Chapter 599: Policy Adjustment

The new leadership of the USSR was established, the system of power of Brezhnev, Kosygin and Shelepin. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 After the end of the conference, it marked the beginning of a new era, and after the conference, journalists from all over the world spread the news.

Then many countries will certainly begin to evaluate the new leadership of the Soviet Union, to see what kind of policy this new leadership of the Soviet Union will formulate, whether it will be détente or confrontation. This is a very important thing for many countries.

But in any case, many of the policies of the Khrushchev era will definitely change, after all, everyone's style is different, and it is difficult to say what decisions Brezhnev will make, who took over the position of Khrushchev's first secretary.

The question of Khrushchev's retirement benefits was drawn up by Brezhnev himself, and it was a very novel thing for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to deal with the retirement of the former supreme leader. In fact, in the current history of the Soviet Union, only Khrushchev has ever retired, and both Lenin and Stalin before him, as well as the successive leaders of the CPSU, have fulfilled the great professional sentiment of living and dying with their posts. How to formulate Khrushchev's retirement benefits has become a completely new matter, and no one has experience before this.

The same is true for Brezhnev, because at this time and space Khrushchev was not ousted by a coup d'état, but retired after four more years in power, then the matter is even more complicated, and in history Brezhnev personally implemented the standard of treatment for his predecessor: a car, a small cottage in the suburbs, and a good special pension. But that was based on the premise that Khrushchev was couped, and Khrushchev completed the handover, so this material standard seems to be fine, but what about other criteria, such as political standards.

This is the first impression that Serov left when he first attended a meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR, the material retirement benefits are easy to say, but what about the political ones? Will Khrushchev return to the Kremlin at any time? Advice to the current Soviet leadership? That will definitely not work, Brezhnev has a good temper and will not tolerate this happening. Not to mention that there are many people with a tougher temper than him.

The former leader was still being discussed at the first meeting of the new Central Presidium after Khrushchev's retirement, three days after Khrushchev's congress. To be exact, in fact, yesterday the conference just ended.

Now the whole world is full of praise for Khrushchev's retirement, especially France, you must know that the protests in France have only passed less than three months, and of course the same is true in the Soviet Union, but for those here, this is definitely going to pass, in essence, in addition to Khrushchev himself, including Serov, there is also an identity, that is, Stalinists. Although the KGB had been arresting Stalinists in previous years, it was not delayed that they were Stalinists as well.

"We still have to keep Comrade Khrushchev busy, there are a lot of things going on in the world." Serov finally spoke at the first meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, which he attended, "In the past, Comrade Khrushchev saw everything macroscopic, and he could not see the specific and subtle life with his position, but after retirement, he could see the problems that are closely related to people's lives. In fact, there are many such problems, and a person will encounter all kinds of troubles in life, and Comrade Khrushchev has not encountered these things before. ”

After all, Khrushchev is no longer the first secretary, and if Serov still calls Khrushchev the first secretary, Brezhnev will definitely be unhappy even if he doesn't say it in his heart. So Serov called Khrushchev a comrade, as if discussing an ordinary retired old man.

"Comrade Serov, in fact, it can be a little more specific." Brezhnev thought for a moment and asked with great interest, "Use the trivialities of life to dilute the peace of Comrade Khrushchev's life?" ”

"No, I think it is possible to take care of Comrade Khrushchev's political mood, such as some leftover problems." Serov thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it is not difficult to fact, Khrushchev was the first secretary before he retired, and he will definitely not be suitable for becoming an old man receiving a pension all of a sudden." It is believed that the idea of Khrushchev's guidance of work still exists. ”

According to historical records, after Khrushchev retired, he would subconsciously seize every opportunity to relive his leadership career. He often walked into the fields of nearby farms, expressing a leader-like concern for the farmers' meagre harvests, eager to make his far-sighted agricultural proposals. He even used binoculars to monitor the peasants working in the fields, and whenever a person in charge appeared, he hurried over to give his opinion. But Khrushchev soon discovered that these petty leaders did not take the instructions of the former supreme leader seriously at all, which made him very angry and helpless.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to solve, Khrushchev will certainly not often come into contact with higher-level cadres after retirement, but the grassroots cadres will definitely come into contact, and Serov means that the grassroots cadres will respect the former leader. There are some things to do that can be done by following Khrushchev's advice, after all, Khrushchev's advice will not have much impact at all.

Both Brezhnev and Kosygin nodded, this kind of suggestion is acceptable, and at the same time, the annual Victory Day parade, May Day parade and October Revolution parade can also invite Khrushchev back to stand on Red Square, which is a sign of respect for the previous leader, and some retired old cadres can also visit Khrushchev and chat.

"But all this must be under the supervision of the KGB, and we have all been implementing his policies, but in fact we understand from this that there are many policies that are not well considered, and some problems must be fixed!" Brezhnev first listened to Kosygin and Sherepin's opinions, and then came up with his opinions, which can be regarded as the completion of Khrushchev's retirement life planning.

"Yura, don't you want to talk about that?" Brezhnev seemed to be quite generous in asking Serov what his opinion was, knowing that Serov had never had any experience in this area, and he had only been in the Presidium of the Central Committee for 72 hours, and this time should be counted from the beginning of the nomination to the present.

"I'm just a security cadre, to be honest, I don't know what to do when I enter the presidium of the Central Committee, I will obey the decisions of the Central Committee, I just need to make a decision and let me implement it, some issues beyond the scope of security, I can't express my position." Serov was very modest in the face of this Dnipro gang boss, didn't I know that this modest appearance was temporary?

"After all, we still have to implement intra-party democracy, even if it is a security cadre, we can also make suggestions in other areas, and after we think about it, we can make a decision after research." Brezhnev spoke mildly, and then began to ask for the opinions of others, Suslov, Kosygin, Shelepin, Andropov. Everyone's opinion was solicited by Brezhnev, who, when he had just become first secretary, showed moderation.

In fact, Khrushchev's problems still existed, but the successful discoloration of India and Sudan diluted the problems in the Soviet Union caused by Khrushchev's drastic changes, and Brezhnev and Kosygin and Sherepin actually knew about the existence of these problems. But because the external environment has solved part of the pressure, it is regarded as not seeing. After Brezhnev came to power, the most important policy he pursued was to readjust and correct some specific policies of the Khrushchev period as soon as possible on the premise of not causing major fluctuations in Soviet society and stabilizing people's minds.

Now that Khrushchev has retired, these new leaders must first correct part of Khrushchev's reforms. First of all, it is necessary to restore the establishment of unified party organizations and leading organs according to the characteristics of regional production, and abolish the industrial party organizations and agricultural party organizations that were established separately on the basis of the principle of production during the Khrushchev period.

Dividing a region into two party central organizations, so that while each party was in charge of the party, there was also a struggle for power and profit, and Brezhnev, after seeking the consent of others, decided on the method of reform and merged the two party organizations. It was adopted by the Presidium of the Central Committee.

Second, it is necessary to carry out reforms and reform the planning system in terms of strengthening the operational independence of enterprises and economic stimulus. Under the traditional planned economic system, the state mainly relies on issuing a large number of directive indicators to control the production and operation activities of enterprises, so that enterprises lose their independence. For a long time, since the profits of enterprises were basically handed over in full, capital construction investment mainly relied on free appropriations from the state treasury. During the Brezhnev period, when carrying out economic reforms, it was emphasized that the source of funds for infrastructure investment should be linked to the results of business activities, and a considerable part of the profits should be reserved for enterprises. In this way, in addition to the state financial allocation, a considerable part of the funding sources for infrastructure investment are enterprises' own funds and long-term bank loans.

After Khrushchev, the new leadership first began to adjust to the problems that had arisen in recent years. These issues had already been discussed long before they were where they are now. Therefore, after the exchange, the resolution was passed very quickly.

"There is one more thing, and that is what is happening in our public opinion position." In the end, Suslov, who had not spoken, spoke within the scope of his work and said very seriously, "In the past few years, there have been very unsatisfactory aspects of public opinion and cultural environment in China, and I can accept certain adjustments, but obviously this is not the case now, and this situation of sneering and even slandering the state and the central government openly and secretly must be corrected." ”

"I know what to do, I will do Solzhenitsyn's affairs myself, and as for the rest, I will submit a report to the Secretariat, as well as to Comrade Suslov." Serov assured with a serious face, and this attitude was very much recognized by Suslov. (To be continued.) )