When the security guards are mentioned, the bodyguards in the film and television works are thought of: the unity is a tall and mighty man in a black suit, large black sunglasses, wearing a headset, and hiding a secret weapon, surrounded by the protected object, which looks particularly high-profile and heroic.
However, in modern times, there is such a personal guard who was once the two national leaders of Chairman Mao and Ye Shuai, but he is very low-key, and even when he returns to his hometown, he will be ridiculed by the villagers: he was still a cook after 17 years as a soldier, and warned the children in the village not to learn from him, he was incompetent. He is Li Lianqing.
The boxer joined the army and became a cook
In 1932, in a small mountain village in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, a baby boy fell to the ground, which was Li Lianqing.
This village is called Helu Village, located in the wilderness, in this village there is a martial arts style, the village regardless of men, women and children will practice a few hands.
Li Lianqing is no exception, since he was a child with the village martial arts masters to learn martial arts, he has a natural understanding of martial arts training, coupled with ken kung fu, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he is already a well-known "boxing king" in ten miles and eight villages, and he is also compared by the villagers to "passing the tree dragon" to describe Li Lianqing's athletic skills.
People in that era were very yearning for the People's Liberation Army, young people wanted to join the army to serve the newly established new China, Li Lianqing was also eager to try, he also wanted to use his skills to play a role.
The outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea fulfilled Li Lianqing's dream of joining the army, and he thought that this time his martial arts finally had a place to play, but what he never expected was that when the recruits were assigned to the company after training, he was actually assigned to the cooking class.
In this way, Li Lianqing, as a cook in the volunteer army, followed the troops across the Yalu River, and the young and vigorous Li Lianqing was not willing to deal with pots and pans all day, wasted his martial arts in vain, and repeatedly sought out his superiors to apply for the front line, but the leaders did not approve it.
The company leader saw Li Lianqing's thoughts and specifically talked to him and said: "Little Li, people are iron rice and steel, a meal is not eaten and hungry, the position of the cooking class in the troops is very important, there is no cooker to work hard, where do the soldiers have the strength to go to the front line to kill the enemy bravely, where do they have the spirit to win the battle?" You are fighting for your country in another way, and it is also very honorable. ”
Since then, Li Lianqing has been working diligently in the position of cook, and has also studied diligently to improve his cooking skills, and tried to provide more delicious meals for the soldiers, so that the soldiers can have more abundant physical strength to train and fight.
Of course, Li Lianqing will still be inseparable during the rest time, the fighters are also young boys, it is inevitable that sometimes they will have two moves and compare with each other, one after another, and the news that there is a martial arts master in the cooking class has also reached the ears of the leaders of the troops.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Lianqing, who had completed his service period, was retained for his outstanding performance in the cooking class and his fame for his superb martial arts, and was transferred to his new post, the Guard Regiment of the Guangzhou Military Region.
In 1957, when Li Lianqing, who had served in the army for 6 years, was preparing to apply for discharge from the army, the military region came with the news that the central authorities were going to select personal guards for the chairman.
After learning the news, Li Lianqing immediately dismissed the idea of retiring from the army and immediately signed up to participate in the selection.
The central authorities have only given two places to the military region, but there are thousands of people who can apply, and there are still hundreds who have passed the primary election after layers of assessment, and Li Lianqing is also one of these hundreds.
In the end, Li Lianqing won a valuable place by passing five levels and slashing six with his strong martial arts.
Soon, Li Lianqing was transferred to the Beijing Military Region for training as a reserve guard.
Become the President's personal guard
After arriving in Beijing, Li Lianqing realized that he was a candidate for Chairman Mao's guard, which meant that he could become a defender of the chairman.
Li Lianqing's mood at this time was extremely excited.
However, whether or not the guards who can eventually become the chairman of the board must go through layers of examinations, not only military skills, fighting skills, swimming and other skills, but also need to have a high school or above culture.
This piece of culture is a short board for Li Lianqing, who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has never worked culture.
In the following year, in addition to practicing swimming, martial arts and other techniques, Li Lianqing spent the rest of his time making up for cultural knowledge.
Li Lianqing finally passed the rigorous examination and became the chairman's personal guard as he wished, the year was 1961.
This job is sacred and an honor for Li Lianqing, but at the same time this job is special and needs to pay a price, because the identity of the chairman's guard needs to be kept secret externally, so his external identity is still a cook, and he needs 24 hours to protect the chairman closely.
After that, Li Lianqing became the busiest cook in the eyes of the villagers, and this busyness was 15 years.
In these 15 years, Li Lianqing's mother died, he could not personally guard the soul of his mother, he could only entrust the help of relatives in his hometown, and fell into the reputation of an unfilial son; Li Lianqing, who was born with two children, could not stay outside the delivery room like the father of an ordinary family, and when he heard the first cry of the child, he undoubtedly missed a lot of his own bits and pieces, but he did not regret it.
As the chairman's guard, he will also have a special task, that is, the chairman will arrange to return to his hometown to do field investigations, which can also be understood as a special care for these soldiers who guard their safety day and night, and the soldiers can take advantage of this opportunity to return to their hometown for a long time to visit their relatives.
Li Lianqing was no exception, and in 1967, Chairman Mao sent Li Lianqing back to his hometown to do research.
When Li Lianqing returned to his hometown where he had been away for a long time, he was not warmly and cordially greeted by his relatives, and he did not even see the smiling faces of his relatives.
It turned out that Li Lianqing had long become a typical example of inability and incompetence in the village.
The villagers ridiculed Li Lianqing for 17 years in the army with pots and pans, and the sentence that educated the children was: "Don't learn from your uncle Lianqing, after seventeen years in the army, you are still a fire-headed army."
These made Li Lianqing's family particularly faceless in the village, so there was no happy performance for Li Lianqing's return.
In this regard, Li Lianqing's heart was very painful, and he wanted to tell the villagers loudly that he was the personal guard of the great leader Chairman Mao, but he could not.
The strong Li Lianqing went to the village to find the villagers to investigate, to understand from everyone how life is, whether they can eat enough, and other livelihood issues, although the villagers are not angry, they have answered one by one.
What the villagers did not know was that all this was brought back to the chairman by Li Lianqing a few days later.
It was also this return to his hometown that allowed Li Lianqing to see the ruins of his hometown and the barren life of the villagers, although the villagers looked down on him, he still made up his mind that he must do something for his hometown in the future.
Chairman Mao died unexpectedly in 1976, and Li Lianqing, who had been with the chairman for 15 years, was heartbroken, and he once wanted to be demobilized and leave this sad place, but the organization assigned him to serve as a guard for Ye Shuai.
In this way, the nominal cook was a guard for another 10 years.
After Ye Shuai's death, Li Lianqing was transferred to work in a certain bureau in Guangzhou, and it was not until he retired that he enjoyed the treatment of deputy military rank, and the fact that he had served as Chairman Mao's guard was known to the world.
Return to your hometown to build a beautiful home
Li Lianqing, who retired in Beijing, did not forget his hometown, always paid attention to the news of his hometown, and thought about what he could do for his hometown.
By chance, a fellow villager came to visit his daughter who was working in Beijing and stopped by to see Li Lianqing, but this look affected the second half of Li Lianqing's life.
Originally, the villagers told Li Lianqing that although it has been reform and opening up for many years, the current Helu Village is still very poor and backward, and the village of more than 400 people has a per capita annual income of less than 10 yuan, and people are lazy and lazy, and they are good at gambling.
Li Lianqing could not sit still, he wanted to return to his hometown to realize his wishes, help the villagers tide over the difficulties, and build a beautiful home.
Soon, 76-year-old Li Lianqing embarked on the road back to his hometown with his pension money.
When he arrived in the village, he was surprised by the scene in front of him: potholed roads, sewage-strewn ditches, and dilapidated ancestral halls seemed to collapse at any moment.
The elderly Li Lianqing and the cadres of the village committee worked tirelessly to investigate and discuss how to start the construction of the village and change the style of the village.
In the south, ancestral halls are very important and represent the prosperity of the family, so everyone agrees to repair the ancestral halls first.
Li Lianqing took out his savings, from buying materials, inviting workers, and overseers to do it himself, after more than 6 months of hard work, the ancestral hall was finally completed.
Looking at the renovated ancestral hall, Elder Li Lianqing was very excited, and the villagers seemed to be touched by something.
In just a few years, Helu Village has undergone earth-shaking changes, the former dirty pond is gone, the water is purified, lotus flowers are planted, and the pond has become a lotus pond.
Abandoned land has been turned into basketball courts and ecological parks for children's fitness, sewage drains and garbage houses have been built in the village... Under the leadership of Li Lianqing, today's Helu Village has been presented to the world with a new look.
With the completion of the reading room in the village, the villagers' good gambling habits have changed day by day, the villagers have begun to like to read, and everything is developing in a good direction.
The environment in the village is good, and Li Lianqing began to ponder how to promote the economic development of the village, and only when the economy develops can the villagers' lives be fundamentally improved.
Li Lianqing, who is nearly 80 years old, after many researches, raised funds from many parties to set up a cattle farm, and also personally cooked for the workers, did a good job in logistical support, and even lived with cattle for nearly a year in order to find out the habits of cattle.
Finally, the hard work of the old man Li Lianqing was not in vain, the cattle farm became larger and larger, and also brought a lot of income to the villagers, which greatly improved the lives of the villagers, but the old man has not stopped and still dedicates his strength to his hometown.
epilogue:
The first half of Li Lianqing's life was unknown, although he was the chairman's personal guard, but because of the confidential nature of his work, he needed to endure misunderstandings and even insults from the world, and he endured everything with the loyalty of a party member.
The second half of Li Lianqing's life can be said to be great, and he dedicated the second half of his life to the land where he was born and raised, although the people there gave him cold eyes and ridiculed him.
But he kept in mind what the chairman said about "serving the people", and he did it, and his mindset is worth learning from.