Sverdlov was in a very bad mood, the main reason was that the situation in Kosovo was very bad, and Tito was much more decisive and ruthless than he imagined, and without the slightest hesitation, he dispatched heavy troops to encircle and suppress them, killing Kosovo's Albanian armed forces to the point of bloodshed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info For this, Sverdlov thinks that he really underestimated Tito's means, this guy is simply Sverdlov. A ruthless person like Dalin.

Of course, this was not what made Sverdlov feel the worst, and what made it worse was that he underestimated Tito's influence in Yugoslavia and internationally. Although Tito was not liked by the Albanians, he was extremely influential among the Serbs and Croats, both of whom had a large number of followers who were loyal to him, and under the influence of this group of followers, he was not generally popular in Yugoslavia.

Originally, Sverdlov still wanted to get his hands on Kosovo on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was also looking for a party to lead the way in Yugoslavia, but he did not believe that the Croats and the Serbs did not want to be the bosses themselves. He thought that as soon as the Soviets threw the dog bones out, a whole bunch of dogs would come up and grab them. But the reality is very embarrassing, and throwing out the dog bones with large pieces of meat not only did not attract the dog, but attracted a lot of scolding. Yugoslavia condemned the Soviet Union's interference in Yugoslavia's internal affairs almost unisonically, and even the Central and Eastern European countries complained about it.

This result made Sverdlov very embarrassed, and what was even more embarrassing was that a certain immortal came down from Central and Eastern Europe on this trip and pulled all the Central and Eastern European countries that were originally on the sidelines into the CIS and the World Communist Federation, which set off his leadership core is so incompetent.

Anyway, Sverdlov was angry and anxious, he couldn't figure it out, no matter what someone did, it was easy to let go, and why was it so difficult for him to do something? What is the difference and the problem?

Just when Sverdlov wanted to have a match, the secretary came in: "Comrade Yakov, Comrade Andrei would like to have a short meeting with you right away. ”

This news made Sverdlov even more bored, in his opinion it was some immortal who had come to demonstrate against him, otherwise why would he ask for a meeting at this time, isn't it just a joke to see him?

Sverdlov suppressed his anger and pretended to be indifferent and asked: "What issues does Comrade Andrei want to discuss?" ”

The secretary cautiously replied: "Comrade Andrei said that there are two tasks, the first is to report to you the results of his trip, and the other is to discuss the Yugoslav question. ”

Well, Sverdlov felt that it was becoming more and more obvious, and that someone had come to slap him in the face, because both of these questions were hooked. The former highlights the brilliance of an immortal, and the latter highlights his dwarf poverty. Nima, Xiao Si wants to scold the street more and more, but he can't refuse someone's suggestion yet, he has to listen to someone's report.

In the afternoon, Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng met in the Kremlin's office, and after dismissing the secretary on the side, the two sides went straight to the point. Li Xiaofeng briefly reported the results of his trip, and then suddenly mentioned that "the Central and Eastern European countries are facing a severe economic situation, agriculture is facing the lowest output in 50 years, industry has been destroyed by the Nazis, and the entire national economy is on the verge of collapse." ”

Sverdlov didn't have any expression, because he was still waiting for what Li Xiaofeng really wanted to say later, and he wanted to see what tricks Li Xiaofeng was going to play.

Li Xiaofeng continued: "In view of this grim situation, the Soviet Union, as the leading force in the socialist camp, must play its due role! ”

Sverdlov touched his chin, he was wondering if Li Xiaofeng came to ask for money, the thing is obvious, the gang of masters in Central and Eastern Europe who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles are so easy to agree to join the CIS and the World Communist Federation dominated by the Soviet Union, there is no benefit to them? I'm afraid someone promised a lot of help, otherwise those bastards would have relented?

Sverdlov did not look down on this method of exchanging interests, and the class brothers should be of one mind, and now it is better to do business in the vegetable market at all, which is full of copper stench, which is really despicable. He felt that Li Xiaofeng was using Soviet money to buy Central and Eastern European countries in exchange for their support. He was unwilling to support such a despicable trick.

However, without waiting for Sverdlov's objection, Li Xiaofeng preemptively said: "Judging from the current situation, without external assistance, it will be difficult for them to survive this difficult period." However, our country's economic situation is not very ideal, and the trauma of the war is also very great, and I am afraid that we will not be able to fully afford this huge expenditure......"

Sverdlov was a little stunned when he heard this, listening to this, someone didn't plan to give money, but if he didn't give money, those poor brothers could be obedient?

Li Xiaofeng naturally knew what Sverdlov was thinking now, but he didn't particularly care, because someone already knew how to convince Xiao Si. Li Xiaofeng said step by step: "In view of our limited capabilities, but we cannot allow our class brothers to suffer, I mean that we should deal with this problem in the spirit of people-oriented and more open-minded." Isn't the Americans clamoring for a rescue in Europe? Now that they have the power to spare, leave the work to them! ”

Sverdlov couldn't believe his ears, and he even wondered if the man sitting in front of him was Li Xiaofeng, who in his opinion should not have come from someone who was shrewd! Did someone get caught in the head by the door or did they take the wrong medicine? How can the United States be allowed to enter the Soviet reserve in Central and Eastern Europe, isn't this leading the wolf into the house?

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Risks and opportunities coexist, the Americans are indeed uneasy and kind, and they are indeed ready to dig into the wall, but they do have money, and their money can help Central and Eastern Europe get out of trouble!" ”

Sverdlov exclaimed: "That cannot lose our principle, we have finally liberated Central and Eastern Europe, should we have to give it to US imperialism again?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied indifferently: "What will we not lose?" Comrade Yakov, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have agreed to join the CIS and the WC, and with these two frameworks as a guarantee, do you think imperialism can be restored in Central and Eastern Europe? ”

Although Sverdlov wanted to deny this, if he thought about it carefully, with the CIS and the World Communist Federation, the Central and Eastern European countries really couldn't make any waves, and this kind of solution to the problem without the Soviet Union having to pay for it was really in line with someone's usual style. However, it is precisely because this method is so good that Sverdlov will oppose it to the end, the reason is very simple, if this thing is done, someone will not only gain the favor of the Central and Eastern European countries, but also impress **********, which will be a dime good for him Sverdlov? Doesn't that make him even more incompetent?

At this moment, Sverdlov has fully understood Li Xiaofeng's intention, and it is obvious that this method is indeed good enough, but it is not enough to completely convince the government. Governance, Politics. The conservative forces still have the upper hand in the bureau, especially when Sverdlov is also firmly opposed, and it will be very difficult to pass this proposal. So Li Xiaofeng had to convince him.

Let's put it this way, after understanding the intention of a certain immortal, Sverdlov immediately decided to oppose it to the end no matter what, he not only wanted to resolutely oppose it himself, but also mobilized more people to oppose it together, and then someone would have no way at all, right?

Just when Sverdlov was a little happy, Li Xiaofeng spoke again: "The problem of Yugoslavia, specifically the issue of Kosovo, is really too unreasonable now......

He didn't finish saying this, but he poured a basin of cold water on Sverdlov like a head, and Xiao Si remembered that the secretary had told him that a certain immortal had to discuss two issues, and the Yugoslav problem, to be honest, was now quite difficult for him, and he felt a little unable to advance or retreat.

Sverdlov thought for a moment that if he resolutely opposed Li Xiaofeng's proposal, then Li Xiaofeng would naturally not save face for him on the Yugoslav issue. If Li Xiaofeng resolutely dismantles Taiwan, the Yugoslav issue may make him disgraced!

For a moment Sverdlov fell silent, for he hated this state, which made him very powerless and frustrated. Because this indicates that everything is in someone's hands, and all that happened in Yugoslavia is in someone's calculations, that is to say, he, Sverdlov, is also calculated by someone.

Sverdlov looked at someone directly, and that look was so melancholy, so angry, and so helpless. Ryozyusverdlov asked: "If I agree to them receiving American aid, do you agree to punish Tito harshly?" ”

Li Xiaofeng gently spit out a word: "Yes!" But then he added, "But it's better not to do that?" ”

Sverdlov was still staring at Li Xiaofeng, and he suppressed his feelings and asked, "Why?" ”

Li Xiaofeng's answer is still as simple and clear: "I can't draw it." ”

Sverdlov was silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "If you were me, what would you do?" ”

Li Xiaofeng replied: "Make good use of the CIS, and then accept it when you see it, don't push it too far." ”

Sverdlov leaned heavily back in his chair, his heart filled with frustration, even though the man he hated had been gone for a while, and he still hadn't recovered from the brief meeting he had just had. The man he hated walked in easily, and then got everything he wanted in a few words, and he had nothing to do about it but to watch it happen in such a humiliating way, to be honest, Sverdlov's lungs were going to explode.

However, Sverdlov can't go back on it, and if he does, Yugoslavia will really become a huge pit, and I'm afraid he will be so pitted that he won't be able to climb out. After a long time, he grabbed the phone and ordered: "Let the following comrades come to see me immediately......

A day later, Sverdlov suddenly called for a political meeting. At the emergency meeting of the Standing Committee of the Governance Bureau, when the nine giants gathered together, some people could find that Sverdlov's mental state was a little weird, it seemed that his eyes were dark circles, and his voice was so dry like a grinder, but there have been no earth-shattering international and domestic events recently? Why did Xiao Si become so tired?

But no one will ask Xiao Si why, because the big guys know that some questions may not be answered even if you ask them, so why bother?

Of course, the surprise caused by Xiao Si's fatigue state was not at all comparable to this meeting, and as soon as Xiao Si came up, he threw out a bomb: "This meeting is mainly to discuss two issues, the first is the armed conflict in Yugoslavia, and the second is the economic situation of Central and Eastern European countries. ”

Convened a political conference for these two issues. The emergency meeting of the Standing Committee of the Governance Bureau is reasonable, and this period of time is the most difficult of these two issues. But do most of the Great Elders know that there is a solution to these two questions? For example, the Yugoslav problem is clearly that you Sverdlov and Tito are angry, and in the current situation, unless one of you makes a concession, it can only be a stalemate. As for the economy of Central and Eastern Europe, the USSR didn't have that much money!

Only this time Sverdlov surprised the Standing Committee members as soon as he opened his mouth: "The problem of the armed conflict in Yugoslavia is no longer only the internal affairs of Yugoslavia, this armed conflict has caused a large number of casualties and has created a humanitarian disaster in Kosovo. If the two sides of the conflict are allowed to engage in an unrestrained military standoff, it will cause more casualties and instability in the region. Therefore, it is urgent to end the armed conflict and restore peace on the ground. ”

The Standing Committee members were all looking at Sverdlov, and everyone was wondering what Xiao Si would do, did he take the initiative to make concessions? Yes, no one thinks that the direct armed intervention of the Soviet Union proposed by Xiao Si will be successful, at least not easily agreed by the vast majority of people here.

Sverdlov glanced at all the Standing Committee members, and finally stopped at Li Xiaofeng, of course, this is also a stay for a while. Even if some members of the Standing Committee noticed it, they just thought that Xiao Si was not spearheading a certain immortal, and this was not worth paying attention to at all, because no matter whether it was a political thing. Standing Committee of the Governance Bureau or Politics. **********It is very clear that the next five years will be a drama between these two, and it is the norm not to spear the finger. The key point that needs to be paid attention to is not that they should not be the spearhead, but that these two should be prevented from splitting the party because of the other spearhead. Anyway, centrists like Dzerzhinsky and Bukharin are ready to play a round when the two sides are spraying.

But what they didn't expect was that these two couldn't spray at all. Because Sverdlov soon continued: "Comrade Hoxha of Albania, as well as the local party organizations in Kosovo, have officially submitted an application to the CIS, hoping that the CIS will take the initiative to mediate this conflict and restore peace in the region. I think this is a very good proposal and support the mediation of this armed conflict by the CIS! ”

This suggestion came a bit suddenly, anyway, some of the Great Elders' minds haven't turned a corner, why would Sverdlov suddenly mention the CIS? But they immediately came to their senses again, and it was a thousand times better for the CIS to intervene in the matter than for the USSR to intervene directly.

Just imagine that the direct intervention of the Soviet Union must give people a sense of aggression, and the CIS is not equal to the Soviet Union, it is a collection of countries. When a country sends troops, it is armed intervention, and if more than a dozen countries send troops together, it is to maintain peace. For a moment, the Great Elders all felt that this suggestion was good, which not only maintained the international image of the Soviet Union, but also substantively solved the problem, so it seems that Sverdlov is also a bit level!

"I agree!"

Just when the vast majority of the Great Elders were still thinking, Li Xiaofeng was the first to express his support clearly. And this surprised the Great Elders. Recently, Li Xiaofeng, who has always been supported by Sverdlov, has been opposed, and on the contrary, Sverdlov, who is supported by Li Xiaofeng, will be opposed. Today, according to the script, shouldn't a certain immortal be the first to object? How will it be supported? It's someone who got the wrong script.

It's just that after Li Xiaofeng agreed, he stopped talking with an old god at ease, and this unfathomable attitude made the Great Elder suspicious again-this matter is not right today, it is strange everywhere, so pay more attention.

Sverdlov knew why someone had expressed his support so simply and directly, but he couldn't explain to anyone else that it wasn't, he couldn't say: "Comrades, Comrade Andrei and I have reached a behind-the-scenes deal on this matter, don't guess, hurry up and do what you should do!" ”

Well, it's actually that simple. For the Great Elder, this little thing in Yugoslavia is really not harmonious, Tito is indeed a bit hanging, and he dares to face the Soviet Union, even if Sverdlov is indeed a bit excessive, but it is not a good habit to lift the table without saying a word, if everyone learns from you Tito in the future, the socialist camp will not turn the sky upside down.

In other words, the Great Elder was indeed a little dissatisfied with this, but there was no particularly good reason to interfere before, and now that Sverdlov has hung up the plaque of the CIS, maintaining peace is more or less a head, if Xiao Si can ensure that this violation of peace is not the ultimate goal of subverting the leadership of Yugoslavia and Tito, then it is acceptable.

So what is Xiao Si's explanation for this? "The sole purpose of the CIS's involvement in the Kosovo issue is to end the armed conflict and maintain peace in the region," he said. ”

Although Xiao Si is so red-mouthed and white-toothed, the reliability is difficult to guarantee, but the Great Elder must still buy it, as for Xiao Si to say one thing and do another in the future, it will naturally settle the account after the autumn.

Soon, the government. The Standing Committee of the Governing Council voted to approve a proposal: to immediately convene the first plenary meeting of the CIS to discuss and promote peacekeeping operations in Kosovo.

Of course, it was only at today's meeting that the first issue was resolved, and the second one surprised the Great Elders. When Sverdlov expressed his support for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to receive economic aid from the United States, it was a wonderful ......

Later, Radek wrote in his diary: "When Comrade Yakov expressed support for the proposal of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to accept American economic aid, I had the feeling of dreaming. It was Comrade Yakov who had the most fierce opposition to this before, how could he change his course overnight? This is completely unscientific! However, when I saw Comrade Andrei's appearance that everything was under control, it dawned on me. The two men had already negotiated everything behind the scenes, Comrade Andrei helped Comrade Yakov on the Yugoslav issue, and Comrade Yakov supported Comrade Andrei's new policy on the economy of Central and Eastern Europe...... Well, that's the shameful politics, everything is tradable! ”

Raddic is right when he says that the worst and best part of politics is that everything is tradable. The day before, for the sake of political interests, they could still be enemies who shared the sky, but once the dispute of interests was resolved, they would be good friends who were closer than relatives.

For Radek, it was not surprising that there was no Trotskyist presence in such a major political deal. During the whole transaction, none of the Trotskyists was consulted, as if the Trotskyists were air. For Radek, the new generation of Trotskyist spokesmen in the party, this meant humiliation. Because neither Li Xiaofeng nor Sverdlov took them to play, so many political interests were not given to them at all, it was simply too deceitful!

You know, in Trotsky's time, although the Trotskyists were not too happy, but at that time no one could disrespect the Trotskyists, and in any case in such a major political deal, the Trotskyists had to intervene in a piece of the pie, even if it was very little, but this was an attitude!

Now that the Trotskyists have been completely excluded from the bargain, this is tantamount to announcing to the whole party that the Trotskyists are out of the game, and it doesn't matter anymore! How can this be endured?

The angry Raddick wanted to flip the table on the spot, but the sad thing is that when Li Xiaofeng held three votes and Sverdlov held two votes, when the two were completely identical, even if the Trotskyists voted against it, it would be useless, and even if the neutral Iron Mask and Bukharin were added, they were still powerless.

"Now, my friend, you should understand our situation, right?" Trotsky laughed at Radek's complaints: "In the party we are always at an absolute disadvantage, and if our opponents are internally aligned, we will have to stand aside." And now you should know if Sverdlov and Andrey . Petrovich is exactly the same, how terrifying it will be, right? ”

"There is simply no one in the party who can stop them!" Raddic admits in frustration.

"My friend, I know that you are disappointed and disappointed," comforted Trotsky, "but this is the truth, and this unforgiving fact determines that we must keep our heads in the dark, we must strengthen the training of the next generation, we must be patient!" ”

Raddic asked angrily, "Are you just going to let them cover the sky with one hand?" ”

Trotsky smiled again: "That's not enough, do you think that those two people can always be consistent?" Once there is a disagreement, that's our chance! (To be continued.) )