Chapter 325
When the Central Supervisory Committee convened nationwide supervisory actions, why did Andreyev always hand over the cases related to the Disarmament Commission's Executive Bureau to Yuri for final approval? Looking back now, Andreyev's behavior was not simply because he was afraid of trouble or had reservations, but rather to show an attitude. He recognized that the Executive Bureau was Yuri's territory and did not deal with it in order to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings with him.
Unfortunately, Yuri did not take this into consideration at the time, and Comrade Andreyev's goodwill was in vain.
Thinking more deeply, Yuri felt that he seemed to have been too weak in the past. The cause of this weakness came from his identity as a time traveler.
Yuri didn't know much about Soviet history in his previous life. Of all the memories he had about this red empire, the most profound were the purges, wars, migrations, famines, divisions, shortages of supplies, and so on, all negative things. Therefore, in his mind, the power struggle in Moscow was extremely cruel, and the intrigues and traps were everywhere, which made him feel panic. Moreover, this panic was buried deep in his heart. He might not be aware of it, but his behavior was always dominated by this emotion.
Whenever there was any disturbance, the first thought that flashed through his mind was to hide and keep himself as low-key as possible, hoping that everyone, no, it should be said that those majestic lions fighting would not see him and completely ignore him.
He dared not offend anyone who was at the core of power, and only dared to do something dirty to Zhukov, because he knew that Zhukov would be in trouble and would continue to be unlucky.
Some things really cannot be thought about too deeply, just like Yuri now. If you think about it carefully, he has become a bully who only cares about the weak and fears the strong. This is not the role he likes to play.
After leaving Khrushchev's residence, Yuri sat in his car and drove all the way to his workplace. All the time he was thinking about what Khrushchev had said to him and the content of their conversation.
Yuri had a feeling. He felt that Comrade Khrushchev, well, this cunning old fellow, seemed to be deliberately instigating him to deal with someone, or in other words, he was instigating him to make trouble.
But if you think about what he said carefully, it makes a lot of sense. As a person who stands closest to the core of Moscow's power, being weak, or having too many concerns, is very dangerous. Weakness means being deceived, and having too many concerns means making too many plans but not making decisions. Such a person cannot protect his own people, nor can he control his subordinates. And a person who cannot be protected by anyone cannot have loyal subordinates. In addition, if he cannot control his subordinates, hey, the ending is really foreseeable.
Perhaps, I really need to become tougher, at least to carve out my own sphere of influence in certain places, to make those potential people with ulterior motives understand one thing, that is, once they are ready to reach out to me, they must consider fighting to the death, and must consider whether this hand is worth it.
But then again, Yuri did not intend to fully adopt Comrade Khrushchev's opinion. He wanted to use a more roundabout and safer method.
Yuri locked himself in the office for the entire morning. He did not do any work and his mind was full of thoughts about this problem. It was not until near noon that he finally sorted out a general outline in his mind.
Leaving the Disarmament Committee building at the end of get off work time, Yuri took a car to Angelica's workplace, and then took his wife home.
He spent the whole afternoon asking Anjelia about Igor's situation, including his school days, when he just started working, and the situation in recent years. However, Anjelia didn't know much about her cousin. She only knew that this guy was a nerd, the kind of person with a high IQ but a low EQ. And Anjelia was sure that her cousin had never been abroad, and she was not sure whether he had ever come into contact with foreigners.
Yuri made a detailed record of what he learned from Angelica, and then he called his father-in-law and asked him some questions about Igor.
Angelica's father has been working in Belarus and has never left there even during the war. He is quite familiar with the situation in Belarus. However, he doesn't know much about Igor's affairs. After all, he is just an uncle.
As for what happened this time, the old man knew a little about it. According to him, the reason why Igor was implicated was not only because he had a close relationship with Buyarsky, being both a colleague and a teacher and student, but also because someone reported Igor, saying that he had close contacts with an American named Jerson.
On the phone, the old man said vaguely that he didn't want Yuri to interfere in Igor's affairs, worried that it would affect Yuri's future. Yuri didn't explain too much about this, as he could understand the old man's thoughts.
Angelica didn't say anything more about her husband's plan to interfere in Igor's matter, but her worry was written all over her face. Yuri didn't choose to talk to her frankly because he didn't intend to let his wife get involved in this matter, which would only make her think more.
After lunch, Yuri returned to his study and called Minsk directly to find an old acquaintance - Chuyanov.
At the most brutal time of the Battle of Stalingrad, Yuri was transferred to the Stalingrad front as deputy commander of the 62nd Army. It was at that time that he met Chuyanov. At that time, Chuyanov was the first secretary of the Stalingrad State and concurrently served as the chairman of the Stalingrad City Defense Committee.
After the war, Chuyanov was transferred to Belarus and currently serves as the first secretary of the Minsk Provincial Committee. He was from the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs and was said to have a good relationship with Beria, but he was very far-sighted. After killing Yezhov, he left the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs.
The reason for contacting Chuyanov was that Yuri wanted to know the details of Igor's case. Only by understanding the details of the case could he determine what to do next.
On the phone, Chuyanov agreed readily and said he would try his best to understand the situation and give Yuri an answer as soon as possible.
After hanging up the phone with Chuyanov, Yuri couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He realized a problem with himself, which was that he had almost no connections among political officials.
In the past few years, Yuri has been commanding battles, and all his foundations and connections are in the military. Take now for example, if he is asked to contact people, he can find familiar friends or former subordinates in almost every military region and every Eastern European cluster, but he really doesn't know many people in the bureaucratic groups at all levels, especially at the grassroots level below the state level.
In the nearly one year since the end of the war, Yuri's entire work has been focused on disarmament and the establishment of an executive bureau. However, the Disarmament Working Committee is a relatively closed system, a semi-militarized system, and there are not many opportunities to interact with local forces.
The most important thing is that even within the Disarmament Working Committee, because the system was established too recently and the personnel appointment work was done rather roughly, Yuri promoted and appointed very few officials, and he had no chance to build a network with him as the core.
Look at Comrade Khrushchev. He has been running Ukraine for many years, and many state-level official appointments are closely related to him. Therefore, even if he left Ukraine, he knew everything that happened there. If he wanted to compete with Kaganovich, it would be difficult for the latter to carry out his work.
The problem Yuri faces now is that he is like a blind man. It is difficult for him to understand what is happening in the Soviet Union, let alone get the details. If he had connections in Minsk, he would not be so passive - although Chuyanov knows him, he definitely does not have too many interests involved, and the other party cannot use him, so when he encounters problems again, he may not help him wholeheartedly.
What is a personal connection? Personal connections are built on the basis of mutual benefit. Such a personal connection cannot be built simply by one party asking for something from the other party.
The emergence of this embarrassing situation sounded the alarm for Yuri, and for the first time made him think of promoting a group of people who were closely related to him as soon as possible.
In the afternoon, Yuri went to his office as usual. Although he acted calmly, as if nothing had happened, he was actually very upset and had no intention of doing anything.
Perhaps Yuri himself did not realize that his thoughts, or his way of thinking, were changing towards that of a standard politician: he wanted to build his own network of contacts; he wanted to promote people he trusted; no matter what the matter was, he wanted to be in control, or at least be informed. At the same time, he no longer had the mind to do his work in a down-to-earth manner.
Of course, Yuri's thinking was a little confused at this time, and he lacked confidence. He thought Chuyanov had no demands on him, but he didn't know how much the First Secretary of Minsk Oblast cared about this matter.
Before four o'clock in the afternoon, a captain in the uniform of the Internal Guard came to Yuri's office and handed him a thick document. The content of this document was about Igor's case, and it even included the details of the informant.
