Kong Geng
Kong Geng (1873-1950), ziwenxuan, trumpet Wenxuan, Hubei Province, Hubei Province, Hubei Province, In 1903, he secretly formed a revolutionary organ with Wu Luzhen and others, and later went to Japan to enter the sixth phase of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School. In 1905, he joined the Chinese League and the Iron-Blooded Husbands Regiment. After graduating in 1907, he returned to China and held military positions in Guangxi and Beijing. After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Kong Geng traveled back and forth between Beijing and Xiaogan, contacting comrades and planning revolutions. After the founding of the Republic of China, the "Cheng Bao" was established to expose the atrocities of the Hubei warlord Wang Zhanyuan. In 1922, Sun Yat-sen established a base camp in Guangzhou, and Kong Geng served as the director of the base camp. In 1927, the Hubei Provincial Government was established, and Kong Geng was the main government. In 1937, he founded the weekly magazine "National Front" to publicize the War of Resistance. In 1947 he was promoted to second-class general in the Army. He died of illness in 1950.
Kong Geng, who studied from his father since childhood, was brilliant, had a weak crown and a talent, and his literary name moved the countryside. For taking the lead in beating the children of scholars and inferior gentry, he was arrested and imprisoned in Wuchang Province. At the Chinese New Year's Eve, Kong Yiyi posted a joint post on the prison door, Wen Yue: "Heaven will mourn Sven not lose Sven envy li show good model Yu is happy to become a great responsibility, I do not go to hell Who goes to hell Shenzhou into a bitter sea asks Jun He Shu to save his compatriots." Liang Dingfen, the General Office of Academic Affairs, regarded the prison in the New Year, and rewarded him when he saw it, and released the hole and enrolled him in Jingxin College. Later, Wu Luzhen was the General Office of Education and encouraged progressive young people to study abroad, and Kong Geng entered the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School.
In 1905, Sun Yat-sen established the Chinese League in Tokyo, and Kong Geng joined the Chinese League. He successively served as counselor and manager section chief and education section chief of the Guangxi Supervision and Training Office, founded the Guangxi Army Primary School, served as a first-class section member of the Military Science Department of the War Department of the Beijing Government, and a senior staff officer of Wu Luzhen, the commander of the sixth town of the Beiyang Army. Later, he entered Shanxi and served as the garrison and brigade commander of Datong Town of Yan Xishan's department, and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Jin Army. Commander-in-chief of the Jin Army.
In 1907, Kong Geng returned to China and successively held military positions in Guangxi and Beijing. When the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Kong Geng was sent by the Qing court as a special envoy, and Kong Geng took the opportunity to travel back and forth between Beijing and Xiaogan, contacting comrades and passing on news. Ben planned to personally go to Wuchang to participate in the revolution, but he was helplessly hindered in the middle of the way, so Wu Luzhen was stationed in Shijiazhuang, and Kong Geng went to see him, and was appointed as the chief of staff of the camp. Wu Luzhen was assassinated, and Kong Geng went to Taiyuan to surrender to his Japanese classmate Yan Xishan, and was appointed as an envoy of Shuofang, fighting with the Qing army in the area of Diaomen Pass, and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Jin army for his merits, and was awarded the title of wrestler. Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, and Kong was made a viscount beforehand, and Kong Geng's telegram was given to Him. Later, Tang Hua became a Qingkong and joined forces with Yan to beg Yuan, supported Quinoa Yuanhong to restore the republic, and Kong Geng was electrified against Yuan, and was placed under house arrest by Yan, and was almost released. After that, Kong Geng presided over the affairs of the Hubei Association of Fellow Villagers in Beijing and set up the "Chengbao" to expose the atrocities of the Hubei warlord Wang Zhanyuan.
In 1911, he rebelled with Yan Xishan and restored Shanxi, serving as the commander of the First Division of the Shanxi Army, the defender of Jinxi Town, and the commander of the Mixed Brigade. In 1914, Yan Xishan sent Kong Geng to lead his troops to participate in Yuan Shikai's "Conquest of Mongolia" campaign. After the incident, Kong Gengshi stayed in Baotou. Because Kong Geng was originally a subordinate of Wu Luzhen and constantly installed his own cronies in the army, he was not tolerated by Yan Xishan, and secretly manipulated Zhang Peimei and Zhang Shuzhi to launch a mutiny. On the night of June 1, 1914, dozens of mutant soldiers broke into Kong Geng's office and bedroom and opened fire. Kong Geng hid in the ceiling without being hit, and fled after the mutant robbery. Kong Geng did not know the inside story of this mutiny, and killed more than forty officers and men indiscriminately. Yan Xishan used this soldier to turn into a pretext, and reduced the Kong Division to the 13th Mixed Brigade, and Kong Geng was demoted to brigade commander. Yan Xishan formed the remaining soldiers into the twelfth mixed brigade.
In 1917, he returned to Hubei to respond to the protector of the Fa and became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Hubei Autonomous Army.
At the end of 1921, Kong became brothers with Mao Zedong and Shi Yang.
In December 1921, he went to Guangzhou and was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the counselor of the base camp, the chief of the military justice department, and the commander-in-chief of the Thief Army stationed in Hubei, Guangdong.
In 1922, Sun Yat-sen established a base camp in Guangzhou, Kong Wentui served as the director of the base camp, and was later appointed by Sun as the commander of the E's army directly under the central government of the Thief Army, the commander-in-chief of the E's Thief Army, first to attack Chen Jiongming, then to attack Cao Kun, and then to destroy Xiao Yaonan, the governor of Hubei, and until the Northern Expedition army conquered Wuhan, Kong returned to Hubei.
In 1923, the Hubei Provincial Government was established, implementing a standing committee system, with Kong as the main body and the main government. During this period, he befriended Dong Biwu and opposed Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal of the revolution, and on suspicion of "falling in love with the Communists", he was first arrested by Hu Duo of the Gui clan and released on bail by Feng Yu praying to Yan Xishan; later, he was put under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek and released by Tan Yan and Ju Zheng. After Kong returned to Han, he founded the private Zhang Chu Middle School with his fellow villagers and served as the chairman of the board. The school later became an important place for progressive people to engage in revolutionary activities and for progressive students to study.
In 1925, he became the provost of major generals of the Whampoa Military Academy, and later the director of the Compilation Bureau of the Military Academy. In the following year, he participated in the Northern Expedition and served as deputy chief of the Military Affairs Bureau of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army and lieutenant general of the General Counselor.
In early 1927, he was an executive member of the Hubei Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang. Director of the Department of Civil Affairs and Construction of the Hubei Provincial Government, Member of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Political Branch and Member of the National Government of Wuhan.
In July 1927, he was appointed Chairman of the Hubei Provincial Government. In the same year, he was dismissed from his post and took refuge in Shanghai. In the following year, he was appointed as a member of the Hubei Provincial Government.
In 1930, he participated in the enlarged conference of the Beiping Rebellion against Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1931, Kong's subordinate Xia Douyin became the provincial chairman, and Kong served as a member of the provincial government and director of the Civil Affairs Department, during which time it was proposed to change "Pushui" to "Haoshui". Soon, Xia left, Kong withdrew from the provincial capital, and was named a director of the provincial silver name. During this period, kiln silver was found under the foundation of the house, and he was involved in litigation with his neighbors for many years, which attracted many opinions.
In 1936, Kong huihui was elected as a deputy to the National Congress, and later founded the "National Front" to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance and participated in the "Hubei Wartime Rural Work Promotion Association".
From 1938 onwards, he was a member of the First to Fourth National Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference.
In 1941, Kong Geng's seventieth birthday, Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote the "Shou" character screen, and sent 10,000 yuan and a photo. After Kong accepted these gifts, his political stance changed completely, and in his daily interactions, he could not talk with old friends, and at political meetings, he often confronted Dong Biwu.
In 1946, Kong set up the "Democracy Daily", which sang the stage with the Progressive Publication of the Democratic League, "Democracy Daily", openly declaring that "the lord and peacemaker are Qin Juniper" and serving as a drummer for Chiang Kai-shek's civil war. In this way, Kong became a deputy to the Constituent National Assembly and was later elected as a legislator.
On November 21, 1947, he was promoted to the second rank of general of the Army, and became a member of the Provincial Government of Hubei Province and the director of the Department of Civil Affairs.
At the beginning of 1949, people from all walks of life in Hubei advocated a peace movement and held a general meeting in the provincial senate, but Kong still made a speech on preserving the legal system of the Chiang family and was bombed down.
In February 1950, he died of illness in his apartment on Grain Road Street in Wuchang. On the eve of the liberation of Wuhan, some people advised him to flee south, and Kong said that "since childhood, he loved the country and his hometown, and he did not want to be a ghost of his hometown."
Wuchang Province Prison Gate Yang Lian: "Heaven will mourn Swen Not mourn Swen Envy Li Show Good Model Yu is happy to become a great responsibility, I do not go to hell who goes to hell Shenzhou into a bitter sea to ask Jun He Shu to save his compatriots."
Wuchang Snake Mountain Park Yue Wu Mu Relic Pavilion, on the pavilion is the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937) Kong Geng inscription "Yue Wu Mu Relic Pavilion". Yang Lian reads: "It is easy to shake the mountains and suppress the river, it is difficult to shake the army, may the loyal soul always be in jinghu, protect the mighty wind of Jiang Han, and the great cause begins with three households; civilian officials do not love money, military attaches are not afraid of death, and they are advised to revive the country, leave it to The Qiankun and righteousness, and the new end is from the fourth dimension." ”