949 After Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, the mainland and Taiwan were forcibly divided from then on. What was blocked was not only the cross-strait ties, but also the many veterans who followed the Kuomintang army to retreat to Taiwan for their hometown and their concern for their relatives. In the nostalgia written by the poet Yu Guangzhong, "When now, the nostalgia is a shallow strait, I am here and the mainland is there." It describes the abstract nostalgia more specifically, expressing the deep nostalgia of many Taiwanese people, including the author, for their motherland. After nearly 40 years of division between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwan government at that time, under pressure from all sides, finally announced on September 16, 1987 that it would open the channels for Taiwanese veterans to return to their hometowns to visit relatives. This move is also an important step in the icebreaking process of cross-strait relations. Strengthening civil relations will help further exchanges between the two sides. After a period of preparation, on October 15 of that year, the government officially announced the opening of a channel for visiting relatives. In a very short period of time, the number of registered people exceeded 100,000. However, our protagonist Zhong Kai has not taken action for a long time. He is eager to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, but why did he never take action after opening up? Why did he feel embarrassed to open the package after returning to his hometown? How do we see the gap between Taiwan and the mainland from this little incident of veteran visiting relatives? Today, let’s talk about Taiwanese veteran Zhong Kai’s interesting stories about returning home to visit relatives.
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Returning to Hometown to Visit Family Movement
Regarding the Taiwanese people returning to the mainland to visit relatives, they have actually experienced many twists and turns. Since Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, many Taiwanese veterans had experienced nearly 40 years of separation from their relatives by 1987. Moreover, cross-strait relations have developed for decades, promoting exchanges has become the common wish of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Moreover, the veterans are getting older and their homesickness is becoming stronger and stronger. They bring together many people with the same ideas and set up the Hometown Visiting Promotion Association, which has had a great influence for a while. And many campaigns have been launched since then to express their demands to the Taiwanese authorities, which has also put a lot of pressure on the Taiwanese government.
Return to Homeland Movement
The visit to relatives was intensifying at that time, and the Taiwanese authorities could not pretend to turn a blind eye, so a special group was set up to discuss the feasibility of this matter. At that time, two opposing opinions formed within the Taiwan government. The support of the resolution to visit relatives was the hope that the situation on the island could be alleviated and the incident would be prevented from further deteriorating. The opposition to the resolution to visit relatives is for the security considerations on Taiwan’s island. First, after strengthening the flow of people across the Taiwan Strait, security will face great challenges. Secondly, most of the people who go home to visit relatives are veterans, not civilians. They have special identities that may cause more problems during visiting relatives.
However, after intense discussion, it was decided to draw up a complete plan to review the life experience and family situation of the veteran. Only those who meet the conditions can return to their hometown to visit their relatives. The one who played a huge role in promoting this resolution was Li Huan, the Secretary-General of the Kuomintang. He was more radical in treating cross-strait relations than other Kuomintang members, advocated open exchanges and strengthened cross-strait cooperation.
Experience
It was in this situation that veteran Zhong Kai had the idea of going back to his hometown to visit his relatives, but he had been at the stage of thinking. He was always very entangled about returning to his hometown to visit his relatives and could not make up his mind. Is it because he doesn’t miss the mainland enough? Obviously this is not the reason. Zhong Kai’s hometown is Changzhou, Jiangsu. He had already come out to serve in the army when he was young. During his years of war, he rarely had time to go back to his hometown to visit his relatives.
Return to Home Movement
Later, the Kuomintang failed repeatedly in the battle, constantly retreating to the south, and even forced this part of the mainland soldiers to Taiwan . Zhong Kai has been away from the mainland for more than 30 years, and with the previous battle time, he has not returned to his hometown for more than 40 years.Now he is a middle-aged man, and his relatives in his hometown are already old. If he doesn't go back, he may never be able to meet again in his life. Under such circumstances, Zhong Kai can be said to be homecoming. Is
because it does not meet the requirements? The reason is not that because he was homesick, he had already gone to the relevant departments for detailed consultation as early as when the regulations were issued. Zhong Kai had never held a confidential position in the Kuomintang army, so he was fully qualified for returning home to visit relatives.
is not a reason for life
Is it because of economic problems that I can’t afford to visit relatives? In fact, it is not. Zhong Kai is not an unreasonable Kuomintang soldier. At the beginning, he joined the army to fight against the Japanese invaders and defend his country. After Japan surrendered and Chiang Kai launched a civil war, Zhong Kai was already dissatisfied with the Kuomintang. He believes that the Chinese people have experienced a long war and the invaders have finally been driven away, so it should be time to rest and recuperate.
Return to the hometown movement
Lao Jiang launched a civil war for his own interests. So shortly after retreating to Taiwan, Zhong Kai left the army and transferred to the power company. At that time, the Taiwan Electric Power Company had a very good performance. Zhong Kai came back from the army and was not engaged in the lowest-level job. was still very good, so it was not because of economic problems that he could not go home to visit his relatives. The reason why Zhong Kai was reluctant to make up his mind to return to the mainland was still a past event back then. Although Zhong Kai was not satisfied with many of the Kuomintang's practices back then, he was in the army and had to obey the orders of superiors. After the end of the three major battles and the Kuomintang was defeated, Chiang Kai-shek began to slaughter the Chinese Communists even more frantically.
Past
And the incident of Zhong Kai being stuck in his throat happened after the end of the three major battles, on the eve of the Battle of Crossing the River.
Crossing the River Battle is the last major battle launched by our party against the Kuomintang in order to liberate the whole of China. After this battle, the People's Liberation Army successfully occupied large southern cities such as Nanjing and Shanghai, laying the last foundation for liberating the whole country. Before the Battle of Crossing the River, the main force of the Kuomintang army had already lost all in the three major battles. Most of the guards of the Yangtze River were troops retreating from the front line and some troops guarding the south.
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After our army successfully liberated the north bank of the Yangtze River, the old Jiang thief was unsuccessful. In order to delay the People's Liberation Army's offensive, he even proposed the idea of "grabbing the river and governing". China is an inseparable and complete subject. Chiang Kai-shek's idea of separating the country from north to south is very wrong, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army will not allow this situation to happen.
The Yangtze River is the largest river in our country, dividing our country into two parts: north and south. While the Kuomintang was stationed in the Yangtze River, it had actually foresaw its own failure. then began to kill the Chinese Communists in anger, and it was at this time that Zhong Kai made an unforgettable mistake.
Detective Team
1 In the first half of 1949, Zhong Kai wanted to go back to his hometown to see his mother while he was not busy with work, but before he set off, he received a new task. Zhong Kai had already become a member of the Kuomintang's detective team at that time. The so-called detective team is the constable we understand in the conventional sense. The history of the detective team can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, when half of the constables were responsible for investigating evidence, arresting criminals and some other miscellaneous things in the yamen. At that time, the social status of the constable was very low, and even the descendants of the constable were not allowed to take the imperial examination. Moreover, even if he withdraws from the constable industry, as long as he has been a constable, he will not be able to take the imperial examination within three generations.
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and the constable has no salary, only the so-called subsidies, and the subsidies are also very rare, and they can only barely subsidize their household income. So this has led to the constable making money through various other ways, such as using their power to establish various charging items, and imposes heavy taxes on the people.What's more, some people will create false evidence to falsely accuse good people and achieve the purpose of squeezing their money.
bad reputation
So in the old society, the constable was not a good profession in the minds of most people. This profession developed in the Republic of China period and did not improve at all. After the Revolution of 1911, the name of constable disappeared and became a detective team. During the Kuomintang's rule, social unrest was in turmoil and there was no sight of peace and stability in the country. In troubled times, people often choose to lose money and avoid disasters in order to survive. Moreover, the Kuomintang's high-pressure rule policy also gave these people in the detective team many excuses to squeeze out the people's money. So for a long time, the people complained about the detective team.
Veterans
In addition to oppressing the people, the Investigation Team will also carry out some work to arrest the Chinese Communists. Even many Kuomintang spies will ask the Investigation Team to cooperate with their actions. Many revolutionary patriots in China died under the guns of the detective team, and the crimes they committed against the Chinese revolution were also indescribable.
Although Zhong Kai joined the detective team later, he has also performed similar tasks. On the eve of his return home to visit relatives, the Kuomintang intercepted a clue about the hiding place of our party's underground workers, so he sent nearby Zhong Kai and several members of the detective team to arrest the Chinese Communists. Zhong Kai and his team quickly found this place according to the original plan, but our comrades couldn't retreat and were arrested by Zhong Kai and his team.
Go home
In that era, many valuable members of our party would be arrested and severely questioned, while others responsible for basic work would not even have the procedures for interrogation and would be directly executed in secret. During this operation, Zhong Kai and other executioners of the detective team executed a Chinese Communist.
vehicle returns home
After performing this series of sinful acts, Zhong Kai embarked on the road to return home. But along the way, he felt very uncomfortable. Zhong Kai had long been disgusted with the work squad of the detective team, and his previous actions were helpless. After Zhong Kai returned to his hometown, he immediately returned home.
Zhong Kai came back in a hurry this time to visit relatives. He originally wanted to tell my mother that the People's Liberation Army might have crossed the Yangtze River soon and wanted her to go to other places to take refuge. But I haven't found a chance to speak. After staying at home for a short time, Zhong Kai heard the rumbling cannons in the distance. He knew that it was the People's Liberation Army that started the attack.
Retreat
Now Zhong Kai has the blood of the Communists on his hands. If he is caught by the People's Liberation Army, he will definitely not escape the fate of death. Moreover, Changzhou is very close to the Yangtze River. After the People's Liberation Army crosses the river, it will soon be able to fight here. And he knew that the People's Liberation Army had never violated the people, so he didn't have to worry about his mother's safety.
announced the opening of the channel
Thinking of this, Zhong Kai has made up his mind to escape from Changzhou for the time being and then make plans. After Zhong Kai left the house, he moved forward to the south and soon left Changzhou City. Then he fled to the south. Zhong Kai's judgment was relatively correct. At that time, the Kuomintang army placed his hopes entirely on the Yangtze River and completely lost his fighting spirit.
After the People's Liberation Army successfully crossed the Yangtze River, the Kuomintang defenders in various places no longer wanted to resist. Take the defenders of Changzhou for example. In just a few hours, the People's Liberation Army completely occupied Changzhou. At this time, it was only a few hours before Zhong Kai left. If he takes another step late, he will definitely become a prisoner.
Escape to Taiwan
Zhong Kai knew that the Kuomintang troops were about to retreat to Taiwan, so he needed to find a way to keep up with the main troops and find a way to go to Taiwan. So he planned to go to Zhejiang first and then change to Taiwan. The escape along the way was very difficult. The People's Liberation Army's attack was very fast, and Zhong Kai almost tried his best to escape.
vehicle returns home
He went through a lot of hardships and many accidents happened along the way. Finally, he arrived in Ningbo a few days later and successfully boarded the ship to Taiwan. After arrived in Taiwan, Zhong Kai began to reflect on his actions and felt very regretful, but the mainland and Taiwan had become a trend of fire and he had no chance to make up for his mistakes. So after life stabilized, Zhong Kai decisively left the Kuomintang and became an employee of an electric power company.
It is precisely for this reason that when the Taiwan government announced that it could visit relatives, Zhong Kai was unable to make up his mind. he was afraid that the mainland would cause trouble for him and brought up the old things again. Since relations between mainland China and Taiwan had already eased greatly at that time, Zhong Kai was able to restore contact with his mother in his hometown.
hopes to return home
After many years of contacting his son, the old mother was very eager to see her son, but the Taiwanese authorities did not allow this situation at that time, so they had no way to meet. But after the policy changed, the old man waited for Zhong Kai to return to his hometown to see her.
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but he had not waited for his son to be looking forward to. The old man later learned the reason why his son was unwilling to come back, so he consulted the relevant departments about Zhong Kai's situation. The staff told the old man that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have developed peacefully now and the war has ended for many years. Now the mainland welcomes veterans back home to visit relatives. She will not take any punitive measures to Zhong Kai because of what has been over, so she can rest assured.
Later, the old man told Zhong Kai the staff's words in the original place. Although Zhong Kai, who was guaranteed, did not completely let go of his hanging heart, his longing for his hometown and his old mother had become extremely strong at this time. When he finally made up his mind, Zhong Kai almost returned to the mainland with a mentality of leaving no return.
Hong Kong
There was no direct flight back to mainland China at that time, so I needed to transfer from Hong Kong. Hong Kong has been an integral part of our country since ancient times, but it was leased out due to historical reasons and the lease period in 1987 has not yet arrived. However, at that time, China's strength had already made a qualitative leap, and the relationship between Hong Kong and the mainland was becoming increasingly close. Hong Kong is an internationally renowned metropolis and has economic exchanges with many regions, including Taiwan. Therefore, returning to mainland China from Taiwan is a very good choice to transfer to Hong Kong.
vehicle returns home
Zhong Kai has been in a state of uneasiness on the plane. On the one hand, he is looking forward to returning to his hometown, and on the other hand, he is still worried about whether the Chinese government will pursue the mistakes he made back then. The journey was not long, and the plane soon landed at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. The family knew that Zhong Kai was back home today, so they asked Zhong Kai's younger brother Zhong Li to come to the airport to pick him up early. Zhong Li was very happy to receive the eldest brother from
because he had not seen his eldest brother for many years. They walked home happily, and on the way, Zhong Kai was constantly asking his brother about the mistakes he had made. Zhong Li also repeatedly assured him that the government would not pursue the matter and reassure him.
situation changes greatly
After successfully getting home, many relatives heard about Zhong Kai’s return and gathered at his home. Zhong Kai stayed with his family and relatives enthusiastically. What surprised Zhong Kai was very surprised that he found that his relatives were dressed very brightly and beautifully, not at all like a difficult life, which was completely different from the situation in mainland China in his impression.
vehicle returns home
When Zhong Kai left the mainland, the new China was not yet established. China has experienced decades of war and is already in ruins. The Communist Party of China is completely different from the Kuomintang. The ruling class of the Kuomintang only cares about its own interests, completely ignores the lives and death of the people, and frantically squeezes money from the people to enrich their pockets.
Corruption is growing within the Kuomintang, and senior officials live in luxury courtyards all day long and live a life of luxury. Their money was all obtained from the poor people. Moreover, the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek bowed to the Americans in exchange for support for them regardless of the interests of the country and the nation. Even in order to get Americans to help sell China's interests, this is why the Kuomintang looks richer and the troops are more well-equipped.
keeps getting better
, while our party is the people's party, never takes the masses one by one, always puts the interests of the people first, stand with the people, and live together. The Chinese people were relatively poor at that time, so the Eighth Route Army's equipment and supplies were far inferior to the Kuomintang. But this is only temporary. After driving away the Kuomintang reactionaries, the Communist Party of China led the people to establish a new China.
Veterans return home
After the founding of New China, the Communist Party of China has continuously explored new development paths, seek happiness for the people and the future for the country. By around 1978, the great feat of reform and opening up was implemented, allowing China's economy to develop leapfrog. In the past economic model, socialist countries implemented a planned economy, while capitalist countries implemented a market economy. In the reform and opening up, we creatively combined the advantages of the two economic models, opened up a path of economic development that is most suitable for China, and allowed China to completely embark on the road to becoming an economic power.
The socialist system needs to constantly improve itself according to the economic situation in order to make socialism always full of vitality. Before the reform and opening up, our country had achieved many achievements, but the planned economic system has affected the further development of our country's economy to a certain extent, so we need to carry out self-reform of the system and liberate productivity.
Reform and Opening-up
Since 1979, China has established several special economic zones. As a pilot area for reform and opening-up policies, it is also a region that became rich first. Later, with the continuous improvement of the system, China's economy has been constantly developing faster and better development. By the time Zhong Kai returned home in 1987, reform and opening-up had achieved many brilliant results. China's appearance is no longer something that Zhong Kai, whose memory of the mainland is still in 1949, could imagine.
Veteran returned home
Later, Zhong Kai found an opportunity and asked his younger brother: "I heard that the mainland is still very backward, and the normal food, clothing, housing and transportation of the people cannot guarantee. Is this true?" Zhong Li said to him after hearing this, "This is something that happened many years ago. After the implementation of reform and opening up, many people have become rich. At least our family has no worries about food and clothing, and no worries about food and clothing." Zhong Kai said to his younger brother: "I hear them talk nonsense every day in Taiwan. After a long time, I really believe their words. I almost got deceived and made me fool."
When Zhong Li heard this, he asked him why he made fools. Zhong Kai asked his younger brother again: "Did you see the packages I brought back? Guess what it is?" Zhong Li said he couldn't guess. Zhong Kai could only say helplessly that there were old clothes. He had heard that life in mainland China was very hard, so he brought the old clothes back to help his family. Unexpectedly, this was the case, so he had no nerve to open it.
Taiwan
In fact, in order to stabilize its rule, the Taiwan government has always adopted a "fooling policy" against the local people, fooling the people by fabricating the backward situation in the mainland and achieving their goals. Zhong Kai is the victim of this policy. Now with more and more exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, many Taiwanese people have been able to truly recognize the situation in the mainland. Although there are still a small number of destructionists making up random things, most Taiwanese people can already view this issue objectively.
Reform and opening up achievements
Taiwan is an inseparable part of our country. Although some problems have not been resolved now, with the increasing number of civil exchanges, the distance between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will get closer and closer. We believe that in the near future, Taiwan will soon return to our motherland. By then, homesick people like Xiang Zhongkai can return to their hometown to visit their relatives anytime and anywhere, without many twists and turns.
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