Therefore, Trotsky did not only take action for the sake of self-preservation, and although Lenin was very strong, Trotsky had no problem in protecting himself in a short time. Keeping Kamenev and Zinoviev safe was more of a counterattack by Trotsky against Lenin. He wanted all the party members in the Bolsheviks to show that there was more than one Lenin in the party, and that Trotsky was one of the teachers!

It has been said before that Trotsky was an ambitious man, of course, ambitious is not a pejorative term, everyone has ambitions, Trotsky was like that, Lenin was like this, Sverdlov and Stalin were no exception.

Why go into politics if you don't have ambitions? If you are really a saint, you will go home and entertain yourself, why jump into this big dung tank and play poop?

Trotsky was a very ambitious man, so he had to fight back in the face of Lenin's pressing steps, he had to show his position, otherwise he would be a fool.

Lenin, aren't you going to kill Kamenev and Zinoviev under the pretext of leaking party secrets? Then I just want to keep them, I just want all the comrades in the party to see that this is not a word of Lenin, and that I, Trotsky, have a voice, and I have a great right to speak.

It can be said that Trotsky wants to send a signal to the opposition in the party, you are not treated by Lenin, it is difficult to be promoted, it does not matter, follow me Trotsky, Lao Tzu covers you!

To put it bluntly, keeping Kamenev and Zinoviev is tantamount to Trotsky's money buying a horse's bones, and he believes that as long as this signal is released, there will definitely be many people who will take refuge in him.

Trotsky's idea was not wrong at all, and his sudden emergence did give hope and light to a part of the opposition within the party. In the past two months, Lenin has been so strong that he has swept away almost all opposition in the party, but the line of armed struggle of the Mentor is not that no one opposes it, but that those who oppose it are either very weak. Either they have long been cleaned up by the tutor and lost their temper. It's just that they don't dare to oppose it openly.

In the past, they were Kamenev and Zinoviev, but the performance of these two goods was really unacceptable. Originally, they thought that there would be no future and could only choose to retreat, but Trotsky's sudden emergence gave them great hope.

Needless to say, Trotsky's abilities and qualifications were definitely a head above Kamenev and Zinoviev. At that time, the Social Democratic Labour Party was one of the party giants, and it was on an equal footing with Lenin. Although his status has been lowered due to the merger of the two parties, he is also the absolute number two in the party. To put it mildly, with him as the leading big brother, he is only stronger than Gaji.

Of course. Status and qualifications alone are not the most attractive to the opposition within the party. If Trotsky had been as radical as Lenin, the opposition in the party would probably still have turned away from him, as the old saying goes.

What really moved the opposition to Trotsky was that Tolotsky was radical, although he was also leftist. But there is still a difference compared to Lenin. He's not as crazy as the Mentor, and he's more middle-of-the-road in his course. The attitude towards the armed uprising is even less single-minded.

Although the opposition could not fully support Trotsky's ideas, they were more than Lenin's ultra-left, ultra-radical line and tastes, and they could accept Trotsky's flaws.

In a sense, a part of the opposition in the party is really similar to Trotsky, and what is missing is that Trotsky will find a suitable opportunity to make his position clear and prove his ability, and today is the best opportunity.

Therefore, when Trotsky made a big deal for Canada and Ji and put on an attitude of wanting to protect people from life to death, there was a sensation in the venue. The opposition seemed to have found the backbone at once, and in an instant they jumped out and loudly echoed it.

The contrast in the strength of the room immediately changed, and this change was not expected by Lenin at first, and the teacher did not expect that Trotsky would jump out and dismantle the stage at this time, which made him very passive.

"Don't you abide by the party's discipline, even if there are different opinions on the decisions made by the Central Committee, you can't just talk nonsense, let alone leak the party's secrets!" Sverdlov, as the right hand of the Mentor, absolutely has to wave the flag for the Mentor at such a moment, "For the disorganized and undisciplined behavior of Kamenev and Zinoviev, it must be investigated!" Otherwise, in the future, everyone will casually leak the party's secrets and oppose the decisions of the Central Committee, how will the work be carried out! ”

It should be said that Sverdlov's speech was to the point, no matter how good things Trotsky said, but discipline is discipline, and if everyone does not abide by it, then the Bolsheviks will simply break up.

In the face of Sverdlov's accusations, Trotsky said unhurriedly: "Party discipline must of course be observed, and I am quite indignant at the actions of Comrade Kamenev and Comrade Zinoviev, and of course such unorganized and undisciplined behavior must be punished!" ”

There was silence in the venue, and the big guys did not know what Trotsky wanted to do, and on the one hand they said that they would kill Kamenev and Zinoviev, and on the other hand they spared no effort to criticize them.

Contradictory? Not at all contradictory!

"However, we must also note that although Kamenev and Zinoviev have leaked some of the secrets, they have not revealed too many details about the armed uprising, and what they have done is more to reserve their own opposition." When will our party not allow its comrades to speak their minds freely? ”

After a pause, Trotsky finally solved the most difficult mystery: "Therefore, I think that although the actions of the two comrades Jia and Ji are wrong and undesirable, since they have not caused particularly serious consequences, the punishment does not have to be too severe, let alone go on the line!" ”

Oops! This was the only thought in the mind of Li Xiaofeng, who was an observer, Trotsky was too cunning, and in a few words he pushed off more than half of the responsibility for Jia and Ji, and according to his meaning, it seemed that he only needed to warn those two goods.

Is this an acceptable outcome? At least Li Xiaofeng is completely unacceptable, if Trotsky is really allowed to save those two goods, it will be directly tantamount to slapping the mentor in the mouth, which will greatly damage the prestige of the mentor, and under the influence of one another, it will be tantamount to raising his Trotsky's status.

Too insidious. It's so dark!

Looking at the glasses. For the first time, Li Xiaofeng felt Trotsky's cunning, and looked at these seemingly high-sounding words he said, as if he was selfless, but his bones were full of bad water.

Must fight back!

Li Xiaofeng shouted in his heart, Master Mentor, Comrade Xiao Si. There is also hemp steel, don't pretend to be deep, hurry up and smoke it!

As if hearing Li Xiaofeng's shout, Stalin stood up and said menacingly: "I don't agree, the party's discipline is the iron rule." Kamenev and Zinoviev's behavior is completely intentional, if such behavior is not dealt with strictly, how can they be indulged in the future? ”

Trotsky seemed to have expected Stalin to say this, and he asked quietly: "Then Comrade Stalin, what do you think should be done in order to be able to convince the people?" ”

"Expelled from the party!" Stalin said without thinking.

"Oh?" Trotsky said slowly. "Isn't that too heavy? After all, they are comrades in the party. He is also an alternate member of the Central Committee, and he will not give them a chance to change his ways. Isn't it too much? ”

As soon as Stalin was about to speak, Lenin took over without saying anything: "Then, Comrade Trotsky, what do you think should be done with them?" ”

Trotsky was a little surprised, he thought that Lenin would not be so quick to deal with Stalin or against Sverdlov, he was confident, but against Lenin he had to be careful.

Therefore, he did not answer this question immediately, he had to think about the variables clearly, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I personally think that giving them an internal party warning and expelling them from the Central Committee is the heaviest punishment!" ”

There was a murmur in the room, Trotsky's proposed punishment plan, let's say it was heavy, it was indeed very heavy, the Central Committee was not so enterprising, and in an instant Kamenev and Zinoviev were handed off to the end, which can indeed be regarded as a very serious punishment.

But you really say that the punishment is very heavy, after all, Kamenev and Zinoviev are just alternate members of the Central Committee, and alternate members have no human rights, that is, they are qualified to speak in the Central Committee reasonably and legally, and it is none of their business to vote or anything. Even if they are masturbated, it cannot be said that they have had an irreparable impact, and as long as their party membership is still there, they can continue to toss in the party.

Moreover, Trotsky's hand also contained more insidious intentions, Stalin was talking about expulsion from the party, while he was only talking about expulsion from the Central Committee, and if he retained his party membership after the most reluctant, then he would have to read Trotsky's good. The worst result was that Lenin became a villain, and he reaped the benefits of Trotsky.

Of course, on the other hand, if Lenin did not want to completely push Canada and Ji to Trotsky's side and further lightly discourage, then it was the mentor who slapped himself in the mouth, which brought out his Trotsky's greatness. Moreover, I am afraid that the addition and the season, who have known what has happened, will still remember Trotsky.

If Lenin really wanted to save face and not give Trotsky much of a chance, then he had to be tough to the end and really expelled from the party.

In Li Xiaofeng's opinion, it seems that the mentor has only one way to go, but to his surprise, the mentor did not choose this path, and he did not even choose any of the above options.

"The leakage of party secrets is a very serious and vicious matter," Lenin said slowly, "I do not understand what Comrades Kamenev and Zinoviev have done, and is it so difficult for a Bolshevik to observe party discipline?" Where does this come from the conclusion that Comrade Trotsky said that the party does not allow comrades to speak their minds freely? When did our party not allow dissent? I strongly disagree with this absurdity, Comrade Trotsky, I wonder how you came to this conclusion! ”

Trotsky was a little stunned, he didn't expect that Lenin suddenly turned his gun and opened fire on him with all his might, aren't we here discussing Kamenev and Zinoviev? How did you get on me?

However, he also had to answer this question: "I just think that our comrades have the right to reserve their opinions, and that's it......"

Lenin asked unceremoniously: "Didn't the Central Committee let Kamenev and Zinoviev reserve their opinions?" Or did the Central Committee have a resolution to punish these two dissenting people? ”

Trotsky was speechless.

Glancing at him, Lenin snorted heavily: "There are differences of opinion in the party. Comrades reserve their opinions. This is permissible and reasonable. However, retaining different opinions does not mean that you can casually leak the party's secrets and criticize the party's policy decisions in newspapers outside the party! This is not a matter of retaining one's own opinions, but openly opposing the party's democratic resolutions! This is absolutely not allowed! ”

Lenin slapped the table hard, and everyone present seemed to feel the anger of the Mentor. He was even more shocked by his momentum. Everyone felt that Kamenev and Zinoviev were dead, even with Trotsky as guarantor.

Soon after, however, a startling scene occurred again, and the mentor seemed to have completely forgotten Kamenev and Zinoviev, and instead emphasized party discipline: "Kamenev and Zinoviev's mistakes are not accidental. A large number of comrades in our party have not attached importance to the party's discipline at all, and have not taken the party's policy decisions into account at all. In order to prevent the slightest problem, I think it is necessary to make clear once again the discipline of the Party, and the democratic decisions of the Central Committee and the Politburo must be followed by all Party members, even if you have a different opinion. Any disobedience to the leadership of the party. Those who do not obey the party's decisions have no need to remain in the party...... Every party member. Members of the Central Committee and members of the Politburo must give written pledges to unconditionally obey the party's democratic resolutions! ”

Trotsky was taken aback, he had no idea that Lenin would suddenly make such a big article on the occasion of the topic.

"Will this resolution not be discussed until the next enlarged meeting of the Central Committee?" Trotsky hastened to speak.

"There's no need!" Lenin flatly refused, "the situation is already very serious, there is absolutely more than one or two Kamenev and Zinoviev in our party, and if there is no clear discipline, then the subsequent revolutionary work will not be carried out at all." With the exception of a few alternate members of the Central Committee, all the members of the Central Committee are now here, and I think we can vote on this right away! ”

"I agree! The seriousness of discipline must indeed be clarified! Sverdlov was the first to say.

Stalin was not far behind: "Comrade Lenin is quite right that the disorganization and indiscipline of Kamenev and Zinoviev are definitely not isolated incidents, and it is necessary to pay attention to them!" ”

Dzerzhinsky pondered for a moment and then said: "At the critical moment of the revolution, it is necessary to emphasize party discipline, and I agree with Comrade Lenin's proposal!" ”

What else can Trotsky say, the four members of the Politburo have already agreed, and there is no point in his opposition, as for the Central Committee, seeing the weather vane of the Politburo, it is natural that it will make the same choice.

Soon after, the Central Committee voted on Lenin's proposal, which was overwhelmingly approved, although not overwhelmingly.

Trotsky glanced at Lenin with hatred, Lenin's hand caught him off guard, and if he did not hurry to fight back, then the day would have been in vain.

He quickly turned the topic back: "Comrade Lenin, then what will be done with Kamenev and Zinoviev?" ”

Trotsky felt that as long as the punishment of Canada and Ji was implemented, then he would not be too defeated today. But how could Lenin let him get his way, smiled slightly, and said: "Their behavior is quite bad, but the Central Committee has not made written regulations before. Therefore, I think that as long as they make a deep review, reflect on their mistakes, and make a written guarantee to abide by the central government's resolutions in accordance with the requirements of the central government. Then let's not take this as an example! ”

Trotsky was almost vomiting blood, and Lenin's hand was so cunning that he went so far as to dismantle the two on the grounds that the Central Committee had not previously made explicit provisions, and if those two goods were not fools, it would not be particularly difficult to write a written guarantee for the review. And then it's so big and small, and it's small?

"This ......" Trotsky was so depressed that he wanted to hit the wall, this is not what he really wanted!

"Why, Comrade Trotsky, do you have a different opinion?" Lenin asked with a smile.

"Nope!" Trotsky replied sullenly. If he insists on a different opinion, then Lenin will kick the ball back with one kick, and then it will become his only intention to fix Kamenev and Zinoviev, isn't this a self-defeating mouth?

Trotsky walked away in a huff, and he never imagined that such a result would be the end of the day. This battle made Li Xiaofeng's blood boil, and he admired the ability of the mentor to turn his hands into clouds and his hands into rain, in all fairness, this result was not easy for the tutor.

"Hey!"

To his surprise, however, the Mentor didn't seem to be happy at all, rubbing his temples irritably, and sighing as if he had lost a battle.

Li Xiaofeng asked inexplicably: "Comrade Lenin, didn't we win?" How did you? ”

Lenin glanced at him with a wry smile, waved his hand, and said: "It's too early to say victory, the struggle has just begun......" (To be continued. )