Text Chapter 33: Heresy Inquisition (Part 2)

(Today is quite busy, so the second update will not be released until around 12pm)

This is the first time Alexander Solzhenitsyn picked up a pen to write a story about a dictator. Before, whether in "The Gulag Archipelago" or "Mateliona's House", Solzhenitsyn only targeted the Soviet Communist Party. In his eyes, the Soviet Communist Party was evil, a political organization formed by countless people who were greedy for rights and oppressed human rights.

Sometimes Solzhenitsyn thought that if there hadn't been that damn purge, maybe he would have been promoted from artillery captain to major, and then become a hero in the Great Patriotic War, respected and loved by the nation. Rather than working in obscurity in Kazakhstan's labor camps. Originally, those medals and honors belonged to him, but fate made him an enemy of the Soviets.

Thinking of this, Solzhenitsyn picked up the pen and wrote the first sentence on the paper, "On a calm night on August 26, 1937, a baby's cry came from the peaceful village of Perevoz in Gorky Region. A new baby. The son's parents are celebrating that they finally have a child. The man named Yanayev named the newborn Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev, but they did not know that the child would play an important role in the future Soviet state. A tyrant, a man who is at odds with freedom and democracy.”

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Yanayev walked down the long and narrow corridor. His last opponent was Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, Gorbachev's right-hand man in destroying the communist world. With his support, Eastern European countries were allowed to pursue their own paths and were no longer tied to Soviet control. He also refused to intervene when Eastern European communists called on the Soviet Union to intervene militarily to deal with the democratization movements that were beginning to sweep through Eastern Europe.

Shevardnadze's folly paved the way for most of Eastern Europe to complete its democratization movement peacefully. He is said to have repeatedly told hardliners: "We should now realize that socialism, amity, neighborly relations and mutual respect cannot be achieved with bayonets, tanks and blood."

Both communists and Russian nationalists considered his actions treasonous, and some of his longtime figures in Moscow were seen as villains. After the fall of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, the warm soil that allowed Shevardnadze to continue to promote democratic reforms ended here.

But Yanayev still has a headache about how to bring down Shevardnadze, because he has built a reputation for being strict and conscientious, such as Shevardnadze using public transportation on his way to work instead of using Politburo members. Sedan available. For example, Shevardnadze is clean and has never misappropriated any property belonging to the state. This is a rare sight in a corrupt bureaucracy. But it is even more difficult to find a breakthrough from Shevardnadze and throw him into prison.

If Shevardnadze hadn't wanted to join the republic and break away from the control of the Soviet Communist Party, Yanayev really wanted to sit down and chat with this guy to reminisce about the past and ask him if he wanted to join his staff group.

"Comrade Yanayev, you walked into my office so openly without saying hello. It is not a very polite way of greeting." Seeing Yanayev pushing in the door, Shevardnadze still said Facing the iron-blooded dictator very calmly, after all, apart from inconsistent political stances, it is difficult for the old fox to let Yanayev catch anything.

"Didn't you come here specifically to see my old friend? Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev sat opposite him with a smile, testing the other person bit by bit.

"Ahem, shouldn't Comrade Yanayev launch a wonderful counter-revolutionary campaign within the entire Soviet Union? It is said that after the launch of the counter-revolutionary campaign, many worried officials committed suicide out of fear of guilt." Shevar There was something in Denaze's words, and he stared at Yanayev with deep meaning, "I heard that my old friend Yakovlev also became one of the victims of suicide, and he was also the top leader of the Soviet Communist Party who committed suicide. Right?"

"Of course nothing will happen to you, Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev spread his arms and said, "Look, what a great communist fighter. He works hard and is honest. Compared with those moths, he is nothing. It is a role model for socialist builders. What a pity..." Yanayev said deliberately, "It is a pity that he made a more serious mistake, that is, changing his ideological line, which is more hateful than collecting money. "

"Oh?" Shevardnadze raised his eyebrows, "You are trying to incriminate yourself, Comrade Yanayev. When did I become a traitor to the free world? Ideology is not something that can be said today. It cannot be used as evidence for conviction.”

Yanayev looked at Shevardnadze as if he were an old rival who deserved respect. Of course, if he had not found a way to defeat Shevardnadze, Yanayev would not be standing here so openly.

"It's a pity that you forgot one thing about you, and that is your daughter, and your wife. Do you really think I don't know about the dirty things they do in private?" Yanayev looked at the clown's performance. Looking at Shevardnadze the same way, "You keep saying that you are an upright and honest person, but you allow your relatives to make money wantonly. Do you really think that we are all fools?"

In the original timeline, Shevardna served as the second president of Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but he indulged his wife and daughter in their corruption activities, turning Georgia into one of the most corrupt countries in the world. A corrupt country with an incorruptible president sounds like a darkly humorous joke. The smile at the corner of Shevardnadze's mouth slowly disappeared with Yanayev's words.

"What do you want?" Shevardnadze was uneasy inside, but pretended to be calm on the surface. He has seen Yanayev's methods before, so he does not want his family to become the next Yakovlev. Yanayev knew his ultimate goal without directly bypassing Shevardnadze for trial. Still directed at myself.

"Abdend." Yanayev's words were concise and clear. "If you step down from the position of Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, I will help you. I will not cause trouble for those little black rooms your family has built. If you still persist in your obsession, Don’t blame me for being cruel.”

Shevardnadze lowered his eyes and said helplessly, "I promise you, Yanayev."

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"The 'dictator' finally tore off all the masks of hypocrisy at this moment, revealing his sinister and deep face. He used the most ruthless means to attack those dissidents and played with them in the midst of applause. The people. He began to fear him, his friends were wary of him, and it seemed that everyone became enemies at this moment. But the 'dictator' was not alone, and he didn't mind, because his goal was to become the greatest ruler. ,tsar."

After writing this, Solzhenitsyn put down his pen and read through his manuscript with satisfaction. Then when he was about to write the conclusion at the end, he hesitated and finally changed it to another sentence.

To be continued.