To put it bluntly, Trotsky adopted a tactic of horse racing, using inferior horses to deplete Lenin's good horses, thus neutralizing Lenin's political superiority in order to gain more benefits for him in Moscow.

But it is a pity that his strategy was completely seen through by Lenin, and the mentor was not fooled at all, he generously accepted Trotsky's advice, and even put the old man to the army!

Didn't you talk about Li Xiaofeng's injury? Aren't you playing a sign of being dedicated to the public? Then I'll fulfill you, not only to fulfill you, but also to give you Li Xiaofeng's position directly, you nominate it! I'll see who you mention!

It must be said that this was the more embarrassing part of Trotsky, because his regional faction was not particularly strong among the Bolsheviks-Mensheviks as a whole, but after the victory of the February Revolution, he turned to cooperate with Lenin, who had been inclined to Mensheviks, and this caused a part of the hardcore that had followed him to part ways with him.

After entering 1918, for a brief time, he and Bukharin were united and formed a powerful political alliance that seemed to be on par with the Leninists. Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived, and with his great disagreement with Bukharin over the Brest Pact, this short-lived alliance was soon dissolved. This led to a further decrease in the number of people who followed him.

At present, among the group of political allies under his command, there are really not many people who can take the table, and those who can take the table are not suitable for the position of Moscow Cheka, how to say? The Moscow Cheka temple is too small to accommodate that kind of big god.

As a matter of fact. Trotsky himself did not have much thought about the position of the Moscow Cheka, as has already been said, to talk about this position. That was Trotsky's strategy, and his real aim was to fight big with small. But now, Lenin was not fooled at all, and said very generously, if you Trotsky like this position, you can take it, take it!

This situation made Trotsky very difficult. You're welcome, take it, let's not say that he doesn't have a suitable candidate for this position. And it's really chicken ribs when you take it! But the words have been said just now, and it seems that it is not possible not to take it, he is forced into a dilemma by Lenin!

At this time, Sverdlov and Stalin had completely figured it out, and the Mentor's move to retreat into advance was too beautiful. Trotsky's mouth was gagged at a small cost. It doesn't matter if he actually takes this position or not. After that, he couldn't continue to speak. Otherwise, even if the old face of the tutor is slammed, the members of the Central Committee will show their understanding, who told you Trotsky to go too far in the first place!

Anyway, both Sverdlov and Stalin had a little bit of a mountain admiration for Lenin, this kind of Tai Chi pushing hand technique is too powerful, it is simply a soft knife to kill, and there is no blood at all!

But Lenin himself didn't have much to be proud of, for him. Such a means was not worth being proud of at all, and with the proposal to move the capital was passed. Around the layout in the direction of Moscow, there will be movements on each hill. An old fox like Trotsky certainly wouldn't be left behind, and given his awkward position, there were only so many questions that this guy could make a fuss about.

Trotsky could not have used such a blatant fuss as Li Xiaofeng, and considering that Trotsky would never be satisfied with a small Moskva Cheka, the means he could use were naturally forthcoming.

To tell the truth, Lenin himself felt that he was a little invincible, and as the balance of power between him and Trotsky widened, he had absolute political superiority, and if he could not solve even this little problem, it would be a fool.

Now, the old man is more interested in what Trotsky will do, whether he will reluctantly swallow this chicken rib and suffer a dumb loss, or will he give up this chicken rib and accumulate strength to continue the fight?

According to Lenin's understanding of Trotsky, the old fox should have chosen the latter, and if he chose to give up, although it was a bit of a useless attempt to shoot in vain, it would also consume some political resources, but it would also retain the strength to fight again. If he endures it and doesn't eat the chicken ribs, I'm afraid there will be a bitter battle ahead!

This time, however, Lenin's prediction also failed, and Trotsky was a big man on the same level as him, and no one in the party today can match him in terms of calculating skills. Lenin was able to calculate, even if Trotsky had miscalculated for a moment, but when he came to his senses, he would have been able to calculate it clearly.

And just now, Trotsky had calculated in his heart that if he gave up this chicken rib, although he could preserve his strength and continue to deal with Lenin. However, the previous difficulties are equivalent to playing in vain, which is equivalent to giving up the first-move advantage when playing Go.

For him, who is not in a favorable situation now, he categorically cannot tolerate just giving up the advantage of being the first move. If he ceded the first-mover advantage to Lenin, with Lenin's current strength, even if he could continue to fight later, the situation would definitely be extremely unfavorable for him.

To put it mildly, he wanted to turn the tables later, and the difficulty was doubled. How could the proud Trotsky allow such a situation to exist? He would never allow himself to be eaten to death by Lenin, and he must find some way to keep his first hand, at least not to let Lenin take too much advantage.

What to do? It has to be said that the reason why Trotsky was able to keep pace with Lenin in this era was undoubtedly his political level was quite high, and in a very short time he quickly thought of ways to defuse the current passivity.

He suddenly raised his head, looked at Lenin with blazing eyes, and said very decisively: "I have a not very mature opinion...... Comrades, do you think this is good. Comrade Lunacharsky originally held the leading position in Petrograd Cheka, but after we moved the capital to Moscow, the importance of the work in Petrograd Cheka will definitely decline. Let him change posts with Comrade Andrei, and Comrade Lunacharsky will lead the Moscow Cheka, and Comrade Andrei will remain in Petrograd to preside over the work...... Personally, I think it's a great way to get the best of both worlds...... Comrade Lunacharsky's ability is undoubted, and he has also cooperated with the Central Committee for a long time. With him leading the work of the Moskskva Cheka, it is completely seamless. And Comrade Andrei can also stay in Petrograd to recuperate with peace of mind, after recovering from his injuries. He will not have any problems presiding over Petrograd! ”

This move is so beautiful, Trotsky made a perfect counterattack, Lenin, didn't you let me swallow a chicken rib, destroy my first move, and prevent me from continuing to make trouble? Then I'll switch with you, I don't eat the chicken ribs completely, I'll make an exchange. Don't let the other members of the Central Committee think that I have taken too much advantage. Hehe, in this way, although I still took advantage of it. But I have every reason to continue to fight with you later, hahahaha, you can't think of it!

Indeed, in this case. Trotsky would have returned most of Lenin's favors – seeing that he had not. I didn't steal your place, I didn't knock over the hero with a single shot, but I took care of your people. To put it mildly, my Lunazars was basically the leader of the Cheka, the capital, and now he is just a general. You can't say I'm taking advantage of anything, right?

So did Trotsky take advantage of it? That must have been occupied, it is true that Lunacharsky was originally the Cheka leader of the capital, but what about the Cheka in the capital? More noble than the local Cheka? Do you want to have a high job rank? Not at all! All have to accept the leadership of the all-Russian Cheka, to put it bluntly, except for the special position. The level is the same as the Moscovska Cheka.

And now that the capital has been moved, I haven't heard of the time when the capital was moved. The leading organs at the city level also followed the relocation, what, do you feel that you have suffered a loss, who made you have no long-term vision, you have the ability to go directly to fight for the position of the Moscow Cheka earlier, you took advantage of it before, and now you still want to take advantage?

In other words, in fact Trotsky took advantage, but the advantage was a little hidden, and he deliberately misled others so that they felt that this was nothing more than an equivalent exchange.

In fact, this exchange was absolutely not equivalent, but the problem was that most of the members of the Central Committee probably did not see it that way, and they felt that according to the previous plan, Lenin had suffered a loss, and had lost an important post in vain. And now, Trotsky has largely made up for Lenin's losses and has actually solved the problem of the new Cheka leadership in the capital, which is undoubtedly the best option.

In any case, a part of the Central Committee was actively responding to Trotsky's proposal, which undoubtedly made the old Tollsky a little proud and proud, and he felt that Lenin had finally suffered a loss, and finally achieved a certain gain.

At that time, his expression was really seen by Sverdlov and Stalin, to speak from the heart, even if they were not used to seeing the face of Lao Tuo's "villain", but he was still very witty to be able to immediately think of a solution to the problem of this goods, and he was able to defuse Lenin's offensive and take advantage of it through a clever exchange, and the level was indeed very high!

But at the same time, these two don't want to suffer this loss, you Trotsky took advantage of it, and you haven't received much favor, what's the matter with this Nima? I can't tolerate it! Unfortunately, however, neither of them had a good way to fight back, because Trotsky's move was so reasonable that it was almost impossible to fight back.

Of course, it was only almost, and Sverdlov and Stalin could not do anything, which did not mean that Lenin could not do it, although the Mentor was a little surprised that Trotsky did not play his cards according to common sense, but only a little surprised.

Even for the Mentor, there was no need to fight back, for no matter how brilliant Trotsky's ingenuity was, it was only a matter of filling in the hole for the stinky move he had taken. One out and one in is equivalent to working in vain, and even a slight loss, more or less you still take advantage of it and owe favors. In other words, Trotsky tossed this time, which was equivalent to doing nothing.

There may be comrades who do not understand, didn't you just say that Trotsky took advantage? Why in the blink of an eye, you have become a day job again, you kid is not!

It is not nonsense at all, Trotsky's advantage is relative, and he did recover most of his losses compared to the bad move he made before, which can be regarded as a small advantage. But at the same time, it must be noted that Lenin did not take the Moscow Cheka very seriously from the very beginning, otherwise Trotsky would not have mentioned it and would have given it with both hands.

What does this mean? It shows that in Lenin's planning, the Moscovy Cheka and even the Petrograd Cheka were given to Trotsky, and his old man did not attach importance to these two positions at all, and abandoned them from the beginning. And now, Petrograd Cheka has actually been exchanged back. How can it be said that it has suffered a particularly big loss?

It should be said that Lenin's strategy from the very beginning was to abandon his son and compete for the first place, to lose one or two dispensable positions for him. to strive for absolute foresight in the negotiations on issues related to the relocation of the capital, so as to ensure that his core interests are not lost.

And now it is the case that Trotsky, through clever exchange, partially defused Lenin's intention to abandon his son and compete for the first place. However, even if Trotsky's hand was very beautiful just now, in reality he still lost half of his hand, which is tantamount to taking half a bad move. And the half-step advantage is great for a player of Lenin's level.

With this half-step advantage, why should Lenin continue to dwell on this question, which was supposed to be regarded as an outcast? Why do anything useless to fight back?

The instructor's chess efficiency is very high. So while Sverdlov and Stalin were still struggling with the little gains and losses, Lenin had already decisively broken away from this saline land and launched an offensive in other directions, or consolidated his superiority.

"That's all for the Moskskva Cheka. Comrade Trotsky's proposal was very good. I don't think the Central Committee and the Politburo will have any objections to this,...... Lenin said slowly, "and now the most important question is to solve the problem of the leadership of the Moscow Region Party Committee." Previously, the work of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee did not go particularly smoothly, because a small number of comrades did not understand the Brest Contract, and the Moscow Oblast Party Committee fell into chaos. Thanks to Comrade Muralov's support for the overall situation, the situation did not deteriorate to the point of being out of control......"

Lenin's words were not finished. But Trotsky was already secretly anxious in his heart, and having just recovered some of his losses by clever exchange, he hoped that Lenin would continue to entangle him on this issue, and that he would be able to continue to recover his losses by a series of means.

But Lenin ignored this problem at all, did not take his advantage seriously at all, and jumped directly to the question of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee. This time, he was in big trouble.

As we all know, the Bolsheviks were a one-party dictatorship, and the party was at the core, that is, whoever held the leadership of the party was the boss. From the struggle between the Politburo and the Central Committee to the struggle at the state and city levels at the grassroots level, all revolve around this.

As the future capital, the status of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee will certainly be greatly enhanced, and controlling it is equivalent to having a solid foundation. It was there where Trotsky most wanted to make a fuss. In the party committee of the Petrograd region, although he was also weak, he still had a voice to some extent. However, the party committee in the Moscow region, because he was placed by Li Xiaofeng before, his power is extremely weak, and he has almost no influence at all.

Therefore, in order to develop in the future, Trotsky must solve this shortcoming, and he must grab a few benches in the Moscow Region Party Committee. His original plan was to use Li Xiaofeng's problem to catch Lenin off guard, and after consuming part of Lenin's political authority and political resources, he would immediately intervene in this issue, and he would have to cut a large piece of the cake of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee.

It is a pity that his goal was not achieved, Lenin was not fooled, and even deprived him of the half-step, which Lenin is now using to consolidate his absolute superiority in the party committee of the Moscow region.

"Not long ago, the party committee of the Moscow region held a plenary session, and after democratic elections, Comrade Muralov was elected secretary of the party committee of the Moscow region, and now the party committee of the Moscow region has submitted the results of the elections to the Central Committee, hoping that the Central Committee will approve the appointment of Comrade Mulalov! Do comrades have different opinions on this issue? ”

Although Lenin used a rhetorical tone, everyone here could hear that regardless of whether others had an opinion or not, the teacher himself had no opinion. For a time, almost all the bigwigs were secretly watching Trotsky's movements, and now he was probably the only one who did not agree to this appointment.

To tell the truth, Trotsky was very passive, Lenin's first-hand advantage made him uncomfortable, and it was probably impossible to overturn the appointment without giving good reasons. However, he really didn't have a good reason, and if Muralov was directly appointed by the Organization Bureau, he could still pick his nose and eyes.

Unfortunately, no, this product was elected by the Moscow Oblast Party Committee, although this kind of election is actually a formality, but as long as it goes through this formality, it is the collective opinion of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee. To question it is to question the Moscow Region Party Committee.

It's not ordinary! Even if he Trotsky was a superior leader, but to use his personal opinion to negate the collective opinion, this is a bit of a thing, at least in this year, the Bolsheviks did not like this. Otherwise, there would not have been so many opposition parties within the party who would have rallied to oppose the Central Committee.

But now it is the case that Trotsky has no choice but to oppose the appointment, and if Muralov is justifiably brought to power, then his next attempt to divide the cake will become an impossible task.

Trotsky took a deep breath and spoke with difficulty: "I think this appointment should be more deliberate, and if the decision to move the capital is not adopted, I approve of it." But once Moscow became the capital, the importance of the Moscow Oblast Party Committee was greatly strengthened. Under normal circumstances, Comrade Muralov is competent, but to become the secretary of the party committee of the state where the capital city is located, I am afraid that Comrade Muralov is not mentally prepared enough...... On this issue, we should be more cautious, we must carefully examine Comrade Muralov, and not make a decision in a hurry, which is really too hasty! (To be continued......)