On the night of August 31, when the Winter Palace was stormed by the revolutionary army, Kornilov was captured. At the same time, in a small room in the Tavrichher Palace, Kerensky appointed himself Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces and retained the post of Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Later, he was complacent, appointed Alekseev as chief of the General Staff, and formed a five-member "ruling cabinet" headed by Nikko, Tereshenko, Verkhovsky, and Verdelevsky.

The next morning, the pro-cabinet newspaper Exchange News made headlines — a five-member "ruling cabinet" announcing the official end of the centuries-old Russian Empire and its replacement by a new Russian republic.

Needless to say, this is Alekseev's great method of diverting attention, and his wishful thinking is to tear down the brand of the Russian Empire and replace it with a republic that has changed the soup but not the medicine, in an attempt to fool people with this kind of trick.

"The republic will open a new era for Russia!" The high-spirited Kerensky held a press conference as soon as he returned to the Winter Palace, talking about the new atmosphere, the new era, and the grand vision that could not be touched at all, "Under the leadership of the republic, Russia will be reborn!" I hope that all parties will participate in the construction of the new Russia, and together we will make history! ”

"There will be no hunger again, there will be milk, bread and butter on every Russian table! Every worker can find a job! He promised, "If you give me full trust, this day will come soon!" ”

The Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionaries were interested in Kerensky's paintings, and they made noise like crows, making all sorts of unpleasant noises in an attempt to arouse the mood of the people and make the impatient workers, soldiers and peasants follow their baton.

However, this trick really didn't work for Lenin, from the beginning he didn't intend to give Kerensky and his ilk a good face, and he had already agreed to deal with Kornilov first, and then he would clean up Kerensky's plan and try to shake him off. How can it be!

Kerensky was counting on painting bread to satisfy his hunger. Counting on false lies to coax us into joining his government, which is simply untenable," Lenin mocked Kerensky mercilessly at the enlarged meeting of the Central Committee, "why should we stay in the mud with a lazy toad like him, and with the support of the people, we Bolsheviks can break new ground on our own...... In my opinion, it's time to turn the spearhead of the struggle against this hypocrite! ”

Trotsky, who hurried back to Petrograd, also supported Lenin's opinion: "...... Our immediate task now is to win a majority in the Petrograd Soviet. Ousting Cikhze, who supported Kerensky, and Tseretieli, cannot allow them to continue to control the Soviets as they please! ”

On September 1 (historically August 31), the Petrograd Soviet, at the strong request of the Bolshevik deputies, convened a plenary session. At the meeting, there were 297 votes in favor and 150 against. With fifty-one abstentions, the resolution on the regime proposed by the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks was easily adopted.

The resolution strongly condemned the compromiseist tendencies in the Soviets in the previous paragraph, condemned their policy of compromise with the bourgeoisie, stating: "Not only should the Cadets and the propertied people in general who openly participated in the rebellion be purged from power, but all compromised and irresponsible policies should be fundamentally changed!" The only way out for Russia is to establish a regime composed of representatives of the revolutionary proletariat and peasants......"

This was only the beginning, and four days later a plenum of the Moscow Soviets of Workers' Deputies and the Soviets of Soldiers' Deputies were also held. will be there. The same resolution was adopted by a vote of 355 to 254. Even more radical is this resolution. Not only to condemn all compromises and capitulationism, but also to call on the Russian people to fight for Soviet power. It is time to start arming the workers and preparing for an armed seizure of power.

"Bastard!"

When the news reached Petrograd, Tseretiri threw the cup in public, and the last time he was caught off guard by the Bolsheviks in Petrograd, he was already furious, and he wanted to win back a game in Moscow, but who would have thought that something even more slap in the face would happen again.

Although these two are the only cities in the country to have adopted similar resolutions, it must be noted that both cities are the capitals of Russia and are the political, economic and cultural centers. In a sense, these two cities are the bellwether of political change, and if they change their flags, they will soon affect the whole of Russia.

"We have to fight back!" "If we don't regain the initiative, soon the Bolsheviks will sweep the whole country!" At that point, it was all over! ”

Qi Heze asked with a bitter face: "How to fight back?" Now the Petrograd Soviets are all their people, and any resolution we propose will be vetoed by them! ”

Tseretieri said angrily: "Then you can't do nothing! ”

Qi Heze smiled bitterly: "The question is how? ”

Suddenly, Aksherrod spoke: "It's not that there is no way......"

"What's the solution?" Tseretiri and Zihzeze asked in unison.

"It's easy!" "It is true that the Bolsheviks have achieved a certain advantage, but this advantage is not absolute...... On the one hand, we have to be active among the deputies of the Soviets and win more support, and on the other hand, in the Presidium of the Petrograd Soviet, we have an absolute advantage...... Although the resolution was voted by the General Assembly, if the Presidium unanimously objected to it, then it could still be dismissed! ”

That's right! Tsereteri and Tsikhze's eyes suddenly lit up, the Bolsheviks had always dug their corners from the bottom up, Lenin could hollow out the bottom, but the top, they could not reach it for a while, and if they used it well, they could not turn it around.

Tsereteri and Zihzee were excited, excited, and almost incontinent. They are like people who are about to drown in the water, and they finally grasp a straw, and they must also be used as a magic weapon to save their lives. For three days, they traveled all over the place, hoping for a Jedi counterattack, but they could never have imagined that the most ruthless blow awaited them.

On September 7, the rostrum of the Petrograd Soviet, which was dominated by the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, rejected the resolution "On Regime", which was adopted by extreme accident without calm and had no legal effect.

Two days later. September 9th. Thanks to the renewed efforts of the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks, the "On the regime" resolution was adopted again, and the number of votes in favor increased slightly. I really don't know how the two stupid melons of Lu Dao Ce Lie Tieli and Qi Heze work, this ability to sell roasted white potatoes is worrying!

And what is even worse is that on this day not only the resolution was adopted again, but even a motion of no confidence was passed against the old Presidium of the Petrograd Soviet, headed by Leteli. Amid a chorus of boos, the Mensheviks, led by Tseretili, Tsykhze, and Skobelev, were ousted from the presidium. In his place was the Central Commissar of the Bolsheviks. Sverdlov, for example, was elected chairman of the Presidium. This meant that the supreme power of the Petrograd Soviet was completely in the hands of the Bolsheviks.

Before the Mensheviks could understand what was going on, they stepped down in a daze, and their dying struggles were a joke in Li Xiaofeng's eyes, and he admired the foresight of his mentor.

At the beginning of the adoption of the resolution "On the regime". There were quite a few bigwigs in the party who believed that since they had already gained the upper hand, they should take advantage of the hot iron and completely sweep the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries out of the country in one fell swoop, and that they should immediately pass a motion of no confidence in the old presidium.

At that time, this kind of opinion was very popular in the party, and after a two-month low tide, the bigwigs were gearing up to do a big job. I want to get rid of the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries at once. Immediately seize power and immediately start armed struggle. Trotsky, Dzerzhinsky and Stalin also supported this view.

But it's unprecedented. Lenin objected, "Comrades, we must see that although within the Petrograd Soviet there is already a majority supporting our opinion, we must see that this majority is not decisive...... If we are too impatient to pursue a radical revolutionary line, or if we immediately begin to liquidate the mistakes of the Tsetieli and his ilk, it is likely that some centrists and center-leftists will be suspicious, and they may think that we are trying to settle old scores, or retaliate...... In order to win more support, we must be patient! ”

"How long will it take?"

Lenin smiled at this question: "It will not be long before the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries will not be resigned to being captured, they will inevitably fight back, they will inevitably fight to the death." So soon, they can't wait to jump out, and that's when we'll liquidate them once and for all! ”

At that time, there was a debate within the party about the Mentor's judgment, and if it weren't for the Mentor's high prestige and recent victories, I am afraid it would have been really troublesome. At that time, Li Xiaofeng secretly reminded his mentor.

"Some comrades in the party do not understand your opinion, and some even complain, I think this phenomenon deserves attention......"

Lenin looked at a certain immortal who wanted to speak and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that these people who don't understand include you, right?" ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded honestly, he really thought that the mentor was doing too much, and it would be impossible to directly solve the Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionaries, and he always thought about passively fighting back, which was too embarrassing.

"Do you know what we will fail in 1905?" Lenin asked suddenly.

Li Xiaofeng pursed his lips and was a little speechless at the divine development of the master, why did you turn to the defeat of 1905 in the blink of an eye, it is not enough Since the master asked, he could not help but answer: "We are not fully prepared, and we have not fully mobilized the strength of the proletariat...... underestimating the ferocity of the reactionary forces...... Stolypin's brutal repression and agrarian reform dealt us a heavy blow......"

Lenin smiled: "You summed it up well, and you are completely right. Do I mention the defeat of 1905? ”

Li Xiaofeng shook his head, and Lenin continued: "That time, our country was also troubled by internal and external troubles, and it was indeed a rare opportunity, and the reason why it failed was the combined result of various factors...... But it is undeniable that we underestimated the influence of the centuries-old feudal mentality in Russia, and the peasants broke away from the revolution because of the slightest benefit...... Today, we are in a situation similar to that of 1905, when we fell short because we were too impatient, and this time we must be more cautious! Especially when victory is just around the corner, you need to be calm! ”

Li Xiaofeng felt that the mentor had been bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, and the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries were already dead dogs, so what else was there to worry about, just go up and explode their chrysanthemums. It's not refreshing to look ahead and look backward.

"You know what!" Lenin criticized him. "Don't underestimate the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, they are stronger than you think, you have to be patient enough to deal with them, you have to break up their alliances little by little, and win over a group to fight a group, this is the best policy...... was too impatient, provoking them to fight desperately. On the contrary, it will be a bad thing! ”

Li Xiaofeng vaguely guessed the mind of the mentor, according to Mao Taizu's words, it is to unite all the forces that can be united. Neither the Mensheviks nor the Socialist-Revolutionaries were monolithic, and if they could be divided and disintegrated, the resistance to the revolution would be much smaller.

It must be said that Lenin's estimate was right. If they had pressed too the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, they would have jumped over the wall, and now, what seemed to be a method of boiling frogs in warm water, has instead achieved unexpected results.

For example, the vote on September 9 clearly shows that there was already a rift within the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, and that the active work of Tseretiri was rewarded with more votes in favor of the Bolsheviks.

It's not hard to guess. The Left Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Menshevik New International. It was quite dissatisfying to deal with the use of the Presidium to negate the resolution on the regime. He admired the fact that the Bolsheviks did not directly overthrow the Presidium at the beginning, and believed that the Bolsheviks were the ones who really took care of the overall situation.

Hatchbacks in contrast. With regard to the "unruly" and selfish Tseleteri and the Presidium, their patience has reached the limit, and it is only natural for them to strike a defective blow.

"A turnaround?" Lenin was noncommittal, but it was evident from the smile on his mentor's face that he had anticipated it, and even made even more astonishing words: "This is only the beginning, and soon the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries will split in the Great Circle!" ”

On 10 September, the first plenary session of the new Petrograd Soviet, the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries underwent a great internal split, as Lenin had predicted, with the number of leftist Socialist-Revolutionaries rising sharply to account for two-thirds of the entire Socialist-Revolutionaries and the emergence of a new "internationalist" among the Mensheviks.

Tired of the cyretic and his ilk who were desperately trying to preserve the Provisional Government, they began to identify with the proletarian revolutionary line of the Bolsheviks, and were increasingly inclined to approach the Bolsheviks.

As a result of this campaign, the balance of forces in the Soviets changed radically, and about 40 percent of the representatives who had originally supported the right wing of the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries switched to the side of the Bolsheviks.

"I said it would be foolish to use the Presidium of the Soviets to veto that resolution!" "It's good now," he snorted, "Lenin has completely dragged our people away, and in one day we have become a complete minority!" It's all your fault, it's all your bad idea! ”

Aksherro couldn't cry or laugh, okay, you were the one who started to be helpless, and you were the one who thought my method was good, but now you can't do it, it's still you who scold the street. You have pushed the responsibility cleanly, and I have to complain about helping you find a way, what is this? Sure enough, the more you do, the more you get wrong, and doing nothing is the most correct!

Thinking of this, Axheri Rhod wanted to walk away, he couldn't cooperate with a fool like Tseretieri. This fool can do bad things and shirk responsibility, and Nima is useless for the rest.

No wonder Plekhanov, who was on the hospital bed, after learning about the change in the situation, only sighed and said nothing. What else can be said about these pig-like teammates?

Qi Heze was so bad that he stopped: "Now is not the time to hold him accountable!" At that time, none of us could have imagined that some of our comrades would be so weak-willed that they would be confused by the Bolsheviks......"

"What's the use of talking about that now!" "We must find a way to save ourselves, otherwise Lenin will immediately begin to carry out his tricks, and then Russia will be finished!" ”

Aksherry nodded: "We really should save ourselves, Petrograd is just the beginning, the Bolsheviks are already preparing to convene the All-Russian Congress of Soviets in September, if they succeed, the inevitable Soviet Central Executive Committee will also change, and then it will be a catastrophe!" ”

"What do you say?"

Aksherro had to walk around, thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "We must use the advantage of being a member of the Central Executive Committee to temporarily drag Lenin and buy Kerensky a little more time!" ”

"How?"

"It's easy! Strike first! "Let's hold a meeting in advance in the name of the Executive Committee of the Central of the Soviets, insert as many of our people as possible, and then promulgate a ...... in our favor in the name of this meeting."

As Aksherirod's voice became quieter and quieter, both Zihze's and Tseretieri's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if they had seen the hope of turning defeat into victory...... (To be continued.) )