The Ministry of Transport of the USSR was a federal administrative body responsible for civil transport, with decision-making and oversight functions for civil aviation, Soviet aviation and air navigation services, space search and rescue in the Soviet Air Force, and control of the seas, including seaports, domestic water, Soviet railways, automobile and urban electric mobility (including subways), industrial transport, and roads and highways. The railways were only part of the Ministry of Communications, and unlike China, the railways in the Soviet Union were not so strong.

Although it cannot be compared with the KGB, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which are directly responsible to the Presidium of the Central Committee, they are also a very important department, a first-level department with very much power, and you must know that before the merger of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was only a second-level department.

"In fact, if it is only a loophole in the management process, it is not difficult to deal with the problem of waste, according to the rules and regulations, but in fact, this problem is a headache." After Kibanov, director of the General Traffic Management Bureau, came, he told the problem he had encountered.

It's a real headache! Serov was also confused after hearing this, simply put, this has nothing to do with waste and management loopholes, of course, this inventory found that there are many such problems, and they have all been dealt with. The friction with the railway department is precisely not a problem, the Soviet railway transportation of grain is indeed calculated by weight, but the state in which the matter occurred is an exception, the local is calculated in woven bags, and it is also through the consent of the state committee, yes, this method of calculation that is prone to loopholes is deliberate.

The area is very dependent on agriculture and has no mineral resources or forestry resources, in other words, people there can only farm. The railroad department, which had a clash with KGB investigators, did deliberately withhold some of the grain. The main purpose is to get some subsidies. One more thing to say here is that it is not agricultural subsidies, but subsidies from the state party committee to the local railway department, which involves more complicated places.

The main problem is that the local railroad sector is understaffed, and the state is an agricultural state, and the railroad sector is very busy. That's why this situation has arisen, and it has been tacitly approved by the local state party committee.

"Is there a problem with corruption?" Serov, who scratched his head, asked Kibanov with a painful face.

"No, the local railway department is really understaffed, the equipment is also insufficient, and there may be a problem of corruption, but it is definitely because it can't survive!" Listening to the words of Lieutenant General Kibanov, Serov was even more painful.

In his previous life, Serov had heard of this kind of example, what should a county do if it is short of funds because of financial difficulties, and it is really difficult, and it is impossible to change the status quo in a short period of time. It just so happens that there is a relatively important highway in the county, so the task of the local transportation department is to fine the road and maintain the operation of the county government.

That's something Serov had heard about when he was a kid, and it was an exception. Time should have been the case in China's more difficult times, but I didn't expect this kind of case to be seen again in the Soviet Union, the environment of things was a little different, China was in the early days of the market economy, and the Soviet Union is still a well-functioning planned economy. The KGB encountered this time was also a department of the local railway department.

"Are you sure there's no element of corruption?" Serov asked Lieutenant General Kibanov again, strictly speaking, this is also corruption, but Serov can't deal with it, because it is really excusable. From the analysis of the written report, the local railway department really has no choice, which is different from the general fake accounts to get by.

This kind of violation that is really difficult and forced is not easy to deal with, and Serov, who had a painful face, finally said, "Send a team to the local railway department in the future, tell them not to do this in the future, and say hello to the Ministry of Communications, the local railway department can give a part of the subsidy, but it must be done in secret, and the KGB's funds are not blown by the wind......"

It can only be dealt with in this way, even if the KGB arrests people, the problem of changing a group of railway workers still exists.

"Really...... that in the end, the KGB will pay for the railroad department?" Serov was deeply ashamed of this kind of behavior of paying money to subsidize other departments, why was Semychasny not there at this time, he had returned from India and gone to Switzerland, and the chairman of the KGB was still hanging around. Compared to Shemychasne's ease, he is now even missing two female secretaries, how can this be reasonable?

I don't know if the two women of Isemotny have picked out, but now Serov has reached the point where he borrows Itvasov, and has talked about a few words about the first secretary's article on strengthening the Soviet Union's civilian grain reserves, and Serov asked Kibanov to go out to coordinate this matter, which is a good thing for the KGB and the Ministry of Communications, and if it is insisted on dealing with it, the Ministry of Communications may also think that the KGB is too unkind.

As for the domestic problems of the Soviet Union, it is better not to solve them by direct and straightforward means, unless it is a clear crime, such as the Ryazan region, then talk about it when it is time to talk about it.

"When will Semychasny come back and go to Bulgaria to see strips and dance?" Serov left the conference room in a distraction, having just chaired a meeting of the KGB presidium with Itvasov, and now he needed to return to his office to listen to some questions from Roman, the head of the General Directorate of Military Administration.

Isn't this complaint slandering Bulgaria, which is a socialist country? Yes, are there strip and dance bars? Yes! This is not a contradiction, the national conditions of each country are different, those countries in Eastern Europe are only politically similar to the Soviet Union, and not all places are on par with the Soviet Union, take Poland as an example, the state has more private land than public land, which is simply unimaginable in a socialist country, but it is true.

"This year, the ice in the lower reaches of the Volga is still very thick, and the melting rate is much slower than in previous years, so the river will definitely rise, and the Ministry of Defense has noticed this problem and asked the surveying and mapping department to investigate. Because it involved the safety of residents on both sides of the river, we were asked by the KGB to make an assessment. Lieutenant General Roman, director of the General Administration of Military Administration, said in a 1510 manner, "In recent years, the weather forecast for the downstream temperature is still very low, and it seems that action is about to be taken!" ”

Many floods in the Soviet Union were not caused by too much precipitation, but because the ice was too thick to block the flow of the river, causing the water level to rise. In fact, the solution is not difficult, the air force is dispatched to blow up the ice, let the water flow again, and finally break through the frozen water.

"The Ministry of Defense is ready to send the Air Force? Okay, let's send someone to survey where it's easier to say! Serov nodded and did not object, reconnaissance is necessary, and the explosion should also be started in a less risky section of the river.

Sending Lieutenant General Roman away, Serov let out a long sigh, and within two days of his return, he encountered all kinds of things, and the chairman of the KGB actually went to Bulgaria again, who is the number one?

Having finally finished all these things, Serov, who was preparing to rest, was suddenly startled by the door that was pushed open, and before he could educate this reckless fellow, he heard the words, "Head, Kozlov's guard reported that Comrade Second Secretary had suffered a stroke......

Wow! Serov suddenly stood up and shouted, "Hurry up and get to the hospital, let the doctors from the general hospital also go and have a look, I'll be there soon!" As he spoke, Serov walked over to the hanger, took off his hat, got dressed and walked out!

Something happened! Serov understands this, Kozlov's time bomb-like body is still in trouble, and once the second secretary falls, the question of who will be the successor will become a matter of concern to many people.

Serov hurriedly drove to the hospital, on the way to ask what happened today, the security of the state leader was arranged by the people of the Ninth General Directorate, Serov is the boss of this group of people, Semychasny is not there, Serov is the head of the KGB, so for his boss's inquiry, Kozlov's guards know everything.

"The second secretary has been in good health, and we don't know why he suddenly had a stroke, but today the second secretary is really angry, I heard that there was a big fight in the first secretary's office, and I don't know how to have a stroke when I got home!"

Serov listened intently to the report of the Kozlov guards, and found nothing suspicious in it. The personality of this second secretary is known to be more intense, in fact, in terms of style, Kozlov is Brezhnev with a more intense theory and attitude. In the entire Central Presidium, almost everyone was reprimanded by Khrushchev at one time or another, but there were almost no people who dared to confront Khrushchev face to face, and why almost, because Kozlov was not in this range. It was not uncommon for Khrushchev and Kozlov to disagree and quarrel, and even Serov had heard about it.

"Go and write a report, of course the comrades at the headquarters will ask you, go down first!" Serov patted the guard on the shoulder, and the investigation of the guard was definitely still needed, because Kozlov's position was so important.

"We must do our best to rescue, this is our second secretary!" Turning his head, Serov said to Kozlov's attending physician again, and at the same time let the doctors from the KGB General Hospital go in together, on the one hand, there are many people to make judgments, and on the other hand, it is surveillance, and when it comes to the safety of the second secretary, it is better to be careful.

This is a very sudden thing, once Kozlov falls, then the Central Presidium will be lively, I believe that Khrushchev does not want to see his successor fall, after all, he is very old, and it is not certain that there will be time to train a successor. (To be continued.) )