Leningrad's political status once declined after moving its capital to Moscow, but no matter how it declined, it was also a holy place for revolution and an important core city in Russia second only to Moscow.¤ Especially after being renamed Leningrad, because it was named the title of a tutor, the symbolic meaning of this city is self-evident.

Let’s talk about it bluntly, the municipal party secretary of Leningrad is two points higher than the general provincial party secretary. As for the party secretary of Leningrad Prefecture, they usually have to be a rank of officials at the level of a central committee member to take charge.

For example, Kirov, who was unfortunately fugitive before, was a serious Central Committee member. To be honest, the Central Committee member was nothing at all. If Kirov had not had a close relationship with Stalin, he would not have been able to sit at the position of the Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture. Because according to common sense, this position must be at least an alternate committee member to take charge, Kirov was still a little ineligible!

Of course, Kirov is dead now. After his death, there will be a bloody storm around who will take over as Secretary of the Party Committee of the Leningrad Prefecture and Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China (Brazzarsky). Trotsky naturally recommended him as the one who succeeded him. To be honest, Lunacharsky has become worse and worse in recent years. If Trotsky had not been held up, even the Central Committee would not be able to protect him. Anyway, this person was devoted to the cause of education and could not extricate himself.

Stalin naturally didn't want to give up such a precious position. In his opinion, he needed comfort when his friend Kirov died, but Trotsky had no sympathy at all. Kirov was still not cold and he was planning to grab the position. He couldn't bear it anymore.

At that time, Stalin strongly recommended that his very good friend Shao Wumian take over Kirov's position. Speaking of which, Shao Wumian was also a tragedy. He was the leader of Pravda, but was defeated by the mentor because of his unfavorable work and his despise of Trotsky's authority. He still only retained his identity as a member of the Central Committee in the new conference. Otherwise, he would have to become an alternate committee member.

Stalin always thought about how to make up for Shao Wumian's losses, and Kirov died. Stalin naturally thought that if my friend died, my friend would have to take over. So he strongly recommended Shao Wumian to serve as the Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture and the Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China (Brazza).

The problem is that Stalin's idea is good, but other political forces do not agree with it. Needless to say, Trotsky, how could he easily miss this opportunity in order to take the initiative? Not only him, Kamenev and Zinoviev, who were following him, also fell in love with this real-time vocational fat. They have always been able to show their presence in the Communist International, and are eager to get the two positions. For these two goods, this is equivalent to making a comeback.

Not only the opposition wants to destroy Stalin's platform, but there are even different opinions within the Stalin-Sverdlov alliance. For example, Sverdlov believes that the last time was to maintain unity and consolidate the political alliance. I gave you Stalin and let Kirov go up. This is already giving you face and you have to appreciate it. And now, Kirov is dead, and it is my turn to succeed you, right?

So around the two positions of the Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture and the Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the United Communist Party (Bolsheviks) tangled together, and the battle was made to make the fun. After a dragon and tiger fight, the two positions were divided into two. The Secretary of the Northwest Bureau was still on Stalin's side, Shao Wumian took office, and the Secretary of the Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture was snatched away by Kamenev.

To be honest, in this round of fight, the Stalin-Sverdlov alliance suffered a small loss and lost the crucial position of Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture. The main reason is that internal opinions are inconsistent and the power is seriously dispersed. For this reason, Stalin and Sverdlov blame each other. Stalin said that Xiaos ignored the overall situation, while Xiaos said that Stalin did not understand human feelings. Anyway, this competition caused a crack in the relationship between the two sides, and each had a lot of opinions.

What happened next was even more interesting. Everyone knows that Kamenev, who was not even sitting on the butt, fell down soon as he was in the position of the Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture. This position was once again empty. So it was another fight, but after more than two months, it was not implemented.

Trotsky gave up this time to Lunacharsky and instead proposed to let Yue Fei get on the horse. Stalin hoped that Shao Wumian would serve as the other party, and Sverdlov recommended Bubnov. From the perspective of qualifications, these three people were old revolutionaries of the October Revolution, especially Bubnov. This man was elected as a great elder in the first Politburo in 1917 in history. However, during this time and space, due to the addition of a certain immortal, he did not do much and wasted his time on the Central Committee. Of course, it is also necessary to see that this person has a great influence in military affairs. As a member of the Military Commission and former director of the General Political Department, he is the second person in the military today.

This time, Sverdlov felt that he should push Bubnov, so he could not help him join the Politburo in the next session. This was to gain reputation and resume for Bubnov in advance.

However, Bubnov's opponents should not be underestimated. In fact, Trotsky and Stalin's plans are like Xiao Si, who use the platform of the Leningrad Prefecture Party Secretary to prepare for the next conference. It is very likely that whoever grasps this position will be able to enter the Politburo in the next session.

Naturally, the competition was very fierce, especially after Sir Shrew never gave in to Stalin again, the competition almost became white-hot. However, after May, the winner was about to be decided. Trotsky incredibly counterattacked and pushed Yue Fei up strongly.

This time, there was another quarrel between Stalin and Sverdlov, and both sides complained that the other party was dragging their feet. Anyway, the alliance relationship was in danger. At this critical moment, the former secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee retired due to illness and left this position empty. At this moment, both Stalin and Sverdlov saw another possibility - to take down the secretary of the municipal party committee and Yue Fei, who was above the head!

It looks like a fantasy? How come Yue Fei is also a member of the Central Committee and the Secretary of the State Party Committee. In the later generations of the Celestial Empire, he is a minister-level official. And Trotsky is behind him. How easy is it to undermine him?

It is indeed not easy to be someone else's place, but it is sufficiently possible in Leningrad. As mentioned earlier, the level of the city of Leningrad is half a level higher than that of other cities. To use the Celestial Empire, this is a deputy provincial city. The secretary of the municipal party committee is equivalent to the deputy ministerial level, and is half a level lower than Yuefei. Moreover, the secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee is a member of the Standing Committee of the Prefecture Party Committee and has a great voting power. What's more, there is also a Northwest Bureau of the United Communist Party (Bundesliga) above Leningrad Prefecture, and the secretary of the Northwest Bureau is Shao Wumian.

Let me put it this way, once the position of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee Secretary falls into the hands of Stalin and Sverdlov, the newly appointed Yuefei will be angry with the splint. It can be said that life will be very sad!

That is why the secretary of the municipal party committee is particularly important and has attracted special attention. This time, Stalin and Sverdlov did not allow Trotsky to take advantage of it anymore and made a gentleman agreement: both sides can fight, but they cannot afford Trotsky, and they have been external to the face of Trotsky.

In this way, it would be impossible for Trotsky to take advantage of the situation and was directly excluded. In the end, it turned into an infighting between Stalin and Sverdlov.

So who is Stalin going to ask for this position? It is a tear of bitterness when he says it. The Party Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture and the Secretary of the Northwest Bureau are too high. There are not many people who are qualified to compete for these two positions, and those who are qualified may not be attracted to it. For example, the alternate bureau committee and the Central Committee who are very hard and have gained real positions are not interested in this position. In other words, Shao Wumian is in a special situation, so he is interested in competing.

Indirectly, this saved Stalin a lot of effort, at least he didn't have to face the painful situation of his own rushing to grab the official hat. The Secretary of the Leningrad Prefecture Municipal Party Committee was half a level lower. For those friends who had followed Stalin, most of them were qualified enough to grab this position.

For example, Yenukize, Swaniser, Aliluyev, and Beria.

The last three of these four people should be familiar with each other. Beria doesn't need to introduce them. The sinister and vicious villain, while Swanize and Aliluyev are both the uncles of the Iron Comrade, one is the brother of the original wife, and the other is the brother of the eldest concubine. Anyway, they have a good relationship with Stalin.

As for the guy Yenukize, everyone may not be familiar with. This is not an outsider. Stalin's Georgian fellow, who was with Stalin in Georgia, had been lying around in the Soviet Union before.

Of course, these four people are just the ones with the most iron-clad and strongest relationships, and there are many other people. Anyway, Stalin was so annoyed.

What annoyed? One of Steel is dissatisfied with this kind of official pursuit behavior, and the other is not sure who should choose. Take the four candidates with the highest possibility for example. Stalin likes the most is Beria. This kid is cruel and capable of doing things, and can satisfy him in all aspects. But this kid has an important problem, that is, he is not qualified enough and is too late to participate in the revolution, and there is no comparison with other old revolutionaries. This alone is not enough to compete with the candidates from Sverdlov.

Look at Aliluyev again. Stalin is not particularly optimistic about this brother-in-law. He has average abilities and is associated with him, so it doesn’t sound good if it is spread.

Similarly, Swanize also had this problem, but his ability was fine, but this person had problems with his political sensitivity and political vision and could not always be consistent with Stalin.

As for Yenukize, this person is actually the most experienced and has a good relationship with Stalin. However, in recent years, Stalin has doubts about Yenukize's loyalty.

Because Beria had previously reported that the guy was dissatisfied with his established policies and indirectly spoke good things for the opposition. Not only that, Beria also reported that Yenukize's personal life was very indecent, and he made mistakes from time to time on the relationship between men and women, and his style in the party was very bad.

Stalin did not pay much attention to the relationship between men and women. This was a bit harmless. He also knew Yenukize. Although that guy was a little lustful, he was not a pervert. Even if he pushed down the girl, he would not do that. What really attracted Stalin to pay attention to was the relationship between Yenukize and Sverdlov, and the guy's comments on his route.

Stalin could tolerate a pervert, but he could never tolerate a traitor, especially this traitor who had once called him brothers. Such betrayal was never tolerated! So even if Yenukize had a good relationship with him in the past and had a seniority or age, he would eliminate him first.

But what Stalin didn't expect was that Belia, who reported to him, was not at all kind-hearted, and this sinister guy was simply slandering Yenukize. It was true that that guy had expressed his concerns about certain steel policies, but it was not as high as dissatisfaction and betrayal. In a sense, Yenukize also had grassroots habits and belonged to the rectum and said whatever he had. But his loyalty to Stalin was still consistent.

Of course, the purpose of Beria doing this is also very obvious, that is, to exclude competitors, but unfortunately, he did it a little obvious. After saying bad things about Yenukize, he secretly fabricated the rumors about Swanize and Aliluyev. He said that Swanize was alienating the father-son relationship between Stalin and Yakov, and said that Aliluyev relied on Stalin's brother-in-law to do whatever he wanted.

However, what Belia didn't expect was that he did this was useless because he was the second person to be eliminated after Yenukize. What is the reason? Two aspects: the first is that there is indeed a problem with qualifications, and the second is that Stalin does not trust Belia.

Some comrades might say, it’s wrong! Later, Beria was so arrogant that she relied on Stalin’s favor and did whatever she wanted. How could she say she didn’t trust her?

I can only say that this is the emperor's mind. People like Stalin know very well what kind of person Beria is. The reason why he uses him is very clear, that is, the knife is used to eliminate and deter those old revolutionaries.

To put it bluntly, Belia is just a tool, and Belia is not Stalin's first tool. For example, Yerov, this bloody dwarf is the first fast knife in Stalin's hand. When the knife became dull or had some unrealistic ideas, what Stalin did did was destroyed without hesitation.

Even Belia is not qualified to make such a knife nowadays. A sinister villain like him who started his business by rumoring and reporting has never been the object of Stalin's cultivation. Naturally, there is no trust. To put it bluntly, he would throw it away after using it. Looking at Stalin's actions in the late years, he was preparing to abandon Belia, but he died a little suddenly and didn't have time to explain his funeral.

Beria was also eliminated, but in fact Stalin had only two candidates left, Swanize and Aliluyev. To be honest, Stalin was not very satisfied with these two choices because he didn't know who Sverdlov would send to play against Taiwan. He always felt that these two candidates were not qualified enough.

However, when Stalin learned that Sverdlov was actually Li Xiaofeng's confidential secretary, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and even laughed: "Comrade Yakov has no one else, so he actually let a furry child come out to support the scene."

Indeed, compared with Svanise and Aliluev, Wufengjievic is indeed not qualified enough, and he has never been a top leader alone, and even has zero experience in local work. To be honest, qualifications like Wufengjievic are more suitable for gilding in other places for a few years, and then consider climbing up. It is a bit too much to "success in one step" like now.

Not only Stalin was mocking, but also Xiao Si had internal opinions, thinking that Li Xiaofeng was a bit too much. You actually asked a little secretary to go to such an important position. Isn’t this a joke?

But what surprised these people was that Li Xiaofeng insisted so much, not only withstood the internal pressure, but also beat Stalin's candidates. How did it do it? It's very simple, just talk about the relationship between Swanize and Aliluyev and Stalin. You have let your relatives get on the horse. What's wrong with me asking the secretary to appear?

As for qualifications? When it is said that qualifications are useful, it is indeed useful, but sometimes it is really useless. What is the reason? The reason is that while Li Xiaofeng recommended Wufengjevic, he also put forward a suggestion: "We cannot always stay on the past achievements and make money. There is no order in the revolution. You should vigorously promote young cadres and give young people more opportunities... A group of young comrades, including Wufengjevic, Kosigin, and Suslov, have outstanding responsibilities in their work and should be vigorously cultivated!"

Look at the names mentioned by Li Xiaofeng, Kosykin and Suslov, especially the latter, Derrensky admired them very much. Moreover, someone was under the banner of promoting young cadres to reserve talents for the party, which really made Stalin difficult to say. At least compared with these young talents, Swanize is an old man, and Aliluyev can't achieve any excellent results. How can this be compared?

After discussion and voting by the Politburo, the position of Leningrad Municipal Party Committee Secretary was finally in the hands of Wufengyevic, and Kosykin and Suslov were also promoted to other cities' municipal party committee secretary or state party committee secretary.

However, after the meeting, Ulitsky did not understand Trotsky's choice: "How do you agree to Andri's little secretary to be the secretary of the Leningrad Municipal Party Committee?"

In response, Trotsky smiled mysteriously and asked, "Isn't it good to let a young man go?" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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