Li Xiaofeng actually observed Derrensky's expression while watching. He knew Derrensky's temper very well. This is a comrade who regards principles as more important than life. You can ask for his orders, but it is impossible to let him give up on principles.

For such old stubbornness, using conventional methods to persuade people will not have any effect at all, and will even have counterproductive effects. You can only fight poison with poison and seize the principle issues that Derrensky cares most to make a fuss, so that the Iron-faced man can stay.

In addition to the issue of leading by example, the discipline of party members and cadres is the issue of discipline. Over the years, with the improvement of the economy, there have been many bad signs in the party, such as corruption, hedonism, bureaucracy, and other unhealthy trends and other unhealthy trends and evils. Derrensky saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Even if he tried his best to fight against unhealthy trends, these poisonous weeds were always burned and reborn in the spring breeze.

After so many years of struggle, Derrensky was depressed. Anti-corruption, anti-officialism and bureaucracy were talked every year, month, and every day, but corruption was still in progress all the time. It was meaningless to kill one to warn a hundred. Sometimes Derrensky was depressed. It would be fine if there was a corruption trend and a soil for corruption in the new and small revolutions. How could there be a lot of old revolutions that were the most corrupt?

At that time, Derrensky personally interrogated these old revolutionaries. He wanted to figure out where the enthusiasm and simplicity of everyone's revolution were gone. But what made Derrensky sad was that he only saw some completely depraved pitiful people, and Derrensky could no longer see the shadow of a revolutionary in these pitiful people.

This experience touched Derrensky a great deal. Why did these old revolutionaries who had been through life and death with him become like this? Did these people change? Or did the party’s rules and regulations be imperfect?

After long-term thinking, Derrensky believed that the reason was the latter. The power of some comrades in the party was too great. In the face of absolute power, it was difficult to not be corrupt, not to be defeated, and officials. To be honest, this discovery made Derrensky very distressed. He tried to improve the system construction. However, the executors of the current system strongly opposed change, and no one was willing to be restrained, especially the group of people at the peak of power.

Even Trotsky and Sverdlov once advised him not to be too serious and to temporarily ensure the stability of the party is the first priority. During the great Patriotic War, stability surpassed everything.

Such persuasion made Derrensky very angry, and he naturally couldn't listen to it. Naturally, he still had my problems of corruption and bureaucracy. However, the effect of such efforts was really limited, and when his body collapsed, his physical fatigue and psychological depression made the iron-faced man think of giving up for the first time.

Derzhinsky told himself: "Felix, you have not done what you should do. Even things have been getting worse, and you are helpless about it. This only means that you have failed and your work ability is problematic. If that is the case, why not abdicate early and give in to the wise?"

Under such self-hypnosis, Derrensky thought of resigning. He wanted to get rid of all this. He was so depressed. Now, Li Xiaofeng is openly exposing the scars and spreading salt on Derrensky's wound. A certain immortal is saying: "If you retreat, things will not get better, but will become worse!"

Did Derrensky think about this possibility? Yes, but hasn't the Iron-faced man already given up on himself? So he seemed distracted by this.

Seeing that the effect was not good, Li Xiaofeng quickly said: "Comrade Felix, I have heard a lot of rumors about our two departments recently. Are you interested in listening to it?"

Derrensky glanced at someone, which meant that I didn't want to hear your nonsense. But Li Xiaofeng pretended not to see it, and said to himself: "Two middle school classmates met and then exchanged greetings. One asked: 'Where are you working now', and the other answered: 'Become a teacher. What about you?', 'KGB...'. The latter continued to ask: 'Ah, what are you doing in the KGB?', the former answered seriously: 'We are responsible for finding out the guys who are dissatisfied with the country.', the latter asked in surprise: 'You mean... there are still people who are more satisfied?', the former curled his lips and replied: 'Oh, those people are not under our jurisdiction. The Discipline Inspection Commission is responsible for their management.'"

Derrensky still had no expression, as if he had not heard the cold jokes from a certain immortal, and Li Xiaofeng could only say another one: "I attended a meeting a few days ago. Halfway through the meeting, the host suddenly said: 'Please sit on the left of the venue, and the comrades sit on the right of the venue.' Most of the people sat on the left, a few people sat on the right, and only one was still sitting in the middle. The host asked: 'This comrade, do you think socialism is better or capitalism is better?' The man replied: 'I think socialism is better, but my life is like capitalism.' This sentence made the host panic, and he quickly said: 'Then please sit on the rostrum as soon as possible.'"

Derrensky changed his face, but he still held back and said nothing. Li Xiaofeng smiled slightly and continued to say: "Two days ago, I heard a joke about an old revolutionary suddenly remembering his life experience in the countryside when he was exiled, so he invited his old friend who still lives in the countryside to visit his home. At that time, the old revolutionary enthusiastically showed off his luxurious villa, imported cars and precious furniture, and asked his old friend what he thought of this. Guess how his friend answered?"

Derrensky finally couldn't help it and asked, "How did you answer?"

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "This rural old man asked nervously: 'My old friend, what should I do if all this you have is discovered by the Communist Party?'"

Derrensky slapped the table at the bedside, and it was obvious that the old man was so angry, but Li Xiaofeng said, "This is nothing? There are still some jokes that even Comrade Lenin has not let go!"

Derrensky was shocked, and he said in shock: "This is impossible!"

Li Xiaofeng shrugged and said, "That's right, there is an old lady in the countryside of Ukraine. When she went to Kiev for the first time, she saw a huge statue of Comrade Lenin. The old lady looked carefully for a while and asked the passerby: 'Why should I set up a statue for my old man?'. The passerby scolded the old lady unhappily: 'What do you know? This is the great Comrade Lenin!" The old lady was stunned and asked, 'What did Lenin do?'. The passerby replied seriously: 'He liberated the proletariat of the Soviet Union and drove away all evil capitalists, nobles and landlords!'. When he heard this, the old lady was happy. She asked enthusiastically: 'Can Comrade Lenin drive the Communist Party away?'"

Derrensky's face changed a lot this time, but Li Xiaofeng shrugged indifferently and continued, "Do you think this is all? There are also many jokes about bureaucracy. Do you want to listen to it?"

Derzhinsky could imagine what the so-called jokes were, so he shook his head decisively: "No need!"

Li Xiaofeng spread his hands and said, "Actually, I think it's better to listen to it. I even think these jokes should be told to all the comrades of the Central Committee and let them see what our masses are about their work. A considerable number of comrades of us have become only willing to listen to good things now!"

Derrensky unexpectedly glanced at a certain immortal. From his understanding, although someone could not be a supporter of the current system, he was definitely a vested interest in the current system. How could someone who should protect his own interests tell him these problems?

"I just want to tell you, Comrade Felix, the Soviet Union still needs you, and no one can take over your job for the time being. I know you are heartbroken about the serious corruption and bureaucracy, but there are not many ways, so I want to give up on myself. I have to tell you that this is wrong!"

Derrensky smiled tragically: "What's wrong? I can't see what achievements have been made over the years. If the jokes you said are true, I have to say that this just shows the failure of my job!"

Li Xiaofeng immediately continued: "Your work is indeed very failure, because from the beginning to the end, you have always been single-handedly fighting corruption and bureaucracy, and always trying to solve the problem by relying on your own strength. Is this reality? The power of individuals is always limited, and anti-corruption and bureaucracy cannot rely solely on a certain person or an organization. We must form a system, and you must discover more talents who fight corruption and bureaucracy. Over the years, you have always been only focusing on corruption and bureaucracy, but you have never thought of getting more people to join the anti-corruption and bureaucracy camp. At this point, you are even worse than Comrade Lu Zutak. At least he is considering the issue of system construction now."

Derrensky fell into deep thought. To be honest, Li Xiaofeng said it well at all. There was only one Derrensky who had been involved in the battle over the years. Other old revolutionaries were reluctant to be interested in this, and the final result was that the silly camel of the Iron Face Man was finally thankless. There was even the embarrassment that once Derrensky fell, no one could take over the work of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Derrensky began to review the gains and losses of the work over the past 20 years, considering why the talents in the Discipline Inspection Commission were always in a shortage. At this time, Li Xiaofeng continued: "You are extremely irresponsible to ask for retirement at this time. If you retire, who can take over your job? Is Susnov or Georgi? To be honest, these two people, one is a purely self-disciplined short theorist, and the other only knows to foolishly pursue corruption and bureaucracy, and they can't bear your burden at all! At that time, corruption and bureaucracy will explode and spread greatly, and you are willing to watch all this happen?"

Derrensky stopped talking because Li Xiaofeng's words still touched him a lot, because someone's evaluation of Susnov and Georgi was appropriate. The advantages and disadvantages of these two people were too obvious.

After being silent for a long time, Derrensky suddenly asked: "Do you think that except for them, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has no other comrades who can do my job? You underestimate the Discipline Inspection Commission too much..."

Li Xiaofeng interrupted the iron-faced man without hesitation: "Who else? At most, your secretary Xie Lieping can make up for his job as a talent. But this kid is far inferior to you. He is too young and has too little qualifications. Who would buy his account with the current Central Committee and the Political Bureau? He could even get out of here with just one sentence. And to be honest, Comrade Xie Lieping is your clone, his temper is exactly the same as you, and it is too unpleasant. Unfortunately, he failed to catch up with the good times of the October Revolution."

Derrensky knew very well what the last sentence of a certain immortal meant. The current United Communist Party was no longer the Bolsheviks of the October Revolution. It was easy for young people to be outstanding and stand out, but now, with everything being institutionalized (or bureaucratized), young people to make a name for themselves if they want to stand out. Neither the Political Bureau nor the Central Committee allowed a twenties or thirty-year-old kid to point fingers at them.

This is also what makes Derrensky the most heartbreaking. Who stipulates that only an old man outside the fifty years old can understand politics and business? There are so many young and amazing geniuses in human history. If an age limit is strictly stipulated, can they still be so amazing?

Especially what made Derrensky dissatisfied was that Trotsky and Sverdlov played a major role in his twenties and thirties. Why did he forget himself and become particularly particular about qualifications? Is that thing really important?

In Derzhinsky's view, if a comrade cannot do something eye-catching or show outstanding abilities between the age of 3 and 4. Then when he is fifty, he will be the true heart. After all, this is the law of nature. The golden years of mankind are those 10 or 20 years, and after this age, only one year or one year is worse than one year. The system implemented by the Soviet Union has basically stifled the possibility of people under fifty playing a major role. Over time, it will become a country of old men. At that time, it will be a political stagnant!

Unfortunately, although Derrensky knew the importance of promoting young cadres, he could not fight the general trend of the Soviet Union. The older generation of old revolutionaries finally became mother-in-laws and finally occupied that position. How could he easily hand over the power in his hands?

Moreover, even if Derrensky is selfless, he cannot ignore any affection. He obviously has no big mistakes. It is just that Lenin Trotsky's generation stood in front of him. It cannot be blamed for not working hard, right? So Derrensky was quite helpless and didn't know what to do.

"According to your words, aren't there any hope at all!" Derrensky asked depressedly.

Li Xiaofeng shrugged and said, "If you continue to do the same thing as before and continue fighting alone, there is really no hope at all. If you retire so angrily, no matter those young people, there is no hope!"

Derrensky smiled and said, "After talking for a long time, you still hope that I won't retire. Yes?"

"Of course," Li Xiaofeng nodded sincerely, "but I hope that in your future work, you will discover more young cadres. Give them more opportunities. Don't always fight alone, that's meaningless. And, I hope you can pay more attention to system construction. Only by building the framework of the system can you implement it step by step!"

Derrensky thought for a while and said, "For the first point you mentioned, I have no meaning. It is time to give young people more opportunities. But for the second point, isn't the current system possible?"

"The problem of the official registration system has been fully exposed," Li Xiaofeng said seriously. "There are more and more officials, but fewer and fewer people do practical things. Too many people think that being an official means having a golden rice bowl, and in the future, there will be a day of "success in the first place" as long as you work in the years. What's more terrible is that under the official registration system, officials can go up and down, and the final result is bureaucracy and people who are indifferent to the life of leading cadres must be broken, and not give those guys who only want to live a life, have the opportunity and channels to rise. This can fundamentally solve the problem!"

Derrensky was not a child either, so he could not be fooled by Li Xiaofeng. He has heard too many similar bold words and beautiful slogans, and whether he can do it is the key.

"I know it's difficult and there's a lot of resistance!" Li Xiaofeng said with a smile, "But I still want to do it, and I have the opportunity to have time to do it. I still have more than 20 years left, and how long will those old revolutionaries of bureaucracy still last?"

Derrensky had to sigh that it was great to be young. If he had more than twenty years, he would roll up his sleeves and do something big. Unfortunately, he had not had twenty years, and he might not even see whether someone could succeed in the future, but he was willing to do it for someone and he was willing to contribute his meager strength.

"Three years, Andre, I will only give you three years," Derrensky said extremely solemnly and seriously. "In these three years, I will turn my focus on young people, but in three years, no matter what you say, I will retire. This is the principle!"

Li Xiaofeng was very satisfied with this result because he knew very well that he had gained more than just a stable three years, but more importantly, Derrensky's commitment to him. During these three years, as long as he did not make principled mistakes, he would not be afraid of the iron-faced man seeking faults. Even when Trotsky and Sverdlov were looking for him, he could still get some help to the Iron-faced man to some extent. This was simply a surprise! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!