The Southern Machine-Building Factory incident was spreading in scope, and gradually the entire Soviet Union was propagating a general strike on Ukrainian soil, and the strikes of the working class in socialist countries were simply at the heart of the Soviet dream. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Moscow is unable to sit still and needs to immediately send personnel to solve this problem. And the negotiator must be a heavyweight in order to demonstrate Moscow's sincerity.

So the Central Committee decided that Vladimir would be the negotiator.

The documents for the visit to Ukraine were distributed, and this time Comrade Vladimir, through a lot of publicity, almost all the Ukrainian officials knew that the chairman of the Council of Ministers was going to personally be present to solve the problem of the strike of the workers of the Southern Machine-Building Plant.

For this reason, the First Secretary of Ukraine, Shecherbitsky, went to the Kiev airport to greet the arrival of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and before Comrade Vladimir left Moscow, he had a secret conversation with the head of the Organization Department, Lukyanov, who fully supported Vladimir's visit to Ukraine and proposed some insidious means to Shecherbitsky.

"Comrade Stalin created a large and stable bureaucracy for running the country. This is the cornerstone on which this country is built. If General Secretary Yanayev thinks that he can single-handedly break it and build a new system out of the ruins, he is very mistaken. Over the decades, we've built a system that's big enough. He will definitely not be able to shake it alone, and even if he can shock the whole pattern, it will not change the fact that we are a vested interest group. ”

Lukyanov comforted Shecherbitsky and swore to him that "Comrade Vladimir's trip to Ukraine will lead to nothing." Because we are the ones who are actually in control of the situation. The workers' movement will not change because of Vladimir's arrival and pressure tests, and if he tests us even creates an opportunity for us to expand the conflict, and if Comrade Vladimir is unable to resolve the crisis, pressure will be exerted on the chairman of the Council of Ministers within the Politburo. This is an opportunity for us. Removing Vladimir from the Politburo list is tantamount to losing Yanayev's right-hand man. ”

"As for how to escalate the conflict, I don't think I need to teach you specifically, right?"

"No, I know how."

Shecherbitsky has been in Soviet politics for a long time and knows what to do so that he doesn't leave any tails behind.

Lukyanov intended to escalate the situation with the help of the relocation of the plant to the point where Comrade Vladimir could not stop, and wanted to oust Yanayev from the post of general secretary, and the first target of their attack was the chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Originally, Lukyanov thought that the Ukrainian incident could lead to the arrival of the general secretary, but he did not expect to directly attract the attention of the chairman of the Council of Ministers, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to expand the incident and strive to become a hole card in the hands of conservatives.

Ukraine turned into the rainy season in the spring, when it was pouring rain on the tarmac, and Shecherbitsky could only sit in his car and stare at the empty tarmac. In order to show his sincerity, he waited at the airport a few hours in advance. It was raining outside, and he could only sit in the car and wait for the other party to arrive.

"Are you coming?"

"It's not there yet."

Shecherbitsky was a little anxious and had to ask about the flight every ten minutes.

He stared at the curtain of rain, in which the whole world was enveloped. A certain foreboding welled up in his heart that Vladimir's trip to Ukraine was not as simple as he imagined.

There may be other conspiracies behind it.

"Why is Vladimir going to announce his arrival in Ukraine today? Could it be that Moscow really can't see through what we're thinking? Even if the chairman of the Council of Ministers is inexperienced, but the scheming Yanayev will not see through this conspiracy? No way, there must be something wrong, it's completely unreasonable. Otherwise, the complicated situation in Ukraine should be handled by the experienced Yanayev. ”

He said to himself, "Or is there something else in the political situation that is hiding from me, and what is said is not the truth?" ”

Thinking about it, only this situation is the most likely, he can't directly confront Lukyanov, he can only learn about the other party's situation from the side.

A nervous Shecherbitsky re-dialed Lukyanov to ask him about Vladimir's visit.

"I think that the chairman of the Council of Ministers may have other purposes for going to Ukraine, and with Yanayev's eyesight, I am afraid that he has long seen through the strike at the Southern Machine-Building Plant that we are behind it. But he still sent Vladimir over without hesitation, why? Isn't that suspicious? We've all set up traps, and then the other party obediently jumps into them? It's not scientific. ”

The voice on the other end of the line seemed a little impatient, as if Shecherbitsky had interrupted him in the middle of his important business.

"There is nothing unscientific, Vladimir's special plane has already taken off, and now Kiev cannot arrive on time due to the weather, you can receive each other with peace of mind!"

He felt very uneasy about Lukyanov's impatience.

"I know how to do it, but what do we do if the other side sets up a game in reverse? I don't think Yanayev will be stupid enough to be led by our nose, hey, feed Minister Lukyanov? ”

Before he finished speaking, Lukyanov hung up the phone directly, he had more important things to do, and he did not have time to talk to Shecherbitsky.

When Shecherbitsky made his point, he still didn't look out the window of the car at the curtain of the rain. The metal skin and frame envelop him in this small space, cut off from the outside world. Fear is spreading, slowly seeping into every corner.

The first secretary of Ukraine was smoking, and the longer he waited, the faster the anxiety spread, and he always felt that the other party was still calculating other conspiracies. Before the union state was changed to an autonomous region, he still had the power to participate in the decision-making within the Moscow Politburo, but after the constitutional amendment, he had no chance at all. The Soviet Union essentially blocked the power of the member states to try to be on an equal footing with Russia.

"The plane has landed and is coming in the direction of the tarmac, Secretary Shecherbitsky, we can prepare for the chairman of the Council of Ministers."

The person sitting inside opened the window a slit, and he glanced at the other person and whispered, "Well, I see." Tell the others to get ready to greet the President of the Council of Ministers. ”

The car door opened, and a clammy cold vapor came to his face, which pounced on Shecherbitsky's face, and the rapid raindrops scraped on his face with some pain. A bad rainy season can be just as bad, especially when it comes to meeting a political opponent you dislike, which is nothing short of masochistic torture.

A black umbrella was held out in front of the car, and the assistant of the entourage followed him behind the umbrella, waiting for the huge figure of the plane to approach him.

Crew members waved their batons on the ground to guide the government's transfer to the parking stand. Shecherbitsky saw a behemoth in the rain and fog constantly approaching him, and finally stopped in front of the convoy.

It's finally here.

Shecherbitsky took a deep breath and struggled to squeeze out a smile.

The cabin door of the business jet was opened, and officials from Moscow stepped down one after another. Until the last person came out of the hatch, Comrade Vladimir was not seen.

Slowly, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Suddenly realizing that something was wrong, Shecherbitsky hurriedly walked up to greet the secretary of the chairman of the Council of Ministers and asked kindly, "What about Comrade Vladimir?" Didn't he come here today? Why didn't I see the appearance of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers? ”

Others are just as curious.

The secretary pushed down his glasses and replied to him seriously, "Comrade Vladimir did not come here on this trip, he had already arrived in Ukraine on other flights the day before yesterday." Negotiations may now be underway with striking workers at the Southern Machine-Building Factory. How? Didn't anyone inform you of the temporary rescheduling? ”

Shecherbitsky's eyes widened and he could not believe what the secretary to the chairman of the Council of Ministers said.

"What did you say?"

"He has already arrived in Ukraine?"

"And you arrived the day before yesterday?"

At this moment, he finally figured out what the other party was planning.

That's a trap! (To be continued.) )