The great Comrade Yang Jingcheng once concluded: Revolution always begins with the public knowledge of the artillery party, which uses humanity and kindness as a tool to not only disintegrate and destroy the existing ideology, but also until the rulers are overthrown or they are bought; Then, under their guidance, decisive revolutionaries began to act, and destruction, more terrible than words, was actively unfolding. What Robespierre called 'autocracy against tyranny' has always been more ruthless and brutal than the existing ruling group. But if the fanaticism of the revolutionaries after taking power is not cooled, and the advocates of good and the cruel and cold-blooded activists do not have a stabilizer to put an end to the purge, then the end of the French Revolution will be the template for all revolutions.

In China, Kang Liang and Yan Fu were the advocates of the revolution, and the roots of the revolution also came from this; Then, starting with Yang Quyun, actors such as Sun Wen, Tang Caichang, Huang Xing, Tao Chengzhang, and Wu Yue emerged one after another; However, in this time and space, Yang Rui's role is to put an end to all verbal parties and activists. In addition to the means of blockade, arrest, expulsion, and extermination, his other method is legalization, but he will eventually find that these methods are not very effective.

This is the case in China, where in Russia the Decembrists, Plekhanov, and the great Comrade Lenin and the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Constitutional Revolutionaries are the advocates of the revolution, and the activists can be traced all the way back to the Bomb Party, the Nihilists, who assassinated Nicholas I, and Trotsky, the founder of the Red Army. It's just that these two types of people are not rare - those who yearn for truth, goodness and beauty in their hearts, and are good at speaking and writing at the same time, will naturally become advocates of the future; Those who also yearn for truth, goodness and beauty in their hearts, and are willing to sacrifice their lives for revolution and freedom, are naturally doers. Only a person who is full of falsehood, evil and ugliness, and who is full of self-interest and strong in his hand can become a real stabilizer, and Comrade Stalin is such a person.

In previous history, Yang Rui was convinced that Comrade Stalin was a tyrant and a cruel executioner, but after revisiting history in person. He also felt that Comrade Stalin was an indispensable talent for the Russian revolution. Although only for the sake of their own power, Soviet power could not be completely consolidated without purging the party and army of those who were agitators and activists. After all, the history of advocacy and action of the Russian Revolution was too long and far-reaching, but the new order should be built on the necks of the people, not in the hearts, so the Great Purge became the best option for Stalin to ascend to the throne by skill and struggle.

Selfless and kind people started the revolution because of ideals and resentment. And the selfish and evil people quietly end it because of reality and power, and this is a complete cycle of revolution. Obviously, Yang Rui believed that he could not compete with Comrade Stalin in the latter point, and coupled with the long-term hope of Sino-Soviet cooperation and domination of the Eurasian continent in the future, he could not help but lend a helping hand to Comrade Stalin in the most difficult time, hoping to gain his friendship.

At this time, Comrade Stalin was in a difficult situation, and if his task was not successfully accomplished, his future in the party would inevitably be affected - the All-Russian Central Executive Committee had prepared two special trains in the face of almost paralyzed traffic and extreme shortage of fuel and coal, in order that they would be able to save the Soviet from extinction. One was ridden by Trotsky. He was to sail to Kazan in the east, where he would lead the Red Army to defend the nascent Soviet power against the Czech Legion and the White Bandit Army as they attacked Moscow in the west; In another special train was Comrade Stalin, who was going to the North Caucasus and the Don Valley in the south, in order to transport a steady stream of grain from there to the north.

Food, like war, is just as much about the survival of Soviet power. Without food, the workers of the cities will revolt again, and even more terrible. If sufficient food is not collected - in addition to reparations, as required by the annex to the Brest Treaty. From November 15, 1918 to March 31, 1920, the Russian government had to supply Germany with goods and grain worth a billion marks.

Historically, by the time of the delivery of goods and grain on November 15, 1918, Germany had already been defeated four days ahead of schedule. At this time, Lenin, who had previously dared to shout 'Long live the world workers' revolution' when Trotsky recaptured Kazan, but had only stressed at other times that he would have to wait for 'the help of the proletariat of the international revolution', was greatly relieved and spoke of the 'world revolution' again with great interest. History has changed. It was absolutely impossible for Germany to be defeated before November 15, and the Soviet government had to pay for goods and supplies for at least one year according to the contract, otherwise Germany would go to war again.

Comrade Lenin and his comrades-in-arms were afraid of another German attack, which would strangle the nascent proletarian power. Jesus was in the seventh month of the calendar before he was assassinated. Because of his disagreement with the Bolshevik rural policy (especially the grain policy) and his opposition to the Brest Pact, the Left of the Socialist-Revolutionaries attempted to rekindle the war and assassinated the German ambassador to Russia, Mirbach, Trotsky immediately issued an order in the name of the Military People's Commissariat and published it in the Izvestia the next day in an attempt to clarify the position of the Bolsheviks; Lenin, along with Sverdlov and Tsicherin, immediately rushed to the German embassy to apologize – an exception for the head of state.

The Bolsheviks were nervous when the German ambassador was assassinated by the Left party in a conspiracy to provoke war, so if not enough goods and food could be delivered to Germany this winter, and the German people would once again experience a winter of countless deaths, what would Comrade Lenin do?

There was no food to be levied in the Ukrainian regions and along the Volga River, and Comrade Stalin, who rushed south with 400 red fighters (including 100 Latvian sharpshooters) and a seventeen-year-old Lori who admired the heroes of the revolution, fully understood the importance and urgency of food for the maintenance of Soviet power. However, there was also no food to be levied in the direction of the Don, where not only the White Army, but also the head of the German-backed Don Junta, Krasnov, stopped Stalin in Tsaritsyn (present-day Volgograd); This was to the west, and to the south, according to the Brest Pact, Russia needed to withdraw from Ardahan, Kars, Batumi, etc., because these places had been ceded to the Ottoman Turks, and although the British had occupied Baku a few months earlier, they were quickly driven out by the Turkish army, which also meant that Stalin could not go to the North Caucasus.

There was no way to collect grain only in Tsaritsyn, and at the same time Stalin did not have military power in his hands when he requisitioned grain - Trotsky, the father of the Red Army, firmly controlled military power, and the North Caucasus Military District was formed in accordance with Trotsky's principle of army building, and the backbone of the military district was also appointed by Trotsky, and the commander was Lieutenant General Snesarev in the former tsarist period.

The biggest difference between Lieutenant General Snesarev and Stalin is. It was this bourgeois element, who still had the golden epaulettes of the Tsarist period on his shoulders and did not mind the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, who was extremely reactionary in declaring that he would never turn the guns of the army at the Russians; Comrade Stalin, on the other hand, believed that anyone who did not hand over food and opposed his orders was a counter-revolutionary and should be shot, whether Russian or Bolshevik.

Snesarev was subordinate to Trotsky, while Stalin was subordinate only to Stalin; Snesarev was the commander-in-chief of the military district, while Stalin did not have any military position. So Stalin telegraphed Lenin and Trotsky in July to ask for some kind of temporary military command, but his demand was not met, but things suddenly took a turn for the better last month.

"Comrade Stalin, I have already locked them up!" I have known each other for more than ten years, and Voroshilov, who had just returned from the direction of Ukraine with the remnants of the army, reported as soon as he stepped on the special train. He had just been appointed commander of the Tenth Army by Stalin last month, but this was only Stalin's personal appointment, not Lenin's. Not the military council's.

"Excellent! Comrade Voroshilov! Comrade Iron bit his pipe, his face became even heavier, and after the seventeen-year-old Lori brought coffee to the two, he had to ask again: "Do they obey your orders?" ”

"Yes. Complete obedience, Comrade Stalin. Voroshilov immediately stood up and replied, "It's just that the bourgeoisie say that this is completely contrary to the order of the military council, accusing us of not having any right to imprison the officers on that ship." ”

"Don't we have that right?" Stalin put down his pipe and asked with a smile.

"Of course we have the power!" Voroshilov immediately replied, and a smile broke out on his face. "More than 50 representatives of the party, government, and trade unions of the Tenth Army and Tsaritsyn have reconsidered the method of using the old officers to build the Red Army. Collectively, they totally opposed this resolution and demanded that the Central Committee convene a congress. The readjustment of this policy is the call of the people of Tsaritsyn. ”

"Yes." Comrade Stalin picked up his cigarette butt again and nodded with satisfaction. However, he did not want to waste time on the old Russian military officers who had already been imprisoned, so he asked: "Comrade Voroshilov, the White Army is approaching Tsaritsyn, and we hope that you and Comrade Shatenko, the political commissar, will immediately mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized." Organize another steel army and let the white bandits who are trying to occupy Tsaritsyn hit their heads and bleed! ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Voroshilov replied loudly, and then his usual mantra shouted: "Without them, we can do it!" Without them. We can fight too! ”

Voroshilov said loudly, but Stalin's little Lori urgently handed over a telegram, the telegram was sent by Trotsky, he received Stalin's telegram that he was going to detain these old Russian officers, and he immediately replied, in the name of the All-Russian Military Council, that Stalin immediately release these people and ask them to continue to work in the command. Stalin saw the fire and immediately wrote in the telegram: "Ignore it! Just as he was about to return the telegram to little Lori for filing, he glanced at Voroshilov in front of him and handed him the telegram,

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, we ignore him!" Voroshilov said flatteringly, and the telegram was quickly returned.

"Comrade Voroshilov, the workers and townspeople of the Soviets are starving, the soldiers are starving, but the hateful bourgeois officers are indifferent to this; But the White Bandits are approaching, and we must destroy them under Tsaritsyn, and at the same time counterattack to the Don region, where a large amount of grain is being transported by the Germans to Berlin, and we must destroy this situation, and we must not let the Germans carry a grain of grain! Comrade Iron looked at the 'partisan leader' Voroshilov in front of him, a little helpless, but had to speak earnestly. From a realistic point of view, Voroshilov deserves only to be a partisan leader, but at this time he is the commander of the army group!

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I promise to fulfill the glorious tasks assigned to me by the party." Voroshilov said.

"What is Comrade Budyonny doing now?" The person in front of him could not be counted on, and Stalin had to look only to the other one.

"Comrade Budyonny is training the newly recruited cavalry of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army." Voroshilov replied, and said with some concern: "The Kalmyks who originally lived here heard that they had migrated to the Chinese-controlled steppe governorate in the east, and after they left, most of the young men we recruited could not ride horses. ”

"Yes, I heard that the Chinese invited them back last year and gave them the Trans-Caspian region, which originally belonged to the Great Soviets." The North Caucasus, where Stalin is now located, does not border the Chinese-occupied zone. But he still hated the robbers who took advantage of the fire, who were as hateful as Germany, and wanted to annex the Russian Trans-Caspian region, the steppe governorate, Turkestan and the Far East.

"Comrade Stalin, we need a sufficient number of cavalry to better destroy the white bandits, and if there are not so many cavalry, then we need more machine guns." Voroshilov took the opportunity to ask for it.

"Nope." Stalin said with a hard bite of his pipe. "Now all military supplies are given priority to Kazan, Trotsky is there, and he wants to recapture Kazan, which was occupied by the White Bandits."

"Then ......" Voroshilov originally wanted artillery, but it was seen that Comrade Iron frowned deeply, and immediately changed his words: "Then Trotsky and his group of old officers can recapture Kazan?" ”

"Maybe, maybe not." Stalin's brows furrowed a little, then he tapped his finished pipe, refilled it with tobacco, and said: "The White Bandit Army has imperialist support. They have countless cannons, machine guns, and even airplanes, as well as the latest combat vehicles of the Chinese, and I believe this battle will be very difficult. Trotsky believed the old officers, considered them experts (rice buckets!). Let's hope these experts will bring him good luck. ”

Comrade Iron and Steel filled his pipe as he spoke, and soon his pipe was lit again, and when the tobacco was lit, he continued: "Now the fate of the Soviets rests on the cities of Kazan and Tsaritsyn. If we lose Tsaritsyn, then the White Bandit Army in the south will unite with the White Bandit Army in the east. and attack Moscow along the Volga River north; The same was true of Kazan, if the Red Army had not recaptured the city and thwarted the attack of the White Bandits, they would have been able to unite with the imperialist intervention forces in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk to the north and march on Moscow, which was a mortal threat to the Soviets. The White Bandits hate us, and imperialism fears us. The more this happens, the more we want to win. ”

Seeing that Stalin elevated the siege of Tsaritsyn to the level of a matter of the survival of the Soviets, Voroshilov said, "Comrade Stalin, I will definitely ask my comrades to defend Tsaritsyn and the Soviets to the death." Speaking of which, Voroshilov glanced at Comrade Steel. Hesitantly: "Comrade Stalin, I remember that last month you applied to Moscow for eight armored vehicles......"

"No news at all!" Although Stalin had no formal military training, he also knew the role of armored vehicles and armored fighting vehicles, especially when the Germans used armored fighting vehicles to capture Paris, and he asked Moscow last month to remove eight of the armored vehicles left by the Tsarist Russia, but so far to no avail.

"Report!" Comrade Stalin was saying that there was no news when suddenly the news came: "Commissar Stalin, we have caught a Chinese spy ......"

"Then you should be shot!" Comrade Iron and Steel was displeased, and when the Chinese Revolution was victorious, he wrote an article praising her, but now she took advantage of the Russian Revolution to annex many territories that had previously belonged to Russia, which made him very unhappy.

"But he asked to see you, Commissar Stalin, and he said he knew where there was a lot of grain." The last sentence of the guards made Stalin immediately change his attitude, maybe the defense of Tsaritsyn is the first priority now, but food is the basis of his southward march to the Caucasus, even if he defends Tsaritsyn, he will have to lead his troops to occupy the entire Don River and the North Caucasus to obtain food, if this spy can provide valuable information, it will really save a lot of things.

"Bring him in." Stalin said, and then put down his pipe. "Remember to search his papers and weapons."

When Stalin agreed not to shoot Hu Wenyao, he and his aides were waiting outside. Because he flew directly from the east of the Ural River in a plane, he carried a two-pot head to protect himself from the cold, and he didn't want to be caught by the heroic Red Army soldiers as soon as he landed, and the things on his body were even searched, and the bottle of wine was drunk by them three times or twice. Perhaps because he hadn't drunk for a long time, the soldiers were polite to him and killed him without a single shot. After being thoroughly searched and admonished, Hu Wenyao entered Comrade Stalin's special train.

"You are Comrade Stalin?" Hu Wenyao has seen pictures of all the people of the All-Russian Central Committee, including Stalin's. But Stalin in front of him was much younger than in the photo, he was wearing a military uniform without a military rank, a Russian-style officer's hat, the mustache between his nose and lips was connected together, thick and dense, and he was holding a smoking pipe in one hand, and he looked at himself with some vigilance - a spy who had never seen him in his life recognized Stalin at a glance, which could not but surprise Comrade Stalin.

Stalin did not speak, and Voroshilov next to him asked knowingly: "Say, Chinese, do you know where there is a lot of grain?" If you can bring us good news, then you may be able to live; If you dare to deceive Comrade Stalin, then ......"

As soon as Voroshilov opened his mouth, Hu Wenyao felt that he was just a subordinate butler, maybe Stalin could trust him, and he smiled unmoved: "I am not a spy as you say, if I am really a spy, will I fly a plane and land in a conspicuous place outside Tsaritsyn?" I just want to say that I am your friend. Also, my assistant and I are both cold, do you have anything to eat? ”

Over the years, Hu Wenyao has been able to speak some simple Russian, and he can basically express what he wants to say. But language was not the key, and his unhurried demeanor and strange dress made Stalin look at it a few more times, and Comrade Iron asked: "How do you prove that you are our friend and not our enemy?" ”

"I'm a Chinese Michelist." Hu Wenyao said very calmly, "The victory of the Russian Revolution is the victory of the proletarians of the whole world, and I often pay attention to the news in the newspapers, and now the Soviet power is in a great crisis, so as a loyal Michels, I hope to do my best to help Russia." I know that there is a lot of food there, as long as you need it, the railway is open, and it will be delivered to Moscow right away......, dear Comrade Stalin, is there anything to eat? ”

Stalin's first impression of Hu Wenyao was that he was extremely tough, so he didn't mind being embarrassed and pitiful. He added that set of Marxist phrases, and Comrade Iron suddenly wanted to hear what he had to say next. He said to his secretary, "Get him a cup of coffee." ”

The secretary is the future wife of Comrade Stalin, the lovely seventeen-year-old little Lorena Jezhda. Aliluyeva Nadezhda. Aliluyeva. Unlike the serious comrade steel, she treated the strange Chinese as a guest, and smiled kindly at him when she brought him coffee.

Hu Wenyao, who did not want Stalin to wait too long, quickly finished his coffee, and said: "The Persians are short of food because of the famine, and now the Chinese government is assisting them, and the grain is transported from Guannai to the Western Regions, then through the Bukhara Khanate, and finally to Persia in Krasnovodsk by sea through the Persians. With the help of this route, China's grain has also been continuously transported to Tsaritsyn. ”

After talking for a long time, it turned out to be Chinese grain, and Stalin at first thought it was grain from Central Asia, and he asked with some disappointment: "How much grain can there be?" ”

"Dear Comrade Stalin, the point is how much do you need?" Hu Wenyao said with a smile. When he mentioned this, Comrade Stalin was alerted again, and he always felt that something was wrong with things today. However, Hu Wenyao didn't care, he continued, "Whatever you need, I'll try to bring you anything." ”

"Can you bring a weapon?" Voroshilov immediately asked.

"May I ask what ...... you are" Hu Wenyao glanced at Stalin, wondering what level this person was in Stalin's heart, and there were some things he couldn't say to everyone.

"He is the commander of the 10th Army Corps, Comrade Voroshilov. The White Bandit Army was approaching Tsaritsyn, and Comrade Voroshilov hoped for a large number of machine guns and artillery...... "Stalin looked at Hu Wenyao, trying to test him with arms whether he was a madman or a truly capable 'revolutionary sympathizer'.

"Machine guns, artillery, ......" Hu Wenyao muttered, and Voroshilov, who looked at him, added: "It's better to have armored vehicles!" ”

"Okay, I'll think about it......" Hu Wenyao muttered, pondered for a while, and then smiled: "Is it okay to retire the jackal steel chariot of the Revival Army?" The price of the big sale seems to be very cheap, how much do you want? (To be continued......)