237 Hot Potato (I)
What is it difficult for Makvi to be Tikhomirov? To do so is to deliberately make things difficult for intellectuals, which seems to be contrary to Li Xiaofeng's original intention, right?
But as the old saying goes, there is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason. Macevey has no abusive tendencies, much less class hatred of intellectuals. If it wasn't a last resort, he wouldn't have made such a decision.
So why is it a last resort? That's all about starting from the beginning. At first, Mark Wei felt that the task assigned by Li Xiaofeng was not particularly difficult, wasn't it just a few stinky old nines? Looking at the thatched house for a lot of profits, are you not afraid of inviting it?
As it turned out, Macewe was thinking too simply. Sometimes intellectuals are really "ignorant of promotion", and he kindly comes to the door to invite people, but the result is either closed or directly rejected in person. Anyway, Macvi was a gray man who touched his nose, and he was abused to death by the sour and rotten anger of cultural people.
After tossing and turning for a few days, none of the people on the list were invited back. Now Mackwi is in a hurry, his future can be all in the thoughts of his old friend Li Xiaofeng. If his way of doing things makes his old friends happy and happy, then the future of popularity is limitless. But if things are messed up, although they will not be immediately branded as a counter-revolutionary, they will at least end up in a cold treatment.
Mark Wei didn't want to squat on the cold bench, so for the sake of his own future, he had to think of some crooked tricks, and it would definitely not work to arrest people directly. Although these people on the list are somewhat linked to the bourgeoisie and rightists, these experts and scholars are still quite famous in China. Even if it's a Cheka, you have to weigh it more, and it's not impossible to find faults. But he has to be famous.
Come and think about it. Macvi had no choice but to salute first and then soldier. In the name of the Cheka, a conscription order was issued for these goods, nominally to gather these experts and scholars to sit together to study and solve the problems that plagued the Bolshevik military production.
This excuse should be said to be cleverly found, what is the main concern of the Bolsheviks now? That's the military aspect. As long as it is related to this, it must be a priority. And this excuse is also fully justified, is it not right to convene experts for expert consultations on military production?
Even a big man like Trotsky, who favored the old officers and intellectuals, would not dare to say that it was wrong. Even the biggest opposition leader in the party had nothing to say. What else dare others say?
Of course, there is another problem with this: if these experts and scholars respond to the Cheka's call and people come, will the attempt not be in vain? After all, Li Xiaofeng's original intention was to make these people work for me, not to let them come to a seminar and go home.
But is this really a problem? For a certain immortal in thick black, as long as the person comes, then don't think about leaving. It's not that the seminar can't be held, but it should be held meaningfully and without solving any practical problems. A certain immortal would never open it.
To put it bluntly, these experts and scholars are here. That would be tantamount to getting into Li Xiaofeng's cage, and he didn't mind letting the seminar go on until he solved the problems that an immortal needed to solve.
Therefore, he was not afraid that these people would come to the meeting obediently, and he took the initiative to come, and he saved the effort of arresting people. Of course, I am not afraid that these people will not come. Not coming? The name of the Cheka is blown out! Dare to go against the Cheka, this is not a counter-revolution, what else is a counter-revolution! Arrest!
It should be said that this set of strategies of saluting first and then soldiers is very effective, no matter what choice the experts and scholars on the list make, there is only one result, that is, being wiped out by a certain immortal. But it's a good thing to catch them all, but why don't these people be interested in Makvi, or the Cheka, or the Bolsheviks? Were these people die-hard conservatives determined to fight the Bolsheviks?
It should be said that it is not! Relatively speaking, intellectuals are more receptive to new theories and things. Compared with the ultra-conservative and reactionary nature of the tsarist regime, the intellectuals were probably more receptive to the leadership of the Bolsheviks.
However, this is also conditional, provided that the Bolsheviks can really control Russia and firmly hold the power of the country. Only when the Bolsheviks had completely gained a foothold would the intellectuals be relieved to serve the Bolsheviks.
Now, as it is, the Bolsheviks were surrounded by powerful enemies, with powerful hooligans outside, and hordes of opposition at home, and the whole regime was in a state of extreme instability and crumbling. Which intellectual would dare to take the initiative in the service of the Bolsheviks in such a situation?
Maybe one morning when they wake up, the Bolsheviks will be overthrown, and then a new counteroffensive will be counted. Intellectuals are life-sparing, big guys are not cats, and there are no nine lives to toss with you. So until the situation is clear, you might as well wait and see.
In Russia, there are overwhelmingly intellectuals with this mentality, and the big guys do not want to give full play to their abilities and roles, but are worried about being liquidated in the future. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are other cases, such as extreme hatred of the Bolsheviks, and such intellectuals are not absent, and the number of them should be said to be quite numerous.
However, such a group of people are divided into two situations, the more extreme is a little more extreme, and they directly defected to the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee and joined the White Army to prepare for the restoration of the country, but there are not many such people. Except for a few extreme, most of the mentally sound intellectuals will make another choice - to leave Russia, to leave this land of right and wrong, whether they choose to emigrate or become refugees, and then escape from Russia first. Anyway, with the professional skills and technical ability of intellectuals, it is not particularly difficult to mix a bowl of rice to eat abroad.
The most typical of these is the previously mentioned Sikorsky. This one was ready to run away as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, and he was not running alone, but calling friends to run in pairs. It's a pity that there are immortals who have crossed over in this life, and the tragic Sikorsky did not escape successfully, and was directly caught by a certain immortal, and is now locked up in a secret prison in Moscow to design a motorcycle sled for a certain immortal!
It is conceivable that with the success of Mackvi's plan, Sikorsky will soon not be too lonely, and a large number of friends will accompany him through the most difficult time after World War I.
"Nikolai. Tikhomirov succumbed? Li Xiaofeng looked at the "deed of sale" brought by Macway. Asked with great satisfaction.
"Yes. Mr. Professor has deeply realized his mistake. Of course, the truth is that he made Tikhomirov deeply aware of his mistakes, "Mr. Professor decided to correct his previous mistakes with practical actions!" ”
"Good!" Li Xiaofeng sent the documents back to the file bag with satisfaction and praised: "You have done a very good job, but I hope the progress can be accelerated a little faster, after all, our time is very precious!" ”
Mark Vicky replied happily, "No problem. I've got the hang of it. Soon I'll be able to take all the people on the list! ”
Li Xiaofeng nodded again, Makwi finally has a little bit of the momentum of the Cheka spy leader now, and he is very happy about the progress of the dead party. The sooner Macvi can take charge of himself, the less pressure he will have. However, this did not mean that he was completely relieved, and before leaving, he deliberately explained: "Our purpose is not just to bring these people together and finish the matter. Our task is to make them work. Therefore, while scaring and intimidating them, it is necessary to have a good sense of proportion. If you hit a stick, you have to give a sweet date! ”
As he spoke, he asked, "Have the villas in Gatchina been vacated?" ”
In Li Xiaofeng's plan, a new research institute will be built. The institute will cover all aspects of power, mechanics, chemistry and so on. And the backbone of this research institute is the experts and scholars who were arrested this time.
Like he himself just said. The way to control people is to beat a stick to give a sweet date. In order for these experts and scholars to serve the Bolsheviks sincerely, they cannot be managed in a concentration camp style. He thinks that it must be more humane, to make these poor creatures who have been caught a little more comfortable.
Materially we must keep up, and the first thing is to solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation, of course, "line" is not to think about it, as prisoners of the Cheka, these guys should not think about moving around casually. The problem of food and clothing is easy to solve, although there is a shortage of food now, but can we lack the stuttering food of these scholars and experts?
The real trouble is the problem of housing, which must be centrally managed, but it cannot be turned into a concentration camp or a prison. Li Xiaofeng planned to let the experts and scholars live together with their families, so that they can not only be honest, but also let them devote themselves to their work wholeheartedly. However, there are many experts on his list, and if he wants to reunite these people with their families, and also give them space in the laboratory, it must require a very large place.
Li Xiaofeng searched around Petrograd, and after the last round, he locked his eyes on Gatchina. As mentioned before, Gatchina is the site of the Tsar's Palace, also known as the Tsarskoye Village. In this small city, there are both the palace of the tsar and the villas of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the environment is very elegant, and it is really suitable for academic activities here.
And with the sound of the October Revolution, both the Tsar's palace and the nobles' villas became terra nullius. Everything was nationalized, and it can be said that as long as Li Xiaofeng opened his mouth towards the tutor, these villas and palaces were all in his pocket.
In fact, it was really effortless, Li Xiaofeng just told the tutor the reason, and as soon as his old man heard that it was for this kind of use, he approved it with a stroke of the pen. What Li Xiaofeng needs is to take over these buildings.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about an off-topic topic. That is the welfare housing policy after the victory of the Bolshevik October Revolution, which is unprecedentedly good for the house slaves of the Harmonious Country in later generations, as well as for dicks like Li Xiaofeng who are not even qualified to be house slaves.
In order to solve the problem of housing difficulties for the old revolutionaries, and to allow the old revolutionaries to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the revolutionary work, the Bolshevik comrades in the management of logistics were really generous. Petrograd's high-end hotels, restaurants, and official residences and villas of the nobility were all confiscated and expropriated.
Historically, for example, the Mentor moved out of Stalin's house and got a suite in the most exclusive hotel in Petrograd. Trotsky, Stalin, Sverdlov, and so on all had arrangements of the same grade. Dzerzhinsky, on the other hand, was accustomed to it, and was not interested in houses, hotels, and villas, and was content to sleep on the sofa in the office.
Whether it is these old revolutionaries of the first grade, the members of the Central Committee and other heads and brains, as long as they do not have housing. There is a unified arrangement. Of course. This policy of subdivision was not exclusive to the old Bolshevik revolutionaries. It can also be enjoyed by the grassroots who do not have housing. It's just that the housing they were allocated was not as good as that of the old revolutionaries.
Not only will there be a room, but there will also be a unified solution to other problems related to life. For example, after moving the capital to Moscow, Lenin's family moved into the Kremlin and had a two-bedroom and two-living room, one of which was reserved for the nanny.
It can be said that the state has covered all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation for the old revolutionaries, and the better they mix, the higher the treatment. And all these welfare measures will be greatly deteriorated in the future. It became the enjoyment of the privileged class.
For example, the most famous joke in the Soviet era, after Benezhnev came to power, he decided to honor his old mother, so he took the old man to Moscow to live together. When his old mother from the countryside saw the splendid villas of Lao Bojin, she asked in great trepidation: "Son, what should you do if you live in such a good house and let the Communist Party know about it?" ”
Anyway, at that time Bukharin had a big opinion on this, and even believed that all party members should not earn more than 500 rubles a month.
Li Xiaofeng is also a privileged class now, and he is also a group of privileged classes with relatively high salaries, and there are probably only a few people who are better treated than him, such as Master Mentor and Sverdlov. Whoever said that the Bolsheviks did not know how to see the wind and steer the rudder. Don't you know how to talk to red and white? Look at Ordzhonikidze, who is older than Li Xiaofeng, but not as favored as him. The allocated housing was relatively poor, and the family had to be crowded with Stalin.
Fortunately, Stalin didn't care about this set of two houses, now he is a single man, and the eldest son is still in his hometown for the old mother to take care of. Every day I go to Aliluyev's house (the second wife's house) to flirt with the seventeen or eighteen-year-old little Loli Aliluyeva, and I am very happy. Take care of an old friend, and it seems that he is kind.
Calculating the time, it was time for Stalin to marry Aliluyeva, and Li Xiaofeng did not have much sympathy for the ill-fated future first lady. How could it be possible not to pay the price while enjoying the benefits of Stalin's power? Because of Stalin's relationship, Aliluyeva's brothers and sisters ascended to heaven, otherwise, Aliluyev's family would probably be like other ordinary workers in the Soviet Union.
It can be said that this girl is a very stupid and naïve girl, who married the pock-faced man Stalin with a heroic dream. But soon, the hero's illusions were shattered, Stalin was really not a good husband or father, and living with him was tantamount to sleeping with the devil.
And as the devil's wife, there is no doubt that super high skills are required, unfortunately, the naïve girl Nadezhda does not have such ability, at least compared with the other Nadezhda, Lenin's wife is the real revolutionary partner, is the virtuous helper. Aliluyeva, on the other hand, is a failed wife and a failed mother (her children did not end well, the second son she gave birth to for Comrade Iron was a complete gentleman, and the other daughters were also nagging gods).
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Li Xiaofeng, he just simply can't get used to Stalin's weird Shu style of attacking Lori. Compared with Stalin's family, Li Xiaofeng had more headaches for another family - Tsar Nicholas II and his children.
It is known that after the victory of the February Revolution, the Tsar's family was put under house arrest. Initially imprisoned in Tsarskoye in Gatchina before the Provisional Government intended to give the hot family to the British. However, this was stopped by the strong protests of the people of Petrograd.
And with the victory of the October Revolution, the Tsar's family was even more unpopular. If history does not turn the clock, the family will be executed in Yekaterinburg, near the Ural Mountains, in July.
Li Xiaofeng did not have the slightest favor for this mediocre monarch, and in his opinion, Nicholas II and his wife were really deserved to be executed. To put it mildly, although the root cause of Russia's problems is not his fault, his incompetence has led to the exacerbation of Russia's disaster.
Anyway, Li Xiaofeng thinks that this goods and his unpleasant queen are really to blame, and he can't figure out why Yeltsin later wanted to re-bury such a product, and he can't get used to seeing the Orthodox Church posthumously crowning this family as a martyred saint. If all the saints are his virtues, then Christianity can be said to be an out-and-out cult.
If there was anyone in the Tsar's family who was more wronged, it was only a few children of this incompetent monarch, and it was indeed a bit excessive for the Bolsheviks to execute them together. Of course, excessive does not mean incomprehensible, after all, in 1918, when the White Army rebellion was in the dust, no one can guarantee what would happen if the old monarch or his children were left in the hands of the White Army.
Anyway, if there is no accident, Li Xiaofeng is very willing to watch this family be killed, and the loss of them is equivalent to how much less trouble. But what is more unfortunate is that a certain immortal is really involved with this family, of course, he is definitely not the illegitimate son of Nicholas II's dog's blood, but because of Princess Anne.
"Andrei, I beg you, can you find a way to save Tatyana (the second princess)'s family?"
In the face of Princess Anne's bitter pleading, Li Xiaofeng was incapable of crying, as mentioned earlier, he didn't have a good impression of that family, and wished they were finished sooner. But now Princess Anne asked him to save this family, this Nima......
"Please, Andrey! Tatyana was nice to me back then, I heard that you Bolsheviks were going to execute them? I beg you, think of a way! (To be continued......)
PS: Bow again and thank you for the second kill Comrade Potato and Comrade hzwangdd!