1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Based on Mif's understanding of Stalin, this kind of thing was very taboo for him. Sure enough, Stalin frowned slightly, obviously feeling that he was sensitive, but after a while, his brows relaxed slightly:

"This is not a particularly serious problem. It should be prioritized after China's revolutionary process..."

In fact, at this time Stalin was very confident in controlling the CCP and even China.

You have to know that, at least in name, the CCP is still not an independent organization, but an agency of the Communist International under his leadership;

(At this time, almost all the Communist parties in the world were "resident agencies" of the Communist International, and the Communist International had absolute guidance over them - except for the Soviet Communist Party)

The Communist International had enormous power. It could disband Communist Party branches in other countries, change or reject resolutions of Communist Party branches in other countries, and replace branch leaders at will.

(In fact, due to various practical factors, it is not too easy to achieve this, especially to make a big move, otherwise Mi Fu would not have to travel all the way to China.)

Moreover, in terms of its own strength, the CCP was even weaker than the KMT. It had to rely on the Soviet Union for almost everything, while the latter at least had other countries to turn to for help!

Since the CCP had separated from the Soviet Union, it was nothing, unable to even fight a war and would collapse at any moment. So why did Stalin still worry about this and that?

Therefore, Stalin did not think it was a problem to let Li Desheng control too much power.

What was Chen Duxiu like back then? What was Li Lisan like?

What about Qu Qiubai?

The Soviet Union can just dismiss it with a single word!

However, Mif had an expression that made him hesitate, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to, which made Stalin's mustache twitch:

"Comrade Mif, do you have anything else to say?"

"Comrade Stalin, I'm not sure whether I should say these words. They seem to be slandering comrades."

"About Comrade Li Desheng?" "Yes."

..you say."

"According to our understanding, Comrade Li Desheng possesses considerable knowledge and abilities, but his capitulationist tendencies... No, that's too harsh a description of a comrade..."

Mi Fu coughed lightly deliberately, paused, and changed his words:

"Comrade Li Desheng displayed serious Right opportunist and guerrilla tendencies, always seeking to escape the enemy. Even when the Red Army had a significant advantage, he preferred defense to offense."

"He always insisted that the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was extremely weak and could not engage the enemy head-on. They could only avoid the enemy as much as possible and wait for the enemy to weaken..."

"This mentality greatly influenced his decision-making, causing him to do everything possible to avoid fighting the enemy and often choose more passive methods to deal with the reactionary attacks, such as..."

Are what Mif said true? To be fair, half of it is true.

For example, Li Desheng believed that the Red Army was weak and could not fight big and tough battles;

For example, Li Desheng's "preserving strength and seeking opportunities to annihilate the enemy" became "opportunism";

For example, Li Desheng's "reducing Red Army casualties" became "passively responding to the enemy's attacks"...

Most of the sentences are facts, but they slightly distort the other party's original meaning and the real idea they want to express, and also mix in a small amount of false information.

For those who want to hear the truth, this kind of "fact" is the most difficult lie to distinguish.

"...Therefore, my comrades in the Eastern Department and I all believe that Li Desheng has made contributions to the Chinese revolution and is capable, but he is unable to continue to develop the Chinese revolution and maintain the offensive momentum of the communist wave..."

What does it mean?

This means that Li Desheng can only "maintain the status quo" and cannot "expand";

In the minds of a considerable number of leaders in Moscow, one thing is certain:

The situation of the Chinese revolution is very good! We must revolutionize, revolutionize, and revolutionize again! We must fight against the Right, fight against the Right, and fight against the Right again! We must attack, attack, and attack again!

Sure enough, after hearing what Mif said, Stalin's brows knitted into a knot. He recalled the intelligence sent back by the Far East regarding the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and the construction of the Soviet areas:

The revolutionary base area, covering nearly a million square kilometers or even larger, tens of millions of people with great enthusiasm for the revolution, and hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers with high morale...

In contrast, the Red Army General Staff Intelligence Department's report on its investigation of the Kuomintang army and the warlord armies led by Chiang Kai-shek was as follows:

With the exception of a few divisions, most of the army was poorly equipped, lacked heavy weapons, had low morale, had little training, and had extremely incompetent officers and was rife with corruption...

Stalin never understood why the CCP was always so "restrained" despite having achieved such great success and facing such a weak enemy.

I see. It seems there's a problem with the thinking of the top management. They're stuck in the past failures and have become timid and cowardly.

It seems that Comrade Li Desheng still has the classic Chinese peasant habit of being too cautious, fearing that his pots and pans will be broken...

However, this is not his fault. His background and China's poverty have greatly restricted his growth.

I still need to exercise more.

Give him some time, and I believe he will be able to grow into an outstanding leader of the Communist Party of China.

How about taking some time to invite Comrade Li Desheng to Moscow to see the world?

Stalin was thinking about some random ideas in his mind, and temporarily put aside the idea of ​​letting Li Desheng become the supreme leader of China, and asked:

"Who do you think is more suitable?"

"

Faced with Stalin's second question, Mif, who had been rejected once, seemed more cautious.

Obviously, Stalin was not satisfied with his list of "academics", but at his instigation, he also developed a certain negative view of the out-and-out "localists".

Then, it would be best to choose someone who is mostly acceptable to the Chinese local faction, who has good relations with the academic faction and other forces within the Communist Party of China, and who is not too tough in character and can obey Mif's orders.

Soon, a person who had once submitted to him entered his mind. "Wu Hao?"

284 Wang Ming fell into the water!

"Wu Hao?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, this man..."

Mif was not sure whether Stalin knew Wu Hao, but for his own purposes, he praised him highly.

In fact, Stalin knew Wu Hao and had a deep impression of him. Two years ago, in order to report on his work and resolve the fierce conflict between the Far Eastern Bureau established in 1929 and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wu Hao traveled to Moscow.

After delivering reports such as "The New High Tide of the Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party" and "The Characteristics of the New High Tide of the Chinese Revolution and the Current Central Tasks of the Party," he reported in detail to him and the Central Committee of the CPSU on the situation and conditions of the Chinese revolution.

Stalin listened carefully to Wu Hao's suggestions and opinions, and then shifted the priority of the urban workers' movement to after the construction of the Soviet areas and the Red Army, and ultimately rejected Li Lisan's nationwide putschist line.

(To be honest, as long as he had the right intelligence, Stalin had a pretty good vision and rarely gave outrageous orders. The problem was...)

(Historically, when the teacher met with Stalin, the latter sincerely admitted to him the erroneous guidance he and the Comintern had given to the CCP in its early stages, and did not use "intelligence errors" to cover it up.)

The impression Wu Hao left on Stalin was that he had a mild temper, was very artistic in speaking, was good at mediating conflicts, and was able to handle interpersonal relationships and organizational conflicts well.

Although the overall impression is very good, can such a person serve as a leader with the important mission of expanding the Chinese revolution?

Stalin hesitated, thought for a while, and said to Mif:

"Comrade Mifu, please go back and draw up a list of the new leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. I will consider this matter later."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin."

"..."

After leaving the Kremlin, Mif immediately sent someone to find his favorite disciple Wang Ming and gave him a detailed explanation:

"...So, Comrade Klaubefu, I need you to return to China immediately. Even if you can't become General Secretary, you must do everything in your power to prevent someone who is not under your control from taking office!"

Mif guessed what Stalin was thinking.

Stalin was not particularly satisfied with Wu Hao.

So, after counting and counting, there were not many people to choose from. (They thought Zhang Wentian and others had been arrested and killed)

Therefore, Mif believes that Stalin might eventually choose Li Desheng and pair him with 1-3 people who can "correct" his mistakes!

This is definitely not what Mi Fu wants to see, or in other words, the person who is arranged to "oppose" Li Desheng must be his person!

Who is the most suitable person?

It must be Wang Ming, who has already become the de facto top leader of the Chinese Communist Party!

Wang Ming has shown his absolute admiration for his son Mif since he entered the school. He is the most active one in every class and the one who licks him the hardest. He is the perfect person to carry out his son Mif's will.

Furthermore, we must act quickly and take complete control of the situation before the new secret radio station capable of communicating directly with Moscow reaches the CCP!

Although Mi Fu knew that Wang Ming was not capable of taking on such an important task, he had no other choice but to force him to take the throne.

Otherwise, everything they did before might be exposed, and they would definitely be thoroughly liquidated by Moscow!

(I'd like to clarify here that although Mi Fu absolutely favors Wang Ming, she is not completely blinded by love like a woman in love.)

(The decisions made at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, such as "removing Zhai and retaining Zhou," rejecting Wang Ming's appointment as the chief leader, and vetoing Wu Hao's withdrawal from the Politburo, all demonstrate his clear understanding of the political situation and Wang Ming's actual capabilities.)

After hearing what his mentor said, Wang Ming felt a little confused for a moment and secretly groaned in his heart.

In fact, after the CPC Central Committee stopped sending him any telegrams and the Communist International sent him no telegrams but received no response, he knew that something might have happened to the CPC Central Committee.

Moreover, judging from the intelligence we received later, this time was different from the previous "minor incidents" like the rebellion of Gu Shunzhang and Xiang Zhongfa. It was obvious that the entire dynamics of the CPC Central Committee had been completely controlled by the Kuomintang, so they were all wiped out!

In other words, the current situation of the revolutionary struggle in China, especially in Shanghai, is already extremely dire, a hundred times worse than when he left Shanghai last October!

So, Wang Ming instantly became timid.

Why did he take his wife Meng Qingshu and leave China? Others don't know, and he himself doesn't know either.

What does "The Communist International needs a responsible person to serve as the representative of the Chinese Communist Party to the Communist International" mean?

Bullshit!

In fact, the real reason is just one - he is scared!

Wang Ming saw that Xiang Zhongfa, a high-ranking official who was under strict protection, had been arrested by the Kuomintang, that his reward was the same as Wu Hao's, 15 yuan, and that more and more comrades were imprisoned...

Wang Ming was afraid that he would be arrested again one day, so he quickly fled from Shanghai, leaving the foolish Bo Gu in China to act as his puppet, remotely controlling the entire CCP.

If he's caught again next time, he might not be as lucky as last time! He finally managed to escape from this dangerous place, and now you want Wang Ming to return to China, which is clearly even more dangerous than before?

Making trouble!

If he had the courage, why did he leave China?

On January 12, 1930, Wang Ming was arrested. He pulled a stunt—he bribed a prison guard to give him the address of the Propaganda Department, a secret agency of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and sent him to deliver a letter...

(How can I put it? Fortunately, the guard was short-sighted and was bribed. Otherwise, if the guard had just informed the Kuomintang, the Party Central Committee would have been completely wiped out without even waiting for Gu Hexiang to defect.)

(Note: Wu Hao, who was looked down upon by some, was also asked to go to the Soviet Union at the time, but he believed that the Chinese revolution needed people most at that time, so he declined the call and chose to go to Jiangxi.)

However, Mif's will was absolute and could not be violated, at least not until Mif lost power.

Wang Ming is a very smart man. He always knows who he should listen to.

During his time at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, he was the first to see that Vice President Mif had the potential to become the president, so he eagerly approached him.

After some teasing, Wang Ming quickly gained Mif's favor and intervened in the struggle between the school's Party branch secretary, Setnikov, and the acting principal and dean of academic affairs, Agur, to help Mif get the upper hand.

After his victory, Mif sent Wang Ming to the Red Professors College for further training and recommended Wang Ming to Chen Duxiu and other CCP leaders (Chen Duxiu looked down on Wang Ming and remained silent about Mif's recommendation).

Later, Mif sent a telegram to the Chinese Communist Party in the name of the Eastern Department of the Communist International, urging Li Lisan and others to make proper arrangements for Wang Ming's work.

During the Li Lisan era, despite being suppressed and retaliated against by his opponent, Wang Ming was able to put aside his hatred in order to get promoted. He published 19 long articles in two months, praising Li Lisan crazily.

(Note: This is what Wang Ming thought, but it was actually Li who thought that Wang should first go to the grassroots level for training and should not receive any special treatment. Then, after Wang Ming made that outrageous move, Li gave him the punishment he deserved.)

Thanks to his crazy and shameless flattery, he was transferred back to the Central Committee by Li Lisan less than three months after leaving the Central Committee.

When Li Lisan published the theory that "the Manchurian uprising was the prelude to international war," Wang Ming was the first to see that the Communist International was dissatisfied with Li Lisan.

Then, he switched sides without hesitation, writing letters to Mif and others criticizing Li Lisan and trying to curry favor with the Communist International, using extremely disgusting language.

Not only that, Wang Ming also openly opposed Li Lisan, even if it meant being dismissed from his post and placed on probation within the Party. He then turned around and wrote letters to Mif and others explaining how "steadfast and unyielding" he was.

As a result, Li Lisan was indeed slapped to death by the Communist International, and Wang Ming, who was "politically discerning," "loyal to the Communist International," and "dared to fight against reactionary behavior," was promoted to a higher position in an instant.

(Note: When the Soviet Union led the global proletarian struggle, it always adhered to the principle of "Soviet interests first" and never wavered.)

(To put it bluntly, it means sacrificing the interests of other countries and nations and unconditionally making concessions to the interests of the Soviet Union, under the euphemism that protecting the Soviet Union is protecting the cause of communism and socialism)

(It was precisely because of this that the Communist International issued orders to the CCP to "arm and defend the Soviet Union" and "launch a nationwide uprising," demanding that all of China, regardless of reality, launch a communist movement and support the Soviet Union's actions.)

(Li Lisan was very dissatisfied with this, but he was powerless to resist, so he came up with that theory, intending to use China as the source of world revolution, provoke international war, and drag the Soviet Union into it.)

(The claim that "the Communist International tried to stop Li Lisan's putschism but failed before arresting him" is basically nonsense. This is the main reason why Li Lisan was beaten up by the Soviet Union.)

(Did the Communist International try to stop it? Yes, but that was because after the Sino-Soviet conflict, the pressure from the Soviet Union was not as great.)

Later, when Mif himself was dealt with by Moscow, Wang Ming was the first person to jump out and stomp on Mif's head madly.