On October 1, 1949, with a strong voice full of "Xiangyin" announcing the founding of New China to the world, the crowds surrounding Changsha Square were also completely boiling.

On October 1, 1949, with a strong voice full of "Xiangyin" announcing the founding of New China to the world, the crowds surrounding Changsha Square were also completely boiling.

Liu Cecheng, who was once rated as a "model county magistrate" by Chiang Kai-shek , was also crowded in the cheerful crowd. At this moment, he was just an ordinary person, just like the people around him.

is more excited than others, and Liu Cecheng's expression is very solemn. In the crowd, he whispered something, but he was soon overwhelmed by even greater hilarious noises.

1. A special letter

After returning home, Liu Cecheng thought about it over and over again, finally plucked up the courage to pick up the paper and pen, sat upright at the table and started writing. The letter is not long, however, when the envelope is signed, the recipient's name is clearly written on the position of Chairman Mao! The letter

will be delivered soon, but according to usual experience, Chairman Mao will most likely ignore it. Because most of these letters sent from their hometown in Hunan were written by relatives and friends whom Chairman Mao himself could not recognize, and the content was nothing more than entrusting him to help arrange work and walk around the back door.

Regarding such matters, Chairman Mao has publicly stated many times that he must not have the idea of ​​relying on himself to "go through the back door", and as the chairman, he should set an example!

However, this time the script was not performed as usual. When Chairman Mao saw the name of the sender, he immediately took the letter, opened it and read it, and quickly wrote a reply.

reply is not long. The first few words "Don't come to Beijing" mean very obvious, but the last few words unexpectedly change the circle, "Work matters, you can just go to Changsha to find Cheng Qian , and it has been arranged for you."

So, why did Liu Cecheng write a letter to Chairman Mao? As his former Kuomintang county magistrate, why did he get a response from Chairman Mao? All this starts with the Hunan First Division , which Chairman Mao once studied.

2. He is a teacher and his life-saving benefactor

1913 Mao Zedong was admitted to the Fourth Normal School with excellent results, and his composition score was full. Afterwards, the Fourth Normal School merged with the First Normal School, and Mao Zedong came to the First Normal School.

In the first history class, a man dressed as an old farmer in the field walked onto the podium, which attracted the discussion of the students below. Because in that era, teachers were respected and dressed more carefully, either with clean and tidy long gowns, gentle and elegant, or with straight and straight suits, handsome and handsome.

Wearing clothes to work on the podium, everyone thought he had gone to the wrong place, and this unique history teacher was Liu Cecheng.

Mao Zedong was also in this class at that time. Although he was also curious about the teacher's alternative dress, he was more looking forward to it.

As expected, Liu Cechengcai showed his profound knowledge as soon as he spoke. His historical classics from ancient times to the present are well-known and talked endlessly. He has a unique set of insights into the pre-Qin thinker Zhuangzi .

After one class, the students were fascinated by the students. It was not until Liu Cecheng announced the get out of class that everyone realized that the history teacher didn't even bring a lecture notes, and they were even more admiring.

Mao Zedong was also moved by Liu Cecheng's knowledge at that time, and after class he took the initiative to find Liu Cecheng for advice. After in-depth contact, the two sides' favorability became even stronger. It turned out that Liu Cecheng was not only a bookbag who was skilled in ancient books, but also a revolutionary righteous man.

Liu Cecheng is also known as Liu Wu, and "Cecheng" is actually just his word. Liu Cecheng studied in Japan when he was young. He met Sun Yat-sen and was also a member of the China Tongmenghui . This experience made Liu Cecheng determined to do something for his motherland, so he actively supported and participated in the revolutionary movement. In 1914, he was arrested and imprisoned for 15 years for supporting students to march and hide guns.

Because of this, Liu Cecheng has strict requirements for students. He must not only be able to read, but also be able to flexibly use knowledge to work hard for the destiny of the motherland. He must never read books to death. Mao Zedong was exactly such a student. At that time, Mao Zedong was concerned about the fate of the country and often participated in student activities. He was a typical problematic young man.

And these two people met together, just like Yu Boya and met Zhong Ziqi, who often stuck together to discuss the future destiny of China.

Campus time is short, and after graduation, Mao Zedong devoted all his energy to the revolutionary cause. In 1920, Mao Zedong wanted to set up a book club to attract and gather some like-minded revolutionary patriots. Because he was poor and incompetent at that time, he still had a shortage of funds to borrow from the east and west.

As expected, after the letter was sent, Mao Zedong received a reply soon, and there was still 300 yuan for the letter, which was a huge sum of money at that time. The reason why Mao Zedong thought of borrowing money from Liu Cecheng was because Liu Cecheng had resigned from the First Normal School, joined the Kuomintang government, and even promoted to county magistrate.

What Mao Zedong didn't know was that although he was the county magistrate, Liu Ce became an official, honest and clear-headed official and never embezzled and accepted bribes. The common people shouted that he was "Master Qingtian, the official of the parents of the people." In this way, there is naturally no spare money. Therefore, the 300 yuan has been rummaging through the boxes and putting all of it. Even so, Liu Cecheng still stated in the letter: The money does not need to be paid back, it is considered to be a shareholding.

As an official of the Kuomintang government, Liu Cecheng devoted himself to the people, and his good reputation and political achievements made him appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek, and he also gave him the title of "Model County Magistrate".

at that time, the governor of Hunan Zhao Hengti saw that Liu Cecheng was in the limelight, so he caught up with him and married his niece to his son. Although he became a relative, Liu Cecheng would not be in harmony with Zhao Hengti for this.

1922, as Mao Zedong's reputation in the workers' movement continued to increase, he also became a thorn in the eyes of the reactionary government. At a certain meeting, Zhao Hengti proposed to arrest Mao Zedong, which shocked Liu Cecheng, who attended the meeting.

After the meeting, Liu Cecheng secretly arranged for someone to inform Mao Zedong, and he pretended to start the arrest operation and acted for Zhao Hengti, which finally allowed Mao Zedong to escape smoothly. After

, Liu Cecheng was excluded by Chiang Kai-shek because he supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and jointly fought against Japan. Later, Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary behavior became more and more excessive. Liu Cecheng finally realized that there was no good way out for China with the Kuomintang, so he resolutely resigned and began to concentrate on the academic research of the philosophers of the Former Qin .

3. Make use of the remaining heat

On October 1, 1949, New China was founded, facing the cheerful crowd, Liu Cecheng fell into deep thought. Although he is old, he still wants to do his part to his motherland. However, because he was once a Kuomintang official and was praised by Chiang Kai-shek, how could he accept him?

So, Liu Cecheng wrote a cover letter with a complicated mood. What made him happy was that Chairman Mao had never forgotten him and immediately arranged a job for him.

However, things did not go so smoothly. After receiving the letter, Liu Cecheng waited for a long time, but there was no news in the end. He was so old that he couldn't wait, so in 1951, Liu Cecheng went to Beijing and finally met Chairman Mao after many twists and turns.

Both of them were very happy after meeting. Chairman Mao first took the teacher to visit Beijing, and then solved his work problems. In fact, he had already arranged this matter, but because Cheng Qian had to deal with too many things every day at that time, he forgot about it all at once.

Later, Liu Cecheng became a librarian in the Museum of Literature and History, responsible for sorting out the classics collected in the Museum of Literature and History. During this period, he also officially published the "Book of Zhuangzi Collections and Internal Commentaries" he wrote, becoming the most well-known research scholar in modern history.