113 The Battle of the Mountains (Part II)
I have to say that Lenin's nomination made two people feel very unhappy, the first of whom was Trotsky, who had taken the opportunity to attack today, that is, he was ready to target Li Xiaofeng. Although Li Kefu, who had a disturbance halfway, affected his overall plan, he temporarily let go of his resentment against a certain immortal because of the need for interests.
However, this does not mean that he has no mustard, to tell the truth, he has an opinion on Li Xiaofeng, and he doesn't want to let someone go so easily. According to his idea, it is already very tolerant to let someone be included in the National Anti-Terrorism Committee without holding someone accountable. In any case, you Lenin should not continue to keep this cargo in Moscow, at least out of respect for me, you should recall him.
And Lenin's current approach is undoubtedly far from his hopes, Lenin not only did not recall someone, but gave someone unlimited right to fire in Moscow, this Nima is simply a slap in the face!
That's right, in Trotsky's view, this is Lenin slapping him in the face, and there has to be an explanation for what Ulitsky is saying, right? Even if the assassination really has nothing to do with someone, he has to bear a little responsibility, right? You, Lenin, not only do not hold someone accountable, but put a burden on someone, this is to give me eye medicine!
This really embarrassed Trotsky, and he could not get off the stage, even if Lenin was just casually criticizing someone a few words, he would not be so upset. If he can accept this humiliating suggestion, then he can really be a turtle!
And the other dissatisfied person is Stalin, steel, as the descendant of the mentor, although he has to be consistent with the mentor, but he is also very sure that he is unhappy with Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng. Suffered such a big loss in Moscow. Will he be comfortable?
Although today the Mentor gave him a certain amount of compensation. Let his nemesis Shao Mianwu enter the Cheka. But at the same time, it must also be seen that the kid who made him deflated also entered the Cheka, and his status was comparable to Shao Mianwu. Stalin could accept this result for a while, but then the mentor personally handed over the power of the Moscow rebellion to someone, and he could not bear it.
Why! If it weren't for that kid tossing around, how many things could have happened? Anyway, I'm going to have to let him get back! Let him continue to fool around in Moscow, what is the reason?
"I don't agree with this proposal!"
Almost simultaneously, both Trotsky and Stalin expressed their opposition. The two men looked at each other, a little puzzled, but soon they came to an agreement on the matter.
Trotsky said: "I think that the purge in Moscow should be entrusted to a more reliable and mature comrade, as everything that has happened these days has proved that Comrade Andrei is too young to continue to hone his training, and to hastily give him a burden, I am afraid, beyond his ability!" ”
Stalin also said: "I think that Comrade Andrei's enthusiasm for work is worthy of recognition, but the working methods need to be perfected urgently. The importance of Moscow dictates that the work there needs to be done by another mature and reliable comrade! ”
Lenin glanced at Stalin lightly. This glance contained quite a few meanings, at least one of which Stalin could have tasted – that the Mentor was on the same side as Trotsky against him. Very dissatisfied.
But Stalin had no choice, Moscow was too important to him, and if Li Xiaofeng was allowed to stay in Moscow, then he would have absolutely no effect, so he could only fight for his own interests. Therefore, he could only pretend not to see the teacher's silent warning.
Stalin's ignorance made Lenin a little annoyed, and suddenly he snorted coldly: "What did Comrade Andrei do to make your opinion of him so great?" What does it mean to be unstable? What is limited ability? What's wrong with his working methods? ”
As soon as these three questions were raised, Lenin suddenly aggravated his tone: "Everything that happened in Moscow is a conspiracy of the counter-revolutionaries, and before that, Comrade Andrei had repeatedly warned the Politburo to pay attention to the enemy's movements, but some comrades did not take it seriously at all, and even said good things for those enemies. After the incident happened, the first thing they thought of was not to learn a lesson, not to reflect on it, why did they not listen to Comrade Andrei's opinion in time, but instead wantonly attacked and whipped this prescient comrade. Is this called capable? Isn't there a problem with this method of working? ”
Trotsky's face suddenly hung up, Lenin barely said that Ulitsky deserved to be assassinated, this face crackled, how to endure it, immediately he wanted to fight back.
But how could Lenin give him this opportunity to seize him and continue to beat him: "Comrade Ulitsky is a typical representative of this kind of carelessness; as soon as he arrived in Moscow, without any investigation and study, and without listening to the opinions of the comrades of the Moscow Party Committee, he began to make unwarranted accusations and irresponsibly expressed some opinions on some issues on which the Central Committee had already unified its understanding and made resolutions. The arrogance of his attitude was unanimously protested by all the comrades of the Moscow Party Committee! In this regard, he did not have the slightest intention of repenting, and insisted on going his own way to contact those reactionary elements suspected of counter-revolution. As a result, we all saw that his paralysis and carelessness gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it, and indirectly took responsibility for this assassination! ”
Trotsky was almost vomiting blood, and according to Lenin, Ulitsky not only deserved it and suffered himself, but even he was indirectly responsible for the assassination. This Nima is too bullying, right?
Bullying? Lenin scoffed at this, Lao Tzu has already given you face just now, and he has compensated you in the Cheka, it is your own ambition that is not exhausted, and you insist on asking yourself for being bored, you can't be polite to goods like you, you must be bullied to the end!
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Krupskaya: "Bring the protest telegram of all the comrades of the Moscow Party Committee and let Comrade Trotsky see it, he is also responsible for Comrade Ulitsky's problems!" ”
Trotsky couldn't believe his ears, what? I still have responsibility, Lenin! Are you going to do it?
"I stressed this the last time the Politburo met to discuss how to deal with the dispute with the Cadets and the Socialist-Revolutionaries in Moscow." Lenin looked at Trotsky with a straight look. Waved the stick fiercely: "A matter of principle." Mediation is not required and cannot be mediated. Counter-revolutionaries like Bunakov who dared to attack the Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies should be dealt with severely. But what did you and Comrade Ulitsky do, Comrade Trotsky, before you interceded with this counter-revolutionary and said good things, and Comrade Ulitsky complained about him in public in Moscow. What are you doing here? Is it lest the arrogance of the counter-revolutionaries be rampant enough? ”
Trotsky was speechless, and he remembered that he did seem to have interceded indirectly for Bunakov. But that thing didn't happen at the time, did it? I was wronged!
Indeed, Trotsky can be said to have been wronged, and before the insidious features of the counter-revolutionaries are exposed, who knows whether he is good or evil, and we can't keep turning over old scores, right?
However, he could not say anything about this kind of excuse, because this excuse was suitable for ordinary party members and cadres, but not for him. As one of the top leaders of the party, the position he occupies determines that he must have the ability to understand people. The counter-revolutionaries must not be treated as good people, otherwise it would be a great political mistake. It is even suspected that there is something wrong with his political integrity!
For politicians, discipline is a very serious issue, you can have no lower limit on discipline, but! Never let others see it. And Lenin's current rhythm is suspected of ripping off his underwear.
Therefore, in order to make his discipline look flawless, in the face of Lenin's wanton criticism, Trotsky could only accept the opinion with an open mind, admitting that he was too proud and underestimating the enemy, admitting that he had underestimated the gravity of the situation, but resolutely discarded that he was involved with Bunakov.
To tell the truth, the hatred in Trotsky's heart was needless to mention when he was doing self-examination, and the secretary behind him faintly heard the voice of his boss gritting his teeth.
Toast without eating and drinking, for Trotsky's self-seeking is not interesting, Lenin sneered in return, wanting to steal chickens in front of me? Dream on!
"It is very good that Comrade Trotsky was able to recognize this mistake!" Lenin had not forgotten that he poured salt on Lao Tuo's wounds, "If you know your mistakes and can change them, you are a good comrade!" Now, let's vote on the nomination of Comrade Andrei, comrades who agree that he will be the head of the Moscow Cheka, please raise your hands! ”
Well, Trotsky was immediately embarrassed, did he agree or not? If he agrees, it must be fake, he gritted his teeth, how could he agree willingly? It's not that if you don't raise your hand and express your disagreement, the self-criticism and review you just made will not be convincing, and this is tantamount to slapping yourself in the mouth.
After a long time of struggle, Trotsky reluctantly raised his hand in agreement, and he was followed by the equally embarrassed Stalin. Although the mentor only fired at Lao Tuo just now, and didn't mention him, the meaning of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger is quite obvious - you kid and Lao Tuo are not the same grade characters, Lao Tuo is a chicken, you better be interesting! Otherwise, when I clean you up, you won't be able to live on your face. So after Trotsky surrendered, Stalin could only give in and raise his hand.
In fact, Stalin did more than a little bad in this regard, he should not have spoken out against it in the first place, no matter how he said that he was the younger brother of the mentor, in such a formal occasion, it is better to be consistent with the mentor, and if there is a problem, it is better to say it in private and solve it in private. And his approach to being fit is, to put it mildly, a great political mistake. That is, the mentor can't give up on him for the time being, otherwise he will definitely be allowed to shed a layer of skin.
This is the first thing, and the second is that when Trotsky is in trouble, if he really wants to ask for an explanation, then he should have spoken out when Trotsky was criticized by his mentor, instead of playing silence without saying a word, if he could have given Trotsky support in time, the old Trotsky would not have been defeated so quickly, and at least he would have been able to hold out for two more rounds.
But at this time he remained silent again, as if suddenly he remembered who he was, and that Trotsky was the opponent of the Mentor. At this time, he hesitated again, and lost the opportunity to give it a go. I didn't let out a fart at the end, and I was taken down by the mentor.
Thirdly, when he and Trotsky had already failed, and when the Mentor announced a show of hands, he should not have raised his hand immediately after Trotsky. This will only make him look like he is very cowardly, and it will also make the mentor feel - you kid is ready to see the wind and rudder, right? If Trotsky did not raise his hand. Are you ready to resist too?
I have to say. This was a fatal mistake. This fully exposes his true nature, and this kind of character is the most intolerable to Lenin, and the mentor, who has already learned from Kamenev and Zinoviev, will probably remember this scene forever. Although he could not usually decide anything, once the time came for the mentor to make a crucial choice, Stalin's mistake at this moment would be infinitely magnified in his mind.
Of course, that's all for later. There is still a long way to go before Stalin and Sverdlov decide the winner, and he still has time to make up for today's mistakes, but before that, he will definitely have to pay a price!
And the price soon came, when the Moscow Cheka was taken into the hands of Li Xiaofeng, Trotsky was not willing to lose, and immediately made a nomination: "I think Lunacharsky is very suitable to lead the Cheka in Petrograd, and he will be in charge of the suppression of the rebellion in Petrograd, which will deal a great blow to the arrogance of the enemy!" ”
Trotsky was really a child, after he was deflated in Moscow. He wanted to make up for it in Petrograd. However, his nominee is also appropriate, and Lunacharsky's reputation is still good. It was fitting that a member of the Central Committee should preside over the suppression of the rebellion in Petrograd. If Lenin wanted to take control of the rebellion in Petrograd, it seemed that the only candidate could only be Shao Mianwu.
Everyone present was waiting to see the Mentor make a move, and they felt that the Mentor would definitely deal Trotsky a blow head-on, especially Stalin, whose heart was pounding, waiting for Shao Mianwu to take over the power of the rebellion in Petrograd.
However, Stalin was soon shocked, and Lenin did not say anything about Trotsky's nomination, and sat there as if he had nothing to do with himself, as if he did not care at all, let alone nominating Shao Mianwu.
Don't talk about Stalin, even Trotsky is stupid, he is really worried that the mentor will fight against him again, although Lunacharsky is good, but Shao Mianwu is not bad, it is difficult to say who will die. But Lenin was silent, which was a surprise for him!
"If there are no other comrades nominating, then let's start voting!" Trotsky could not wait to say this.
At this time, Stalin's face was quite wonderful, he understood even if he was stupid, this was Lenin's warning to him, that is, to make him understand that you kid had better be sober and sober, and figure out how to stand in line. If you're on the wrong side, you'll be punished!
Yes, in Stalin's opinion, if you don't nominate Shao Mianwu, that is, the punishment of your mentor, and don't serve the interests of the faction, then the faction will naturally not serve your interests, it's that simple!
But Stalin couldn't figure it out! He felt that with the importance of the mentor to Petrograd, he should not make this kind of brain-dead choice, and now the only one who can fight against Lunacharsky is Shao Mianwu, how can he say that he is also his own person, how can it be a good thing for his own people to come to power, right? How can you lose a good game just because you're targeting me?
It can only be said that there was a problem with Stalin's prediction, and he thought that in order to protect the interests of the group, Lenin could only pinch his nose and acquiesce to the coming of his people to power, to put it bluntly, he had nothing to fear. But apparently Lenin did not attach himself as much importance to Petrograd Cheka as he had expected, and had little interest in the attribution of this post, and could even give it to Trotsky.
Why did Lenin attach importance to the Cheka in Moscow and not to the Petrograd Cheka? It seems that this is not in line with his original intention of taking Petrograd as the core! If you think about it this way, you will make the same mistake as Stalin.
It was not that the Mentor did not attach importance to the cause of the rebellion in Petrograd, but he felt that, first of all, the headquarters of the Cheka was in Petrograd, and there was a mother-in-law in charge, even if Trotsky got the leadership of the Petrograd Cheka, it would not be of great significance. And what is Petrograd? Right under the nose of the Politburo, even if Trotsky wanted to use it to make trouble, the Politburo could intervene at any time.
And Moscow is different, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, there are not a few mothers-in-law on it to manage in time, and a certain immortal can get up and down at will, and the meaning is not at all comparable to Petrograd Cheka. Moreover, Lenin could not be too strong, he could not eat meat by himself, he did not leave a single soup for Trotsky, whether it was to appease him or stabilize him, he had to throw him three melons and two dates, Petrograd Cheka was just right, say power, there is. But if you want to use these powers, it's hard!
What's more, it can also be used to beat Stalin, so that he does not feel good about himself so that he gets carried away, killing two birds with one stone, why not?
So Stalin immediately became a tragedy, and if he wanted that position, he had to go out and fight Trotsky in person, and it has to be said that there was little chance of success, but the possibility of being humiliated by Trotsky.
But if he didn't rob it, Shao Mianwu would have an opinion, and he probably wouldn't complain that the mentor was not righteous, but would complain that Stalin had ruined his good deeds - if it wasn't for Stalin and the mentor who were in disagreement, then the mentor wouldn't have stood idly by, and then he might have grabbed that position.
Therefore, if Stalin is silent, then Shao Mianwu really has reason to be angry, you are brainless just now, of course, I can understand your Stalin's indignation, you want to fight for a breath, you want to grab Moscow's cake, I can understand. But even if the mentor doesn't speak for me, you can play against Trotsky, and you can nominate me! But if you don't nominate me, you're not righteous! (To be continued......)