293 Rodzianko's Shortcomings
The Kazan Church is located in Neva Street in St. Petersburg. It was designed by the famous architect Voronihin. The groundbreaking ceremony began in August 1801. The church was originally based on the ancient St. Peter's Church in Romania and was completed in 10 years in 1811. However, because the main entrance of the church faces the north and the side facing Neva Street is very unsightly. Therefore, the designer erected 94 Connisian semicircular column corridors on the east side to make the Kazan Church become a typical Russian church.
The Kazan Cathedral is of extraordinary significance to the Russians, because after the completion of the Kazan Church, it enshrines the most effective statue of the Madonna of Kazan. Don’t underestimate this portrait. It has been regarded as the guardian god of Russia for centuries and has "appeared" several times in history!
The first time "appearance" was during the Ivan-Thunder Emperor's period. During the Mongolian War, the "appearance" caused the Mongolian army to flee without fighting.
The second "appearance" was in the Russian-French War. Marshal Kutuzov went to the statue of the Virgin Marshal in Kazan church before the counterattack to pray, and moved the Virgin Marshal with his supreme sincerity. At that time, he sent a dream to Kutuzov to tell him that he would have a cold current that had never been seen before. This cold current caused Napoleon's army to flee without fighting and flee to death. Therefore, under the "guidance" of the Virgin Mary, Kutuzov's battle was successful and completely defeated Napoleon, who had been rampant in Europe for ten years.
The third "appearance" was in World War II. The Orthodox Pope prayed to the statue of Our Lady of Kazan. The Virgin again asked the Pope to dream that the cold current would appear for the second time. This time, the cold current caused more than half of the German army to die of death, the tanks could not be started, the plane could not take off, and even the fingers could not pull the trigger.
Legend has it that the statue of the Holy Virgin of Kazan will disappear after each appearance, and will not reappear until Russia needs her guard here. Of course, these are pure nonsense, everything is just natural laws. At least Li Xiaofeng would not foolishly go to pray to a portrait. It is better to ask for yourself than to ask others. He practiced for two more days by himself than to pray.
However, in Russia back then, there were many people who believed in this, such as former Duma Speaker Luo Jiangke. That night, he came to the statue of the Virgin with extremely devout faith and began to pray silently. He fully believed that under the protection of the Virgin, all actions tonight would be invincible.
At that time, the clock pointed to the late night at 10 o'clock, and the small door of the prayer room was gently pushed open. Former Foreign Minister Mirukov walked in happily and was so excited that he said to Lao Luo who was praying silently: "Your Excellency, all news has been sent back, just like what we planned. Everything goes well!"
The fat Luo Jiangke slowly stood up from the chair, lowered his head and drew a cross on his chest, "Didn't those rioters notice it? Didn't they resist?"
Milukov smiled contemptuously and said, "Those rioters are just a group of verbal guns. They have no response to our actions at all. Lenin has surrendered. Trotsky and his confidant have also been controlled by us. As long as their army takes action, we can notify the Soviets to mobilize the army to completely clear them!"
"Very good!" Luo Jiangke was very satisfied. He squinted his eyes and asked, "The Soviets won't notice anything, right?"
Milukov sneered: "What can those fools feel about it? At this time, they were having a meeting all night and discussing how to explain to the mobs their original intention of canceling the demonstration!"
"Hmph!" Luo Jiangke shook his head contemptuously and commented: "The idiots in Celetielli are both snakes and rats. They are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back. They want to maintain Russia's stability. They are unwilling to draw a clear line with the mob. What can they do if they are afraid of their heads and tails!"
After pausing, he suddenly asked, "Everything is normal over Kornilov? Our plan is ultimately to be implemented on him. Without the army in his hands, all our actions will be useless... When are you going to notify him?"
When talking about old kid, Milukov's face was not as good as the first. He hesitated and said hesitantly: "I haven't wanted to notify him yet!"
Luo Jiangke was shocked and asked incredibly: "He is the key to our plan. You don't want to notify him? You didn't communicate with him at all? My old friend, you're just a joke!"
Milukov smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't communicate with him, but that since his son's accident, he has changed. When I went to contact him last time, I also tried to find out his tone. At that time, his mood was quite wrong. He was perfunctory about any of my suggestions. In this case, how dare I reveal to him? God knows what he will do!"
Milukov said in a controversial tone: "Old friend, can I do this? This time we can just deal with the most radical rebels. After all, Celetiri and others can still communicate... We don't need to eliminate the Soviets together, I really don't trust Kornilov!"
After listening to Milukov's suggestion, Luo Jiangke's face was unstable. He didn't know whether he was dissatisfied with Milukov's approach or agreed with Milukov's evaluation of Lao Ke. After a long time, he said slowly: "Old man, your concerns are not unreasonable. Those old Russian soldiers still think of His Majesty's good and have a lot of opinions about us. If you trust them completely and put your hope on them, it may encourage their ambitions..."
After a pause, he changed his subject and said, "But you must understand that I have said just now that the Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionary Party are not enough to achieve great things! They are essentially inclined to those mobs! If they cannot be eradicated together and just eliminated Lenin and others, have you ever thought that when there are no radicals who sing opposite them, and when they gather a huge political reputation in this anti-insurgency operation, will they immediately turn their fingers against us?"
Luo Jiangke said earnestly: "Those socialists cannot be the same as us. Now there is a great public opinion among the people. I hope that the Mensheviks and the Social Revolutionary Party will replace us to form a cabinet. Compared with them, Kornilov is still the one we promoted! My old friend! Our greatest sorrow is that we have no armed forces to rely on, except for the stupid police and military police in Petrograd. None of us can be assigned, and we are even worse than Lenin and Trotsky, and at least they have obedient troops under their command... Now it has reached the most critical moment. If there is no support from Kornilov's army, God knows what will happen tomorrow when the army of the rebels arrives!"
Speaking of this, Luo Jiangke emphasized in a painful and almost tragic tone: "We must not shoot ourselves in the foot, and the arrows must be shot on the string. Now we have no other way except to trust Kornilov! I hope he can read a little old love and follow our command..."
The power emerged from the gun, and the helplessness of Luo Jiangke and the Constitutional Democratic Party well explained this. As one of the top parties in Russian politics at that time, as the old fox who deceived Nicholas II to abdicate with a fair tongue, after the February Revolution, do you think Luo Jiangke didn't want to form a cabinet himself and didn't want to be the prime minister or president?
But why did Lao Luo reject this temptation? Instead, he brought out the puppet of Duke Lewoff, to power. The most important reason was that he discovered that after the February Revolution, all orders had collapsed. Although the establishment of the Provisional Government was recognized by Britain and France, it was just a short-selling air. The army and the people did not trust it, and it had no tools to guarantee its existence or to ensure that the orders issued by it were executed.
If a government does not have the support of the state's violent machine, that's really a big f*ck. Why did Luo Jiangke spare no effort to promote the old Kornilov? Do you really think he appreciates this Russian hero?
That's nonsense. The fundamental reason for promoting the old Kornilov is that this man has no background and does not belong to the aristocratic landlord class who is loyal to the Tsar. He does not belong to the radical revolutionary party. Even within the army, his position is not very prominent. He wins over such a pawn with relatively small interests and low positions just to facilitate control.
Luo Jiangke's purpose is very clear, which is to control Lao Ke to obtain support from force. Only with the support of force can his party have the confidence to speak and only if there is someone to listen to his words!
The problem is that Luo Jiangke's plan is very perfect. Kornilov, who has no roots, was promoted. He originally thought that the old scholar was a rootless floating grass. Without his support from the Cadet Party, the other party would be nothing. But in the past two months, he was shocked to discover one thing - the real rootless floating grass was his Cadet Party, and the old scholar, who originally seemed helpless, did not seem to find a backstage.
For more than a month, the British and French governments have whispered in Luo Jiangke's ear more than once, emphasizing that they are very dissatisfied with the chaotic situation in Russia and anti-war thoughts, and strongly demanded that he take decisive measures to improve the situation, and even express it explicitly that they appreciate soldiers like Old Kornilov, who can accept a dictatorial soldier to guarantee their interests.
Although it was just a hint, it undoubtedly sounded the alarm in Luo Jiangke's heart. He had unquestionable doubts about the old Kornilov, who had always been a supporter. Could it be that this person is so ambitious that he wants to replace him? So during this period, he kept a distance from old Kornilov.
Last time, Lao Ke found him and expressed his confidence that he wanted to take strong measures to restore the order in Russia, and even said that he could shoulder any responsibility. Although Lao Ke showed sincerity, he did not believe a word at all for the old fox Luo Jiangke. In his opinion, this was just a disguised statement of Lao Ke, who had voted for the governments of Britain and France, implying him in disguise and putting pressure on him.
Of course, Lao Ke’s approach is not meaningless. At least he indirectly made Luo Jiangke and his Cadets’ Democratic Party make up their minds--you can’t wait any longer. You must take measures to show the significance of your existence, otherwise you will be truly abandoned by Britain and France!
Both Luo Jiangke and his Cadet Party really cannot afford such consequences. As the most conservative rightist in the country, they cannot get the support of the people and are attacked by the central and leftists at all times. Their presence in the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union is weaker than that of the Bolsheviks and even Trotsky's district party faction. If they lose the support of Britain and France again, then they can really take a shower and go to bed early!
So a few days ago, when Luo Jiangke learned that the Bolsheviks were preparing to launch a large-scale demonstration, he couldn't sit still. He racked his brains and thought hard, and finally outlined this very sinister plan.
It should be said that everything planned was perfect. Lenin and Trotsky were completely unprepared. The Mensheviks and Social Revolutionary Party, which were dominant in the Soviets, were also dissatisfied with the radical measures of the above two. They cooperated to ban the march. Then, through the spies that had been installed, they successfully issued false orders. The subsequent drainage of the firewood was completely paralyzed. As long as the "rebellion" occurred, the army could be used to suppress the rebellion with the acquiescence of the Soviets. As the commander of the Petrograd Military Region, Kornilov was the unscrupulous commander-in-chief of the rebellion...
It was so perfect that Luo Jiangke regretted it a little. He regretted not making up for his most fatal shortcomings earlier. If there was no armed force that obeyed his orders to quell the Bolshevik rebellion, everything would be useless!
Luo Jiangke could not guarantee whether Kornilov had a second heart. At first, he had assumed the good side, but when things came to an end, he realized that his assumptions were not necessarily reliable. In fact, his plan was originally unreliable. If the Cadets really had an army that obeyed their orders, then the first half of the plan would not need to be so complicated, and there was no need to make any excuses at all, or to work hard to create them, just transfer the army in and crush the opposition violently. Five months later, Lenin did this. Did he find an excuse during the October Revolution? With force as a backing, it would be a big deal!
Milukov came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Only the fat Luo Jiangke knelt down again before the portrait of the Virgin Mary and prayed silently. Now only the powerful and illusory Virgin Mary can give him some comfort and confidence.
While Milukov was busy contacting Kornilov, Li Xiaofeng also embarked on the journey at the same time. Peter Wolfsky was fooled and was deceived. He had already announced the reprieve of the Bolsheviks. As long as he went further, the Bolsheviks and the future October Revolution were truly over. Just as Luo Jiangke could not accept the abandoned fate and started to save himself, a certain immortal would never allow his efforts to waste for several months.
Li Xiaofeng was not planning to find Peter Wolfsky. Although this brother Tai was the chairman of the Military Commission and was responsible for the general head of the armed uprising work, but Peter Grad is so big that God knows where the enemy deceived him? Even the enemy is a little darker, and he might kill him directly after he succeeds.
So it is a stupid way to search and rescue Peter Wolfsky. It is better to save Lenin than to save this brother. At least Li Xiaofeng knows that Lenin is trapped in Ksescinskaya Palace now, and it is quite easy and simple to save people.
At the beginning, Li Xiaofeng did plan to do this, but after in-depth thinking, he decisively gave up this seemingly correct plan. Why? The current situation is that even if Lenin's armed uprising cannot be terminated.
After all, the Central Communications Department has issued a fake order, and an explosion completely destroyed the communication equipment of the Central Communications Department. It is completely impossible to revoke this order through telegram. The only way to end the uprising is to rush to the garrison of the uprising troops and teach them orally. What is the point of saving Lenin at this time? Comrade Lenin does not have two more legs than others, and can he run faster than ordinary people? It is simply a waste of time to save him at this time!
So Li Xiaofeng made a quick decision and chose the most realistic and correct approach, and personally rushed to the troops' garrison to do the explanation. This job is not simple. After all, there are many troops responding to Lenin's armed struggle. They were stationed in various directions of Petrograd, including the army, navy, cavalry, artillery, and the workers' Red Guards, with dozens of people of all sizes. The nearest is in the city of Petrograd, and the far away is dozens of kilometers away from Petrograd, and there is really not much time to start the uprising. It is really not easy to run all these troops within a few hours.
Of course, Li Xiaofeng was not so stupid as to take over the burden by himself. He immediately made an assignment: "Comrade Feodorov, the uprising troops in the city and suburbs of Petrograd will be handed over to you. I am responsible for conveying the instructions of the Party Central Committee to the troops located far away from home!"
After giving instructions to Feodorov, he gave instructions to Georgi and Sergei Vasilyevich: "Comrade Georgi, you lead a platoon to defend Comrade Feodorov, and you must ensure that he conveys the party's instructions quickly and safely. As for Comrade Sergei, you will lead the remaining forces to the Kseshinskaya Palace. Although the enemy does not dare to attack Comrade Lenin and the Party Central Committee for the time being, we have to beware of the enemy's in a hurry! I authorize you to ensure the safety of Comrade Lenin at all costs at any time in a necessary critical moment!" While speaking, Li Xiaofeng stepped on his own motorcycle.
When Georgi and Sergei saw that someone was preparing to stand out alone, they were immediately worried: "Comrade Andre, you are on the road alone, which is too dangerous! You should bring two more comrades, and you will take care of them when you encounter danger along the way!"
Li Xiaofeng naturally would not agree. How could he use shrinking the ground to make an inch when he took someone away? What danger would he be with his immortal body? Just don’t waste time.
"No need! I guess the enemy's main force is concentrated in the city. They will use all means to stop you, so every part of your power is very precious... and I am different. First of all, I have a small target on the road alone, and secondly, the distance is relatively long, so it is difficult for the enemy to intercept!"
After saying that, Li Xiaofeng twisted the accelerator and ran away at a speed, leaving only Georgi. Sergey and Feodorov were moved by his "high moral character" and tears were all the time. He looked at someone's back with respectful eyes for a long time and refused to leave... (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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