hung up the phone, Sherbitsky was silent for a long time, talk about the child? How can he say that he is the first secretary of the Ukrainian Party Committee? This kind of reason is really not good enough for the old spy chief to say? It's like deceiving yourself as a child.

   What is that purpose? win over! This is the guess given by Sierbitsky, Chernenko is not in good health, Tikhonov is not a person of opinion, and the tide of the Dnipro gang controlling the Soviet Union is fading. On the contrary, the forces that have almost been disbanded by Brezhnev are resurgent, and he is talking about the person who just called him.

   In the current Soviet Central Presidium, the three people Andropov wants to promote are Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev, who are the new generation of cadres selected by Andropov. But also a cadre of the KGB system entered the Central Presidium, even earlier than the previous three. Aliyev, the current First Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. That is Serov's small vest, which is no different from the relationship between Shelepin and Semichasny at the beginning.

   On the contrary, there are all elderly people on my side, and one less is when one dies. Serov did not say what his purpose was, but Shcherbitsky could feel that the leader of this security system seemed to want to imitate his big brother Sherepin and began to attack the top leadership of the Soviet Union.

"Dad, is this Uncle Serov's phone number?" Just as Shcherbitsky was analyzing the current situation, her daughter Serbilova suddenly came over with a bright face and a soft smile, asking if it was Moscow's phone number. .

"Well, there is a meeting in Moscow, and I'm going to attend it next week." Shcherbitsky kept silent about his daughter, until Serbilova's repeated inquiries failed, and she began to grab her father's arm and asked, It was only when she said that she could talk about it at that time, which made Sherbilova burst into tears.

   "The gangsters, dare to hang up my phone." Sheloff vented on the phone for a while before putting the receiver back. It's really outrageous, if it wasn't for showing some respect for this ruthless man, Sheloff would want his son to make the other's daughter's belly bigger as soon as possible, and then see who is begging who?

"Chairman, the arrest list sent by the Central Supervisory Commission?" Little Valiya pushed the door open, walked in front of the chief political commissar, put a stack of reports on the table, and sat down on the chairman without hesitation. on the legs.

"Didn't I say it before? Pay attention to the workplace." Although he said that, Serov did not hesitate to hug the little girl's waist with his left hand, and then went down and pulled down the zipper, as if he were a man. zipper.

After a while, he read all the reports of the Central Supervisory Committee, gestured with a wink, and then put his chin on little Valia's shoulder, watching the little girl holding the chairman's seal and handing out arrest warrants to issue.

"Another batch of people are going to die!" Serov, who was staring straight at the arrest warrants, sighed. The anti-privilege and anti-sabotage movement has been going on for more than half a year. Nearly 100,000 cadres across the country have been investigated and arrested. Forty thousand people. There seems to be no sign of stopping at the moment. After Andropov's health deteriorated, he only appeared on TV a few times, but each time he said the same thing. struggle".

More than 90 senior cadres above the first secretary of the central and government ministers and state party committees were dismissed due to corruption, bribery or dereliction of duty. In Ukraine, where Brezhnev was born, nine of the 25 party secretaries were name was removed. In Kazakhstan, once the territory of Brezhnev, seven of the 20 party and politicians were purged. But the two most important local cadres, Shcherbitsky and Kunayev, even Andropov could not shake them.

   The person who can shake Kunayev, Serov believes that there is only one person, and that is Nazarbayev. There is no one who can replace Shcherbitsky in Ukraine. No one can take over the work of two people, and rushing to replace them will only cause chaos in the local area.

   On the list of arrests, among them is Brezhnev's friend Smilyakov, director of the Industrial Technology Export Bureau, as a policeman, even a secret police. Serov is well aware of the judgment and perception of nature problems in the police system. From the report of the Central Supervisory Committee, Serov can clearly feel that Smilyakov is almost certain to die.

"First, implement the agricultural collective and household contract system, and encourage more harvesters to get more; second, promote contracting teams in industry and construction; third, expand the autonomy of state-owned and collective enterprises, strive to improve quality, improve Efficiency. At present, the effect seems to be very good, and our agriculture and industry have once again experienced gratifying growth." At the meeting of the Central Presidium, Andropov, who had not appeared for a long time, seemed to have reduced a little bit, but there was no Breege. In his later years, Nev couldn't even communicate.

"Other comrades talk about things within their own fields, let's discuss it together, and I will arrange future work later!" After Andropov finished speaking, he looked at the other members of the Central Presidium with anticipation. , including Chernenko, who also did not comment.

"Then I'll talk about the current issue." Defense Minister Marshal Ustinov coughed lightly, "I want to report that the unity of the armed forces is the only wealth of the country. The army should be united with the people, Should work under the leadership of the Communist Party. Reform in the army is not easy, it is very laborious, there are many generals, and they are only used to giving orders. I cannot say that everything on TV and newspapers has a good influence on educating people. Can be more Published some positive material, now some remarks are not very friendly to the military, our enemy Ronald Reagan is now working on expanding the military strength of the United States, on the contrary, a small number of people attribute the problem to the huge military spending, I must say , every kopeck invested in the military field is very worthwhile, I believe that I am not the only one who thinks so.”

"I agree with Marshal Ustinov's idea. Now the international situation is deteriorating. I can't say that the military investment has no impact on the country, but it will definitely not cause the so-called burden. Some public opinions about the military are unfounded, In fact, the military burden of every Soviet is definitely less per capita than that of every American. We don't have a super-rich class!" Serov immediately agreed with Ustinov's opinion.

   Then Serov introduced the rectification report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying that after the rectification, the efficiency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the attitude of promoting the work in Xiangguang, has been accelerated, and the behavior of digging socialist corners in various factories has also been curbed. A large number of monitoring equipment is used, so that everyone is invisible, and naturally they will not take away production materials, or even deliberately destroy machines to achieve the purpose of sabotage.

"Some remarks say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a bit harsh in dealing with saboteurs. I have to say this. During the period of Comrade Dzerzhinsky's anti-slacking, not to mention detention and fines, sentences to reform through labor are all light, and do whatever works. What, the final result is good, then this thing is good!" Shelov defended his department.

"In terms of rectification efficiency, we must show this attitude." Andropov first expressed that he has no hostility to the KGB and the Ministry of Defense. As a department that supports Andropov as general secretary at the same time as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he will not particularly harsh.

After    made his attitude clear, Andropov began to move on to the next topic, which he considered the most important issue, the fresh blood of the Soviet Central Presidium. I always see a group of old men in their 70s and 80s leading the country. After a long time, the Soviets have really lost their appetite, not to mention that this is not normal in itself.

"I would like to propose some new comrades as members of the Central Presidium, including comrades Vorotnikov, Ryzhkov and Ligachev. Of course, the official appointment will need to be announced at the plenary session in November. What do you think, comrades?" Andropov was also making nominations at the plenary meeting a few months later, and first unified opinions in advance.

This nomination was not opposed, because among the nominations of these new cadres, the only one who said that they might be threatened is the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tikhonov, and even Tikhonov would not care too much about these fifty-odd people An old cadre, because Tikhonov is very old, if the general secretary asks him to retire, he will not object.

There is no objection. Whether it is Shcherbitsky, Kunayev, Serov, Ustinov, they all agree with Andropov's proposal. The Soviet Central Presidium really needs some new faces. If they are not satisfied , the big deal will be replaced at that time. At present, they still have this confidence in these new members.

   "After the New Year this year, I want Boris and your daughter to have a wedding, what do you think?" In the end, Serov did not. Sherbitsky invited him to his home, and the two still met at the Grand Ukraine Hotel.

   Of course, the General Political Commissar was very dissatisfied with Shcherbitsky's stinky and rigid attitude. This was not a cooperative attitude.

"You want me to help you? What's the reason for me to do this? My friendship with Chernenko is much longer than yours." Sierbitsky seemed unmoved and said to himself, "And I know very well. , but I don't know you very well."

"Then you know my son? Even if you don't, you know your daughter, right?" The political commissar laughed, "In the present Soviet Union, as long as you join forces with me, no one is our opponent. Chernenko's Physical condition, even if he is the general secretary, how long can he sit in that position? Do you think he can replace me when he is in the position? He may not have that time."

"The wedding will be held after the past years, let's talk about the specific time." Sherbitsky finally said, "I'm all for my daughter!" Key didn't respond.

   The general political commissar with a thick skin took the initiative to grab the opponent's hand and shook it, preventing him from withdrawing it. Double thanks alliance reached.