Does Abel's thwarting of the Anglo-American attempt to make peace with the Nazis alone mean that everything is all right? As long as the conflict of interests continues, Britain and the United States will probably not completely abandon the idea of making peace with Germany. It was a long war that would last until the day when the Nazis were truly eliminated.

Of course, the battle has to go on, and the struggle has to go on. The Nazis could not make any waves on the battlefield for the time being, the Red Army was steadily advancing towards Berlin, and outside the battlefield, a series of adjustments within the Communist Party (CPR) had to begin.

In accordance with the government. The decision to govern the situation will be held in May next year's party congress. And now it is November 1944, and the current government. There are only half a year left in the existence of the political situation. Within this half year, all the adjustments and preparations must be made in advance, and for next year's party congress, it will only be a process of pushing the boat along the river.

And this involves a large number of issues of the distribution of power, whether it is Li Xiaofeng, Sverdlov or Trotsky, they dare not be sloppy on this issue. The first to start preparing was Sverdlov, not only because he was the core of the next term, but more importantly, he was a bit unworthy of the name, and he needed to make more preparations to consolidate his power base. Especially after the last few failed attempts, he had to step up his efforts.

"If we want to change the current passive state, I think we have to break out of the existing rules. The current frame is good for Andrey, but not good for us. Only by breaking through this rule can we turn the disadvantage into an advantage and gain the initiative! ”

Sverdlov's shrimp soldiers and crab generals looked at their boss in a daze, unable to utter a word. Because to break through the existing rules and regulations is to declare war on the existing vested interests of power, and now that this group has the upper hand in all aspects, rash challenges are a bit like death. So they persuaded one after another:

"Comrade Yakov, you must be cautious, this question is not so simple, once you are not careful, you will suffer an all-round counterattack!"

However, Sverdlov was full of confidence, he had been thinking about it for so long before he came up with such a breakthrough, how could he give up easily, not to mention that he was quite self-absorbed with the method he had come up with, so it was even more impossible to give up casually.

"My opinion is on politics. The governance bureau was reformed to the existing seven-member system. The members of the governing bureau no longer correspond to the status quo of the Soviet Union. There are too many tasks and too many tasks to deal with in the governance bureau, and the affairs to be handled by each committee member are too heavy. Moreover, from the perspective of cultivating young comrades, we should also accept more comrades into politics. Governance. Politics. It is imperative to expand the governance situation! ”

In fact, the solution that Sverdlov came up with was really very simple, and he felt that the current politics. Li Xiaofeng has a certain advantage, and the easiest way to dilute someone's advantage is to put water into it, and of course it is okay to mix sand. If there are more people, the advantage of a certain immortal will be diluted.

Is this method reliable? Sverdlov felt that it was reliable, and first of all, such a change would not be hit. The opposition of the members of the Central Committee. The greater the capacity of the bureau, the higher the likelihood that they will become bureau committees, and who doesn't like a little more chairs in the highest authority?

Middle. If the members of the Central Committee agreed, then it would be very difficult for Li Xiaofeng to oppose it, and even Sverdlov wanted Li Xiaofeng to oppose it, so that someone would offend a lot. This is good news for him Sverdlov.

Anyway, Sverdlov calculated that he would suffer a loss, so naturally he would definitely do it.

"Expand the government. Governance? ”

Trotsky and Li Xiaofeng soon heard the news, and they did not agree on this question, but they did not think it was a good thing. First of all, let's talk about Trotsky's opinion, for the old Toll, what he is most afraid of now is tossing, especially in politics. The governance of such a sensitive department tossed. He prefers to complete the handover smoothly, ensure that his faction does not suffer too much loss, and then keep it in the dark for the future.

So Sverdlov proposed to fight against politics. He is very sensitive, who can guarantee that Sverdlov is not by expanding the government. What about the head of the ruling situation, expanding his own power and fighting other factions?

Especially a soft persimmon like the Trotskyists, I'm afraid everyone wants to pinch it, right?

So at first, Lao Tuo was very worried and resistant, but when Sverdlov came to talk to him in person, Lao Tuo's attitude was somewhat relaxed.

It is conceivable what promise Sverdlov gave him, it is nothing more than the two of them sincerely cooperating to take this opportunity to suppress Li Xiaofeng, which is good for both parties.

To say that Trotsky was not moved by this suggestion would be a liar, it was impossible not to be moved, even Lenin would have been moved, and if he could cooperate with Sverdlov in the resistance against a certain immortal, then it would seem that the Trotskyists would be able to retain more power, and it would be easier to make a comeback in the future.

However, Trotsky did not easily agree to Sverdlov, because the interests belong to the interests, and the responsibilities belong to the responsibilities. Trotsky was always a responsible politician, not a mercenary politician. The core starting point of his efforts to strengthen the Trotskyists and to carry forward his theories was for the better development of the Soviet Union, not just for his own personal interests.

If he had been a man for his own personal gain, he should not have made any October Revolution back then, knowing that at that time his Trotskyists could have mixed in the Mensheviks. Why pin your head to the waistband of your pants?

As a politician with great ambitions, Trotsky's starting point was never the slightest self-interest of his own faction or his own faction, but always the interests of the Soviet Union or the proletariat as a whole. Once his personal self-interest runs counter to the interests of the overall situation, he will resolutely give up his personal self-interest. The Brest negotiations, for example, are the most obvious examples, and at first the old Toto did not support Lenin's compromise with Germany. Why did he turn to Lenin in the end? It's nothing more than maintaining the overall situation.

So when Sverdlov put forward his proposal, Trotsky's first thought was, would it be beneficial to the Soviet Union and the Communist Party? Expand the government. There are a few more politics in the governance situation. It seems that the members of the governance bureau help to do things, it seems to be able to improve efficiency, and it is beneficial to the party's democracy.

But Trotsky, as soon as he took a closer look at this suggestion, immediately saw that this statement was paradoxical, and that during the period of the October Revolution, when it was so busy, there were several political parties. Members of the Governing Council? But just five, five people could handle so much work back then, why can't seven people finish it now? In fact let Trotsky say that at this time the politics . Is it really possible to talk about the work of governing the bureau? In fact, even in the current war period, the political . The regular meeting of the governance bureau is also held once every two weeks, and in peacetime, it is only held once a month. There are not so many affairs that the governance bureau collectively makes decisions, most of the work is routine, and other ministries and commissions can handle it, and there is no need for government at all. The referee will be the referee.

Why do some comrades feel political now. Governance, no, even in the middle. Are the members of the Central Committee busy? Trotsky felt that they were just busy, and that the endless meetings took up most of the time, and the question was whether all these meetings were necessary.

Trotsky was probably going to pout at this, most of the meetings were empty talk, empty and a waste of time. Central Committee or Political. The members of the governing bureau went up to read a stinky and long manuscript that the secretary had written a long time ago, and then after the meeting, everyone made a tooth sacrifice to contact their feelings, but in fact it didn't matter whether the meeting was held or not. The reason why the meeting was held was simply to give many members the opportunity to spend their public funds.

In the past, both Trotsky and Dzerzhinsky had criticized this atmosphere on different occasions and punished some party members, but the effect was really not ideal, and the meeting was still as usual, at most it avoided them a little bit and kept a little low-key.

In any case, Trotsky was quite troubled by this atmosphere, and he also wanted to find out where so many inexplicable meetings came from. Once, by chance, Raddic told him: "The main reason why there are many people is because there are too many officials." In order to prevent the deputy ministers from being idle there, they must find something to do, and once a week, each deputy minister presides over a meeting, which can almost take up more than half of the time, and let the minister give another speech and give instructions, and the days will pass. ”

There is some truth to this statement, just imagine, if there are fewer officials, will there be fewer meetings? It's ridiculous to think about it, one executive deputy minister presides over the daily work, and the other deputy ministers are in charge of their own messes, what culture, health, discipline, logistics, and then counting the normal work, isn't it necessary to have a vigorous meeting? In fact, if it's a turnip and a pit, it's not bad, Raddic also told him that the powers of some deputy ministers are highly overlapping, and you can manage me and he can manage it, so this matter must be signed by you, me and him before it can be done. When a few deputy ministers don't deal with it, it's really fun, and it's enough to fight for a few months.

So in the end, there are more and more officials, but things are becoming more and more difficult to do, and some departments come up with a way to make things easier to do, which is to invent more officials to coordinate or mediate. The result? Naturally, things are becoming more complex and difficult, and more and more meetings are needed.

As Li Xiaofeng once said to Trotsky: "One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat." There are too many monks in our ministries and commissions, so things are becoming more and more difficult to handle, and bureaucracy is rampant. ”

Trotsky's memory is still fresh in his mind, and Li Xiaofeng added: "Worse, things have not been done well, and we cannot punish these monks, one is because they can play ball, and they all push the blame outward." The second reason is that the law does not hold the public accountable, so many leaders, they can't give them all in one go, right? ”

Thinking of this, Trotsky was half heart-warming at Sverdlov's proposal. With the increase in the number of members of the governing bureau, can the efficiency really be improved? I'm afraid not, and Sverdlov's proposal is not at all a matter of public interest. The fundamental purpose of governing the situation is to fight for power. It is conceivable that once the political expansion was carried out in accordance with his recommendations. Governance, then politics. The power struggle within the governance bureau will become more intense, and the efficiency will not only not improve, but will make the government more efficient. The governance situation is mired in endless prevarication, which is simply a nightmare!

Thinking of this, Trotsky was not at all inclined to politics. The situation has moved, let's maintain the status quo for the time being, now this is already an inextricable fight, and then let a new group of fighters join in. The governance situation will be directly boiled.

This is Trotsky's idea, so what does Li Xiaofeng think? He was similar to Trotsky's view that the high efficiency of the population was simply a joke. It is true that if there are more people in the management of the situation, the efficiency of the game will be increased exponentially. How can we fall into such a dead end in the current good situation, which is not easy to come by?

In Li Xiaofeng's view, politics. At present, there is no need to reform the political situation. It is more favorable for the situation to remain stable for the time being. What really needs to be done is the various ministries and commissions under the People's Committee, and it is not that I don't know, but I am shocked that at this time the People's Committee actually has more than 60 ministries and commissions under it. If you add these two pieces together, the Soviet Union will properly have more than 80 cadres at the ministerial level, and the deputy ministerial level will be even more numerous.

Three hundred ministers and deputy ministers, how many resources does this Nima occupy? How many things have to be done, and according to the tradition of the Communist Party (CPB), a large number of these 300 ministers and deputy ministers have been obtained. Central Committee members and alternate members. It's really not that I don't know, but I'm shocked. If you count the following departmental and bureau-level cadres, how many do you have? And how many people did the Soviet Union have? Can you afford such a large base of cadres?

If you follow Sverdlov's method to change, the political . Governing Council members, then these increased political . The members of the administrative bureau must do their work, and they must create a new batch of ministries and commissions to lead them.

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng can't accept this kind of approach, and he believes that the current situation in the Soviet Union is not that there are not enough cadres, but that there are too many cadres, and there are a large number of idiot cadres who want to occupy privileges while waiting for death. What the USSR has to do is to lay off the cadres, get rid of these vampires who are vegetarian corpses, and slim down the bloated ministries and party organizations!

Naturally, when he heard Sverdlov's way of doing things without regard for the overall situation, he was quite angry, but there were others who were even more angry than him, and soon Ruzutak came directly to the door: "Comrade Yakov, what is this trying to do? It is to be ready to sell the interests of the people to satisfy those bureaucratic classes, this is the betrayal of Chiguoguo! We must stop him! ”

Seeing no, Ruzutak has already classified Sverdlov as a traitor, which shows how angry he is. However, Li Xiaofeng knew that it could not be so simple and rude, there were still many supporters of Sverdlov, and the suggestion he put forward could indeed satisfy a group of people who wanted to go further. The idea of the Central Committee members is that the number of this group of people is still quite large, and their influence should not be underestimated. If it is simple and rude, there is only one result -- both sides lose.

"This question must be taken seriously!" Li Xiaofeng said solemnly.

"You've changed!" Ruzutak was anxious, "This is a fundamental matter of principle, how can it be nonsense!" If you compromise on this wrong approach, I will be the first to refuse! ”

"Listen to me!" Li Xiaofeng couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to press Ruzutak's shoulder and let him sit down, "If you hit it hard, one will intensify the conflict." It will even give some opportunists and careerists a chance, which will hurt our party. This will not work! ”

"So what do you say?" Ruzutak's temper came up, and he was so angry that he really blew his beard and glared.

Li Xiaofeng thought for a moment and replied: "For the time being, we will first meet Comrade Trotsky and Comrade Dzerzhinsky, who are both principled old comrades and should stand firm. Let's exchange ideas before we decide what to do next. ”

Ruzutak thought about it and felt that this proposal was quite acceptable, and if he wanted to reject Sverdlov's proposal, he would be in politics. It takes at least four votes to govern the situation, and indeed it is necessary to obtain the consent of some comrades. It would be nice to consult with Trotsky and Dzerzhinsky.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng knows that things are not so simple. If he were Sverdlov he wouldn't be rash in politics. The governance bureau directly put forward this suggestion because of the government. There are too many variables on the side of the governance situation, in case Lao Tuo doesn't support him, then he has to stop eating immediately?

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng thinks that what Xiao Si is more likely to do is to let go of the wind first, spread this gossip, and wait for the election of a new one in May next year. After the Central Committee, he was in the middle. This proposal was again openly put forward at the plenary meeting of the Central Committee. At that time, the government. The governance situation can't be stopped at all, and in . The members of the Central Committee will also be more interested and excited, and it will naturally be a matter of course.

Li Xiaofeng felt that the real decisive battle would be next year, and now it was just a temptation for Sverdlov, and Trotsky agreed that it would be better, and if he did not agree, he could take advantage of these five months to do it slowly. The work of the central committee members, throwing that pie to lure them.

Naturally, Li Xiaofeng was not particularly anxious, because there was still time to think of a way, and the first thing was to get in touch with Trotsky and see the attitude of the Trotskyists before deciding what to do next.

Soon four politics. The members of the governing bureau sat together, and to be honest, such a scene is really rare. Trotsky and a certain immortal are not really political. The regular meeting of the governance bureau will never appear together, everyone is the king and does not see the king. This time, however, they had to have a good chat.

It's not the same as ordinary people's thoughts, the four bigwigs sit together and don't say some things in circles without clouds and mountains and fog, there is no temptation at all, everyone is straight to the point. No way, who let there be two people who are used to going straight, the Man in the Iron Mask and Ruzutak really don't have the mood to go around in circles at all.

"This thing is absolutely not okay, isn't this a malhealthy trend that encourages bureaucracy?"

Trotsky glanced at Li Xiaofeng, who also said very simply: "I cannot agree with Comrade Yakov's approach. ”

Trotsky also nodded: "I think so too, rashly expanding politics. The impact of all aspects is too great, not good! ”

The big problem was solved in one sentence, and now the big guys know each other's attitude, and the next problems are easy to talk about.

"Just deny him!" This is Ruzutak's proposal.

But even Dzerzhinsky did not find this proposal appropriate, and Trotsky directly asked: "If he is not in this government at all. What about the Governing Bureau's suggestion? He puts the question in the middle of next year. How can the Central Committee deny it? ”

Li Xiaofeng also added: "And we have to pay attention to the . What if the mood of the Central Committee members is perceived by them as our greed for power and refusal to expand intra-party democracy? Isn't that counterproductive? ”

Indeed, don't look at politics. The members of the governing bureau are very awesome, in the middle. At the end of the plenary session of the Central Committee, it is the boss, but if it is in the . If the Central Committee really rebelled together, it really couldn't be resisted. And that's where Sverdlov's proposal came to a try, and he really scratched quite a bit. The itch of the central commissioner!

For a while, the four bigwigs were silent, because this problem was really not easy to solve. Of course, not being easy to solve does not mean that there is no way to solve it, at least two of these four people have come up with a solution, one is Trotsky, and the other is naturally Li Xiaofeng.

Trotsky, however, was not in a hurry to say what he could do, because he wanted to see if a certain immortal was really better than Sverdlov, and if he could come up with an appropriate response, the Trotskyists would naturally be able to follow the predetermined course. If, on the other hand, someone can't even solve this problem, then the Trotskyists have to be more active, and they have to be in the middle of next year. The Central Committee is in contention.

So Trotsky remained silent, only observing Li Xiaofeng's expression, and the latter soon discovered Trotsky's intentions, to which Li Xiaofeng was also happy. Since you want to see my ability, then I'll let you see it!

Immediately, Li Xiaofeng coughed, cleared his throat and said: "In view of the complexity of the matter, in order to avoid bad consequences, my suggestion is to push the boat down the river to sabotage Comrade Yakov's attempt. He's not trying to expand the government. Governance? We agreed to ......"

When he said this, Ruzutak stared, and he couldn't help but interrupt categorically: "Andrei, are you crazy? How can you agree, are you in a hurry! ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, listen to me!" I mean ......" (To be continued.) )