The main reason why Li Xiaofeng dared to confront Trotsky was that he believed that the Finnish revolution was of no great significance at all, and that Finland itself was not an important player in the international political arena, so there was no need to pay too much attention to it.

"Finland's international influence is too small, and the strength of the Finnish working class is too weak for a knock-on effect on the international stage, even if they win the proletarian revolution...... Based on this reality, any attempt to overestimate the significance of the Finnish revolution would mislead the central government and would only lead to the wrong decision-making. This kind of behavior must be stopped and criticized! ”

Trotsky's face became ugly, and Li Xiaofeng's remarks were tantamount to a slap in the face to his face, and just now he was very excited to applaud the Finnish revolution. And the meaning of a certain immortal is directly saying that you just farted, how can he bear it!

"This is simply counter-revolutionary rhetoric!" "As our brothers of the international class of the Bolsheviks, the Finnish Social Democratic Party was the first party to respond to our socialist revolution, and they have achieved remarkable results...... Isn't that something to be affirmed? ”

Glaring at a certain immortal, Trotsky reprimanded loudly: "And you, Comrade Andrei, not only do you not affirm it, but instead speak in a strange way, belittling the working class and the revolutionary masses in Finland, what are you trying to do?" ”

Li Xiaofeng was not frightened, Trotsky glared at him, he immediately glared back, and sneered at each other: "What do I want to do? Isn't that obvious? It is to prevent you from making a big statement here, it is to make you sober and sober, and it is to let you not mislead the central government! ”

said. He did not wait for Trotsky to refute him. Loudly retorted: "When is it time to accept criticism when you tell the truth?" The Finnish working class is weak. Finland's low international influence is fake? Did I make it up? To put it bluntly, Finland does not have much international influence, and even if they win the revolution, they will not have much international influence! At the present stage, what we need is to do a good job in our domestic revolutionary struggle wholeheartedly, and not to meddle in things half-heartedly! ”

To tell the truth, the reason why Li Xiaofeng wanted to argue with Trotsky was because of the last one. Trotsky was too nosy. To put it bluntly, his theory of permanent revolution is to constantly incite new countries to rebel, and to provoke a chain reaction.

Of course, this is not the most crucial thing, the most crucial thing is that the hope of the victory of the proletarian revolution is completely pinned on it. According to his theory, communism can only be realized if there is constant rebellion and more countries are encouraged to devote themselves to the great cause of rebellion. Moreover, he has come to the conclusion that no single country can build socialism!

Objectively speaking, there are some reasons in his set of theories, but the problems are not small. According to his theory. Soviet Russia was able to eradicate the counter-revolution at home and consolidate power. It's not a success, either. Russia or the Soviet Union could not build socialism alone, and only by constantly exporting revolution to the outside world could it be regarded as success.

But is this realistic? The three-year civil war has degraded Russia for decades, and in the situation of being poor and white, the big guys can't eat enough, how can they have the energy to export the revolution? It's already a life of tightening your belt, don't be poor and toss, okay!

According to Trotsky's theory, the first priority after the victory of the Russian Revolution was to export it, otherwise it would be a defeat in the long run. Isn't this death? The reasons for the victory of the Russian Revolution are complex, but the main one is that the First World War exhausted the imperialist countries, and even if the Bolsheviks did not like it, they did not have the energy and interest to cut the grass and eradicate it for the time being. However, this does not mean that the Bolsheviks can kick their noses in the face and, according to Trotsky's theory, continue to export the revolution and constantly provoke the big hooligans, and one day they will touch their bottom line.

At that time, will the imperialist hooligans continue to endure? Will you give the Bolsheviks a little color to see? And with the ability of the Red Army at that time, could it challenge several big hooligans at the same time? Under the city of Warsaw, the big hooligans did not shoot directly, but only armed the Polish dogs, and beat Tukhachevsky to the ground. In case the big hooligans really rolled up their sleeves and went into battle in person, wouldn't the result be even worse? If you don't get it right, the three-year civil war will be in vain, and Russia will once again return to the pre-liberation period!

In any case, in Li Xiaofeng's view, Trotsky was a foolish fool all his life, or he was too confident in the theory of permanent revolution, thinking that he had already broken through the heavens, and that he only needed to implement the theory according to it. However, he did not think carefully about this moment and that time, as he himself said, the revolution has its highs and lows, and it cannot be given up at the time of the trough.

But not giving up at the low ebb of the revolution is not the same as dying, isn't it? When the First World War ended, when the imperialist hooligans had temporarily eliminated their differences, they inevitably had to focus on their own interests. INEVITABLY, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW THE BOLSHEVIKS AND THE MARXIST MOVEMENT TO TOUCH THEM, AND THEY WILL DEVOTE MOST OF THEIR FORCES AND ENERGIES TO STABILIZING THEIR INTERNAL SITUATION, WHICH WILL TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATE CLASS CONTRADICTIONS.

In this case, still clinging to the old routine and exporting the revolution with one mind, isn't this looking for abuse? And, with the easing of class contradictions, the movement of the proletariat will inevitably fall from its peak. If you have something to eat and can live a good life, who will pin your head to the waistband of your pants to rebel?

In this environment, the most correct thing to do is to cultivate internal strength, stop being busy exporting revolution and pulling hatred everywhere, and hurry up to do national construction! Nima, for the broken virtues of Russia, if you do not hasten to solve the economic problems, and do not wait for the upsurge of the proletarian revolution in your export, your Bolshevik power will be overthrown by the hungry workers and peasants. At that time, let alone the permanent revolution, the Bolsheviks were thankful that they were not revolutionized.

Li Xiaofeng is not opposed to exporting the revolution, and without the revolution it will be impossible to create a new international order, and under the old order, the position of the Soviet Union is undoubtedly very embarrassing. There are enemies all around, not even a little friend. When there is an international dispute, it is always difficult to beat the four hands with two fists. You're welcome. It is to challenge the whole world with the power of one country. To put it mildly, how many nails have you hit with iron?

But when the output revolution score is at a low ebb, what can you please if you move against the tide at this time? If you have time and energy, you might as well step up the construction of the Soviet Union, hurry up your strength, and prepare for the climax of the next revolution. Isn't it good?

What's more, the next revolutionary upsurge does not need to wait too long, it will be 20 years to complete the calculation, and when the next imperialist fire and merge again, the entire old international order will be shattered by the impact, and everything will have to be reshuffled, and then it will be a good time to export the revolution!

The reason why Li Xiaofeng argued with Trotsky on the question of the Finnish revolution was to prevent this thing from having a brain cramp, because the civil war in history was over, and the export revolution in a relatively stable environment was full of bags. Nowadays, the Bolsheviks have not fully established themselves, and at this time they are reaching out everywhere. Isn't that death?

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng believes that it will not be easy to manage one acre and three points of land in Russia for the time being. Don't toss, don't stretch out your hand, first clamp your tail and be a man, let's win the civil war first, okay!

Of course, Trotsky did not say that the revolution would be exported immediately, nor did he mention support for Kuusinin. However, Li Xiaofeng thought that this spearhead was wrong, and with Trotsky's ambitions, he would take the second step if he took the first step, and if he could not close the opening at the beginning, then he should not think about blocking it later.

Moreover, Li Xiaofeng also took this opportunity to install a brake device for Trotsky, and even if the revolution succeeded, he could not rely on his temperament to pull hatred everywhere. Even if the revolution is to be exported, it must be controlled within a small range. The Soviet Union did not have the ability, the energy or the time to support the so-called class brothers without compensation.

"You are a negative and conservative right-leaning ideology!" Trotsky, however, did not like someone to criticize his theories, and immediately became angry, loudly criticizing: "Even our backward Russia can complete the socialist revolution, and the countries of Western Europe, where the working class is more developed, cannot carry out a revolution like we do." Now is the best opportunity...... The imperialist countries have been exhausted by this great war in the world, and as long as we mobilize the proletariat of the whole world, the victory of the revolution in the world will be just around the corner! ”

Li Xiaofeng scoffed at this: "China's revolution has not yet been completely victorious!" The White Army has set off a new counter-revolutionary upsurge, which means that the revolution in our country will enter a long period of recurrence. Comparatively speaking, the counter-revolutionary force in China is also the weakest among the imperialist countries, and the counter-revolutionary force in other imperialist countries is also even stronger, which virtually cancels out the strength of the working class in these countries...... Only when we have completely eliminated the counter-revolution and consolidated our political power can we talk about supporting our class brothers in other countries. At present, our only and most core task is to defeat the White Army, and before we have won, we must not advocate some unrealistic ideas, let alone rush forward! ”

Trotsky, however, did not admit that he was presumptuous, and what kind of presumptuous was it to praise the Finnish Social Revolutionaries in words? Isn't that? He felt that a certain immortal was just buttoning his hat, and he was talking empty words. Of course, Lao Tuo was even more dissatisfied with someone's stance against exporting the revolution.

However, before he could criticize someone, Lenin spoke first: "Some of Comrade Andrei's opinions and ideas are indeed problematic and biased. But I think one of his understandings is very worthy of affirmation -- that is, first of all, we must base ourselves on the victory of our revolution, and before we have all completely won the victory, what kind of revolution can we talk about in the world? ”

As he spoke, Lenin glanced at Trotsky, and the meaning of this glance was so profound that even a man of great political wisdom like Trotsky had to read it carefully.

"It is not advisable to overestimate the situation and the effects of the Finnish revolution for the time being," said Lenin slowly, "and as German imperialism begins to interfere in the internal affairs of Finland, it will be difficult to say what will happen to the revolution in Finland, and I am afraid it will become very complicated." Under this premise, we must be more cautious and not blindly draw conclusions or set the tone on issues related to Finland...... We should wait a little longer, take a look and don't talk casually, because this will most likely make us passive! ”

If Trotsky had just understood Lenin's meaning at all, he understood it all when Lenin said it. Fundamentally, Lenin did not support his theory, in the position of foreign revolutions. Lenin's attitude cannot be described as cautious. Rather, it should be said conservative.

And for this conservatism. Trotsky was not satisfied, he felt that Lenin could not see the long term, that even if the Russian revolution was victorious, he would only fight alone, and that if he could not develop a group of small partners, the final result of the Russian revolution would still be pessimistic.

Trotsky was anxious to have a debate with Lenin at once, to discuss the question at once, preferably to a definite conclusion. But Lenin did not want to talk about it, for the Mentor. These are too far away, and if even the Russian revolution cannot be carried out, even if we talk about it now, it will only be empty and air-to-air.

Of course, this is not to say that Lenin did not see such a long term, and fundamentally speaking, he was not opposed to exporting the revolution. It's just that he prefers to move forward step by step, rather than like Trotsky, who has not yet learned to walk, and thinks of running in great strides.

Actually, fundamentally. The difference between Lenin and Trotsky was not a matter of doing or not doing. It's about when to do it. In terms of timing, Trotsky was radical and Lenin was conservative, and this was the fundamental difference between the two teachers.

Lenin was not in favor of haste, so when Trotsky had the idea to make a big fuss about this issue, he chose to put it on hold: "Comrade Andrei is right in saying that for us it is essential to guarantee the victory of the Russian revolution at this stage. As for Finland, as a new independent and sovereign state, we should respect the choice of the Finnish people, who are the main body of the Finnish revolution. I also believe that the Finnish people are capable of defending the victory of the revolution, after all, the counter-revolution in Finland is far less powerful than ours, and there is no reason why they are doing worse than we do! ”

Trotsky was not convinced, he still wanted to talk about the great significance of exporting the revolution, even if it could not be exported for the time being, and it would be good to set a line and policy, but before he could open his mouth, Lenin blocked him: "And we must also heed Germany's warning that in this difficult period we must not come into conflict with Germany again, otherwise it will be catastrophic!" ”

Li Xiaofeng also said something similar before, but he said that the meaning was completely different from that of the mentor. At least when he said it, Trotsky could have farted to him, but when Lenin said it, old Tollsky had to pay attention.

Even Trotsky felt that Germany was bluffing, and as far as he knew, the Germans were about to launch a major offensive on the Western Front in the near future, and in such a situation it was difficult to imagine that they would resume the war on both fronts.

However, this was only Trotsky's own thoughts, and he could not speak for the German government, so who knows if the Germans would have a cerebral convulsion? If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, if such a bad situation really occurs, it will be a big trouble.

So did Lenin just scare Trotsky with this excuse and gag him? It should be said that no, Trotsky could have thought of it, he could have thought of it, Lenin himself judged that the Germans would not go to war with them again, but this did not mean that the Germans could not find fault.

In the three Baltic states, in Finland, in Belarus and in Ukraine, the Germans were looming in their power, and in order to make trouble for the Soviet power, the Germans did not need to intervene in person, support proxies, or directly support the White Army.

This is what Lenin feared most, without the intervention and support of foreign forces, and to put it mildly, the counter-revolutionary forces in Russia and the so-called White Army were a joke. As long as Trotsky and Frunze were given a certain amount of time, it would not be too much of a problem to solve the White Army in 1918. It would be very advantageous to consolidate Soviet power if the civil war could be ended in 1918, or before the collapse of the Allied bloc.

And as soon as the Germans intervene in the civil war, secretly supporting the opponents of the Soviet power, then the trouble is considerable, and it is quite possible that the civil war will not end in a short time, and once the imperialist hooligans have decided the winner, then the situation facing the Soviet power will be even more critical in the next step.

Based on this fear, Lenin did not want to provoke the Germans at all, even if the Germans' note was unceremonious and insulting, and if they succeeded in interfering with the Finnish revolution, it could mean that the jackals, tigers and leopards would be directed at the heart of Russia. In contrast to these potential crises, Lenin preferred to settle the internal problems first, and then consider the external contradictions.

Of course, this does not mean that the Mentor is not worried at all, he just thinks that the Finnish civil war may not be decided quickly, and even if the Germans directly intervene, it will take a long time to settle Kuusinen, and this period of time is enough to cushion him.

What's more, the Mentor was not at all optimistic about the prospects of the Germans, even if they could win in Finland, but if they lost the World War, it would be in vain. Perhaps once the Germans collapsed, the Finnish revolution would take a turn again!

For these reasons, Lenin was adamant that he would accept the Germans' warning for the time being, regardless of his involvement in the Finnish Civil War. Hurry up and solve the counter-revolution and the White Army at home, and then meddle in international affairs according to the situation, and as for whether to export the revolution or not, well, let's talk about it then!

However, this did not mean that Lenin did not intend to care about Finland's affairs at all, and after the meeting, he deliberately left Li Xiaofeng and specially instructed him: "Andrey, although the revolutionary question in Finland does not have a particularly great impact on the overall situation. But I must remind you that, no matter what the Finnish revolution ultimately leads, there are no conditions for you to secure the food import channels within this year...... I have already agreed with Comrade Yakov and Comrade Joseph that I can authorize you to use force to secure this channel! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you for the second kill Comrade Potato!