The question raised by Lenin is very realistic, yes, Li Xiaofeng did make a hole in the economic blockade of the Entente, but this gap is too small, at most it can only be regarded as a gap, and it is simply unrealistic to expect to solve the increasingly severe food crisis in Russia through this gap.

And what the Mentor wanted was not just that, what he wanted more was to essentially break through the blockade, that is, it was very similar to Stalin's previous ideas, but unlike Stalin, he did not think that just by luring him to take advantage, he could encourage the bourgeoisie of the Entente countries to actively break through the blockade.

Therefore, he wanted to hear whether Trotsky could solve this problem, and he would be disappointed if he was only satisfied with the status quo and engaged in a little trouble.

Lenin, however, was soon disappointed that Trotsky had no solution to the problem, and that the most he wanted to do was to widen the gap a little bit and get a little more food, and as for a complete breakdown of the blockade, he really couldn't do it. Not only could it not be done, but in fact Trotsky was not very interested in breaking the blockade in general, or rather, with the revolutionary ideas of the old Toll, he did not see the need for it.

For what? Listen to what he said: "A comprehensive breakthrough in the blockade of the Entente is not our first priority, and it is not of great significance. What is the most important significance of the revolution in our country? That was to create the world's first socialist regime. In the context of the Great War of the World, the Russian Revolution was a spark that would sound the death knell of the old system and society...... With the initial victory of the revolution in our country, it is conceivable that the flame of revolution will quickly burn in the world of Lu. Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain. Soon there will be a sea change in Europe...... With the advent of a new era. Whether it is the Entente or the Central Powers, it will become history, and I can assert that when the new world comes, all blockades will cease to exist...... Therefore, there is no need for us to focus most of our energy on breaking through the blockade, what we need to do is to deepen and expand the revolutionary ......"

It should be said that there was not much new in Trotsky's statement. It is still an extension of his theory of permanent revolution, and to put it bluntly, he has no interest in breaking through the blockade at all, he feels that it is a sacrifice of the basics, and that a truly clever chess player should not see a move, it will only be played by the opponent.

Now, for example, if the focus of work is on breaking through the blockade of the Entente bloc, it is a bad move, and what will a clever chess player do? That is, to export the revolution to the outside world and plant the red flag of the revolution all over the world. As long as the bourgeois regime is overthrown, the blockade will naturally be self-defeating.

Was Trotsky's opinion correct? That's right. It's not right, it's really wrong. For what? Because this is nonsense, to break the enemy's blockade, to destroy the enemy can naturally achieve the goal, the question is, with the current strength of Russia, can this be done?

Trotsky thought it could be done, and he believed that it would be possible to achieve the goal by mobilizing the proletariat of the whole world and following the example of the revolutionary struggle in Russia. However, Lenin did not think that things were so simple, as Russia, which had the best objective conditions for revolution and the weakest reaction among the great powers, had many repetitions in the October Revolution, not to mention the struggle outside the Party, and the Party was in danger of splitting more than once, and on several occasions it almost wiped out its entire army.

This is still Russia, and if you think of the other countries, it seems that Germany, Austria-Hungary, England, and France have a better revolutionary foundation because of the more developed industry and the stronger strength of the working class. But the question is that you have to look at the power of the bourgeoisie, not just the power of the working class, right?

Obviously, the bourgeoisie in these countries has a stronger grip and a firm grip on the state apparatus, and it is not easy to revolt. This can also be seen from the course of history, Russia, which was the most traumatized by the First World War and had the weakest bourgeois power, collapsed first, and in the second half of 1918, the desperate Germany and Austria collapsed immediately afterwards, while the old bourgeois countries of Britain and France, although the workers' movement also broke out, but it was quickly suppressed.

It is opportunistic to pin all hopes of pushing the workers' movement and the proletarian revolution on the chain reaction of the self-collapse of the capitalist powers, as Trotsky did.

Of course, there were signs of this chain reaction forming, but it soon disappeared as the revolutionary struggle of the German proletariat was ruthlessly suppressed. In its place was the ruthless blockade of the USSR by the capitalist countries in the twenties and early thirties.

Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution also went bankrupt with the defeat of the German revolution, and the failure of his struggle against Stalin in the twenties was largely due to the fact that his revolutionary theory proved to be unworkable. The collapse of the theoretical base eventually caused Trotsky to lose power, and his defeat was inevitable when those who had good relations and similar views changed their positions in favor of Stalin.

Lenin was a little more realistic than Trotsky, of course, this is not to say that the teacher did not support the export revolution, on the export revolution, Lenin and Trotsky basically agreed on the point of view, the purpose of the two of them was to create a proletarian world of unity, without the export of revolution, how to achieve the goal?

The difference between the Mentor and Trotsky lies in his attitude towards the German Revolution, Trotsky put all his hopes on the German Revolution, while the Mentor also pinned his hopes on the success of the German Revolution, but he did not put all the gambling money on it, he paid more attention to Russia, believing that Russia was the foundation of the revolution, and even if the German Revolution did not succeed, as long as he could keep Russia as a model, then the future would be long.

To use a less precise analogy, Trotsky was one of those gamblers who gambled red-eyed, and in a single game, he put all his money on it and prepared to stud. Lenin, on the other hand, was more pragmatic, he did not intend to decide the winner, but chose to prolong the gamble and fight a protracted war.

Of course, this is not to say that Lenin was more clever than Trotsky, in fact Lenin's tactics were also dangerous, and the Russian Revolution was very fragile if it did not set off a chain reaction. Then you have to fight alone. And with the strength of Russia at that time. Facing the encirclement and suppression of the strongest hooligans in the world. I'm afraid the ending won't be optimistic, right?

It is true that the Russian Revolution in history was quite dangerous for a time, and if it were not for the fact that the First World War dragged several rogue states to exhaustion, it was really impossible to find trouble with Russia again, and the result is really difficult to say.

Back to the real question, should we go all out to break through the economic blockade? Trotsky thought it was not necessary, Lenin thought it was necessary, and these were the different lines of thought taken by the two with regard to their different estimates of the future of the revolution. Trotsky was more radical, Lenin was more conservative.

But it doesn't matter if it's radical or conservative. The fundamental purpose of these two men is still the same, and there is absolutely no need to be like Stalin, to completely oppose the two, and Comrade Iron to disparage Trotsky, that is only a political necessity.

If Li Xiaofeng had been there, he would have said, whether it was Trotsky or the Mentor, you were too optimistic, right? One YY victory of the German revolution, the other YY was able to break through the blockade of the Entente, your uncle. Neither of these two is realistic!

Indeed, with the initial victory of the Russian Revolution. Expectations for the future were optimistic within the Bolsheviks. Excited people like Trotsky are already a little unable to find the north, and even if they are realistic, like the Mentor, they are not immune.

But the reality is cruel, pinning hopes on the victory of the German revolution is far from quenching the thirst of the near, and YY breaking the blockade is also a little taken for granted. Look at the Germans, the High Seas Fleet is strong enough, right? It's not like I'm stuck at home waiting to die. The situation in Russia is even worse, what to talk about breaking through the blockade? It would be nice to be able to dig two dog holes and sneak some food back to quench your hunger.

Therefore, when Trotsky revealed his true intentions, the Mentor was disappointed, and he did not intend to be too radical for the time being, and felt that he should base himself on Russia, solve the Russian problem first, and then talk about the export of the revolution. Although he did not believe that Stalin's strategy of dividing and dismantling the Entente to break through the blockade would be successful, he essentially hoped to break the blockade as soon as possible.

"It's too early to talk about foreign issues!" Lenin pondered.

There was no way, the theory of permanent revolution was still very marketable at this time, and the comrades had great hopes for it, and even Lenin was quite sympathetic, and if he directly rejected Trotsky's proposal, he would probably cause a bloody storm.

At this time, Lenin did not want to mess with himself, so he could only save the country: "If we want to bring about a revolution in the world through the revolution in our country, then the most important thing is to ensure the complete victory of the revolution in our country." Obviously, we have achieved an initial victory, but we are still far from complete victory...... Especially today, the economic situation at home does not allow for optimism, all kinds of counter-revolutionary forces have not been completely eliminated, and foreign imperialism is also undying and is always thinking of subverting our people's power...... In this case, the gains of the revolution should be consolidated first of all! ”

Although Lenin did not directly dismiss Trotsky, he meant the same thing, anyway, for a moment, the old To's face was not very good-looking. But even if he was a little unhappy, he did not dare to say that Lenin's words did not make any sense at all, and who dared to say that the consolidation of the fruits of the Russian Revolution was not important? Moreover, just from the faces of the Politburo members present, it can be seen that everyone still agrees with Lenin's opinion.

But Trotsky could not allow the crowd to be dragged away by Lenin, and he hastened to say: "There is more than one way to defend the fruits of our revolution, and we can do it in the long run......

I have to say that when the meeting reached this point, it was a little off-topic, and it suddenly shifted from the initial debate on the grain issue to the question of the revolutionary road. Sverdlov felt that it seemed a waste of time to discuss this issue for the time being, after all, the revolution in Germany had not yet broken out, so why bother so far?

Immediately, Xiao Si interjected: "On the question of the German revolution, the Central Committee has already made a resolution before, and there is no need to discuss this issue for the time being. The focus of our meeting now is on how to solve the food problem. Let's get back to the problem! ”

Stalin, however, did not agree with Sverdlov, and he went on to say: "There is only one possibility to solve the food problem for the time being, and that is to import grain from abroad to alleviate the crisis." How can we import grain without breaking the imperialist blockade in an all-round way? ”

Sverdlov glanced at him and said lightly: "Did Comrade Andrei completely break the imperialist blockade?" ”

Stalin was stunned for a moment, and then said with some anger: "That doesn't mean anything. What is enough food to do? The efforts of Comrade Andrei just tested. If the blockade is not fully broken. We won't be able to get more food! ”

Sverdlov still asked unhurriedly: "I don't think this statement is accurate, Comrade Andrei's previous efforts were only a small-scale attempt, which verified that it is possible to buy grain without breaking the blockade completely, although this time there is still very little food, but this cannot be said that it will always be so little in the future!" ”

Stalin was stunned again, and when Li Xiaofeng proposed a plan for importing grain through the foreign bourgeoisie, he discussed this issue with Mikoyan, according to Mikoyan's analysis. Someone's idea is to take advantage of the profit-seeking nature of the bourgeoisie to break through the blockade in an all-round way.

Therefore, at the beginning of his speech, Stalin stuck to this line of thought, but now Sverdlov's statement is obviously not what he meant. Xiao Si doesn't seem to have the idea of breaking the blockade completely, his thinking is closer to exploiting a loophole, just wanting to continue to use that gap to survive.

What's going on? Stalin couldn't figure it out for a moment, himself, whether it was Lenin, Trotsky, or Dzerzhinsky. I'm afraid that the gap created by someone is not enough to solve the food crisis. I think this opening is too small. That's why their arguments escalate and go off-topic.

And Sverdlov apparently said that the existing gap was big enough that there was no need to make so much mess, how could he, who had always been shrewd, make such an obvious mistake?

However, Stalin soon gave up on the question of how he could have made a lowly mistake, and he felt that this was an opportunity, a good opportunity to prove that he was better than Sverdlov in front of his mentor.

Immediately, he seized on this mistake and made a big fuss: "Comrade Yakov, how could you make such a mistake. Comrade Andrei's experiment is indeed meaningful, but it can only prove that we can break through the enemy's blockade, but how can such a narrow channel guarantee the solution to the food crisis? Only by widening this avenue and smashing the shackles on our shoulders can we truly solve the grain problem. ”

After saying that, Stalin looked at his mentor like a pug, and he couldn't wait to hear Lenin's praise. But would Lenin praise him? Not for the time being, at least not verbally for the time being.

Of course, this is not because Stalin said it wrong, it is not that his opinion is not recognized by the mentor, in fact, as I said earlier, the mentor is more sympathetic to Stalin's opinion and has the intention to break the blockade first, but he disagrees with Stalin on the specific method.

So why didn't the Mentor express his affirmation of Stalin? Is it just to save face for Sverdlov?

Certainly not, the main reason was that Lenin saw that Sverdlov seemed to be somewhat unimpressed by Stalin's accusations and criticisms, as if he had thought about the problem for a long time and had a solution to it.

Suddenly, Lenin wondered, could it be that the trade route that Li Xiaofeng had concocted was not a small gap? Could it be that the path is wider than he thought?

To be honest, Lenin did not believe in this possibility at all, and in fact Sverdlov did not believe in this possibility before. At the earliest, when Li Xiaofeng wanted to do this, he first found Xiao Si to discuss, he must first sum up with Brother Tie for such a major matter, after all, Sverdlov's political wisdom and political vision are a little higher than that of a certain immortal, and he can avoid many problems by picking up and filling in the gaps.

At the time, Sverdlov also thought that the gap was too small and that it was necessary to break through the blockade in an all-round way. But how could Li Xiaofeng agree, because the method of breaking the blockade, a certain immortal did not have it at all, and now this gap is completely opened by a certain immortal using the cornucopia's express delivery function to cheat. Isn't it a dream to let him find a way to put pressure on their government from outside the United Nations to lift the blockade of Russia?

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng doesn't have this ability, even if he does, he won't do it, because this blockade line is beneficial to him, without this blockade line, if there is free trade, how can he and his friends monopolize business, and what money do they make?

So at that time, Li Xiaofeng swore to Sverdlov that this time it was just a verification, just a declaration to the central government that he was capable of safely transporting grain back from abroad. As for the quantity, there is no need to worry at all, as long as the central government has money, as long as the central government can guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of its little partners, then there is no need to worry about the quantity of grain.

Sverdlov didn't believe it at the time, but he was dumbfounded when he was told that the first batch of grain had been shipped to Russia and was about to arrive in Russia, not 5,000 tons, before a certain immortal went to the hospital. That's when he realized that someone's assurances were really not a joke.

Therefore, when Stalin accused him, when Lenin showed him a puzzled look, Xiao Si was also a little dark in his heart, and in the face of everyone's doubts, Xiao Si slowly told the truth: "Before Comrade Andrei was injured, he discussed this issue with me, and he told me at that time that the first batch of 5,000 tons of wheat was just a beginning, in fact, the first shipment of grain was as high as 50,000 tons, and the 5,000 tons of wheat were just a test of the waters of the Nobel family and the Popov family and the French princess, once the deal was successfully concluded, The follow-up grain will be continuously transported to the Petrograd Strategic Reserve Warehouse ......" (to be continued......