Was that what Lenin meant?

It's hard to say, at least in Li Xiaofeng's opinion, Lao Tuo's estimate this time can't be said to be completely accurate. I'm afraid that the mentor is not only to prevent Krestinsky from entering the Politburo, but his old man's purpose is not so simple!

To prevent Krestinsky from entering the Politburo, it was really not too difficult for Lenin. When Krestinsky and Zinoviev had just joined forces to hold a seminar on Estonia through the Comintern. As far as the mentor is concerned, it is completely possible to clean up these two fools.

Without the permission of the Central Committee, or even a word with the Politburo, the two of you dare to hold such a meeting that has a bearing on the overall international situation, who gave you the courage to do so!

With this alone, Lenin could let go of Krestinsky and Zinoviev's faces, and the hats of disorganization and indiscipline would definitely not be able to run away, and the mentor could also grasp the overall situation and talk about things with a single stick.

However, everyone saw that the tutor did not express his position strongly at that time, but just made a "good self-doing" lightly, and I have to say that the meaning of this sentence is not easy to interpret, and it is okay to say it both positively and negatively, and the strength is soft, leaving Krestinsky a lot of room for reverie.

Let's put it this way, judging from the results that followed, it seems that the Mentor deliberately indulged Krestinsky, just waiting for him to make a bigger mistake. At that time, he was ruthless and went to death!

If you don't have a big plan for small profits, Krestinsky is really not a big person, and it is polite to say that his sense of existence is very similar to Li Xiaofeng, and he eats with his back to the big boss. Without the support of the big boss. In an instant, it will be beaten back to its original form.

To such people. Why did Lenin kill chickens with a knife? Can you endure so long just against one Krestinsky?

So Li Xiaofeng thinks. Lenin must have had a greater plan, otherwise he would have eaten too much brain platinum. The problem is, Li Xiaofeng can't figure out what Lenin is trying to figure out after thinking about it. Is it a knock on the mountain and a tiger?

If it was to warn Trotsky that he was ruthlessly cleaning up Krestinsky, it would be reasonable to say that the conference was about to be held, and Lao Tuo was very active in this section, openly and secretly competing with the mentor. Warn him. Let him not go too far, and hit Krestinsky, whom he is most optimistic about, and it seems to have an immediate effect.

However, Li Xiaofeng feels that there is a problem with this understanding, that is, the situation on the battlefield in the Urals is very crucial, and the current situation is that unity is greater than struggle. Lao Tuo is working hard under the front line, Master Mentor, you let go of his little brother in the back, and it is rumored that he has lost his share, how ugly it is!

Even if the mentor is really shameless, he has to take the overall situation into account, right? In case Trotsky was provoked. People are picking, how will that mess end?

As a politician. The mentor will not even be able to distinguish the importance of this point, and even Li Xiaofeng, who is a two-pole player, will not choose this moment to make trouble. Otherwise, the impact is really hard to say.

But you have to say that the Mentor is completely taking care of the overall situation, but he indulges Krestinsky again, and then beats him again, which looks like a means to serve the interests of the group. It's not close to taking care of the overall situation!

With Li Xiaofeng's political wisdom, he is puzzled by the choice of the mentor, and he does not know what the purpose of the mentor is.

So what was Lenin's purpose?

It's all tears! Lenin was actually hard-pressed too! The reasons for his doing this are quite simple, first, he must prevent Krestinsky from entering the Politburo, the current pattern of the Politburo cannot be broken, and how can Krestinsky enter the Politburo, why should he be allowed to enter the Politburo? The Politburo is not a vegetable market, you Trotsky people can enter as much as you want? Second, we must also take care of the overall situation, or we must unite the Trotskyists, and the old trust is still of great use! At this critical juncture, how can we part ways?

However, it was not as easy as Li Xiaofeng thought that these two things would have been achieved, and Trotsky had high hopes for Krestinsky, who was simply promoted at any cost. A lot of work was done for Trotsky, and for him to win the post of secretary of the Petrograd Region Party Committee, and he did not hesitate to give Kalinin a Central Committee. It can be seen that Trotsky had used all his strength.

How great was Trotsky's total political power? Even if he is not as good as his mentor, but at least he has six or seven percent of the strength of his mentor, how terrifying is it to use this political push to push a person?

In other words, Trotsky used so much force that his equivalent mentor had to use so much force to resist him. So this is not what Li Xiaofeng said about killing chickens with a knife, but the tip of the needle against Maimang!

Lenin had to beat Krestinsky with all his might, and even did not hesitate to use some small means, without him, there was really no way!

What made Lenin even more embarrassed was that there was no problem with Trotsky pushing Krestinsky with all his might, but it would be quite troublesome for him to go to the top of the bull. As I said earlier, we must take care of the overall situation, but Trotsky is supervising the battle at the front! Comrades are also watching? As the number one, Comrade Lenin, you must also show some grace and give way! Otherwise, everyone will have ideas, they will think that Trotsky has worked hard and worked hard, but nothing can be exchanged, and they will think that your old man is too domineering.

It must be said that Trotsky's bitter drama attracted quite a lot of sympathy for himself and a great problem for his mentor. It was unacceptable to let Krestinsky enter the Politburo, but it was not that Trotsky could not bear to let Trotsky a little, and the comrades had ideas. It's hard!

Great, this is a bloodless political struggle, Trotsky seems to pretend to be an honest man and sell stupid strength, but in fact it is wilting, just to give Lenin a problem.

If you want to crack this trick, you really need to use skills. A tough hard top is definitely not going to work, and the masses are watching! If the mentor wants to be hard-topped, he is not measured, and he is suppressing Comrade Trotsky.

Lenin, naturally, would not do such a stupid thing, so he did not have a hard top, but advanced by retreating, waiting and creating the opportunity, and then unleashing a thunderous blow.

Trotsky, don't you want to push Krestinsky? Then I'll let you push. Secretary of the Party Committee of the Petrograd Region. Okay, give it to him. You go to office, I want to see how you become the party secretary. Look at how you became the party secretary and tried to become a member of the Politburo.

Indeed, Lenin could have taken a step back, although the Petrograd region was a huge center of the revolution, but the party secretary of the huge center of the revolution did not have to be a member of the Politburo, right? If you follow this routine. Does the party secretary of the Moscow region also have to be a member of the Politburo?

There was certainly no such statement, and Trotsky knew very well that winning Krestinsky the secretary of the Petrograd Region Party Committee would indeed strengthen Krestinsky's position in the party and help him move up. But this is not the same as taking the elevator, you can go to the top in one step.

In a normal state, Krestinsky had to operate in the position of secretary of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee for a certain time, at least a year. It's better to make a little outstanding feat, and then rush to the bureau committee in 20, and then you can be sure. Even if there is no bureau committee, the alternate bureau committee can't run away!

But Trotsky could not wait a year. With the current pattern of the Politburo, if he doesn't have a helper, he will have to clamp his tail for the next year. And don't underestimate this year, the Leninists are already very powerful, give Lenin another year to consolidate and consolidate, and in the 20th year, I am afraid they will become more and more difficult to shake. Perhaps Trotsky had a Krestinsky on his side, and even more on Lenin's side. Is this an increase in strength or a dilution of strength?

Therefore, Trotsky was in a hurry, in order to find a way, his hair was cut off, who would have thought that Li Xiaofeng would inadvertently suddenly give him an opportunity to make meritorious contributions. If this can be done, then he can really push Krestinsky up with a little more force.

But Trotsky also knew that it required considerable skill, and that Lenin was a bully! So he chose to operate this when he went to the Ural front on his own. Counting on that little bit of bitter love.

The result seemed to have been similar to Trotsky's prediction, and Lenin was forced to retreat step by step under his bitter drama offensive, and as the situation at the front improved, Lenin's own attitude seemed to have loosened.

At the time, Trotsky was very happy and thought that this time he should have run away. But soon the first unexpected factor disrupted his rhythm, and the Germans did not cooperate! Obviously, it was sunset, but he bit Estonia and did not let go, and even directly sent troops into Estonia.

It was a heavy slap in the face, and Trotsky grinned in pain! How could the attitude of the Germans be so tough? It's unreasonable, it's not scientific!

Seriously, when the German troops sent to Estonia, Trotsky scolded a certain immortal in his heart, because it was precisely because of the judgment of a certain immortal that Lao Toto firmly believed that Germany would choose to be patient, who made a certain immortal always right?

But the Germans sent troops to completely change all this, and Krestinsky fell into complete passivity. And what is even worse is that Lenin had repeatedly issued warnings before this, even if the warning was very vague and obscure, but the warning was a warning. Ignoring his warnings would be a fatal mistake!

Trotsky did not have much to do in the face of a passive situation, a situation that he and Krestinsky were completely unable to solve. In desperation, he could only tell Krestinsky to quickly clear himself and let the big pie face carry the black pot!

Don't underestimate this trick, in fact, this trick is also quite connotative and has a saying. Do you think that Zinoviev was chosen to bear the blame only because he was the president of the Comintern? Obviously not, Zinoviev, the president of the Comintern, is not worth mentioning at all, and everyone knows how he, the chairman of the Comintern, came to be.

Everyone knows that it is the poor face of the mentor that can make a comeback. In a sense, the pie face is Leninist! Let the big pie face carry the black cauldron, in fact, let the Leninists carry the black cauldron!

Trotsky's calculations were deep and hidden enough. He thought he understood all this, and thought that Lenin had to wipe this ass. However, what happened later was once again beyond his expectations, Lenin did not choose to wipe his buttocks, nor did he choose to cover the lid, but let the big pie face honestly admit his mistakes, and his attitude was quite correct, just like a dead dog that could be bullied.

At that time, Trotsky thought that Lenin was preparing to abandon Zinoviev and to draw a line with this guy who could not hold up the wall in the mud. This is similar to the choice of a strong man's broken wrist. It's not very clever, though. But it is also a way out of the current predicament. Since Lenin wants to untie the set. Then Trotsky is also happy to push the boat, Zinoviev is not his person, Lenin you can solve the problem, then I can be clean.

Guided by this idea, Trotsky instructed Krestinsky to hurry up and get down to the ground, criticize the stinky pie face, and scold as hard as possible! So this is the scene of the previous chapter that spoiled Zinoviev, to be honest. Hi Da Pu Ben!

But Trotsky soon discovered that he had miscalculated again. Lenin did not give up Zinoviev, and he did not want to cover the lid at all, Lenin's choice was to let the matter come to light and become known to the world!

This choice doesn't seem bad at all, so what's the benefit of having things made public? Isn't that a joke?

That's right, Lenin just wanted people to see jokes, he wanted to see who would be the most disgraced people in the end!

Certainly not himself, who made from the beginning. Lenin made it clear that he disagreed, and later warned again and again. Anyway, he can't fault the old man. It must have been Zinoviev and Krestinsky who made the mistake, but the big pie face has honestly confessed and apologized, and in terms of attitude, it is forgivable, at least like a responsible person.

And Krestinsky's performance was very unsightly, the eyes of the masses were bright, and everyone saw who was pushing the Estonian revolution before, who was waving the flag and shouting, who was rushing to the front.

Immediately after the incident, Krestinsky turned the gun and put all the blame on the "honest man" Zinoviev, just this attitude makes people very disdainful! At that time, due to the situation, the big guys didn't dare to say anything. But as soon as the Mentor pierced the window paper, Krestinsky was pushed to the forefront. As the main promoter and responsible person of the defeat of the Estonian revolution, it is very wrong for you not to honestly reflect on your mistakes and shirk responsibility, what is the nature of this? It's a villain!

It was only then that Trotsky suddenly came to his senses and finally understood what kind of trick Lenin was playing. But even if he understood, it was too late, and the situation at this time was completely unfavorable to him. In the past, the comrades in the party felt that he had worked hard and had made great achievements, so Lenin had to let him go a little, and public opinion was sympathetic to him.

But with Krestinsky gaining the post of party secretary of the Petrograd region, with his hatching of an Estonian farce, with his clumsy means of shirking responsibility. That bit of compassion was quickly drained.

Instead, disgust and dissatisfaction were there, and even a large part of the comrades thought that Trotsky was too ignorant of the overall situation, and that Comrade Lenin was sympathetic to you, not as knowledgeable as you, and that he was enough to take care of you. But look, what kind of have your people done?

"Mistaken!"

In the dead of night, when Trotsky had thought through all the causes and consequences, he let out a long sigh. He didn't lose this round at all, Lenin simply prepared a trap waiting for him to jump in. And he jumped into it stupidly, thinking he had picked up a bargain!

"It's a big loss!"

This was Trotsky's second exclamation, and it is true that for the sake of Krestinsky he spent a great deal of energy and money to push him. For example, the secretary of the Petrograd Oblast Party Committee, outsiders think that Lenin humbly conceded it to him, but he himself knows that he paid a lot of money through a series of political transactions. Lenin did not let anything go from the beginning to the end, but pushed the boat with the current. It can be said that he is a big fool, thinking that he is clever in acting according to Lenin's baton!

What's even more unfortunate is that Krestinsky is temporarily abolished, because of this mistake, the Politburo Shenma doesn't have to think about it, and if he can keep the position of the Central Committee, he has to build a relationship with Trotsky to save face.

At the thought of this, Trotsky was angry, because although Krestinsky had little hope of winning the main game, he still had a good chance of winning the alternate board. And now that it's like this, I'm afraid that the alternate bureau committee can only fight for it in 20 years at the earliest. And it has to be Krestinsky's good performance this year, and people have to forget about his ugliness, otherwise, it will take longer to clear his name.

In addition to being angry, Trotsky was also helpless, in the final analysis, Krestinsky was not very wrong, except for a few times he appeared to be too impatient, more often Krestinsky acted strictly according to his instructions. In other words, it was he who pitted Krestinsky!

"You can't just leave it at that!"

Trotsky gritted his teeth in his heart and muttered that although he had lost a lot, he could not suffer a dumb loss. Lenin, you are indeed very powerful, and you can calculate me to death. But now I've seen through your calculations. It's my turn to fight back!

Yes, Trotsky thought he still had a chance to fight back, for the simple reason that it was not over. The Germans were still fighting on the border, and the threat was obvious. If the Germans do not withdraw their troops, the matter will not be over for a day. I'd like to see what you Lenin can do to get the Germans!

Trotsky was convinced that Lenin could not handle the Germans, and was even prepared to pounce on Lenin if he made a mistake because of it, and to teach his mentor, who was as cunning as an old fox, a lesson.

So, did Lenin have a way to solve the problems of the Germans and bring things to a happy end? Don't say it, there's not much to do...... (To be continued......)

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