What are you kidding, Khrushchev, who was also the first secretary of the USSR and chairman of the Council of Ministers, was ready to retire? It's like saying that the Soviet Union is ready to play capitalism and steal Americans' jobs, just listen to it, don't take it to heart! At least Sherepin absolutely did not believe it, "I didn't say that Comrade First Secretary would retire soon, but I just said that I might have this idea from now on!" Serov put his hands together and looked irresponsible in front of his boss, "But we can determine whether we have this idea through the actions of the future first secretary, and it is not difficult to ......"

As long as Khrushchev had the idea of retiring, he would definitely start to consider the actions of his successor in this regard! Just look closely at the next action to get a judgment. But then again, the abolition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is what Serov is more concerned about! As for Khrushchev's readiness to arrange a successor, there are still several years for him to do so.

The KGB, which re-annexed the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is the complete form, although it still lacks many of the most important things of the Beria era, such as independent judicial power, but it is definitely the peak of the KGB's power since Khrushchev's reorganization! Compared to the Andropov era that was later shackled, it was even more powerful, and I don't know where it went.

The reason why the Andropov era was able to support him to the position of the supreme leader was not how powerful the KGB was, but that the KGB's decline was not obvious, and there was still a trace of vitality left in the zombie-like departments of the Brezhnev era. With this vitality, Andropov became the head of the Soviet Union after Brezhnev, but in fact, the KGB no longer has the advantage of standing out from the crowd, and no department has the ability to challenge the order.

I have to say that Serov came back at the right time, and a week later there will be an enlarged meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee, of course, Sherepin is only an alternate member, and he can only listen to it! At the enlarged meeting of the Central Presidium, Khrushchev was about to fine-tune the membership of the Central Presidium. Perhaps the decision to revoke the Ministry of Internal Affairs was decided there.

Almost at the same time, both Sherepin and Serov had a question in mind, and Sherepin spoke first, "What about Tikunov?" He is now the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia and the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR, where did Tikunov go after the Ministry of Internal Affairs was abolished? ”

"Old secretary, I'm at most on the same level as Tikunov. Don't you think it's a bit inappropriate for me to think about this question? "Serov has the same expression as you ask me and I ask whom, historically Tikunov still worked in the security services during the years after the Ministry of Internal Affairs was abolished, but at that time Tikunov was already bored with security work because he did not enter the KGB.

"Why don't you let Tikunov come to the KGB!" Serov asked, looking at his boss's face.

Xie Lepin shook his head slightly, if his friends all served in the KGB, it would be easy to form a target for people to attack! There are a lot of people watching him in this position, but fortunately Khrushchev has more trust in him.

"Yuri, in fact, recently I also think that Tikunov has become tired of security work, probably because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is no longer an important security agency. So it's not impossible to let Tikunov change his position! The question is where to go? Ministry of Petroleum Industry? Ministry of Natural Gas Industry? Ministry of Machine Tool Manufacturing Industry? Or the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry? What do you think, Yuri? ”

In the history of the security agencies, Sherepin spoke to two people, Semychasny and Tikunov, one of whom was in charge of the KGB and the other was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in fact, even a few years after the dissolution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tikunov was still the head of the second-level ministry of the Ministry of Social Security, but now it seems that Shelepin has changed somewhat, and Serov has taken the place of Tikunov.

I don't know what Sherepin had in mind, but these departments of the USSR seem to be a little bloated? What does it mean that the Ministry of Petroleum Industry and the Ministry of Natural Gas Industry are open? Does heavy industry need to break down so many sectors?

"Old secretary. We still have to ask Tikunov what he means, his own opinion is very important! Serov felt that he still couldn't make decisions for others. If memory serves, because of their age, very few of Sherepin's friends even died before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Tikunov was an exception, compared to Semychasny, who was tossed by Brezhnev at the same time, Tikunov was obviously not resistant to tossing. He died before he lived to be sixty years old.

"Well, let's talk at my house in the evening!" Xie Leping nodded approvingly, the abolition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also a big deal, and they need to plan it carefully.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been constantly weakened since Khrushchev came to power, and this year Khrushchev has been in power for seven years. Thinking that the time had come for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to become history, he began to overhaul the Soviet security system and concentrate all his efforts on the KGB, which he had built.

"What do you think, Tikunov?" That evening, Sherepin invited Semychasny, Serov and Tikunov to his house, Serepin's most trusted friend in Moscow! The other friends were not that Shelepin did not believe it, but that those people and security work were useless without being called.

Sherepin called Tikunov over, mainly to ask him if he still wanted to work in the security field.

"I can go anywhere, as long as I don't have nothing to do! The work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in recent years has been replaced a lot by the KGB, and it is not interesting to stay there! Tikunov smiled, sometimes lacking a bit of luck. He was supposed to work in the field of security earlier than Serov and even Sherepin himself, and had just become a newly promoted cadre before Beria's death, but because of the subsequent reorganization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he left the KGB, but he did not expect that the KGB would replace the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a few years, but he could not go back.

Today, I finally got the position of first deputy minister from the Ministry of Internal Affairs again, but today I learned from Sherepin's mouth that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been confirmed to be abolished.

Tikunov found that his luck was indeed more average, and he should change his working environment!

"The department with the largest profits and the easiest results is naturally the Ministry of Petroleum Industry! The main thing is that Baku State University has a lot of professionals in this area, is it an old secretary? This time, the old secretary in Serov's mouth was not Shelepin, but the first secretary of Semychasny when he was the Minister of Internal Affairs in Azerbaijan at that time.

"Yes, there are a lot of talents in Azerbaijan, Baku State University is the cradle of the oil industry, and if Tikunov enters the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, I will easily be able to contact a large number of talents to help you achieve results!" Semychasny nodded very seriously, compared to Serov who left Azerbaijan earlier, he is a real expert.

"The question is how to get results?" Tikunov also knows that the Ministry of Oil Industry is a very exciting department, and the benefits of Baku and the second Baku are huge, but the problem is that both Baku and the second Baku are already in charge.

The Tyumen oil fields have not yet been discovered in this era, in Serov's memory the exploration of the Tyumen region has been going on, and if history remains the same, next year will be when the Tyumen oil fields will be discovered. So it is not at all difficult for Tikunov to achieve results, but he will not say it! Instead, he said, "Our KGB has a big plan, if it succeeds!" The Persian Gulf region will have a place for our USSR, and then the Ministry of Petroleum Industry will definitely rise to the top! Tikunov, when the time comes, we can't imagine how much money you will be able to grab......"

"The Ministry of Petroleum Industry has been exploring eastward, so the domestic exploration work should also be stepped up! Don't worry, Tikunov, the Ministry of Oil Industry is busy! Semychasny also said very seriously, although he worked in the Komsomol, many people promoted in Azerbaijan have entered the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, so he knows this aspect very well.

A few days later, an enlarged meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee was convened by Khrushchev, and all members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, including Mikoyan, Saburov, Suslov, Brezhnev, Aristov, Ignatov, Kozlov, Kuusinen, Fortseva, and Mukhitinov, attended by Kosygin, Podgorny, and Polyansky as official members of the Presidium of the Central Committee. At the same time, the first secretary of the party committee of Kazakhstan Belyaev was removed from the post of commissioner.

Is there a struggle? Serov didn't know, but the answer after Shelepin's return meant no! Khrushchev, who was also the first secretary and chairman of the Council of Ministers, did not have any objection to his views, including the removal of a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee, and all agreed with Khrushchev's opinion.

Sherepin looked mocking when he spoke, "Including me, everyone has no objection to the opinion of the first secretary!" By the way, at the same time Brezhnev was sent to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR as chairman, and he was finished! ”

"There's nothing wrong with that! The first secretary trusts us so much, but it seems that Brezhnev is finished a little too soon, old secretary! "Hearing Brezhnev's name, Serov felt like he had been hit hard suddenly! I hope that Shelepin will pay attention to this person who seems to have been assigned, you have fallen into the hands of this person in history.

"Brezhnev? His ability is at best to be the secretary of the state party committee, and it is good to be the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet! Sherepin looked indifferent, apparently not taking Brezhnev seriously. Sherepin has always been confident, and at the age of forty-two, he has every reason to believe that sooner or later the USSR will come into his hands!

Putting the document of the Presidium of the Central Committee on the abolition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the hands of Serov, Sherepin said very seriously, "The work of merging the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be entrusted to you, and I will find a way to arrange for Tikunov to enter the ...... of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry" (to be continued. )

PS: The group number is above the introduction