12 It's All Bastards (Medium)
Let's put it this way, Lysenko is a pseudo-scientist under the guise of science, and in the three decades of his career, this guy has been relying on political means to fight dissidents to ensure his position. The vile character of his character and the outrageous nature of his deeds are simply too numerous to write.
For example, the famous Soviet agriculturist Vavilov, mentioned earlier, was a venerable scientist who tried to fight against the fallacies of Lysenko and his henchmen until he was persecuted and executed in 1943.
Li Xiaofeng has some understanding of the vigorous Lysenko incident in the history of the Soviet Union, and he is also quite blind to the actions of Lysenko. Li Xiaofeng was originally going to directly kill this scourge when this product was just emerging. But what he didn't expect was that the level of this thing licking chrysanthemum and patting the sycophants was not ordinarily high, and he quickly got on the line with Stalin, so that he could not directly kill this thing with simple and crude methods.
Later, what he didn't expect was that the vigorous "new biology" movement created by this product actually entered the eyes of the mentor. Lenin was so interested in this thing that he even said to the Central Committee: "Proletarian scientists like Lysenko should be vigorously recruited and allowed to play a greater role in the construction of socialism in the Soviet Union." β
With the holy decree of the mentor, Li Xiaofeng is even more difficult to move Lysenko. I can only watch this thing jump on the sidelines for the time being. Of course, this is not Li Xiaofeng's intention to let Lysenko come out and harm the Soviet scientific community. But Li Xiaofeng is keenly aware of one point - he can't move Lysenko for the time being, at least not until Lysenko's lies are exposed. The attitude of the tutor is so worth pondering!
So why did Lenin support Lysenko? Could it be that the Mentor has also been deceived by this swaggering fellow? Not exactly, Lenin expressed his admiration for Lysenko. It's not because the mentor completely believes in Lysenko's set. The reasons for this are quite complex.
Let's start at the beginning. After the victory of the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union faced a blockade of the capitalist world for a long time, and in itself the ideological opposition between the Bolsheviks and the capitalist world was unprecedented, and the blockade and isolation undoubtedly exacerbated this antagonism.
Therefore, since the founding of the Soviet Union, there has always been a kind of rivalry within the Soviet Union, that is, to fight for a breath and let the big capitalist hooligans see the wisdom and strength of the masses of the people. In this big atmosphere, out of the need to boost morale. In the field of propaganda and ideology, the Bolsheviks were naturally critical of capital.
That's like raising the bar, as long as capitalism applauds, then the Soviet Union will inevitably criticize it, and it will do it anyway. At this time, the discourse of the mainstream scientific community is still basically in the hands of the capitalist world. Naturally, the Soviet scientific community has a kind of clamour, and the CPSU is also happy to see this kind of clamour, and it would be even more ideal if it could call out the results.
Obviously, Lysenko meets the above criteria, and although his so-called academic achievements have not been proven, at least it seems like that, doesn't it?
The second reason stems from the all-pervasive class consciousness of the Mentor, who believes that the Soviet Union can and must be controlled by the proletariat. The whole country must be in the hands of the proletariat. And the proletariat in the Soviet Union, for historical reasons, was really inferior in terms of culture.
In many high-tech fields, the proletariat is not able to intervene at all. There is no right to speak. Lenin was not satisfied with this phenomenon and was constantly trying to reverse it. For example, in the field of accounting, under Lenin's construction, the Soviet Union adopted a simple method of accounting for increases and decreases, rather than the more scientific method of double-entry accounting for debits. What is the reason? It is to make sure that the illiterate leaders of the proletariat can read the account books.
Now, Lysenko has come up with the simple "vernalization" breeding method, which is easy to operate and seems to have good results. Naturally, it can enter the eyes of Lenin. To put it bluntly, Lenin did not mean to buy the bones of a horse with a thousand dollars, set an example of Lysenko, led the proletariat to move closer to the field of technology, and produced a large number of technological achievements belonging to the proletariat. And these results are the best slap in the face to the international bourgeoisie waiting to see the jokes of the Soviet Union, to do big things at a small cost, this is all Lenin's calculations.
It was precisely because Li Xiaofeng realized Lenin's idea that he temporarily gave up suppressing Lysenko, because if he really did this, it would be too uninteresting, that is, he was demolishing the platform of his mentor, and the result was probably not optimistic. Moreover, now that Lysenko has not caused much danger, Li Xiaofeng thinks that he can wait, and wait until all the clowns like Lysenko are exposed, and seize an opportunity to solve them all at once.
However, Li Xiaofeng did not expect that he was not the only one who had been paying attention to Lysenko, as a technical stream within the Bolsheviks, Trotsky had respected the opinions of experts during the civil war, and Lao Tsencky was very willing to promote and boldly appoint those who were real experts and people with real skills. And for those pseudo-experts and soil experts who sensationalize and fool things indiscriminately, Lao Tuo will never show mercy.
Obviously, Lysenko was the latter in the eyes of the old To, especially after Vavilov provided Trotsky with detailed theoretical and practical evidence, and the old Toto could not tolerate Lysenko's "perverse behavior" for a minute.
At Trotsky's behest, Vavilov soon wrote a detailed report, refuting Lysenko as worthless and submitting it to the Central Committee. And that's not all, at the same time as the report was submitted to the Central Committee, Trotsky had his pen concocted a sharp editorial based on the report and submitted it to Pravda. It seems that Lao Tuo is ready to use both prongs to make a stink for Lysenko and his supporters in one go.
However, Trotsky's editorial ran aground in Pravda, and as the new editor-in-chief of Pravda, Shao Wumian's political level needless to say, and he could see at a glance what was behind the editorial. If this was indeed published in Pravda, then Trotsky would have stirred up a bloody storm against the Leninists, specifically Stalin.
Naturally. Shao Wumian will definitely shoot this editorial. Even if Trotsky sent someone to deliver it. As an important member of the Leninists and the Stalinist faction, he must hold a good public opinion for his own people.
The editorial was naturally sent back to Trotsky's desk, but how could Trotsky just stop? Immediately he wrote a note and had the editorial again handed to Pravda.
How much did Trotsky's sliver weigh? As the second best in command in the Party after Lenin, and as the second-in-command of the Council of People's Commissars, there were not many people who could ignore his rules, and even if they refused his request, they had to respectfully go to Trotsky's office and explain the reasons in person. At the very least, Trotsky had to be called in person.
Shao Wumian, however, did not do so, and once again sent the editorial back, neither personally nor by telephone, but simply refused.
Everyone knows that Trotsky was in a very bad mood during this period, and he was disgusted by Stalin and Li Xiaofeng. He was already in a bad mood, the editorial was beaten back, and even Shao Wumian's attitude was quite improper, if he could bear this, then he really would not be Trotsky.
Trotsky considered himself offended. Think that this is a signal for Stalin and his henchmen to start a new round of offensive, otherwise you Shao Wu is barely a green onion. Just a member of the Central Committee dares to argue with Lao Tzu like this? I thought I was a bully.
Immediately, Trotsky telephoned the editorial office of Pravda and ordered Shao Wumian to come to his office immediately. The angry Trotsky's words were naturally very impulsive and unreasonable, and he hung up the phone without giving the other party almost any room to speak.
In Trotsky's view, he had made his attitude very clear, he was already angry, and the consequences were very severe, and Shao Wumian should have been disciplined at once. According to Lao Tuo's own thoughts, Shao Wumian had to obediently rush to his office within fifteen minutes. Who would have thought that it would be fifteen minutes, fifty minutes have passed and there has been no shadow of Shao Wumian!
Enraged, Trotsky immediately ordered his secretary to call the Pravda editorial office again, and this time he really wanted to give Shao Wumian a little color. Who would have thought that after answering the phone over there, he said: "Comrade Shao Wumian is not ......?"
Trotsky was so angry that he had a cerebral congestion attack, the matter was obvious, Shao Wumian didn't take his instructions seriously at all, and even hid under the pretext of dodging, which was really not in his eyes!
Trotsky then burst out of his frustration and rushed to Lenin in one breath to make a small report: "Pravda's attitude to work is really doubtful, whether it is still the mouthpiece of the party, and whether it should obey the party's commands?!" Repeatedly conniving at pseudo-experts such as Lysenko, letting a group of beam-jumping clowns run rampant, it is simply unbearable! β
Lenin was also tired of this, and Trotsky's fuss was tantamount to sharpening all the contradictions. As I said before, the reason why the tutor said good things about Lysenko was that he was prepared to buy a horse bone with a lot of money, and he was prepared to indirectly raise the enthusiasm of the proletariat for scientific research, which was essentially a good intention.
He was not an expert in agriculture, and he really didn't know anything about this business, and Lysenko seemed to have something to say, and Stalin was helping to beat the drum and say good things, so he believed it. Who would have thought that this was such a big pit?
Lenin really wanted to roar at this time: "Why didn't you sue me before!" Now that it's a big deal, you're just spilling and rolling? Aren't you a cheater? β
Trotsky really wanted to trap people, and the reason why he suddenly fired at the Lysenko incident at this time was very simple, this was his counterattack against Stalin and Li Xiaofeng, he was just going to slap him in the face, how could he hold back?
And Lenin was in a dilemma at this time, listen to Trotsky, overturn Lysenko, that is really faceless, his example has become a joke, does not make him lose face in front of the people of the whole country?
It is so good that Lenin is also the number one, or the number one who is about to retire and enjoy his old age, at this time he cares about his feathers very much, and naturally wants to retire with a lofty image. Isn't this the same as eating fasting and reciting Buddha for a lifetime, but finally ending up with a bowl of dog meat?
But let Lenin pinch his nose and coax his eyes, so that he acquiesced in Lysenko's pseudoscience, which is inconsistent with his personal temper and principles, and Lysenko's set can be coaxed for a while. But I can't coax it for a lifetime. Decades later, he was gone. The truth of the matter was revealed. Won't he become the laughing stock of the whole world?
All in all, the tutor was very entangled, uncomfortable, and speechless. Especially looking at Trotsky's indignant expression in front of him, his heart was like eating two pounds of granite - that one was in a panic!
None of them are good! Stalin is a bastard! Trotsky is also a bastard!
At this time, Lenin must have had tens of thousands of alpacas whistling by in his heart!
But things had already happened, and they had been inexplicably magnified, and at this time Lenin was riding the tiger and pondering for a moment. Lenin called his secretary and ordered: "Let Comrade Shao Wumian come to me at once!" β
Since you know that Trotsky's editorial is not good, it is natural to block it, but when you decide to block it, you must at least inform me of this leader, right? You're going to have to let me know what's going on, right?
But did you Shao Wumian do it? You didn't do anything, and you ended up hiding in an extremely naΓ―ve way, did your mind fill with water? Trotsky has spoken personally, can you hide from it?
Stupidity! Immature! Amusing!
Lenin gave Shao Wumian these six words of evaluation, so is Shao Wumian really such a clown?
It should be said that no, the old fritters who lived through the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 are even simple-minded. It will also be exercised. What's more, Shao Wumian is still very political, and he definitely won't think that he can hide from it.
In fact, the second time I received a note from Trotsky. Shao Wumian realized that things might get bigger, so he immediately took countermeasures, what countermeasures? Naturally, he reported to his good brother and his little friend Stalin, and then worked together to think of countermeasures.
So after rejecting Trotsky's note, Shao Wumian immediately left the Pravda editorial office in a hurry and went to Stalin's office. But he did not expect that Trotsky's reaction would be so swift and fierce that he would call so quickly. At that time, he was actually out of the office. And you also know that Lao Tuo was angry at that time, how could he allow the people of "Pravda" to speak, and after giving the death order, he hung up the phone indisputably, so Shao Wumian was tragic!
Of course, Shao Wumian's tragedy is not entirely unlucky, the most important point is that Shao Wumian forgot a very fundamental reason - Lenin is the core of the leadership of the party and the country, and the boss of the Lenin faction. As the editor-in-chief of the party's mouthpiece, such a big thing happened, and Shao Wumian should first inform Lenin, not the good brother Stalin. This means that if you don't have a mentor in your heart, you deserve to be punished.
However, at that time, Shao Wumian was not fully aware of this, so when he learned that Trotsky had made a small report to his mentor and asked him to explain, he did not have much sense of crisis.
"Comrade Lenin, please listen to my explanation. Comrade Lysenko is an outstanding agricultural scientist, and the vernalization effect of his invention has greatly promoted China's agricultural production...... And Vavilov and his gang blindly slandered and attacked Comrade Lysenko out of jealousy and the habit of being a servile who admired foreigners...... Some of our comrades in the party have not yet realized it, and have even been deceived by Vavilov and his gang of despicable reactionary black school tyrants, who have concocted an editorial full of slander and attack...... As editor-in-chief of Pravda, I had to defend the authority of the Party and the proletarian scientific and technological workers, which is why I refused Comrade Trotsky's request not to publish this editorial......"
Shao Wumian's explanation seems to be coherent, constantly emphasizing the correctness of maintaining the political correctness of the proletarian model of scientific and technological work, and in essence he is saying to Lenin: "My lord, I am wholeheartedly defending your authority!" β
This method is really amazing, but with Shao Wumian's personality, he can't think of such a brilliant idea. It can also be seen from history that Shao Wumian still has a bit of conscience, otherwise he would not have fallen out with Stalin later, and finally ended in tragedy.
It was Mikoyan who came up with this idea for Shao Wumian, a calculating man who soon realized that Trotsky's attack on Stalin and Lysenko would make Lenin very uncomfortable, after all, this model was set by his mentor. If Trotsky wants to make a fuss about this, he will first have to see whether Lenin is happy or not.
In Mikoyan's view, Lenin would certainly not be happy, and naturally let Trotsky touch his nose with ashes, so simply let Shao Wumian lead in this direction, and directly make Trotsky look good. At that time, Mikoyan gave Shao Wumian a package ticket, saying that as long as Shao Wumian dealt with it in this way, he would be absolutely fine, and he would be able to put Trotsky together.
So is it the same as Mikoyan imagined? It can only be said that Mikoyan underestimated the political wisdom of Lenin and Trotsky. Didn't Lenin know what kind of person Shao Wumian was? Didn't Trotsky know who set Lysenko's example?
These two questions are really fatal!
Lenin knew very well that Shao Wumian was a person, and Shao Wumian probably couldn't say this kind of hurtful words that went around in circles, which did not conform to Shao Wumian's nature. And now the honest Shao Wumian just said it, there must be a problem. What's the problem? That's who Shao Wumian met before, and those people must have taught him!
As for Trotsky, he knew better who set Lysenko's example, but he knew Lenin's temper better, and the mentor was not so easy to fool, and he was a real fool to use the problem of face to force him to comply! (To be continued......)
PS: Bow and thank you for the wind fluttering, hearing the rumors, holding the broken son, killing potatoes and Juventus comrades in seconds!