Chapter 110 meet liberation

The New Year of 1949 came, and the sun shone warmly on Tsinghua Garden. The I-shaped hall has winding corridors and carved beams and painted buildings. It is a place for the professors of Tsinghua University to rest and entertain.In the morning, colleagues from the Federation of Churches worshiped in the Gongzi hall as usual.In the evening, the auditorium is a funfair as usual.At the fun fair, the faculty and staff performed dramas, and the workers performed magic tricks.It seems that this New Year is as peaceful and lively as previous years. But, after all, this New Year is different from previous years.

Teams of migrant workers passed by Tsinghua Garden continuously. They carried ladders, pennies, and metasequoia, and transported them from here to the People's Liberation Army troops preparing to attack the city.Banknotes from the Great Wall Bank in the Liberated Area have begun to be used in shops near the school.Although the shops are still open, things are expensive and few. According to the school calendar, classes for this semester should end on January 8, followed by a week-long final exam.But the students are all preparing for various activities to welcome the liberation, and the school can no longer hold classes normally.Waist drums are beating freely on campus, and students in front of the gymnasium are performing Yangko instead of morning exercises. At noon and evening, the classrooms are either practicing chorus or rehearsing dramas.

According to the situation, the school council decided to cancel the exam, that is, the winter vacation.After the notice was issued, almost no students left the school. At 2:00 p.m. on January 10, the Cultural Takeover Committee and the Education Committee of the Beiping Military Control Committee of the Communist Party of China formally took over Tsinghua University. The upstairs and downstairs of the auditorium were crowded with students and faculty members.Professor Feng Youlan, chairman of the school council and dean of the Faculty of Arts, announced that Tsinghua University will become a university of the people's government from today.There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Then, Qian Junrui, the reception representative and director of the Cultural Takeover Committee, gave a speech.This middle-aged soldier looks kind, calm, and has a good eloquence. At the beginning, he preached the principles of the new democratic revolution: to overthrow imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, and to promote nationalism, democratic thinking, and scientific spirit. Then, he talked about the Communist Party’s work opinions after taking over the university: abolish the Kuomintang’s teaching system in the school, cancel public or secret party and group activities; everything will remain the same for the time being, and the salaries of faculty and staff will still be graded; Overall planning of improvement programs for higher education.

Zai Bing and Cong Jie seldom go home these days, they are busy welcoming liberation at school.The Spring Festival will be celebrated in a few days, but the atmosphere of this Spring Festival is different from any previous Spring Festival.At night, Huiyin and Sicheng were talking at home when they suddenly heard the shouts of students outside: "Fu Zuoyi has surrendered!" They turned on the radio to listen to the broadcast.The stove was very hot, and a blush appeared on Huiyin's pale cheeks.Beijing was peacefully liberated, and there could be no better ending. How relieved she and Sicheng are!

This is January 22, the deadline for the Chinese People's Liberation Army to attack the city. On January 30, two thousand officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army visited Tsinghua University.Troops gather at the stadium square, where the student contingent also gathers.Students and soldiers sang together, and then shouted slogans: "Long live the Communist Party of China!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" It was the first time Tsinghua people heard such slogans. At 12 noon on January 31, the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched into Beijing from Xizhimen.

On April 21, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued an order to liberate the whole of China.On the land of China, there is a huge battlefield that has never been seen in human history. Cultural relics are scattered in every corner of the battlefield like stars. In the bloody fight, they will be reduced to dust in an instant. Representatives of the Chinese People's Liberation Army came to Tsinghua Garden again to listen to Liang Sicheng's opinions.