Chapter 50 Section 9

Soong Ching Ling warmly received Chen Geng. She smiled contemptuously at the Kuomintang's plot to assassinate her that Chen Geng told, and ignored anything.She asked Chen Geng curiously, "How many soldiers do you have now?" Chen Geng smiled shyly, and replied respectfully: "One million." In fact, there are only more than 200,000 horses. "Lin Biao is also in the fourth issue, so why did he bring millions?" Chen Geng replied: "He is making rapid progress." Soong Ching Ling nodded and said nothing more. Soon, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Deng Yingchao as a special envoy to Shanghai to invite Soong Ching Ling to go north to Beijing, and Soong Ching Ling generously agreed.Before leaving, she thought of Sun Yat-sen's only son, who advised Chiang Kai-shek not to touch Sun Ke, the survivor of the founding father.

Although Sun Ke holds an important position in the Kuomintang government and is one of the 43 war criminals announced by the Communist Party, he belongs to the veteran faction that Chiang Kai-shek has always suppressed.When Chiang Kai-shek wanted to raise Sun Yat-sen's spiritual throne in a grand manner, he had to treat Sun Ke with a pretentious manner.Soong Ching Ling saw this very clearly.Of course, as Sun Ke's nominal stepmother, she is about the same age as Sun Ke, and the relationship between the two is also delicate.Judging from the currently declassified archives, they don't have any major conflicts on the surface, and they don't have many personal contacts.The only photo they showed together publicly was to guard Sun Yat-sen's spirit together.

However, Sun Ke's recognition of Soong Ching Ling's stepmother was originally with resistance. It is said that when Sun Yat-sen wanted to marry Soong Ching Ling, he was strongly opposed by the senior members of the Kuomintang.Among them are Hu Hanmin and Zhu Zhixin.When the two men chattered endlessly to persuade Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yat-sen replied firmly: "This is my private matter, please comrades in the party not to obstruct it."Sun Yat-sen wrote a long letter to Sun Ke who was far away in the United States, explaining the ins and outs of this marriage. At this time, Sun Ke, who had been deeply immersed in the Western style, did not say anything.After returning to China, he went to Macao to settle down his mother Mrs. Lu, and then went to Guangzhou to participate in the political affairs of the Kuomintang.There, he met Soong Ching Ling for the first time.Because Sun Ke was in awe of his father Sun Yat-sen, even if he felt unhappy, he dared not express it.In terms of face, the two have maintained common etiquette and there is no conflict.Later, Sun Ke's children got together, and in public, his children still respectfully call Soong Ching Ling's grandmother.

However, since Sun Yat-sen's Anniversary Ceremony was held in 1929, they have not appeared together in public, and there are not many exchanges in normal times.It is said that Soong Ching Ling never made a public response to Chiang Kai-shek's several attempts to murder herself.Even after Liberation, Soong Ching Ling criticized Chiang Kai-shek, the "enemy of the people", and never made any criticism, let alone angrily denounced the other party's bad behavior.What is certain is that Soong Ching Ling learned through some channels that Sun Ke had specially called Chiang Kai-shek to persuade him to ensure his own safety.

Soong Ching Ling was quite moved by this. One day in September 1949, the liberation of Guangzhou was imminent.Soong Ching Ling had learned that Sun Ke had no intention of going to Taiwan, but was staying in Hong Kong.So Soong Ching Ling called Sun Ke. "Is it Tetsu?" "You are..." Sun Ke, who was busy escaping from Guangzhou, grabbed the phone and exclaimed without waiting for the other party's response, "Ah... madam. Where are you? Are you safe?" "Don't worry about where I am. It's absolutely fine in terms of safety." "Then..." Sun Ke asked in amazement, "What advice does Madam have for you?"

"Don't go." Soong Ching Ling persuaded on the other end of the phone, "Stay in the mainland." "But I am one of the 43 war criminals listed by the Communist Party." Sun Ke said hesitantly, "Under the overthrow of the nest, there are still eggs. Considering their class composition, if I stay in the mainland, am I still not the target of the revolution? " "Don't worry so much." Soong Ching Ling persuaded earnestly, "You didn't lead troops to fight, you didn't kill and set fire, and you didn't participate in Chiang Kai-shek's major decisions. The Communist Party is also clear. I advise you to stay and don't wander around. It will be beneficial."

Sun Ke fell into a brief silence. Soong Ching Ling held the microphone anxiously, "Zhesheng, are you listening? Did you hear me clearly?" "Ma'am," Sun Ke adjusted his glasses, wiped his sweaty face, and sighed dejectedly, "Zhesheng has strayed too far into the officialdom, and he has already turned his back. Madam, please take good care of yourself." Knowing that she had made up her mind to go, Soong Ching Ling had no choice but to put down the phone disgruntled.Later, Sun Ke went to Hong Kong, stayed for two years, then transferred to Europe, and then went to the United States.After thirteen years of drifting away, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to borrow his title of "Father of the Nation and Heir of the Nation" again, and in a pretentious manner, he invited Sun Ke to Taiwan and gave him the post of dean of the Examination Institute, which has no authority.

On the night Soong Ching Ling asked Sun Ke to stay, Mao Zedong, who had always been a dragon and a snake, wrote a letter to Soong Ching Ling respectfully and neatly: "Chongqing has violated the teachings for nearly four years, and the sincerity I look up to is growing day by day." I hope that the victory of the national revolution is imminent, and the construction plan is urgently needed to be discussed. Comrade Deng Yingchao is specially dispatched to greet you and welcome you to the north. I hope you will come to Ping so that you can ask for advice from the nearest one. An old pedant sighed: "The son of heaven" in the new dynasty respects the "empress dowager of the previous dynasty", which is unprecedented.

Li Zhitong, a military special agent, was also interested, so he squatted down and scratched the word "laugh" on the ground with a tree branch.The veteran looked around the word, sized Li Zhitong again, pondered for a while, and then broke it down and said: "This word looks lucky on the surface, but it is actually unlucky." An unexpected visitor came to Suiyuan.The coach Dong Qiwu, who was once placed high hopes by Chiang Kai-shek, said at the banquet: "Your guns have not been figured out, and they have already become a hornet's nest." Chiang Kai-shek was furious after several leaders of the Democratic League, such as Zhang Lan, Luo Longji, Shi Liang, and Zhang Bojun, who made Chiang Kai-shek hate him, escaped safely, but he had to accept the reality that these people rushed out of the fence.

At this time, the Communist Party had liberated Northeast China and North China, occupied the ancient capital of Beiping, and was intensively preparing for the founding ceremony, discussing with the Democratic League and people from all walks of life to hold a political consultation meeting.Hearing all this, Chiang Kai-shek felt as if he was in a pot. When he turned on the radio and read all kinds of telegrams and letters, all he saw and heard was this kind of news.