Li Xiaofeng looked at Kuibyshev and Bulganin with interest, completely listening to the advice with an open mind, and even after these two finished expressing their opinions, he also cordially signaled to Wufeng Jevic to boldly express his opinions.

At that time, Kirikaze Jevic felt a lot of pressure, why? Because among the four people attending the meeting, only he had the lowest status, only an alternate member of the Central Committee, and among the four people, he was the youngest and had the least qualifications. Bulganin and Kuibyshev talked, and generally he only bowed his head to the ear. And now that a certain immortal wants him to sit on an equal footing with these two and talk freely, can there be no pressure?

In fact, Bulganin and Kuibyshev were also surprised, because when they were invited to the small group meeting, they didn't expect that Kirikazejevich was also there, after all, this person's status was really low, and they thought that someone was going to cultivate the former secretary of Kirifujevic and let him come here to get an education.

Who would have thought that the result of the matter was not like this, the misty wind jevic was not here to play soy sauce, but like them, they were all valued by someone very much, and from a macro point of view, the status of the big guy is the same!

This surprised Bulganin and Kuibyshev, how could Misty Wind Jevich sit down with them? This kid is still a little kid at all, okay!

For a while, the two of them stared at Wufeng Jevic, probably saying in their hearts: "Lao Tzu wants to see what flowers you can say, if not, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless and smashing you!" ”

Naturally, Kirikaze Jevic also knew this truth, and was called for a small meeting. He was both a little surprised and a little nervous. entered the core circle of an immortal. This is indeed something to be happy about, but the pressure of competition in that small circle will be very great, and if you are not careful, you may be doomed!

This is definitely not a joke, the position of the close people around the big boss is limited, who doesn't want to get more favors? For example, for Bulganin and Kuibyshev, why should they be on an equal footing with your little hairy boy, you are a ball!

Anyway, as long as the foggy wind jevic is not satisfactory, he will be attacked by these two groups in that minute. If you really don't die, you have to shed your skin.

Misty Wind Jevich took a deep breath, met the aggressive gaze of Bulganin and Kuibyshev, and said very calmly: "I think that for the time being, we should neither rush to start a new stove, nor respond to Comrade Yakov's requests. We should handle the relationship calmly and methodically, and we should not be too close or too independent......"

Bulganin and Kuibyshev immediately let out a cold snort, and the reason was simple, that is, they scoffed at the statement of Misty Wind Jevich, and in their opinion, this little kid was riding the wall and taking the central route. Not at all assertive!

"This is a typical wall-to-wall argument, a bad idea that only the wall-riding faction will come up with!" Kuibyshev immediately began to criticize Kirikazeevich. "The current situation is that Yakov's side is already aggressive, and is already beating us, what is the use of engaging in this set of tricks. In my opinion, we must resolutely handle our relations with Comrade Yakov, and we must not drag our feet in the mud, otherwise we will inevitably have endless troubles! ”

Bulganin also said: "Although I do not advocate cutting the mess with a quick knife, I also oppose Comrade Kikazevich's ambiguous approach, which will inevitably confuse our comrades and will only cause chaos in the end." In my opinion, for the time being, the Great Patriotic War is the first priority, and we should fully cooperate with Comrade Yakov in carrying out our work, we still have enough time, and we can afford to wait! ”

Well, the three of them have three opinions, left, middle and right, which can be regarded as a strange thing within Li Xiaofeng's group. However, Li Xiaofeng always smiled at the opinions of these three people and the heated debates they held, and did not clearly express which opinion he supported or which one he disliked.

Someone was vague and did not give a clear statement at all, so that after the meeting, Yakov asked curiously: "Didn't you convene this meeting to determine the course of the future?" ”

Li Xiaofeng looked at him and asked, "Do you really want to know?" ”

Yakov was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously: "I just feel strange, nothing has happened, so what's the point of holding this meeting?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and asked rhetorically again: "Who sued you for this, it would be meaningless?" Who sued you again for no result? ”

Yakov was surprised and asked: "Have you already decided?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled again: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who can't make up his mind?" ”

This answer was unexpected by Yakov, but it also made him think deeply, judging from the tone of someone's disclosure, he had already made a decision, so what was this decision? Or to think a little deeper, was the decision made after the meeting, or was it made before the meeting?

If it is the latter, then Yakov is a little creepy, because this shows that a certain immortal summoned these three people to a meeting, I am afraid that he did not care about the result at all, but just to see the attitude of these three people, to put it bluntly, this is a test within the group, which is used to test the loyalty of members.

Thinking of this, Yakov couldn't help but think deeper, who was excellent in this test, who was qualified, and who failed?

Li Xiaofeng had been paying attention to Yakov's expression, and it was obvious that this clever guy had basically guessed his intentions, and I am afraid that the final conclusion was not particularly difficult to guess. The excellent one is Kirikazejevich, the qualified one is Kuibyshev, and the disappointing one is Bulganin.

Let's start with the worst of the table, why is Bulganin's table the worst? Because he gave a very bad Jianyì, if Li Xiaofeng accepted his Jianyì, he would always be able to be Sverdlov's echo worm, and he could only let Xiao Siyu take what he wanted. And this is the biggest blow to a politician who has an independent personality, a future, and lofty ideals.

At least Li Xiaofeng never felt that he needed to be inferior to Sverdlov, and he never relied on Sverdlov's promotion to get to the top. In a sense, his previous relationship with Sverdlov was more like that of a brother. Everyone is on an equal footing and supports each other. There is no situation where Li Xiaofeng stammers and relies on Xiao Si.

If the relationship between Xiao Si and Li Xiaofeng is really a monarch and a minister. Then Xiao Si doesn't have to go to great lengths to suppress Li Xiaofeng now, because according to this relationship, Li Xiaofeng is naturally a head lower than Xiao Si and is Xiao Si's courtier. But the problem is that the relationship between a certain immortal and Xiao Si is more like a mutually beneficial collaborator, rather than an obvious relationship between a superior and a subordinate.

Bulganin deliberately distorted the relationship between Li Xiaofeng and Xiao Si, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit abnormal, a little bit long of others' ambition to destroy his prestige or to put it more bluntly. It's the elbow that turns out!

This kind of behavior of eating inside and outside is intolerable to everyone, let alone the cautious Li Xiaofeng. You must know that over the years, without Li Xiaofeng's help, it would have been impossible for Bulganin to enter the Central Committee smoothly and gain a foothold in the Central Committee.

Now, Xiao Si is openly the first to provoke and try to suppress Li Xiaofeng. And Bulganin not only did not express indignation, but instead advised Li Xiaofeng to retreat and forbear. Isn't this anti-bones?

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng was very angry, which was the main reason why he didn't make a choice at the meeting in the end, but hid it. If he said on the spot that he must give Xiao Si a little color, then Bulganin, the anti-bone boy, might sell him immediately, although it will not cause substantial damage immediately, but it will inevitably make Sverdlov more vigilant and fully prepared for battle.

And now, Li Xiaofeng deliberately pretended to hesitate and hesitate to make up his mind, and deliberately made the clouds and mountains foggy, but it made Bulganin unable to guess Li Xiaofeng's true intentions, which was conducive to future actions.

Anyway, from now on, the most core thing, Bulganin may not be able to get in touch with him, Li Xiaofeng already distrusts him, maybe he will guard against him.

Some comrades may wonder why Bulganin made such a choice. With his relationship with Li Xiaofeng, wouldn't it be more promising to follow someone? Why do you want to cheer for Xiao Si?

The reasons are very complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is still a matter of interests, after Bulganin became a member of the Central Committee, his eyes naturally had to be fixed on the Politburo, and only when he entered the Politburo could he be regarded as a real man. But the Politburo is not so easy to enter, there are only a few seats in total, while the Central Committee has hundreds of people, and it is not even a tenth of the chance.

In Bulganin's view, the next Politburo, the Trotskyists and Frunze will face certain adjustments, and Trotsky will have to step down anyway, approaching the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars for two terms, and his age is basically at the point, and it is impossible to have Lenin's example there.

In addition, Frunze may have to give way, because Frunze was able to enter the Politburo to act as Lenin's spokesman, Lenin's special choice for a smooth transition for Trotsky. Now that the smooth transition has been completed, Frunze must also get on.

In addition to these two people, Dzerzhinsky, the man in the iron mask, has also reached his age and should also retire. Then Ulitsky is also more mysterious, but for the sake of balance, Ulitsky may be able to serve another term as a representative of the Trotskyists.

In other words, in 1945, the Politburo was able to vacate three positions, of which Trotsky's position was probably still Trotsky's, and Dzerzhinsky's position must also be reserved for the neutral forces, and the only place that could really be assigned to Xiao Si's side was probably Frunze's.

To put it bluntly, the number of places that Xiao Si can enter the Politburo is quite limited, and who this place is given is a big problem. According to the traditional rules, an alternate member should be replaced, but there is actually no alternate member on Xiao Si's side. Because Kuibyshev cannot be regarded as Xiao Si's person, but only as a person who is biased towards Stalin, I am afraid that Xiao Si will not be willing to let this former enemy enter the Politburo.

That is to say, the hopes of the pro-Si Central Committee members outside the Politburo are greatly increased, and there is a precedent for Radek to jump into the Politburo, who dares to say that Bulganin has no hope? In fact, Bulganin thinks that he is very promising, after all, he is a member of Xiao Si's faction, and he has a pretty good relationship with Li Xiaofeng, with the support of the two giants in Xiao Si's faction, is it difficult to enter the Politburo?

However, what Bulganin didn't expect was that Kuibyshev quickly approached Li Xiaofeng, and the relationship between the two sides heated up sharply. It is difficult to say that Li Xiaofeng will support him at the next conference. After all, Kuibyshev has already stepped into the Politburo with one foot and is an alternate member. What is lacking is only backing. Once with Li Xiaofeng's support. Kuibyshev's conversion was almost a matter of course. What was the matter with him Bulganin at that time?

There may be comrades who don't understand it again, feeling that Bulganin's ambitions are too great, and the span of a member of the Central Committee becoming a member of the Politburo is too large, and with Bulganin's age, it doesn't hurt to be an alternate bureau member, and by 1950, he was only 55 years old. Wouldn't it be beautiful to enter the game when the time comes, and just retire after ten years?

The problem is that this account is not calculated like this, if Li Xiaofeng chooses to support Kuibyshev in the next term and help Kuibyshev into the Politburo, it will mean that Bulganin is not even qualified to be an alternate bureaucracy!

Why? It's very simple, the benefits of this world can't be taken up by Li Xiaofeng alone, and if he helps Kuibyshev, it is natural to give concessions to other comrades in the quota of the alternate bureau committee. Always let Xiao Si promote a few of his henchmen. And at that time, will Xiao Si choose Bulganin, who is close to Li Xiaofeng?

I'm afraid Bulganin is absolutely useless. At that time, he was still only a member of the Central Committee, and he could only impact the Politburo in 1950, when he only had ten years left, and he had a slight mistake, so he could only be an alternate bureau, and then the next term would be the end of his political life!

So for Bulganin, the choice now is very important, continue to hold on to Li Xiaofeng's tree, then he will definitely have no play in the next session, it is better to shoot Sverdlov's sycophants and switch to Xiao Si's side, maybe he will have a chance in the next session.

If you see it, this is a politician, who puts interests first, and expects these people to talk about feelings, which is really wishful thinking!

In fact, Li Xiaofeng's side is not like this, why did he choose to win over Kuibyshev, could it be that Kuibyshev is really more capable than Bulganin? That's it. There is only one reason why Li Xiaofeng chose to win over Kuibyshev -- the alternate members of the Politburo are more useful than the members of the Central Committee! And even more potential!

The reason is very simple, when the Politburo is in session, although Kuibyshev is only qualified to speak, as long as he can speak, he can support Li Xiaofeng. And what about Bulganin? If you don't even have the qualifications to speak or participate in the conference, what support is there to talk about?

For Li Xiaofeng, as the struggle between the Sverdlov clique and the Trotskyists slows down, the internal struggle will become more intense, and he also knows that his hard power is too strong, and if he is in the position of Xiao Si, he will have to suppress himself. can understand Xiao Si's choice, but this does not mean that Li Xiaofeng will be restrained, who doesn't like power, why should I tolerate you Xiao Si in every way, and I don't owe you anything.

So in order to consolidate his power, Li Xiaofeng has only one way to go, that is, to find friends in the Politburo, and the current Politburo, the only one who can stand with Li Xiaofeng is Kuibyshev. Therefore, if Li Xiaofeng doesn't want to be restrained and suppressed by Xiao Si, he can only win over Kuibyshev.

Think about it, in the next term, if Kuibyshev succeeds in ascending to power, Li Xiaofeng will be equivalent to truly establishing a force in the Politburo, and he can sit on an equal footing with Xiao Si, and when the time comes, he can smoothly attack the highest throne. On the contrary, to support Bulganin, I am afraid there will not be so many benefits. At least in recent years, Bulganin's help to Li Xiaofeng is definitely not as great as Gubyshev!

Speaking of which, comrades may have to ask another question, since Kuibyshev is so useful to Li Xiaofeng, why is Kuibyshev only qualified in this test, not excellent?

Very simply, Bulganin has Bulganin's political interests, Li Xiaofeng also has his political interests, and naturally Kuibyshev also has to protect his own political interests. He is a very smart person and knows his value very well, although it is his inevitable choice to get closer to Li Xiaofeng, but how to make himself get greater benefits is also something that Kuibyshev must consider.

So what kind of situation is most favorable for Kuibyshev? Naturally, Li Xiaofeng can become a giant, if Li Xiaofeng can compete with Sverdlov like Stalin, then as Li Xiaofeng's close assistant, Kuibyshev's identity will naturally rise. And once Li Xiaofeng successfully reaches the top, then he Kuibyshev is naturally a well-deserved second-in-command, one person under ten thousand people.

And now, there is a very nasty person in the way, and that is Sverdlov, as mentioned in the previous chapter, Kuibyshev does not think highly of Sverdlov, thinking that Xiao Si is just the right person to meet at the right time, and if he Kuibyshev was also admired by Lenin at that time, he thinks that he will not do a better job than Xiao Si.

Especially now, Kuibyshev thinks that most of the hard power of the Xiaosi faction is in the hands of Li Xiaofeng, if it weren't for Sverdlov's old qualifications, the current leading brother of the Sverdlov group should be Li Xiaofeng.

Kuibyshev thinks that this mistake should be corrected, or rather, he feels that Li Xiaofeng has the capital to be able to reach the top as soon as possible, and he naturally wants to instigate Li Xiaofeng to turn his face against Xiao Si, and if the two sides turn their faces, his Kuibyshev will be more valuable, and the future will be more brilliant!

Seeing no, this is the political zhì, to put it bluntly, it is the calculation of the interests of Chiguoguo, and this is also the reason why Li Xiaofeng only gave Kuibyshev a qualified evaluation, this thing only cares about his personal interests, and puts the interests of him, an immortal, in the second place...... (To be continued......)

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