Provincial capital, the first people's hospital ** ward, Liu Cunren is sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious, the corridor is full of relatives, friends and colleagues of the old Liu family, there are newspapers, provincial governments, provincial military districts, everyone is whispering, sighing from time to time.

After the liberation, Liu Cunren returned to the newspaper office to do his old job, as a proofreader, but the level went up, it was the deputy editor-in-chief level proofreader, everyone in the newspaper envied him, who let him raise a few promising children, the eldest daughter worked in the central government, the eldest son was the head of the army, the younger daughter was in the provincial party committee, and the son-in-law was in the newspaper, all of them were people with status, and the old man was just when he should be happy, but he was terminally ill, which was really sighing.

Chen Zikun accompanied Liu Ting to come from Beijing by special plane, and when he appeared in the corridor, the crowd immediately quieted down.

Chen Zikun nodded to everyone and took Liu Ting into the ward, the old man was still in a coma, and his youngest daughter and son-in-law were taking care of him, and whispered to his eldest brother-in-law that his father was suffering from advanced lung cancer and had not been treated.

As she was talking, Liu Yuan suddenly shouted: "Dad is awake!" ”

Everyone hurriedly gathered around, and Liu Cunren waved his hand and pointed at Chen Zikun.

Chen Zikun stepped forward to hold the old man's hand and said in a low voice, "Father-in-law, what do you have to explain?" ”

A father-in-law shouted to Liu Cunren with great relief, the eldest daughter has followed Chen Zikun for so many years, without a name, and has always been able to officially enter the Chen family after she left.

"Take care of the people of the Liu family." When Liu Cunren said this, he coughed, Liu Ting helped his father gently tap his back, and after a slight improvement, Liu Cunren gasped and asked, "What about Xiaoyong?" ”

"On the way." Liu Yuan replied, and at the same time gave her husband a look.

Zhang Guangyin understood, immediately went out and went straight to the post and telecommunications office, lined up to make a long-distance call to the North Thai Military Division, and asked the eldest brother if he had set off.

This phone call is not easy to call, because the troops use military dialect, and it is not the same line as civilian telephones, and it is very troublesome to transfer, and it took half an hour to connect to the duty room over there, and the officer on duty told Zhang Guangyin that the central leader had just finished his inspection, and Deputy Commander Liu had already rushed to the railway station.

The head of the central government inspected Jiangbei in a hurry, delaying Liu Xiaoyong and not returning to the provincial capital in time, because he had not changed jobs after all, he was still a soldier, and after the chief left, he took his wife and children, dragged his luggage on the train, returned to his heart like an arrow, anxious, and only hated that the train went too slowly.

When Liu Xiaoyong's family came to the Provincial First People's Hospital, there was crying inside and outside the ward, Liu Cunren had passed away, and he didn't see his children and grandchildren before he died.

Liu Xiaoyong looked at his father's remains, he didn't cry, he was a tough guy on the battlefield who was used to seeing life and death, and his father was cancer, and it was very painful in the late stage, and it was a relief to go, he just regretted that he couldn't let the old man take a look at his grandson before leaving.

The funeral was very grand, because Liu Yuan worked in the provincial party committee, so Zheng Zeru also came to condole, and on the street where Liu's family was located, a wreath was placed for half a street, which can be described as extremely glorious.

Chen Zikun lived in the provincial capital for a few days, and used Yu Wei to arrange for several sons-in-law and grandsons of the old Liu family to go to the state unit to eat imperial grain, which can be regarded as worthy of Liu Cunren's deathbed entrustment.

Seven days later, Chen Zikun returned to Beijing, and before leaving, he talked to his eldest daughter Chen Yan and suggested that her daughter study abroad.

"Is it going to the Soviet Union?" Chen Yan is very excited, after graduating from Harvard Medical School, she has been obsessed with studying medicine, and she is a master of medicine at a young age, an associate professor of the provincial medical school.

"No, it's going to the United States, first to Hong Kong, and then find a way to study in the United States." Chan said.

Chen Yan was silent for a while: "Everyone else is doing everything possible to come back from the United States to serve the motherland, but you want to send me to the other side of the ocean, why is this?" ”

Chan said, "Dad is for your good. ”

Chen Yan said: "I won't go, I won't go to Hong Kong, my patients need me, the organization needs me, Dad, I am now a party member, it is when the motherland needs me the most, I can't go." ”

Chen Zikun looked at his daughter and felt that her innocent daughter had grown up and become a little strange, but in fact, her daughter had indeed grown up, Yan'er was thirty-one years old and already had her own opinions.

"Well, let's just assume that Dad didn't say it." Chan had no choice but to end the conversation.

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In the blink of an eye, it was another year, and it was the time when the spring flowers were blooming, Zheng Zeru, secretary of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, held a symposium and invited the responsible persons of the four leading parties of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the Democratic League, the Democratic National Construction Association, and the peasants and workers to mobilize and mobilize them to put forward more opinions to help our party rectify its style.

"Now the bureaucracy, sectarianism, and subjectivism in the party have reached the point where it must be rectified, and the mobilization of the first party to put forward opinions to the party is to carry forward socialism and strengthen the normal steps of party building, I hope you will not have any worries, the chairman said, a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend, to develop healthily, it is necessary for people from all walks of life, mainly intellectuals, to express their dissatisfaction and criticism and suggestions to the party, and make a big noise."

Secretary Zheng's words did not provoke an enthusiastic response, and everyone just applauded as usual.

Two days after the meeting, the ** parties did not take any action, in private Lin Wenlong and Ruan Mingchuan, Gong Zijun and other old friends chatted and asked them what they thought, Gong Zijun as the deputy director of the Jiangdong Provincial Department of Finance, a member of the Standing Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, is also a person with status, he talked eloquently: "After the liberation, criticize Hu Shi, criticize Yu Pingbo, criticize Wu Xunchuan, criticize Hu Feng *** group, the movement continues, which time is not aimed at intellectuals, I think it is better to wait and see." ”

Ruan Mingchuan said: "Lao Gong, you are lagging behind in what you say, the prime minister said last year, intellectuals are also members of the working class, I think this rectification movement is serious, the party needs us to put forward opinions, this is a manifestation of high wind and bright moderation, is a manifestation of open-mindedness, is a manifestation of great personality, you express your opinions, I will give you a newspaper." ”

Lin Wenlong and Gong Zijun both smiled: "Editor-in-Chief Ruan is really courageous. ”

Ruan Mingchuan said: "During the Beiyang period, I ran a newspaper with Shao Piaoping in Beijing, and I scolded whoever I scolded, what Cao Kun Wu Peifu, a dog blood spray who didn't scold, like the third grandson, I ran a newspaper in Chongqing during the Republic of China, scolded Kong Xiangxi, scolded Song Ziwen, scolded the four major families, and the military commanders threatened to assassinate me, I didn't frown, and now I am humble and take the initiative to carry out self-criticism, do I dare not send it? ”

The next day, Bai Liang, vice minister in charge of party work in the provincial party committee, met with Lin Wenlong, vice chairman of the Democratic League, shook hands with him very warmly, and said: "Professor Lin, please take a seat, I will make you tea and smoke, I have China here." ”

Lin Wenlong said with a smile: "Minister Bai must not have come to me to drink tea and smoke, let's get straight to the point if you have anything to say." ”

Minister Bai laughed heartily: "Professor Lin is really a cheerful person, I invited you to come this time to ask for your help." ”

Lin Wenlong said: "I'm a teacher, how can I help you." ”

Minister Bai laughed again: "We are old acquaintances, no jokes, yesterday Secretary Zheng criticized me again, saying that my work is not in place, and I did not launch a ** party to help our party rectify the style, in fact, I understand the reason, ** party still has concerns, it is understandable." ”

Lin Wenlong said: "Intellectuals are some petty-bourgeois ideas, looking ahead and looking backwards, and they have always been like this. ”

Minister Bai said: "That's why I invited you here to discuss how to mobilize the ** party, the members of the Democratic League are all representatives of intellectuals, if they can be mobilized, they can lead other intellectuals to relieve their concerns, let them know everything, say everything, and tell them that it is not a question of the innocence of the speaker, but the merit of the speaker." ”

Lin Wenlong couldn't help but sit up straight, his expression becoming serious.

Minister Bai smoked a cigarette and paced back and forth in the room, "Professor Lin, you are an old friend of our party for many years, and you are also the leader of the party's trusted ** party, I will entrust you with this political task, and you must complete it well." ”

Lin Wenlong said: "Minister Bai, I understand, after I go back, I will hold a general meeting to mobilize, and let the members of the alliance move first." ”

The Jiangdong Democratic League was actually in charge of Lin Wenlong, and immediately after he returned, he held a meeting to convey the instructions of the leaders of the ** department, and the members of the league were very excited, and they had very opinions on the bureaucratic style of some government organs and the working methods of some cadres, their work attitude, and the relations with the masses.

Chen Nan, a graduate student at Jiang University and a member of the Democratic League, also attended the meeting, and after the meeting, he found his uncle Lin Wenlong and said: "I have an opinion on the current education system, can you raise it?" ”

Lin Wenlong has always admired this nephew, and immediately said: "Of course you can, everything that is beneficial to the country can be mentioned." ”

Chen Nandao: "I don't think there should be a party committee in a university, let alone let the party committee lead the university, because the university is a place for educating and cultivating intellectuals and a place for academic research, so it should not have political overtones." ”

Lin Wenlong didn't speak, and his nephew's words said what he thought.

"Uncle, isn't this suggestion appropriate?" Chen Nan was a little uneasy.

"This is a good suggestion, my uncle and you jointly issued it." Lin Wenlong said.

With the NLD taking the lead, other ** parties and personages without party affiliation also issued criticisms one after another, and for a time a gratifying situation was formed.

Old friends met again, the mood was completely different from last time, Ruan Mingchuan said: "A hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers bloom, good, good, it's really good." ”

Gong Zijun also said: "Originally, many people thought that they could only fight the world, not the world, it seems that this statement is very wrong and naïve, I think that *** can not only defend the world, but also build New China very well, just this attitude that can tolerate sharp criticism is more than a hundred times stronger than the Kuomintang!" ”

Lin Wenlong was even more excited: "China's realization of the real ** is today!" ”