(It's busy today, and the second one won't be released until about 12 o'clock in the evening)

This was the first time that Alexander Solzhenitsyn had taken up the pen to write a story about a dictator, and before that, whether it was "The Gulag Archipelago" or "Matriana's Home", Solzhenitsyn was only aimed at the dictatorial tyranny of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which he saw as evil, a political organization formed by countless power-hungry people to oppress human rights.

Sometimes Solzhenitsyn thinks that if it weren't for that damn purge, maybe he would have risen from artillery captain to major, and then to a hero of the Great Patriotic War, respected and loved by the people. And not the obscure work in the labor camps of Kazakhstan. Originally, those medals and glories belonged to him, but fate made him an enemy of the Soviets.

Thinking of this, Solzhenitsyn picked up his pen and wrote the first sentence on the paper, "On a calm night on August 26, 1937, a baby's cry was heard in the peaceful village of Perevoz in the Gorky region. The parents of the newborn were rejoicing that they had finally had a child, and the man surnamed Yanayev named the newborn Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev. It's just that they don't know that this child will play an important role in the future Soviet state. A tyrant worthy of the name, a man who runs counter to liberal democracy. ”

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Yanayev walked down the narrow corridor, his last opponent was Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, Gorbachev's right-hand man in destroying the communist world. With his support, the countries of Eastern Europe were allowed to follow their own path and were no longer tied to the control of the Soviet Union. When the Communist Party of Eastern Europe called on the Soviet Union to intervene militarily to resolve the democratization movement that had begun to sweep Eastern Europe, he also refused to intervene.

Shevardnadze's stupidity led to the peaceful completion of its democratization campaign in most of Eastern Europe, paving the way. He is said to have repeatedly told the hardliners: "We should now realize that socialism, friendship, neighborliness and mutual respect cannot be achieved with bayonets, tanks and blood".

Communists and Russian nationalists alike considered his actions treason, and some of his long-time figures in Moscow were seen as villains. And after the fall of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, the warm soil that allowed Shevardnadze to continue to push forward democratic reforms ended here.

Still, Yanayev had a hard time with how to bring down Shevardnadze, who had built a reputation for being strict and serious, such as using public transport on his way to work instead of the cars that Politburo members could use. For example, Shevardnadze was incorruptible and never embezzled even half of the property belonging to the state, which is a rare sight in a corrupt bureaucracy. But it is even more difficult to find a breakthrough from Shevardnadze and throw him in prison.

If it weren't for Shevardnadze's bent desire to break the republic out of the hands of the CPSU, Yanayev really wanted to sit down with this guy and chat with him, and ask him if he wanted to join his staff group.

"Comrade Yanayev, walking into my office so openly and without saying hello is also a very polite way of greeting." Seeing Yanayev pushing the door forward, Shevardnadze still faced the iron-blooded dictator very indifferently, after all, in addition to inconsistent political positions, it was difficult for the old fox to let Yanayev catch the handle.

"Isn't this a special visit to my old friend? Comrade Shevardnadze. Yanayev smiled and sat across from him, testing the other little by little.

"Ahem, isn't it time for Comrade Yanayev to start a brilliant campaign of anti-rebellion within the entire Soviet? It is said that after the anti-rebellion campaign began, many worried officials were afraid of their crimes and were 'committed'. Shevardnadze had something to say, staring at Yanayev with deep meaning, "I heard that my old friend Yakovlev also became one of the victims of suicide, and he is also the supreme leader of the CPSU who committed suicide, right?" ”

"Of course you'll be fine, Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev stretched out his arms and said, "Look, what a great communist fighter, he works hard, he is honest, compared to those moths, he is simply an example of a builder of socialism." It's a pity......" Yanayev said deliberately, "it's a pity that he made an even more serious mistake, and that is a change of ideological line, which is more hateful than the collection of money." ”

"Oh?" Shevardnadze raised his eyebrows, "You are trying to add to the crime, Comrade Yanayev. When did I become a traitor to the free world? Ideology is not the evidence of conviction today. ”

Yanayev looked at Shevardnadze as if he were looking at an old opponent worthy of respect. Of course, if a way had not been found to defeat Shevardnadze, Yanayev would not have stood here so openly.

"It's a pity that you forgot one thing about you, and that is your daughter, oh and your wife, those dirty things they do in private, do you really think I won't know." Yanayev looked at Shevardnadze as if he were a clown, "You keep saying that you are an honest and honest person, but you allow your relatives to make a lot of money, are you really all fools when we are?" ”

In the original timeline, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Shevardna served as the second president of Georgia, but he connived at the corruption activities carried out by his wife and daughter, and as a result, Georgia became one of the most corrupt countries in the world. A corrupt country with an incorruptible president sounds like a joke of black humor. And the smile on the corner of Shevardnadze's mouth slowly disappeared with Yanayev's words.

"What do you want?" Shevardnadze was nervous inside, but on the surface he pretended to be calm. He had seen Yanayev's methods, so he didn't want his family to become the next Yakovlev, and Yanayev didn't directly bypass Shevardnadze for trial, knowing that his ultimate goal was still aimed at himself.

"Abdication." Yanayev's words were concise and clear, "You are removed from the position of Soviet Foreign Minister, I will help you, I will not look for trouble in the little black house that your family has done, if you are still obsessed, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Shevardnadze lowered his eyes and said helplessly, "I promise you, Yanayev. ”

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"The 'dictator' finally tore off all the mask of hypocrisy at this moment, revealing that gloomy, deep face of the city. He used the most vicious tactics against those dissidents and toyed them with applause. The people began to fear him, his friends were wary of him, and it seemed that everyone had become enemies in this instant. But the 'dictator' is not alone, and he does not mind, because his goal is to become the greatest ruler, the Tsar. ”

At this point, Solzhenitsyn put down his pen, read through his manuscript with satisfaction, and then hesitated to finish at the end, and finally changed it to another sentence.

To be continued.