In the early morning of January 26, 1878, there were already huge crowds of people on Nevsky Prospekt in Petersburg. This avenue, which can accommodate 8 horses and carriages in parallel, is the main thoroughfare of Petersburg designed by Peter the Great.

There are many famous buildings along the way, such as the Admiralty Building, Stroganov Palace, Kazan Cathedral, Catherine II Monument, and of course the Palace Square, Navy Square and the newly renamed Uprising Square.

Petersburg Square Group. A few months ago, the people of Petersburg marched to the Winter Palace along this street, overthrowing the reactionary rule of the Romanov dynasty and setting off the prelude to the most glorious proletarian revolution in Russian history.

Today, almost the same group of people have gathered again, but this time they have become enemies of the revolution and are destined to be beaten black and blue by the proletarian iron fist of the Popular People's Party, and some of them will lose their lives.

The supporters of these socialist parties and socialist-revolutionary parties who have become class enemies are still completely ignorant of their inevitable tragic fate. They are still shouting outright reactionary slogans hoarsely.

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"Long live the Russian people!"

"Long live socialist democracy!"

“Down with the people’s enemy, the People’s Democratic Party!”

“Down with the dictator Nechayev!”

When these counterrevolutionary masses shouting reactionary slogans walked into the not-so-wide Winter Palace Square, they saw that large numbers of counterrevolutionary fighters wearing gray military uniforms and red armbands had gathered in front of the Alexander Stone Column. Everyone

The counter-revolutionary fighters had rifles with sharp bayonets in their hands, and some set up machine guns, pointing their black muzzles directly at the marchers.

The political commissars with ashen faces all stood in front of the counter-revolutionary fighters under their control, waving their pistols vigorously and agitating loudly.

"Comrades, the future of the Russian motherland lies in your hands. Do you want the Socialist Party and the Socialist-Revolutionary Party to bring you a weak Russia that can be bullied by others? Or do you want the Popular People's Party to bring you a powerful Russia that will make all enemies tremble?

The trembling socialist Russian fatherland?”

"We want a strong motherland!" the counter-revolutionary fighters said in unison.

"Long live the People's Democratic Party!"

"Long live Nechayev!"

At this moment, the inside and outside of the Winter Palace Square seemed to be drowned by earth-shattering slogans. Inside the square, the counter-revolutionary fighters of the People's Popular Party were shouting - in the name of the motherland and the revolution. Outside the square, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Party were shouting.

The supporters of the revolutionary party are shouting - in the name of democracy and the people.

In the south of the square, there is the former General Staff Building of the Russian Empire arranged in a bow shape. On the platform on top of the famous double triumphal arch of the current All-Russian Committee for the Suppression of Rebellion building, Nechayev, the chairman of the Russian People's Opinion Party, is holding his arms and speaking gloomily.

He looked at the crowd of people confronting each other inside and outside the square.

"Comrade Nechaev, do you understand what you are doing?" someone asked in German.

Nechayev looked back and saw that it was Marx, the chairman of the International Workers' Association. The revolutionary mentor Marx came from Warsaw a week ago with the purpose of persuading the Socialist Party, the Socialist Revolutionary Party and the Popular People's Party to abandon the referendum that will start in February.

, and at the same time passed a republican constitution to turn Russia into a people's republic. But he never imagined that Nechayev and the Volya Volya actually used violence to achieve the instructions of the "International Workers' Association"!

"Comrade Marx, do you know the biggest failure of the Polish and British revolutions?".

Nechayev asked indifferently, and then without waiting for Marx to answer, he asked and answered his own question, "The biggest failure of the Polish revolution and the British revolution was democracy. It was that there was no strong revolutionary vanguard to lead the country. Wilhelm I became the Republic of Poland The two events of the King and William V becoming the King of England have proved that Engels's line is not feasible... Although Comrade Engels is a very outstanding economist, he knows how to keep a country's economy in a virtuous cycle as much as possible. With continued growth, we know how to significantly improve the living standards of most people.

But he did not know how to build a strong socialist country. What he built were socialist countries where the people were prosperous but the country was weak. If they were not attached to the powerful German Empire, the survival of socialist Britain and socialist Poland would be difficult. That’s a problem! Comrade Marx, do you think that such a weak socialist country, which cannot even protect its own safety, can shoulder the arduous task of liberating all mankind and overthrowing capitalism?”.

Marx's eyes were deep and silent. He had always been a strong supporter of Engels' line. Because Engels was quite consistent with him to some extent, such as planning the economy, restricting capital, practicing democracy, protecting the interests of workers and peasants, and realizing Welfare society, etc.

This line has indeed achieved very good results in Poland's practice. Before the war, Poland was already one of the most enviable and wealthy small countries in Europe. The people's living standards were several times higher than before the revolution. And the political power was firmly in control. In the hands of the people - Poland's democracy is a democracy that limits the participation of capital. Therefore, in the 10 years before the war, the political power rotated between the two socialist parties, the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party, and implemented a socialist multi-party rotation in power. We are always under the effective supervision of the people, so we have always maintained integrity and efficiency.

But such an "ideal society" also has a fatal weakness - politics is dominated by votes, and votes are dominated by welfare. In order to win the support of the people, politicians will try their best to benefit the people... This is actually the idea of ​​the great teachers of socialism. The original intention was that Engels' success won him and Marx, who put forward these ideas, a great reputation. However, the problem also arises, that is, the distribution of the entire society is seriously tilted towards the people, especially ordinary workers, the government and capital ( The share extracted from it (mainly national capital) was too small, and there was not enough financial resources to build a strong socialist country. Although the Polish people were very enthusiastic when the war with Russia broke out and organized a large number of troops, but because Without the support of strong national power, it was quickly defeated by Russia. In the end, it could only pray for Germany's asylum and formed a co-monarchy alliance with Germany. From the perspective of the communists, this is the bankruptcy of Engels’ line!

A socialist country with rich people and a weak country cannot survive in this world with many imperialist powers. And a socialist country that relies on the protection of imperialism is not true socialism!

"Comrade Nechaev, I understand your thinking, but can't we use a more moderate method to convince the Russian people? Why is it necessary to use machine guns and rifles?" Marx shook his head. "Those people, after all,

They are just people who don’t know the truth!”

"Don't know the truth?" Nechayev smiled and pointed at the counter-revolutionary fighters with guns and ammunition under the Alexander Column, "They are the ones who don't know the truth! And those who oppose me...all know the truth! The truth is our People's Popular Party

To be dictatorial, we must firmly grasp all power in our hands. Because only in this way can we concentrate the human, material and financial resources of the entire Russia for socialist industrial construction. Only when the industry is strong, the country will be strong, and when the country is strong, it can afford

To embark on the lofty mission of liberating mankind. And the people of Russia... must make their greatest contribution to the strength of the country and the world revolution! They cannot fully enjoy the fruits of their labor like Polish and British workers."

Having said this, it is already clear - this is probably the usual style of Nechaev, who wrote "The Catechism of Revolutionaries"? He did not bother to hide it in front of the great teacher, and in fact he could not hide it.

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"Comrade Chairman, the counter-revolutionary fighters are ready to attack the enemy at any time!" A young revolutionary wearing a gray military coat quickly walked up to the double triumphal arch and loudly asked Nechayev for instructions.

"Let's do it!" Nechayev did not hesitate at all, and gave the order to suppress with a wave of his hand. Not only on Nevsky Prospekt, but also in the entire Petersburg and hundreds of kilometers away in Moscow at the same time.

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At this time, more and more people gathered on Nevsky Prospekt, almost forming a torrent, and began to surge towards the Winter Palace Square. Because most of the leaders of the Socialist Party and the Socialist Revolutionary Party were arrested in the Tafrida Palace, and both parties

The party's headquarters and branches in Petersburg were also sealed off by the counter-revolutionary fighters. Therefore, today's protest march was not well organized. Most of the crowd organized spontaneously, with only some small minions from the Socialist Party and the Socialist Revolutionary Party present.

Agitating. Even if they see bad signs, these people are unable to command the masses to evacuate as soon as possible. Those at the front are even pushed by the inertia of the march towards the bright bayonets in the hands of the counter-revolutionary fighters.

Just as the surging crowd was getting closer and closer, Plekhanov, the deputy political commissar of the All-Russian Suppression Committee troops who was in command at the Winter Palace, had received the final instructions from Nechayev.

"Fire!" He waved his hand violently.

Twenty-eight machine guns that had been ready roared at the same time, and twenty-eight tongues of flames almost formed a dense fire net, covering the crowds of marchers. The sound of copper was heard, and bullet casings were flying.

.Twenty-eight streams of fire, like the scythe of death, are harvesting the crowd of reactionaries who are so dense that they can’t be any denser!

The blood mist is no longer spraying out in clusters, but in clusters, as if it is spraying out. Looking down from the double triumphal arch where Nechayev and Marx are, you can see the people wearing clothes on Nevsky Prospekt.

The crowds in shabby clothes and holding red flags writhed and fell down indiscriminately in rows. Their eyes were filled with nothing but blood and fire.

But both of them know that today's sacrifice is the price that must be paid for the birth of a powerful socialist country! (To be continued...)

Chapter 1519 The beginning of a powerful socialist country:
Chapter completed!