Chapter 879: Double Xie Alliance
Hung up the phone, Shcherbitsky was silent for a long time, talking about the child? How can it be said that he is the first secretary of the Ukrainian party committee, and this reason is really due to the old spy leader? It's like fooling yourself like a child. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
What is the purpose of that? Wooing! This is the guess given by Serbitsky, Chernenko is not in good health, Tikhonov is not an assertive person, and the wave of control of the USSR by the Dnipro gangs is receding. On the contrary, the forces that have almost been dispersed by Brezhnev are reviving, and he is talking about the person who has just called him.
In the current Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, the three people that Andropov wants to promote are Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev, which are the new generation of cadres selected by Andropov. But there was also a cadre of the KGB system who entered the Presidium of the Central Committee, even earlier than the previous three. Now the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Aliyev. That is Serov's small vest, which is no different from the original relationship between Sherepin and Semychasny.
On the contrary, they are all old people on their side, and one less one dies. Serov's purpose was not stated, but Shcherbitsky could sense that the leaders of this security system seemed to want to emulate his big brother Sherepin and begin to attack the top leadership of the Soviet Union.
"Dad, is it Uncle Serov's phone?" Just as Shcherbitsky was analyzing the current situation, his daughter Shcherbilova suddenly came over with a bright pretty face and a soft smile and asked if it was a call from Moscow.
"Well, there's a conference in Moscow, I'm going to it next week." Shcherbitsky kept silent about his daughter, until Shcherbilova's repeated inquiries were unsuccessful, and she began to grab her father's arm and ask questions, saying that she could talk about it when the time came, which made Shcherbilova burst into tears and laughed.
"Gangsters, dare to hang up on me." Serov vented into the phone for a while before putting the microphone back. It's really unreasonable, if it weren't for showing a certain amount of respect to this ruthless man, Serov would have wanted his son to quickly make the other party's daughter's belly bigger, and then see who begged whom?
"Chairman, the arrest list sent by the Central Supervision Commission?" Little Valya pushed the door in, walked up to the General Political Commissar in a charming manner, put a stack of reports on the table, and sat down on the chairman's lap without hesitation.
"Didn't I say that? Pay attention to the workplace. Having said that, Serov did not hesitate to hug the little girl's waist with his left hand, and then drove down with ease, pulled down the zipper, and behaved like a zipper.
After a while, he read all the reports of the Central Supervision Commission, gestured with his eyes, and then put his chin on little Valya's fragrant shoulder, and watched the little girl take the chairman's seal and issue these arrest warrants.
"Another batch of people is going to die!" Serov, who stared straight at these arrest warrants, sighed: The anti-privilege and anti-sabotage campaign has been going on for more than half a year, and nearly 100,000 cadres have been investigated and more than 40,000 have been arrested. There seems to be no sign of stopping, and after Andropov's health deteriorated, he appeared on television only a few times, but each time he said the same thing, "to fight more vigorously against any violation of the law of the country."
More than 90 senior cadres above the level of first secretary of the central and government ministers and regional party committees have been dismissed for corruption, bribery, or dereliction of duty, and nine of the 25 party secretaries have been dismissed in Ukraine, where Brezhnev was born. In Kazakhstan, once the territory of Brezhnev, seven of the 20 leading party and government officials were purged. However, the two most important local cadres, Shcherbitsky and Kunaev, even Andropov could not shake them.
The person who can shake Kunaev, Serov believes that there is only one person, and that is Nazarbayev. As for the person who can replace Shcherbitsky in Ukraine, it is even more non-existent. There is no one to take over the work of two people, and a hasty replacement will only lead to chaos in the local area.
Among the arrests was Brezhnev's friend Smilyakov, the head of the Industrial Technology Export Bureau, as a policeman, even if it was a secret policeman. Serov is well aware of the judgment and perception of the nature of the problem in the police system. From the report of the Central Supervisory Committee, Serov could clearly feel that Smilyakov was almost certain to die.
"First, the implementation of agricultural collectives and household contract systems to encourage those who harvest more to get more; second, to promote contracted work teams in industry and construction; Third, it is necessary to expand the autonomy of state-owned and collective enterprises and strive to improve quality and efficiency. So far, it seems that the results are still very good, and our agriculture and industry have once again experienced gratifying growth. At the meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, Andropov, who had not appeared for a long time, seemed to have cleared a little, but he was not as able to communicate as Brezhnev did in his later years.
"Other comrades talk about things in their own fields, let's discuss them together, and I will arrange the future work later!" After Andropov finished speaking, he looked at the other members of the Presidium of the Central Committee with expectant eyes, including Chernenko, who also did not express an opinion.
"Then I'll talk about the current problem." Defense Minister Marshal Ustinov coughed lightly and said, "I would like to report that unity within the armed forces is the only wealth of the country. The armed forces should be united with the people and should work under the leadership of the Communist Party. The reform in the army was not carried out easily, it was quite strenuous, there were a lot of generals, they were only used to giving orders. I can't say that everything on TV and in the newspapers has a good impact on educating people. I can say more on the positive side, some of the rhetoric against the military is not very friendly at the moment, our enemy Reagan is now working on expanding the military strength of the United States, on the contrary, a small number of people attribute the problem to the huge military expenditure, I must say that every kopeck invested in the military field is very worthwhile, I believe that I am not the only one who thinks so. ”
"I agree with Marshal Ustinov, now the international situation is deteriorating, and I can't say that military investments do not have a little effect on the country, but this definitely does not cause a burden on the so-called. There is no basis for some public opinion about the military, and in fact the military burden on every Soviet is definitely smaller than that of every American. We don't have a super-rich class! Serov immediately agreed with Ustinov's opinion.
Later, Serov introduced the rectification report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying that after the rectification, the efficiency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the attitude of promoting the work of Xiangguang have been accelerated, and the behavior of digging socialist corners in various factories has also been curbed. A large number of monitoring equipment is used, so that everyone has nothing to hide, and naturally they will not take away the production materials, or even deliberately destroy the machine to achieve the purpose of sabotage.
"There are some statements that the methods of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in dealing with saboteurs are somewhat harsh, and I must say that during the period when Comrade Dzerzhinsky was anti-sabotage, not to mention detention and fines, sentences for labor reform were all light, and whatever was effective was done, and the final result was good, then this matter was good!" Serov defended his own department.
"In terms of improving efficiency, we must show this attitude." Andropov first stated that he had no hostility towards the KGB and the Ministry of Defense, and that he would not be particularly harsh on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the department that supported Andropov as General Secretary at the same time.
After making his attitude clear, Andropov moved on to the next topic, which, in his opinion, was the most important issue, the fresh blood of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR. I always see a group of old men in their seventies and eighties leading the country, and the Soviets have really lost their appetite for a long time, not to mention that this itself is not normal.
"I would like to propose some new comrades as members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, among them Comrades Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev, of course, the official appointment will need to be announced until the November plenum, and before that, I wonder what the comrades think?" It was at this time that Andropov made his nominations at the plenum a few months later, and first agreed in advance.
This nomination was not opposed, because among the nominations of these new cadres, the only one who said that the chairman of the Council of Ministers Tikhonov might be threatened, and even Tikhonov would not pay much attention to these cadres in their fifties at this time, because Tikhonov was very old, and he would not object if the general secretary asked him to retire.
There are no objections, whether it is Serbitsky, Kunaev, Serov, Ustinov, they all agree with Andropov's proposal, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR really needs some new faces, if they are not satisfied, it is a big deal to change them at that time, and at present they still have this confidence in these new members.
"After the New Year this year, I want Boris to have a wedding with your daughter, what do you think?" In the end, Serov did not invite Serbitsky to his home, and the two met at the Ukrainian Hotel.
Of course, the General Political Commissar was very dissatisfied with Serbitsky's stinky and hard attitude, and this was not a cooperative attitude.
"You want me to help you? Why should I do that? My friendship with Chernenko is much longer than yours. Shcherbitsky said to himself, seemingly unmoved, "And I know you well, but I don't know you very well." ”
"Then you know my son, right? Even if you don't know, you know your daughter, right? The General Political Commissar smiled and said, "In the current Soviet Union, as long as you join forces with me, no one is our opponent at all." Chernenko's physical condition, even if he is the general secretary, how long can he sit in that position? Do you think he'll be able to replace me when he's in power? He doesn't necessarily have that time. ”
"After the old year, the wedding will be held, and the specific time will be discussed." Eventually, Shelbitsky spoke, "I'm doing this all for my daughter!" You can say whatever you want, hold out your hand, but Shcherbitsky did not respond.
The General Political Commissar was very thick-skinned and took the initiative to grab the other party's hand and shook it, not letting him withdraw his hand. The Double Thanksgiving Alliance was reached.