Chapter 170 The Forgotten Good Card

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Georgia, as the hometown of the great leader Stalin, the people here have a special feeling for Stalin. Stalin was born in Georgia, his mother was Georgian, his native language was Georgian, and his way of life was completely Georgian. He is the greatest person who went out of Georgia. When he left Georgia, he was just a shoemaker's son, but when he returned to Georgia, he became the world's Big Three.

When Khrushchev came to power, the Soviet government began to implement the policy of de-Stalinization. Stalin became a sinner of the Soviet Union. That generation of Georgian young people spontaneously launched a mourning campaign against Stalin, opposing Khrushchev's condemnation and criticism of Stalin. Then it evolved into large-scale demonstrations and demonstrations. Even Georgia once wanted to be independent from the Soviet Union. Even the Georgian army refused to implement Khrushchev's suppression order until the troops sent by Moscow rushed into the area with tanks. In Tbilisi, the riots finally subsided, which became known as the Georgian March Incident.

Georgia is the most ethnically independent of all the republics of the Soviet Union. Most people in the Republic of Georgia belong to the Georgian nation, while the Russians have become a minority here. Georgia is a region where Shevardnadze has been operating for a long time. After Shevardnadze left Georgia to serve as foreign minister in Moscow, Patty Ashvili became the new first secretary of Georgia. However, Patty Ashvili Li quickly discovered that the main leaders of Georgia were old courtiers left behind by Shevardnadze, and it was still Shevardnadze's people who had the final say here.

So when Ligachev sent people to Georgia to investigate the corruption of officials and the problem of excessive concentration of power. Pattyashvili reported to Ligachev's subordinates about Shevardnadze's cronyism, small groups that evaded the party leadership, and corruption. Instigated by Patty Ashvili, the investigation team actually started to file a case to investigate this matter, which made Shevardnadze's old subordinates swallow this breath.

So the investigation team sent by Ligachev to Georgia completely became the enemy of the Shevardnadze faction. They stupidly got involved in the struggles of local political factions, and the result would not end well. It only took more than a month. Conflicts broke out again and again between local officials in Georgia and the investigation team. The local officials did not cooperate with their investigation operations, which made it impossible for the investigation team to work in Georgia.

So one letter after another of complaints flew to Ligachev's office in Moscow like a snowflake. In Ligachev's view, how could local officials in Georgia resist the central investigation? Is there any law for this? So Ligachev warned the Georgian party committee, which aroused Shevardnadze's dissatisfaction. Under the secret instigation of Shevardnadze, Georgia's local power factions began to write letters to the central government, suing Ligachev The person sent by the husband is called an investigator, but in fact he is critical of the work of the Georgian party committee.

As the dispute escalated,

The matter finally reached the meeting of the Politburo. Now the conflict between Ligachev and Shevardnadze was completely made public. Shevardnadze is not a low-level cadre like Seryozha. He is a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the leader of the party and the country. He is exactly the same as Ligachev in rank, but he is slightly ranked in the party. Ligachev is only a few ranks lower than Ligachev. The strength of the two can be said to be equal, but Ligachev is a bit difficult to ride a tiger now. The anti-corruption campaign he launched has sent the son-in-law of the country's former leader Brezhnev to prison. , and died in a prison riot. Now if Ligachev cannot suppress Shevardnadze, then how convincing is his policy.

Ever since, after Yeltsin was completely exiled by Gorbachev, Shevardnadze became Serezha's new shield. But Seryozha and Shevardnadze are only acquaintances, and it is impossible for Shevardnadze to cooperate with him like Yeltsin. Shevardnadze's attack made Seryozha suddenly feel a bad breath in his heart.

Seryozha has been thinking about how to make Yeltsin maintain his influence among the people after he was forced to leave his job. Seryozha quickly thought of a new method, which was to transfer the street political routines of Western countries to the Soviet Union.

Thanks to Yakov's openness policy, Yeltsin can still freely express his views and opinions in newspapers and media, so Sergei asked Komsomolskaya Pravda to start publishing Yeltsin's articles. After getting this suggestion, Yeltsin also began to think carefully about this new method. As a politician, Yeltsin is still very young, and he doesn't want to just stay at home like this.

So Seryozha took the time to visit Yeltsin and put forward this suggestion. Yeltsin was not good at street politics at all, and he didn't know what kind of article he should publish in the newspaper.

"You are a senior cadre of the central government. You must be better at interpreting the various policies of the central government than those professors who teach in schools. If you condescend to contribute to the "Komsomolskaya Pravda", I believe many people will be moved." Interested! Our "Komsomolskaya Pravda" is a media for young people, and political commentary has always been our weakness. I believe that with your help, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" will definitely expand its readership..." Xie Liaosha patiently said of persuasion.

After discussions between the two, Yeltsin finally agreed to take the time to write an article for Komsomolskaya Pravda. The two discussed for a while, and Yeltsin planned to use his trip to the United States as a breakthrough point to introduce some things about the economic and political systems of the United States.

"Seryozha, the world has changed now. In the past, the media reported whatever we asked the media to do, because all journalists knew that their own party membership, promotion, and housing were all in the hands of their superiors. But it's different now. Yes, since wages were allowed to float, many people have put income first, and the media has become bolder. From this aspect, we have made progress..." Yeltsin said with emotion.

"Yes, the world has changed!" Seryozha said, and he had already begun to think about the issue of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in his mind. Yeltsin's words reminded him that "Komsomolskaya Pravda" had a good hand, how could he not Didn't remember to use it?