December 25, 1932.

The economic crisis that broke out in 1929 swept the whole world, and the entire capitalist world was in danger of collapse. Who would have thought that a few years ago the capitalists were still shouting that this was the best of times, and the politicians they supported were shamelessly shouting: "We have eradicated poverty".

In just two or three years, the shape of the world has undergone fundamental changes, and the capitalist world, which had been prosperous and prosperous, was full of sorrow and gloom, while the Soviet Union, which they had previously praised as the backwater pool of communism, was in full swing, constantly refreshing and setting unprecedented records in the history of Russia, and Russia, which had experienced the pains of the 20s and 10 years, finally raised its eyebrows.

Likov hurried back to the office, and before he could sit down, the secretary brought a large stack of papers for him to sign. As People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, who took office in 1930, he was the one who best understood the changes that the capitalist economic crisis had brought to Russia.

You must know that in 1929, in order to continue to strangle the Soviet Union and kill communism, the arrogant British even announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and once again proposed to completely block the Soviet Union economically. In the same year, because of the Middle East Road incident, the so-called Nanjing Nationalist Government, which had only nominally unified the whole country, also announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

To be honest, at that time, almost the whole world thought that the Soviet Union was finished, and the Soviet Union would become an outcast of the world. Even the Politburo was extremely anxious about this, and held all-night meetings again and again to discuss countermeasures.

Of course, Rykov also knew that there was no countermeasure, because for the capitalist world. The USSR was the enemy. Unite to strangle the USSR, they are all willing to see and willing to do. But what impressed Rykov at the time was. While the Central Committee was discussing the serious question of international affairs, one young man spoke out in a completely different way.

Li Xiaofeng, the guy who had been creating miracles since 1917 and constantly breaking the internal records of the Bolsheviks, once again uttered wild words: "In the face of the imperialist joint blockade and strangulation, we do not need to panic at all, let alone mess with ourselves, and we do not need to adjust any established national policy for those who try to strangle us." We should say no in the toughest tone! ”

At that time, Rykov was shocked by these words, not that he felt that someone was too domineering, but that he felt that someone was completely crazy. Doesn't he know how strong the united forces of the entire capitalist world are? In the face of this kind of joint strangulation, why should the Soviet Union, a country that is in ruins, say no, you must know that this is not the period when the country was founded, and it is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. After ten years of ups and downs, it was easy to get the country on the right track, who wants to go back to the pre-liberation period at one time?

In the face of overwhelming doubts, Li Xiaofeng was very calm. At least in Rykov's opinion, he was very calm, and he continued unhurriedly: "I am not arrogant. It is not crazy, but it is based on rational analysis that this conclusion is reached - imperialism is a paper tiger! According to my research, this year or next year, there will be an unprecedented economic crisis in the major capitalist countries, in which they will be so busy that they simply do not have any energy to strangle us...... I would even dare to assert that when the time comes, relative to the collapse of the capitalist world, the thriving economy of our country, as well as the vast market, will be the best partners in their eyes. We need to prepare accordingly, set aside funds and make a list of the technologies that our country urgently needs......"

To be honest, at that time, all the members of the Central Committee, including Rykov, thought that Li Xiaofeng was crazy, and the economic crisis? What is this? Can you eat it? Moreover, the capitalist countries do not see any signs of crisis at the moment, and the economic prosperity is a mess! What danger can there be in such a situation? Isn't that?

In the eyes of the Central Committee bosses, it was the Soviet Union that really harbored a crisis, and if the Soviet Union really chose to respond forcefully to the strangulation of the capitalist world, the result would be ruin.

Anyway, at that time, Li Xiaofeng was constantly ridiculed, ridiculed and ridiculed, and even many people gloated that the "miraculous Comrade Andre" had finally run out of Jiang Lang, and his good luck had finally run out, and he had made such a low-level mistake. This fully illustrates one point -- this kid is still too young, and he is impetuous and has finally exposed his fundamental features of not learning and not knowing, and he is destined to fade out of the political stage.

Even Stalin privately said to Rykov: "Andrey. Petrovich also thought that he could speculate on politics as he did in 1917, but this time he made a mistake! ”

Why did Stalin say that? Because 1929 was a very sensitive year, after this year, 30 years later, the year of the 12th National Congress of the Party was held. In fact, the 12th National Congress was supposed to be held in 29 years, but according to the decision of the Central Committee, it was temporarily postponed for a year, and someone probably wanted to launch a satellite before the congress and prepare to march to the Politburo.

In Stalin's view, this is very stupid, it is not impossible to enter the Politburo with someone's qualifications, but it must be noted that the 12th National Congress is a turning point congress, why postpone this congress? The reason is that there are so many things to revise and relationships to adjust in this conference.

According to the results of the discussions of the Politburo, after the 12 th National Congress, the re-election of the National Congress every three years will be changed to five years, and the principal leaders of many organs of the Party Central Committee will have to be adjusted. For example, Lenin has made it clear that this congress will be the last time he will stay in the core leadership of the party, and he will retire after this session!!

In the words of the mentor himself: "By 1935, I had reached the age of 65, which was too old to be suitable for heavy political work, and we should also give young people some opportunities, our party cannot always be controlled by a group of old men, our leading organs must be younger, this should be a common practice!" ”

Lenin's remark has stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the so-called formation of a convention naturally means that in the future, the leader of the Politburo will retire when he is about 65 years old, and he is ready to set an example by example.

With Lenin's unprecedented prestige, he has said so. Then it is necessary to carry out. And he set this precedent. If the successor wants to challenge the rules set by the mentor, he must weigh more.

In fact, the central bigwigs who learned the news at that time all began to think. Among them was Stalin. Stalin was born in 1878, and he was only eight years younger than his mentor, who retired and was able to serve two more terms in the Politburo, or ten years.

In other words, in 1935, he Stalin had to be made to know whether he was a dragon or a worm. For Stalin he was not ordinarily stressed, because Sverdlov was born in 1885, seven years younger than him. In 1935, Xiao Si could not succeed even if he could not succeed. He could wait another five years, and by 1940 Xiao Si would only be 55 years old, and he would be able to work for another ten years.

Of course, it was not Jr. that made Stalin feel extremely urgent, but Trotsky, who was only a year younger than Stalin and who would have faced the same embarrassment as Stalin if he had not succeeded him in 1935. In other words, in 1935, Lao Tuo also had to work hard!

Did Stalin win over Trotsky? Obviously, it can't be argued. From 1920 onwards, Lao Tuo was the vice chairman of the People's Commissariat and the chairman of the Military Commission, and his status was one person under ten thousand people. Throughout the twenties. This is much more than Stalin, who has been arguing with his mentor about the NEP since '23, and then he has been talking about steel and Bukharin's mouth on the question of whether to give priority to the development of heavy industry or agriculture. Anyway, throughout the twenties, Lao Tuo was born into the biggest-stirring stick in the party, and he had to stick a stick in everything.

Why is that? Could it be that Lao Tuo was stimulated and was ready to break the can?

Definitely not, there is only one reason why Lao Tuo is so tossing, he must toss, and he must redeem the negative impact caused by the failure of the world revolution before.

Of course, the effect of Lao To's tossing was really good, first of all, he failed to come to power by running Lenin on the NEP issue, and saved part of his prestige. Later, the question of whether to give priority to the development of heavy industry or agriculture brought the combination of Bukharin and Stalin to the ground, and for a time it was in the limelight.

Insert a sentence, some comrades may ask, then a certain immortal in this time and space, did the Soviet Union give priority to the development of heavy industry or agriculture?

The answer is heavy industry.

Maybe the comrades will ask again, isn't it, isn't this the way of thinking of comrades in history? How could it become Trotsky's claim?

It can only be said that the too young, too simple Tucson is broken, how did steel defeat the Toti Union in history? That was with Bukharin, and what was Bukharin's claim? Xiaobu was a staunch agrarian faction who advocated giving priority to the development of agriculture and building the Soviet Union into an agricultural power first, so that all ordinary people would not go hungry in the first place. And what was Trotsky's position at that time? Lao Tuo's proposition was to give priority to the development of heavy industry, to exchange the grain exports exploited (forgive me for using this word, but in essence) from the peasants for foreign exchange, and then use this foreign exchange to buy machinery and technology from abroad, and then go back to solve the peasants' demands after completing the industrial upgrading.

Lao Tuo was the first person to implement the collective farms, and according to his demands, in order to change the backward status quo of the Soviet Union, the first thing to change was the traditional small-scale peasant economy, to concentrate the scattered peasants to improve production efficiency, and to "produce" more grain, so that more foreign exchange could be exchanged.

Does it sound familiar? Familiarity is too right, because after the steel union Bukharin defeated the Toti coalition, they overthrew Bukharin and threw Bukharin's ideas into the garbage, and in turn essentially accepted the strategy of the old To.

Politics is so interesting, so undisciplined, obviously the same thing, but when it comes to Stalin and his henchmen, they have to be treated differently. One was lifted to the sky, but the other was trampled flat.

Fortunately, Lenin was still there in this time and space, and for the tutor, Lao Tuo denied his NEP, and even directly scolded the NEP for not being a socialist economic policy, but a wolf in the cloak of capitalism. But Lenin did not simply and directly discredit Lao To, but gave Lao Toto a chance to prove his arguments.

Finally, some of the beneficial elements of the NEP were retained, and the advantages of the planned economy advocated by Lao Tuo in the early stage of explosiveness also emerged. Had it not been for the joint strangulation and blockade of the capitalist world, the Soviet Union would have achieved much more in this decade.

Of course, let's be honest. There are also quite a few problems. For example, the enthusiasm of the peasants has been greatly stifled. Beginning in 1927, a large amount of grain was exported in exchange for foreign exchange, and there were signs of famine again in some grain-producing areas. Thanks to Li Xiaofeng, who found out early, reported to the Politburo in time and took countermeasures, otherwise the fun would have been great, and it is estimated that he would have been as miserable as in history.

All in all, it's been a great decade, and despite the struggles, most people agree that the future is something to look forward to. As long as Lenin, as always, reconciles all kinds of contradictions within the party and smooths out all kinds of conflicts, it can be expected that the Soviet Union will maintain this trend of advancing while fighting.

However, all of a sudden, Comrade Lenin, who had been helping everyone wipe their buttocks, said that he was tired and was going to wipe his buttocks for another five years and then go home to retire. Without Lenin to mediate the contradictions, what would Trotsky's toss look like?

And Lenin also set a FLAG to retire at the age of 65, didn't this force Trotsky, Stalin and their last madness? In such a situation, the struggle inevitably heats up. All forces have to plan for the post-Lenin era, and they have to start grabbing the right to speak.

Li Xiaofeng's shocking speech at the Central Committee this time. It is seen as the beginning of a concentrated outbreak of struggle. Everyone felt that his move was actually a big gamble for the political interests of the Sverdlov clique in the post-Lenin era.

Of course, this kind of gambling is also generally considered stupid, and many bigwigs feel that Xiao Si is too anxious, and he can wait, so why gamble like this?

Sverdlov couldn't laugh at this, because before Lenin made the decision to retire in 1935, he communicated with Xiao Si, and the meaning was relatively clear, that is, let Xiao Si wait. Don't go with Trotsky to grab the five years of 35 to 40 years, and let the old Torotsky be a transitional person in the post-Lenin era. He believes that what Xiao Si really wants to fight for is the decade of 40 to 50 years.

Sverdlov thought about it and was able to accept it, because the competition in 1935 was too fierce, Lao Tor and Stalin had to grab it, and if he couldn't grab it, it basically meant that there was no play in the future. But Xiao Si can wait, and he can be regarded as indirectly selling Lao Tuo and steel to him, and he must repay his favor in the future, so why not?

So why did Li Xiaofeng make a roaring move? The reason is quite simple, 1935 was a hurdle, and by 35 years, it means that World War II is very close, and if you follow the trend of history, the Soviet Union will not be able to prepare for war. Li Xiaofeng didn't plan to break half of the Soviet Union again, the price would be too great.

Moreover, Li Xiaofeng also thinks that Lao Tuo and Stalin are not reliable masters, even if Xiao Si gave up the five years from 1935 to 1940, in 1940, Trotsky and Stalin were 62 and 61 years old respectively, and they could work for another five years.

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng doesn't believe in the discipline of the political family, for the sake of the interests of the government, you can sell it, when the time comes, people are on the stage, you are offstage, that is the man-made sword, I am the fish. Li Xiaofeng resolutely resisted being a fish and meat, in his opinion, even if he agreed to the advice of the tutor, Xiao Si waited for five years, but these five years were not in vain, there must be real political interests in return, and he must really seize part of the power, at least there must be a foundation for Lao Tuo and Stalin to abide by the agreement.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng believes that the battle must start from 35 years, and Xiao Si can't be the first leader in 35 years, so he has to be the second in command, right? And to be this second-in-command, can you not work hard?

A certain immortal thought so and did so, and it happened that the world economic crisis of 1929 could just be used to brush up on prestige, who did not know that this year was a breakthrough year for the Soviet Union, in which the imperialist hooligans who had intermittently blockaded the Soviet Union for ten years caught fire in their backyards, and were no longer able to maintain the blockade of the Soviet Union, so that the Soviet Union broke the cage and completed industrialization in just ten years, laying a solid foundation for the extremely cruel World War II.

Gambling on this issue, it is really only a benefit and no risk, why not bet on this kind of good thing? Anyway, even if Xiao Si made the right shot again, Li Xiaofeng resolutely threw all the chips into it.

Of course, at one time, someone was also scared enough, because the stock market on Wall Street did not crash on October 28, 1929 as promised, and was postponed for a whole month, and this month a certain immortal enjoyed an all-round three-dimensional attack, and once it was stormy and almost became a laughing stock.

That month, a certain immortal experienced the feeling of Lenin when he had just returned to China in April 1917, and it really hurt to be an egg!

But when Wall Street crashed on Thanksgiving Day on November 28, 1929, the feeling of raising his eyebrows and puffing up, the feeling of the surrounding crowd looking at him in amazement, instantly made the previous eggs go away!

The gains from this gamble were so great that Li Xiaofeng's appetite felt a little panicked. In the 12th National Congress of the following year, he miraculously entered the Central Organization Bureau! Although he is not the first secretary of the Organization Bureau, he is also one of the five giants of the Organization Bureau!

This is a clear signal, because the Organization Bureau is so important, to become the real core of the party, you must have a leader in the core departments of the party, before Xiao Si and Stalin served as the organization minister and general secretary respectively, and Ruzutak, who became an alternate bureau member at the Ninth National Congress, also served as the first secretary of the organization bureau.

In short, the appointment of an immortal to the top five secretaries of the Organization Bureau almost means that he must have a position in the Politburo in the future! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to the most wanted criminals, the Breaker and Comrade Juventus!