The Rise of Australasia

There's no need to say more about the police, who, like the workers, were suffering from the high prices in Saint Petersburg, and their discontent with the government was only natural.

After Saint Petersburg was put under martial law, a large number of protesters were immediately scared away.

Keep in mind that martial law would not be imposed in Saint Petersburg without particularly important and urgent reasons.

As the capital of the empire, each time Saint Petersburg was under martial law, it also meant that there would be bloodshed in the city.

The workers only wanted to fight for their rights, not to sacrifice their lives for those capitalists.

After Nicholas II's fury, a large number of protesters were scared away.

After most of the blindly following workers were scared away, what remained were largely workers bought off by capitalists or drawn in by political parties.

There were not many of these workers, totaling less than ten thousand people, and they were scattered throughout the streets of Saint Petersburg.

Some of them wanted to withdraw, but they soon found it was too late. A large number of military forces had already surrounded the streets of Saint Petersburg, and they were faced with cold gun barrels.

"Sir, this must be a misunderst..." A party member leading the group tried to plead and explain, but was interrupted by an oncoming bullet.

Bang!

The body fell onto the street, and the sound of the collision was not loud, but it heavily struck the hearts of all the participants in the protests.

These protesters, organized by capitalists and political parties, were mostly workers who were discontented due to losing their jobs.

These people had no weapons, only their fervent passion for their livelihoods.

After the military took the initiative to open fire, the remaining protesters quickly calmed down. They hurriedly put down their banners and looked at the military with fear, waiting for their fate.

"Take them all away!"

Seeing that no one resisted, the leading commander nodded in satisfaction and ordered the soldiers to arrest all the protesters.

It was not just the protesters who were arrested, but also newspapers that had criticized the Tsarist government, factories and individuals who had been involved in the protests, were also on the arrest list.

From the military's large-scale operations in Saint Petersburg for several days, it could be inferred that at least tens of thousands of people were arrested during this suppression. ꭆаℕꝊᛒĘŝ

On October 25, 1916, the Russian Government began large-scale executions of arrested prisoners.

The Tsarist government dealt with these people very brutally, either providing more useful leads for the government, or being executed directly.

Few people were unafraid of death, leading to an ever-expanding list of arrests and even involving a large number of people outside Saint Petersburg.

For a time, the entire city of Saint Petersburg was in a panic. People did not even dare to step out of their homes, as patrolling military forces could arrest them at any moment.

Although this improved the security environment in Saint Petersburg, Russians soon faced a grave issue – the food crisis.

Nicholas II had no intention of providing relief to the common people, even though the food crisis in Saint Petersburg was getting worse. Stay connected through

To Nicholas II, he had already shown leniency by not dealing with the protesting workers, and any active relief for the common people would have to wait for his next life.

Nicholas II had no intention of winning over the hearts of the people. After all, with a population of 160 million, giving each person one Ruble would cost at least 160 million Rubles, which was not a small expense.

Nicholas II thought it was unlikely that anyone would spend their own money to save the people, let alone these Russians, who would not hurt a hair over the deaths of millions of grey livestock.

With Saint Petersburg under martial law, although prices did not rise in the short term, the problem was that most people had lost their jobs.

Previously, people had money but could not afford the prices; now, they had no money and could not afford them even more. They could only watch helplessly as the sacked food in warehouses was shipped to the palace or divided among high officials and nobles.

But no one dared to covet the food supply teams, as they not only had a large number of soldiers guarding them, but the city was also filled with patrolling units. This was not something unarmed factory workers could afford to covet.

However, this presented an opportunity for various political parties. After many capitalists were ousted, factory workers were adrift like rootless duckweed. They had no ability to resist the government, but they were indeed facing a life-threatening crisis.

Now, just a small amount of grain could quickly rally these workers to their respective political parties, strengthening their power.

Nicholas II might not value these workers. However, for the reactionary political parties being heavily hunted by the government, the massive support of these workers is vital to survival, and further helps achieve their purpose.

Regarding Russia's political parties, most of them had plans to overthrow the government. This is not surprising, for such a decaying autocratic empire, there had long been dissatisfied people ready to slay the dragon and seize a life-ending opportunity.

Indeed, looking at all countries in the world, as long as there is a human society, there will always be class differences and vested interests.

The upper echelons want to squeeze the lower classes as much as possible, draining their full value for their own benefit.

After being squeezed for a long time, the lower classes will eventually produce dragon-slaying warriors, and these warriors often successfully overthrow the ruling power.

However, the issue is that whether it is a tribe or a country, it cannot exist without practical leaders.

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