1955 was a relatively important year for the Communist Party of China, a year in which people who had made great contributions to the revolution were awarded military ranks, but the awards were inevitably high and low, and out of fear that the generals would be lost in their hearts, the Central Committee specially sent an evaluation team to inquire about the generals.
This was done first to appease them, and second, to understand what these generals were thinking in their minds, and to make the most appropriate assessment.
And one of them was very different from the others, and not only did he have no opinion on the awarding of military ranks, but even if he was a school officer, he was still very happy, and this person was Kong Qingde.
Kong Qingde was born in Qufu, Shandong, a place that most people believe is familiar with because the sage Confucius was born here, and Kong Qingde is also a descendant of Confucius. However, compared with Confucius a thousand years ago, Kong Qingde's life is much more depressed.
Although he lived in the countryside, he did not have a single bit of land in his family, knowing that land was the lifeblood of farmers, and in order to support his family, his father could only do heavy physical labor to help others carry work.
People who do this kind of labor not only have to withstand the wind and sun, the cold and heat, and even may be beaten, but in order to feed the family of seven, Kong Qingde's father had to do this kind of work.
In such a harsh environment, Kong Qingde slowly grew up, but his family did not get better because of his growth, it was still very difficult, in order to support himself, he chose to join the army.
So in 1928, he joined the National Revolutionary Army, and although he lived a life of licking blood with the tip of a knife, he at least did not starve to death.
In 1931, under the leadership of the commander, Kong Qingde joined the Red Army and successfully joined the division with other Red Army, and he also became the commander of the Eighth Company of the Eighth Battalion of the Thirty-third Regiment of the Tenth Division of the Red Fourth Front.
Then they participated in the Battle of Huang'an, which annihilated tens of thousands of Nationalist troops, and even captured the division commander Zhao Guanying, which can be said to be a complete victory, and he also made a meritorious contribution, but before he was happy, he was arrested.
Fortunately, his contribution was not forgotten, and he became the deputy company commander of the Ninth Company after he came out, and soon rose to the rank of company commander, and he himself became a real Communist.
In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Kong Qingde destroyed an old nest of the Japanese army through his own sensitivity, destroyed 24 Japanese aircraft, weakened the strength of the Japanese army, and also gave the Japanese army a very painful blow.
Let them realize that China is no longer the weak and deceitful country it once was, and Chinese people have stood up.
It was only that there must have been sacrifices in war, and a battalion commander at that time died in that operation, and Kong Qingde also deeply deplored the sacrifice of that battalion commander, but their sacrifices were not meaningless, they were glorious.
Kong Qingde gradually grew up in this war, and finally became a general on his own, and when he was awarded the title in 1955, he thought that he would be very good to get a school officer, but the country did not forget his efforts, and awarded him the rank of lieutenant general in an exceptional way, affirming his efforts for the country over the years.
Regardless of his contributions in the army, he himself was a very upright person, and many people during the Cultural Revolution did not dare to confront the reactionary organizations, but he debated with them and made sense, which made Premier Zhou can't help but praise him.
As a person who came from a hard life, although Kong Qingde was later considered to have achieved fame, he was still not a person who coveted enjoyment, and in his opinion, people who coveted enjoyment were people who were afraid of death, and this kind of person was the most shameful.
You must know that when he was in the Red Army, he was disciplined, when they killed a pig, and even if the commander wanted to eat the pig, he had to let it be discussed by others and enjoyed after they agreed.
At a meeting of the National Pharmaceutical Company, he made a request to these people that under any circumstances they should not sell counterfeit drugs, and they could not sell high-priced drugs.
Medicine is an indispensable thing for the army, it is related to the lives of soldiers, and his words also make everyone present dare not come out.
Only when the heroes are late, the general also ushered in the final journey of his life, and passed away on September 29, 2010, after his death, the country's leaders were sad, and many heavyweights bid him farewell.
Kong Qingde's life can be said to have been fighting for communism, and everything he did after his death has also been duly rewarded, whether it is the country or the people mourning for his departure, his life is also worth it.
2008 is a year that many Chinese can not forget, this year there were too many major events in China, there were national jubilant Olympic Games, but also let the whole country grief Sichuan earthquake, this earthquake does not know how many people separated their wives, families were destroyed, how many people were displaced, how many soldiers lost their lives during the rescue.
General Kong Qingde, who was 97 years old at the time, after learning this news, was also very concerned about the situation in the disaster area, but unfortunately, he was old at that time, and there was no way to go to the rescue, he could only watch the TV news every day and care about the situation of the people in the disaster area.
When he saw that the country and the army had gone to the disaster area to rescue him, he breathed a sigh of relief, lamented the efforts of the leaders and soldiers, and was deeply pleased by their behavior.
He not only watched TV alone, but also donated five thousand yuan to support the disaster area, five thousand yuan may not seem like much, but this is an old man's help to the disaster area, not to mention that five thousand yuan in 2008 can do a lot of things.
Not only did he donate money himself, but his family also extended a helping hand to the disaster area and did his part, and the crew that was preparing to shoot the Kong Qingde TV series at that time also sent donations to the disaster area.
Although Kong Qingde is old, he is still using his own methods to shine for the country.
From joining the army before the age of sixteen to becoming a great general, Kong Qingde's life can be described as wonderful, but after all, he is a bitter person, although he is in a high position, he still maintains his previous habits and has never felt special because of his identity.
Now that General Kong Qingde has been dead for more than ten years, as a famous longevity general, he is a witness to the era and the leader of many confused people in that dark period, and his situation is full of sword light and blood even now.
Now that the haze of war has long passed, China is not the country that anyone can bully, but no Chinese can forget that period of history, which is the driving force that spurs us forward and the direction of our efforts.
And those pillars that support the country will also be forever engraved on the light monument of history, whether it is ten years or twenty years, they will be admired and remembered.