Chapter 31: Blomstein

After the coronation of Nicholas II, Witte was the first to return to Petersburg, although Witte is not in a high position, but he has a lot of power, so he has a carriage directly on the train as his living place, at the junction of the train two agents of the intelligence bureau action team at the door, of course, these two people are also members of the Red Group of the Petersburg Marxist Association, in this carriage in addition to Werther, there is also Arkhipov (Ershov), who has been temporarily appointed director of the intelligence service, Of course, there was also a young man under the age of 20 on the train. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info"Why don't you eat anything?" Werther looked at the young man in front of him and asked, "People say that people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry." Do you have the strength to scold me if you don't eat or drink? ”

Arkhipov smiled and watched Werther tease this stubborn guy there, he really didn't know why Werther valued this young man very much, Romanov (Marshov), who had become the head of the Moscow Intelligence Bureau at that time, told Werther that he had captured a stubborn Marxist, at first Werther didn't care very much, just signaled to find an opportunity to release this man, but when he heard this man's name, he didn't hesitate to secretly take him on the train, which is not the case.

Witte looked at the young man in front of him with a smile and said: "Lev Davidovich Bronstein, born on October 26, 1879 in the village of Yanuvka, Kherson County, Ukraine, Jewish origin, his father was a local Jewish wealthy merchant, came to Odessa in 1888, and was admitted to a German-run St. Paul's church school, and now he has just graduated. I wonder what you are doing in Moscow instead of staying well in Odessa? ”

Blomstein obviously didn't expect that the spy leader in front of him, who didn't seem to be much older than him, knew so much about him, in fact, he was not afraid after being arrested, but he was afraid of implicating his family, you must know that Russia is very discriminatory against Jews from top to bottom, especially since he is still engaged in a dangerous business. Blonsteain continued to look at him coldly and replied, "Aren't I allowed to come and watch His Majesty's coronation?" ”

"Hehe, the reason that the young man chose is a bit far-fetched." Arkhipov smiled and said, "You came to watch the ceremony, but why did you participate in the rally of local Marxists, I think you are an evil Marxist." ”

Blomstein scoffed: "Why are Marxists evil? Are you good people? You are just the lackeys of the tsar and the accomplices of the corrupt government, so many people have been colluded and mutilated by you, and you have been executed without trial, and the whole Russian sky has become gray because of you, you are the evil dragon of Russia. ”

Witt smiled and said to Arkhipov: "The word 'evil dragon' is very much in line with our style, I think you can go back and ask those idle painters to set up a logo for us, and decorate it with 'evil dragon'." Then he turned to Blomstein and asked, "Do you really think that the people we executed are good people?" ”

"Isn't it? Is it also a sin that they simply demand a constitutional government in the country? Blomstein asked rhetorically.

Witte sat in his chair and said nothing, but Arkhipov spoke: "Little one, I dare not say all of them, but 80% of them are not innocent, and their deaths are not the cause of your claim. For example, the Moscow governor Ichimov, the mayor of Moscow, Petronovich, the Moscow police chief, Andbolevich, and the head of the Moscow Imperial Intelligence Bureau, Petromov, who were executed in Moscow, colluded together to extort citizens and petty capitalists in the name of the purging of the market, in the name of the suspected reactionary government, killing people who were not in their favor and embezzling public funds, do you know how much money they extorted and embezzled in total? I'll tell you 15 million rubles. I think you must know what a worker's salary is now, and they don't know how many families can survive with the money they embezzled, but they have buried countless families with their own hands. ”

Brunstein listened to Arkhipov's words from the initial indifference to disbelief and then to the final shock, his expression was very rich, and Witte said at this time: "I know what your ideal is, it is nothing more than to make the life of the people of this country better, and the country is stronger, but many things are not just black or white, many times we have to walk in the gray area." With that, Witt nodded to Arkhipov, then opened the door and lit a cigarette in the hallway, looking out the train window at the speed of the scenery.

When Witte first heard this name in Moscow, he was also taken aback, because according to historical records, this Blomstein, that is, the famous Trotsky of later generations, should have been far away in Nikolaev in South Russia at this time, but he suddenly appeared in Moscow, and more importantly, this guy was arrested by his intelligence agents who were eager to make meritorious contributions. If it is not that history has omitted this, then it has been a small deviation since his arrival. Trotsky, the last man in Lenin's party, had a life of ups and downs.

When Trotsky went to school in the industrial city of Nikolaev in 1896, he began to engage in the workers' movement, organizing the "South Russian Workers' League" and carrying out propaganda work among the workers against the tsarist autocracy. At the beginning of 1898, the "South Russian Workers' League" was busted, and more than 200 people, including Trotsky, were arrested and imprisoned. Later, he was praised by Lenin in the revolution, but in the party struggle in 1903 he became a fierce general of the "Mensheviks", fiercely attacking Lenin's ideas, but later became Lenin's most loyal comrade-in-arms and assistant. After Lenin's death in 1924, he was gradually isolated by others in the confrontation with Stalin, and then left the country he fought for and began to flee, but finally died at the hands of the killers sent by Stalin, and his death also marked the complete replacement of Lenin's party by Stalin's party, and the most loyal Marxists who fought the world with Lenin went to see Marx.

Just as Werther was looking out the window and recalling the bits and pieces about Trotsky in his memory, the door of the carriage was pushed open, Arkhipov came out, nodded at Werther and said: "I have just told him who we are, but I don't understand why I told such a little child, aren't you afraid that he will leak secrets?" ”

"He's not going to leak it. Have you ever seen a kid who can still refute when confronted with a spy leader? I am confident that he will grow into a staunch Marxist, no matter what difficulties he may face. Werther replied with a smile.

Arkhipov shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know where your feelings come from, but I have to say that this kid does have guts. Okay, go talk to him, I think you must have your plan. ”

Witt smiled and walked into the carriage, closed the carriage door again, and walked up to Blomstein, who was devouring food there, and smiled: "Why can you eat now?" ”

Bromstein raised his head and looked at Werther embarrassedly as he swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "I really didn't expect that you were all Marxists, and I didn't expect that you would be members of the 'Petersburg Marxist Association' that you formed with Ulyanov. ”

"What's so unthinkable about this? Our cause is destined to be difficult, although the rule of the tsar is not as good as before, but it is still very strong, and our power is too weak, so what we can do is to use the enemy's cover to develop ourselves in the heart of the enemy, do you say this is not the case? Werther sat down and said slowly.

Blomstein wiped his mouth and said, "Mr. Werther, I have to say that what you say makes a lot of sense, but isn't it dangerous?" Once you are exposed, I think it will certainly not be as simple as exile, and the Tsar will definitely hang you all. ”

Witt looked at Blomstein and said, "Do we give up because we are afraid of being hanged?" What we are doing is so that in the future we can win and build a country where all people can live in peace and security. I don't hesitate to pay with my life for this. ”

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