The bigger and bigger the incident became, the more troublesome it became, and it became more and more of a headache for Lenin. Take Tukhachevsky, Trotsky will be lame in the Military Commission, if Tukhachevsky is not taken, how will this matter end? After all, now Tukhachevsky has made a big deal out of the ordinary, and it is impossible for either side to give up without coming to a conclusion.

So when Trotsky entered Lenin's office, he could see that Lenin's face was quite unsightly, which made Trotsky's heart chuckle.

"Comrade Trotsky, how many years have we been working together?"

Trotsky was stunned by this question, and a very bad premonition came over him, but before he could speak, Lenin said to himself: "We have been fighting together for 29 years since 1905, and next year will be the thirtieth year...... Thirty years! Thirty years in the flick of a finger......"

Trotsky's bad feelings grew stronger, could it be that something had happened? Wasn't Lenin ready to let him succeed? Thinking of this, Trotsky could not help but tremble a little.

Lenin, however, did not notice Trotsky's strangeness at all, and the tutor fell into his memories and said to himself: "I remember the scene when we first met in London, and even more so the ecstasy we had when the October Revolution was victorious......"

Trotsky struggled to control his trembling voice, and asked anxiously: "Comrade Lenin, what are you?" ”

Lenin raised his head and glanced at Trotsky, and said very indifferently: "Stalin and Sverdlov have just been here......

This sentence almost knocked Trotsky down, because he knew very well what it meant for Stalin and Sverdlov to meet Lenin before him. Could it be that it's all over?!

Trotsky's knees were weak. I almost collapsed to the ground. But Lenin held him up with a word: "I don't agree with their methods!" ”

Trotsky looked at Lenin with a little disbelief in his ears, but Lenin really meant this: "Comrade Mikhail did make a mistake this time, but this mistake is not unforgivable, and he still made an outstanding contribution to the regularization of the Red Army throughout the twenties and thirties." It is cruel to bring down a comrade with outstanding merits because of a small problem...... Can't our comrades be a little more tolerant of each other? ”

Trotsky could not answer this question, for where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Where there are rivers and lakes, there will be conflicts of interest, and now it is the dispute of interests of Chiguoguo. No one will tolerate in the face of huge political interests.

Lenin sighed, he also knew that the question was a bit naïve and that there would be no answer at all. Has he been tolerant before? It should be said that no, since even he, the great teacher, can't tolerate it, how can he ask those below who are not as good as him to tolerate?

In fact, to hope for tolerance to solve problems is tantamount to placing the hope of curbing crime on morality and conscience, which is unreliable from any point of view. Lenin was also deeply aware of this, and he realized that the biggest failure of his tenure was the failure to improve the construction of the party system and establish a set of effective rules and regulations. Instead, he handed over the party's one qiē to the professional revolutionaries, counting on the "people" of Gao Su zhì to solve the problem.

Obviously. "Man" is unreliable and unreliable, and when the power in the hands of revolutionaries grows, so does ambition. Look at Sverdlov in 1917 and Sverdlov in 1934, is this still the same person?

Not only Sverdlov, but also a large number of old revolutionaries constantly fell in front of power, became captives of the desire for power, and gradually became the same as the bureaucrats of the tsarist era. The thought of this qiē happening right under his nose made Lenin unable to stop his heartache. What made Lenin even more painful was that he was incapable of reversing this, he had no time!

However, even if Lenin allowed this to happen, Lenin would never have been able to do it, and in the face of this terrible situation, Lenin felt that it was necessary for him to make a start, and it was necessary to set an example.

Lenin and Trotsky spent the whole afternoon in their offices, working together to overthrow the two great teachers of the Russian proletarian revolution led by the Provisional Government, and finally to go hand in hand again after the October Revolution!

On July 17, 1934, exactly 17 years after the July bloodshed of 1917, when the Bolsheviks first tried to seize power, and on the day of the high-profile commemoration of this event in the party, Lenin made a decision in the presence of all the members of the Central Committee present at the meeting.

"Remove Comrade Tukhachevsky from the post of Chief of the General Staff and transfer him to the post of First Deputy Member of the People's Commissariat of National Defense. The post of Chief of the General Staff was temporarily deputized by Comrade Egorov. At the same time, Comrade Gamalnik was relieved of his post as Deputy Head of the General Political Department, and his work was taken over by Comrade Brin, the former political commissar of the Belarusian Military District. ”

At first glance, the results seemed to be unfavorable to Trotsky and Tukhachevsky, but there were many other adjustments made by the mentor at the same time: "Dismissal of Comrade Shao Wumian from the post of editor-in-chief of Pravda, dismissal of Molotov from the post of head of the Central Propaganda Department, dismissal of Comrade Ruzutak from the post of first secretary of the Organizational Bureau, dismissal of Andrei. The post of head of the intelligence department of Comrade Petrovich of the General Staff......"

In particular, the dismissal of Comrade Shao Wumian's editor-in-chief of Pravda and head of Molotov's Central Propaganda Department was a bombshell, and the change of the party's mouthpiece department was really a major event, and if it was not done well, it would be a bloody storm. Maybe Stalin and Sverdlov will fight back together, and I'm afraid even Lenin will have enough to see.

However, what is surprising is that Stalin did not fight back, and he calmly accepted the dismissal of two henchmen. The reason is later, because Lenin at the same time removed Trotsky from the post of deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and replaced him with Stalin!!

This change is quite surprising, and it seems inappropriate to remove Trotsky from his post at this time, as Trotsky should retain his post as deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars!

But Lenin thought it was appropriate. The deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars was exchanged for the weakening of the existence of the Stalinist system in the real power departments of the Party Central Committee. This is actually taking advantage. After all, Trotsky still retained the post of chairman of the Military Commission, and Tukhachevsky was only dismissed as chief of the General Staff, and the status of a member of the Military Commission remained. This conversion was actually advantageous to Trotsky.

So why did Stalin accept it? No matter how you look at it, it's not very beneficial to him, he has no reason to sit still, does he? Lenin still had a way, the first secretary of the Organisation Bureau of Ruzutak was handed over to Molotov, and Stalin finally seized the Organisation Department, which made it impossible for Stalin to say that the tutor was unfair.

Even Sverdlov, another Sverdlov with relatively large losses, was unable to blow up the stab, and Li Xiaofeng took the general government. Then the intelligence department of the General Staff he must let go, this has nothing to say. And Ruzutak also became the People's Commissar of Labor and the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy, and Ruzutak had no reason to be dissatisfied.

After this series of transformations and transactions, the forces of all parties are not completely satisfied, but at least they can bear it. And Lenin also used this series of actions to make the forces on all sides a little more balanced. But this is not the end for him, in fact, the previous actions are just the beginning.

In November, at the Extraordinary Plenum of the Central Committee, which celebrated the 17th anniversary of the victory of the October Revolution, Lenin made another super-dramatic move.

"The work of the Politburo is quite heavy, and it is no longer up to the task with the current staffing. The expansion of the Politburo is imperative. ”

The enlarged meeting of the Politburo was immediately convened at the initiative of Lenin and with the full support of Trotsky. After a fierce confrontation, the Politburo of the original five Great Elders was expanded to nine people. They were: Lenin, Trotsky, Sverdlov, Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, Kalinin, Kamenev, Zinoviev, Ruzutak. It can be said that only Bukharin was the only one in the previous alternate bureau who failed to become a regular member of the board of directors "recuperating due to illness".

In this way, the fixed structure of the Politburo formed in the previous 17 years has been completely broken, the power has been reshuffled, and all forces need to make new efforts. It is clear that this move has thrown the highest echelons of power in the Soviet Union into turmoil, and what Lenin and Trotsky needed was this window of turmoil, because their actions were not over.

Just as the Central Committee had just elected a new group of alternate members: Kuibyshev, Li Xiaofeng, Ordzhonikidze, and Ulitsky, Lenin made another bombshell announcement, announcing that he would resign from the post of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and nominating Trotsky to replace him as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars!

"Comrade Lenin is clearly trying to pave the way for Trotsky, and we can't be foolish enough to be led by the nose!" Stalin said indignantly.

"So what are you going to do? Oppose? Li Xiaofeng sneered.

Indeed, with the reshuffling of the Politburo, the Sverdlov-Stalin alliance was greatly weakened, with only three votes of the nine Grand Elders, making it difficult to dominate the Politburo. Among the other elders, Lenin and Trotsky were already wearing a pair of trousers, and Kalinin was a good old man who could not be relied on at all. The other Zinoviev and Kamenev, on the premise of the rapprochement between Lenin and Trotsky, now had four votes, which was quite troublesome.

"It seems that Comrade Lenin has made up his mind, and it is not surprising that after he retires next year, Ulitsky will take his place, and in the future we will have to deal with the Toto-Quarter-Canada alliance, and it seems that we must win over Kalinin in advance!" Sverdlov smiled bitterly.

Indeed, after Lenin's regrouping, the forces of the Trotskyists and Leninists were really quite close to a fairly balanced balance, and even if Stalin and the Younger Ones did not hurry up and pull Kalinin over, they would still be at a considerable disadvantage.

"It's one thing to win over Kalinin, but we can't be passively defensive, we should take the initiative!" Stalin also gave his advice, "We have an unreliable Kalinin on our side, and Trotsky has an unreliable Kamenev and Zinoviev on the side, and Comrade Lenin can barely hold them together, but Trotsky may not be able to." We should take the initiative to find a way to break up their political alliance, and the main target is Zinoviev, I know him, and he will never be willing to die for Trotsky! ”

"The most important thing now is not the People's Commissariat and the Politburo! There is no longer any point in paying attention to the resignation of Comrade Lenin and the big changes in the Politburo! Li Xiaofeng suddenly spoke.

However, his speech did not receive much response, the People's Commissariat and the Politburo are not important, so what is important?

"The Party Committee and the Military Commission are now more important than the Politburo!" Li Xiaofeng came up with this sentence, "We are already at a disadvantage in the People's Committee and the Politburo." But in the Military Commission and the Party Committee. We have a certain advantage! But it must also be recognized that this advantage is very weak. If we are not careful, even as soon as Comrade Lenin and Trotsky launch a new offensive in these two sectors, our superiority will immediately come to naught! ”

"What do you mean?" Stalin asked movingly.

"If we want to change our passivity, we have to be proactive!" Li Xiaofeng said calmly, "In the past, we were afraid of Comrade Lenin's attitude and thought that Comrade Lenin would still safeguard our basic rights and interests, so we have always tolerated it. And now it is very clear that Comrade Lenin is ready to fully support Trotsky. We are going to be completely suppressed, and we can't wait any longer! ”

Li Xiaofeng's words made the atmosphere in the small conference room suddenly solemn, because both Stalin and Sverdlov had feelings and fears for their mentors, which continuously caught Lenin off guard, otherwise with the forces of the two of them before, working together, Lenin would not have done anything!

Even now, even Stalin and Sverdlov have been pushed into a corner by Lenin, so that they can tear their faces with Lenin and take the initiative to attack, as Li Xiaofeng said. They neither want nor dare.

"We can't hesitate! If we hesitate any longer, we will continue to lose the only remaining advantage of the Military Commission and the Party Committee, and we have no way out! Li Xiaofeng looked at Stalin and Sverdlov hesitantly. I couldn't help but roar angrily.

This sound made Mikoyan and Zhdanov also immediately sober up, and immediately followed up and shouted: "Comrade Andrei is right, we can't sit back and wait any longer!" ”

Stalin looked at Sverdlov, and Sverdlov looked at him, and neither of the brothers spoke, and neither of them could make up their minds. After a long time, Xiao Si came out with a sentence: "Comrade Ruzutak, what do you think?" ”

Ruzutak is currently the third largest figure of the Sverdlov-Stalin clique, and as a person whose position is second only to Junior and Stalin, his opinion carries quite a lot of weight.

In fact, Ruzutak was also quite entangled, he was also picked up by Lenin, and he also had a lot of feelings with his mentor, and now he was opposed to Lenin, and he really couldn't make up his mind.

Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, Li Xiaofeng had to say again: "Comrades, we are not going to oppose Comrade Lenin now, we are saving ourselves? It's self-help, you know? If we don't take any more measures, what awaits us is the end of being crushed step by step! ”

This sentence woke up Stalin, he was the most black-bellied back then, and his feelings with Lenin were feelings, but if he wanted to lose his political career for this, he wouldn't do it! I hesitated just now, it was just pretending to make the food look better. Now that Li Xiaofeng has pierced the window paper, what are you hesitating about?

"That's right, this is self-help, we can't let the Trotskyists get bigger, we can't let Trotsky's Hu come!" Stalin slammed his pipe on the table and put on a wrecked posture.

"So how?" Ruzutak asked.

"The Military Commission is crucial! Remove Trotsky from the chairman of the Military Council! Stalin hit the nail on the head.

An enlarged meeting of the Military Commission? When Lenin learned of this, he was a little surprised, because he thought that with his prestige he should be able to suppress Stalin and Sverdlov for a while longer. But he didn't expect that these two right-hand men had grown so fast, and now they were ......

To be honest, Lenin was a little embarrassed, he naturally knew what Stalin and Sverdlov were going to do at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, and it was obvious that they were going to Trotsky's chairman of the Military Commission. But Lenin thought that Stalin and Sverdlov were too tender, and did they think that holding this enlarged meeting of the Military Commission would squeeze out Trotsky?

Lenin instructed his confidential secretary: "Tell the comrades of the Military Commission, I will attend this enlarged meeting on time and in person!" ”

Lenin thought that even if Stalin and Sverdlov were together, he would not be able to offset his enormous political prestige, and that as long as he supported Trotsky at the enlarged conference, he would not be able to capsize!

But what Lenin did not expect was that just as he was preparing to attend an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission to stand for Trotsky, another piece of news came out.

"Comrade Lenin, Comrade Sverdlov invites you to an emergency meeting of the Supreme Presidium of the Soviets!"

At this moment Lenin was stunned, why did the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union suddenly convene an emergency meeting? And it was Sverdlov himself who asked for the convening, which is unusual no matter how you look at it. Could it be that Xiao Si is going to do some tricks over there?

After thinking for a moment, Lenin had a plan, and he thought that this was the plan of Stalin and Sverdlov, and if he went to the emergency meeting of the Supreme Presidium of the Soviets, he would naturally not be able to catch up with the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, and naturally he would not be able to cheer Trotsky on. However, this kind of small means is really not very clever, and it is clear at a glance who is more important, the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union or the Military Commission! How could he, Lenin, do the stupid thing of picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

"To Comrade Sverdlov, I will not attend the emergency meeting of the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet, just convey the spirit of the meeting to me after the meeting!"

Lenin, for his part, was gearing up to defeat the final counterattack of Sverdlov and Stalin at an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission. He believed that as long as he succeeded this time, the two right-hand men would no longer be able to make any tricks, and could only obediently act according to the line and guidelines he set...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you for drinking a thousand cups of people who are not drunk, instant kill potatoes, hzwangdd and Comrade Juventus!