Leningrad's political status declined after the capital was moved to Moscow, but no matter how much it declined, it was also the mecca of the revolution and an important core city in Russia after Moscow. Especially after the name was changed to Leningrad, because it was given the name of the Mentor, the symbolic meaning of the city is self-evident.

To put it bluntly, the secretary of the Leningrad municipal party committee is two points higher than the average secretary of the state party committee, and as for the secretary of the party committee of the Leningrad region, it usually has to be a feudal official at the level of a member of the Central Committee.

For example, Kirov, who unfortunately died before, is a serious member of the Central Committee. To tell the truth, a member of the Central Committee is nothing at all, and if it weren't for Kirov's close relationship with Stalin, he would not have been able to sit in the position of secretary of the Leningrad Region Party Committee. Because according to common sense, this position must at least be an alternate board member, and Kirov is still a little unqualified!

Of course, Kirov is now hanging, and after his death, there will be a bloody storm over who will take over the posts of secretary of the Leningrad Region Party Committee and secretary of the North-Western Bureau of the Communist Party of the United States. Trotsky was naturally the one who recommended him, Lunacharsky, to succeed him, and to tell the truth, Lunacharsky has been getting worse and worse over the years, and if it weren't for Trotsky's hard support, he would not even be able to keep the Central Committee, anyway, he would have devoted himself to the cause of education and could not extricate himself.

Naturally, Stalin did not want to give up such a precious position, and in his opinion, he needed comfort in the death of his little friend Kirov, and Trotsky had no sympathy at all, and Kirov was still cold. Just thinking about grabbing a position. It's just unbearable.

Then. Stalin strongly recommended his very good friend Shao Wumian to take over Kirov's post. Speaking of which, Shao Wumian is also a tragedy, because he was the leader of Pravda, but because of his disadvantage and contempt for Trotsky's authority, he was relegated by his mentor, and he still only retained his status as a member of the Central Committee at the new congress, otherwise he would have to be mixed up as an alternate bureaucracy.

Stalin had been thinking about how to make up for Shao Wumian's losses, and Kirov died. Stalin naturally thought that if my little friend died, then my little friend had to take it. Therefore, he strongly recommended Shao Wumian to be the secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee and the secretary of the North-West Bureau of the Communist Party of Brazzaville.

The problem is that Stalin's idea was good, but the other political forces did not approve of it, so Trotsky needless to say, how could he let go of this opportunity in order to gain the initiative? Not only him, but Kamenev and Zinoviev, who followed him, also took a fancy to this real fat shortage, and they who had been able to only save their feelings in the Comintern, and they were very eager to talk about these two positions, for these two goods. This is tantamount to a comeback.

It was not only the opposition that wanted to demolish Stalin's position, but even within the Stalin-Sverdlov coalition there were dissenting opinions. For example, Sverdlov thought: the last time was to maintain unity and consolidate the political alliance, I let you Stalin, let Kirov go up. This has already given you face, and you have to appreciate it. And now, Kirov is dead, and it's my turn to succeed, right?

As a result, around the two positions of secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee and secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of Brazzaville, several rectification forces were entangled and competed for the excitement. After a dragon fight, the two positions were split in two, the secretary of the Northwest Bureau remained on Stalin's side, Shao Wumian took office, and the secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee was snatched up by Kamenev.

Truth be told, in this round of fighting, the Stalin-Sverdlov coalition suffered a small loss, losing the crucial post of party secretary of the Leningrad region. The main reason is that there is no unity of opinion within the country, and the forces are strictly dispersed. For this, Stalin and Sverdlov were accusing each other. Stalin said that Xiao Si did not care about the overall situation, and Xiao Si said that Stalin did not understand human feelings. Anyway, this time the dispute caused a rift in the relationship between the two sides, and each side had a stomach of opinions.

The rest is even more interesting, everyone knows that soon Kamenev, who did not even sit on the ass in the position of secretary of the Leningrad Region Party Committee, collapsed with a bang. Once again, the spot was vacant. So it was another fight, but it lasted for more than two months, and in the end it was not implemented.

This time, Trotsky also gave up on the unassuming Lunacharsky, and instead offered to let Yue Fei get on the horse. Stalin wanted Shao Wumian to take up the same job, while Sverdlov recommended Bubnov. Judging from their qualifications, these three people are all veterans of the October Revolution, especially Bubnov, who was elected as a great elder at the first Politburo in 1917. It's just that in this time and space, because of the addition of a certain immortal, he didn't mix very well, and he has been stumbling on the Central Committee, of course, it must also be seen that this influence in the military is not small, as a member of the Military Commission and former director of the General Political Department, he is now Sverdlov's second person in the military.

This time, Sverdlov just felt that Bubnov should be pushed, and how did he let him enter the Politburo in the next term, which can be regarded as brushing up Bubnov's prestige and resume in advance.

However, Bubnov's opponents should not be underestimated, in fact, Trotsky and Stalin's intentions were the same as those of Xiao Si, both of whom were preparing for the next congress through the platform of the secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee, and it is very likely that whoever holds this position will be able to enter the Politburo in the next term.

Naturally, the competition was fierce, especially after Xiao Si no longer let Stalin, and the competition was almost white-hot. However, after entering May, and gradually the winner was about to be decided, Trotsky made an incredible counterattack and pushed Yue Fei forward strongly.

At this time, there was another quarrel between Stalin and Sverdlov, and both sides complained that the other was dragging their feet, and the alliance relationship was in jeopardy anyway. It was also at this juncture that the former secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee retired due to illness, leaving this position vacant. At this moment, both Stalin and Sverdlov saw another possibility - to take down the secretary of the municipal party committee, and fly more and more in the air!

Sounds like a fantasy? How to say that Yue Fei is also a member of the Central Committee and the secretary of the state party committee, in the words of the later Celestial Dynasty. This is a ministerial-level official. And with Trotsky in the back. How easy is it to override him?

It is not easy to change to someone else, but in Leningrad it is fully possible, as I said before, the level of Leningrad is half a level higher than that of other cities. To paraphrase the Celestial Empire, this belongs to a sub-provincial city, and the secretary of the municipal party committee is equivalent to the deputy ministerial level, which is half a level lower than Yue Fei. Moreover, the secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee is a member of the Standing Committee of the State Party Committee, and he has a lot of voting rights. Not to mention. There is also a Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of the United States (CPB) above the Leningrad Region, and the secretary of the Northwest Bureau is none other than Shao Wumian.

Let's put it this way, once the position of secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee falls into the hands of Stalin and Sverdlov, then Yue Fei, who has just taken office, will have to suffer from splints, and it can be said that life will be very sad!

Therefore, the secretary of the municipal party committee is particularly important and has attracted special attention. This time, Stalin and Sverdlov did not let Trotsky take advantage of him any longer, and made a gentleman's agreement: the two sides could fight, but not Trotsky, and they would always be external when facing Trotsky.

That's it. It would have been impossible for Trotsky to fish in troubled waters any longer, and he was simply excluded. In the end, it turned into an infighting between Stalin and Sverdlov.

So who was Stalin ready to put in the fight for this position? It's a handful of bitter tears when you say it. Secretary of the Leningrad Region Party Committee and Secretary of the North-Western Bureau, these two positions are too high, and there are not many people who are qualified to compete for these two positions, and those who are qualified may not be able to look at them. For example, Ordzhonikidze, Mikoyan and Zhdanov, who have a hard waist and have also won real posts, alternate bureau committees and Central Committee members have little interest in this position. That is, Shao Wumian's situation is relatively special, so he is interested in fighting.

Indirectly, this saved Stalin a lot of effort, at least he didn't have to face the painful situation of his own people rushing to grab the official hat. And the secretary of the Leningrad Oblast Party Committee, this position is half a level lower, and for those friends who once followed Stalin, most of them are qualified enough to grab this position.

For example, Yenukidze, for example, Svanidze, for example, Aliluyev, for example, Beria.

The last three of these four people should be familiar with each other, Beria does not need to be introduced, the sinister and vicious villain, and Svanidze and Aliluyev are both uncles of Comrade Steel, one is the elder brother of the original partner, and the other is the elder brother of the eldest aunt. Anyway, the relationship with Stalin was quite good.

As for Yenukidze, he may not be familiar with it, this is not an outsider, Stalin's Georgian fellow, the old brother who followed Stalin in Georgia to "rob the rich and help the poor", has been fooling around in the Soviet Union before.

Of course, these four people are only the ones with the most strong relationships and qualifications, and there are many other people from all walks of life. Anyway, it was annoying to Stalin.

Annoying what? One of the steel is dissatisfied with this kind of behavior of seeking officials, and the other is not sure who to choose, so let's take the four candidates with the highest likelihood. Stalin's favorite was Beria, this kid was ruthless enough and could do things, and he could satisfy him in all aspects. But this kid has an important problem, that is, he is not qualified enough, he joined the revolution too late, and he is not comparable with the other old revolutionaries at all, and this alone is not enough to compete with the candidates on Sverdlov's side.

Looking at Aliluyev again, Stalin is not particularly optimistic about this uncle, his ability is very average, and he is related to him, so it is not very good to spread out.

In the same way, Swanidze also had this problem, but his ability was not problematic, but this political sensitivity and political vision were problematic, and he could not always be consistent with Stalin.

As for Yenukidze, this one is actually the most qualified, and he has a fairly good relationship with Stalin. However, in recent years, Stalin has had doubts about Yenukidze's loyalty.

Because Beria reported that the goods were dissatisfied with his established policy and indirectly said good things for the opposition. Not only that, but Beria also reported that Yenukidze had a very disorderly personal life, made mistakes from time to time on the issue of relations between men and women, and had a very bad character in the party.

For the question of relations between men and women, Stalin did not attach much importance to it, it was harmless, and he knew Yenukidze. That one is a little though. But not perverts. Even if you tear down the sister paper, it won't make too much of it. What really caught Stalin's attention was Yenukidze's relationship with Sverdlov and the comments made about his line.

Stalin could tolerate a pervert, but he could never tolerate a traitor, especially if this traitor had once called him a brother, such a betrayal would never be tolerated! So even if Ye Nu Keze had a good relationship with him in the past, and no matter how old his qualifications were, he would be the first to eliminate him.

It's just that what Stalin didn't expect was that Beria, who gave him a small report to Yenukidze, was simply uneasy and kind, and this insidious guy was simply slandering Yenukidze. It is true that the goods did express concern about some of the policies of steel, but that did not rise to the level of dissatisfaction and betrayal. In a sense, Yenukize still has grassroots habits, belongs to the rectum, and can say whatever he wants. But his loyalty to Stalin was unwavering.

Of course, Beria's purpose in doing this is also obvious, that is, to eliminate competitors, but unfortunately, he did it a little obviously. After saying the bad things about Yenukidze, he secretly concocted the gossip of Svanidze and Aliluyev. Say that Svanidze divided the father-son relationship between Stalin and Yakov, and said that Aliluev relied on Stalin's brother-in-law to do whatever he wanted.

But. What Belia didn't expect was that it would be useless for him to do so, because he was the second person to be out of the tournament after Yenukidze. What is the reason? In two ways, the first is that there is a real problem with seniority, and the second is that Stalin did not trust Beria.

There may be comrades who want to say, no! Later, Beria was arrogant and recklessly did whatever he wanted, relying on Stalin's favor, how can this be said to be distrustful?

It can only be said that this is the trick of the emperor, and people like Stalin know very well what kind of character Beria is, and the reason why he is used is very clear, that is, the knife, which is used to destroy and deter those old revolutionaries.

To put it bluntly, Beria is just a tool, and Beria is not Stalin's first tool, such as Yezhov, this bloody dwarf is the first generation of fast knives in Stalin's hands. When the knife became dull, or some unrealistic ideas were generated, what did Stalin do, he did not hesitate to destroy it.

Even Beria is not qualified to make such a knife now, and a sinister villain like him, who started by whistleblowing and making small reports, has never been the object of Stalin's preparation, and naturally there is no trust, and if it is not good, it will be thrown away when it is used up. Looking at Stalin's actions in his last years, he was ready to abandon Beria, but he died a little suddenly, and he didn't have time to explain the aftermath.

Beria was also out, and in fact Stalin was left with two candidates, Svanidze and Aliluyev. To be honest, Stalin was not very satisfied with either option, because he did not know who Sverdlov's side would send to fight against him. He always felt that these two candidates were not qualified enough.

However, when Stalin learned that the one sent by Sverdlov's side turned out to be Li Xiaofeng's confidential secretary, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and even ridiculed: "Comrade Yakov really has no one on his side, and he actually let a hairy boy come out to support the scene." ”

Indeed, compared with Svanidze and Aliluyev, the qualifications of Kirikazevich are really not enough, and he has never been in charge alone, and even has zero experience in local work. To be honest, a qualification like Misty Wind Jevic is more suitable for mixing in other places for a few years of gilding, and then thinking about climbing up. It's a bit too much to "get to the sky in one step" like this.

Not only is Stalin laughing, but even Xiao Si has internal opinions, thinking that Li Xiaofeng is a little too much, and you actually let a little secretary in such an important position, isn't it child's play?

However, to the surprise of these people, Li Xiaofeng still insisted on it, not only withstanding internal pressure, but even beating Stalin's candidates to the ground. How? It's very simple, just talk about the relationship between Svanidze and Aliluyev and Stalin, you have let your relatives get on the horse, why can't I let the secretary appear?

As for qualifications? Seniority is useful when it says it's useful, but sometimes it's really useless, why? The reason is that while Li Xiaofeng recommended Wufeng Jevic, he also put forward a proposal: "We can't always stay on the past achievements and eat the old books, the revolution is in no particular order, we should vigorously promote young cadres, and we should give young people more opportunities...... A group of young comrades, including Kirikazejevich, Kosygin, and Suslov, have outstanding ability to take responsibility for their work, and should be vigorously cultivated! ”

Look at the names mentioned by Li Xiaofeng, Kosygin and Suslov, especially the latter, Dzerzhinsky admired them, and someone under the banner of promoting young cadres to reserve talents for the party really made it difficult for Stalin to say anything. At least compared to these young talents, Swanidze is an old man, and Aliluev has no good results. How does this compare?

After discussion and voting in the Politburo, in the end, the post of secretary of the Leningrad city party committee fell into the hands of Kirikazeevich, and Kosygin and Suslov were promoted to the posts of secretary of the city party committee or secretary general of the state party committee.

However, after the meeting, Ulitsky did not understand Trotsky's choice: "How can you agree to Andri's junior secretary to become the secretary of the Leningrad municipal party committee?" ”

To this, Trotsky smiled mysteriously and asked rhetorically: "Isn't it bad to let a young man go?" (To be continued......)

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