"Seryosha, do you have any good ideas" Yeltsin saw that Seryosha had regained his vigor and suddenly changed from sluggishness to full of confidence, and he was naturally curious about what good solution Seryosha had come up with.
"Brother Boris, you know that I was in England for some time to negotiate the export of coal, do you know what happened in Britain at that time?"
asked Seryosha in a pretended cryptic manner.
"At that time, I was still working in the Sverdlovsk region, how could I know what you were doing as a ministerial-level cadre, so don't sell it, talk about it quickly, I'm in a hurry," Yeltsin asked impatiently.
"At that time, the coal workers in Britain were on strike, and everyone thought that it would not take long for Margaret Thatcher's government to fall under the onslaught of the most powerful trade unions in the country, so I chose to support Margaret Thatcher for the Soviet Union, and with the support of Soviet coal, Thatcher's cabinet lasted a whole year to quell the strike.
I am not telling you about how strong Margaret Thatcher was, but I want to ask you what Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, who admires the West so much that he is eager to invite the President of the United States to be the second-in-command of the party, would do it?"
Seryosha picked up the already cold coffee on the table, raised a glass to Yeltsin as a salute, and drank it all like vodka.
"Seryosha, you are too bold, do you know what the consequences will be if you do this, do you want to instigate the citizens of Moscow to fight against the central government" Yeltsin listened to Seryosha's plan, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.
"Brother Boris, are you afraid, I ask you, is the advocacy of openness supported by Secretary Yakovlev and Secretary Gorbachev, why can those pro-Western royal literati criticize Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and even the recently dead Andropov and Chernenko, are not immune, are the leaders of our party wrong, only Comrade Gorbachev is the only correct big brother Boris, and the citizens of Moscow have the right to stand up and say no to the government in order to protect their legitimate property, But these ordinary people have never done such a thing, they need a leader, what you have done in Moscow in the past six months has made many Muscovites admire you, do you just watch the good reputation you have worked so hard to build be ruined by Ligachev" Seryosha impassionedly encouraged Yeltsin.
Seryosha doesn't want to stand up now, he's not the same as Yeltsin.
Yeltsin had only been in Moscow for a few months, and there should be nothing unclean.
And Seryosha is a shady thing under the ass of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
He needed someone to help him hold back Ligachev, and at least until the transfer of funds from Japan was complete, VTB needed time to annihilate evidence of Seryosha's theft of Soviet state assets.
"Seryosha, I still can't make up my mind, I," Yeltsin said with a frown.
"Brother Boris, let me ask you, with your current political capital, which Politburo member do you think you can kick out, so as to pass the embarrassing level of your current Politburo alternate is Ryzhkov or Shevardnadze Don't forget, the Soviet Union has a Leningrad in addition to Moscow, you are all the most powerful contenders to the Politburo, okay, even if you can enter the Politburo and become the top leader of the country, Can you be in front of Ligachev in the ranking, at most you will be put in charge of some miscellaneous things in the Secretariat of the Central Committee, do you think that with your relationship with Ligachev, you can show your ambitions in the Secretariat, can't" Seryosha said directly to Yeltsin, the cruel reality made Yeltsin fall into silence, he has always hoped that he can occupy a bigger stage, although his achievements are not small now, But in front of Ryzhkov, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, who was also from the Sverdlovsk region, Yeltsin could not raise his head.
"Brother Boris, your greatest capital is not the support of Secretary Gorbachev, no matter how much we pay, we will not be able to compare with Yakovlev's position in the heart of the General Secretary.
Your capital is the support of the people of Moscow, your work style of going deep into the masses, the disgust and disgust of the citizens of Moscow for bureaucracy make them naturally regard you as their spokesperson, I can see these things you have done in Moscow every day in the newspapers, what I see is not deliberate propaganda from the superiors, but the objective and fair evaluation of your efforts by journalists according to their own conscience, you don't know your name, even the British newspapers have reported it."
Seryosha's last question made Yeltsin raise his head, and then asked with great concern: "No, what do they say about me?"
"They say that you are the most enlightened official of the USSR, a doer, and there is no arrogance and ignorance of Soviet officials in you at all" Seryosha did not deceive Yeltsin by saying these words, he was telling the truth, because Yeltsin's series of reforms in Moscow made him famous among the common people.
In order to rectify the work discipline of the Moscow city government, Yeltsin has so far removed 22 top governors of Moscow's 32 districts.
Moscow is full of foreign journalists, and of course this newsmaker will not be spared.
"Well, Seryosha, I agree with your plan, you say, what do you want me to do" Yeltsin asked Seryosha seriously, he had never been to England and had no experience in inciting the masses in Moscow "Brother Boris, do you have the guts to speak on television and tell the citizens of Moscow about this.
Brother Boris, please remember that openness is the basic program set by the Party Central Committee at the Second Party Congress, and we have not violated national law, but are completely in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee to disclose the truth to the masses and citizens."
Seryosha was afraid that Yeltsin's confidence would not be enough, and he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and let Yeltsin completely lay down his burden.
"Don't worry, no problem, there is no turning back, there is nothing wrong with us disclosing the truth, even if the central government wants to blame it in the future, I have a reason to follow," Boris made up his mind and said in a resolute tone.
"Brother Boris, please rest assured, after you stand up publicly, I will join other departments to support you, if Ligachev wants to undermine the stability and unity of the country, he must have the consciousness to bear the anger from the people," Seryosha said viciously. t1706231537: