Big Time 1958

  According to the current age of the Central Presidium, there are actually only two people who are over-aged, one is the current First Secretary Khrushchev, and the other is the current Supreme Soviet Chairman Mikoyan, except for the two of them. The remaining giants such as Brezhnev, Kosygin, Sherepin, and Suslov actually belong to another era.

   Khrushchev and Suslov's original boss Zhdanov belonged to the cadres of the same era, as for Mikoyan earlier, belonged to the cadres of the Stalin era. So once Khrushchev retires, it will only be his own retirement, and at most Mikoyan will be brought along. The current Central Bureau members will not retire with him in terms of age.

"I still haven't leveraged Brezhnev's position, maybe he is still too young compared to me." Serov, who was walking on the road, could not help but sigh, not only himself, but even Serepin was far from being a political man. Brezhnev's opponent. In fact, no one is Brezhnev's opponent now. Kosygin and two assistants have occupied three places in the Central Presidium, but it only lasted ten years longer than Sherepin, and was eventually defeated by Brezhnev. Zinev fired.

   Serov knew that as long as Shelepin did not change his character, it would be very difficult to win over others except the cadres of the Communist Youth League and judicial cadres. Suslov kept himself clean, but this was only Suslov’s own business. And Xie Lepin is the chairman of the Party and State Supervisory Committee. He will ask others to be the same as himself, which is more offensive.

   Institutions like the Party and the State Supervisory Committee that deal with party discipline are actually more offending than the KGB. Shelepin himself is stern, without Brezhnev's feeling of spring breeze, and he is different from Kosygin. A rare member of the Central Presidium.

   But Xie Lepin's advantages are also very obvious, and he has a unique ability to win people's hearts. Of course, this is only limited to dealing with friends he thinks are capable. If Xie Lepin thinks that a cadre is incompetent, he will basically be regarded as he does not exist. And Shelepin's friends have always been loyal to him, such as Yegolychev and Semychasny until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, they never said a bad word about Shelepin. Although they are losers, they have always been to Shelepin. Never give up.

   Shelepin was secretly known as the iron-fisted Shurik when he was in his prime and flourished, alluding to him being comparable to Dzerzhinsky, known as the iron-fisted Felix. Coming to Moscow as a thin student to go to university has achieved such extraordinary fame. He has won many battles, but he still lost once. He just lost to Brezhnev and finally paid the price of his political life. The eagle of the Communist Youth League and the iron-fisted figure Shurik disappeared.

   The young Sheeping had a very expressive and vivid face, with tightly pursed lips and focused eyes. If Shelepin leads the country, and Serov's current understanding of Shelepin, the Soviet Union will definitely not undergo major reforms, and Shelepin will strengthen its advantages within the framework of the Soviet Union. At the same time, ease relations with Yugoslavia, Albania, and China, and concentrate the strength of the entire camp to defeat the United States first.

   "Can we win?" Serov was thinking about this all the way home. Compared with the current power of the Central Presidium, Kosygin has the most obvious advantage. Sherepin has many friends at the level of the Central Committee. Brezhnev seems to have nothing, but Serov knows that this is an illusion. Once you take the position of general secretary, supporters from all over the world will flock to him.

If Khrushchev retires, before the death of the former first secretary, with Brezhnev's character, he would definitely not openly oppose Khrushchev's policy. Some of Rushchev's policies ceased. And after Khrushchev's death, it is estimated that Brezhnev will rule by himself.

If Serov remembers correctly, Khrushchev's death should be five years later, and Brezhnev died eleven years after Khrushchev's death, which means that Brezhnev had eleven years of life. Time has no constraints to govern. Probably about two years. During these eleven years, Shelepin and Kosygin withstood the pressure of Brezhnev, it seems not impossible.

  If according to history, Brezhnev was in power for 18 years, it would be terrible. The extra seven years are enough for Brezhnev, who is the general secretary, to defeat all opponents. Sherepin, Kosygin, and no one can stand him.

An important reason why Brezhnev treats Sherepin more harshly than other opponents is that Brezhnev is much older than Sherepin, and Kosygin and Suslov themselves are older than Brezhnev , the body is not better than him. But Shelepin was different. Brezhnev was afraid that after his death, Shelepin would take advantage of his age to control the country, so he first attacked Shelepin's forces, and he must be driven out of the highest power in the Soviet Union.

   "If Khrushchev retires within two or three years, things may not be too bad." Serov tossed and turned when he returned home. Once Khrushchev set a precedent for voluntary retirement, it would definitely be a good thing for the Soviet Union. Having a precedent is absolutely different from having no precedent, and this is also part of putting a tight-knit spell on Brezhnev.

   "What's the matter, Yura!" Seeing her man's brows furrowing, Valya asked softly as she rubbed her husband's side.

"How do you think Brezhnev would treat Sherepin and us if he became the general secretary?" Serov stretched his arms around his wife and asked, "I can feel that he has a lot of respect for the cadres of the entire Communist Youth League. Doubt, he doesn't believe us, how will he treat us once the first secretary retires? He doesn't really like young cadres..."

As soon as Valiya's blue eyes turned, she immediately understood what her husband meant. It seemed that the top brass was surging. Brezhnev, Kosygin and Sherepin each had their own supporters. Once Khrushchev retired , these people might fight immediately.

"Didn't you say that you are the most powerful group in the entire Soviet Union? I remember Shurik saying this? Why are you afraid of Brezhnev?" Valya grabbed her husband's hand, as if wanting to give herself man with a little motivation.

"Yes, but the most powerful group is not as big as the entire cadre class. Brezhnev is the second secretary, and he will definitely be the general secretary in the future. I have no confidence." Serov did not hide his worries at all. If you can't even trust your own wife, then there is no one to trust.

"What are you afraid of? If you lose, you will be fired. We will live well as ordinary people." Valiya said with bright eyes, "Besides, once the first secretary retires, the new government will definitely be a collective leader, so what about the general secretary? already?"

   "That's right, sleep! What am I afraid of them doing?" Sheloff took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "I've made so many preparations, so I shouldn't be worried about this kind of thing. If I lose, I'll just be an ordinary person."

sleep! Serov tilted his head and untied Valya's suspenders with both hands skillfully. Why do you wear so many clothes at home? get in the way...

   Serov doesn't need to be afraid of those things that are not there. Brezhnev could not have been so strong when he first came to power. In fact, he was a weak general secretary when he first came to power, but his fighting skills were too high. Moreover, the opponent Xie Leping has always been smooth sailing without any vigilance before he failed. This time, he still doesn't know what happened.

   A month later, Serov returned from a field trip and made a report to Khrushchev. It shows that the National Security Bureau and the General Administration of Internal Affairs in various places belong to the party committees and republics in various places, which has caused the problem of excessive local power. It is proposed that the central government should make it clear that party committees and republics cannot interfere with the actions of the KGB.

  After the removal of Beria, Khrushchev delegated some of the powers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the local government, but from time to time, after the Ryazan state incident, the KGB will take back this power. It's just that there is no central government's approval. Khrushchev knew about this, and he also knew that the local government had a problem of too much power, so he acquiesced to the KGB's actions.

This time, Serov hopes that this matter can be fixed through the central government’s statement. After obtaining Khrushchev’s consent, Serov issued an order of the Presidium of the National Security Committee, “The National Security Committee and its local organs to which the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union belongs are political Organs responsible for implementing the measures formulated by the Party and the government regarding the protection of the socialist state from deliberate encroachment by external and internal enemies and the defense of the borders of the Soviet state. Their mission is to be vigilant against the enemies of the Soviet state A secret conspiracy to expose their intentions and stop the criminal activities of the imperialist intelligence services against the Soviet state..."

"The work of the National Security Committee is under the direct leadership and supervision of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee. Leaders of state security organs that belong to the CPSU Central Committee must be approved by the CPSU Central Presidium. Staff members who belong to the party's local organs have their positions. There is no need for the approval of the corresponding Party Central Committee of the Union Republic, the Border Region Committee of the CPSU, and the State Party Committee. Instead, it is directly responsible to the Central Presidium, and the local Party Committee, State Party Committee and Union Republic must not interfere.”

The next day, Khrushchev convened a meeting of the Central Presidium, issued a document of approval to the Presidium of the National Security Council and distributed it to the whole country. After twelve years of disintegration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Serov reinstated the rights belonging to the KGB from the local government. came back. It has ensured that the local agencies of the KGB will not be interfered by local governments, but will be self-contained and free from entanglement with local governments.

   "Now I can say that I have the power to protect myself!" After doing this, he felt that his situation was much safer. (To be continued~^~)