On 18 June, the plenary session of the Central Committee of the USSR was convened, attended by members of the Central Committee of the Union Republics and secretaries of all the regional state committees of Russia, and everyone wanted to know who would be the second secretary that Khrushchev was preparing to train after the fall of Kozlov.

Who would have thought that two years ago at the 22nd Congress of the Soviet Union, Kozlov, as the second secretary, was still presiding over the revision of the party constitution of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and he would not even be able to attend the meeting in less than two years.

"Comrades, with regard to the future and destiny of our party and country, it lies in the use of a professional contingent of cadres and a well-run approach, and in the past few years we have made remarkable achievements, but there have also been many mistakes, and as the first secretary of the USSR and chairman of the Council of Ministers, there are some mistakes that I must bear, and this is unavoidable!" Under the flags of the fifteen union republics and the statue of Lenin, Khrushchev presided over the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, first talked about the problems of the past few years, and then cheered up all the cadres present as usual.

"I am about to turn 70 years old, and it will be impossible for me to lead our party and country for a long time in the future, and at the right time I will choose to retire and hand over our country to more promising comrades to lead, believing that our country will definitely go further and further on the road of communism!" Khrushchev pushed his glasses and said, "Our great motherland and great party will go down the road firmly in accordance with the path planned by Comrade Lenin, thank you, comrades, I nominate Comrade Brezhnev and Comrade Podgorny as candidates for the post of secretary of the Central Committee, you can make your own choice!" ”

Khrushchev's speech caused a chorus of retention, and it seemed that everyone was very dissatisfied with Khrushchev's statement of retirement, and there were constantly statements to get Khrushchev to retract his words, and only then began to vote for the secretary of the Central Committee.

In a tight vote, both Brezhnev and Podgorny successfully became the secretaries of the Central Committee. Khrushchev's nomination was approved at the plenary session of the Central Committee, and some people looked at the two people with thoughtful eyes, originally they thought that the candidate for second secretary was one person, but they did not expect that Khrushchev nominated Brezhnev and Podgorny as secretaries of the Central Committee at the same time, what does this mean? Is there a chance for both of them, and Khrushchev is still ready for a final investigation?

First of all, Brezhnev, who had re-become secretary of the Central Committee, gave a positive evaluation of Khrushchev's achievements, and then changed the conversation and said, "However, I will not agree with the first secretary's opinion on retirement, Comrade Khrushchev is still in very good health, and he can continue to lead our country, and I believe that all members of the Central Committee support it, and we support all the decisions of Comrade Khrushchev. And we are willing to give full play to all the strength of our cadres in the implementation process! ”

Brezhnev's words were full of sincere emotion, which reminded all the members of the Central Committee present with a round of applause. On the issue of retirement, especially in the face of the issue of the first secretary, it is very stupid to make a statement. Even if Khrushchev himself was very willing to retire and expressed his desire to retire very sincerely, no one would believe it.

During the October Plenum of 1952, Stalin deliberately raised the question of his retirement, when Stalin stood on the podium and looked at the audience and said that he was too old to perform all the duties entrusted to him, that he could continue to assume the post of chairman of the Council of Ministers, that he could perform the duties of presiding over the ****** as before, but that he could no longer preside over the ********** as general secretary. He therefore requests that his latter position be relieved of his request.

Stalin looked at the room as he said these words, and Malenkov, who presided over the meeting while Stalin spoke, stood behind the table. A look of fear could be seen on Malenkov's face, who realized faster than all the others, at least many others, that the catastrophe was about to befall everyone, while the others did not realize that the meaning of this expression was that it was not okay to agree to this request of Stalin, not to agree to the last of these three posts.

Malenkov's facial expressions, his gestures, his expressively raised hands, were simply a plea to all those present to immediately and firmly reject Stalin's request. At this time, a deafening shout was heard behind Stalin: "No, we ask to stay in office!" The audience also shouted: "No! This will not work! We ask for re-election! Please take back your request! ”

After so many years, not everyone is unaware of what happened at that time, and since Stalin was able to test it once in this way, who knows if Khrushchev's current mention of retirement is a temptation? Even if it's not a temptation, who would dare to really talk about it.

In his subsequent speech, Podgorny expressed his intention to hold back, and although there was no crown spring as Brezhnev said, Podgorny himself was not stupid, and expressed the thoughts of all the Central Committee members present in an impassioned voice.

"Thank you all for holding on, let's talk about the next question!" Khrushchev, who returned to the rostrum, was very excited, after all, being retained by everyone showed that these people still needed him. This behavior has made people think that Khrushchev's talk about retirement and the like is just talk.

"The professionalism of state cadres has always been the focus of our attention, and national security work, especially in the field of intelligence, plays an irreplaceable role in our country. Therefore, a young and capable cadre is most suitable to take charge of the department of the National Security Committee, and our security cadres must be good at detecting threats and solving problems! Khrushchev looked at the audience, and all the members of the Central Committee attending the meeting had a question mark on their heads, but immediately understood that Khrushchev was ready to replace the chairman of the State Security Committee of the USSR, but the replacement of the chairman of the KGB was not something that the Central Presidium could make a decision.

"So for this purpose, after my communication with some secretaries of the Central Committee, as well as discussions in the Presidium of the Central Committee, I appointed Yuri? Yefimovich? Comrade Serov, as the new chairman of the National Security Council, hopes that Comrade Serov will give full play to his outstanding talents in his new post, Yuri, come up and talk! Khrushchev finally set his eyes on Serov and stretched out his hand to invite.

"First of all, I would like to thank the First Secretary for his trust in me, and secondly, I would like to thank the Presidium of the Central Committee for its concern for the security work of the KGB, for which I have nothing to say! I'm six years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, and I've been working in the security services for ten years and I've been incoherent and thought I wouldn't be excited, but today is an exception! Serov organized the language and said, "The mission of our security cadres is to make the country more stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and we are willing to make sacrifices for this purpose." When the people live happily in a stable social environment, it is the highest praise for our security cadres and organs, and all of us know that it is not easy to establish such a sense of security, but all the comrades of our State Security Committee and the NKVD are willing to put it into practice, thank you, comrades......"

"Allow me to say a few more words, under the leadership of the first secretary, the Soviet Union has made great achievements in recent years, the gap between us and the United States is getting closer every day, although it is impossible to expand the gains in the Cuban missile crisis, but I believe that this is all temporary, time is on our side, I hope that the first secretary will continue to lead us to defeat US imperialism, I have finished speaking, thank you to the great motherland, the great party, and all the comrades present!" Serov stretched out his right hand and saluted all the members of the Central Committee, finally turned to Khrushchev and nodded, and walked off the rostrum with Khrushchev's permission.

"I don't need every comrade on stage to keep me, my health is still good, and when I finish solving some problems, I can go home and hug my grandson!" Khrushchev lowered his head and muttered, and then said, "Our great Motherland, the Union of Freedom, just like Comrade Serov just said, will finally prove to the whole world that we can defeat capitalism, long live the Motherland!" ”

Rise up the slaves who are hungry and cold, rise up the people who suffer all over the world, the blood is already boiling to fight for the truth, the old world is a fallen flower, the slaves rise up, don't say that we have nothing, we want to be the masters of the world, this is the last struggle, unite until tomorrow, Internachonel must be realized!

At the end of today's meeting, the solemn Internationale sounded in the hall, and all the members of the Central Committee, including Khrushchev, stood up and sang to the familiar melody that accompanied their work.

"Who created the human world? It's our working masses! Everything belongs to the laborers, how can there be room for parasites?! The most hateful of those poisonous snakes and beasts have eaten our flesh and blood! Once they are wiped out, the bright red sun shines all over the world! ”

With the melody of the Internationale, the plenary session of the Central Committee of the USSR on the first day closed, and Serov, who left the venue, got into the car waiting for him and went to Lubyanka Square 11, from now on the USSR State Security Council, the most terrifying Soviet powerful organ in the eyes of some people, fell into his hands, and now Serov has no Sherepin on his head, and there is no Semychasny, he has become the real controller of the USSR State Security Committee, and now Serov can say, "This is my KGB ......"

"I follow the example of Felix of steel, maintain order in the Union, root out the enemy, and defend the people! Faithfully fulfill the duty of the rebel workers, sniff out and eradicate the traitors! "Under the huge bronze statue of Dzerzhinsky, in the presence of the surrounding KGB security cadres, Serov solemnly performed his experiments. (To be continued.) )