13 May is destined to be a day that will be remembered by history, and it is not only Li Xiaofeng's special science that shines on this day, but also makes him truly stand out as a Bolshevik. More importantly, on the afternoon of this day, after a long period of discussion and study, and under the impetus of the Right Wing of the Cadet Party, the October Party, the Right Socialist-Revolutionary Party and the Right Mensheviks, the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet finally made a decision - to join the Cooperative Government!

It should be said that this resolution had a very far-reaching effect, and in Lenin's words, it was the capitulationists and opportunists among the revolutionaries who reached a compromise with the reactionary Provisional Government and once again betrayed the toiling masses of Russia.

In Lenin's view, this was another watershed moment in the Russian Revolution, when some people who were doomed to be eliminated by history finally embarked on the road to destruction. In the last vote of the Soviet Executive Committee, Lenin led the vast majority of the Bolsheviks to vote against, and equally resolutely opposed and strongly protested against the internationalists among the Mensheviks, such as Lunacharsky and Ryazanov.

However, the opposition of the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks at that time did not make the slightest wave, and in the Soviet Executive Committee they were an outright minority, and they did not enjoy much support from the masses of the people.

Isn't it good that many ordinary people feel that the cooperative government is not to cooperate with the bourgeoisie, but to let the socialists enter the government, and then gradually expel the bourgeoisie from the government, and finally take back the power to the people in a reasonable, legal and peaceful way.

It's just that what the people didn't expect at all was. Obviously, the so-called revolutionaries who were going to join the cooperative government had no such idea at all. They had no interest in a new revolution or in driving out the bourgeoisie, but were now more concerned with when the Americans would enter the war and how to resist the German offensive on the frontal battlefield. Compared with these great undertakings of protecting the country, they did not care about the peaceful end of the war by Shenma, the increase in the wages of workers, and the voice of Shenma farmers for the land.

Although Lenin had expected this outcome, it would be false to say that he was not disappointed at all, and he hated the right-wing parties in the Soviet Executive Committee, and felt that these fake revolutions in the garb of revolutionaries were the ones who really hindered the revolution. What makes the mentor even more distressed is that his party is weak. And it also did not fully win the support of the people. If you want to promote the development of the revolution, I am afraid that you must quickly strengthen yourself.

Of course, it is unrealistic to become a fat man in one bite, and the political platter in Russia is only so big, you eat one more bite. People will definitely have to eat less, who will let whom? It was unrealistic and dangerous to expand the power of the Bolsheviks through annexation and expansion, at least for the time being, Lenin believed that his Bolsheviks did not have the ability to do so, and that he could only co-opt some like-minded people for the time being. For example, the Menshevik internationalists, in this vote, the differences between the two sides were negligible, and everyone was originally the same ancestor, although they were separated, there was still a little bit of friendship.

In fact, Lenin had already planned to do so, and before he returned to Russia, he had contact with Lunacharsky in Switzerland. It should be said that the exchanges between the two sides were relatively pleasant at that time, and at the congress of the Swiss Social Democratic Labor Party, Lunacharsky also supported Lenin for the first time, and the two sides should be able to talk about cooperation.

However, Lenin was not without his scruples, and in a letter from afar he warned the whole party, asking all comrades not to blindly contact other parties and not to engage in casual alliances. Although the few objects he mentioned at the time were Kerensky and Zihzer, he was not guarding against the Mensheviks. …,

To say the words is to spill the water, and it has only been a month, and the ink on the newspaper has not dried. He, the great mentor, went back on his word, which was really a bit of something, and it would also make the comrades in the party very unconvinced. What would everyone think? Maybe it's you who unites, but it's you, Mentor, who wants to unite now, Mentor. Do you have a score in mind?

So find the Menshevik internationalists to make a coalition, although the idea is good. But Lenin had to be cautious and cautious, and he had another, greater concern, and that was Trotsky. This guy is the boss of the Menshevik internationalist faction, and Lunacharsky is at best the second in charge.

In many cases, what Lao Lu said does not count, and what Lao Tuo thinks is still only known to God. In case he only announced his alliance with the Menshevik internationalists on the front foot, and the old man on the back foot returned to China to talk about national protectionism, wouldn't that be a slap in his old face?

This political risk was so great that Lenin had to weigh it again and again, and without full certainty, he really didn't dare to start it. But the current revolutionary situation is changing day by day, Trotsky is still floating on the sea, and God knows when he will be able to return, and he really cannot afford to wait. If it is delayed for ten days and a half months, if this so-called coalition government gains a firm foothold, it will be difficult to turn the tables again.

It is necessary to make contact in advance, Lenin silently made up his mind, but since he wants to make contact, then the selection of candidates is a very sensitive issue. This person must be his cronies, and he must also have some friendship with Lunacharsky, and the most important thing is that this person must not be conspicuous, not attract too much attention, and the white-eyed wolf in the provincial party will crook his mouth.