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    It has only been more than four months since the war between China and Russia began, but within these four months, most of Russia's wealth was consumed.  Coupled with large-scale conscription, Russian industry and agriculture were greatly affected.  Especially the impact on agriculture caused great turmoil in Russian society. Coupled with the fuel of the Socialist National Labor Party, a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Russia.

    After the outbreak of the war, agricultural production was seriously affected.  Three million people with working ability were recruited into the army, mainly from rural areas.  According to surveys, in 50 provinces in Europe and Russia, the rural male labor force has decreased by 15%.  The area of ??cultivated land decreased by five million dessiatines.  Grain harvest is reduced by 1/4.  Transportation difficulties have effectively disrupted urban-rural connections.  In the market, there is an increasing shortage of grain, meat, sugar and other agricultural products.  Petrograd could only receive 14% of the planned food supply.  Landowners, rich peasants and businessmen, however, have a large number of daily necessities, hoarding and speculating.  Food often disappears from stores only to be sold at high prices on the black market.  Food prices are 1.5 to 3 times higher than before the war, and meat and sugar are particularly expensive.  The vast majority of the people are on the line of hunger, complaining, and have no choice but to rise up and fight.

    Russia¡¯s main grain-producing areas are mainly the southern Ukraine and the Don River region.  However, this year there has been a severe drought in these areas, and many places have experienced no harvest.  Farmers who cannot live without food have no choice but to take risks and think of other ways.

    Especially the Russian army was defeated in Siberia.  When Marshal Gurko led hundreds of thousands of Russian troops to retreat wildly.  It was even interpreted to mean that Russia was about to be defeated.  China is about to invade Russia's European region.  This made Russian society even more turbulent. Some people with evil intentions also took the opportunity to spread rumors and cause trouble, trying to make a name for themselves in this turbulent era.  In addition, Tsar Nicholas II taxed the bourgeoisie, rich peasants, and nobles in order to raise funds for the war, which made these rich and powerful people very dissatisfied with Russian society.  When all these contradictions broke out, they immediately had a huge impact in Russia.

    On August 20, 1899, when the news of the defeat of the Russian army in the Siberian Plain spread throughout the world.  An uprising broke out among the peasants of Prudovi in ??the Don region of southern Russia.  Hundreds of farmers attacked the local city hall, seized weapons from the police, and occupied the entire city.  Afterwards, these revolting farmers opened the government's grain depots and distributed all the food to farmers who had no food.  The rich peasants and the bourgeoisie also suffered, these insurrectionists.  Their property was forcibly confiscated and then distributed.  This immediately caused a chain reaction.  Countless peasants who could no longer survive joined them, and within a few days, the rebel army expanded to tens of thousands.  At the same time, countless peasants followed suit throughout southern Russia, and uprisings swept across southern Russia.

    Because the war on the front line was unfavorable, Russia redeployed most of its troops deployed in various places, leaving less than 100,000 troops in the vast southern region of Russia.  These Russian troops were simply unable to suppress the rebellions in hundreds of places.  As time went by, the number of rebels increased, and the entire southern Russia was corrupted.  In addition, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party also took the opportunity to join in and encouraged workers to join the uprising. For a time, the entire southern Russia was plunged into chaos.

    When the uprising first broke out, Tsar Nicholas II received the report, but he did not pay attention.  Because in Russia, many such uprisings break out every year.  But it will be suppressed soon, and it will not be able to cause any big trouble.  However, this time he miscalculated.  Just a week later, the entire southern Russia was no longer under his control. Only then did he panic and hurriedly summoned troops to suppress it.  However, the lack of military strength made the Russian army's suppression very weak, and it was unable to suppress the uprisings one after another. Even some big cities fell one after another.

    "Oh God! Why is this happening? What do those mobs want to do? Do they want to overthrow the rule of the Romanov dynasty?" Tsar Nicholas II roared in the Kremlin.  Fortunately, the Moscow area has always been Russia's key defense area, with 100,000 elite troops deployed here all year round.  In this case, there is still a lot to rely on around Moscow.

    "Your Majesty, the entire south is now corrupted. Those thugs attacked government institutions, massacred nobles and rich people, and robbed their property, which has had an extremely serious impact on society. I beg your Majesty to send troops to suppress it immediately, otherwise, it will cause serious harm to Russia.  Serious impact!" Prime Minister Sergei Vitte suggested.

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister, it's not that we don't want to send troops to suppress it, but we have no troops to send! In addition to the troops stationed in various places, the Ministry of War now only has 100,000 troops around Moscow. But these troops cannot be mobilized easily.  If a rebellion breaks out around Moscow, it will be troublesome!?said Army Minister Alexey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin.

    "Where are the newly recruited troops? Didn't the Ministry of War recruit an army of millions of people? Now is the time to put it to use!" Interior Minister Vyacheslav Plevi asked.

    "Your Excellency Plevi, those new recruits have only been in the army for less than a month, and they can't even fire a gun. In addition, due to the lack of weapons, only one-fifth of these troops are equipped with rifles, and the rest  , they are still holding sticks in their hands! Moreover, because of the long-term arrears of military pay, these troops are also very dissatisfied with the empire. If they are allowed to suppress the rebellion, they might all join the rebels! "  Army Minister Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin said.

    Czar Nicholas II¡¯s face was gloomy and terrifying. He never imagined that Russia would be like this now.  The rule that he originally thought was stable now seems to be in turmoil!

    "What should we do now? How can we suppress those rebellions?" Tsar Nicholas II said angrily.

    "Your Majesty, according to the information we have received, most of the rebellions were spontaneously formed by humble farmers. However, a small number had to be guarded against. Rebellions led by the Social Democratic Labor Party broke out in some southern cities. These people  , they are all traitors, they are organized, and they are more troublesome than the rebellion of ordinary peasants!" said Pobedonoschaev, a confidant of Tsar Nicholas II and director of the General Administration of Russian Orthodox Church Affairs.

    "Those damn treasons should be hanged! I swear, they must all be hanged!" Tsar Nicholas II roared loudly, like an angry lion.

    The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was founded in Minsk in 1898.  On March 13, 1898, nine representatives of the "Struggle Association" from Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev and other places and the workers' organizations of western Russia held this conference secretly in Minsk.  The congress announced the founding of the party and issued the "Manifesto of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party", which stated that the Russian proletariat will get rid of the shackles of the communist system and continue to fight against capitalism and the bourgeoisie with greater perseverance until socialism wins.  .  The congress elected the Central Committee and approved Rabochaya Gazeta as the party organ.  After the congress, although the Central Committee was busted by the tsarist police and the Workers' Daily was forced to suspend publication, party organizations in various places continued to operate secretly.  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov pointed out: "The establishment of the party in the spring of 1898 was the most outstanding and at the same time the last thing done by the Social Democrats during this period."

    The Social Democratic Labor Party seized the opportunity of the Russian army being defeated by the Chinese Communist Party in the war, and attempted to take the opportunity to overthrow the tyranny of the Tsar.  Their joining makes the civil unrest in Russia more difficult to suppress, and this is what China wants to see.

    "Your Majesty, now we don't have the extra troops to suppress the rebellion. The main reason is precisely because of the war with China. In this war, we consumed too much national power. Too many troops were held back. If  If we can negotiate peace with China, we can concentrate on dealing with these rebels. With the strength of the empire, it will not be a problem to suppress these rebellions!" Prime Minister Sergei Witte suggested.

    Tsar Nicholas II frowned. The conditions for peace talks proposed by China were difficult for him to accept.  However, the serious crisis facing Russia now also makes him frightened. Under such circumstances of internal and external troubles, Russia is likely to collapse, and his rule is also very likely to be ended.

    "Your Majesty, now is the time to make up your mind. If you don't hurry up and wait until these rebellions last longer, they will be wiped out even more in Southeast Asia!" Interior Minister Vyacheslav Plevi also suggested.

    "Your Majesty, as long as we can negotiate with the Chinese, we can mobilize almost 300,000 elite troops from the battlefield to fight against the rebellion. Although there are many rebels, they are no match for the regular army. The Ministry of War has  Be sure to suppress the rebellion in a short time!" Army Minister Alexey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin also said.

    "Your Majesty, I also agree to negotiate peace with China and first suppress the rebellion in the country!" Tsar Nicholas II's confidant and director of the General Administration of Russian Orthodox Church Affairs, Pobedonoschaev, also agreed.

    "Well, since everyone agrees, let's talk to the Chinese first! Send a telegram to Foreign Minister Izvorski and ask him to contact the Chinese and strive to reach an agreement with the Chinese and sign an armistice treaty. However,  , telling him that the interests of the empire must be preserved as much as possible, and the Siberian Plain cannot be discarded. In addition, war reparations must be kept as low as possible, Russia cannot afford so much money!" Tsar Nicholas II said with some decadence.  .
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