Li Xiaofeng, of course, understood his mentor's fears, and the Bolshevik propaganda machine had been constantly emphasizing that we, unlike the bourgeoisie, had our party completely serving the proletariat. The mission of our party leader is to lead the proletariat to break through the cage of the bourgeoisie and create a society of great harmony unprecedented in the history of mankind.

It must be said that this propaganda was so successful that the working class of Russia as a whole threw itself into the arms of the Bolsheviks. But it inevitably led to the widespread spread of a false sentiment of hostility towards the propertied and the deliberate division of the people in society into two different groups.

As this sentiment continued to spread, it gradually became hysterical, forming an erroneous concept that we should support whatever the enemy opposed, and that we should be right if the enemy supports us.

This kind of idealistic argument is not beneficial at all, and Master Confucius still said that there must be a teacher for threesomes. Isn't the merits of the enemy worth learning? Do we also have to oppose what the enemy has done right?

If this simple dichotomy of friend and foe is taken as the view of the world, it is conceivable that human life will become a mess. It is a pity that in the early days of the revolution, especially when the broad masses were just awakening, such arguments were very marketable.

It is not only ordinary party members who think that this is the right thing to do, but even some bigwigs at the level of members of the Central Committee support this view. Stalin's line, for example, was the most supportive of this brain-dead argument. They have a strong resentment towards everything about their enemies, including their bodies, their spirits, and their relatives and friends.

They believed that the victory of the revolution could only be achieved by the complete elimination of all bourgeois enemies and their "sympathizers". But they didn't think at all that, according to the theory of six degrees of division, there would be no more than six people between you and any stranger.

In other words, you can get to know any stranger with up to six people. Therefore, if we want to get rid of everything that bears the bourgeois imprint in this world, then it is estimated that Comrade Iron will first have to destroy himself.

The problem is that Comrade Iron does not believe in this evil, and the small group of dogmatists headed by him. Strongly oppose everything of the enemy. Even if this enemy could become his ally, he would not accept the other.

From the time Li Xiaofeng hired Mannerheim, Stalin fired more than once, believing that no old soldier should be trusted, and that the revolution could be completed by the strength of the Russian proletariat alone. He vehemently objected to the existence of the old soldiers in the Workers' Red Guards, as well as in the armed forces of any party, believing that they were spies and agents of the enemy. It's here to wreak havoc.

It is conceivable that Brusilov's identity is far more sensitive than Mannerheim's, and if he is really hired, it is estimated that Stalin will be the first to go crazy. Although Stalin was nothing now, at such a critical moment of the revolution, Lenin wanted the party to be as united as possible. Be as consistent as possible with the outside world. So he was worried about whether hiring Brusilov would have a ripple effect.

"I think that the distrust of some comrades towards the old soldiers, although understandable, is extremely narrow-minded!" Li Xiaofeng said eloquently, "You told me that in order to achieve the victory of the revolution, it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united. The old army was not all lackeys of the tsar and the bourgeoisie, and we must distinguish the stubborn conservatives from the rest of the soldiers who could be saved. For the former we must strike a merciless blow, and for the latter. We should save as much as we can! ”

Lenin was noncommittal. He said without saying anything: "I don't think that's what I know. I just want to know how you can guarantee that there will be no enemy agents mixed in with the old soldiers you say can be saved. Run into the ranks of our revolution and wreak havoc! If this problem is not solved, the Party Central Committee will not agree to your proposal! ”

Li Xiaofeng patiently explained: "There is no perfect way to prevent the infiltration of the enemy. To put it mildly, there have always been enemy spies in our party. If we must grasp this point, our party must not try to recruit any new members, because they may all be agents of the enemy! ”

Lenin smiled: "I have no interest in going around in circles with you, much less in discussing this inconclusive subject. Now, Andrey, you just have to tell me how to guarantee the loyalty of old soldiers if we recruit them into our ranks! ”

Li Xiaofeng was a little anxious and emphasized: "We have not recruited any middle and senior officers from the old army into our ranks now. I'm just letting them act as military advisers now and let them help us train a part of the qualified military commanders. How did this go online? ”

"Of course, you have to go online!" Lenin laughed, "Even if I can agree with you, but do you think that all the comrades in the Central Committee will understand what you are doing, and they will not go to the platform?" ”

Li Xiaofeng was stunned, and looking at someone in a daze, Lenin smiled again: "Andrei, I know that the starting point of your suggestion is very good, and I personally agree with your opinion, in order to better carry out the armed struggle, we must train a group of qualified military commanders. But with the appointment of high-ranking generals of the old army, this is still a bit too much! ”

Li Xiaofeng said without giving up: "Could it be that there are no old soldiers in our current team, and there are old officers in the 1st Machine Gun Regiment and the Petro Pavlov Regiment. According to you, shouldn't we also drive them out? Not to mention the fact that the soldiers who supported us were the troops of the former tsars, should we also drive them out of the ranks of the revolution? ”

Lenin shook his head, "You are sophistry!" I ask you, does Brusilov support our party? Does he unconditionally support our party? That's the fundamental difference between the two! ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly, indeed, Brusilov was far from supporting the Bolsheviks, and it could even be said that he was very disgusted with the Bolsheviks. In other words, if he were Lenin, he must also consider why an opponent of himself should join his side.

Li Xiaofeng had to admit: "He is not the same person as us. ”

Lenin laughed and said, "That's right, you guy is so bold, even this kind of person dares to pull back......"

Before the tutor finished speaking, Li Xiaofeng said again: "But Brusilov is not the same as Kornilov and Kerensky!" ”

Lenin put away his smile and looked at someone with a smile, "You guy, what should I say about you?" Why do you value this Brusilov so much, just because he is a famous Russian soldier? ”

"I'm buying horse bones! You think about it, with Brusilov's prestige in the old army, if even he did not support Kornilov and his ilk. This is extremely beneficial to us! ”

Lenin pouted: "This is not enough! ”

"And!" Li Xiaofeng hurriedly said. "According to your plan, we will turn this imperialist war into a domestic revolutionary war. Do you think that the troops that are supporting us now will be of great use? ”

Upon hearing this, Lenin was immediately displeased: "What do you mean by this? ”

Li Xiaofeng took a deep breath: "Comrade Lenin, we all know that the troops that support us are all troops that have been routed by the Germans on the battlefield, they have no morale, and they are deeply tired of this war. Once we have taken power. The end of the war with the Germans would inevitably mean the outbreak of civil war. At that time, on what basis did you guarantee their combat effectiveness? How can there be any guarantee that they won't collapse again? ”

Lenin was speechless on this question, of course, but this does not mean that he did not think about it as an old man. He thought that the defeated soldiers who had come to hope for peace should take up arms again and fight again after learning that the old soldiers who were unwilling to be defeated had launched a rebellion against peace. to defeat these enemies.

But Lenin still knew the combat effectiveness of these defeated soldiers, and it might be okay to wave the flag and shout to fill the numbers, but it was difficult to say when they really arrived on the battlefield, at least he did not dare to overestimate the combat effectiveness of these soldiers.

"Don't we still have the Workers' Red Guards!" Lenin suddenly said, "They are incomparably loyal to the Party and the revolution, and their morale and combat effectiveness can be guaranteed!" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and asked rhetorically: "The morale of the Workers' Red Guards is indeed fine. But the military quality is quite difficult to say. At least the Luga Resistance showed that bravery and senselessness alone could hardly win the battle. Even if you can. There will also be a heavy price...... Comrade Lenin, the Russian working class is limited in number, and if they are all sent to the front, who will produce weapons and ammunition for us? Who starts the machine for us? ”

Lenin was stunned by the question, while Li Xiaofeng took advantage of the hot iron and said: "If the Russian working class loses blood, it will be tantamount to the loss of blood for our party." Even if we were to emerge victorious in the end, what would it cost? It is inevitable that we will need a longer time to recover, and our enemies are not only the Russian bourgeoisie, but also the British, French, American, and other bourgeois regimes in the world that will allow us to easily control Russia? How will we respond to their armed intervention? ”

Lenin was troubled by a series of questions, and he did not expect that someone would develop from the point of military adviser to such a broad aspect.

"You kid like to be alarmist!" Lenin said as calmly as he could, but in the world he set off a huge wave in his heart, "The strength of our Russian working class is certainly not very strong, but the strength of the working class of England, France, Germany and the United States is not to be underestimated!" ”

Li Xiaofeng pouted: "I don't want to be like Comrade Trotsky and pin the fate of Russia on the rise of the working class in Western Europe...... The reactionary forces of backward Russia alone are so strong and stubborn, and I doubt that Western Europe and the United States, where the reactionary forces are even stronger, can solve the problem by the working class alone. ”

If someone else had said this, Lenin might have had to teach him a lesson, but it was Li Xiaofeng who spoke, and he felt very comfortable, and although he accepted Trotsky's Zonal faction, it did not mean that Lenin appreciated Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution.

Lenin did not agree with the argument that the working class of Western Europe determined the future of the proletarian revolutionary movement, and it now turns out that a large part of the socialist revolutionaries in the countries of Western Europe had thrown themselves into the arms of the bourgeoisie and began to revise the theory of MARXISM in a great way. They preferred to cooperate with the bourgeoisie in reforms rather than to launch a revolution. Linking the fate of Russia to them was, in Lenin's view, tantamount to suicide.

Lenin was even more convinced that the Russian Revolution had done a great deal, and that the Russian Revolution should not only serve as a spark to transmit the flame of revolution, but should have a higher status and become the heart and brain of the proletarian revolutionary movement in the world!

This was the biggest difference between Lenin and Trotsky, who was more concerned with Russia itself than with the victory of the working-class movement in Western Europe. Therefore, he is even more concerned about the possibilities proposed by Li Xiaofeng.

Lenin asked: "According to you, we can't hope too much for the workers' movement in Western Europe?" ”

"If the United States does not enter the war, there is still a lot of hope." Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly, "But the United States has officially entered the war." Then the situation will be completely different. An outbreak of the workers' movement in Britain and France is no longer likely, but a collapse in Germany is possible. ”

Lenin nodded and agreed, and in fact many people could see that this world war had become completely different because of the sudden entry of the Americans, and with the industrial capacity of the United States, it would give a great blood transfusion to Britain and France. Pull them back from the brink of economic collapse. As long as Britain and France had eased up, they would have greatly suppressed the workers' movement, and it would have been impossible to expect a domino effect on the workers' movement at that time.

If there is no chain reaction, it is clear that the workers' movement in Russia will be strangled by the bourgeois regimes of the whole world, which is not good news. In a sense, the prospects for the revolution will be incomparably dim!

Lenin said worriedly: "That is. The enemy we will face is not only the Russian bourgeois reactionaries, led by Kerensky and Kornilov, but also foreign interference......"

Speaking of this, Lenin paused, and then said categorically: "That means that we need a more combat-ready army!" ”

Speaking of this, Master Mentor glanced at Li Xiaofeng meaningfully, although this was not the first time Master Master felt that someone was very evil, but he still felt it. Someone sometimes has to be surprised.

"Okay!" Lenin sighed. "I have to say, you kid has a lot of demagogic tricks!"

Li Xiaofeng asked beautifully, "So you agree?" ”

But Lenin's words immediately poured cold water on him: "Not entirely agree! ”

Li Xiaofeng exclaimed: "What is this for? ”

"Because it's all based on predictions." Lenin sighed suddenly, "Although I believe that your prediction is very likely to come true...... But in the party, not everyone believes ...... Especially Trotsky, whose predictions will greatly enrage him, will fire at you so hard that he will crush you to powder! And I believe that there are many old comrades in the party who will take this opportunity to shoot at you, do you think you can withstand it? ”

If it was Li Xiaofeng in the past, it is estimated that he would have patted his chest with a big grin, but after these few months of training, his political wisdom has indeed grown greatly, and he is very sure that he will definitely not be able to withstand it.

"But I am sure that you, Comrade Lenin, will be able to convince those comrades who oppose it!" Li Xiaofeng patted his ass.

Lenin glanced at this and snorted: "Tell you clearly, I can't stand it!" This is to offend the anger of the public, don't say me and you, even if you add Comrade Yakov! Because your opinion is tantamount to denying the future of the revolution! ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Xiaofeng broke out in a cold sweat, and he realized that the current trend of thought in the party today is not as wonderful as described in the history books of later generations - everyone is full of confidence in the revolution and is fearless under the leadership of the party.

Well, this is pure nonsense, the bigwigs in the party were not particularly optimistic about the future of the revolution from the beginning, otherwise after the victory of the February Revolution, the mentor would not have become the commander of the light pole and fell into the dilemma of no one to support him.

Had it not been for the incompetent Cadets, Social Revolutionaries and Mensheviks pushing the revolution to the left again and again, I am afraid that the bigwigs within the Bolsheviks would still be thinking about how to cooperate with the bourgeoisie!

However, even as the revolutionary ideology continued to turn to the left, there was still a great distrust of the strength of the Russian working class within the Bolsheviks, among whom Kamenev and Zinoviev were the most prominent representatives, who extremely despised the strength of the Russian workers and believed that the time for revolution was far from ripe.

The other bigwigs who supported the Mentor, although they supported the line of armed struggle, in their hearts, they were also bottomless about the Russian working class. So their hopes for the future are entirely on the permanent revolution. It is hoped that by pushing forward wave after wave of revolutionary movements, the development of the workers' movement in the whole world will be brought about.

To put it bluntly, he used the Russian revolution as a lever and wanted to use this lever to pry the entire world world. And now, Li Xiaofeng told them that the Russian Revolution is not a lever, or that there is nothing left at the end of the lever, even if the Russian Revolution wins, it will face the encirclement and suppression of the whole world, do you say that they have not completely broken out?

Therefore, this layer of window paper must not be pierced, at least not before the Russian Revolution is victorious, otherwise there will be a riot in the party, and immediately it will be in chaos, and some of the wall grass may immediately change its doors and run to the side of the Mensheviks. You think the Mentor would do such a stupid thing?

"Then we're going to do nothing?" Li Xiaofeng was dumbfounded.

"It's not about doing nothing, it's about doing it flexibly!" Lenin said earnestly, "We must move this forward in a form that is acceptable to them!" ”

Li Xiaofeng asked curiously, "What form?" ”

Lenin did not answer this question directly, but asked rhetorically: "What do you think about the establishment of political commissars in the army?" (To be continued.) )