With Suslov's death, a battle for power has quietly begun in the game.
Because Suslov was responsible for a lot of important party and state affairs all the year round, coupled with the advantages of qualifications and ability, he has always been the de facto No. 2 person in the CPSU, and at this time, President Bo's health began to have various problems.
Therefore, the vacant position in the game at this time is particularly tempting.
At present, there are still 13 members of the bureau in office, and they are considering the future of the party and the country, and the candidates for this position must have a certain level of qualifications to serve the public, and they must also have a certain ability to undertake Suslov's original work.
From the current members of the bureau, Chernenko and Andropov are undoubtedly the most suitable candidates.
But the question of who will go up and down between the two candidates is not a simple question.
If Andropov, who has been the chairman of the KGB all the year round, is naturally better because of his ability, but his political position is biased towards reform, which reminds everyone of the original Khrushchev, reform means that the interests of some people will be reduced and abolished, Khrushchev did this back then, and the end is hehe Chernenko, on the other hand, has been strongly praised by Mr.
Bo's cronies, who have been the big steward of the Dnepetrovsk gang for so many years, and his ability is naturally not to be mentioned, and he has worked in the field of party affairs and ideology for a long time, so he can be said to be a professional counterpart.
However, Chernenko has just been added to the Politburo, and he has not yet made any outstanding achievements in this position, so he rashly elevates him to the position of successor, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public.
The above entanglements made it difficult for the 13 members of the bureau to make a final decision, and everyone was unable to reach a unified opinion for a long time.
However, Suslov's state and party affairs could not be taken over by no one, so the voting meeting had to continue.
In this small small conference room, almost everyone was frowning, weighing their own interests, which made Mr.
Bo feel a big headache.
Since Bo is always the supreme leader, he cannot express any opinion in this vote, otherwise it will violate the spirit of the collective vote.
As candidates, Chernenko and Andropov are also inconvenient to participate in it, all they can do is silently wait for the results to come, although the faces of the two are as usual, but there are already turbulent waves in their hearts.
The twelve bureau members who have the right to vote have no good way at the moment, there have been two rounds of secret balloting, each time it is a result of 6 to 6, the two forces of reformers and conservatives are always evenly matched, no one is willing and impossible to take a step back, and the long voting seems to never see the end, "Otherwise, let's submit it to a collective vote of the Central Committee of the Supreme Soviet," suggested Romanov, the new member of the bureau last year and the secretary of the Leningrad First City Party Committee, who suddenly raised his hand and could not stand the lifeless atmosphere here.
"No, this is only a matter of division of labor within our bureau, and it has not risen to the point of getting a collective vote of the Central Committee of the Supreme Soviet," Foreign Minister Gromyko immediately objected, and the scene fell silent again.
"Why don't we ask the two comrades to talk about some views on the work undertaken by Su Lao, after all, no matter who they are in charge of Su Lao's work in the future, they will all pick up this heavy burden, I propose to let Chernenko say first, after all, he has been in charge of ideological work before, and he has a certain amount of work experience in this area" Tikhonov, chairman of the Joint Council of Ministers, suddenly proposed, he deliberately emphasized Chernenko's work experience in ideology, not for anything else, Just for the sake of himself being part of the Dnepropetrovsk gang, for the common good of all, he had to help Chernenko take Suslov's place.
Chernenko looked at Tikhonov with gratitude, and then glanced at the other committee members with some eagerness, hoping that someone would speak out in support of Tikhonov's proposal.
"That's it," Andropov said suddenly.
His approval surprised everyone, and Tikhonov's suggestion was clearly ill-intentioned, since Chernenko had extensive experience in party affairs and ideology, and Andropov had no advantage in this.
Chernenko couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement when he heard someone praise him, but the person who agreed was actually Andropov, which made Chernenko wonder what the hell the other party was doing.
Chernenko walked to the podium and looked at the members present, knowing that success or failure was here, he thought about it a little and began his speech: "Comrades, I personally have some views on the future direction of our party's work in the ideological and propaganda fields, and I would like to share with you here today.
Beginning to oppose my cause, against our socialist camp, I think" Chernenko's eloquence was very good, and he spoke about the issue of Solidarity not only in Poland, but also in the domestic ideological situation in some other countries of the socialist camp.
Remembering the applause, Chernenko stepped down from the podium, and he signaled to Andropov that it was your turn, and Andropov clapped and smiled in return, as if he didn't care.
Andropov stood up and walked to the podium, the venue suddenly fell silent again, everyone wanted to hear what else Andropov had to say with Chernenko's Jin Yu in front, after all, it was his duty to be in charge of domestic and foreign security, and as for the field of ideology and propaganda, Andropov was a layman.
"Comrade Chernenko said very well, and it did reflect some problems, and I also agree with some of his views.
However, Chernenko blames most of the reason for the agitation of the Western forces, and I do not fully agree with this, as it is well known that our newspapers and radio stations have always been firmly in the hands of the party, and even if the hostile Western forces are agitating hard, their influence is limited.
Comrades, shouldn't we look for the reason in ourselves?"
Andropov suddenly said in a serious voice, making everyone present a little puzzled as to what he was doing.
"Last year's economic data has come out, and I won't mention how bleak it was, not only last year, but also the year before last.
We don't know if you have ever gone out on the streets to see our shops, where the common people have to wait in a long queue for an hour to buy the goods they need, while our cadres can go to their own special shops to buy what they need, and some of them are even foreign luxury goods that we have spent precious foreign exchange to buy."
Andropov's merciless speech made everyone present sit on pins and needles, and everyone secretly looked at Mr.
Bo's expression, and couldn't help but be shocked, Mr.
Bo's face had never been as ugly as today. t1706231537: