The establishment of the International Communist Correspondence and Liaison Office has aroused infinite reverie, and the part of the party that has a more active brain and a more sensitive sense of political smell seems to have realized something. Constantly inquired about the specific functions of this unit, and those who moved faster began to run around to get a position in this department.

It has to be said that the organizational work of the Bolsheviks in this era was still rather chaotic, first of all, because of the tremendous development of the party organization and the absorption of a large number of new party members, the vast majority of whom were newly awakened working masses whose theoretical level was relatively low, and it was unrealistic and impossible to turn them into qualified Bolsheviks in a short period of time.

Of course, this group of people also has advantages, that is, they are full of enthusiasm, and they are really not afraid of death as long as the organization gives an order. However, as the old saying goes, if you want to hurry, you can't do your job, and if you are too motivated, you can't do a good job. Anyway, the grassroots party organizations are generally full of impetuous emotions, and they are eager to build communism in one go.

This was a problem at the grassroots level, but the middle and upper echelons were even more problematic, and with the victory of the October Revolution, a part of the political opportunists, as well as a part of the political careerists, immediately changed their face and joined the ranks of the Bolsheviks, who caused much more damage to the party organization than the impetuosity of the grassroots.

This group of people is good at drilling camps, good at sneaking and shooting horses, and they are simply pervasive. Today's Bolshevik cadre appointment principle is very rigid, similar to the later official register system in the Soviet Union, that is, the so-called "register-supervise the appointment of officials", to put it bluntly, only those who enter this list can become officials. And once you succeed in becoming an official. Its power is almost unlimited.

November 12, 1923 in history. The Central Organization Bureau of the USSR specially adopted a resolution. There are two lists of appointed officials, the first roster is directly nominated and appointed by the Central Committee of the CPR, which contains 3,500 of the most important posts, and the second roster is nominated by departments, which are approved by the Central Committee after prior notice of the distribution of ranks, and then appointed by the departments, where 1,500 posts are determined.

This is a system, in today's terms. Even if there is too much power and there is no supervision mechanism, problems will inevitably arise. However, this is from the perspective of the present, and under the historical conditions at that time, the birth of the official register system also had a historical background.

As I said before, before the victory of the February Revolution in 1917, there were tens of thousands of Bolsheviks in Russia, and they were operating underground, and almost all party members were elites who had been tested and selected at various levels.

But by 1918, with the victory of the October Revolution. The number of Bolshevik party members was growing almost explosively. A considerable number of new party members are not qualified in quality, but they are strong for the sake of the revolution. They can only be allowed to join in first. However, the vast majority of these new party members are not suitable for leadership work in terms of ability and quality.

With the establishment of the Soviet government, the Bolsheviks needed their own men to take over power, and the problem arose. Although the new group of party members and cadres elected by the masses has a good mass base, their ability is really insufficient, and it is simply not enough to completely block the tasks entrusted to them. Therefore, we can only select a group of capable people to do practical things, which is the reason why the official register system was born.

It should be said that this was also a last resort, and even Lenin himself gave priority to democracy when he first talked about the principle of organizing the appointment of cadres, but the biggest problem in the democratic selection of cadres is that high prestige does not mean strong ability, and being supported does not mean that he really understands the revolutionary line of the Bolsviks.

Moreover, because these democratic cadres are supported, they are very concerned about the grassroots masses who support them, and they almost obey their words. If the masses say to the left, then go to the left, and if they say to the right, then go to the right.

The problem is that the interests of the local groups are not always the same as the interests of the whole, and every time the grassroots level tries to safeguard the interests of its own small groups, it will run counter to the line of the large collectives and the central authorities, or at least there are constant conflicts.

Therefore, in the spring of 1918, the Party Central Committee, which had been tossed around by democratically selected cadres, was a little nervous. He began to revise the general policy of the organization at that time. Of course, this is not to say that democracy is completely devoid. The Bolsheviks have always advocated democratic centralism, but before that democracy was greater than centralization, and now it has been changed to centralization over democracy, that is, to strengthen the guiding power of the central government.

Even the Mentor himself said: "This method of appointing individuals with unlimited power as dictators is consistent with the fundamental principles of Soviet power." This is what Western scholars say, Lenin's thinking has changed, the so-called road to dictatorship.

As a matter of fact, the fundamental reason is that the quality of the cadres is poor, and the people below are always engaged in small-hill doctrine, always go against the central authorities' principles and lines, and do not emphasize centralization, so they have no way to do things at all.

According to Lenin's original intention, this is also a last resort, and there is no way out. According to his old man's idea, he should step up the education of cadres, train a large number of qualified cadres as soon as possible, and then return to the correct path of democratic centralism when the time is ripe.

The problem is that the mentor did not wait for this day, he was assassinated in 1918, he was busy fighting the civil war in 19 or 20 years, he couldn't take care of this end, he was busy with the economy for 21 years, and his body completely collapsed in 22 years, and then his old man was completely hollowed out, and democratic centralization naturally failed.

And Stalin was a complete supporter of centralization of power, and a large number of his henchmen were beneficiaries of the official registry system, how could he oppose this system? As a result, the selection of cadres in the Soviet Union began to drive fast on the wrong path.

Bureaucracy and corruption cannot be avoided at all. According to the top-secret material revealed in the archives of the Soviet Cheka-State Political Security Service in 1992 after the large-scale declassification of Soviet historical archives in 1921, a total of 6,961 convictions of corruption and bribery were convicted in 1921; In 1922, 32,587 cases of corruption and bribery were convicted. Going on in the years to come, it was even more needless to say, otherwise Dzerzhinsky would not have been so loudly stressed about opposing bureaucracy and corruption before he died.

That's a lot to say. It is nothing more than to let everyone know about the Soviet system of selecting cadres. Only understand this. In order to understand why so many people will be tempted by a newly established liaison office.

Now, although the official register system has not yet been formalized, the Mentor has begun to put the cadres in order, and a large number of key elements of the Menshevik and Socialist-Revolutionary Party and the Bukharin clique with limited ability or who like to contradict the Central Committee and sympathize with the Mensheviks and the Bukharin clique have been removed from their leading posts.

And such a large number of unqualified cadres who have been adjusted, as well as some old revolutionaries who have not been given posts, naturally do not want to die old just like that. That's all about power, do you think they can't care?

Of course, there are also people who don't care, such as a certain immortal, who, when he learns that an international communist communications and liaison office is going to be established, completely scoffs at it. To Sverdlov, who came to visit him, he bluntly said: "Comrade Yakov, you are right not to nominate me, I am not interested in this institution at all!" ”

Yes, although Sverdlov made the decision not to intervene in the communications liaison office through careful consideration. But in the eyes of outsiders, Xiao Si's approach is not smart. Although the informal representatives are a bit of a chicken, a large number of cadres are now looking for a way. Why did you let go of this opportunity? Even if you're not interested, you have to find a way out for everyone, right?

In particular, many people think that if Sverdlov, as the initiator of the motion, wants to grab this position, he will have to give him the position of an official representative, and you can completely fight for Comrade Andrei!

It's not that a certain immortal is very popular, but everyone thinks that Comrade Andrei is seriously injured, and he will not be able to get better for a while, and he will not be able to carry out his work. Then the important positions under his ass must be replaced by another competent candidate, right?

Of course, Comrade Andrei's merits are very great, and he can't chill the heroes, so it is a good choice to give him a decent second-line post in exchange for him handing over those not-so-decent first-line posts! Otherwise, those important work will not be delayed!

People in these years are still so practical, especially when there is a major adjustment in the appointment of cadres, the heads and brains of all sides are doing everything in order to find a way out, and this also determines that when these people get a position, they will definitely not be willing to hand it over. This is also the so-called can go up and down, if you go down, there will be nothing!

The reason why Sverdlov did not nominate a certain immortal was also due to this consideration. Although a person does not have a name in the Central Committee, the few positions he controls are not small at all, not only not small, but also very important. Both Teko and Cheka are very important, and it is definitely a big help to have a lot of power in these two key departments.

Of course, Sverdlov would not do the stupid thing of cutting off his arm, and if he really nominated a certain immortal, then the people below would definitely have to crook their mouths, and then someone would inevitably hand over part of his position. Taking chicken ribs to exchange real power positions, Xiao Si is not so stupid.

So he simply kept silent, but he could be silent externally, and he still had to give an explanation to a certain immortal internally, and he was fully worthy of the nomination with the merits of a certain immortal, but he didn't mention it, Xiao Si was worried about what thoughts and opinions someone would have in his heart, so he ran to explain the work.

Does Li Xiaofeng have an opinion? Surely not, as a traverser, he knew that no matter what the correspondence office or the Comintern was, it was indeed chicken ribs and puppets, Kamenev and Zinoviev were both the leaders of the Comintern, and they used this influence to bring down Stalin?

Stalin just moved his little finger and cleaned up these two fools, which shows how empty the Comintern was. Li Xiaofeng has long understood that this institution is just a tool for the big brother of the Soviet Union to command, interfere in, and dominate the communist parties of other countries. Historically, this institution has been more wrong than right, the negative effects are more important than the positive ones, and once the core leadership believes that the existence of this body is not in Russia's interests, it can be dissolved at any time.

Historically, the Comintern was either dissolved in '43, or Stalin felt that this institution was an eyesore, hindering his relations with the British and American allies, and had a negative impact on his efforts to win American aid, so he let it be finished in one sentence. Let Li Xiaofeng go to work in such a bullshit organization, he still feels ashamed!

"Has food security arrived in Petrograd?" Li Xiaofeng quickly changed the subject. Actually, what he wanted to ask was more. When will the central government fulfill its promises. Give him the mine.

Sverdlov smiled slightly, just now he was a little worried that someone was not in the same way, but he said that he was not interested in the communications liaison office, but when someone yelled and asked about food, he knew that his worries were completely unnecessary.

"The Red Eagles have arrived in the city of Vyborg and have begun to protect the warehouses and docks of the Northern Trading Company, and the first shipments of grain are being sent to Petrograd," he said. Even Sverdlov couldn't help but rejoice.

With the timely arrival of this batch of grain in Petrograd, the situation of food shortage was initially alleviated, especially the ordinary people, who had not even received the minimum ration quota, and they were suddenly able to eat enough. And as long as they are happy, no danger can exist.

Of course, there is also a premise that food can continue to be so stable, if this is just a flash in the pan. Then sooner or later there will be problems.

So after a short moment of joy, Sverdlov asked very seriously: "Andrey." Can the channels for food imports be sustained forever? ”

To tell the truth, even if Sverdlov played a package ticket in the Politburo before, he still has no bottom in his heart, so now that someone is awake, he must ask to understand.

Li Xiaofeng also knew what he was worried about, but there was no need for such worries, with him as an immortal and a cornucopia, there would not be much problem in importing grain. Anyway, the British Royal Navy and the US Navy can't block him, an immortal, what are you afraid of?

"I can only say this," Li Xiaofeng also tried to make himself look more serious, "Our current channels for importing grain are very safe, and there will not be too many problems in half a year!" ”

Why does Li Xiaofeng only guarantee for half a year? There's a reason why Erickson sources his food from the main grain-producing countries in South America, such as Argentina, Brazil and Peru. The grain purchased, nominally stored, was not shipped out of the country. It should not attract the attention of the United States and the United Kingdom for the time being.

However, the British and Yankees are not stupid, they have intelligence agencies in Russia, even if most of them are destroyed by a certain immortal, but there is no problem in reflecting the current situation in Russia. Presumably, the British and Americans will soon notice that Russia, which is short of food, has suddenly obtained a large amount of grain, and it will be necessary to find out where the grain came from.

Although Li Xiaofeng has instructed Erikson to make some cover-ups, as long as the Americans and the British seriously investigate, they will definitely be able to find the problem. Although they still can't jam the shipping channel. But they can start at the source, and they can put pressure on these governments to keep Erickson from buying food.

According to Li Xiaofeng's estimate, it will probably only take three months to half a year for the British and Americans to find out the truth from noticing that something is wrong, and during this time, there will not be much of a problem for the time being.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng must let the Politburo make a little preparation as early as possible, try to seize the time to import more grain, and if he can hoard enough grain within half a year, then he can deal with 1918 and 1919.

"More imports?" Sverdlov was a little embarrassed, and to tell the truth, he was willing to import as much food as possible, but the problem was, this is easier said than done!

For what? Importing grain is not free, and the central government simply cannot come up with so much money; as a former big grain exporter, most of Russia's foreign exchange is exchanged for exporting grain. And now, most of this foreign exchange was consumed by the First World War, and the domestic mess is everywhere to spend money. Without money, what is the talk of importing grain in large quantities?

"My country still has a lot of resources, so you can exchange some of them for food first!" Li Xiaofeng hurriedly said.

However, Sverdlov still frowned, he really did not dare to open this opening casually, the last 5,000 tons of grain exchange field, the central government had caused criticism, if it were not for the imminent food crisis, the Central Committee would not have agreed. And now, if you want to import more grain, you will have to pay a greater price, and the Central Committee will not make a fuss!

Li Xiaofeng saw Sverdlov's hesitation, and immediately said: "What is there to hesitate about this matter, we can solve the food problem by exchanging a part of the mine for the resources we need." As long as the grain problem is resolved, the party's prestige and prestige among the masses will certainly be consolidated. This is also an indirect defense of the fruits of the revolution, what's so bad! ”

Xiao Si was still very hesitant: "But making a deal with the bourgeoisie, this is a bit ......"

Li Xiaofeng was anxious, propped up his body from the hospital bed, and said loudly: "Where will the food come from if you don't make a deal?" Is it right to watch a crisis erupt? Taking a step back, this doesn't do us any harm, can the bourgeoisie still move our mines back to their homes? Can they still run away with our mines? ”

Sverdlov was a little speechless, although he felt that what a certain immortal said made sense, but whether it made sense and whether he could do it or not were completely different things. He pondered carefully for a long time before he said: "Your opinion is very constructive, but it is not advisable to rush it, some of our comrades are rather dogmatic in their thinking, and the majority of the masses may not be able to accept such an arrangement for a while, let me report to Comrade Lenin, first discuss it internally, and if the Politburo can pass it, then do the work of the Central Committee!" (To be continued......)

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