"Being responsible to the people is our great Red Army, and we in the KGB are responsible for the country, and when there is a conflict between the country and the people, the choice of anti-anti-terrorist workers is often the state, even if we know that after the work is completed, maybe we will not end well. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Serov said this, and returned to his place.

Podgorny's fate was already doomed, and under the crushing of Khrushchev, no one would disagree with the handling of Podgorny, and it was unanimously agreed that Podgorny was no longer suitable for the post of secretary of the Central Committee, and that one of Khrushchev's successors had been dismissed, followed by the question of Ignatov. Compared to Podgorny's ambiguous attitude, Ignatov's problems will obviously be much more serious.

"Ignatov immediately ceased all duties, and his post was replaced by his deputy, Semychasny." Khrushchev simply said that Khrushchev's image of Ignatov was already very bad. This time, it was not a drag in the slightest.

The first appointment was to straighten out Semichasny, and there was nothing to say about this, Khrushchev himself preferred young people, and he also had a certain impression of Semichasny, so he naturally made the decision to let Semichasny succeed Ignatov.

"Interrogate Ignatov immediately, be sure to find out everything about Ignatov, Yuri, this matter will be handed over to you." From beginning to end, Khrushchev was talking about how to deal with this matter, so that the other members of the Central Presidium could not intervene at all, and one order after another was issued from Khrushchev's mouth.

Khrushchev was in control of the situation throughout the meeting, basically to the point where no one else interjected. It may be that there is no warning of Podgorny's downfall, and it will take some time for others to come to terms with reality.

"yes, got it." Serov, who had some dark circles, opened his eyes, and this action clearly fell into Brezhnev's eyes, and he said, "Yuri, haven't you had a good rest recently?" Do you want to go back first? ”

"No, I'm still so young, and I've always been in good shape." Serov's answer was like a reflex, which made Brezhnev smile mildly and did not continue to speak.

Podgorny's unexpected fall was actually very beneficial to Brezhnev, a competitor disappeared, and from now on his position was more secure, and from this point of view he should be grateful to the chairman of the KGB. But Brezhnev already had a vague sense that Sherepin would become a difficult opponent for him. According to the current layout, it is actually far from enough, only Serokov is still too lonely in the KGB, and there is a chance that Brezhnev will stuff people into the KGB.

As a result, Podgorny was dismissed from his post as secretary of the Central Committee of the organization for personal reasons and retired home early. Ignatov also needed to explain his own problems, as well as some problems of dereliction of duty, which was left to the KGB, and Serov brought in the Minister of Internal Affairs Serokov, and the two personally controlled Ignatov. The punishment Ignatov faces is also not severe, and it is estimated that he may be released after a period of imprisonment.

"Any attempt at a coup d'état should be crushed, but for the sake of maintaining the unity of the central government, I will simply deal with it this time!" Khrushchev finally set the tone for this turmoil.

"The relevant interrogation will be handed over to your Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we still can't come forward with this kind of thing. But the KGB people were still listening. Serov saw with his own eyes that Ignatov was brought into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the rest was a normal interrogation, and he was not prepared to interfere. The political climate of the Soviet Union determined one thing, and once it fell out of the political composition, there was basically no possibility of a comeback. Of course, there were exceptions, and Brezhnev's luck was very good, just in time for Kozlov to fall ill, and even many of Brezhnev's subordinates began to enter the political upper echelons of the Soviet Union.

"Got it, Comrade Commissar." Serokov did not dare to slack off and replied that at yesterday's plenary meeting after the closing of the Presidium of the Central Committee, Serov was appointed General Political Commissar of the State Security of the USSR and concurrently Chairman of the National Security Committee.

The General Political Commissar of State Security of the USSR, which has not appeared for at least thirty years, and the last person with such a part-time job was also famous, Heinrich? Gligorievich? Yagoda, the first operator of the Great Purge. Serov refused the appointment at that time, but after Khrushchev explained the reasons, he accepted again. Quite simply, Serov is not qualified to refuse twice.

So he became the first General Political Commissar of State Security of the post-war Soviet Union, with overall responsibility for the national security of the Soviet Union. In fact, in the field of security, he was already the most representative cadre of the Soviet Union. At the moment, it has not yet been decided who will replace Podgorny, and Khrushchev has temporarily put Suslov in charge of the organizational side. But everyone knew that Khrushchev was still looking for a better fit for the post of member of the Presidium of the Central Committee vacated by Podgorny.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, I need to take a break for a while recently, and this investigation has involved a lot of my energy." Serov didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of Ignatov, the chairman of the Central Committee of Podgorny is finished, can he be an alternate member of the world?

Once Khrushchev knew about this, it was a result of a calm beating. The powerful departments of the Soviet Union were not ornaments, and if the putschists had been truly confident, they would not have cut off Khrushchev's ties while he was on vacation.

The interrogation of Ignatov can be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with complete confidence, and it is obviously better for Serokov to do this than himself, and it will be interesting to see what Brezhnev's friends will do about it.

At night at Brezhnev's house, Brezhnev himself sat in the center and remained silent for a long time. The fall of Podgorny actually caught him a little off guard, a person who had just been on an equal footing with himself became an ordinary person in an instant, and Brezhnev was also shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it.

Brezhnev had two men on his side; Both of them were his most trusted people, one was Chernenko, who helped him with personal matters, and the other was his long-time comrade-in-arms, Andrei? Kirilenko.

After Brezhnev set up Shelepin, Podgorny and Kosygin, for a long time Andrei? Kirilenko acted as Brezhnev's right and left hand. In a rumor in later generations, that is, in the process of Andropov's seizure of power, Andropov did not hesitate to use any means to achieve his goals. His immediate goal was to purge Brezhnev's protégés, with the ultimate goal of bringing down Brezhnev himself. , the last few of the pillars of Brezhnev's devastated government, suddenly disappeared from the Kremlin arena.

Andrei, the Kremlin's number two? Kirilenko, is one of them. This person was Brezhnev's deputy in the party and a trusted comrade-in-arms. Andropov fabricated the fact that Kirilenko's son-in-law intended to seek political asylum in England and was stopped by the KGB in time, and smeared Kirilenko's face until he was banned from attending ****** meetings, even though he was still a member of the ******.

However, this rumor has no basis, because even in the two years that Andropov came to power, he did not completely eliminate the forces left by Brezhnev, and Tikhonov, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, was Brezhnev's subordinate, and Andropov had no reason to let go of the government.

"I didn't expect Podgorny to be finished so soon, because of a trivial incident that affected himself." Brezhnev said with some sighs, "It will be a good thing for us in the near future, but I have seen another enemy that is not easy to deal with." ”

"Is it Shelepin?" Andre? As Brezhnev's close comrade-in-arms, Kirilenko naturally knew what his old superiors were thinking, frowned and thought for a while, "Sherepin himself is more troublesome, to be honest, he has surprising many friends in various departments, and any department can find cadres who have a good impression of Shelepin, and these cadres appreciate Serepin's personal ethics and work attitude, Ilyich is right, he is an opponent that must be paid attention to." ”

"Xie Leping himself is more troublesome, he is strong himself and dozens of young cadres around him, in addition to these people, the remaining Communist Youth League cadres are very easy to deal with, not capable enough, and it is very easy to be caught." Brezhnev nodded in agreement with Andrei? Kirilenko's analysis.

"Yes, those people are like children, the most notable are Yegorechev, Semychasny, Tikunov, and now Serov, the current General Political Commissar of State Security and Chairman of the National Security Committee. They are the talents that Xie Lepin relies on the most. "Andrey? Kirilenko continued, "Especially Serov, this guy is also the chairman of the National Security Committee in the capacity of the General Political Commissar of State Security, and there is no suitable reason to replace him. ”

"If you can't change it, just add people to it, Shelokov himself is not enough, just add it to it, clamp him down, and Shelepin's group of naïve young cadres will be easy to deal with." Brezhnev said with a smile to his comrades.

"And Serokov said that Serov himself has a huge dependence on sleeping pills because of mental stress!" Chernenko interjected, "Serov has always thought that he is in very good health, because of age and does not care about such minor problems, this habit is very dangerous, maybe he will fall suddenly without warning in the future, just like Kozlov." ”

"Oh, that's not bad news." Andre? Kirilenko whispered to himself, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. Serov, who was eating jelly beans, clapped his hands noncommittally and prepared for bed. (To be continued.) )