"Comrade Suslov said that we should not deal with these matters publicly, otherwise the impact will be bad." Grishin was silent for a while and tried again, "Once this case breaks out, the impact on the country will be very bad."

"Is the impact not bad now?" Serov asked rhetorically, "The whole Uzbekistan knows about this, and Moscow continues to pretend not to know? This is not only a matter of one or two cases, but it will make the people lose sight of Moscow in the long run. Confidence, such a trend of thought appeared in the minority areas, do you understand the consequences? Besides, this is a case supervised by Comrade Andropov personally, and I am also under a lot of pressure, I hope you understand.”

Some of Suslov's handling methods are indeed not very clever. In addition to the increasing authority of Brezhnev in the later period, Suslov's right to speak is getting weaker and weaker, there may be personal problems. Suslov Husband's Puritan lifestyle naturally caused a estrangement with others. Suslov naturally couldn't understand some issues because he had not experienced them. He always thinks that these problems are not serious, let alone other problems, this case is serious enough. It is no longer a case that can be wiped out.

   The funds involved billions of rubles. This is the behavior of the local party committee to deceive the central government. It is not pure embezzlement. The local party committee deceived Moscow. This problem is definitely much more serious than pure embezzlement. To put it bluntly, this is courting death.

"Comrade Grishin, you should feel that I have absolutely no opinion on you personally, even because Yegolychev is your predecessor, you can't manage this matter, you don't want to conflict with the second secretary, Otherwise, the consequences will be serious." Shelov persuaded in a low voice, Grishin was stunned, seemed to understand something, and nodded in approval.

"Some people don't know the value of life at all!" After sending Grishin away, Serov walked to the window and stared at the bronze statue of Dzerzhinsky. The headquarters could only see Dzerzhinsky's back. Standing tall as always.

   For Grishin, there are also a group of cadres who were affected by the anti-corruption turmoil in the Andropov era. Serov actually does not believe all of them. Serov wants to eradicate corruption, not in the name of eradicating corruption. Political struggle. To be greedy is to be greedy, and to be greedy is not to be greedy.

   Serov does not believe all of the corruption cases in the Andropov era. Just like Grishin, Serov knew that the first secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, like himself, had problems in the relationship between men and women, and maybe there was gray income, but he knew what happened after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Grishin didn’t say anything. He was impoverished, but he did not show the demeanor of great corruption, and finally died of illness because of receiving a pension. Grishin had always denied corruption before his death.

   Considering that Grishin has always had a tense relationship with Andropov, a normal guess is that Andropov, who controls the KGB, used rumors to deal with his political enemies, so that Grishin would not pose a threat to the position of general secretary.

Politics cannot be viewed with moral standards. Suslov's personal morality is high enough. He also used political means to suppress cadres who did not deal with them. Andropov was the most direct victim, so there is no such thing at all. Law said.

The existence of Grishin does not mean that Andropov should be blamed, because Andropov’s descendants are ordinary people after the disintegration, and Andropov did not use the position of general secretary for his own personal gain. . To say that the only general secretary who took the lead in enjoying it may only be Brezhnev, but when Kego came to power, he surpassed all his predecessors. Brezhnev's enjoyment is completely incomparable to the Go map.

  Because of the appearance of the Ge map, Brezhnev, who was the least exemplary of the previous general secretaries, was covered up. It can be said that after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev's good reputation was completely compared with his own infamous reputation.

   Under normal circumstances, Brezhnev's reputation is definitely not as good as later generations, but the Soviet Union disintegrated. Andropov and Chernenko were both short-lived, and people remembered that the Brezhnev era was the most powerful time of the Soviet Union, and they began to miss the general secretary who could hardly work in the last period.

A week has passed since the National Workers' Congress, and Serov has not seen Brezhnev for a week. The great leader is resting. According to this situation, every time Brezhnev appears in public, he may have to rest. For a long time, the general work of the general secretary has actually been transferred to Andropov and Chernenko.

In the Lubyanka Inner Prison, because of the call of the great leader, the KGB also respects cadres. Karimov's cell, the KGB chairman who also respects senior cadres, is sitting face to face in front of Karimov.

"Amazing, Comrade Secretary of the State Party Committee, do you really take Bukhara State as your own territory? You don't really think that you can stop me from arresting you with the help of your gangsters." Sitting at the interrogation table, he supported Serov, who leaned forward slightly with his hands on his cheeks, said indifferently, "Are you a cadre of the Soviet Union? Or an ancient chief?"

The No. 1 tyrant spoke confidently, pointed at the top and said, "Evaluate this place? Comrade Secretary of the State Party Committee, what do you think is the difference between the Lubyanka internal prison and your private prison? I can be very confident. Let me tell you, I know how you deal with the enemy. The way your thugs extort confessions, our anti-rebel workers are more skilled, don’t waste time, tell all the news you know, I don’t have time to grind with you slowly ."

   "Chairman Serov, you are treating cadres like this, which is not in line with the spirit of the Central Committee." Karimov, who looked sluggish, lived up to his arrogance in Uzbekistan. This is a completely unfamiliar place. The person interrogating him is the controller of the entire Soviet security system. In the eyes of many people, today's Serov is far more than the previous leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the KGB.

"But this is in line with the spirit of Sufang workers!" Serov raised his eyebrows and said to himself slowly, "I think you should understand a little bit, what the KGB wants you to do, you'd better do it obediently. Don't waste me I don't have time to linger with you, you can wait for someone else to save you and see who can knock on Lubyanka's door."

"Don't be stubborn, if you want to be treated like a geopolitical hooligan under your command, I can promise you, and now I will let you go to Siberia to dig potatoes." Serov, who was very happy, looked at the other party with a playful expression and said, "The KGB has not cared too much about the country for 20 years, which has made you local cadres form an illusion. No one cares about you, right? You dare to deceive the central government and defraud the state's subsidy."

"In front of the KGB, everyone is equal!" Serov walked behind Karimov and patted the other's sweaty shoulder, "You have been in the cadre class for decades, I understand that you believe in the network you built. A cadre like you who participated in the Great Patriotic War is not necessarily afraid of death. However, are you not afraid that I will mark your children's safety file as untrustworthy? This is the problem that I can solve with a pen. "

Karimov's whole body is stiff. If his children are really doing this, it will not be a problem of wealth being confiscated. If the untrustworthy security file is not cancelled for one day, it is equivalent to a person being fixed in one position for a lifetime. superior.

  Selov is the person who knows this best. More than 20 years ago, a local newspaper editor accused the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. At that time, he submitted a security file to Moscow and placed the editor in the family area of ​​the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Until last year, the editor still lived in the family area in 1953. All kinds of benefits and bonuses were canceled, and the salary did not increase. As a result, he has been receiving apology letters for decades, and it was only last year that the security was lifted. file. Because the editor has reached the age of retirement, he accused the editor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan and wrote a thank you letter, expressing that he had bad views when he was young, and that he was very sorry for slandering the work of the security system.

When it comes to security files, Ge Tu can best understand his power. No matter how many people are optimistic about him, he will not be able to get the position of the local state committee, even if the current second secretary Andropov is optimistic about him. .

"Have you thought about it? Then I'll go. You're going to go to Siberia to dig potatoes." Serov turned his back to Karimov and was about to leave. He didn't care. The big deal was to let the Uzbek KGB catch the second one. If not, then continue. Grasp.

   "Wait, I'm willing to confess, but you have to ensure the safety of my children." Karimov said in a panic.

"That's right, this is good for you and me." Sitting down with a smile again, Serov was very satisfied with Karimov's attitude, "Everyone is a job, you must know what department in this country cannot resist. , our anti-revolutionary workers want to chop off your heads, you have to cooperate, wash your necks and straighten your heads, the result of resistance is not good for you except to make the process more painful, am I right?"

   The general political commissar said that I want to kill you, but this is definitely for your own good. Let Karimov feel despair in his heart, he knows that Moscow, which has always been a distant place, has noticed Uzbekistan. From Serov's attitude, he could sense that the entire Uzbek Communist Party was in danger.

   Karimov has retired from the previous year, his confession may not be all useful, but the weight is enough. According to his confession, the KGB could arrest other people, and Serov did not break his word, calling the Uzbek KGB headquarters and asking the local KGB to protect Karimov's family.

   At the end of March, four Uzbek state party secretaries were arrested on different occasions, causing a local uproar. Then the Komsomolskaya Pravda began to report on the local corruption in Uzbekistan and the fraud of the central subsidy, and the cotton case really kicked off.