Cai Ye came to the stage with some excitement, Xia Jun awarded Cai Ye the National War Medal, which is the highest medal in this war, and handed over the lieutenant general uniform to Cai Yi.

After Cai Ye took the military uniform, he saluted Xia Jun, and Xia Jun also returned a military salute with a smile.

The award of the rank of lieutenant general to Cai Ye is mainly in return for Cai Ye's ability to take the initiative to integrate into the East China system, although it is not a complete integration, but he has given up Sichuan.

As a result, Tang Jiyao of Yunnan set an example, so that the provinces occupied by the political axe of East China rose to 17 provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangdong, Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Western Regions, Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Sakhalin.

This is a great success of the encroachment policy of East China's political axe in the past few years, especially since the current stage has entered a stage of explosive development.

Cai Yi's knowledge of current affairs, coupled with his integrity, patriotism and ambitions, and the fact that he is extremely good at old-style military technology and theory, deserves to be awarded the title of lieutenant general.

Then it was the turn of the major generals, and most of the candidates among the major generals were not unexpected, and these were officers of the third rank. However, Liu Xiaoguo's promotion to major general was unexpected by the officers of the East China Army, because Liu Xiaoguo had been abroad for nearly two years and was transferred to the Western Regions after returning to China, so he belonged to the marginal type in the East China Army system.

But Liu Xiaoguo's resume was enough for him to be promoted to major general, helping the Rashid family to gain most of the ruling power of the Arabian Peninsula during his time in Rashid Arabia, and solving the original headache of energy problems for the East China political axe. After returning to China, he solved the problem of the Western Regions with iron and blood.

Both the Arabian Peninsula and the Western Regions belong to a region far away from East China, so compared with the local officers, life is more difficult in the first place, and merit and achievement are like allowances.

Only then did people realize that Liu Xiaoguo was not a marginal officer, but also a backbone in the eyes of the chairman.

also understands what kind of standard the credit for external expansion is, Liu Xiaoguo has obviously always been an officer who belongs to the external expansion.

When Liu Xiaoguo walked up the steps to confer the award, the whole person was extremely excited, a year ago the principal told him that going to Xinjiang Province would not be worse than going to Shandong, and it was true.

"Well done, didn't disappoint me." When Xia Jun handed Liu Xiaoguo the major general's uniform, he whispered to him: "Don't be pampered, continue to work hard." ”

"Yes, Headmaster." Liu Xiaoguo straightened up and saluted Xia Jun.

Then the officers who were promoted to second lieutenant and above came to the stage one after another, and Xia Jun personally awarded medals, in addition to these officers, Xia Jun also personally awarded medals to ordinary soldiers who made first-class meritorious service.

It is a great honor for the chairman of the committee to be honored in the East China Army, and it is one of the dreams of every soldier.

On the podium of the award, there are celebrities and representatives from all walks of life who have arranged seats, and they feel a great honor when they are invited to participate in this award ceremony.

This is the reward and celebration of meritorious deeds after the great victory of the national war, and they can receive invitations, which is the official recognition of them, especially the arrangement of seats, the political axe has sent a lot of invitations, but there are not many people who can have close seats.

Lin Debao sat in the front row with a red face, who would have thought that a small landlord had become an agricultural tycoon today, and his agricultural reclamation company had gone to Nanyang and South America.

Even if he is now a businessman, he is also a veteran of East China's political axe, and belongs to the ranks of co-creating the grass industry with the chairman.

With this victory, Lin Debao knew that the opportunity for the agricultural reclamation company had come again, especially the recovery of Taiwan and the improvement of its international status.

At present, there are six agricultural reclamation companies in East China that may be large-scale, four of which belong to the first batch of development, among which the agricultural reclamation company opened by Lin Debao is the largest, and his company has the shares of Huadong Group and Huasheng Group, second only to Huasheng Agricultural Reclamation Company is Li Shilin's Zhongsheng Agricultural Reclamation Company, but Li Shilin occupies more shares, so although the scale is not as large as Huasheng Agricultural Reclamation Company, the profit is more than Liu Jinshan.

…… At six o'clock in the evening, the state banquet began.

The number of people attending the state banquet reached nearly 300,000 people, and a full 30,000 tables were placed.

Fortunately, when East China Plaza was originally designed, it was large enough to accommodate a gathering of millions of people, otherwise it would not have been possible to hold such a grand state banquet.

The state banquet was attended by people from all walks of life and their families, as well as servicemen and their families.

The dishes at each table are made according to the specification of 100 yuan, and a table is 10 people, and the specification of 10 yuan per person is extremely high at this time.

You must know that the prices of agricultural products in the provinces of East China are low, and 10 yuan is already a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

However, on the whole, this state banquet only cost 3 million yuan, plus other expenses, a total of 5 million yuan, Yuan Shikai spent 60 million yuan on the throne, which is more than ten times that of this state banquet.

At seven o'clock, when the people were seated, after the 36 gun salutes, the sky was lit up with brilliant fireworks, and it was time to enter the opening stage.

The fireworks were brilliant that night, and the gorgeous fireworks continued to bloom in the sky, these were all fireworks that Xia Jun bought from the exchange platform, and the effect was not ordinarily good-looking, and it was immediately amazing.

"Next, I invite Xue Xiaoling, a student of the Academy of Literature and Art of East China University, to sing the new song "Good Words" for us, and everyone applauds and welcomes."

In the warm applause, a tall and tall young woman with a dignified face and a very beautiful temperament appeared in front of everyone.

Such a beauty is very rare in such an era, she walked on the high platform in the center of the square, Xue Xiaoling is wearing a very beautiful and atmospheric precious fur today, looking radiant and fashionable.

Standing on this shining stage, Xue Xiaoling was a little nervous, she was an overseas Chinese from Nanyang whose ancestral home was Guangzhou, her father was a Philippine plantation owner, and she owned a large number of plantations in the Philippines, and her family was wealthy. In the first year of the Republic of China, when the East China political axe was not widely supported by overseas Chinese in Nanyang, she was sent to Jian'an by her father to study.

In the second year of the Republic of China, Xue Xiaoling was soon admitted to the Singing Department of the Academy of Literature and Art of East China University with excellent results.

After practicing her singing skills for two years, she was selected by the chairman as the candidate for this state banquet performance, and she was the first to appear, and the chairman also prepared a number of new songs for her.

What does it feel like to be watched by 300,000 people? Xue Xiaoling felt nervous, and her palms were already sweating.

The band played its instruments, and the melody was very cheerful and festive.

Hearing the music, Xue Xiaoling immediately subconsciously calmed down and quickly entered the state.

"Alas, the happy gongs and drums beat out the joy of the year, the beautiful dance sends the joy of every day, and the oil paint of the sun paints the day red...... Today is a good day, everything you want can come true...... Open the door, let's welcome the spring breeze......"

The sweet and wide range of voices sang through the microphone throughout the square, and the cheerful and festive melody suddenly made everyone in the square feel amazing.

Since there is no screen, only people who are close can see the situation on stage, but they are all attracted by the festive singing.

"Alas, today is a good day, the time of the daughter can't wait, today is a good day, catch up with the prosperous world, let's enjoy peace......"

After the song "Good Words" was sung, the whole square burst into warm applause, Li Shijing looked at Xue Xiaoling on the stage, secretly pinched Xia Jun's waist, and asked in a low voice: "Are you a student again?" ”

"Which one of these up and down is not my student!" Xia Jun and Li Shijing whispered next to each other, obviously hearing Li Shijing's vigilance.

Li Shijing glanced at him, holding Xiaoting on the side to feed her the braised beef in the cold vegetable platter, as for Xia Pingqi's kid, he sat on the side by himself, no one served, and he could see that his young heart was often angry at his mother's partiality, and it was not as good as Aunt Mei'er who loved him.

There were many people sitting at the same table as Xia Jun, and the table Xia Jun was sitting at was very large, with more than 20 people sitting, all of whom were veterans.

Such as Tao Chengzhang, You Zhengbin, Zhang Taiyan, Liu Yazi, as well as Xie Baozhang, Chen Xuanyu, Lin Chenggui, Zhang Jiyu, Yang Lie, Wu Feng, Liu Wenhong, Liu Xiaoguo, as well as Yan Xishan, Chen Jiongming, Cai Yi, Tang Jiyao and others, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang did not come, and they were originally invited, but Yuan Shikai suddenly returned to the west, and they had to rush to Yanjing in advance.

Everyone was also attracted by Xue Xiaoling's singing, because it was relatively close, so they all tilted their heads to watch the singing, and they didn't start for a while, that is, Xia Xiaoting and Xia Pingqi, the two little guys, were moving.

"I think everyone should move the chopsticks first! My old Yan's stomach is almost hungry! Yan Xishan looked at the direction of the stage and applauded, then turned around and said, he didn't seem restrained at all, he knew that Xia Jun was easy-going and basically informal.

"Yes, Lao Yan is right, let's start first!" Xia Jun picked up the chopsticks and said, greeted twice, and then took the lead.

When everyone saw that Xia Jun had moved, they also followed.

The performance on the stage did not end, Xue Xiaoling extended the first song, and then sang two Cantonese songs - "The Long Road of Life" and "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que".

Since Xue Xiaoling's ancestral home is Guangzhou and she can speak Cantonese, she will take the Cantonese route in the future. These two melodic Cantonese songs are once again fascinating to listen to.

When Xue Xiaoling stepped down, Zhao Zhongqi came on the stage, he was Xia Jun's most cultivated singer, and he became an instant hit with classic songs such as "A Cut of Plums", and he was already a well-known singer in China at this time.

During the banquet, Xia Jun suddenly chatted with Zhang Taiyan about "Zhou Yi", "Zhou Yi" is also called "Book of Changes" and "Yi", Zhang Taiyan is a master of national arts, and he has studied "Zhou Yi" very deeply.

Zhang Taiyan has recently been very happy with this change in the mentality of the chairman, who used to want to sleep as soon as he heard him talk about these things, and looked listless, but now he has become interested.

"Zhou Yi is a very widely used thing, which can be used in most areas of society, just like our Chinese culture, whether it is Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese medicine, internal martial arts, feng shui, physiognomy, and calculation, all have the shadow of "Zhou Yi", our ancient China is a kind of Datong culture......" Zhang Taiyan explained to Xia Jun.

"What Brother Taiyan said is extremely true, "Zhou Yi" is a thing that can be used anywhere, including the truth of the universe. The immortal family uses "Zhou Yi" to simulate the operation of the universe to refine the elixir ......" As soon as "Zhou Yi" was mentioned, Yan Xishan also picked up his mouth, but Yan Xishan's special research is "The Mean", which is a kind of contradictory and balanced academics, and it is also the study of "The Mean" that is extremely deep, so Chief Yan is a master dancing on eggs in the original history. Neither Chiang Kai-shek, nor the Eighth Road, nor the devils brought him down.

(To be continued)