still sang and danced to level the poor and extravagant, and did not care about the suffering of the people, and the whole country seemed to sit on the crater of a volcano, and it only took one opportunity to erupt and bury the entire empire.

The Cossack Workers' Party, which had always been oppressed by the government for its ideal of overthrowing the monarchy in order to achieve utopianism, soon saw this opportunity. At a time when domestic contradictions were becoming more and more acute, the Cossack Workers' Party took advantage of this contradiction and rapidly expanded its political influence, and they waited for the opportunity to overthrow the emperor's rule, and this opportunity soon came.

On April 25, 907, a mass demonstration broke out in the fortress of the Holy Knights, the capital of the Cossack Empire, in which in addition to workers, peasants, craftsmen, many old women, and children marched towards the palace of Alexander III, holding various signs and shouting the slogan 'End the war, end hunger'.

When they advanced to a distance of 500 meters from the palace, they were stopped by the Royal Guard, whose soldiers raised their guns at the crowd and demanded that they disband immediately, and at that moment the three men met in a sneaky manner.

"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, that kid agreed to shoot at the guards for only five hundred rubles." But Comrade Ulyanov, I don't think it is against our utopian spirit to do so. ”

The bald middle-aged man named Ulyanov smiled and said: "It is true that there is a little, but if such an action can arouse the revolutionary fighting spirit of the masses, a little sacrifice is very necessary." ”

Another middle-aged man said: "Comrade Ulyanov, since the matter has been done, let's retreat quickly, it will be very chaotic here for a while, and we will not be able to escape at that time." ”

Ulyanov nodded: "Okay, let's go." ”

The three men immediately pushed out of the crowd and retreated down the alley, and not long after they left, a gunshot pierced the night sky, and the bullet went straight through the chest of one of the Royal Guard soldiers, who fell backwards to the ground.

The scene was already tense and confrontational, and the nerves of both sides jumped to the limit, and the sudden gunfire became a cathartic point for this nervousness. When the gunshots were heard, the Royal Guard soldiers, who had already been loaded and on standby, immediately began to return fire, and by the time the squadron leader in charge of the scene came to his senses and tried to stop it, it was already too late, and the procession on the street caused a great chaos, and the scattered crowd trampled on each other, and more people were trampled to death than were killed by bullets.

Hearing that someone in the procession 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, immediately search the whole city for the mob, and arrest them all." ”

The royal army soon began a manhunt throughout the city, a large number of civilians were captured, and the whole city was plunged into the White Terror, at which point the leader of the Cossack Workers' Party, Ulyanov, duly proposed 'overthrow the imperial power, divide the land equally, end the war, and eliminate hunger.' 'The sixteen-character slogan.

Years of war had already made life difficult for the common people of the Cossack Empire, who desperately wanted to end the war and live a peaceful life, so Ulyanov's slogan was supported by the broad masses of the poor people, and at the call of the Cossack Workers' Party, a large number of workers poured into the streets, they attacked the arsenals and police stations of the Paladinburg, quickly armed themselves, and actively built barricades to confront the army loyal to the royal family.

Seeing that the riot had turned into an armed uprising, Alexander III was furious, and he immediately ordered troops from the front to be transferred back to the Paladin's Fort to suppress the uprising. Unexpectedly, the soldiers at the front were already tired of the war, and when they returned to the Paladinburg, they joined the ranks of the rebels at the slightest instigation of the Cossack Workers' Party.

The royal army was outnumbered, and their disadvantages became apparent after experienced and combat-ready front-line soldiers joined the uprising. Under the fierce attack of the other side, the number of troops loyal to the royal family became smaller and smaller, and the combat effectiveness was greatly weakened, and finally had to retreat to the palace, but fortunately, Ulyanov was afraid of destroying the treasures in the palace, so he was not allowed to bombard it with artillery, so the rebels had to surround this place with infantry, preparing to slowly consume the other party.

Fang Xiaoyu looked at the officers who were talking to 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, which proposes 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 adhere to the leadership of the Cossack Workers' Party, what is the difference between this and autocracy in disguise, except that the emperor is not a lifelong system, everything else is the same." Moreover, they demanded that all enterprises be nationalized and planned by the state, and such a system completely ignored the private property of individuals, and made those elites lose the motivation to struggle. ”

Fang Xiaoyu is very aware of this Soviet-like system, and he continues: "How can a planned economy keep up with the pace of market changes because the national economic system is rigid. Without the regulation of merchants, such an economy may be able to develop at a high speed under the national system in the early stage, and in the end it will inevitably go bankrupt if there is no reform. ”

Fang Xiaoyu recalled the historical lessons of the Soviet Union on the earth and the fact that the Celestial Empire pulled itself back from the brink of crisis because of reform and opening up, and he was quite emotional.

Fang Xiaoyu's words made the officers present look at each other, and Feng Shichang said: "I didn't expect that the young master has such a thorough understanding of this utopianism, and many things are unheard of by us, which 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 that the officers present do not know about this new term, I am afraid that even the current leader of the Cossack Workers' Party, Ulyanov, does not know.

Fang Xiaoyu explained: "The so-called utopianism should be distributed according to the needs of the whole society, that is to say, you can have what you want, maybe this is the future development trend, but it is not possible to succeed under the current stage of productivity." Socialism, on the other hand, is distribution according to work, and everyone has a fair right to receive remuneration for labor, but unfortunately this cannot last long. People are selfish, and a social system without supervision will inevitably become a breeding ground for corruption. ”

Since the last anti-corruption storm in China, Fang Xiaoyu has become aware of this problem, so he has strengthened his determination to transform the state system into a capitalist direction with popular scrutiny, and his first experiment was to implement a jury system in the courts. The jury has the final say on the judge's decision, and the jury is elected by the local people in open terms every two years, in order to oversee the administration of justice and at the same time foster a democratic spirit among the people and become accustomed to a self-governing electoral system.

A word to readers:

I recommend Zangchen's "Shura Emperor", I hope you like it.