On this day, the sky was not blue at all, the sun was not red at all, and there were no magpies crying on the branches. On the contrary, on this day, the sky was dissatisfied with clouds, and the darkness made people feel blocked. It seemed that a storm was coming.

Duke Zhou sat on the Volga car specially assigned to him by the Communist International. Looking at the buildings on both sides of the streets of Leningrad, he felt a hundred sighs in his heart. Although this was his first time to come to Leningrad, in his dream, he could always dream of everything about this city. In the hearts of many **** Party members, Leningrad is a sacred place, Jerusalem in the eyes of the members.

Although Duke Zhou did not enter the city with a pilgrimage mentality, it was impossible to say that he did not admire the revolution decades ago. The October Revolution created not only a Soviet Union, but also created and consolidated a belief.

Before this, no one had truly achieved a victory of the proletarian revolution, and the October Revolution did this. The victory of the Soviet Revolution gave Zhou Gong a possibility, that is, to allow the poor and weak China to embark on the road of prosperity and civilization, and to truly realize the dream of rising for China in his youth.

Zhou Gong walked out of the car, tidied up his clothes seriously, and flattened the last wrinkle on his shirt, and then followed the accompanying staff into the villa. Only Lenin could make Zhou Gong take it so seriously. As an ideal spiritual belief, Lenin was so unique to every member of the *. The same was true for Zhou Gong. He was able to meet with this mentor, which made him sincerely excited.

Lenin's villa was decorated very ordinary, but it gave people a different sense of peace. Duke Zhou liked this feeling very much, and even hoped that he would have such a peaceful life when he retired many years later.

After passing through the villa, in the pavilion of the small garden behind, Duke Zhou met the legendary Lenin, but what surprised him was that in addition to Lenin, he also met another unexpected man, Andrei Petrovich.

Zhou Gong was surprised and happy about the latter being able to appear in this occasion, and the reason was very simple. The Soviet government always emphasized that this was an informal meeting. Neither the ****** nor the ********************* would appear. But now a certain immortal is sitting here. Is the situation changing?

Zhou Gong hoped that the situation would change favorably, so that the War of Resistance Against Japan in China would be smoother. But he was not sure that someone's sudden appearance was really favorable. Who can guarantee it?

Duke Zhou walked up with some trepidation and greeted Lenin. The tutor looked quite weak, even giving people a feeling of being weak. However, under this weak appearance, Duke Zhou could sense Lenin's strength. His tone and laughter all proved this.

In addition to looking at Lenin, Duke Zhou also paid special attention to someone's attitude. However, someone was very calm and could not see any clues.

The guest of honors and guests sat down separately, and Lenin spoke first, and the tutor spoke very clearly and clearly, which shows that he was not confused at all. However, what surprised Mr. Zhou was that someone was the translator.

"Comrade Lenin asked me to convey it to you, dear Comrade Zhou, he welcomes you to visit him. He hopes to play a role in the War of Resistance and Revolution in China. He is willing to solve practical difficulties for Comrades in China."

Duke Zhou once said that a certain immortal spoke Chinese very smoothly, and it was a perfect Chinese master, but he had never dealt with someone directly. So he thought that someone's Chinese proficiency was just that. But today I came into contact with him and realized that the language ability of a certain immortal was indeed not covered.

"As for me," Li Xiaofeng explained with a smile: "Comrade Lenin believes that a truly professional translation is needed to facilitate communication between you. And I am today's translator."

Duke Zhou said in his heart, but he wouldn't be so stupid that he thought that a certain immortal was really here to be a translator. Obviously, this was a measure taken by the Soviet Union to avoid certain obstacles.

Is this true? It should be said that it is not complete. It is indeed a cheap measure for some immortal to be a translator. But more importantly, Lenin's insistence was the advisor who proposed to let someone join the informal meeting as a translator.

Then why did Lenin do this? In Lenin's view, the world revolution had just begun, and the victory of the Soviet Union was the beginning and an example, but the victory of the Soviet Union was not enough. Even in the 1920s, on the question of whether a country could build socialism, he denied Trotsky, but that was more political. At that sensitive moment, we could not tell the Soviet people that the future was difficult and difficult, right? At that time, the most important thing was to establish the belief that one would win.

In Lenin's opinion, the victory of a revolution in a country is far from enough. Only when more and more countries and people are masters of their own affairs can the hope of victory in the revolution be greater. After his research in recent years, he believes that the significance of the Chinese Revolution is of great significance.

A country with rich resources but a larger population, embarked on the socialist path, and the chain reaction it produced was no less than that of the October Revolution. The Soviet Union needed such potential partners to work together to create a future together.

Especially when the mentor heard that the Chinese people who had experienced the Long March not only did not be defeated and eliminated but thrived in the arduous war of resistance, he was very happy and further believed that the revolution in China was very promising.

"I was surprised by the amazing achievements made by the comrades in the extremely difficult environment. I seemed to see the prospect of the victory of the proletarian revolution in China, and I believe that this day will come soon!"

Lenin's words were definitely not polite. He was telling the truth, and even warned Li Xiaofeng on the side: "The difficulties of the Chinese revolution far exceeded our October Revolution. The more than 20-year revolutionary career has trained the comrades in China and tempered a group of good comrades with qualified political, firm ideals and simple style. Our revolution came a bit too easy and failed to train the team well. Therefore, after the victory of the revolution, we must make up for the lessons and train comrades again. I think our comrades should learn from the comrades in China and solve the chronic disease of bureaucracy as soon as possible!"

This made Li Xiaofeng a little embarrassed because it was obvious that Zhou Gong did not need a translation and understood Lenin's meaning. As a Chinese, he was happy for his motherland. But at the same time he was also very clear that this was Lenin's beating him.

Not only Zhou Gong was strange, but Li Xiaofeng himself was also very strange. Why did Lenin suddenly ask him to act as a translator? The Soviet Union was not without the real Chinese language, and there were many Russians who were as good as him. There were many similar talents in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Why did he just ask him to work as a ministry?

At first, Li Xiaofeng and Zhou Gong had similar ideas. He thought that this was the mentor who helped to bypass various restrictions, but after arriving at the mentor, he found that it was not the case. The mentor did not mean to make a match, but he really used him as a translator. However, Li Xiaofeng knew that the mentor would never be so simple. What exactly did he mean?

For a while, Li Xiaofeng could not guess it. He could only continue to observe patiently, because the communication between the tutor and Zhou Gong quickly got rid of the politeness and got on the topic.

"The Soviet government's position was consistent, defeating the Japanese fascism and giving the Chinese a peaceful life to live and work in peace. This is the first priority. In addition, using various methods to promote the development of the Chinese revolution is also the established policy of the Soviet government... If the Chinese people want to get rid of the shackles of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, the only way is to carry out the proletarian revolution, destroy the old order through revolutionary means, and establish a new order!"

Lenin did not beat around the bush and made his attitude clear from the beginning. It should be said that such an attitude is very unusual and difficult. According to normal diplomatic rules, everything is an exchange of interests. Lenin, the representative of the interests of the Soviet Union, should not show his trump card so quickly, which is extremely unfavorable in the negotiations.

Why is this happening? The reason is that Lenin did not regard exchanges with Zhou Gong as formal negotiations at the beginning. In Lenin's view, he was conducting exchanges with comrades from China and came to help comrades in China solve problems. His old revolutionaries of his generation all had a very simple consciousness. The proletariat in the world were all one family, so what should we do? * Isn't the revolution just liberating proletarians all over the world to create a society of Datong? At this time, comrades in China needed help, and the Soviet Union could provide such help, so why are they so petty?

Undoubtedly, Lenin's statement moved Zhou Gong. In his opinion, old revolutionaries like Lenin were the purest revolutionaries, and their every move was focused on the world and chess game rather than just focusing on themselves.

"Thanks to Comrade Lenin and the comrades of the Soviet Union, your help solve our big problems. We will continue to work hard to win the revolution as soon as possible!"

After a little pause, Duke Zhou continued: "But I came to the Soviet Union this time not entirely to seek help. At present, the most important thing for the Chinese people is not the class revolution, but the independence and survival of the nation... At this time, the War of Resistance Against Japan has approached the stage of strategic counterattack. Before and after entering this stage, there are many problems waiting for us to solve."

"Tell me in detail." Lenin listened very seriously, and then Zhou Gong introduced his purpose in detail.

Let me put it this way, Zhou Gong’s purpose is as follows. The first is the issue of slaughtering the Democratic Party mentioned above. How to make the Democratic Party continue to fight against Japan is the top priority. Even if it is ****, we have to admit that without slaughtering the part of the Japanese army on the front battlefield, the guerrilla wars in North China and East China will be even more difficult. Even with the support of the Soviet Union, the actions of the slaughtering the army are still of considerable significance.

Duke Zhou hoped that the Soviet government could put more pressure on the raiders. Not to mention that the raiders were more active in attacking the Japanese invaders, at least not turn the guns at the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

"I also understand this issue," Lenin nodded. "We are quite confident about Mr. Jiang's character. After all, this person is still a warlord and is not enough to shoulder major issues. The Soviet government has decided to attend the Cairo meeting, where Comrade Trotsky will discuss this issue specifically. The Soviet government will definitely put pressure on the Democratic Party as much as possible to make them less small moves."

This reply made Duke Zhou relieved. What he was most worried about before was this issue. Once the Soviet government only cared about its own interests and chose to trade with someone Jiang on this issue, it would be difficult for geotechnical workers to handle it.

"Thank you Comrade Lenin, thank you for your support from the Soviet Union. We will feel relieved!" Zhou Gong replied happily, and then he talked about the second question: "I heard that the Central Executive Committee of the Communist International is going to carry out reforms?"

Lenin smiled and pointed at Li Xiaofeng and said, "I understand that comrades are all concerned about this issue. The Communist International has played a certain role in the past twenty years. However, there are also certain problems. In order to better promote the liberation of the proletariat around the world, the Communist International has come to a time when reform is needed. Andre Petrovic strongly insists that the Communist International must reform. Please introduce the related issues to you!"

Lenin's words made Duke Zhou feel relieved because the news he had heard before was that the Communist International was preparing to dissolve. And what Lenin is talking about now is reform. Dissolution and reform have completely different meanings.

However, there was no problem with the news channel of Zhou Gong. At first, there were indeed opinions within ******* that the existence of the Communist International was completely worthless. Moreover, with the establishment of the anti-fascist united front, the world's top priority was not to carry out revolutionary struggles, but to fight against the fascists. In this case, Sverdlov believed that in order to coordinate the interests of allies and to better carry out anti-fascist wars, class revolution should be downplayed. Fascism was the primary issue. Therefore, under this situation, disbanding the Communist International would lead to a good way to enhance unity for allies with doubts about the Soviet Union.

Xiao Si's opinion was a bit marketable at the beginning, and even Trotsky was a little moved at one point, but Li Xiaofeng firmly opposed it from the beginning. He believed that Xiao Si's opinion was to forget the righteousness when he saw small profits, and to pick up sesame seeds and throw watermelons.

"Dissing the Communist International will give the proletarian parties all over the world a very bad signal, that is, the Soviet Union betrayed the interests of the proletariat for its own national interests, and the Soviet Union betrayed the proletarian parties all over the world to please the imperialist group led by Britain and the United States. This will greatly damage the image of the Soviet Union in the eyes of proletarians all over the world. Just to please Britain and the United States, we dissolve the Communist International. Should we mobilize the proletariat all over the world in the future and launch a world-wide revolution?"

After a little pause, Li Xiaofeng said again: "And there is another problem with this approach. We advocated the establishment of the Communist International, and we said that it would be us who would dissolve it if it was dissolved. Is this a bit too domineering? The Communist International was not run by the Soviet Union, and this institution belongs to the proletariat of the whole world!"

After Lenin found out about Li Xiaofeng's speech, the tutor said to Krupskaya with a deep voice: "The little guy Andre cannot deny that there are many problems, but one thing that no one can pick out is his principle. At critical moments and on critical issues, he is always the most reliable one!"

It can be seen that Lenin was also very dissatisfied with Xiao Si's proposal. In the eyes of the mentor, Xiao Si lost his principle and began to lick the Western imperialist robbers.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng's opposition to the dissolution of the Communist International does not mean that he believes that there is no problem with the Communist International. On the contrary, he believes that the existing Communist International is not enough to lead the future revolutionary struggle. He believes that the Communist International needs reform. The key direction of reform is to change the previous Soviet Union's one-man show, so that more countries can take the initiative to play a role in the Communist International.

"Add to increase the practical role of comrades from all countries in the Communist International. Deal with the problems of various countries in a way that suits reality!"

According to Li Xiaofeng's idea, the first thing that needs to be reformed is the Central Executive Committee of the Communist International. This committee has great power and can determine the leaders and lines of revolutions of various countries. However, the executive committees in this committee may not be competent, and a considerable number of them are the Soviet Union's voice actors. Although this strengthens the control of the Soviet Union, in the long run, it has stifled the actual ability of various countries to deal with problems. In the long run, the ** of all countries will be killed in the end!

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng believes that the first item of the Communist International reform is to delegate power, so that countries can have more autonomy, and not always make the Soviet big brother point fingers. That is not only annoying, but also no other benefit.

Of course, delegating power does not mean that the Soviet Union just gave up and didn't care about anything, but rather that it works together. As the old saying goes, three cobblers are the ones who are Zhuge Liang and allow countries to actively participate in the "game" to make them play a better role?

However, there are problems with collective efforts. Why did the EU in later generations always fail to form a joint force? The reason is that the opinions of various countries are inconsistent, and they are a mess for their own interests. This fully shows that too many opinions are not a good thing. There must be an institution that can unify opinions and implement them, otherwise, there will still be no chance.

Li Xiaofeng's idea was to split the original Executive Committee of the Communist International into various regions, and the countries in the region formed a regional executive committee, which would determine the future established policies of the region.

For example, Asia is divided into East Asia Bureau, South Asia Bureau, Southeast Asia Bureau and West Asia Central Asia Bureau. Refine the region and other representatives of other countries who are irrelevant will also come in to participate. For example, in the past, other irrelevant executive committee members can also do things, but the problem will be complicated. In the future, only the executive committee members of each regional bureau can decide on the affairs of the region and reduce disputes... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!