Brezhnev shook his head slightly and muttered to himself, "Iron-fisted Shurik? This time we have a difficult problem, but I must agree that I have no reason to oppose the person he proposed, and the current structure of the presidium is indeed like this, if the chairman of the KGB is a member of the Central Presidium, there is no reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, which are both directly subordinate departments, are not? Andrey ......"

"yes, that's where it gets tough, and Celeste seems to have found supporters as well. "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Kirilenko nodded, "Does this matter have anything to do with Serov?" Ilyich, could it be that he planned it! ”

"Not like that!" Brezhnev carefully recalled, "Don't you think Serov is very tired, and there should not be such time when he almost never stops, when he was in the United States, to deal with the petitions of the Cuban smugglers to return home." ”

"Then he should know by now, where is he?" Kirilenko asked again.

"He? Took a month's vacation before you got off the plane, maybe planning a vacation, right? You can't see him lately. Brezhnev stretched out his finger and shook it, "Let's not talk about him for a while, we have to think about how to deal with this proposal, I believe that the news has been leaked, and we must respond." ”

In fact, even if Sherepin didn't mention it, Brezhnev also wanted to improve the rights of various departments, but when Sherepin first proposed it, he was a little unable to make the other two departments understand, which is a more troublesome place. But this still did not bother him, and if Sherepin proposed two people, then he could add two more, or even more.

Although the number of the Central Presidium will increase to an unprecedented size, what does it matter? Who dares to say that the cadres they nominate to join the team are not important? The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are important, so aren't other cadres important?

At the first meeting of his return, Brezhnev did not fight back against Sherepin as if nothing had happened, but on the contrary expressed his approval that the number of members of the Presidium of the Central Committee should be expanded, and that he himself was in favor of Sherepin's proposal. It indicated that the number of members of the Presidium of the Central Committee could be increased at an appropriate time.

This statement came as a surprise to some, who had expected that the two men would begin a series of dragon fights, but it did not seem to be the case, and Brezhnev easily accepted the proposal of the chairman of the Supreme Soviet. There was no conflict with Shereping.

When the news came out, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs caused a sensation, if their own ministers entered the Presidium of the Central Committee, it would be a significant boost to their own departments, just look at the KGB, Serov was nominated to the Presidium of the Central Committee before Khrushchev retired, the KGB's voice has become more and more important in recent years, although the chairman of the KGB does not participate in the meetings of the Central Presidium very much, but works in Lubyanka, but no one will ignore the voice of the KGB.

The cadres of the KGB also clearly showed a superior posture, and of course, in addition to the chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee, Zinev and Zvigon, who had a close relationship with the general secretary, were also responsible for this situation.

A group of spies obviously have more say than diplomats and military personnel, and for several years, they have also been directly subordinate to the Presidium of the Central Committee, and they have quite a lot of criticism about the other two departments of General Secretary Brezhnev, and the two departments naturally have opinions in their hearts when they see that group of high-spirited spies. Now it seems that this situation should be over.

At the internal meetings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, many people congratulated their ministers, and even Zhukov, who had only a symbolic meaning, congratulated Defense Minister Grechko. Although in terms of seniority, he is far better than the latter.

"Comrade Grechko, your luck is much better than mine, you have not met anyone who has made a statement, and the current Presidium of the Central Committee is a collective leader." Marshal Zhukov said this with some meaning.

As the leader of the Ministry of Defense, Marshal Zhukov was the first person to serve as a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee with the Minister of Defense. What happened later, as many people know, he was replaced by Khrushchev in the name of a Bonapartist, and it was not until after the Podgorny incident that Khrushchev was ready to retire that he was allowed to return to the mountains.

"Thank you, this is also an improvement in the treatment of our soldiers, isn't this the wish of us old guys?" Grechko did not put on a ministerial stand in front of the other party, he could understand what Marshal Zhukov meant. Once there is a leader in the presidium of the Central Committee who is too strong, it is actually not a good thing from the perspective of the military.

In order to get money to develop the aerospace and nuclear industries, Khrushchev constantly cut military spending, which affected the development of many conventional weapons in the Soviet Union, and the victims were the entire army, and more obviously the navy. Although the Ministry of Defense was full of marshals, there was nothing to do with Khrushchev, who was also the first secretary and chairman of the Council of Ministers.

It is true that Brezhnev was far more gentle than Khrushchev, but who knows if he would be like this after he defeated all his opponents? The Ministry of Defense has already suffered a loss from Khrushchev once and cannot and does not want to come a second time.

What is rather surprising is that the proposal to allow the ministers of defense and foreign affairs to be included in the Presidium of the Central Committee was actually proposed by the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, which has always been considered difficult to contact, and Sherepin gave many people the impression that it was difficult to contact, although he had many supporters, but there were also many opponents. Many opponents were dissatisfied with the nickname of Shelepin, the iron-fisted Shurik, and the mild-mannered Brezhnev was more easily accepted than Shelepin.

But at the same time, people did not want Brezhnev to really be in control, and there was a hard-line chairman of the Supreme Soviet next to him, and the general secretary was somewhat restrained, so that many cadres could easily accept it.

This is the view of the Ministry of Defense, and it is also the view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it seems that the image of Sherepin is not easy to contact, and it has been reversed a lot through this proposal, this time in the confrontation of the Central Presidium, Sherepin played a time difference, and succeeded in winning enough supporters, he won. Sherepin won, but Brezhnev did not lose either, and he also proposed several additional candidates, saying that they would be examined in a unified manner. Xie Lepin also accepted it when he saw it and agreed.

"What kind of changes will the feud between Sherepin and Brezhnev cause this time?" Ustinov found a moment to talk to Andropov, the two of them did not belong to Brezhnev's Dnepro gang, and they also had nothing to do with Sherepin's Komsomol strengthening department. Rather, they belonged to the leadership of the department, but the two were inclined to Brezhnev's policy, which was not quite the same as Serov's inclination towards Shelepin.

"It seems that Sherepin has won, but the general secretary has not lost either, and it seems that they will not be able to tell the winner for a while. You also know the character of the general secretary, he has always been very careful, and when he can't figure out the details, he will not force Sherepin to the point where there is no way out, because he does not know whether Serov will oppose it in the end. Andropov shrugged, "Most of the marshals of the Ministry of Defense support the general secretary, but the top leadership of the KGB is the chairman, and the relationship is very good, and it is still in a state of equilibrium." ”

"I don't know how long this equilibrium will last." Ustinov, of course, knew the position of the Ministry of Defense, and sighed and said, "Tsvigon has just come to me to express the implementation of the plan in Southeast Asia, and the target of support is the Thai Communist Party. Zinev is ready to make a specific assessment of the Sultan's military strength, and the attack is imminent, so let's not fight ourselves at this time. It's not good to delay the country's policy. ”

"No, not yet. Serov appears as a hard-line leader, and although we know that this is a tactic, the cadres below do not know that if the general secretary removes him, the cadres below will blow up the nest, and people will doubt the true meaning of the détente strategy, and the general secretary's character will not do this. Andropov explained, "The tough face is actually protecting Serov, but I don't know if he understands this......

At the same time as the debate within the Soviet Union, there was a skirmish between the armies of the two countries in the border area between Sudan and the Congo. Since the change of color, the Sudan has adopted a strategy of diverting contradictions in order to reconcile the relationship between Arabs and blacks. Specifically, although the two major groups in the country have dirty, the black brothers, you should look at the compatriots in Sudan, they have been oppressed by the Congolese, and the strategy is very successful, because the Sudanese cross-border peoples on the border between Congo and Sudan are in a worse situation on the Congolese side than in Sudan.

For several years, Sudan and Congo have been attacking each other, Sudan for Congo's repression of Sudanese minorities, Congo for Sudan's interference in Congolese internal affairs, both countries have used each other as their opponents, engaged in a gunpowder arms race in central Africa, and small-scale border firefights have been taking place.

"Shall we tell the Chairman about the situation?" In the Rubyanka, the exchange of fire between Sudan and Congo has sparked discussion here, and it is important to know that waiting for an opportunity to open up the African corridor to the south has been a work in progress.

"Isn't that going to make the chairman doubt our competence." Zinev shook his head reflexively, Zvigon is in charge of Southeast Asia, he is in charge of Africa, and Serov himself has put a lot of pressure on them in Lubyanka, and he finally went on vacation, and then called him back to find guilt for himself?

After the four vice-presidents discussed, it was decided to let Sudan be patient, because the climate in the Congo this year is quite unstable, and the rainy season seems to have been extended for a while, making the dry season, which is not very long, which is not conducive to the offensive of the Soviet-style army, and South Sudan still needs to reserve offensive materials and oil, and now it cannot afford a big war. The arguments of several deputy chairmen were written down by Servanov and subsequently sent to Serov on vacation. (To be continued.) )