In any case, such important news should be notified to the Central Committee and the Politburo as soon as possible, and the Moscow Party Committee went so far as to "conceal and not report it" and this was definitely a great political mistake.

Of course, this is only Ulitsky's personal thoughts, and now he is crazy, like a drowning man, even if it is just a straw, he will hold on tightly to his hands. So in his eyes, this "mistake" has been infinitely magnified, in fact, even if Muralov has a ghost in his heart to hide and not report it, the Central Committee can only verbally criticize him at most, and it is not so easy to go online.

But now, Ulitsky, who urgently needs to open up the situation, can't manage so much, as long as there is any excuse that can be used to change his passivity, he will not hesitate to use it, even if this excuse may be a trap, he will not hesitate to do so.

So, again, he began to make a big fuss, began to go online, and seemed to have everything under control, "This kind of mistake is absolutely not allowed, this is contempt for the Central Committee and the Politburo, that is, some people with ulterior motives are playing ghosts, their purpose is sinister, and their character is despicable, such people must be dealt with seriously, and they must not be tolerated!" ”

Using every word he could think of, Ulitsky began to abuse unscrupulously, and although he did not name names, anyone could see that he was scolding Muralov, that is, scolding Sang.

However, in contrast to Ulitsky's hysteria, Muralov was suffocating with calmness, as if he did not hear those unbearable curses, let alone Ulitsky's dancing expression. He's like an outsider. calmly appreciating Ulitsky's praise. If it is not the situation that does not allow it. Chances are: He'll applaud enthusiastically.

"Comrade Mulalov, don't you have anything to say about this?" Ulitsky asked aggressively. It seemed that the plane wanted to devour Muralov alive.

Muralov coughed dryly and said: "What I want to say is that without an investigation, there is no right to speak......"

This sentence infuriated Ulitsky, who felt that the other party was still trying to "resist stubbornly" and still "harbored illusions", and immediately said angrily: "I agree with this sentence very much, not before arriving in Moscow." I could not imagine that the situation in Moscow was so serious, and it was only when I came here that I realized that the reason why the situation in Moscow is so bad is inseparable from the main leaders of the Moscow Party Committee, who are simply ......"

Muralov interrupted him with another dry cough, "Comrade Ulitsky, if you like to engage in personal attacks, you like to talk nonsense without investigation. The Menshevik and Socialist-Revolutionary newspapers welcome you even more! ”

Ulitsky was furious: "Don't you ...... you are still enlightened"

Muralov shook his head, as if he felt that Ulitsky was already incorrigible. However, the comrades around him really couldn't look down on it, and sarcastically said to Ulitsky: "Please pay attention, Comrade Ulitsky, we have long informed the Central Committee of the news of Venter's suicide in fear of crime. Your accusation just now is completely groundless and unreasonable, and we are extremely angry at your behavior of spreading rumors and slander! ”

There was a muffled bang in Ulitsky's brain - informed the Central Committee? Is that possible? I didn't get any news! This is definitely a lie!

"What's the point of telling such a lie?" Muralov sneered, "Whether we are telling the truth or not, send a telegram to the Secretariat of the Central Committee to find out!" ”

Ulitsky stared at Muralov suspiciously, he began to feel that something was wrong, the other party was too confident, this seemed a little wrong? However, he was reluctant to let him give up this opportunity, and besides, it was not difficult to send a telegram to confirm it. What if, maybe one in 100,000 chance, Mulalov was lying?

"Call the Secretariat of the Central Committee to investigate this matter thoroughly!" Ulitsky coldly commanded, and even, in order to prevent Muralov from playing tricks, he sent his secretary to personally go to the communications section.

"It's really a little family!" Muralov sneered in a low voice.

His henchmen immediately chimed in: "But isn't it, this fool, he doesn't even know that he has been tricked......

The reason why the Mentor agreed to Trotsky's proposal was to disperse the strength of the old Trotsky in Petrograd and to take away Ulitsky, who was the dominant power in the Politburo, and if done properly, would consolidate the strength base of the two revolutionary centers in Petrograd and Moscow at the same time, and lay down an absolute superiority in the face of Trotsky in the future.

That evening, in response to Sverdlov's question, the Mentor replied as follows: "Why should we accede to Trotsky's offer to let Ulitsky go to Moscow, for the simple reason that it will do us the most good!" ”

The Mentor stretched out his hand to stop Sverdlov from asking, "Don't think I'm crazy, I know exactly what Trotsky is up to. But, I ask you, for now, is Petrograd important, or is Moscow important? ”

This question was well answered, and Sverdlov immediately said: "Of course, Petrograd is more important, as the largest center of the revolution......"

"Well, you know that!" Lenin smiled, "That's right, for us, Petrograd is more important, this is the very center of the revolution!" So, we must first of all ensure the interests in Petrograd, and this is fundamental. As for Moscow, it is undeniable that later it had special significance, but now he can only be in a relatively secondary position...... So, do you understand? ”

Sverdlov somewhat understood that for the Mentor, Petrograd was the most important thing, and that absolute superiority in Petrograd must first be established, not only against the spoilers outside the Party, but also against Trotsky.

Therefore, in order to distract a part of Trotsky's attention, it seems to be the most normal thing to use Moscow as bait. As long as absolute superiority in Petrograd can be ensured, then it is acceptable to give up part of Moscow's interests. Figuratively speaking, it was to let Trotsky pick the sesame seeds and throw the watermelon.

However, I was able to understand the overall situation of my mentor. But Sverdlov was still a little worried: "If Trotsky is greedy in the Moscow direction, there is no end." What if he wants to take Moscow completely? ”

"That's impossible!" Lenin smiled. Said contemptuously: "He doesn't have that ability, and this piece of fat in Moscow is not as delicious as he imagined!" Do you think Andrei, Frunze and Muralov are all vegetarians? ”

Sverdlov knows the abilities of the three men very well, and it is undeniable that all three of them are very good, and the average opponent is not under their word at all. But Ulitsky is not an ordinary opponent, he is a member of the Politburo after all, and the three of them are too far apart in status.

For Sverdlov's concerns, Lenin laughed at him. After a while, he asked, "Do you really think that Ulitsky has a big advantage?" ”

Sverdlov is a little baffled, isn't it?

"Of course not, although the status of the Politburo members is noble, it is not that they can be omnipotent and unscrupulous. In Petrograd, it is possible that Ulitsky is very strong, even if Mulalov, Andrei and Frunze together are not his opponents. But in Moscow, the situation is completely different! ”

Speaking of this, Lenin said with great seriousness: "Identity, status, name." These are important, but they are also unimportant. If you have enough strength. You can do things without them, and there will even be people who will give you these things with both hands; But on the contrary, if you don't have enough strength, even if you have these, it's just a false name, and the people below can not buy it at any time! You have to keep in mind that those things are just shadows, and they can't represent a person's true strength! ”

Sverdlov nodded as if he didn't understand, while Lenin continued: "Returning to our previous topic, Ulitsky is very capable and powerful, but that is only in Petrograd, where he has countless friends, comrades and close friends, and with their help and support, he is very authoritative as a member of the Politburo. But it was completely different in Moscow, where he had few friends, few close friends, and a thin sheet of paper. And Andre and the three of them are out-and-out snakes. Ulitsky can't bargain for anything in front of them! ”

Sverdlov asked in a whisper: "If he brings out the authority of the Central Committee and the Politburo......"

Lenin asked rhetorically with a sneer: "Did the Politburo give him this authority?" Yakov, think about it, what is the mission given to him by the Politburo? The Politburo simply asked him to mediate disputes between the comrades of the Moscow Party Committee and the Socialist-Revolutionary. What else was given to him besides this power of mediation? Nothing was given! ”

Sverdlov finally realized what the problem was, and it seemed that the mentor had given Trotsky an opportunity to meddle in Moscow's affairs, but in reality it was only an opportunity. It can be said that the opportunity for intervention is very narrow, and the scope of Ulitsky's activities in Moscow is strictly limited beyond the mediation work, and the Moscow Party Committee can simply not buy his account.

Clever! Sverdlov was very impressed by the Mentor's methods, which was simply digging a pit and waiting for Trotsky and Ulitsky to jump in, it was too insidious! But he liked it.

"In that case, Moscow really doesn't need to worry about anything in person." Sverdlov said sincerely, but the Mentor shook his head, and seemed to be in agreement with this statement.

"These are not enough, he is a member of the Politburo after all, if he sees through this, it is not impossible to break the situation!"

"What then?" Sverdlov was in a hurry.

Lenin shook his head again and patiently reminded: "So, we can't give them a chance to see through!" ”

Sverdlov asked cautiously, "You mean...... Blocking messages? "Because this method is not unusual at all, Stalin has used it before, and he almost shook it to his mentor, but the consequences are also quite serious, and he was almost swept to the end without seeing the steel.

"It's not blocking news!" Lenin immediately corrected, "The cost of blocking the news is too high, the consequences are too bad, and it may not be possible to block it, and this means is extremely undesirable!" ”

Sverdlov was confused, not blocking the news, then what else could it be? Can your old man quickly uncover the mystery, hiding the strange and making people anxious.

"We don't need to block messages. Human capabilities are limited. And people make mistakes. We just need to make the mistake or defect work in our favor...... For example, it is enough to delay important and sensitive news a little bit due to technical reasons or objective mistakes, so that it does not come out at sensitive moments...... When necessary, you can also lay out some illusions, true and false, false and false, and let them guess for themselves......"

With that, Lenin picked up a telegram and handed it to Sverdlov, "This is an urgent telegram from Moscow, Venter committed suicide in fear of sin!" ”

Sverdlov was not at all surprised by Venter's death. If he didn't die Stalin, he would have been implicated, so in order to maintain stability in the party, he had to die, and what really made him strange was that he died a little later than he expected......

However, when he saw the specific time of the telegram, he immediately found out that it was not that he was too late, but that he knew it late.

"Someone blocked the news?" He exclaimed, stunned.

Lenin smiled and said lightly: "This telegram arrived two days ago for some technical reasons. It was delayed and not submitted to the Politburo in time. But this is force majeure or accident...... Do you understand? ”

Sverdlov nodded silently, there was a new question in his mind, was it just this one piece of news that had been delayed or delayed?

"Of course not!" Lenin laughed again, "For example, the news you just brought can be delayed a little by technical means, and if it is combined with some fake news, I believe the effect will be very good......"

When he returned to the Moscow Party Committee, when Ulitsky received a telegram of reply from the Secretariat brought by his secretary, his face immediately turned purple. In the telegram, the Secretariat affirmed that the Moscow Party Committee had reported to the Party Central Committee the fact that Venter had committed suicide in fear of guilt, but due to the carelessness of the staff, the express telegram was mistaken for an ordinary telegram and was not dealt with in a timely manner...... The Secretariat was ashamed of its mistake and pledged to take immediate and serious action to ensure that it would never make the same mistake again in the future......

What else can Ulitsky do to get into trouble with the Secretariat? To quarrel? This certainly doesn't make any sense, no one is perfect, and mistakes will inevitably occur in a well-organized Secretariat, which cannot be avoided. And it's delayed, not just the loss of a telegram that is not particularly important, people have already expressed their apologies and repentance, can you still go online, and don't give people a chance to mend their ways?

Muralov paid attention to the change in Ulitsky's expression with interest, he knew very well about the telegram, and after receiving Sverdlov's reminder, a certain immortal also specially explained to him, anyway, as long as Ulitsky fell into this pit, don't be polite, greet him to death.

It seems that it's time to beat the water dogs, Muralov thought about it, the time is almost up, shoot! Immediately, he began to shout, "The truth of the matter has been revealed, and the Moscow Party Committee has not made any mistakes in this matter." We express our strong indignation at your groundless accusation just now, Comrade Ulitsky, which is a question of our party spirit and personality and a great shame. In this regard, we strongly demand that Ulitsky apologize and give a satisfactory explanation to all the comrades of the party committee! ”

Ulitsky's face changed from blue to red, and then from red to white, three or four times in a row, which shows how unwilling and angry he was in his heart. He is also a victim of this matter, and he also does not know the truth! Why didn't the Secretariat write a review painlessly, and it passed. And when he came to him, he had to apologize to the Moscow Party Committee, what kind of reasoning is this!

Ulitsky, he can't figure it out, he's a wretch! But if he doesn't apologize, he can't do it, who made what he said just now so ugly, there is almost no room left, he himself doesn't leave a way back for others, can he still expect people to raise their noble hands?

Just when Ulitsky was finally unable to get off the stage, his secretary interjected at the right time: "The Secretariat of the Central Committee has also forwarded a telegram to you, it is a special urgent item, do you want to read the telegram first?" ”

Ulitsky snatched the second telegram in one hand, and thanks to this buffer, he could have pretended to read the telegram and selectively forgot about the apology, or simply used the telegram to make a fuss and divert attention.

Of course, in order to achieve the second point, it must be required that the telegram be somewhat substantial, and that kind of empty stuff will not work.

I don't know if it was God who heard Ulitsky's heart, or if he was lucky today, the second telegram was simply his life-saving medicine, and after reading it three times in a row, he shouted in his heart that God will not die me, and his momentum suddenly changed again.

As soon as he changed his talent and unwillingness, the momentum and style of the member of the Ulitsky Politburo returned, he raised his head arrogantly, slammed the telegram on Muralov's face, and said angrily: "It's too unusual! It's so arrogant! I really didn't expect it! Mulalov, you are disobedient to the resolution of the Politburo! Look at the good things you've done! That's how you deal with the central government! You big bold, who told you to arrest Bunakov? Now that the Social Revolutionaries have handed over the letter of protest to Comrade Lenin, you have lost all the face of the Central Committee. I warn you, you'd better have a reasonable explanation, otherwise, even if you are an old revolutionary, even if you are a member of the Central Committee, I will definitely hold you responsible! (To be continued......)