Chapter 2 〇2. Secrets of Internal Guards at the Founding Ceremony

On January 31, 1949, Peking was peacefully liberated. On February 3, the Central Security Corps sent seven companies with a total of more than 800 people to enter Beiping under the designation of "Peking Public Security Corps". On the one hand, it is responsible for the security of the Beiping Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Peng Zhen, the Military Control Commission headed by Ye Jianying, and some of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, major democrats, and representatives of the "peace talks" of the Kuomintang who entered the city earlier.

The troops stationed in Peiping, but everyone's heart was always hanging in the air. At this time, Beiping was not peaceful.Because of the peaceful liberation, although Fu Zuoyi's army was reorganized outside the city, the KMT's spy organization also took the opportunity to lurk down.Beiping was originally ruled by imperialism, feudal forces, and bureaucratic capital for a long time, and its reactionary foundation was deeply rooted. It was the northern command center of the Kuomintang secret agents, with reactionary parties, regiments, troops, police, gendarmes, and huge secret service agencies.On the eve of the impending demise of the Kuomintang reactionaries, bandits from all over the country gathered here one after another, released the habitual criminals in the prison, and colluded with spies, landlords, bullies, and stragglers to carry out various sabotage activities.They killed cadres and the masses, stole state secrets, set fire to explosions, printed counterfeit banknotes, disrupted finance, created rumors, and instigated riots.At the same time, because a large number of unemployed people beg along the streets, crimes such as prostitution, drug trafficking, gambling, and fraud left over from the old society are still flooding Beiping.

At 3 o'clock in the morning on January 18, 1949, two time bombs exploded at the home of the former mayor of Beiping, He Siyuan.The patriot who urged Fu Zuoyi to follow the path of peace was seriously injured in the bombing, and his two daughters were also killed.In order to prevent the Communist Party from entering Peiping and the establishment of New China, the imperialists and the Kuomintang took risks and dispatched special operations teams one after another in an attempt to murder the leaders of the Communist Party of China. The entry of the Communist Party of China into Peiping marked that the overall victory of the Chinese revolution was approaching.Chairman Mao was mainly concerned with two major issues in Xiangshan: one was to command the People's Liberation Army to fight across the Yangtze River and win the final victory in the whole country;

At this time, the Kuomintang agents were looking for Chairman Mao's whereabouts.The overriding task of the security forces is to protect the safety of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao.After more than half a year of rectification in Beiping, although social security has improved greatly, the enemy's sabotage has not disappeared. They have turned from open to covert, and their methods have become more sinister and vicious.In view of the fact that it is a long-term and arduous task to "suppress special bandits", consolidate social order, and combat the enemy's sabotage activities, and the third and fourth battalions of the Central Guard Regiment, which are assigned to the Beiping Public Security Bureau to perform public security tasks, will be rebuilt. To strengthen the dictatorship of the proletariat in Beiping, establish an internal defense armed force loyal to the party and capable of fighting, eliminate social chaos, establish a revolutionary order, and safeguard the absolute security of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao. The Central Military Commission decided to establish a military and The new type of people's armed forces that integrate public security and business is also the most urgent task at that time.The stability of Beiping directly affects the overall situation of national liberation and the holding of the founding ceremony as scheduled.

Chairman Mao decided to transfer Luo Ruiqing to serve as the Minister of Public Security of New China and at the same time form a public security force. The founding of New China was imminent. Due to the urgency of the task, the central government decided to transfer some units of the Fourth Field Army going south, the Central Guard Regiment, and the Beiping Picket Brigade to form a public security force.After the liberation of Tianjin, Guan Quanlong's division was preparing to go south, and the mobilization meeting was held. Guan Quanlong, like other comrades in arms, sorted out unused things together.At that time, each army had a left-behind office, where things were registered and stored.The equipment was cleared and everything was distributed. Just when Guan Quanlong was estimating when he would be able to leave, he received an order from the Central Committee and the troops immediately went to Peiping to serve as the guard of Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee.

Among the millions of troops in the country, only one division was transferred, and the central government chose them, and everyone was very happy.The reason why the central government transferred this division was mainly because most of the soldiers in this unit were peasants who had turned their backs after the land reform in the Northeast. They were relatively pure politically. He is still a cadre from the Long March.It is precisely because of the above reasons that Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee requested that the First Public Security Division be politically reliable and militarily strong at the beginning of its establishment.Comrades Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De also instructed that: 80% of the public security forces should be CCP members.

The first task of the establishment of the Public Security Central Column was to defend the founding ceremony.To this end, the troops went all out to strengthen the security work.After repeated studies, a plan was formulated to focus on Tiananmen Square and the viewing platform, strictly control, mainly armed guards, supplemented by plain-clothed guards, and maintain order by pacesetters and verifying officers, so as to strictly prevent bad elements from mixing into the guarded areas.The Guard Battalion of the Second Division of the Central Column of the Public Security Bureau was responsible for guarding the upper and lower floors of Tiananmen Gate and the surrounding areas.

The founding of the People's Republic of China is scheduled for October 1st.When the news came out, the Taiwan Kuomintang was shocked, and at the same time secretly ordered the spy organization hidden in Beiping to destroy it at all costs. The current Qianmen Hotel was called the Asia Hotel back then, and representatives from various parties who came to Beijing in advance to participate in the founding ceremony lived here. After the Taiwan Kuomintang authorities learned of this situation, they secretly ordered Wu Ruijin, a special agent lurking in Peiping, to sneak into the hotel for assassination and sabotage.

At dawn on September 24, Wu Ruijin came to the restaurant disguised as a farmer delivering food.Because the restaurant needs a lot of vegetables every day, the purchasing personnel often make an appointment for vegetable farmers in the suburbs to deliver the vegetables for convenience. Every time the food delivery personnel arrive, the sentry on duty will send them to the designated location.Wu Ruijin was carrying a load of fresh vegetables, it could be seen that the vegetables had just been picked from the ground. Wu Ruijin told the sentinel on duty that the food was delivered by Wang Qiangming, the hotel buyer the day before.There was a buyer in the restaurant whose name was indeed Wang Qiang. Just when the sentinel was about to call him in, Wu Ruijin showed his weakness.The arms that he exposed when he raised his head to wipe his sweat were white and fat. Farmers are in the fields every day, and it is impossible for them to be so white under the wind and sun. He doesn't look like a farmer at all.The guard sentry immediately took him to the duty room for interrogation.After interrogation, Wu Ruijin had more and more flaws. Seeing that he had exposed his identity, he tried to commit suicide by taking poison, but was subdued by the soldiers on duty. A time bomb was also found on him.

The Kuomintang's careful plan went bankrupt, and Taiwan's spy chief Mao Renfeng sat on the sofa for half an hour after hearing this.When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he brought Mao Renfeng to scold him again, and ordered him to do whatever it takes to hear the Tiananmen Square explosion on October 1.After consideration, Mao Renfeng learned from past experience and decided to adopt the second plan, that is, the enemy agents spread around to carry out assassinations. In order to "clean up" Beiping, the public security forces fought desperately against hidden and open bandits. On September 20, the Beiping Picket Corps cooperated with the Public Security Bureau to arrest 175 bandits under the jurisdiction of Wang Fenggang, a counter-revolutionary lurking in the city, in one fell swoop, dealing a heavy blow to the enemy.At the same time, the guard battalion of the Central Column of the Public Security Bureau surrounded the former Kuomintang Party Headquarters in Beiping, and captured Zhao Binggu, a Central Union spy who came to spy on military and political information, steal documents from the CPPCC, and investigate the situation of the democratic parties and uprising generals.The Central Public Security Column cooperated with the public security department to seize 7 counter-revolutionaries, found 36 suspects, and seized a batch of hidden guns and ammunition.

Bu Hongyi, a soldier in the public security column, was on duty at Tiananmen Square one day when someone suddenly reported that bandits were looting in an alley near Xinhua Gate to the south.He rushed there and saw a young woman in her 20s lying on the ground, bleeding all over the floor.He stepped forward to ask and found out that a bandit had robbed her property, and she was about to call the police, but the bandit wounded her with a gun and then ran away.Hu Guang, a public security cadre who was out on errands, quickly got on his bicycle when he heard the shout, and after more than ten minutes, he caught up with the bandit and drove him to a dead end.Hu Guang jumped out of the car, went up to him and started a fight with him.Seeing that he couldn't beat Hu Guang, the bandit took out a gun and hit one of Hu Guang's fingers. Hu Guang endured the severe pain, holding the bandit's pistol with one hand, and gouging the bandit's eyes with the other hand, and finally subdued the bandit. On the eve of the founding ceremony, the public security forces cleaned up every street and alley in the urban area, and successively arrested 14 criminals including Yang Jinfu, the "Party Communication Bureau Second Branch of Beiping District" of the Kuomintang. There were more than 3,000 bullies, a large number of guns and ammunition were seized, and more than 250 brothels were closed.The detection of a large number of cases stabilized the turbulent situation in Peking. The guards of the Tiananmen Gate Tower are the top priority of the security work for the founding ceremony.One month before the founding ceremony, Zhao Taihe, a soldier in the public security column, went to Tiananmen Square with other soldiers to check.There are many pigeons on the beams of the Tiananmen Gate Tower. Since no one has cleaned them for a long time, the pigeon droppings are more than one foot thick.Zhao Taihe and his comrades thoroughly cleaned the Tiananmen Gate Tower. It took more than ten days to clean up the pigeon droppings, and then they used mine detectors to conduct safety inspections section by section.The mine detector is provided by the Soviet Union. There is a plate in front of this mine detector, and a line comes out from the plate. This line is connected to the earphone. It is normal to hear a buzzing sound; if the earphone does not ring, it proves There is metal underneath. The founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China held in Tiananmen Square is a grand event in Chinese history, and it marks that the Chinese people have stood up since then. Luo Ji was the deputy political commissar of the First Brigade of the Beijing Picket Corps.On the day of the founding ceremony, a large team was responsible for the security work of Tiananmen Square. In 1947, Luo Ji was transferred from the North China Military and Political University Propaganda Department to the North China Field Army Infantry School. On January 15, 1949, the night Tianjin was liberated, the infantry school entered the second largest city in North China and was reorganized into the Tianjin Picket Corps, which was responsible for maintaining social order in Tianjin.However, in just half a month, news of the peaceful liberation came from Peking.In order to quickly stabilize the social order in Peking, Luo Ji and his comrades were ordered to go to Peiping with the troops before they had time to take a closer look at Tianjin to form the Peking Picket Corps. political commissar. From the Anti-Japanese University to the Step School, from Tianjin to Beiping, the first CPPCC preparatory meeting is about to be held, and famous people and leaders from all over the country are gathering in Beiping one after another. The first brigade consists of 5 squadrons, 1 political security team, and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers.The democrats included in their key defense targets include Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Huang Yanpei, Xu Beihong, Li Kuchan and others.As the leader of the brigade, Luo Ji took turns to report to the residences of these people every day, soliciting their opinions and requirements for the guards.Among these people, Soong Ching Ling left the deepest impression on the guards and soldiers. Soong Ching Ling arrived at Beiping Station by train on August 28.Beiping was Soong Ching Ling's sad place, and Sun Yat-sen died in Beiping. She didn't want to come to Beiping at first, but Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou wrote her a letter and sent Deng Yingchao to Shanghai to pick her up.At that time, Soong Ching Ling's entry into Peiping caused extreme panic among the Kuomintang.In order to prevent Soong Ching Ling from going north, the Kuomintang had formulated an assassination plan.Due to the tight security along the way, the enemy's assassination plan failed.When Soong Ching Ling arrived in Peiping, Chairman Mao and other leading comrades from the central government went to the station to meet her. That morning, Luo Ji led a platoon of security personnel to the train station, checked all passages and corners from the entrance to the platform, and deployed security personnel until Deng Yingchao, He Xiangning, Liao Chengzhi and others Accompanying Soong Ching Ling to board the car and enter the security area in charge of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Luo Jicai felt relieved. After all, this was the first time in his life that he took on such a security task, and the guard object was Soong Ching Ling. After Song Qingling came to Beiping, she lived in Shichahai. In order to protect her safety, Zhou Enlai personally intervened and arranged for a large group of troops to be stationed in a squad.Soong Ching Ling was very dissatisfied. She called Zhou Enlai and told Zhou Enlai that the sentry was watching her. After Premier Zhou explained the situation to her, she cleared up the misunderstanding of the sentry.Due to Soong Ching Ling's special identity and status, she has a lot of social activities, and the security work here is much busier than other places.Soong Ching Ling was very concerned about the guards and soldiers, and often sent books and food to the guards, showing her kind and kind elder demeanor everywhere.It was precisely because of the special circumstances at that time that Luo Ji had the opportunity to meet many party and state leaders.Chairman Mao once met Luo Ji and asked him what his last name was. Luo Ji said, "My surname is Luo." Chairman Mao said: "You are a descendant of King Luo Bin, the fourth great hero in the early Tang Dynasty. He and Xu Jingye rebelled against Wu Zetian. He wrote an essay scolding Wu Zetian. After reading it, Wu Zetian not only did not kill him, but praised him for his literary talent." On September 30, 1949, after the First Team of the Picket Corps successfully completed the security work of the first Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, they received instructions from their superiors to ask a team to take on the task of guarding Tiananmen Square at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China. A large group began to draft two security plans for the founding ceremony.The Ministry of Public Security convened a meeting, and the team leader Lu Zhan and the deputy team leader Li Ming went there. Luo Ruiqing listened to the report and agreed to use the second plan.After the leaders of the brigade accepted the task, they immediately held an enlarged meeting of the party committee including the squadron leaders, political security team leaders and squadron instructors.Party secretary and political commissar Liu Fu conveyed the security mission.At the meeting, Luo Ji did the political mobilization.As a security guard for the founding ceremony, everyone felt a lot of pressure at that time, especially the hidden Kuomintang secret agents. They were unwilling to fail, and they were always ready to move, threatening to sabotage the founding ceremony.According to the plan, there will be a celebration parade of 200,000 people after the celebration, and party and state leaders as well as people from all walks of life will participate. The troops do not have such security experience.Therefore, at the mobilization meeting, Luo Ji asked all cadres and soldiers to use a high sense of political responsibility and vigilance, and closely cooperate with the Municipal Public Security Bureau and brother troops to ensure that this task is completed 100%. Captain Lu Zhan made the deployment of troops. He said: "Our duty plan must be re-examined and revised to be rigorous and rigorous. Work must be cautious and cautious. There should be no loopholes to be foolproof. Therefore, in terms of military strength, Adjustments should be strengthened. In addition to the tasks of the No. 5 Squadron on duty at Tiananmen Square and the No. 1 Squadron on Gulou Avenue, the No. 2 and No. 3 Squadrons should be strengthened to Tiananmen Square to serve as security guards, and several patrol teams should be organized to maintain the Beixin Bridge. Order to the assembly area of ​​mass parades on the line to Dongdan. Liubukou No. 4 Squadron will add a task of orderly diverting troops and mass parades from Tiananmen Square to West Chang'an Street to Xidan. The task of the political security team remains unchanged, and Strictly monitor the controlled objects, and resolutely deal with any misbehavior. And we must do a good job in the security work of the National Day banquet at the Beijing Hotel on the night of October 1.” Except for Li Zhiyuan, deputy head of the agency, who stayed behind, all agency cadres were assigned to various duty stations and temporarily added patrol teams to strengthen leadership.Lu Zhan was in charge of the general command, and Liu Fu, Luo Ji, and Li Ming were the deputy commanders, and each of them was given a deployment map of the Tiananmen guards.Only 4 copies of this picture were printed at the time. The time is getting closer and closer to the day of the founding ceremony.Liu Shuanhu, the platoon leader of the Second Regiment of the First Division of the Public Security Bureau, was patrolling around Tiananmen Square dressed as a citizen as usual.Liu Shuanhu was a soldier of the Central Guard Corps when he was in Yan'an, and he has rich experience in guarding.As night fell, a cigarette butt on the ground caught his attention. He picked it up and saw that it was a Pegasus brand cigarette.At that time, this kind of cigarette was not smoked by ordinary people. He looked around from the position where the cigarette butt was thrown, and it was a place with a very wide field of vision.He carefully observed the leather shoe prints left here, and suddenly felt: leather shoes, cigarette butts, there must be an unusual person who often comes here. He is alert.Since then, he has come here every day.On the fifth day, what he expected happened. A person wearing a top hat appeared in Liu Shuanhu's field of vision, and that person was remembering something.Liu Shuanhu approached and found that the man was drawing a road map, so he stepped forward to inquire.Seeing that the man had been exposed, he took out his dagger, and after a few rounds, Liu Shuanhu captured the man.After examination, his name was Wang Yicai, and he was a special agent of the Beiping Intelligence Group of the Second Division of the North China Inspectorate of the National Defense Department of the Kuomintang. His task was to draw a map and prepare to blow up Chairman Mao's convoy on October 1. At 5 o'clock in the morning on October 1, the entire Tiananmen Square, under the city tower, behind the Jinshui Bridge, the east and west viewing platforms, including the later Zhongshan Park, the Working People's Cultural Palace, the square south to the Qianmen Arrow Tower, and the pine forest area in the middle of the red wall, were all closely guarded. Be on alert, block all intersections, and prohibit any vehicles and pedestrians from passing.A large team, from the cadres to the guards, felt heavy responsibilities and pressure, and they were all busy and devoted all their energies to safeguarding the safety of Tiananmen Square. Zhou Enlai came to Tiananmen Square in the early morning.Before the founding ceremony, as the Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council and the chief manager of the founding ceremony, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a day-to-day management. No one expected his arrival.Lu Zhan wanted to report the security situation to him. Zhou Enlai: "You don't need to report, let's go to the scene to have a look." Zhou Enlai looked along the guard route, and he asked in detail where Chairman Mao was going to pass or stop.Because the celebration took a long time, in order to ensure that Chairman Mao had enough energy to review, the meeting arranged a lounge for Chairman Mao, just behind the tower.When Zhou Enlai came to the lounge, several sofas had already been placed in it. Zhou Enlai walked vigorously to the sofa where the chairman was sitting, and tried to sit on it. Then he walked from the rest area to the reviewing stand to check whether the chairman's position was stable; put the speaker for the speech to see if the sound was distorted, and whether the route Chairman Mao was going to walk along the Tiananmen City Wall after the meeting was smooth, Zhou Enlai said. They all walked over step by step.After he finished the inspection, he asked how the temporary toilet was set up, and Lu Zhan told him that it was already set up. Zhou Enlai said, "Take me to have a look." Lu Zhan took him to the temporary men's and women's toilets in the northeast corner of the tower.Zhou Enlai went in to have a look, and said to the guards: "Prepare some sandalwood in the toilet. When the time comes, light it, put some basins of water, soap, and towels." When Zhou Enlai saw the two newly erected viewing platforms behind the Jinshui Bridge, he asked Lu Zhan, who accompanied him during the inspection: "After the two viewing platforms are built, have they been tested? Will they be stable if they are full of people? Not solid?" Lu Zhan replied: "It is guaranteed." Luo Ji continued from the side: "After setting up, Chief of Staff Gu Yuanxing, the guard, brought a battalion, boarded each viewing platform, and did a test of jumping up and down for ten minutes. It was very solid." Zhou Enlai nodded and said, "Good! Good! You must be so serious in doing things!" Before leaving after checking, Zhou Enlai said that on October 1, there were several elderly people from the Democratic Party who went up to the Tiananmen Rostrum. They go up. The guards and soldiers all know Premier Zhou's seriousness and meticulousness in his work.According to his instructions, the troops conducted another inspection on some blind spots. After all the inspections were completed, it was dawn. Before the arrival of October 1st, the ancient Tiananmen Gate Tower has been renovated, and the surrounding walls have also been painted with red paint.Although it was late autumn, the sky was clear and bright. When a red sun rose from the east, the bright sunlight reflected the entire Tiananmen Gate Tower more dazzlingly and radiantly. At around 12 o'clock in the morning, the mass parade to participate in the founding ceremony, organized by districts in the city and counties in the suburbs, men, women, old and young, dressed in new clothes, holding red flags, beating gongs and drums, marched along designated routes in an organized manner.Beixinqiao, Dongsi North Street, Dongsi Pailou, Dongsi South Street, all the way to Dongdan Market, people danced red flags, gongs and drums resounded, and formed a long queue waiting to pass through Tiananmen Square and accept the review of the party and state leaders . At around 1:00 p.m., the guests attending the grand ceremony brought their invitation cards and wore red silk ribbons on their chests, and were guided by guards and soldiers to each viewing platform to take their seats.Behind the Jinshui Bridge, on the east and west viewing platforms are representatives of ethnic minorities, model workers and peasants, heroes and model representatives of the People's Liberation Army, militia and model supporters of the army, foreign experts who support and participate in my country's revolutionary cause, and representatives of socialist fraternal countries. , as well as all members of the Soviet cultural delegation led by Simonov and Fadeev who were invited by our country to participate in the founding ceremony.There are various democratic parties and social celebrities.On the east and west dais in front of the Jinshui Bridge were representatives from various government departments, as well as representatives from various provinces, municipal governments, and all walks of life in Beijing. The four viewing dais were packed to the brim. At around 2 p.m., the cars of Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi drove into the parking lot behind Tiananmen Square, followed by Soong Ching Ling, Li Jishen, Huang Yanpei, Zhang Lan, Shen Junru, Lin Boqu, Dong Biwu, Sai Fuding, Guo Moruo, etc. The cars stopped one by one. After getting off, everyone greeted each other and shook hands. Premier Zhou led them to walk slowly on the sidewalk west of the Tiananmen Gate Tower and walk up the gate tower.Chairman Mao did not walk along Xinhuamen and Chang'an Avenue, but along Zhongnan Haidong Square and the Working People's Cultural Palace. Other high-ranking generals and democrats were issued passes, and those who came up to the tower looked at the rebuilt tower while walking. "Ah, it doesn't look too big from the bottom, but it's really big when you look up, and it's so beautifully built!" Many people were on the tower for the first time, and they praised this great ancient building. Chairman Mao walked to the rest hall in the middle of the tower and sat down to rest. Chairman Mao picked up a cigarette with his right hand and said, "Everyone is tired. Drink tea, and I will smoke a cigarette." Chairman Mao took a few puffs of cigarettes and said to Premier Zhou: "Enlai, do you know that this city tower was built in the Ming Dynasty and repaired in the first year of Shunzhi, the founding ancestor of the Qing Dynasty?" Premier Zhou replied: "According to records, the city tower was repaired during the Shunzhi period." Commander-in-Chief Zhu De went on to say: "Ah! The working people of our country have built such a good city tower, and we must also repair and protect it!" The entire rest hall was filled with chatter and laughter, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Zhao Taihe, who was in charge of the guard duty, performed a special mission that day because of his big stature, so he was temporarily taken to carry a stretcher.At that time, there was no elevator in Tiananmen Square. Wu Yuzhang, Dong Biwu, and Li Jishen were old. Zhao Taihe and another soldier carried them up to Tiananmen Square one by one on a stretcher. Everyone was very polite and shook hands with them to express their thanks.Chairman Mao's teacher Xu Teli was the oldest among these people. Mrs. Zhao and the others wanted to carry him up, but he disagreed and trotted up all the way. At 2:30 in the afternoon, Premier Zhou invited Chairman Mao to the rostrum.When Chairman Mao appeared, the entire Tiananmen Square burst into cheers, applause and shouts of long live Chairman Mao resounded through the sky.At this time, Premier Zhou deliberately pulled Sai Fuding of the Xinjiang delegation to stand behind Chairman Mao. At 3 p.m., Lin Boqu, Secretary-General of the Central People's Government, announced the opening of the ceremony.Amidst the "March of the Volunteers" and the sound of gun salutes, Chairman Mao pressed the button and slowly raised the first five-star red flag. As soon as the gun salute fell, more than 5,000 peace doves released by the young pioneers rushed into the blue sky, and Tiananmen Square was quiet. Chairman Mao solemnly declared to the people of the whole country and the world on the tower: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today." The Chinese people have stood up since then!There was jubilation in the square, warm applause and passionate slogans lasted for a long time.The Chinese people overthrew the three mountains and finally hoped to have their own government. The dream of being the masters of the country for thousands of years has come true today! When the military band played the "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", Commander-in-Chief Zhu De boarded the review car and drove slowly along East Chang'an Avenue to review the 19,000-strong troops under review.After the review, Commander-in-Chief Zhu returned to the city tower and read out the "Order of the People's Liberation Army Headquarters", demanding that all commanders and fighters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army continue to work hard to quickly eliminate the remnants of the Kuomintang reactionary army, liberate all the land that has not been liberated, and at the same time eliminate bandits and all other Counter-revolutionaries. The founding ceremony was going on in an orderly manner. At the entrance of the Working People's Cultural Palace, the guard suddenly found a graceful middle-aged lady rushing in as if no one else was around.Since this entrance leads directly to the viewing platform of Tiananmen Square, and she neither wore a certificate of attendance nor a representative card, the guards stopped her politely and began to question her.Unexpectedly, this person not only refused to accept the interrogation, but blamed the guards instead. "What right do you have to ask me? I am the director of the Zhongnanhai Office, and I want to go to the chairman." The person who came was Jiang Qing, who was the life secretary of Mao Zedong's office at the time, but the guards didn't know her. Nor can it be released without authorization. Seeing that the sentinel refused to let her in, Jiang Qing quarreled with the sentinel. The guard quickly reported that there was a lesbian at the entrance clamoring to go up to the Tiananmen Gate to find Chairman Mao. Luo Ji hurried over, looked up, and was taken aback. , isn't this Madam Chairman?As early as more than ten years ago, Luo Ji knew her when he was engaged in anti-Japanese and national salvation propaganda in Shanghai.At that time, she was still a movie actress, Lan Ping, and she made an appearance at a disaster relief rally.Of course she didn't know Luo Ji.After Luo Ji asked the guards about the situation, he felt that the matter was a bit troublesome, so he hurriedly reported to Luo Ruiqing, the chief commander of the security work at the founding ceremony and the Minister of Public Security.Luo Ruiqing didn't even think about it after listening, and answered very simply, only said four words: "According to the rules!" In order to ensure the smooth progress of the founding ceremony, the first article of the security requirements of the founding ceremony stipulates that no matter who they are, no matter how high their position is, they are not allowed to enter without a certificate.Minister Luo's words quickly spread to the entrance. With Shang Fang's sword, the guards ignored Jiang Qing and left her alone, let alone let her in.Jiang Qing had no choice but to leave angrily. After Commander-in-Chief Zhu read out the order, the military parade began, and the troops to be reviewed began to move. They sorted out their teams, passed through the three gates in sequence, adjusted into a square formation, and prepared to walk through Tiananmen Square to receive the review.At the front is the five-star red flag to clear the way, with more than 80 red flags fluttering in the wind.Then came the "August 1" military flag escorted by land, sea and air fighters as the forerunner.The first team is the cadet team of the Military Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which has experienced many battles. These officers who came from the hail of bullets walked through Tiananmen Square with a stare salute, and accepted Chairman Mao's review.Behind them came the infantry and the young Air and Navy platoons.Ground artillery and anti-aircraft artillery, towed by cars, followed closely behind.When the tank formation rumbled past Tiananmen Square, the reviewing platform was very lively.At this moment, Premier Zhou Enlai pointed to the eastern sky, "Look, the plane is coming!" Chairman Mao shielded his forehead from the sunlight with his right hand, and looked up at the eastern sky. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De said: "Our cannons, tanks, and planes all have to thank Chairman Jiang!" Premier Zhou said: "Chairman Jiang is a good transport captain!" Liu Shaoqi said: "He went to Taiwan and is now unemployed!" Chairman Mao said: "He lost his job, let's make it ourselves!" The people around laughed loudly when they heard this. Two hours after the founding ceremony, the Soviet Union sent a congratulatory message.Shi Zhe translated the telegram to Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and Chairman Mao smiled faintly. The last square team of the People's Liberation Army is a cavalry unit that is brave and good at fighting and has made a lot of military exploits. Premier Zhou said: "The chairman's horse team is here." The horses in this square team are all white horses.Premier Zhou said this because the horse Chairman Mao rode was white. Chairman Mao said meaningfully: "My horse has stayed in northern Shaanxi, and it has fulfilled its historical mission." Chairman Mao has a lot of affection for his horse. Seeing that the chairman was sad, Liu Shaoqi said: "One horse is left in northern Shaanxi, and there is still a regiment of horses for the chairman to ride." Zhu De said: "The prime minister can't ride." Premier Zhou once broke his arm while riding a horse.Talking and laughing, the horse team passed by.This was followed by a phalanx of militiamen armed with submachine guns and a phalanx of women militia signalmen with radios, steelworkers and textile workers.The most eye-catching thing is the student square team composed of more than 2,000 people. They beat gongs and drums and danced while walking.The last team is male and female athletes from Beijing Institute of Physical Education.At this time, someone said: "This kind of celebration can be held once a year in the future." Chairman Mao said: "Hey! You need to be economical! Every five years there is a small celebration, and every ten years is a big celebration, okay?" Premier Zhou said with a smile: "An annual celebration can be held, but such a large mass parade cannot be held, and a military parade cannot be held." Just as everyone was talking, a parade of more than 100,000 urban residents and peasants, consisting of men, women, old and children, came over.They chanted slogans as they walked, and the mighty flow of people passed Tiananmen Square like a tide and walked towards West Chang'an Avenue.At this time, the military band as a whole came to Tiananmen Jinshui Bridge, and the young pioneers behind raised their hands and shouted "Long live the People's Republic of China!" "Long live Chairman Mao!"Chairman Mao also left the reviewing stand, raised his hat with his right hand, walked to the east of the city tower and then walked back to the west, waving his hat as he walked, saluting the people in the square and the viewing platform, and shouted "Long live the people! Long live the people!" So far, 30 The grand founding ceremony, attended by tens of thousands of people, came to a successful conclusion. On the evening of October 2, the Government Affairs Council held a National Day reception at the Beijing Hotel. At around 6:00, when the lights came on, the West Ballroom on the first floor of the Beijing Hotel was already brightly lit and bustling. The entire hall had been set up for banquets, and the names of the invitees were placed beside each table.The invitations to the banquet were issued by the Government Affairs Council. The invited guests came to the hall one after another with the invitations in hand. Each guest was guided to their respective seats by the waiter.An extra large round table on the east side of the hall is the chief table, with a colorful flower basket in the middle. Premier Zhou had already arrived, and he shuttled among the crowd to say hello to everyone: "Comrades, Chairman Mao is here tonight to celebrate the National Day with you. You must be happy!" , and shouted "Long live Chairman Mao!" The Prime Minister signaled everyone to be quiet with both hands and said: "When you shake hands with Chairman Mao, don't shake them hard, just gently express." Everyone said in unison: "Got it!" The Prime Minister said: "Okay, okay, it's good to know!" Then he said: "Also, when you are toasting Chairman Mao, you can drink as much as you want, and you can invite Chairman Mao as you like." Everyone said in unison: "It must be done." At 6:30 p.m., the National Day reception held by the Government Affairs Council at the Beijing Hotel had already begun. Premier Zhou was about to deliver a speech, and Chen Boda hurried to the hotel.As usual, the guards at the gate would check the invitation before letting them go, but Chen Boda forgot to bring it.He explained it in an incomprehensible Fujian dialect, but the guards and soldiers were dizzy and didn't know what it meant.At the time of the stalemate, a leader happened to come over. Because he had heard Chen Boda's lectures while studying in Yan'an Anti-Japanese University, he knew that he was a well-known "theoretician" in the party, so he said to the guards: "This is Mr. Chen. Let him go in, and I will take charge." In this way, Chen Boda became the only person who was able to attend the reception without an invitation. The military band in the hall played beautiful music, and Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Huang Yanpei, Shen Junru, Zhang Lan, Lin Boqu and others sat down in turn at the chief table.The banquet hall was full, and with the beautiful music played by the military band, people felt extremely happy and happy.When the military band played "The East Is Red", Chairman Mao walked into the banquet hall in good spirits. At this moment, everyone stood up and applauded enthusiastically, and the slogan "Long live Chairman Mao" resounded throughout the hall.After the military band played the national anthem, Premier Zhou stood up from the chief table, raised his glass and said: "Comrades! Friends! Today is the reception for the founding of the People's Republic of China held by the Government Affairs Council. Our great leader Chairman Mao and the state leaders Let's all gather together to celebrate the National Day. I propose, please raise your glasses and have a toast together!" Suddenly, the whole hall was filled with the sound of "Cheers! Cheers!"Representatives of ethnic minorities in colorful costumes toasted the chief table and toasted Chairman Mao.While toasting, the representatives of the Uyghurs presented their national flower hats to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao happily put the flower hats on his head.The representatives of the Tibetan nationality also presented their presents—the snow-white khata to Chairman Mao. They toasted and congratulated each other at the banquet, which was very exciting.The military band played national songs, intoxicating the whole reception in the great unity and joyous atmosphere of all ethnic groups, and pushing the National Day reception to a climax.The National Day Reception ended successfully in the music "Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China". 警卫战士忠于职守，高度警惕，连续奋战十多个小时，胜利地完成了具有伟大意义的开国大典的安全保卫任务。 开国大典后，政务院为了表扬中央公安纵队在天安门开国大典中的警卫工作，由政务院办公厅在中南海请部分领导吃了一次丰盛的酒席，并发给每人一枚第一届中国人民政治协商会议纪念章。