However, as long as the Soviet army suffered a major defeat on the battlefield in Afghanistan, these anti-Soviet groups or individuals, those who were dissatisfied with the Soviet Union in their hearts, would emerge and encourage or inspire more people to join the ranks of the Soviet Union. At that time, it was not that the KGB would not arrest them, execute or not execute those guys, but that the KGB itself would have to worry that those anti-Soviet people or groups would be killed, and that the KGB agents would not become victims of their sacrifice flag.

It can be said that the fate of the KGB is closely related to the strength of the military, and they are more worried about the defeat of the war than the military.

Ye Liqin sighed and said, "I just sit here because I know that China's rise is inevitable. Although we don't want to, we still have to think about what we should do when China is on an equal footing with us in the future. How should we deal with them now, so that we will not be in a hurry in the future and temporarily adjust our principles and policies. ”

This is something at the national level, and the KGB does not dare and does not want to talk about it. Ye Liqin is a member of the CPSU-Central Committee, and he is qualified to say these things, but the KGB can't, at most he just talks in private, and military personnel do not interfere in politics, and agents cannot interfere in politics, which is taboo in all countries.

Ye Liqin obviously understands this, and he just said it to vent his frustration and some dissatisfaction with China's rise. In the same way, as a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, it is not appropriate for him to say here that the military is wrong, and he cannot echo the complaints of these high-ranking KGB officials against the military.

He continued: "Now China has put on a posture to fight with us, they are implementing special policies on the Sino-Soviet border, on the Sino-Mongolian border, and using various methods to improve the living standards of the border people, so as to form a huge gap between the Chinese people and the Soviet Union and the ordinary people of Outer Mongolia, so as to attract the envy of the people on our side." Generate the desire to belong to their China.

But now we are stuck in the war in Afghanistan, and the little money we have been spent on the military has been thrown into the quagmire, and there is no improvement in the lives of ordinary people. At present, we are strictly controlling the border people and preventing them from going to China, but this method has not had much effect, and there are still people who give feedback on the situation in China, and they also deliberately exaggerate it, saying that China's border areas are a paradise on earth. Faced with this situation. What are we going to do? ”

Several high-ranking leaders of the KGB heard Ye Liqin's implication: Ye Liqin not only opposed the expansion of the Soviet military war in Afghanistan, but also did not agree with the KGB's strict control on the Sino-Soviet border and the Sino-Mongolian border.

A high-ranking KGB official was dissatisfied and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Ye Liqin, we have finally occupied Afghanistan and taken a solid first step towards opening up the passage to the Indian Ocean south. Shall we just let it go and give up there? Let the soldiers who died for this occupation die in vain? In this way, you seem to be questioning the grand strategy of the Soviet Central Committee. ”

Ye Liqin said without giving in: "It was before, and now it is now. I do not deny that the previous decision of the Central Committee of the Soviets was correct, but judging from the current situation, our long-term occupation of Afghanistan will not outweigh the losses, and Afghanistan will absorb the nourishment of our Soviet Union like a vampire and make us weaker step by step. Let's lose our advantage in front of the United States and China step by step.

I don't know if you feel how difficult it is for our government right now. Don't you notice that your KGB funding is decreasing every year? Don't you think that it is getting harder and harder to equip all kinds of equipment nowadays, and it is difficult to equip more and better new equipment? What is the reason for this, I think you know very well, that is, the state has no money. ”

"But we don't have any money, we have to expand our territory. Do you want to fulfill our mission? Another senior KGB official also disagreed, saying, "We are not a capitalist country, and we cannot start from the economy." ”

Ye Liqin said: "We are not a capitalist country, but we still have to eat. The same is to let the people live well. As for what mission you are talking about, it is all defined by ourselves. Of course, I would also like us to have control over the whole world. But it's just an ideal, and it's hard to realize, at least now. We have to get our economy up and make our people rich, so that we can fulfill that great mission. ”

The top leadership of the KGB looked at Ye Liqin a little strangely, he did not believe that Ye Liqin was a fool, and he was so stupid as to talk about the success or failure of the national strategy in front of their KGB. You must know that the KGB is a kind of secret service, and the purpose of its existence is to eradicate the people in danger of the Soviets and to maintain the current ruling order.

If it were someone else, if it was on another occasion, just what Ye Liqin said just now could have him arrested, imprisoned, or even sent to a labor camp to live out his next life.

He thought to himself: "Does he think that after cooperating with the KGB this time and jointly rescuing the besieged Soviet army, our KGB will open up to him and allow him to talk nonsense?" Just think the KGB didn't dare to arrest him? People say that he dares to speak up and speak from his heart, but you also have to look at the object when you speak. ”

Of course, the top leader of the KGB, he still does not want to find trouble with a member of the CPSU-Central Committee, although he is also a member of the CPSU-Central Committee, and his real power is much greater than Ye Liqin's, but after all, he is a person who lives in the dark, and he is doing things in the dark, and now the power of the KGB is much smaller than before, and it is no longer a time when he can arrest whoever he wants.

He was right, Ye Liqin actually wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to say what was in his heart, if he said these things in normal times or in other places, he would have to take the political risk, and if his words were reported by low-level agents, the KGB really had to accept his fate if he wanted to arrest him.

But today it is in the KGB headquarters, and it is a matter of cooperation with the KGB, and once the rescue of the besieged Soviet army is successful, he and the KGB are both great heroes of the Soviet military and the country. Out of some scruples, the KGB listened to his words and was furious and did not dare to arrest him, otherwise others would say that the KGB wanted to monopolize the credit and deliberately put the blame on Ye Liqin, which would become the finger of thousands of people.

As a restless politician who wants to climb to the top, Ye Liqin knows when to take risks, when to make his views clear, when to go with the flow, and when to blow big things that he doesn't even believe.

Now Andropov is critically ill and will die soon, and if nothing else, the next leader will be Gorbachev. Yeliqin knew Gorbachev well, this person seemed to have a lot of respect for Andropov, but he had his own opinions in his bones, and he did not want the Soviet Union to go on the road of hegemony for a long time, and was ready to take a pragmatic and economic-oriented line, and was ready to reshape the Soviet Union and transform the Soviet Union from within.

Ye Liqin also knew that Gorbachev used to appreciate himself, and he was very appreciative of his ability when he served as secretary of the municipal party committee in the following city, and if nothing else, when Gorbachev came to power, he would very likely have taken up a position of real power.

Although he can wait for real power, Ye Liqin does not want Gorbachev to sit back and wait for the other party to give him power just because he admired him in the past, he hopes that he will attract his attention with merit, and he also hopes that the power he has won is greater than the power he is waiting for.

I have to say that Yeltsin is now taking risks and speculating, in case Andropov does not die in a short time, in case the KGB officials arrest Yeltsin, regardless of the situation and ignore the slander of others for their monopoly of power, and report his remarks to Andropov, what awaits him is not only not the enjoyment of power, but the suffering of being in a deep cage.

And what he didn't know was that if he waited patiently, Gorbachev would give him the position of secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, far more than he and others had imagined.

In his previous life, he was given the important responsibility of being the number one leader in the capital, although he was later reduced to a civilian because of a falling out with Gorbachev, but because of the contacts he made and the prestige he established in the position of secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, he shone in the action to solve the rebel siege of Red Square, and the common people and all kinds of new political forces supported him. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the high-ranking officials who used to hold important positions in the government were unlucky one after another, but only he Ye Liqin suddenly rose to prominence and became a dazzling new political star in Russia.

He is not reborn, so naturally he does not know what position he will wait for, and he can express his views now, drum and cheer for Gorbachev's political reforms, and put the labels of economic reform and political reform on his forehead to cater to Gorbachev, who is about to take office, and obviously be able to obtain the greatest political benefits.

Now, in order to take a gamble, he has brought his views out in this way in such a place, and has spread them through the KGB, an institution that has penetrated all walks of life, so that these views can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and attract Gorbachev's attention.

Plus, he believes he's safe here and won't be caught.

Unlike the top leader, who was only suspicious in his heart, a senior KGB official said dissatisfiedly: "Comrade Ye Liqin, don't you think it's wrong to criticize the instructions of the superior leader so much? Since you yourself believe that the war in Afghanistan should not be expanded, why are you in a hurry to rescue the besieged army this time? You must know that we have worked so hard, and in the end we have rescued only more than 1,000 people, and the other more than 8,000 soldiers have already been lost. If you allow these soldiers to fail to break through the siege, won't it touch your superiors even more, make more people oppose the war in Afghanistan, and more conducive to the realization of your wishes? ”