The weather in Petersburg was getting colder and colder, and as October wore on, Vasily's study in the Witte family's estate in Petersburg was now a meeting place for the Petersburg Marxist Society, knowing that no Russian police agent could enter it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On this day, Ulyanov and his sister Maria, as well as the Minister of Organization Chaginov, the Minister of Labor Nikonov and others came here again, and as soon as they entered the house, they felt a strong warmth, and Ulyanov quipped: "It is worthy of the Viscount's house, it is really warm!" ”

Maria also said: "Brother Vasya, you are really comfortable here, you don't know that our university dormitory has been like an ice cellar for the past two days, especially when it rained two days ago, it was simply impossible to live. ”

Ulyanov heard his sister's words and said: "Martha, don't you know, when I was in school, this guy actually took a broken basin in the dormitory without permission, and almost burned down the entire dormitory, now I am afraid when I think about it." ”

Chaginov and Nikonov also stood aside and watched this scene with a smile, and after listening to Ulyanov, Witt smiled and said: "Ilyich, you are also a nobleman, right?" What if Uncle Ilya knew that you were living so miserably? ”

Everyone laughed and sat down, and then Ulyanov said: "Vasya, the overall operation of our organization has been very good recently, and it has exceeded my expectations a little. Especially among the workers, we have the support of many workers, and Comrade Nikonov wants you and me to give a speech among the workers, so as to arouse the enthusiasm of the workers even more. ”

After hearing this, Witte asked Nikonov, who was sitting on the side: "I heard that the workers in Petersburg began to organize the workers' representative soviets spontaneously in order to enter into a dialogue with the capitalists?" ”

Nikonov replied: "Yes, now the enthusiasm of the workers is very high, the formation of Soviets of Workers' Deputies in the factories has begun, the election of deputies to negotiate with the capitalists, and our Ministry of Labor is ready to unite all the Soviets of Workers' Deputies in Petersburg to hold a general strike at the right time for the rights of the workers." ”

"Comrade Nikonov, I think it is still too early to hold a general strike at this stage, we should continue to develop, the Ministry of Labor, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Labor, should compile our ideas into pamphlets and disseminate them among the workers, and we must do it so that the real Petersburg will be shocked and everyone will know that the working class is not to be bullied." Witt thought for advice.

After listening to Witt's suggestion, Ulyanov also agreed very much and said: "Vasya's proposal is very good, our strength is still very weak, we cannot act easily, the workers' representatives can negotiate with the capitalists, but we must take it step by step, we must not be in a hurry, we must let the workers understand that our strength is still very weak at this stage, and we must accumulate thick and thin." ”

Nikonov nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Then when can we organize a meeting for the representatives of the workers to meet with Comrade Ulyanov and Comrade Witte and listen to their views on Marxism?" ”

After hearing this, Witte asked Chaginov, the head of the organization on the other side: "Is there an audit of the new member organization department?" Are there any police agents or elements who are ideologically opposed to us? ”

Chaginov replied: "In accordance with Comrade Werther's opinion, the Organization Department has conducted a unified organizational review of all the new members, and has eliminated some bad elements, and there is still no problem within the organization as a whole. ”

It turned out that after the veto of the Ministry of Security, after consulting with Ulyanov and Dzerzhinsky, who had returned to Lithuania, he handed over the responsibility of organizing and reviewing members to the organization department.

"Okay, I think let's meet with the vast number of workers tomorrow night." "I would also like to meet Comrade Krupskaia," said Witt. As he spoke, he also gave Ulyanov an ambiguous look at Ulyanov, who was sitting next to him, and Ulyanov's sister Maria also looked at her brother with ill will, and Ulyanov couldn't help but have a trace of red on his face when he saw the eyes of these two people, and this made Werther, who was afraid of the chaos in the world, laugh even more: "It turns out that our comrades in Ilyich will still blush!" The few people present, except for the more embarrassed Ulyanov, laughed.

The next evening, Ulyanov and Witt arrived at the Kelselski Machine-Building on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, accompanied by the Minister of Labor Nikonov, where hundreds of workers' representatives from various factories had already gathered. "Comrade Ulyanov, Comrade Witt, this is the representative of the Soviet Union of Workers' Deputies of the Kraslav Machine-Building Plant Boris. Viktorovich. Comrade Yankinov. Nikonov, who accompanied him, introduced on the side.

Yankinov stretched out his hands and shook hands with Ulyanov and Witt one by one, and said: "The vast number of our workers hope that the two of you will come to explain Marxism to us, especially the "Interpretation of the Law on Fines for Factory Workers" written by Comrade Ulyanov, which has aroused widespread resonance among us, and I finally see you today. As he spoke, he walked up to a high platform and said to the workers' representatives in the audience: "Fellow workers, today we are fortunate to invite Comrade Ulyanov and Comrade Witte to give us a speech, and let us warmly welcome you. ”

There was a round of applause from the audience, and Ulyanov and Witt both walked up to the stage and bowed to the broad masses of workers' representatives. Nikonov also appeared on the stage at this time and said: "Let us first invite Comrade Ulyanov to give a speech to everyone. ”

In the applause of the audience, Ulyanov began his speech: "Comrades workers in St. Petersburg, now the capitalists in the factories are at any time fines for everyone, not for the purpose of compensating for losses, but for the purpose of establishing discipline, that is, to make the workers obey the owner, to force the workers to obey the orders of the owner, and to obey the owner when they go to work. This is what the fine law says: a fine is 'a cash disposition imposed by a factory manager in his private right to maintain the system'. Therefore, the amount of the fine is determined not by the size of the loss, but by the degree of sloppiness of the worker's work: the more sloppy the work, the more disobedient he is to the owner, and the more he disobeys the owner's demands, the more the fine will be. Whoever works for the owner of the field is obviously an unfree man; He must obey the owner, who can punish him. In the past, serfs worked for the landlord and were punished by the landlord. And now our workers work for the capitalists and are punished by the capitalists. And the only difference in all this is that the unfree were beaten with sticks before, and now they are beaten with rubles! ”

Ulyanov's speech in just a few minutes made the workers in the audience enthusiastic, because all of them spoke to the bottom of their hearts, but Witt, who was standing on the other side and watching Ulyanov's speech, was thinking in his heart at this moment, all countries in later generations are like this, capitalists have to demand product quality and the whole team for the sake of profit, and it is normal to impose fines, but Witte knows that the fines imposed on the workers by all the capitalists in Russia or the whole world are very terrible. In the case of the fines imposed on the workers of the Kersslas Machinery Plant, the proportion of fines is at least 15% of the workers' wages, not to mention the larger proportions of fines, some of which account for more than half of the workers' wages. In fact, the decline in the proportion of fines imposed on workers by all factories and capitalists in later generations was the result of the struggle between the working class and the capitalists from generation to generation since the 1840s.

Ulyanov on the stage is still giving his passionate speech, but in terms of speech level, Ulyanov is definitely a master, and the originally boring sentences are indeed so contagious when they come out of his mouth. After about an hour, Ulyanov said: "Comrades workers in Petersburg, let us give a speech to Comrade Witte, welcome!" ”

Hearing this, Witte also came to the center of the stage, looking at the hundreds of workers in the audience wearing blue overalls, but the uniforms were covered with oil stains, and even some of them were obviously children from the age of the workers, Werther calmed down and said slowly: "Comrades workers in Petersburg, Comrade Ulyanov's explanation of the fine law has been listened to very carefully just now, and including me, those cold, impersonal and free punishments are also deeply hated, so what should we do?" Only revolution! Whose life is it to be revolutionized? It's the ruthless capitalists, the rotten tsarist government, and all the aristocratic lords who bring us a miserable life! ”

"Ulla!" "Revolution!" The crowd in the audience shouted one after another, and then an abrupt voice came loudly: "Mr. Werther, you also belong to the aristocratic lords who exploited us, including the impassioned Mr. Ulyanov just now, you are all aristocratic lords, you are here to give speeches, and it is not for us poor workers to work for your welfare, and make sacrifices for your promotion to the rank and lord, but you?" It's just sitting by the lake in the afternoon, drinking tea and eating pastries, watching from the sidelines, you are exchanging our lives for your interests! Workers, let's not believe the words of these noble lords, we still have to rely on ourselves! ”

This man's words filled the whole hall with whispers, and some of the workers calmed down from their original excitement and looked at Ulyanov and Witte on the stage with suspicion, and at this moment Werther, who was standing on the stage, realized that a big crisis was coming, and once it was not handled well, the entire previously established foundation would collapse; And if it is handled well, then the revolutionary situation in Petersburg as a whole will be injected with a dose of strength and will be brought to the fast track.

Witte calmly looked at the person speaking in the audience and said: "You are right, I am also a noble class, and I don't hide anything, my family owns estates in Baku, Odessa, Petersburg and Moscow. With Werther's words, the expressions of the workers in the audience were completely full of suspicion and distrust, and Ulyanov, who was standing on the stage, asked Nikonov and Yankinov next to him: "Do you know the person who spoke just now?" ”

Nikonov and Yankinov both shook their heads, and then Witte continued: "But I will give up all this, because I want to make all the people of Russia rich and strong!" Today I am here in front of all the workers' comrades and solemnly declare: I, Vasily. Borisovich. Werther voluntarily renounced all the rights of the aristocracy, wholeheartedly joined the Petersburg Marxist Association, led the workers and all the oppressed classes to fight for their rights, overthrew the rotten tsarist government, established a socialist state belonging to the people, and let the great Rus stand tall in the world and regain its glory! ”

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