"Judging from the physical examination, Comrade First Deputy Chairman is in good health, but it seems that you have been a little anxious lately, oh, according to your KGB definition, it is an overburdened mind!" In the KGB General Hospital, Dr. Yago, who examined Serov, was calmly making a conclusion, meaning that Serov was thinking too much.

The results of this examination made Serov, who was naked on the upper half of his body, roll his eyes, and sometimes these doctors could not see that they were very capable, but the method of pouring chicken soup for the soul was very clever. Serov, who didn't put on his military uniform for a long time, waited aside, it was not a major matter, since they were all here, how could they not bring their wives with them, anyway, they were all their own units, they didn't need to be in vain, and they could occupy less beds outside.

Overburdened with thoughts? Anxiety? I have to say that what Dr. Yagor said is very reasonable, it seems that this situation has started recently, after meeting Brezhnev to be exact. He always felt that Brezhnev was too threatening, and even sometimes he was thinking about how to deal with this guy at work, so it seemed that the problem was here, and he had been nervous by Brezhnev's threat theory, which was not a good thing.

"First Vice-Chairman, I'm curious about what can make you nervous." Dr. Yagor was also curious, how nervous could he be when he was in charge of the Internal Guard of the National Security Council in his thirties and in charge of the all-Union law enforcement agencies as NKVD. What kind of joke is this, shouldn't others be afraid of him?

That's because the other party is a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee, and his so-called NKVD and first deputy chairman of the KGB can only clean up the local secretary of the state party committee, and in the face of Brezhnev, he can only rely on his boss Shelepin.

There had to be a way, Serov thought as he got dressed, it was useless to be poured chicken soup for the soul, at least Dr. Yago let himself know where the root of the disease was. At present, this new type of disease, called Brezhnev's shadow, has been defined. As long as there is time, Serov will be able to overcome the disease sooner or later, and he is ridiculous at the thought of his actions, why should he be afraid of Brezhnev? It's not certain who will kill the deer, and besides, isn't it ready to be the backhand?

Thinking of this, Serov couldn't help but sneer on his face, even if it was according to history. They still have four years to prepare, what are they afraid of? As long as Khrushchev trusted these young cadres of them, who would dare to treat them now?

After a while, Valya, dressed in mink, walked out, with a peculiar smile on her face, and stood beside her husband and whispered, "Do you guess it's a boy or a girl this time?" ”

"Again? I feel a sense of accomplishment! Serov's reaction was also quite peculiar, but his face immediately changed, this time it didn't happen that he was on a mission again, right? If you count the big things in your impression, it doesn't seem to conflict with the production date.

So I should have a fourth child. Serov, who sowed success again, had the feeling of a winner in life. When I thanked the medical staff around me, my voice changed, and those who left the general hospital and went downstairs seemed to feel that their bones were lighter.

"Look at you!" Valya smiled and pinched her husband's arm, looking amazing. With the hostage in hand, Valya once again found the feeling of turning over and being the master, and the pride of being a heroic mother reappeared.

This incident diluted Serov's recent restlessness, and he had a sense of responsibility rising in his heart, which was quite a strange feeling.

Just as Serov was about to consider whether to do something to help the fun, an enlarged meeting of the Kremlin's Central Presidium was being held, and Khrushchev was in the middle of a meeting. Propose Alexander? Nikolaevich? Serepin served as secretary of the Secretariat, becoming the youngest secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee. This proposal was not opposed by anyone, and in fact it was difficult for Khrushchev to hear opposition from the meetings of the Presidium of the Central Committee.

"Thank you for the recognition of the first secretary, I am a new comrade of the Secretariat, I hope you will help me a lot!" With a modest smile, Sherepin expressed his goodwill to the other members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, which was already not easy. With Shelepin's personality will not show more friendliness, in fact Sherepin himself thinks. This is only a step in his life, a beginning, and the future USSR will definitely be in his hands.

After Sherepin expressed his goodwill, Khrushchev took the lead in applauding, and the entire Presidium of the Central Committee, led by the first secretary, welcomed Sherepin. In this way, Shelepin took a crucial step in the Presidium of the Central Committee. Became the secretary of the Central Committee and chairman of the State Security Committee of the USSR, do not look at Sherepin as only an alternate member of the Presidium of the Central Committee, his rights are not at all less than those of the senior members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, and even most of the members of the Presidium of the Central Committee do not have such great power as Sherepin.

With a bang, ...... several glasses touched each other, and then everyone drank the vodka from the glasses. Everyone was overjoyed that Sherepin had taken a crucial step, they were friends with Shelepin, and they believed that sooner or later the Soviet state would fall into the hands of their people.

"Shurik, the first secretary's trust in you is simply unprecedented, and there is no secretary in the entire Central Presidium who is younger than you, so it seems that things are developing in our favor!" Yegorechev, the first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, wiped a handful of wine from his mouth and said excitedly.

"Yes, although Fortseva is a full member, she is only in charge of a Ministry of Culture, and Kuusinin has nothing but the Secretariat, just like you become the secretary of the Central Committee and also manage the National Security Council." Semychasny said with a hint of pride, "Do those secretaries who work in the Secretariat really have such a great influence? It's just a little higher in level, is it really more energetic than us? ”

"It can't be said that the kind of secretaries like Fortseva and Kuusinin naturally don't have much influence. But the secretary is not the same as the secretary, Comrade Kozlov and Comrade Suslov are also secretaries, these two are different from Kuusinin, you should be careful when you speak! "Yegorechev duly reminded the somewhat arrogant Semychasny.

"This only shows the degree of trust that the first secretary has in us, and I want to analyze this trust!" Serov, who was pinching his wine glass, said loudly, Shelepin's friends have a kind of self-confidence that they don't know why, but in fact, this is not good.

"Yuri, say it!" Serepin skillfully lit a cigarette with a kerosene lighter, and he knew better than anyone about Serov's talent for safe work, and the current expansion of the KGB was the best feedback.

"The first secretary has a very reassuring trust in us, especially the old secretary, which is greater than the trust of any cadre, which has become particularly obvious this year!" Serov combined with the historical promotion trajectory of Sherepin and said, "The first secretary said in October last year that the most suitable thing for cadres who have passed the age of 60 is to hold their grandchildren. So I think the most important point for the first secretary to trust the old secretary is the age of the old secretary, the old secretary's age is 24 years younger than the first secretary, and the other members of the Central Presidium, except for the woman Fortseva, who is younger, everyone else is already in their fifties. ”

Khrushchev was about to turn sixty-seven years old, but he was always in good health, and he was very concerned about his health, as can be seen from the use of special wine glasses during the Congress of the Communist Party of Eighty-One, and it was entirely possible to serve a few more years in the position of first secretary, when the other members of the Presidium of the Central Committee were also very old.

"What does Yuri mean? The longer the first secretary remained in office, the more secure Shurik's position became, especially when the members of the Central Presidium were generally very old, and Shurik's advantage would be even more obvious. Yegorechev nodded knowingly, looked at Sherepin and said, "What Yuri said makes sense, Shurik, what do you think?" ”

"Not necessarily, what Yuri said in many places is very reasonable, but Comrade Kozlov is not very old, and he is also the successor of our first secretary, so let's not think about it so far now!" Sherepin choked the topic, with Kozlov's current position, it is difficult for anyone to come out and challenge, in any way, Kozlov is the number two in the entire league, which Sherepin is also convinced.

Sherepin's words do not mean that he disagrees with Serov's views, and everyone can see that Khrushchev attached importance to young cadres. He has placed tremendous trust in the young cadres, including everyone present. It's just that Sherepin doesn't know that the current number two Kozlov body is a time bomb.

The reason for making such a reminder is that Serov just wants to remind his boss that Khrushchev is not his enemy of Shelepin, although the reform of this first secretary has some meaning of being high-minded and low-minded, but what does this matter to them? Khrushchev is so old, and when the time comes, he will retire or die, and the whole Soviet Union is not what they say? Failed reforms? When the time comes, it's completely changing back? First establish this impression in Xie Lepin's heart, and then say, as soon as the province's own boss brain is hot, he will follow the anti-Hee group.

Touch! The wine glasses touched together again, and Egorychev, Semychasny, Mechatsev, Goryunov and Serov took turns to fight, and today they must take the opportunity to get Sherepin drunk, and Sherepin did not refuse to come, today is indeed a day worth celebrating, and everyone celebrated until late at night. (To be continued.) )