Bulgarian Empire

At a time when the undercurrents of the Hungarian Kingdom are surging and ready to quit at any time, the Russians are also accumulating strength and are ready to jump out and grab the spoils at any time.

Since Nicholas II completed the purge of St. Petersburg, the entire Russian Empire has become jittery.

Nicholas II told the world with practical actions: the tsar is the tsar, and he is still so decisive when dealing with treason!

A total of more than 40,000 capitalists, officials and their family members were arrested one after another. Nicholas II organized a collective trial, and then more than 10,000 people were sent to the gallows amidst the cheers of the people. All the people under him were exiled to Siberia!

After killing these moths, without the restraint of interest groups, the mobilization efficiency of the tsarist government immediately increased by 50%. In February, the tsarist government once again mobilized 600,000 young men, took up arms and joined the great and sacred army in the big family.

There is no doubt that this mobilization is naturally contributed by these capitalists selflessly. The weapons and equipment are all taken out of their warehouses, and the military expenses are also stolen from their property!

Nicholas II made a lot of money this time. The confiscated property and cash amounted to more than one billion rubles, as well as hundreds of tons of gold, foreign exchange worth tens of millions of pounds, and a large number of antique calligraphy and paintings.

There are even more real estate, thousands of factories, a large number of shops, residences, and large mines and farms scattered all over the country...

It took more than two months for the Ministry of Finance of the Tsarist government to initially estimate the total value of the assets seized this time. It has to be said that Mao Xiong’s family background is solid. According to the most conservative estimate, Nicholas II’s harvest this time is also Over £1.3 billion.

This huge sum of money greatly eased the financial crisis of the Tsarist government. Of course, this was only short-term, not to mention that the real estate inside could not be realized in the short term, even if it was all cash, it was not worth mentioning in front of the huge war expenses.

Looking at the financial expenditures of the major participating countries, you will know the horror of this war.

Financial expenditures of various countries in 1913:

British Empire £197 million;

£201 million for the French Republic;

German Empire £220 million;

Russian Empire £189 million;

Austria-Hungary £118 million;

Kingdom of Bulgaria 100 million pounds;

Kingdom of Italy 95.68 million pounds;

Financial expenditures of various countries in 1916:

British Empire £2.568 billion;

£2.675 billion for the French Republic;

German Empire £3.262 billion;

Russian Empire £2.746 billion;

£1.578 billion for Austria-Hungary;

Kingdom of Bulgaria 1.136 billion pounds;

£186,500 for the Kingdom of Italy;

More than 90% of these expenditures are used for military expenditures. Faced with such huge military expenditures, it is not surprising that the governments of various countries want to end the war as soon as possible.

When the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold! In order to raise funds, governments of various countries have racked their brains, such as raising taxes on the people, borrowing money from consortiums, printing money, and so on.

Now that Nicholas II has money in his hands, he naturally wants to make big moves, such as: speed up mobilization, purchase weapons and equipment, strategic materials, etc. from abroad.

Judging from the current mobilization rate of the Russians, there will be 3 million Russian troops on the Eastern Front by April, and this number will exceed the 4 million mark by the end of the year.

If the Allies were unable to achieve a breakthrough on the Western Front in the short term, then the outcome of this war was already doomed. In the second half of the year, they will face another six-layer bear on the Eastern Front. If there are not millions of German troops, they will not be able to defend!

In desperation, the Hindenburg government decided to send the revolutionaries back to Russia, adding to the chaos of Nicholas II.

Moreover, the current Tsarist Russia really has a revolutionary foundation. Nicholas II and the capitalists have broken up. The two sides have a deep hatred, which creates favorable conditions for the revolution.

From the perspective of the Germans, Russia now only needs one spark, and an explosion will happen immediately. Even for self-protection, the capitalists have to embark on the road of resisting the tsarist government!

Of course, even if Nicholas II did not act, in order to gain greater benefits, the capitalists would still act, but the time is still uncertain.

Nicholas II's purge of St. Petersburg this time was just an inducement for them.

After all, interests are always the best catalyst, and the rule of the tsarist government could no longer satisfy the growing appetite of capitalists. They attempted to establish a government that fully represented the interests of capitalists.

It has to be said that Nicholas II's purge of St. Petersburg was done very well this time. It directly hit the bourgeoisie hard and changed the balance of power between the enemy and us.

But Russia is too big, and the capitalists are all smart people. When their counterparts in St. Petersburg were wiped out, they were all prepared, and it was impossible to wipe them all out.

Those who are ready to run run away, those who are ready to resist resist. Of course, no matter whether they choose to resist or run away, the capitalists themselves will not charge forward.

The most typical example is that after the end of the St. Petersburg Great Cleansing, the number of capitalists who went to Bulgaria for investment investigations skyrocketed. Together with their families, the number increased by more than 8,000 in just one month.

Obviously, none of these people were qualified to do great things. It is undoubtedly a fantasy to use telegrams to overthrow the rule of the tsarist government.

Therefore, Hindenburg decided to send the revolutionaries represented by Lenin back to the country, and also funded their weapons and equipment and activities. The purpose was very simple to bring the Russian revolutionaries and capitalists together.

The revolutionaries have experience in rebellion, although they all failed, but it is also experience, isn't it? The capitalists have strength and are scattered in major cities in Russia. Once they move at the same time, there will always be several successful cases.

Then the Russian Civil War should break out, and the pressure on the Germans on the Eastern Front will naturally disappear. As for whether these people can overthrow the rule of the tsarist government, this is none of their business. Anyway, as long as Russia is disrupted, their goal will be achieved.

In fact, the tsarist government's domestic political control is still very loose. In May 1887, when Lenin entered the law department of Kazan University, he was expelled from school for participating in the student movement, exiled to a remote village in Kazan for residential surveillance, and then sent to The village where Ulyanov and his brother-in-law lived in Samara province was under public surveillance by the police.

In 1900, he was allowed to return to St. Petersburg, but he went to Western Europe to continue the revolutionary cause and wrote a large number of revolutionary treatises. Thereafter, he became one of the de facto leaders of the Russian Revolution.

The Great Revolution broke out in Russia in 1905, and Lenin naturally joined in, until 1907 when the Russian Revolutionary Movement failed and he was forced into exile overseas.

This revolution undoubtedly angered the tsarist government. As one of the leaders of the revolution, Lenin was naturally blacklisted by the tsarist government.

He successively lived in Geneva, Paris, Bern and other places. In 1916, Lenin moved from Bern to Zurich, and lived with his wife Krupskaya at the home of Kammerel, a shoe repairer.

At that time, Switzerland was a place where spies gathered. In order to avoid being chased and killed, Lenin lived a very low-key life. He hid in the library and read every day, and stopped going out to do things.

Sometimes, in the evening, he held meetings in a small café where the proletarians hung out, exchanged ideas with them, and lived a very fulfilling life.

Unlike in history, the Germans came to the door before the Russian revolution broke out this time.

Judging from the actual situation at the time, Russia did have the basis for a revolution. In order to complete the revolution and overthrow the rule of the tsarist government as soon as possible, he naturally does not mind cooperating with the capitalists once.

After all, the influence of the Bolshevik Party in Russia is too low now. After Nicholas II launched the Great Purge of St. Petersburg, their most important base was gone!

The cruel reality has been placed in front of the revolutionaries. This time the tsar and the capitalists are fighting for power, and the tsar, who has the support of the military, has the upper hand.

If the tsar wins this struggle, the ruling foundation of the tsarist dictatorship will become stronger, and the revolution will be out of reach!

In this context, the major political forces in Russia merged for the first time. Although it was difficult for them to form trust with each other because of their different political ideas, they still came together in order to overthrow the rule of the tsarist government.

Moreover, the St. Petersburg purge launched by Nicholas II this time did not leave hidden dangers, for example, he ignored legality!

The most typical is that the executed criminals also included more than a hundred members of Congress. They were sent to the gallows before they were deprived of their status as members of Congress. The best excuse for the impure purpose of the St. Petersburg purge!

Outside of St. Petersburg, capitalists still control a lot of voice. Therefore, in many places where capitalists are powerful, Nicholas II's actions this time are characterized as: the tsar's reign of white terror in order to exclude dissidents!

This hurt Nicholas II very much. Even with the support of the army, he still couldn't control all Russian cities.

The core factor is Russia's bureaucratic system, which has been corrupted by capitalists. In the short term, Nicholas II simply cannot find so many qualified officials to replace them.

This created favorable conditions for the revolutionaries. Lenin did not go to St. Petersburg after returning home. He knew that there was no basis for revolution there.

Instead, he came to Moscow, a metropolis in Russia. This is the largest city in Russia after St. Petersburg, with hundreds of thousands of workers, creating a mass base for the activities of the Bolshevik Party.

A very funny scene appeared. On the one hand, it wanted to cooperate with the capitalists, and on the other hand, it wanted to oppose the capitalists. Of course, this scene also appeared in the February Revolution in Russia in history!

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