Petrograd in June has a strange feeling, with more than 20 hours of sunshine from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. the next morning.

During these long days, the biological clock of the inhabitants of Petrograd became very strange, and in the middle of the night large groups of people could be seen discussing political issues with great interest, as Krupskaya recorded in her diary at that time:

"At that time, the scene on the street was very interesting, regardless of day and night (the relationship between the polar day, there is basically no night) everywhere, and everyone was talking about the situation and everything happening. You just have to walk up to the crowd and you can hear it. On one occasion I walked for three hours from Silokaya Street to the Kšesinskaya Palace (formerly the residence of the dancer Kšesinskaya, which was requisitioned after the revolution as the office of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party) because the mass meetings held on the street were so interesting...... There was a yard across the street from our house, and as soon as you opened the window late at night, you could hear a heated argument...... At one o'clock in the middle of the night, intermittently came: Mensheviks, Bolsheviks...... At three o'clock in the evening, there was another message from Milyukov, a Bolshevik...... At five o'clock, it is again a political pull and a general conference pull. As far back as I can remember, the White Nights in Petrograd have always been associated with these evening mass meetings. ”

Krupskaya, of course, had reason to recall with a lighthearted pleasure what happened in June 1917, who allowed her husband and the Bolshevik under his leadership to accumulate popularity for more than a month. The foundation of the most successful victory in Russia.

In this short period of more than a month. Lenin wrote dozens of pamphlets, gave nearly 100 public speeches, held hundreds of meetings, and greatly expanded the influence of the Bolsheviks, so much so that after the formal merger with Trotsky's regional faction in August, the number of party members increased from tens of thousands before the start of the revolution to hundreds of thousands.

Of course, the month of June is not full of beautiful memories in Krupskaya's memory, when the clock turns to June 22, 1917 (June 9 in the Russian calendar). The mood of the future mother of the nation suddenly turned bad, and the next day the Bolsheviks were scheduled to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people in Petrograd to take to the streets for a peaceful demonstration against the Provisional Government. But in the afternoon of this day. A sudden piece of news poured over her and Lenin's heads like a basin of cold water, making their good mood vanish.

"What!" Lenin jumped up from his chair in shock and looked directly at Sverdlov, who had hurried to report the bad news, "Tseretiri really gave this order!" ”

Sverdlov was very depressed and handed the notice in his hand to Lenin, and when he had just received a notice from the Soviets prohibiting all demonstrations for three days, he was simply stupid. This order could not have come at a better time, and for tomorrow's demonstrations and the actions that followed them, the party had already mobilized all its strength, and even sent out the weapons to the grassroots level. As soon as the time comes, they are ready to take advantage of this trend to prepare for an armed uprising. But who would have thought that at this critical juncture, the Soviets would issue such a ban, which is simply a slap in the face!

In fact, it was not only the Soviet ban that shocked Sverdlov, but also the fact that just three days earlier, someone had made an accurate prediction and made a very sincere statement to the Central Committee. It is required that the plan for demonstrations be made more substantial, so as not to become passive under the sudden blow of the enemy.

At that time, neither the Mentor nor he was impressed by someone's bold predictions, believing them to be nothing more than speculation. But the current situation is like a well-written script, which has really happened. This is equivalent to sturdy, and he and the mentor have a slapped in the face, that hot pain! …,

Pain or second, more importantly, shame, the mood of the mentor Sverdlov didn't know how to face someone, if he had listened to his advice at the time, would he be so passive now?

Passive? It is safe to say that for Lenin and the Bolsheviks, it was quite passive, they were ready for everything, and they only owed the east wind, waiting for the time to lead the masses in a big fight. But who would have thought that the Soviets came with an emergency brake, which directly denied the legitimacy of their actions.

At this time, there were only two choices for them, either to ignore the orders of the Soviets, resolutely confront them head-on, and launch an uprising in advance. But even Lenin, who was determined to turn the imperialist war into a civil war, had to admit that the time was not yet ripe, that the military strength at the disposal of the Bolsheviks was still quite weak, and that failure was more likely at this time.

Moreover, the rash initiation of an uprising was a formal declaration of war against the Soviets, which for Lenin, who had been shouting the slogan of taking all power to the Soviets, would be tantamount to a slap in the face. What will the masses below think? I'm afraid they will say that you Bolsheviks are just despicable villains who say one thing and do another!

Neither Lenin nor the Bolsheviks could afford this kind of infamy, and the basis of their survival was the millions of people in Petrograd, and if they lost their prestige among the masses, they would have been sentenced to death.

If you can't fight the Soviets, then it means that you can only accept it, but it is not so easy to accept it, Lenin has already mobilized the whole family for this big march, and he has mobilized all the forces that can be mobilized, and even his old man himself rolled up his sleeves and personally went into battle, hissing and complaining about the crimes of the protectors.

It's like a boyfriend and girlfriend rolling the sheets, the man does his best to flirt with all means, so that the sister's interest is completely hooked, but when it comes to the end, the grandson suddenly shrinks, and tells the sister that his aunt is here, and his body is inconvenient, so that's it for today, let's start again another day.

It is conceivable that the girl who is teased is in a mood, and I am afraid that she has the heart to beat that grandson. Even if you don't use force. kicked a certain nest out of bed, announcing that it was possible to break off friendship with this grandson from now on.

Don't think it's vulgar, the masses in Petrograd in 1917 were much more elusive than the girls of the 21st century, they were really in their menstrual cycle every day, and you couldn't figure out when they were going to change. It is possible that the day before, they were gathering for a meeting and shouting and hitting so-and-so, but when they turned their faces to another assembly a day later, they sang praises to so-and-so, and they wanted to run up and bow down.

So in the face of this group of people whose endocrine system is completely out of balance. Politicians or politicians are extremely headaches, who knows what hysteria these people will have, and who knows when their nerves will be short-circuited. So don't say anything about flirting with pigeons, Lenin didn't even dare to say anything serious about these emotional and capricious masses. can only be coaxed with good words.

But today is good, without any preparation, he was put on the table by a bunch of rotten people in Celete, Lenin had the heart to shout cheating, but the matter has come to this, who let him not prepare more, who made him despise someone's suggestion, passivity is also deserved.

"Yakov, tell me what you think!" Lenin was in a very bad mood and walked up and down his office, if it weren't for Sverdlov standing in front of him. He's probably so angry he's starting to destroy furniture.

Sverdlov's mood was no better than Lenin's, and in the face of such a sudden change, he bore the brunt of the responsibility, well, the legendary leadership responsibility. That is, Lenin did not publish the book of a certain immortal, otherwise Sverdlov would have been more passive. And what especially hurts him is that in the face of this kind of painful situation, he has no choice at all. …,

After a moment of silence, Sverdlov said with some frustration: "Comrade Lenin. I think that in the current situation, we must be calm and not aggressive. I think this is a conspiracy of the enemy against us that we have been preparing for a long time, and they have all their intentions to make us lose the trust of the masses. In this case. We must be cautious...... Personally, I don't think it's appropriate to confront the Soviets directly! ”

Lenin did not answer for a long time, and he repeatedly weighed the gains and losses in his heart. However, in a hurry, it was difficult for him to make up his mind, and he could only order: "Convene an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee to urgently discuss this issue......

The enlarged meeting of the Central Committee was held in a palpably depressed and depressed mood, and the delegates were not much more emotional than Lenin and Sverdlov, and many of the more agitated delegates were furious and insisted that the demonstrations should not be cancelled, and even the most radical ones, such as Stalin, Nevsky, and Stasova, advocated an immediate uprising, stormed the Winter Palace, overthrew the Provisional Government, and blew up his grandmother's chrysanthemums.

"Comrade Lenin! I strongly oppose the cancellation of the demonstrations! Stalin almost jumped to his feet and shouted, "We have done so much work for this demonstration, and to retreat and surrender just because of a single order from the Soviets will greatly dampen the revolutionary passion of our colleagues and make our future work extremely difficult!" Personally, I believe that the comrades at the grassroots level are completely ready, and they are ready to sweep away all reactionary ...... As long as you give the order, I am willing to be the first to take the lead in entering the Winter Palace! ”

If Li Xiaofeng had attended the meeting, I am afraid that he would have been dumbfounded, how did Stalin, who cowered more than a month ago and played the role of Kamenev's follower and opposed all radical actions, become a black whirlwind of shouting and killing? Isn't that a surprise?

In fact, there was no difference between Stalin at this time and Stalin at that time, although his mood changed greatly, but in essence he was still the one who saw the wind and steered the rudder to what mountain and sang what song. In the past, Kamenev was in the same vein, and in the past he was neutral and did not express his own opinion, that is, the situation in the party was not clear, and Lenin's position was unstable. But after the confrontation at the April Congress, Kamenev's and Zinoviev's pants were blown off, and Comrade Lenin ruled the rivers and lakes for thousands of years, and Stalin, no matter how stupid he was, knew where to go.

For example, today, he is not unaware of the dangers of launching an uprising in advance, but he has to figure out Lenin's thoughts, and if he sits on the side of the cancellation of the uprising, then it is very likely that he will leave the impression of the mentor on both sides.

What would Lenin think of him? I'm afraid that the mentor will think, "You are a Stalin, and you have a lot of ability to steer the rudder when you see the wind!" It doesn't look right. You're ready to change the hill isn't it!

Stalin did not want to leave such an impression on Lenin. In the past month or so, he had easily gotten rid of the miserable situation of sitting on the cold bench, but he didn't want to go back as a substitute, so even if he felt that it was more reasonable to compromise and retreat to the Soviets, he had to show the posture of a hardcore radical, in order to make his mentor feel that he was truly transformed, and that he was the same as he was on the outside.

Stalin's painstaking efforts were not easy, but was he not worried that he would mislead his mentor if he was too involved in his performance and too emotional? If Kamenev and Zinoviev had been in power, Stalin might have had such concerns, but the problem is that now it is the mentor who is in charge, and the mentor has no other merits. It is the will, the quality, the perseverance.

If Kamenev is stone, and he himself is steel, then the mentor is definitely titanium. According to the teacher's habit, he had already made a decision before the meeting. The meeting is also a formality, emphasizing the collective leadership of the party, I think that when the mentor had just returned to China in April, there were not two people who agreed with his line, did you see him listen to the opinions of the big guys? …,

Therefore, Stalin was relieved to boldly go out to perform, in order to please Lenin, but he really ignored a little, today's matter, the tutor really has no bottom, and he really wants to hear the opinions of the big guys. Stalin's fuss made Lenin even more hesitant, and for a moment when his brain was hot, he wanted to launch it directly.

Fortunately, there were not only "hawks" like Stalin present, but also doves and quails still accounted for the vast majority, and after Stalin finished speaking, the two largest quails immediately jumped out to refute it.

Kamenev was the first to attack: "It's just nonsense! Our Party has always respected the authority of the Soviets and accepted their correct leadership. It seems to me that the Central Committee members made a mistake from the very beginning, and the so-called peaceful demonstrations were simply not necessary...... Now that the Soviets have banned this march, I think it is very timely. Moreover, I strongly oppose Comrade Stalin's reckless and aggressive style, because the time is simply not ripe for a new revolution, and hasty action is irresponsible to the revolutionary masses! ”

Zinoviev also chimed in: "I agree with Lev. Comrade Polishevich's opinion that the correct leadership of the Soviets should be accepted and the parade should be canceled. Calm the masses and get everything back on track! ”

If it was before. In the face of the crossfire of Kamenev and Zinoviev, Stalin either surrendered or died down, but today he gave up, or rather, he broke out. He keenly grasped that this was a good opportunity for him to really draw a line with Kamenev, and he counterattacked with all his strength at that time:

“…… Accept the correct leadership of the Soviets? This is a complete joke, the Soviets are now being stolen by a group of vile and shameless villains, who have completely stood on the opposite side of the people, Comrade Grigory, Lev. Comrade Polyshevich, can't you see? It's not that our party wants to oppose the Soviets, but that the broad masses of the people have become impatient with them, they have become lackeys of the Provisional Government and have embarked on the road of confronting the people! Did they notify us when they made this decision today? What kind of behavior is it to act secretly behind our backs? I can't stand their shamelessness anymore! We will not tolerate your singing of the praises of such outrageous acts! ”

Well, when did Kamenev and Zinoviev be scolded by Stalin, they both felt that Stalin had to stand aside in terms of seniority, and they were only worthy of being their followers before, but now what's the matter, when they got married to Lenin, they didn't take them "old-timers" seriously, and they were ready to kick in?

Is it tolerable or unbearable, the Canadian and Ji, who have been very depressed for more than a month, immediately broke out, and the two took turns to criticize Stalin, that is called fierce, that is called lively, if Li Xiaofeng is here, most of them will say that it will be a dog eat dog!

Lenin was very annoyed by this quarrel, and if you think about it, he was in a bad mood, and finally had a meeting to listen to some valuable opinions, but as a result, his people directly fought among themselves, and it was almost a real crowd.

This was not to add fuel to the fire, when he slammed the table and yelled, "Shut up!" This is an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee, not a vegetable market! ”

Seeing that Lenin was on fire, Stalin naturally did not dare to be in the fight, and immediately humbly accepted the criticism of his mentor, sat back in his place quietly and began to pretend to be a pensive smoking pipe. As for Jia and Ji, they are not as good as before, that is, they can bully and bully Stalin, and they naturally have to retreat from Lenin, so they quickly shut up, they don't want to find cuts.

"Comrade Felix, what is your opinion?"

Lenin looked at the many bigwigs present, Gadaji's opinion is not to be thought, they are all eager to lick the asshole of the Mensheviks and the social revolution, typical capitulationists, Stalin's gang can do practical work, and the control of the overall situation is not worth mentioning, Sverdlov's opinion is already clear, the only one who remains silent is Dzerzhinsky, although the man in the iron mask is a little old-fashioned, but he is involved in the smallest interest group, and the voice he makes is generally free of impurities and private goods, and listen to what he says.

Dzerzhinsky's opinion was basically the same as that of Sverdlov: "I think that the parade should be temporarily canceled and the Soviet ban should be obeyed...... Although the means by which they adopted this resolution were despicable, since it was a resolution of the Central Executive Committee, it was formally binding, and we Bolsheviks had always called for all power to be vested in the Soviets, and no one could be given authority at this moment...... And we are not well prepared now, and we must not be offensive! ”

Dzerzhinsky's words finally made Lenin make up his mind: "Cancel tomorrow's demonstrations for the time being, comrades immediately rush to the grassroots level to do a good job of convincing the masses, and we must not allow those reactionaries to attack us under this pretext!" ”

These words exhausted all Lenin's strength, and it was very difficult for him to make this decision, and he really didn't want to do it if he could, but the enemy was strong and I was weak! At this time, he remembered a certain immortal who had made an accurate prediction, if he had accepted his opinion at that time, would the situation be completely different now?

After the meeting adjourned, Lenin called out to Sverdlov: "Comrade Yakov, inform Andrei and ask him to come to my office as soon as possible!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )