Chapter 1765: Fifteen. Aphrodite (10)

For those who have not experienced the revolution, are dissatisfied with the status quo, and are tired of the unchanging daily life, the revolution is a fashionable, romantic and satisfying imagination and longing. For people who have experienced turbulence, tasted bloodshed, revenge, conflict, death, and various horrors of color, and burned all their passion for politics, the revolution is more a memory. For those who are willing to burn themselves to pursue their ideals, revolution is a cause that needs to be confronted with optimism, seriousness, and firm conviction.
People who hold different positions in different time and space environments can see revolutions of different appearances. After the "Neva River hacking incident", the attitude of the people of the Principality to the revolution is different from any of the previous.
"The gap between the rich and the poor in society has been greatly increased. Land and industry have been merged in large numbers. National resources have been monopolized by the royal family, nobles, priests, and asset oligarchs. The people can only barely maintain their basic survival through labor, and sometimes even the survival cannot be guaranteed. The revolution is a channel for venting emotions for the people struggling between the poverty line and the survival line, and it is also the last resort."
Handing a cup of black tea, the Republican Ambassador to the Principality Anthony Ferdinand Liboda shrugged and continued:
"For people who can’t live, it’s more dignified than being starved to death and then eaten by others, and pulled to the bottom of the wall. Death and terror can only scare the ordinary people who live in peace and can live on. People who live without dignity and die without dignity are useless."
"Has the people of the Principality reached the stage of not fearing death?"
Holding a warm teacup, Marseille asked with a frown.
With the reference sample of the Principality, Marseille had a new understanding of the Empire's ability to control the people and suppress the revolution.
In the months before the empire was officially founded, it was also full of chaos and terror. In the face of various resistances, the empire was also not weak. However, the empire quickly quelled all the turmoil. In the following three years, all resistance was incorporated into the management system. It can be said that from the beginning to the end, all the turmoil was under the control of the empire.
Only by consolidating economic strength, backed by huge resources, and alternately using candy and whip can we suppress the urge to practice violent revolution. The real value of the whip lies in deterrence. Once the people feel numb to death and terror, the whip has no value.
The principality and the empire are not at the same level in terms of cognition of the relationship between means and goals, and it is natural to see two diametrically opposed results.
"People are very dissatisfied with the government, but if they are desperate for this, I am afraid that it will not be enough. After all, everyone knows that the army’s loyalty to the tsar is still very stable. No one wants to jump out and die at this time. The night before the anti-government party was in special At a party in a private residence on Vilsky Street, the leader of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, Alexander Vdolovich Krensky, said bluntly, "Unarmed marchers, what can they use to fight back against the government that took firm measures?"."
"Did you go?"
Anrietta couldn't hide her surprise. In the delicate state between the Principality and the Republic, it is not a reasonable act for a diplomat to attend such meetings at this time.
"We have our own informant. At this time, even if you want to take risks, you must master the future trend of this country. After all, this matter is closely related to the Republic."
The Principality is not only closely related to itself, but also closely connected with the international geopolitical structure.
Among the many possibilities, the most beneficial to the republic is the Principality’s shift to the republican system, which not only maintains the control of the empire, but also improves the republic’s right to speak in the international community to a certain extent; the second is that the Principality continues to maintain Existing policies maintain a delicate relationship with the Republic at the same time, and are also vigilant about the empire; the worst thing is that the empire provides assistance to the Principality to suppress the revolution, which in turn makes the Principality dependent on the empire and gradually overturns the previous strategic balance.
From the signs of today, the empire is trying to realize the last possibility.
"Just yesterday, the ambassador of the Empire, Joachim von Schulenburg, held talks with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Stolepin. In the afternoon, the first batch of low-interest loans of 20 million marks of the empire was transferred. Also from the Port Authority There is news that today there will be imperial merchant ships docking."
"It's fast."
"Yeah, they don't want the situation to continue to escalate, and they can only intervene now."
Intervening too early cannot give the Principality enough pressure. Intervening too late will leave the situation out of control and exert just the right pressure. When the Principality government can still control the army, it will input assistance, quickly stabilize the situation and popular support, and at the same time achieve a series of favorable empires. contract.
As always, the practice of combining theoretical and practical efficiency.
"However, there is a strange message from the inside of the Port Authority that a group of guys in white coats appeared in the Port Authority, and one of the warehouses was listed as a restricted area and was guarded by Imperial soldiers."
"It doesn't look like a kind gift."
Marseille frowned deeply.
General materials do not need military guards, if it is precious metals or other very important materials, it will either be directly escorted to a heavy place such as the National Bank, or it may be sent by the Principality Army to guard it. There is no need for the Empire to dispatch troops.
Unless what is to be placed in the warehouse is something that can only be held in the hands of the empire, or only the empire knows how to preserve, handle, and use it.
When it comes to the appearance of a white coat, I can vaguely guess what it is.
"Biological weapons, or chemical weapons, cannot be heavy weapons or "legions" anyway. The primary goal of the current empire is to stabilize the situation, not to intensify the situation. If we want to prepare for emergency response measures when we are out of control, most of them can be produced immediately. Considering this point, the most effective equipment is chemical weapons."
In fact, the most common chemical used by the Empire to disperse the demonstrations is tear gas. In addition to the more common tear gas, some special chemical agents, such as dyes launched by water guns, are difficult to clean once they are in contact. Deodorized stench bombs can quickly cause people to fall into a deep coma of anesthesia gas, will produce limb disorders, dizziness and nausea, disabling gas and so on. With various convenient and easy-to-use chemical weapons, anyone who participated in the march was either arrested on the spot or caught because of the inability to wash away the colors and odors. It can be said that it is used to suppress riots, and there is nothing more suitable than the above equipment.
But the above are only possible on the premise that the violent institutions continue to be loyal to the tsar~EbookFREE.me~ can continue to function.
The worst state in the empire's vision is probably the state of anarchy and riots beyond the control of the Principality government or even the army. Non-lethal weapons are almost useless in the face of such situations. To quickly suppress the riots and buy time for the Empire to intervene, lethal chemical weapons must be used to completely shut down the rioting crowd in the shortest time.
"Use poison gas directly on people in densely populated areas? Even an empire—"
"Therefore, it is necessary to store and store in the Principality in advance. When it comes to use, it will be put into use in the name of the Principality. Even if it is the empire that produces and uses poison gas, it is the Principality who agrees and licenses and endorses the empire. With such a layer of ties, the empire has nothing to worry about."
The Empire never hesitated to use force. As long as it was deemed necessary, even if the other party was an old, weak woman or child, they would still kill them. Therefore, the endorsement of the Principality does not actually affect the judgment and specific implementation of the empire.
"It's best to have a good look, but it doesn't matter if you don't care about it. That's how it is."
Marseille expressed his empire's pointless expression, and the room fell silent.
Whether they know the empire that only focuses on efficiency, or have experienced the cruelty of cold machinery, faced with the plan to break through the lower limit of "the use of poisonous gas by unarmed people" and the situation that they can’t do anything about it, they Still feeling a little breathless.
Just as Ambassador Liboda was going to change the subject and activate the atmosphere, a loud noise came from the window.
The three people who quickly got up and entered the state of confrontation, and the ambassador surrounded by three people were all stunned. The four men stared blankly at the Winter Palace at midnight-the huge palace looked particularly terrible under the blaze of successive fireballs.