"Seryosha, do you have any good ideas?" Yeltsin saw that Seryosha had regained his vigor and suddenly changed from sluggishness to full of confidence, and he was naturally curious about what good solution Seryosha had come up with.

"Brother Boris, do you know that I was in England for a while to negotiate the export of coal, do you know what happened in England at that time?" Seryosha asked mysteriously.

"At that time, I was still working in the Sverdlovsk region, how would I know what you, a ministerial-level cadre, were doing, so don't sell it, say it quickly, I'm in a hurry!" Yeltsin asked impatiently.

"At that time, the coal workers in Britain were on strike, and everyone thought that it would not take long for Margaret Thatcher's government to fall under the onslaught of the most powerful trade unions in the country, so I chose to support Margaret Thatcher for the Soviet Union, and with the support of Soviet coal, Thatcher's cabinet lasted a whole year to quell the strike. I am not telling you about this incident to say how strong Margaret Thatcher is, but to ask you, if such a huge anti-government demonstration were to be held in Moscow, what would we, Secretary Gorbachev, who admires the West so much that he is eager to invite the US president to be the second-in-command of the party, would do? Seryosha picked up the already cold coffee on the table, raised a glass to Yeltsin as a salute, and drank it as if it were vodka.

"Seryosha, you are too bold, do you know what the consequences will be if you do this? You want to instigate the citizens of Moscow to go against the central ......" Yeltsin listened to Seryosha's plan, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.

"Brother Boris, are you scared? I ask you, is the advocacy of openness supported by Secretary Yakovlev and Secretary Gorbachev! Why can those pro-Western royal literati criticize Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and even the recently dead Andropov and Chernenko, are all the leaders of our party wrong, and only Comrade Gorbachev is the only one who is right? Brother Boris, the citizens of Moscow have the right to stand up and say no to the government in order to protect their legitimate property, but these ordinary people have never done such a thing, they need a leader, what you have done in Moscow in the past six months has made many Muscovites respect you, do you just watch the good reputation you have worked so hard to build be ruined by Ligachev......" Seryosha impassionedly agitated Yeltsin.

Seryosha doesn't want to stand up now, he's not the same as Yeltsin. Yeltsin had only been in Moscow for a few months, and there should be nothing unclean. And Seryosha is a shady thing under the ass of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. He needed someone to help him hold back Ligachev, and at least until the transfer of funds from Japan was complete, VTB needed time to annihilate evidence of Seryosha's theft of Soviet state assets.

"Seryosha, I still can't make up my mind, I ......," Yeltsin said with a frown.

"Brother Boris, let me ask you, with your current political capital, which Politburo member do you think you can kick out and thus step past your current embarrassing rank of Politburo alternate? Is it Ryzhkov, or is it Shevardnadze? Don't forget, in addition to Moscow, there was also Leningrad in the USSR, and you are all the strongest contenders for the Politburo! Well, even if you can enter the Politburo and become the top leader of the country, will you be able to rank ahead of Ligachev? At most, I will put you in charge of some miscellaneous things in the Secretariat of the Central Committee! Do you think that with your relationship with Ligachev, you will be able to show your ambitions in the Secretariat, no! Seryosha said directly to Yeltsin, the cruel reality made Yeltsin fall into silence, he has always hoped that he can occupy a bigger stage, although his achievements are not small, but in front of the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Ryzhkov, who was also born in the Sverdlovsk region, Yeltsin has never been able to raise his head.

"Brother Boris, your greatest capital is not the support of Secretary Gorbachev, no matter how much we pay, we will not be able to compare with Yakovlev's position in the heart of the General Secretary. Your capital is the support of the people of Moscow for you, and your work style of going deep into the masses in a down-to-earth manner! The antipathy and disgust of the citizens of Moscow for bureaucracy make them naturally regard you as their spokesperson, and I can see these things you do in Moscow every day, and what I see is not deliberate propaganda from the superiors, but the objective and fair evaluation of your efforts by journalists according to their own conscience, don't you know that your name has even been reported in the British newspapers? Seryosha's last question made Yeltsin raise his head, and then asked with great concern:

"Wouldn't it? What do they say about me? ”

"They say that you are the most enlightened official of the USSR, a doer, and there is no arrogance and ignorance of Soviet officials in you at all......" Seryosha did not deceive Yeltsin by saying these words, he was telling the truth, because Yeltsin's series of reforms in Moscow made him famous among the common people. In order to rectify the work discipline of the Moscow city government, Yeltsin has so far removed 22 top governors of Moscow's 32 districts. Moscow is full of foreign journalists, and of course this newsmaker will not be spared.

"Well, Seryosha, I agree with your plan! Say, what do you want me to do? "Yeltsin was serious about asking Seryosha for advice, he had never been to England, he had no experience in inciting the masses in Moscow!

"Brother Boris, do you have the guts to speak on television and tell the citizens of Moscow about this. Brother Boris, please remember that openness is the basic program set by the Party Central Committee at the 27th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and we have not violated discipline and national law, but are completely in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee to disclose the truth to the masses and citizens...... "Seryosha is afraid that Yeltsin's confidence will not be enough, and he will strike while the iron is hot to let Yeltsin completely put down his burden.

"Don't worry, no problem! There is no turning back from the bow, there is nothing wrong with us disclosing the truth, even if the central government wants to blame me in the future, I have a reason to follow! Boris made up his mind and said in a resolute tone.

"Brother Boris, please rest assured, after you stand up publicly, I will join other departments to support you, if Ligachev wants to undermine the stability and unity of the country, he must have the consciousness to bear the anger from the people!" Seryosha said viciously.