"I don't have any rights and interests in my country anymore." Yang Shuoming continued, "If I had been smarter and less dead-eyed, I would have been able to get corresponding compensation from Soviet Russia." ”

"Hanzhi wants to lead the water of disaster to the Russians!" Jiang Baili laughed.

"Isn't that possible?" Yang Shuoming looked at Jiang Baili with a happy smile on his face, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"Of course, that's fine." Jiang Baili smiled, "It's just that I don't know if I'm willing to think about this." ”

"They don't have a better choice now." Yang Shuoming's eyes unconsciously looked at the map and sneered.

Moscow, Kremlin.

That night, the entire Kremlin was lit up. In the corridors, the emotional crowd is endless. In every room, there is a steaming scene, but the most enthusiastic and emotional is in the corner of the corridor upstairs. In one of the innermost rooms there, the Supreme Military Revolutionary Committee of the Soviets was meeting. A few of the girls were exhausted, but still grappling with the incredible pressure of those who came to ask for explanations and instructions.

If someone were caught up in the whirlpool, they would be able to see very anxious faces and hands asking for some kind of instruction or some kind of power of attorney from all sides.

It was here that some of the most important tasks and appointments were decided. The typewriter typed out the dictated documents on the spot, then spread them on his lap and signed them with a pencil. A young comrade who had been fortunate enough to be appointed disappeared into the night as if he were flying in a car with all his might. And in that room, several revolutionary comrades sat at the table, sending their orders to the insurrectionary cities all over the country like electric currents.

This is quite a remarkable job that cannot but be surprising. Many admire that the activities of the Supreme Military Revolutionary Committee in these days are an expression of vigor, which proves that there is an infinite amount of energy in the revolutionary heart, and what can it do when this heart is called by the thunder of the revolution.

At this moment, in one of the halls, the All-Russian Congress of Soviets was convened. The people who came to the meeting were all elated, jubilant, and enthusiastic. Despite the fact that fighting was still going on in many parts of the country, and there were sometimes extremely disturbing news, no one showed the slightest sign of panic.

When the meeting finally opened, the mood of the conference was completely clear. The Bolshevik speech was greeted with ecstatic popularity. Everyone listened with warm admiration to the speeches of the young soldiers who had come to report on the real situation of the front-line fighting. It is known that in the recent battles, the Bolsheviks sacrificed a lot of good personnel.

China and Ben are in a lose-lose battle -- the long-awaited news was greeted with a long storm of applause. At the same time, some of the former Russian officers, who had played a very important role in the organization of the army at that time, came to the rostrum and reported another exciting news, although the Mongols openly announced their resolution against the Soviet power and made naked intimidation against the political axes of the Far Eastern Republics that dared to take "adventurous actions" against Mongolia and China. But this practice does not intimidate anyone. And the claim that the soldiers of all Russia are like a sea in front of them, and that they are going to drown them will not frighten anyone. Because the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies of the [***] squadron were all routed by the valiant Soviet troops, and at the same time a Mongol army group was also routed!

In the office, Vladimir? Ilyich was at home, he seemed to be quite happy and non-stop, and he had drafted the decree of the new regime in a corner. These decrees will be the most significant chapter in the history of this century.

In this small room in the Kremlin, chairs are tossed with coats and hats, and everyone is crammed around a dimly lit table. They were discussing the appointment of the leaders of the nascent Soviet political axe. They did not hold elections because they felt that they usually had a great chance of having them, and they were always worried that there was too much disparity between those who were elected and the great tasks, because they had always known them well; They feel that these people are not at a sufficient level to undertake any kind of specialized work. But Comrade Lenin ignored these frustrating concerns, and he often smiled and said: "Let them see if they have all the people in charge of all the posts at present, and if not, we can change them." ”

How right Comrade Lenin is now in the eyes of many revolutionaries! Of course, there are a lot of people who have been removed now; But there are also quite a few people who remain in their original positions. There are not a few who have timidly taken on the work entrusted to them, and who have since been shown to be perfectly competent. Of course, there were also quite a few people - not just those who witnessed the revolution, but also those who participated in it - who were bewildered by the grandeur of the vision and the difficulties that seemed impossible to overcome. But Lenin, with astonishing steadiness, looked at the grand goal and held it firmly, like an experienced navigator at the helm of an ocean-going ship.

Although the Soviet regime does not seem to have suffered any fatal damage from its inception to the present day, it is impossible for everyone to know the truth in such a police state. At least Lenin, who was the helmsman of the country, knew in his heart that the Soviet state was now on the verge of collapse.

Lenin was accustomed to soberly summing up the past. Unlike many arrogant and arrogant Bolsheviks, Lenin faced up to the stark reality and was not afraid to be told the truth, no matter how cruel the real situation was.

Lenin constantly looked at things with new points of view, and encouraged those around him with new ones: "Three years ago, when we were in Smolny, if someone had told us that in three years we would have achieved the victory we have now, we would have achieved the victory we have now, that no one, even the most optimistic people, would have believed. Then we knew that our victory would be consolidated only if our cause was victorious throughout the world, because we had pinned all our hopes on the world revolution when we began our cause. ”

Lenin expressed the new communitarian worldview in this way: "As a result, neither one side nor the other, neither the Russian Soviet Republic nor the capitalist world as a whole, has been victorious or defeated; Secondly, although our prophecy was not fulfilled easily, quickly, and directly, the main thing we did, and in this respect, the prophecy came true, because the main point was that the proletarian power and the Soviet Republic could survive even if the outbreak of the socialist-benevolent revolution in the whole world was delayed. ”

But now, foreign intervening forces have forced Lenin to temporarily abandon the revolution abroad and dig trenches at home.

After the start of the war between China and the Bolsheviks, the Bolsheviks were ecstatic, believing that not only was the Soviet power safe, but that this was the best time to export the revolution to China and to the Bolsheviks, but the ruthless fact soon shattered their dreams: although the China and the Baben fought on land and sea, this did not prevent them from usurping the Russian land.

In Outer Mongolia and the Tangnu-Ulianghai, the Soviet forces had been completely expelled and the Central [***] Brigade and the Legion Army had all crossed the border and fought on Russian soil, the Far Eastern Republic existed in name only, and the coastal areas were largely occupied by the Chinese army.

As a great revolutionary practitioner, Lenin stopped in the face of such insurmountable obstacles. But he is convinced that there is hope. Lenin said to his comrades more than once: "We have always understood and will not forget that our cause is an international cause, and therefore our victory is only half, perhaps less than half, until the revolution in all countries, including the richest and most civilized, is completed." ”

Many people asked Lenin how the Soviet state could survive under siege by the imperialist powers. Lenin replied eloquently: "The three mighty nations of Great Britain, France, and the United States could not unite against us, and lost the war which they waged against us with their combined forces." China and the original are enemies, and as long as the struggle between them does not end, they have no power to interfere with the revolutionary regime. Lenin stressed that these great powers suffered defeat because "they are half dead...... The bourgeoisie in their country has become thoroughly decayed. This is why Russia can be in a state of security, and the possibility of a world revolution still exists. ”

Lenin's words also represent the firm Kremlin habit that developed after the success of the revolution: to always exaggerate the difficulties of other countries in order to comfort his own countrymen, and to relieve the worries of his own compatriots with the illusory acrobatics of the "world revolution" when food and other consumer goods are scarce. These words of Lenin are too exaggerated. You know, these countries used only a very small part of their forces against Soviet Russia. And if they can't unite, how can they use the "combined power" to fight?

But Lenin added a fine line of "realism" to his beautiful picture for the followers of the revolution. He said, "If the Bolsheviks fantasized that the whole world could be transformed by the power of Russia alone, it would be a sign of insanity." We should first transform Russia. Communitarianism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country, because without electrification it is impossible to revive industry. Lenin proposed a detailed plan for electrification, but he pointed out that it was one of many ambitious tasks before the Soviet political axe. "The economic basis for a truly socialist-benevolent society is not yet there," he said. And "bureaucracy has been resurrected." ”

According to Lenin, the masses of workers and peasants were illiterate and uneducated, and therefore incapable of reviving industry and eliminating the bureaucracy that had invaded the party and government apparatus. Now that "all the good elements of the proletariat" had gone on military duty, the "bourgeois elements" of the cowards and bureaucrats had gone into the Soviet apparatus. Lenin often complained: "We are in the minority compared with the millions of petty bourgeoisie in the cities and villages". "The revolutionary enthusiasm of the people began to wane, and they hoped to get a comfortable position in a certain unit. Those who were fairly literate and competent for administrative work did not sympathize with Bolshevism, and there were few highly skilled communists and sympathizers. Lenin seemed to have forgotten that in the past few years he had put forward the slogan "Every female chef is capable of running the country." Now, such slogans have disappeared.

Lenin did not yet realize that "bureaucracy" was in fact an infantile disease of the revolutionary axe he had built to manage everything - economic, political and educational. With the strengthening of centralized management, this infantile disease has become a regular phenomenon in the country.

The most urgent task for Lenin at the moment was the need to reformulate his domestic and foreign policy, and Lenin said: "As long as we have not yet won the whole world, as long as we are still weaker than the capitalist world from an economic and military point of view, we should adhere to the principle that we should be good at taking advantage of the contradictions and antagonisms between the imperialists." …… The basic experience in this regard was already in place at the time of the conclusion of the Brest Treaty. ”

"But now, little by little, the Western powers are recovering the wounds of the war, and although in all countries there is a common 'nucleus' of the International, the capitalist countries are developing much more slowly than we are. Obviously, when the peoples are at peace, the revolutionary movement will inevitably slow down. Therefore, we cannot speculate on the future and hope that it will be faster. Our task is to decide what we do now. People live in countries, and each country lives in a system of many countries, all of which are in a certain political balance of power with each other. ”

Lenin tried to make his loyal followers understand that a state, whether it is a capitalist or communitarian state, is still a state and must exist according to the principles of the state. If it does not want to upset the equilibrium of power by waging war or exporting revolution, then it must obey this equilibrium principle. The assumption that a socialist-benevolent state cannot become an imperialist state seems quite possible, and that the socialist-benevolent state will certainly justify its socialist-benevolent foreign policy. But it should not be surprising that a country, whatever it claims to be, should inherit all the evils of the capitalist state of the nineteenth century when it accepts the policy of "balance of power" characteristic of the nineteenth century, as described by Lenin.

Lenin then pointed out that "most of the places in the world where raw materials are abundant are occupied by the capitalist countries, if not politically, then economically controlled." "We should be good at estimating this and taking advantage of it. We cannot go to war against the current Entente. …… Politically, we should take advantage of the differences between the enemies, and only those caused by the deepest economic causes. If we try to take advantage of small accidental differences, we will become small politicians and worthless diplomats. ”

The Soviet power had great hopes of exploiting the fundamental antagonism in the current capitalist world. "The first antagonism, which is also the one that has the most to do with us, is the relationship between China and China. There is a war going on between them. …… There is no doubt that these two countries have always hated each other, their contradictions are irreconcilable, and therefore war cannot be avoided. But "in such a situation, can we, the Bolsheviks, be indifferent and simply say, 'We will propagate communalism in these countries'?" That's true, but it's not enough. The practical task of our party's policy is to take advantage of this hatred and make them fight each other. ”

Lenin commented on the situation of the war between the imperialist countries: "With a population of 50 million and the United States with a population of 110 million, it is much richer than the United States. Although China is poor and backward, it has a population of 400 million," and "it has always intended to encroach on China, which has a population of 400 million and the largest coal reserves in the world." …… It is ridiculous to think that the stronger capitalism will not take everything that the weaker capitalism has plundered. …… This creates a new situation. Take the two imperialist countries, Ben and the United States, for example, they want to go to war, they will fight for the first place in the world, for the right to plunder", "Why is this happening? Because China does not have any colonies, and China has always regarded China as its natural colony, it is inevitable that there will be contradictions with China, and if it tries to further invade China, it will help us tenfold. Angry nationalism is boiling over in China and Ben right now, whether you want it or not, whether you have money or not -- of course the richer they are, the better, because as long as the war doesn't end, they're doing us a favor. ”

Lenin also believed that there would inevitably be a conflict between Ben and the United States over the colonies. In this war, "we Bolsheviks should use one country against another. In doing so, are we committing the crime of violating [***] doctrine? No, because we are doing so as a socialist-benevolent country, a country that is engaged in communitarian propaganda and has to take advantage of every hour that the situation gives it to consolidate as quickly as possible. We have begun to consolidate, but slowly. The United States and other capitalist countries are developing very quickly in terms of economic and military power. No matter how much we gather all our strength, our development will be much slower. We should take advantage of the established situation, which is the whole essence of our current foreign policy. ”

(To be continued)