Struggle in Soviet Russia

At night, in Valentina's little yellow building, the study on the second floor.

Unlike Victor's study, Valentina's study is not a study at all, but more like a piano room, with a few musical instruments in it, and a large desk empty, but there are a few magazines on the table.

At this time, the lamp on the desk was on, and Victor sat naked behind the desk, with his elbows resting on the desk, his hands resting on his cheeks, his eyes were out of focus and he looked at the lampshade of the front desk lamp.

Half of his face was hidden in the shadow that the light could not illuminate, and only his chin and half of his lips appeared under the light, which made his entire face look a bit shameful.

The sound of footsteps came from the direction of the entrance of the study, very slight, Victor did not hear, his thoughts are now a little confused, mainly because he is a little undecided.

The person here was Valentina. She walked in with a tray. Inside the tray was a plate of cleaned grapes.

Seeing Victor's face hidden behind Dengying, Valentina paused. To tell the truth, no matter how affectionate she was, she was always a little afraid when Victor was in a bad mood.

However, at exactly this moment, Victor seemed to realize something and suddenly raised his face and glanced at her.

Naturally, Valentina exited the study again. She took two steps forward, put the tray in her hand on the desk, looked at Victor's face, and whispered: "What's the matter, are you in a bad mood?"

Victor forced a smile, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that some work matters have not been considered."

After speaking, he lowered his arms on the table, waved to Valentina, motioned her to come to him.

Valentina walked around the desk, leaned close to him, and sat gently on his lap with his arm around him.

Victor unceremoniously lifted the hem of her nightdress, and put a hand directly between her legs, groping unscrupulously there while continuing to think about his own thoughts.

All day today, he was in this state of restlessness, mainly because the words that Comrade Malinkov said to him in the morning had such a great impact on him that he has not been able to ease his mind until now. .

Victor is a person who really climbed up from the grassroots level. Although his climbing speed is a bit fast, in addition to Comrade Serov's appreciation and promotion, his own ability is also crucial.

For a certain individual, if he wants to make a difference in his official career, it is natural that someone who appreciates him and is willing to promote him exists.

Don’t talk about the importance of organization. Organization is a very subtle existence. To put it bluntly, at a certain moment, for a specific person, the so-called "organizational value" and "organizational decision" are actually the organization that is embodied. Someone in, or the will of some people.

When Victor has come to this point, Comrade Serov’s promotion and reuse have played a key role, which he must admit. Don't say anything that Comrade Stalin valued him. Without Comrade Serov's promotion, it would be difficult for him to enter the sight of Comrade Stalin, and he would not even have the opportunity to express himself.

But the problem now is that his position is already very high, and his position in the National Security People’s Committee is second only to Comrade Serov, and he is the first vice chairman. In this case, it is obvious that Comrade Serov not only can't help him anymore, but it has become an obstacle to his continued ascent.

What is the best situation for Victor? There is no doubt that it is the kind that Malinkov and Beria are operating: Comrade Serov is transferred from the People's Committee of National Security, and the chair of the Committee is vacated for him.

Of course, don’t think that Victor’s current worries and hesitation is because he is embarrassed to betray Comrade Serov. burden.

What's more, in Victor's view, his coveting the post of chairman of the National Security People’s Committee is not a betrayal of Comrade Serov. After all, the decision to transfer him was not made by him, even if he is absolutely. Being loyal to Serov, can it change the destiny that Serov is about to be transferred if he does not take the position of chairman? The answer is obviously no.

In addition, for Victor, he did not think that he owed Serov anything. The other party did promote him, but the work he did was obviously worthy of the promotion. He was not a corpse-bit vegetarian food. In every leadership position, he has made good results, which is already a reward.

Now, what Victor really hesitated and worried about was whether he should accept the olive branch that Comrade Malinkov, who has been hidden behind the scenes, handed over by Comrade Beria, and whether he should decide his political position and move closer to these two. past.

There is no doubt that any political position is a risk, and it can even be said to be a gamble on the future and destiny.

Victor is not worried about the contradiction between himself and Beria in the past. Politics is not about children's play. If there is a contradiction, you have to break the other's head. In the final analysis, this kind of contradiction is only based on political interests. Disharmony of interests will result in contradictions. Once the interests match, the contradictions will naturally disappear.

Victor's concern was that if he stood on the side of these two, he might be unlucky in the future.

In his previous life, he did not know much about the history of the Soviet Union, but he also knew that Beria was shot to death, and Malinkov, as a loser in the political struggle, completely withdrew from the stage of history.

He knew the historical trend of his previous life, but he still chose to stand on the side of the two of them, which seemed unwise.

But having said that, if he really wants to take over the post of chairman of the People’s Committee for National Security, he is tantamount to taking the lead in this fast-developing country’s powerful sector, not to mention that the chairman and the vice-chairman are only one word apart, but The difference between them is too big.

In the past, Victor served as the vice chairman of the committee. Comrade Serov was in front of him. Even if there were political disturbances, it would not be directly blown on him. Therefore, it does not matter whether he has a backstage or not.

But if he becomes the chairman, there will be no one in front of him. He needs to personally deal with all kinds of departments and people, and he has to deal with the cold shots from all sides-similar to the head of a department such as the National Security People’s Committee. Position, how could no one covet it? And how can someone who can sit firmly in this seat be unsupported?

Take a look at Comrade Serov. Why did he only sit in this position for a year? With the successful reorganization of the National Security People’s Committee, he was quickly transferred away? After all, the people standing behind him are not strong enough. Comrade Khrushchev, who is staring at Ukraine all day, has the right to speak in front of Comrade Stalin. Obviously, Comrade Malinkov cannot match Malinkov.

For Victor, if he does not choose the secret combination of Malinkov and Beria, who can he choose?

Comrade Zhdanov? Don't be kidding, Comrade Zhdanov is a circle of people. He despises cadres who are not from the Leningrad system. As the in-laws of Comrade Stalin, he does not look down upon the NKVD or the NKVD. The place.

The most important thing is that in Victor's limited memory, this guy seemed to die a bit early. "The bridal chamber met a rival in love and was promoted to the dead leader." Victor didn't want to make himself so miserable.

Comrade Molotov? This choice is also unreliable. In Viktor’s view, the reason why Comrade Molotov was valued by Comrade Stalin was on the one hand because the two were comrades-in-arms, and on the other hand, because of the diplomacy led by Molotov before and during the war. The People's Committee is very important.

But once the war is over, the alliance does not need assistance from the British and American allies, and the status of the People’s Committee for Diplomacy will inevitably fall sharply. What's more, Comrade Molotov is also in his 50s, compared to a decade younger. Malinkov, he has no advantage.

In such a detailed count, within the Politburo, there seems to be no one else who can pose a threat to the combination of Malinkov and Beria.

The veteran Kalinin is too old, half of the loess is buried in his eyebrows, even if he wants to toss, he has no energy; Voroshilov and Kagonovic are rapidly marginalizing, and Comrade Stalin can’t look down on this. The two illiterate people who have not graduated from elementary school are no longer illiterate; Andreyev’s character is weak, and he just wants to retreat safely all day, and he is working hard to marginalize himself; Mikoyan and Kosygin are both. Not enough qualifications, and Comrade Stalin wanted them to do something, but he didn't want them to get too close to the circle of power.

So, what is left now is the combination of Malenkov and Beria, against Khrushchev and Bulganin, who will also be added to the Politburo next month. In Viktor's view, at least the current situation. In other words, the Mapei combination has an absolute advantage. I really don't understand how they lost in the struggle of the previous life.

"Would you like me to make you a cup of tea?" Valentina's soft voice sounded beside her.

Victor's thoughts were interrupted, he turned his head, looked at the woman who was sitting on his lap, and said, "No, go and rest first, and I will sit for a while."

Valentina didn't ask what he was thinking, just stood up carefully and walked towards the door.

Maybe there is really no need to think so much.

Seeing that Valentina's back image was outside the study door, Victor dragged the plate of grapes on the table in front of him, frowning and thinking.

One's own rebirth was originally a variable, perhaps, this variable is changing the historical process of this time and space.