"We've been tricked!"

After the meeting, Trotsky was silent in his office for a long time before he suddenly spoke to Bukharin. However, the latter was very disdainful of Lao Tuo's exclamation, and asked slightly mockingly: "You only reacted now?" ”

Trotsky, of course, could not have been so late aware, and when Lenin threw out the killer weapon at the conference, he understood perfectly well that he had been tricked!

How so? Obviously, Stalin's mistake was probably not a mistake at all, it was designed by Lenin in order to make him let his guard down, that is, to make him think that his original plan was foolproof, and then he Lenin would seize the opportunity to launch a fatal blow. The subsequent course of the meeting fully illustrated this point, and when he thought that he had taken the initiative and was a little complacent, he was slapped on the head and almost lost all his old capital.

At that time, Trotsky almost vomited blood, and he did not recover until the end of the meeting, which was the main reason why he had been in the office for so long without speaking. Of course, it is not excluded that Lao Tuo has nothing to say, after all, he planned all this single-handedly, but he lost cleanly, no matter what, he is not easy to explain to Bukharin, and I am afraid that his own face is a little ashamed.

"We have to plan ahead, we can be careful in the next negotiation work, and if we imagine being as foolish as before, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Speaking of this, Bukharin was furious, and at first he did not agree with this bad idea, and used a little girl to design an important backbone of the party, which made him feel insidious and evil. That is, in order to ensure the interests of Russia, he reluctantly agreed.

The result? I almost lost my leggings. If it weren't for Lenin who saved them a little face. Only Kalinin, a good old man, was sent to supervise the work of Yue Fei and Radek. Otherwise, the result will be even more embarrassing.

He had an opinion about Trotsky, and said to himself: "Look at what bad idea you have here, isn't this a cheat?" ”

So as soon as Trotsky mentioned this, he could not help but get angry: "What is the use of talking about this now, you should have foreseen this unfavorable situation in advance, and we should not have carried out your unfortunate plan at all!" ”

Trotsky did not answer, not because he was afraid of Bukharin, not because he was embarrassed. For politicians. There is never a word embarrassed in the dictionary. The main reason that really made him choose patience was for the sake of the big picture.

Now he received a slap on the head, although Lenin saved face, but in any case it was a great setback, which means that his previous all-out offensive and the general trend of coercing Lenin have inevitably been thwarted. In this case, he must immediately switch from offensive to defensive, shrink the defensive line to stabilize his position, and actively guard against Lenin's counteroffensive.

Therefore, he can't be more serious with Bukharin, this thing is not small at the moment. If you fall out with him, it will be tantamount to cutting off your arms. No self-harm is necessarily better than Lenin. To become disabled is even less of Lenin's opponent.

This was the fundamental reason why Trotsky tolerated Bukharin's criticism, but Bukharin, who seemed to be unaware of this, was indeed not as experienced in political struggle as Trotsky as a novice in some respects, and he immediately criticized Trotsky's silence as an admission of his mistake.

Do you think, Trotsky would have felt comfortable? I'm afraid that I hate it in my heart, but it's just forbearance.

It was easy to wait for Bukharin to finish his criticism before Trotsky spoke: "It can be expected that Lenin will push forward the negotiation process with all his might, according to the current situation, we are at most evenly matched, and if we want to fundamentally negate the line of compromise and surrender, we must strengthen our forces and must strive for absolute superiority!" ”

Bukharin sneered angrily: "It's simple, how to do it?" Haven't you seen today's situation, those wall grasses saw that the situation was not good, and immediately changed their attitude, counting on them? It's a pipe dream! ”

Trotsky pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "I have never expected too much from them, I mean, I should find a way to bring Comrade Ulitsky back!" ”

Bukharin slapped his head, if Trotsky hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about Ulitsky, who had been forced to recuperate in Moscow for half a month. However, this thing is a member of the Politburo, and if he can come back, Lenin will have no advantage in the Politburo.

"You go and do the work of the Man in the Iron Mask," Bukharin, said in a commanding tone, "as long as he nods, and then I will be active in the Central Committee, it should not be too much of a problem for him to come back." ”

Trotsky was annoyed again, you are really not polite to give orders to me? However, for the sake of the overall situation, Trotsky was still patient, "There is not much problem on the side of the Man in the Iron Mask, he is still more supportive of our point of view, but even if he agrees, it is not very significant, at most in the Politburo it is still three against three, if Lenin is prepared to be unreasonable, Ulitsky will not come back." The most important thing is the Central Committee, you have to do more work, as long as the Central Committee agrees, Ulitsky can come back! ”

As soon as he heard this, Bukharin couldn't help but start muttering: "Look, I told you a long time ago, be polite to Stalin, and you must let him stay on our side, but you just don't listen, you have to force people to Lenin's side, what's the matter, trouble?" If he stands with us, it doesn't matter without Ulitsky, and it's easy to get Ulitsky back. Why is it so troublesome now! ”

The irritation in Trotsky's heart had reached its peak, and he could not help himself: "We have long discussed the question of Stalin, and I have already said it, that he is not reliable. Isn't his performance telling the story today? Only comrades who sincerely support our line are truly reliable, and those who ride the wall are not trustworthy at all! ”

Seeing that Bukharin was about to fight back, Trotsky hurriedly said: "Well, what's the use of talking about this now? We should look forward, and I immediately asked Ulitsky to write a letter to the Central Committee. Apply for reinstatement. Let's split up now! "Finished. Without waiting for Bukharin to speak. He took care of himself and left.

There was not a pleasant quarrel between Bukharin and Trotsky, and on the other side, Lenin was also holding a meeting of criticism, and the protagonist of the criticism was of course a certain immortal.

"Comrade Andrei, do you know that it was because of your impulsiveness that we almost fell into total passivity today!"

Faced with the reprimand of the tutor, Li Xiaofeng naturally did not dare to say much. Sverdlov explained to him before, don't look at the successful settlement of the matter, but you kid don't have a fluke mentality, the tutor can't rub the sand in his eyes, and accept criticism with a serious and correct attitude!

To be honest, Li Xiaofeng was also a little scared at this time, he didn't expect Trotsky to be so insidious, and set a chain set for him, if it wasn't for the fact that he had left a little life-saving hole card before, this time I am afraid it would be really enough.

"Do you know the way? You almost ruined the overall situation of the revolution, you almost became a sinner of the revolution! "Lenin was indeed angry. Because someone is just because of a woman, for a trivial matter, almost made all passive, this kind of behavior without a sense of the overall situation is the most intolerable for the mentor.

However, Li Xiaofeng was also wronged, and he muttered in a low voice: "How do I know that Bukharin, Trotsky and Trotsky are so shameless, and they actually use that kind of means against a female comrade, it is simply ......"

"Simply what?" Lenin snorted coldly, "I have warned you many times, the struggle has always been cruel, do not have any luck mentality, everything must look at the overall situation, if you make a mistake, you will be hated for eternity!" ”

Of course, Lenin was not blindly criticizing, seeing that someone's attitude was quite correct, and this time the matter could be regarded as a mistake and a mistake, and he could be regarded as making up for the merits, he added: "Of course, some comrades in our party are indeed too undisciplined, and they have made every use of some indiscriminate tricks, which is indeed worthy of vigilance!" ”

At this time, Li Xiaofeng's heart was like 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by, and he was not satisfied with the words of the mentor at all. You've said that there are no intemperances and three indiscriminate, how can such behavior just be vigilant? No matter how you say it, you have to return a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye! Otherwise, wouldn't it be too cheap, Trotsky!

In fact, not only Li Xiaofeng had an opinion in his heart, but even Sverdlov was extremely dissatisfied, Trotsky's trick this time was really an off-the-board trick, in the previous struggle within the party, the struggle was a struggle, but the big guys still talked about rules and principles, and you Trotsky didn't talk about anything this time, and to say that it didn't sound good was unscrupulous. How can such behavior be ignored?

Think about it, this time Trotsky can use off-the-plate tricks to yin Li Xiaofeng, next time he will dare to come to my Sverdlov, this kind of sign cannot be ignored, and he should be ruthlessly killed against this unhealthy trend.

So, naturally, Sverdlov said: "Comrade Lenin, it is not enough to raise the vigilance of the comrades. In the face of this unhealthy trend, if we do nothing, if we don't crack down hard, some people will probably become even more rampant! ”

Lenin only glanced at Sverdlov, he understood where Xiao Si's worries were, objectively speaking, such worries were very reasonable, if everyone followed Trotsky's example and engaged in such intrigues, what would become of the atmosphere in the party?

According to Lenin's original intention, of course, he wanted to crack down on such behavior, but even if he was Lenin, the boss of the Bolsheviks, and a mentor, he could not rely on his own temperament.

If it were normal, Lenin would definitely slap Trotsky's face hard and calculate the account well. But now is not an ordinary time, the big ship of Russia is full of dangers, as the Bolsheviks who drive this big ship, we must unite, if we start tossing regardless of it, it is not impossible for the Bolsheviks to split again.

Therefore, this time Li Xiaofeng was clearly overshadowed by Trotsky, and Lenin could only endure it for the time being, at least to maintain unity to overcome the immediate crisis. Therefore, he certainly could not settle accounts with Trotsky, and could only choose to swallow his anger.

And this is politics, to put it bluntly, in order to achieve your own goals, you should insist when you should insist, compromise when you should compromise, and when it is really time to eat dumb and pretend to be a grandson, you can only pretend to be a grandson.

Therefore, in response to Sverdlov's dissatisfaction, Lenin could only say lightly: "It is not the time for the time being, and now we must unite to overcome the difficulties." It is not appropriate to hold the relevant responsibility at this time! ”

Sverdlov sighed inwardly. He could understand the troubles of the Mentor. But he genuinely disagreed. Because the situation is obvious now. It is precisely because Trotsky saw that you had no choice but to become more and more rampant and unscrupulous, united and united, but you can't condone it, right?

As for a certain immortal, he was even more annoyed than Sverdlov, and since the time crossing, how could he have suffered such a loss? Listen to Lenin, that is, there is no intention to pursue it. How could he swallow this bad breath?

Lenin also knew that the evil anger in someone's heart could not be dissipated, so he immediately gave someone a special order: "Do not trouble Trotsky and Comrade Bukharin!" That's an order! If I hear anything that is not conducive to the unity of the party during this time, then I must deal with you first! ”

A certain immortal suddenly felt even more pained, and he said wistfully: "If other comrades can't get used to their methods and want to settle accounts with them, you can't blame me too, right?" ”

"Humph!" Lenin snorted heavily, "No one in the party has so much excess sense of justice except you!" There are no more nosy people! ”

Li Xiaofeng stopped talking, because the tutor was not wrong, and he dared to trouble the Politburo members. Not even alternate members of the Central Committee, there can be several in the party. Except for him, there really isn't a second. If the Mentor had not given such a solemn warning, he would have really taken the Mentor's previous warning as a deaf ear, and he would have touched Trotsky's tiger butt.

But now that the Master Mentor has said that all the words are dead, even an immortal like a certain immortal, who has no discipline at all, has to die down, and can only write down this account in his heart, and then slowly find a way to settle accounts with Trotsky and Bukharin.

"Don't say much about Trotsky and Comrade Bukharin," Lenin knocked on the table and shouted at a certain immortal: "Now, Comrade Andrei, is it time for you to give an account of the cipherlands." ”

Li Xiaofeng just wanted to fool things casually, but Lenin glared at him fiercely, and said without anger: "Don't try to fool me, tell me honestly what's going on?" Anyway, I don't believe you got the cipher code by chance! ”

"Of course not!" Li Xiaofeng could only tell the truth, "The cipher code was stolen from the German embassy in Sweden last time......"

"Slow down!" Lenin immediately interrupted someone, "You mean, the cipher code was obtained together with the last intelligence?" ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded silently, but the mentor was surprisingly angry, and slapped the table and said angrily: "Such important information, why didn't you report it to the central government last time!" ”

Li Xiaofeng pouted, the reason why this guy didn't hand over the cipher code directly to Lu, to put it bluntly, he still wanted to be lazy, the last time he was forced to go to Sweden, he was taught a lesson, it's not a good thing for people to be too capable. In order to prevent such good things from falling on his head in the future, he had to keep his hand, otherwise the next time the mentor would have sent him to England, France, or the United States to conduct intelligence. He really couldn't withstand this toss, so he simply kept one hand, and fortunately he kept this hand, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to pass the test at all this time.

And now that the mentor is holding him accountable, he has already thought of an excuse. I saw that this thing spread his hands helplessly, and replied very "aggrieved": "This cipher code came too unexpectedly and too easily, even I can't believe it's real...... How dare I report to the Central Committee without confirming its authenticity. Do you think I'm the kind of person who likes to pass the buck? If I really didn't have a choice, I wouldn't dare to take it out this time......"

Lenin was speechless for a while, but he probably understood someone's concerns, and it was indeed a great credit to get this kind of deadly intelligence right, but if he didn't do it well, he would be lying to himself, and it would be appropriate to be charged with counter-revolution if he made a mistake. It is also a sign of responsibility that someone is not sure of their decision, and does not report it immediately, but slowly verifies the authenticity of the information.

However, I understand in my heart that it does not mean that the mentor does not hold someone responsible: "Then your behavior is even worse, and you throw it out in order to save your life, what kind of behavior is this?" It would not be an exaggeration to say that you are a counter-revolutionary! ”

If it were someone else, I would probably be frightened by Lenin, but Li Xiaofeng has been dealing with the tutor for so long, and he has begun to understand the temper of the tutor to some extent, if the tutor wants to hold him accountable, there is no need to talk nonsense at all, just call the guards to come in and get him out, or directly hand him over to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to deal with.

The reason why the mentor spent so much time talking was just to scare him, or he was afraid that he would get into trouble, so he didn't pay attention to this product at all. But this time Lenin really didn't just scare him, he really had a saying.

"You are too bold," said Lenin, glaring at the object, "if you continue to stay in Petrograd, you may cause a big mess again." Comrade Yakov and I have neither the time, nor the energy, nor the interest in wiping your ass. Now, you hurry back to Petrograd and continue to do the work of suppressing the rebellion! By the way, you should also hurry up the implementation of the matter of importing grain! ”

"Ahh Li Xiaofeng was reluctant, and immediately began to complain: "Comrade Lenin, I just came back, and Angelina is still unconscious, she had an accident because of me......

Lenin waved his hand impatiently: "Unproductive little brat, I will send someone to take care of your daughter-in-law, keep it and give you a healthy daughter-in-law, now you hurry up and get out of here!" (To be continued......)