The next day, Chen Zikun went to attend the CPPCC meeting, Xia Xiaoqing and others took a train to Tianjin, and a special car went to Cangzhou to visit relatives.

After Chen Zikun finished the meeting, he went back to his room to rest for a while, planning to go to Nanyuan Airport in the afternoon to familiarize himself with the performance of the aircraft, when suddenly a few people came to the corridor, and the soldier in charge of the CPPCC security work led a middle-aged man with oily hair and noodles to come over, it was Li Junqing, an old friend who had not seen him for many years.

Although I heard Baoqing say that Xiao Li Zi's things were not authentic, Chen Zikun still received him warmly, Li Junqing was a little restrained, leaning on the sofa with his buttocks, and took out a notebook and pen to record when listening to Chen Zikun speak.

"Xiao Li, what are you doing here, and you still have a record, do you remember that I have any inappropriate remarks." Chan half-jokingly.

"No, no, no, I am studying the spirit of your speech, you are now the leader of the country, and every word you say is very enlightening to us people." Li Junqing said very sincerely.

Chen Zikun couldn't cry and laughed, and said: "We have been friends for many years, I won't be polite to you, there is not much time at noon, and I have to go to the Air Force to walk around." ”

Li Junqing immediately stood up: "You still have to go to the Air Force to inspect, then I won't delay, and I will come to visit you again when I have time." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Do you have any specific things to ask me for, I will consider what I can do." ”

Li Junqing said: "The main thing is that I haven't seen me for many years, and I really miss it, and secondly, there are some small things, and my organizational problems have not been solved." ”

"What organizational problem?"

"I want to join the party."

"Oh" Chen Zikun understood, "I want to make progress, it's a bit difficult, I'm still the Kuomintang, it's the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, if you want to join the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, I can still speak, if you want to join the ***, I can't help people outside the party." ”

Li Junqing immediately said: "I just said casually, don't take it seriously, what, I'll leave first, I'll come to see you again when you're free." ”

After sending Li Junqing away, Chen Zikun was about to take a break, and someone came to visit him, a cadre of the Beijing Municipal Military Management Commission, and he politely wanted to take Chen Zikun to the city.

Chen Zikun is very vigilant, the military management will take him around, how much does this mean?

The comrades of the Military Management Commission smiled: "Go to Shijuma Street, and West Chang'an Street." ”

Chen Zikun immediately understood, got in the car with them, and came to the Lin Mansion on Shifuma Street in Xuanwu Gate, where the residents had moved out, cleaned cleanly, the gate was painted, and the layout of the house was the same as thirty years ago.

The personnel of the Military Management Commission said: "This was originally General Chen's property, but later the world was chaotic, and some people moved in, and after receiving instructions from the superiors, our Military Management Commission cleaned up the yard in the shortest possible time. ”

Chen Zikun said: "Are the residents properly settled, you can't drive people away just because it's my family's property." ”

"General Chen rest assured, all the residents have been allocated new houses, there are nothing else in Beiping City, and there are still quite a lot of empty houses."

I came to the Yao Mansion near Zhaojialou on West Chang'an Street, where a unit that had been working here was also withdrawn, and the small western-style building was restored to its old appearance and could be moved in at any time.

Chen Zikun walked into the small building, the floor was waxed, smooth and shiny, the furniture was still the best mahogany furniture purchased by Yao Cichang back then, the curtains were newly replaced, the autumn wind was blowing, the curtains were shaking, and the laughter of the young Yao Yilei seemed to sound like silver bells in his ears.

"This small building is Mr. Yao Qizhen's property, he is not in China, so you can take it over." The personnel of the Military Management Commission presented the property rights document of the house, and Chen Zikun signed his name on it.

……

Xia Xiaoqing and his entourage came to the countryside of Cangxian County, Yan Jinan asked the juniors in the family to kill pigs and sheep and make dumplings to entertain relatives from afar.

"Zhang Jinpeng of Xiaozhangzhuang has become the deputy county magistrate, and he doesn't dare to do anything to me." Yan Jinan picked up a glass of wine with one arm, "We have fought Japan to defend our family and defend the country, and the three shrapnel on our bodies have not been taken out." ”

A child from the village shouted: "Uncle Yan, you still have a medal, and the boss has a gold." ”

Yan Jinan made a blank face: "What nonsense is the little cub, what a medal, I threw it away a long time ago." ”

Turning his head to Xia Xiaoqing, he said: "In the early years, my arm was changed to a blue sky and white sun chapter, and now I don't dare to show it off. ”

Xia Xiaoqing asked about the land reform, Yan Jinan said: "Our family is not a big family, there are a few acres of land that I have already sold to buy guns and bullets, the family is poor and has no floating wealth, eldest sister, you can rest assured, the revolutionary revolution will not be on my head." ”

The cousin with one arm was very heroic and drank in a big bowl, but Xia Xiaoqing had an indescribable sourness in his heart.

After paying tribute to the souls of his parents, Xia Xiaoqing ended his trip to Cangzhou, tossing back and forth for half a month, and when he returned to Beiping, the CPPCC meeting had already been held, and everything that should be decided was decided.

Chen Zikun told them that the name of the new country was the People's Republic of China, and the name of the new country was Beiping, which was renamed Beijing, and the national flag was a five-star flag with a red background, surrounded by one big star and four small stars.

The date of the founding ceremony is set for October 1, when the party and state leaders will climb the tower, inspect the three armed forces, and announce the founding of the country.

The youngest daughter Chen Jiao asked, "Dad, can you stand on the *** city tower?" ”

Chen Zikun thought for a moment and replied: "I should have this qualification." ”

Chen Jiao said: "Then can you take me with you?" ”

The adults all laughed, Chen Zikun touched his daughter's head and said, "Not this time, Dad has another important task, to defend the founding ceremony from bad people, and wait for the next time I have the opportunity to take you along." ”

Chen Jiao said: "Then let's pull the hook." ”

Seeing the father and daughter pulling their little thumbs with care, everyone smiled heartily.

……

At Taoyuan Air Base, Taiwan, a fleet of B25 bombers was ready to go, and the pilots sat in the lounge with solemn expressions, waiting for the order of the highest authorities to send out to bomb the founding ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party.

Outside the barbed wire, Chen Bei looked speechlessly at the rows of once familiar war eagles, he had not flown since he came to Taiwan, and when he saw that his comrades-in-arms were about to take off, he couldn't help but have a complex and contradictory feeling in his heart, on the one hand, he was eager to fly, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to bomb the mainland.

Not far behind him, two political and war officers are inseparable, they are nominally air force political workers, but in fact they are agents of the Secret Bureau, responsible for monitoring Chen Bei.

I don't know why, Shangfeng conveyed the order of the highest authorities, the combat readiness was lifted, and it did not fly.

Naturally, Chen Bei would not have known that the United States had rejected the Kuomintang authorities' request to borrow an air base in South Korea, and the bombing of the founding ceremony was automatically canceled.

At this time, the sky over Beijing was still overcast, and at 10 a.m., all units and units received a notice to hold a founding ceremony at 3 p.m.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Central People's Government held a meeting in the Qinzheng Palace, all the members announced their inauguration, the Central People's Government was established, and immediately elected Zhou Enlai as the Premier of the Government Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The ceremonial area has been under martial law, and there is a guard standing solemnly every other distance, and the committee members came to the back gate of the city tower, got out of the car and climbed the building, walking steadily, and every step was full of emotion, looking back on the road they had walked, it was a glorious road paved with the blood of countless martyrs.

At three o'clock, a large number of people had gathered in front of the city, and when they saw the national leaders appear on the city tower, there was thunder of joy below, and the excitement was overflowing.

Secretary-General Lin Boqu announced the opening of the ceremony, and Chairman of the Central People's Government, Mao Zedong, announced through a microphone in a thick Hunan accent: "Compatriots, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today! Immediately pressed the button, a five-star red flag was raised, the passionate march of the volunteers sounded, and one hundred and eight salutes rang out twenty-eight times, echoing between heaven and earth like spring thunder, announcing the final victory of the new **ism revolution.

The square was jubilant again, the masses cried with joy, Baoqing stood in the front position as a model worker of the transportation company, he was very excited, waving a small flag and shouting: "Long live New China, long live Chairman Mao!" "I kept shouting until my voice was hoarse and couldn't make a sound, shouting and shouting and tears poured into tears, which were tears of joy, tears of excitement, tears of happiness.

In the sky above the suburbs of Beijing, Chen Zikun led the air force alert detachment to fly on duty, and the hustle and bustle in Beijing had nothing to do with them, but Chairman Mao's declaration could be heard through the radio, Chen Zikun couldn't help but be shocked, shook his wings, and flew the plane into the clear blue sky.

A huge military parade was held, with elite forces drawn from all over the country passing through Chang'an Avenue in columns, infantry, cavalry, artillery, armored troops, and a newly formed naval detachment.

The soldiers carried Japanese-made Type 38 rifles, British-made Stern submachine guns, drove American-made Dodge trucks, and pulled American-made howitzers.

Seventeen planes of the People's Air Force flew through the sky, arousing bursts of cheers, "Look, our fighters! "The young people cheered, and those who were familiar with the military could see that flying in front was the advanced P51 Mustang fighter, the ace fighter of the Americans.

The parade was followed by a large-scale mass procession, after the Beijing municipal government organized factories to process a large number of flags and lanterns in the shape of a five-pointed star, and the activity continued until more than 9 o'clock in the evening, when everyone left under the persuasion of the staff.

Tonight, countless people are destined to suffer from insomnia.

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After the founding ceremony, the Chen family returned to Jiangdong, but Chen Zikun stayed behind to continue to assist in the formation of the air force, in order to take care of his daily life, the organization purchased furniture and daily necessities and moved into the Yao Mansion on West Chang'an Street, and arranged a orderly, a driver, and a jeep.

Two days before the establishment of the Air Force was announced, a major event occurred two days before the establishment of the Air Force, when 12 planes of the Kuomintang China Airlines and the Central Air Corporation, which had already moved to Hong Kong, took off from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport and threw themselves into the arms of the people.

Air Force Commander Liu Yalou welcomed the rebels at the airport in the western suburbs, accompanied by Vice Foreign Minister Li Kenong, who was introduced, Chen Zikun and Vice Minister Li shook hands and greeted each other, and Li Kenong said: "General Chen, I heard that your eldest son is in Taiwan?" ”

Chen Zikun's heart moved, looking at Li Kenong, there was a pair of deep pool-like eyes behind the other party's glasses, which made people shudder.

"Yes, the dog was implicated by me and was placed under house arrest in Taipei by the Kuomintang authorities." Chan replied.

An uprising plane flying from the south appeared in the sky, and Li Kenong stopped continuing the topic, and the group walked to the runway to greet the heroes of the uprising.