USSR 1991

"That's not true. I'm not a predictor who predicts things like a god. I just thought that there might be some unexpected situations, such as the current workers' strike. If it is true according to the speculation, some people in the Moscow political situation are stealing Laughing."

"Bastard!" Vladimir looked angry. They were working so hard to save the country, but they didn't expect a group of despicable people to make trouble behind them.

"This is politics, Comrade Vladimir. Don't be filled with righteous indignation. Don't look at the current political situation. There are only a lot of open and secret struggles in the underground. These people haven't fully surfaced yet, but Ukraine should be the first This is a signal, which symbolizes that the struggle has shifted from the dark to the bright. We will only face more troubles in the future. It is time to fight wits and courage with them.”

Yanayev said it very lightly, and it was not at all obvious that he would worry about these things.However, Vladimir is not a minority of Soviet leaders who came to power through political struggle. Khrushchev defeated the Beria gang through a sudden coup, but in the end he was killed by his student Bole after returning from a tour abroad. Zhinev coup retired.

After the Romanian problem was resolved, he rarely went abroad and focused on the domestic struggle wholeheartedly.

Vladimir's qualifications are not enough to suppress the elders, so Yanayev has to grasp the overall situation in secret.

"The Ukrainian incident this time is both a danger and an opportunity. I will give you full authority to handle this matter. Don't let me down."

Without even thinking about it, Yanayev sent his favorite protégé to the conservative stronghold in Ukraine to fight with Secherbytsky.And also issued a death order.

"If this strike issue is properly resolved, your prestige within the Politburo will increase, and the conservatives will have nothing to do with you. Of course, if you fail, I don't need to talk about the consequences. Now the conservatives are following us every step of the way. Pressing, if there is a slight mistake, the position of the chairman of the Council of Ministers will be lost. So for those who are not capable, this is a crisis, and for those who are capable, the other party is in a cocoon. It is time to give Shechel than Tsky has learned a lesson."

After preparing for so long, it's time for the other party to do it alone, otherwise the successor who has been cultivated through all the hard work will not be able to control the overall situation alone, and it is sad to think about it.

There was a smile on the corner of Vladimir's mouth. Once Yanayev said who he was going to hurt, he would uproot the interest groups behind the other party.

"If you can coerce and lure me over, then do so."

"Once it fails, you play by ear in Ukraine. As long as Secherbycki can step down, I don't care about other things. It is best for the other party to fall down in a legitimate way. The way of punishing Moscow will leave a lot of trouble ,kind of hard."

Yanayev taught Comrade Vladimir what to do.

"Since they want to play, they have to see if they have enough capital."

"Only a Shecherbitski, and he deserves it?"

9Chapter 17 Hitting East and West

The scope of the incident at the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant continued to expand. Gradually, the entire Soviet Union was publicizing the general strike that took place on Ukrainian land. The strike of the working class in the socialist country simply hit the core of the Soviet dream.

Moscow can't sit still anymore, and needs to send people to solve this problem immediately.Moreover, the negotiating representative must be a heavyweight figure in order to show Moscow's sincerity.

So the central government decided that Vladimir would be the negotiator.

The documents for the visit to Ukraine have been released. This time, Comrade Vladimir made a lot of publicity, and almost all Ukrainian officials knew that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers would personally attend to resolve the strike of workers at the Southern Machinery Factory.

For this reason, Ukrainian First Secretary Secherbitsky went to Kiev Airport to welcome the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Before Comrade Vladimir set off from Moscow, he had a secret conversation with Organization Minister Lukyanov, and the other side fully supported it. Vladimir visited Ukraine this time and proposed some insidious means to Secherbitsky.

"Comrade Stalin created a large and stable bureaucracy to run the country. This is the cornerstone on which the country was built. If General Secretary Yanayev thinks he can smash it with his own strength, and in the ruins It would be a big mistake to establish a new system. Over the past few decades, we have built a sufficiently large system. It will never be shaken by one person. Even if he can impact the entire structure, it will not change it We are the fact of the vested interests."

Lukyanov comforted Secherbitsky, and vowed to him, "Comrade Vladimir's trip to Ukraine will achieve nothing. Because we are the actual controllers of this situation. The labor movement will not The arrival of Kimir and the pressure test will change, and if he puts pressure on us, it will even create an opportunity for us to expand the conflict. If Comrade Vladimir cannot resolve the crisis, the Politburo will also exert pressure on the Chairman of the Council of Ministers .This is our chance. Removing Vladimir from the list of the Politburo means that Yanayev loses his right-hand man."

"As for how to magnify the conflict, I don't think I need to teach you specifically, do I?"

"No, I know how to do it."

Secherbitsky has been in the Soviet political arena long enough to know what to do so as not to leave any traces.

Lukyanov intends to use the relocation of the factory to expand the situation to the point where Comrade Vladimir can't stop, and wants to drive Yanayev from the position of general secretary. Their first goal is to Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Originally, Lukyanov thought that the Ukrainian incident could lead to the arrival of the general secretary, but he did not expect to directly attract the attention of the chairman of the Council of Ministers. He also wanted to take this opportunity to expand the incident and strive to become a hole card in the hands of conservatives.

Ukraine entered the rainy season in spring, and it was raining heavily on the tarmac at this time. Secherbycki could only sit in the car and stare at the empty tarmac.In order to show his sincerity, he waited at the airport several hours in advance.It was raining outside all the time, so he could only sit in the car and wait for the other party to arrive.

"come yet?"

"have not reach yet."

Sechelbicki was a little anxious and had to ask about the flight status every ten minutes.

He stared at the rain curtain, the whole world was wrapped in it.Some kind of ominous premonition emerged in his heart, Vladimir's trip to Ukraine was not as simple as imagined.

There may be other conspiracies lurking behind the scenes.

"Why did Vladimir announce that he arrived in Ukraine today? Could it be that Moscow really can't see what we're thinking? Even if the chairman of the Council of Ministers is inexperienced, Yanayev, who is sophisticated and cunning, will not be able to see through this conspiracy Impossible, there must be something wrong, which is completely unreasonable. Otherwise, the complicated situation in Ukraine should send the experienced Yanayev to deal with it."

He said to himself, "Or is there something else that the Politburo is hiding from me, and what is said is not true?"

After much deliberation, this situation is the only one that is the most likely. He cannot directly confront Lukyanov, but can only learn about the other party's situation from the sidelines.

Anxious Secherbitsky called Lukyanov again and asked him about Vladimir's visit.

"I think the chairman of the Council of Ministers may have other purposes in going to Ukraine. With Yanayev's eyesight, I'm afraid he saw through the strike of the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant early on. Kimir sent here, why? Isn’t this suspicious? We have already set up a trap, and then the other party obediently jumped into the trap? This is unscientific.”

The voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little impatient, as if Sechelbitski had interrupted something important.

"There is nothing unscientific. Vladimir's special plane has already taken off. Now that Kiev is unable to arrive on time due to the weather, you can receive him with peace of mind!"

He was very disturbed by Lukyanov's impatience.

"I know how to do it, but what should we do if the other side sets up the situation in reverse? I don't think Yanayev is stupid enough to be led by the nose. Hey, hey Minister Lukyanov?"

Before he finished speaking, Lukyanov hung up the phone directly. He had more important things to do and had no time to chat with Secherbitsky.

When Secherbitsky expounded his point of view, he still looked at the rain curtain outside the car window.The metal skin and frame wrap him in this small space and isolate him from the outside world.Fear is constantly spreading, slowly seeping into every corner.

The Ukrainian First Secretary was smoking a cigarette. The longer he waited, the faster his anxiety spread. He always felt that the other party was still plotting other plots.Before the union country was changed to an autonomous region, he still had the power to participate in the decision-making within the Moscow Politburo, but he had no chance at all after the constitution was amended.The Soviet Union essentially blocked the rights of the member countries to try to be equal to Russia.

"The plane has landed and is approaching the tarmac, Secretary Secherbitsky, we can prepare to meet the Chairman of the Council of Ministers."

The person sitting inside opened a gap in the car window. He glanced at the other person and said in a low voice, "Well, I see. Tell the others to prepare to meet the chairman of the Ministerial Council."

The car door was opened, and the wet and cold water vapor came towards Secherbitski's face, and the rapid raindrops scratched his face with some pain.The bad rainy season makes people feel equally bad, especially to meet a political opponent that one hates, it is simply self-abuse torture.

A black umbrella was opened in front of the car, and his assistant followed him to hold an umbrella behind him, waiting for the huge figure of the plane to approach him.

Crews waved batons on the ground to guide the government's connecting plane to its parking bay.Sechelbicki saw a huge monster approaching him in the rain and fog, and finally stopped in front of the team.

finally come.

Secherbitsky took a deep breath and tried to force a smile.

The cabin door of the business jet was opened, and officials who came to Moscow came down one after another.Comrade Vladimir was not seen until the last person walked out of the hatch.

Slowly, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Sechelbycki suddenly realized that something was wrong. He hurried up to greet the secretary of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and asked kindly, "Where is Comrade Vladimir? Didn't he come here today? Why didn't I see The appearance of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers?"

Others are also wondering about this question.

The secretary pushed down his glasses and answered him solemnly, "Comrade Vladimir didn't come here this time. He arrived in Ukraine on another flight the day before yesterday. He may be negotiating with the strikers of the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant now. What?" Has no one notified you of the temporary change of time?"

Sechelbycki's eyes widened, unable to believe what the Secretary of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers said.