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He hurriedly opened the car door, ran in front of Kaganovich in embarrassment, gasped and said, "I'm sorry, I still have some documents to deal with just now, and the news of your landing came too suddenly, and I didn't have time to prepare." ”

Lazar Kaganovich patted Manturov on the shoulder and said: "Comrade Manturov, our party needs a good cadre like you, who is fighting every second and doing things conscientiously. ”

Manturov picked up his glasses that were about to fall out in embarrassment and said, "Kaganovich, you complimented me." As a cadre of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), you should fight every minute and do things seriously. I just did my duty as a party member and as a leader. ”

Lazar couldn't agree more with Manturov. He once vigorously supported a sycophant who was very good at talking, but not very good at doing good deeds, so that he could prosper in his official fortune.

However, in the end, this sycophant not only did not thank Kaganovich for his cultivation, but also switched to Yezhov's camp and confronted him. (Previously, Kaganovich and Yezhov did not have a good relationship, and the two engaged in a power struggle.) ）

"Comrade Manturov, you are right. As cadres of the Communist Party of China, they should concentrate their energies on their work and do their work to the best of their ability. However, there are still some party members who do not think so. They only think about how to shoot the sycophants on it, but they don't think about how to do the job at hand. ”

Manturov, of course, knew who Lazar was sneering at. This person is the sycophant I just mentioned, his name is Georgi, his surname is Malenkov, and he was the head of the Central Organization at that time.

In the history we are familiar with, this man will be reused by Stalin in the future, and eventually become Stalin's "King James successor", becoming the most powerful figure in the Soviet Union.

But Malenkov is a man who doesn't really have a brain. He couldn't think for himself, and he didn't have any real talent. As a result, after three years in office, he was beaten into a **** clique by Khrushchev and forced to launch the stage of power.

And in the parallel world where the story takes place, Malenkov's fate will not be so good, not only will he not become Stalin's successor, but he will be eliminated in advance.

"Comrade Kaganovich, under the leadership of Comrade Stalin, can there still be cadres like you say who can only pat themselves on the back but do not do things?"

Lazar smiled mockingly. He ridiculed not only Malenkov's traitors, but also the "naivety" of Manturov's local cadres.

"You are right, Comrade Stalin really did not like such cadres very much. But he was too busy, and he saw too many people, and he didn't have the spare energy to pay attention to it. ”

"I see. Yes, how could Comrade Stalin manage such a large country and find out the details of every cadre one by one? In this way, our local cadres must do a good job of gatekeeping work. They cannot be allowed to enter the authorities. ”

Lazar said helplessly: "Yes, as local leaders, you must do a good job of gatekeeping, and you can't let these people lead any department." However, there are already a number of such people who have begun to occupy some important positions, which have infiltrated the central core institutions. ”

Manturov, of course, knew who he was talking about, and he also knew how high the position and power of the man really was. But he still pretended not to understand and asked, "Important position?" No way! ”

"Yes, his position is too high, his power is too great, and I can't afford to get rid of him. Forget it, don't talk about that. Let's talk about the industrial development of the Novosibirsk region. ”

"Well, in the past few months, we have launched a number of industrial development programs, including ......, in which the Novosibirsk Metallurgical Plant that you will visit has completed its expansion and started to use the latest oxygen top blowing oxygen steelmaking technology to refine higher quality steel with high productivity and lower energy consumption, in addition to Plant 179 ......"

Kaganovich patiently listened to Manturov's explanations and was quite satisfied with the development of heavy industry in this place. "Not bad, yes, why don't we go to dinner first, and then talk slowly after eating."

Manturov took Kaganovich to the workers' canteen of Plant 153. On the way, the two of them talked and laughed, much to the bewilderment of Anna and the other local officials present. In their opinion, Manturov's tardiness would have left a bad impression on Kaganovich, who praised Mantulov as a latecomer.

In fact, Manturov, who knew Lazar before the crossing, knew that the other party did not like Malenkov, an opportunist who could make sycophants and do little good.

So he deliberately used his busy official duties as an excuse to be late, and created a good image of himself as pragmatic, capable, not sycophant, and not flattering his superiors, which happened to be the opposite of Malenkov, whom he hated the most.

Looking at Manturov's figure and appearance, Lazar suddenly remembered an old man with a similar appearance. "Comrade Manturov, are you the son of Fedor Simonovich? You look a lot like him. ”

"Yes. Do you know him? ”

"Don't you know? He was a good comrade-in-arms with me, and he saved my life! Before the revolution, after attending a meeting of representatives of the Bolshevik army, we were arrested together by the White Bandits on the way back to Saratov. If he hadn't discovered the loopholes in the prison, I am afraid I would not have been able to escape from the prison of the White Bandits and go to Gomel to join my comrades and take part in the October Revolution.

After the revolution, your father became the political commissar of the Red Army, commanded the army to go deep behind enemy lines to relieve the 10th Army of your father-in-law, Comrade Voroshilov, and later participated in the command of the Tsaritsyn defensive battle, repelling enemy attacks many times.

However, under the fierce offensive of the British army and the White Bandits, Tsaritsyn was lost on June 17, 1919, and your father fought to the death with the last of the Red Army, and finally unfortunately died at the guns of the White Bandits. ”

At the mention of his father's story, Manturov could not help but shed tears, "Comrade Kaganovich, please don't say any more. ”

"Volodya, Fedor died honorably for the revolution. As a son, you should be proud. He was a good comrade, he had faith, courage, and brains, and he was a good example for us communists. ”

Manturov wiped away his tears and said: "He is a good comrade and a good example for me. So I studied hard and worked hard so that I could become a cadre and practice my father's revolutionary ideals. ”

"Good. At your current age, it is already good to be the first secretary of the party committee of the Novosibirsk region. I also learned about you from other comrades before I came. As soon as you took office, you developed land, built houses, and developed industries in order to solve the people's livelihood problems and practice your father's ideal of serving the people.

A year ago, I could see your bravery in the fact that you risked your life to gather evidence against the counter-revolutionary clique of Ekh and Yezhov. ”

"Really? I always felt like a coward. I did this not only to prevent more innocent people from being harmed, but also to save my own life. ”

"I know that, too. Actually, your father was a coward in the first place. But there are some important moments when it comes to it, and he can be very brave. Before the revolution, he dared to risk arrest and attend a meeting of the Bolsheviks, only to be arrested with me on the way back to Saratov.

After the revolution, he risked his life again, walked in the forefront of the revolutionary ranks, and started a life-and-death struggle with the white bandit army. But alas, he did not have time to retreat in the battle of Tsaritsyn, and finally died heroically. ”

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Manturov didn't expect that his father would have such a good relationship with a man like Kaganovich, who was above 10,000 people, and he was also his savior.

He decided to take advantage of the opportunity to hug Kaganovich's thighs and lean against the solid mountain.

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