Brezhnev has the advantage of being much stronger than all other cadres, at least much stronger than the current members of the Presidium of the Central Committee, that is, Brezhnev knows better than anyone who can become his friend and who is a threat to himself sooner or later.

Just as Sherepin always disapproved of Brezhnev's abilities, Brezhnev also felt that Sherepin was just an unruly man who thought highly of himself.

At least the decision after joining the KGB did not show how strong Sherepin's ability was, and the doctrines of abolishing KGB cadres and merging departments were failures from the KGB's point of view, and if the KGB were under Brezhnev's control, he would definitely not do so.

The only thing Brezhnev thinks highly of Sherepin is the so-called personality charm of Shelepin, and the cadres gathered around Sherepin, including Tikunov, Semychasny and Serov, plus Mechatsev, Goryunov, and even the Leningrad ********, Moscow******** Yegorechev, and Tolskykov, formed a force that Brezhnev had to face squarely, and this force expanded even faster than Khrushchev's Ukrainian faction.

The cadres of the Komsomol system spread throughout the Soviet Union, the KGB had a sense of presence in all walks of life, plus Leningrad and Moscow, the two most important cities in the Soviet Union******** were friends of Shelepin, and the propaganda department had Meshatsev and Goryunov to help Sherepin complete the work of public opinion, and it seemed that this group with Sherepin as the core had taken shape. Brezhnev did not attach much importance to other departments, but the KGB department has always been his focus.

Just when he and Sherepin were flying from Moscow to Kazakhstan, on the plane he set off a typical Brezhnev-style conversation, asking Sherepin about his views on various levels of work in the form of small talk. In the course of the conversation, I got to know Sherepin as a person, and what did I say about the result? Sherepin was a very flamboyant person, and this kind of person was not difficult to deal with in Brezhnev's opinion. But at the same time, Sherepin is very good to his friends, not to mention doubt, he has not even thought about it, Sherepin is not difficult to deal with, what is difficult to deal with is the huge cadre group around Shelepin.

Even Serov, a cadre, Brezhnev talked with Sherepin for a while. Sherepin's answer surprised him, "Few people like to work in the KGB, but Yuri is an exception, except for working in the KGB, he does not have the slightest desire to be transferred from his post, if it is not for the fact that he is too young, the chairman of the National Security Council is his......"

There was no hint of disguise in Shelepin's answer, as if the chairman of the National Security Council was not him now, and that meant as if the KGB was not important. As long as Serov is exercising for a while, he can give up his position.

Just kidding, how could this be possible, how could Sherepin give up the position of chairman of the KGB if he did not have the hope of promotion, but when Serepin had a greater goal, he was accustomed to giving his original rights to his friends, such as the current first secretary of the Communist Youth League, Shemychasny, after Sherepin learned that he was going to take over from the Communist Youth League as chairman of the KGB, he quickly transferred Shemychasny from Azerbaijan to replace him to continue the work of the Komsomol.

Compared with Brezhnev's power-sharing and Sherepin's tendency to adopt the practice of separating powers, he and Brezhnev were not the same person at all. There is a sense in Sherepin that although you don't understand me, I don't need you to understand. Shelepin's friends recognized this. But if you are not a friend of Sherepin, looking at the small circle of these young cadres, it is easy to have the feeling that Sherepin is also a believer in strongman politics.

Serov, of course, feels the same way, no matter how much Shelepin treats others and how unacceptable his style is. But at least Sherepin has always taken good care of him and a large number of young cadres, including Semychasny and so on, as long as you can convince him to approve of your work. Then there will be almost no restrictions at work, and there will be protection for Shelepin.

Regarding the report on the explosion of an intercontinental missile at the Baikonur Space Center, Brezhnev still fully listened to Sherepin's opinion, and based on Serov's observations, when discussing with Shelepin. The rhythm was in Brezhnev's hands throughout.

"My boss is still too young to be a match for Brezhnev's old fox!" Serov couldn't stop slandering, Sherepin's usual uncomfortable style, Brezhnev as if he didn't see it, still patiently did Shelepin's work, and finally took some time to persuade Sherepin to agree, and waited until Khrushchev came back after knocking on his shoes to decide the outcome of the missile explosion.

What a master! Serov felt that meeting with Brezhnev for the first time was really worthwhile, and the question of who should bear the responsibility is needless to say, if Khrushchev was not wrong as the first secretary, then you are not directly responsible for communicating with the Ministry of Defense? There is also Ustinov, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, now Brezhnev has resolved half of the matter in a few words, and when Khrushchev really returns, it is estimated that there will be nothing at all, at most he will scold Marshal Nederin twice.

"Shurik, in fact, we all understand that this matter is not so simple!" Brezhnev shouted Shelepin's nickname and said with some pun, which looked like communication, but in fact he didn't say anything.

Brezhnev also had the intention of testing Shelepin's opinion of Khrushchev, but he immediately stopped it, and he now had no ambition to peep into the supreme authority, because his current position was still far from the throne of first secretary. It's just that, like other cadres, they are a little dissatisfied with Khrushchev's increasingly paternalistic style lately.

Brezhnev was not alone, even Sherepin, who was trusted by Khrushchev, was dissatisfied with the frequent rants of the first secretary and the humiliation at official meetings, which Serov had heard.

"I agree with Comrade Brezhnev's suggestion that the matter here in Kazakhstan will be dealt with when Comrade First Secretary returns!" Sherepin nodded and agreed with Brezhnev's opinion, this performance of his boss made Serov consider whether it was better to find a more promising boss, for example, the current first secretary Comrade Khrushchev, who is at least a communist with no selfish motives, and has no shortcomings except for some assumptions.

The final result was so happily decided after the two communicated, this place in Kazakhstan is no stranger to Brezhnev, and the Dnipro gang is not all from the Dnipropetrovsk region, the full name of this gang is the Dnipro Moldavian gang, most of the people in it are Brezhnev's subordinates when he was the secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk regional party committee and the first secretary of Moldavia, and some cadres are his subordinates as the first secretary of Kazakhstan. In other words, the land where Sherepin and the two are standing now is also a base area of Brezhnev......

Brezhnev came to Kazakhstan as the second secretary that year, completed Khrushchev's reclamation policy, and finally squeezed out the first secretary sent by Malenkov, and returned to the realization of the Central Committee through the success of Kazakhstan. As soon as I arrived in Kazakhstan, I heard that the current first secretary of Kazakhstan, Nikolai? Ilyich? Belyaev's complaints, Brezhnev and Belyaev are not superiors and subordinates, administratively speaking, the two are equal, but the two have worked together for a period of time, and they can be regarded as acquaintances.

"Ilyich, don't you know that General Serov of the KGB came to Kazakhstan to check the corn production report for today's year, and has already taken all the problems of our Kazakhs into his hands!" Belyaev scratched his head and said that the KGB was directly responsible to the Presidium of the Central Committee, which was only nominally, but in fact responsible to First Secretary Khrushchev himself, otherwise Belyaev could still consider communicating with Serov.

"What? Something went wrong with agriculture in Kazakhstan? Brezhnev was taken aback, the matter in Ryazan Oblast had just broken out, if something went wrong in Kazakhstan, no one knew what Khrushchev could do in anger, and after thinking for a while, Brezhnev comforted, "Things are not too bad, I came with KGB Chairman Sherepin this time, and I can see if things can be solved from Sherepin's side......"

Just as Serov returned to Almaty and began to consult the Kazakh agricultural report, but before the verification was completed, Brezhnev and the first secretary of Kazakhstan, Belyaev, came to the door and said that they were concerned about the work of the KGB, and Brezhnev even talked to him in the name of a private person.

"There is nothing wrong with Kazakhstan's agriculture, there are indeed two states that have insufficient corn production, but that's just the two northern states have their own problems, and it has nothing to do with the agriculture of Kazakhstan as a whole, the basic conditions here are good, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and we are the animal husbandry of the Soviet Union, then again, what I should really verify should be the problem of animal husbandry......" Serov looked like how I was so smart, which made Belyaev's heart that he had just put down rise again.

In the end, it was Brezhnev who began to make a round and said, "Kazakhstan is a major livestock farm, and it supplies nearly half of the meat of the Soviet Union, and I believe there will be no problem......

"It's like Ryazan? In view of the fact that there have been some false reports of production in the country in the past two years, I must check it! And solve this problem! Serov said in front of the two big men, "Otherwise, the meat supply in our country will still be very tight this year!" Of course, by some means that belong to the KGB......"

Hearing that Serov can solve the problem of meat supply this year, Brezhnev and Belyaev are very interested, "The solution is not in our country, of course, given that the problem is not serious, so the meat supply is not out of the question!" Serov said quite confidently. (To be continued.) )