USSR 1991

"The confession is brilliant, Mayor Luzhkov. For the sake of the party, more than half of the names on this list will plead guilty because of your list. May be in the coal mines of Siberia for several years to come. Coal. Of course, this is the best ending, if it is worse, they will not even be able to see the sun tomorrow."

Luzhkov, who had just put down his pen, raised his head with a look of despair.He looked at the other party unwillingly, and said with a sad and angry expression, "What did we do wrong? No one would believe the rumors that Yanayev attacked us because of corruption. The person who can sit in that position will not be an idiot .”

"Indeed, in the eyes of General Secretary Yanayev, there are things that are more intolerable than corruption. Anyway, your time is almost approaching, and I don't care to tell you the answer you want to know. General Secretary Yanayev hates those Those who stand in front of him, those who are destined to affect his future plans, will not let go."

"He has been compromising with the conservatives for almost 7 years, and now everything is on the right track. They don't need to keep crippled people, Luzhkov you are, Minister of Defense Yazov, Prime Minister Pavlov, etc. .Do you really think that Vladimir and Surkov entered the Politburo just by chance? Vladimir was lucky to become the chairman of the Council of Ministers? Those actions are just to pave the way for the future of the reformists, the future of the country It will be delivered to these two people, and the untimely old man will either choose to retreat bravely, or choose to die in that position."

Luzhkov's vision was too narrow, and he couldn't even see clearly what the general secretary wanted. He assembled a complete leadership team for the Kremlin, but in the end it was just a dowry for others.

Pugo coughed. He also belonged to that category.Yanayev just used his hand for the last time to complete the final arrangement.He'll be the scapegoat for this bloody purge when it's all over.After this purge, which caused minor political upheavals in Moscow, he would step down from that position and officially disappear from the CPSU.

The Minister of the Interior took out a pistol from behind and handed it to the other party.

"You have given so many names, and they will never let you go. As long as you are still alive, these people will eventually settle accounts with you and your family. If you want to let this account go unsolved, I think you know how to do it. "

"The Moscow authorities can't protect you forever."

Luzhkov's fingers climbed onto the pistol, knowing that the Special Prosecutor's Committee did not want him to continue to suffer.Rather than handing it over to others, it is better to end it yourself.

"Do it, at least you can die with dignity."

Pugo sighed and turned his head away.

This is a trial and execution in disguise.

Volume [-] A New Dawn

Chapter 9 The Omen of Destruction

"The Mayor of Moscow Luzhkov and the head of the Moscow General Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anatoly were found to have committed suicide with a pistol in their office. At the same time, a team of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection began to move in to investigate the cause of death and the motive. According to the investigation, both parties had accepted large sums of money. Bribery, the degree of bribery and the far-reaching impact of bribery, involving multiple figures in the Moscow city government, this is the most comprehensive political investigation against the Moscow government, and the reporter will follow up a series of follow-up reports..."

Yanayev pressed the remote control button, and the TV screen instantly returned to darkness, and everything was going on in an orderly manner under his control.

He didn't have any feelings for this purge, he just said calmly, "The members of the Special Prosecution Committee didn't disappoint me, Pugo was able to get rid of two heavyweight guys on the first day, it seems that those people want to deal with him It's really difficult. Or is it that you can't resist the first round and are ready to make peace with me?"

Yanayev was wondering how Pugo would deal with his former teammates on the united front. Maybe they were very loyal and reliable partners, but conservatives were no longer suitable to sit in important positions.Young people like Vladimir, Surkov and Chemezov are needed.

They don't have the same intertwined interest base as the group of old people who experienced the Great Patriotic War. Most of the heroes of the August [-] coup have begun to develop in the direction of disguised power.

Vladimir sat on his left, somewhat unable to understand the general secretary's routine.Although starting from collective politics, the behavior of the general secretary has more or less damaged the interests of all previous people, but after August [-], the Kremlin, which was swinging between collective notification and individual notification, acquiesced to a certain extent. Certain presumptuous assertions of Yev.

But this time the general secretary went too far.Luzhkov was the number one leader who came to power to stabilize the political situation after the August [-]th coup, and Anatoly, who was a powerful figure in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also said he would die. He was almost forcing the high-level officials to make a choice, whether to retreat or choose passed away.

"Actually, both Luzhkov and Anatoly are part of General Secretary Yanayev's plan, aren't they? Deliberately stirring up dissatisfaction between them is also to warn each other that it's almost time for you. Otherwise Luzhkov and the successor The people who came down are your role models. No one else can stop the path that the general secretary is going to take, and the people you want to move...no one can stop them. They can't intervene in the army. General Secretary Yanayev just needs to say a word. can bring them down."

Vladimir looked at Yanayev with a serious expression. After the conservatives could no longer pose a threat, Yanayev would also abdicate from that position and hand over the real power to the next leadership team.

"What I care about now is whether the opponent will choose to fight to the death. After all, the conservatives will not sit still. General Secretary Yanayev wants to replace them all in the next year or two. It does not mean that they will not resist. The political signal is already so obvious. If they don't come to negotiate or do something, they will just wait for their own destruction."

"It's almost here."

Yanayev said suddenly, "When this news is released, Pavlov should understand what I want to do...well...maybe he is the first representative to come to negotiate. I hope the two sides can Compromise and maintain the operation of the Kremlin Politburo...It's a pity...I didn't intend to continue the operation of these old people. Either they accept my suggestion to abdicate, or they will tear themselves apart and stage a coup."

A glass of wine releases military power...

When it comes to the coup, Yanayev still has no superfluous expression. He originally came to power through August [-]. If someone tries to overthrow him through a coup, it will just return to ashes.

"In fact, General Secretary Yanayev is worried that the next leader will not be able to suppress those people in that position?" Vladimir asked.

Yanayev smiled, only he could understand what he was thinking.Luzhkov's death and Anatoly's death are just smoke bombs. After working cautiously with the conservatives for so many years and consolidating their power, it is time for them to abdicate.

Comrade Vladimir wanted to wait for an answer.

And Yanayev was waiting for someone.

Perhaps he could imagine the panic-stricken expressions of those people, who forcibly started a political massacre regardless of everyone's opposition. The first move was to deal with the real power figures of the Moscow government. Everyone would think it was a provocation.

The general secretary's move drove them all into a corner, firmly locking the opponent's actions.Next, either negotiate a peace, or resist to the end.

He didn't wait for the answer he wanted, and Yanayev wouldn't give him the answer he wanted.There is another acquaintance who made an appointment is rushing here, he wants to know what his friends and partners are thinking.What is the purpose of taking down every conscientious and powerful figure and self-destructing the Great Wall?

He couldn't understand the general secretary more and more, and he couldn't understand the old friend who had been with him for many years.

Someone even proposed a coup in that private meeting, but it was quickly rejected.A coup is a desperate resistance. Perhaps Yanayev has already set up a big net waiting for them to jump in the direction of the coup, so as to have excuses and opportunities to clear everyone.

Yanayev had vowed to him before that he would turn the tide, suppress all rebels in the country, keep the Soviets functioning, and he did.Yanayev also vowed to open the gap in Eastern Europe, and when no one believed it, he did the same.Now he wants to destroy his former allies, and Pavlov believes that he will do it, because no one can stop him.

After Vladimir left, only Yanayev and Pavlov remained in the office.The latter stared at himself with a strange look, as if he had never really known this person before.

They are all old, the human soul will get fat, and they can no longer keep up with the pace of the times.

The prime minister was smoking a cigarette, but his eyes were fixed on the general secretary who couldn't see the expression in front of him. He couldn't figure out the other party's way, so he could only try his best to negotiate and deal with him according to his experience.

Pavlov euphemistically hinted that the other party should not push the matter into an irreversible abyss, "The deaths of Luzhkov and Anatoly made other members of the Politburo very dissatisfied. They think you are too arbitrary. If this continues If not, I'm afraid... other accidents will happen."

"I know."

Yanayev answered very calmly. He knew that every move of the reformers, including letting Pavlov come, was within the calculation range.The secretary of the Central Secretariat was Surkov, and the chairman of the Council of Ministers was also Comrade Vladimir. When they wanted to find someone with enough power to speak, Pavlov was left alone.

"Some people are out of date. They should come down from their positions and replace them with more suitable people. Although Luzhkov has worked for us for so many years and established a stable and efficient organization, his control of power and trying to make it more suitable I am very unhappy that Moscow has become his little kingdom, and it is time to step down from that position and replace it with someone more effective. It is not against anyone."

"As for Anatoly, it is not easy to turn the Ministry of Internal Affairs into a corrupt group. I heard that he has hooked up with some gangsters in Moscow. Do you really think I am blind? Has he forgotten? The promise you made when you joined the party when you took the oath? In order to hit the exploiting class, it became a dead letter?"

Pavlov originally wanted to say that this would be taken as a signal to other colleagues, but before he could say this, he heard Yanayev's next reply.

"This was originally a signal to warn them. If they continue to behave indiscriminately, I don't guarantee what their final outcome will be. If possible, please Comrade Pavlov to tell them that Luzhkov and Anatoly are the first One, but definitely not the last few. If you still want to be safe in your own position, you'd better give me some rest. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

The last sentence is at your own peril, and even Pavlov dared not refute it.

"They died... If it was just these two crimes, at most they would be dispatched to Siberia. But when they died, things became a little tricky. No one can guarantee whether they will become the next victim. I... ..."

Pavlov paused for a moment, because he saw Yanayev's cold eyes and the vague anger that was about to explode.

I can no longer stimulate the general secretary.

"If the lesson is not deep enough, they won't shut up. I don't want to give birth to batch after batch of disguised dignitaries because of the reforms in my hands. Our purpose is to bring revival to this country, not to feed some people And the family behind him, some people have begun to encourage the deputy minister of the Ministry of Energy, Toyalevich, to outsource the oil field to private companies. As for who the behind-the-scenes bosses of those private companies are, I will not say more. What is this doing? ?It is to assign the original people's assets to the individual's name, which is a betrayal of the revolution. If necessary, those red heroes who came from the August [-] coup and the families behind them will also be removed ...the country belongs to the people."

A long silence ensued, which was finally broken by Pavlov.

"No matter what happens, I will be by your side."

Pavlov's expression eased, and he said slowly.

What Yanayev said next made Pavlov see the light.

"You go back and tell them that things haven't degenerated to the point of no return, we can still negotiate."

"If you are sincere, spit out what you have swallowed for the past eight years!"