Why did Mironov betray the revolution, the question has different answers from different people. As the political commissar of the South-Western Front, Stalin came to the conclusion that Mironov was the devil lurking in the ranks of the revolution, a spy of the White Army, and that his betrayal of the revolution was not surprising at all!

Such a statement is naturally nonsense, and it is also Stalin who is covering up for himself. Let's think about it, according to Comrade Steel, Mironov was a hidden agent, a person who was specially made enemies of the people, so he ate his life in the previous battle? If it weren't for his sworn resistance, the Czech Legion would have escaped and ascended to heaven, and if he was a traitor and a spy, how could he have done something stupid in favor of the Bolsheviks?

Taking a step back, Stalin said that Mironov's betrayal of the revolution was not surprising at all, and that it was not unexpected that it was expected, in that case, since you had already calculated that Mironov would defect, why didn't you take any countermeasures? As a result, a tsunami-like storm caused the Bolsheviks to lose face internationally, what is the matter?

Therefore, the bigwigs of the central government know in their hearts that the report submitted by Stalin is nonsense and shirking responsibility, and the authenticity is negligible.

The second opinion of the mainstream is the conclusion reached by the Trotskyists, in Rykov's report, the reason why Mironov betrayed the revolution was not only subjectively weak-willed and corrupted by the bourgeoisie, but more importantly, objectively excluded and persecuted. This latter became the most important weapon of the Trotskyists in attacking Stalin.

Is this conclusion accurate?

In any case, Li Xiaofeng felt that the Trotskyists were also nonsense, or that this conclusion was completely in the service of their political interests. Mironov was indeed ostracized, but persecution was not to be talked about. Stalin's political IQ was not so low. At most, he pressed Mironov to the cold bench and became moldy. Then Voroshilov probably mocked Mironov. This kind of "persecution" of Cheng Dù was not enough to make Mironov angry and defect!

Li Xiaofeng thinks. The main reason for Mironov's defection was the subjective and ideological changes, and the factors of Stalin and Voroshilov played a role in contributing to the change. It should be said that the conclusions drawn by Stalin and Trotsky were incorrect, and Mironov was neither a mole with ill intentions, nor Lin Chong who forced himself to Liangshan. The most crucial reason why this man betrayed the revolution was that he was not accustomed to the policy of the Bolsheviks, and to put it bluntly, he was angry with the policy of war communism.

Do the central bigwigs know about this reason? It should be said that the big guy still knows more or less, but knowing does not mean that he can pierce it. Wartime communist policy though on the economy. It was extremely destructive to the hearts and minds of the people, but it is undeniable that it played a very important role in the Bolsheviks gaining a foothold and winning the civil war.

Without this policy, the Bolsheviks would have been unable to do anything, and would probably have collapsed, as had been the case with the previous Provisional Governments. From the point of view of posterity, we must criticize this policy, but we must also admit that only the Bolsheviks were able to implement such a super-powerful policy, and it was precisely because of the strength they showed that they were so strong. It was they who gained power.

And 73 years later, when I was confused by the new thinking. After being deprived of their martial arts, the Bolsheviks forgot the magic weapon of their forefather's success, and were ousted from power in a wolf manner, even worse than the clown. Let's put it this way, they are like Nicholas II 73 years ago, like Lvov and Kerensky, and the loss of power is naturally not surprising at all.

Of course, this topic is a bit far away, for Mironov, a man of conscience like him, is really not accustomed to the policy of wartime communism in general, which he considers to be completely contrary to the core ideas of the Bolsheviks, and to the people of the whole country who put the Bolsheviks on the throne.

He was very idealistic, confused, lost faith, and felt that the future was bleak. He no longer felt that it made sense to follow the Bolsheviks, and he was naïve enough to make a decision with a simple dualism that since the Bolsheviks were wrong, the White Army against the Bolsheviks should be right. So I should break away from the Bolsheviks and go to the White Army.

The decision was made so suddenly and in a hurry that Mironov was like taking a nap, his mind was foggy, and then he changed his mind with a hot head. It was because it was sudden enough that the Cheka, who had been monitoring him, had no time to react, and watched him flee to the side of the White Army, which made a big joke.

However, Mironov soon regretted this hasty decision, the world is not black and white, and there is not a sufficiently clear dividing line between good and evil, and right and wrong. This real world is actually a bucket of paste, black, white, and colorful all mixed together, and there is no absolute sense of right and wrong, good and evil.

Let's put it this way, good people will do wrong things, and bad people don't necessarily stop doing a good thing in this life. The more macro you go, the more blurred the line becomes. Take the Bolsheviks and Lenin, can they be judged in terms of simple good and bad?

It is true that they made mistakes, but they also created zào, and in that particular historical period, since they were able to come to the forefront, since they were chosen by the Russian people, there must have been a reason. In other words, the same is true of the policy of wartime communism, which cannot be evaluated in terms of right and wrong.

You are right, the destructive power was enormous, it overdrew the credibility of the Bolsheviks and almost destroyed the nascent Soviet Union. But you have to say that it is not right, but it played a key role in that period.

So let's not dwell on what is right and wrong, we can't figure it out, according to Lenin, don't care about the means first, just look at the starting point!

It's a pity that Mironov is a very serious person, he just wants to draw a line for himself, and he must distinguish black and white. So he voted for the White Army, so he quickly regretted it.

Why?

True, the Bolsheviks pursued a policy of war communism, robbery and exploitation. Admittedly, the White Army did not have any wartime communist policy, which seems to be good, but the problem is. The White Army, which did not engage in a wartime communist policy, did not loot or exploit?

This is a rather interesting question. Today's people are focused only on the Bolsheviks' wartime communist policies. In this regard, Qianfu pointed out that it was a heinous crime. The question is, what was the White Army doing in those years, when there was no policy of wartime communism?

Are they opening a position to help the people? Charity?

If the White Army had done this in those years, then it would not have been wrong at all to stare at the Bolsheviks and give them 10,000 feet. The problem is that the White Army really did not do these good deeds back then, and they did not have a wartime communist policy, and they were even worse than the Bolsheviks who implemented the wartime communist policy. Murder, arson, robbery, and forceful women, they were much more ruthless than the Bolsheviks.

In fact, if you look at Makhno, you can know how unpopular the White Army is, Makhno and the Bolsheviks still have a split and merge and a honeymoon period, but this bird is not a bird Denikin and Wrangel, the White Army, and even the envoys they sent are directly killed. Is there no reason for this?

Let's put it this way, the Russian people were so tragic back then, and the forces that were active on the political stage seemed to have problems, and these forces were not the worst, but worse. They could only pick one that was relatively not so rotten, and they searched and searched, and there was only the Bolsheviks.

However, Mironov was not as fortunate as the Russian people at large. It took less than a year to find the final option. Mironov felt that he had chosen the wrong choice and was determined to correct it. As a result, I fell into a dung bucket, which is called regret!

In the worse White Army, there was no need for any wartime communist policy, for them robbery was the way to survive, torture the enemy and his supporters was an effective means of weakening the enemy, and as for venting a little bestial desire, it was more normal, wasn't it just a few untouchables? It's her honor to pamper her!

Let's put it this way, the Bolsheviks still need a policy to guide the implementation of the grain rush, and for the White Army, there is no need for any policy guidance at all, for them this is a matter of course, and there is no need to do more than the Bolsheviks.

Mironov changed his boss and was determined to find a real revolutionary conscience, but the result was a blow to the head, when the White Army continued to use various methods to lower their bottom line and discipline, when they constantly challenged Mironov's bottom line, Mironov had the idea of going again.

Seemingly, should I change my boss again?

But for Mironov, it's easier said than done. The White Army was a Cheka that did not monitor the counter-revolutionary enemy, and for them there was only one way to deal with traitors and deserters, and that was to kill them directly, without any exceptions.

Not only was it dangerous to break away from the White Army, but for Mironov, who would he go to after breaking away from the White Army?

This is a serious problem, and it offends two of the largest forces in Russia at the same time. Mironov no longer seemed to have a place to stay. The Bolsheviks regarded him as a traitor, wanted him in general, and it seemed that they would never let him go; As for the White Army, it was even more ferocious than the Bolsheviks. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, Mironov has no boss to change. And if he changes his boss again and again, he will continue to lower his discipline, even if a new boss accepts him, he will no longer trust him.

Can an untrusted person be able to make a big splash and be ambitious?

Mironov knew, very unlikely. So even if he was quite unsatisfactory in the White Army, he didn't dare to make any choice lightly.

"Mironov this person can still be saved!"

Mironov didn't know that thousands of kilometers away, Li Xiaofeng was determined to help him make a choice, and it was a pity that a talented and conscientious soldier like him would be left to his errands. If he could be given another chance, Li Xiaofeng believed that he should know which side to stand.

Demetri. Aleksandrovich was somewhat surprised, as the illegitimate son of Count Tolstoy, as a former nobleman (Aleksandrovich inherited the title at the age of 16, but tragically, it was 1917), it was difficult for such an element as him to be absorbed into the Bolsheviks.

However, the current boss, who was only one year older than him, did just that, secretly recruited him into the party, and showed full trust in him. To be honest, even Aleksandrovich does not know why?

The reason is very simple, Li Xiaofeng knew that this was an extremely good spy, and he unceremoniously said that he was Russia's 007, and he escaped from the enemy's guns more than once. A considerable amount of extremely important intelligence was obtained for the Soviet Union.

And ability is secondary. What is more important is the integrity of this one. In 1937, when he was so successful that he was preparing to go to Germany to work, bad luck struck, he was slandered by Yezulf as a foreign spy, and after inhuman torture, he was forced to confess, and even though he wittily retracted his confession in court, he was still sentenced to 20 years of labor in a concentration camp.

Until 1954. The personable ace spy was released after 16 years in a concentration camp. It stands to reason that during this period Aleksandrovich had every reason to complain, to complain, because the Soviet concentration camps were not so pleasant, but he said: "What is this? I'm still at work, I'm still serving the Soviet people, I should live up to my mission, stick to my oath, I will definitely be able to persevere! ”

Even more terrible is not the physical torture. During Aleksandrovich's imprisonment, his mother could not stand the stimulation. refused to accept the slander against his son, and categorically chose to commit suicide by taking poison! And his wife, who was also his most important assistant in secret activities, was also implicated and persecuted to death.

Especially in 1952, Aleksandrovich was imprisoned with 28 German Nazis, except for another Russian cellmate, since he could not find anyone to talk to, so he had to laugh at himself: "Two Soviets can only whisper on the territory of the Soviet Union, this is a prison within a prison!" ”

But despite all the persecution, Aleksandrovich never changed his loyalty to his homeland and cause. And Li Xiaofeng values him the most, for those who are engaged in spy work, loyalty and faith are too important, because this industry is full of deception and disguise, and quite a lot of excellent spies may not be able to withstand the temptation, or they may be used to living in a mask, so they have embarked on another path. Li Xiaofeng didn't want the ace spy he had carefully cultivated to become a sputum like Li Erwen.

However, Aleksandrovich did not know how much hope a certain immortal placed on him, and he was quite puzzled by the nature of the mission—how unreliable it was to plot against a traitor who had betrayed the revolution.

"Why rebel against him again?" Aleksandrovich asked.

The explanation given by Li Xiaofeng is that Mironov can be saved, but Aleksandrovich is not satisfied with this explanation, there are many people in this world who can be saved, why is Mironov the special one?

Li Xiaofeng smiled and explained: "The Red Army and the revolution need his military talent!" ”

This is true, and to be honest, in the battles against Denikin and Wrangel, Mironov's second cavalry was even better, and his results were greater than those of Budyonny and Voroshilov. Without this fierce man, the Southwestern Front will probably suffer a loss against Denikin and Wrangel!

Of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that the success of the cavalry system had too much influence on the later regularization of the Soviet Red Army, and if the first cavalry of the Stalin system had the upper hand, it would be a considerable obstacle to the promotion and application of the theory of mechanization and large-depth warfare in the future.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng wanted to find a cavalry general whose combat record was not weaker than, or better than, Budyonny, to balance the influence of the first cavalry set, and reduce the adverse impact to a minimum, at least not to let the Stalin system make a fool of himself in the cavalry system.

Aleksandrovich did not know the long-term plans of a certain immortal, so he was not very impressed with Mironov's military talents. It is also true that after entering 1919, it was the time for Mironov to shine, but history was instigated away from the original track by the butterfly of a certain immortal, and his talent was not fully displayed, and it was normal for Aleksandrovich to underestimate Mironov.

"It's not just based on military considerations," Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "There are also political considerations, Mironov's sudden defection has caused an extremely bad political impact, which makes us very passive ......."

Aleksandrovich suddenly interjected: "Then let me assassinate him, so that the world can see the end of betrayal of the revolution!" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly and said, "Although killing him can be angry, it can't completely eliminate the bad political influence. If he betrays the White Army again and comes back to us, what kind of effect will this have on us and on the White Army? ”

Aleksandrovich thought for a moment and nodded: "I agree with you, we first have to eliminate the influence of politics. I still have questions, though. ”

"You say." Li Xiaofeng said with a pleasant face.

"I doubt that Mironov is worth saving, and if he is a hardcore counter-revolutionary, isn't it hurting the revolution to pull him back?"

If it was for other people to ask Li Xiaofeng endlessly, he would have let that guy get out of here. But Aleksandrovich is different, he is still a good master of agent recruitment, and he must be allowed to fully exert his subjective initiative, so that he can fully display his talent.

Li Xiaofeng nodded and said, "The question you raised is very meaningful, and we really have to be wary of this." So I authorize you to comprehensively observe Mironov's every move, study and analyze his political tendencies, and finally draw an objective conclusion. I will decide the fate of Mironov based on your conclusions! ”

Poor Mironov did not know that his fate had been given to Aleksandrovich by some immortal, and he did not have much affection for the excessively young chief of staff of the nobleman, who did not like to deal with nobles, and even less to children...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you Comrade Wind Drifting and Comrade Juventus!