After the Lushan Conference in 1959, Mr. Peng was wrongly criticized and disappeared from everyone's sight. What did Li Kenong say about this? He once said a word to his son, expressing his attitude towards the Lushan Conference and President Peng.
In the eyes of many people, Li Kenong does not seem to have any intersection with Mr. Peng. Peng Lao is always a fierce general who leads the charge and has been fighting on the front line, while Li Kenong is the red agent king of the hidden front, shuttling through the white area without gunsmoke.
They fought on completely different fronts. Mr. Peng always wore coarse cloth clothes, was from a poor peasant background, and often went into the ravines to fight guerrillas, while Li Kenong often wore suits and leather shoes, looking like the gentry of the Kuomintang.
Their personalities are also diametrically opposed. Mr. Peng has a fiery temper and an outgoing personality, fiery like a fire, while Li Kenong is thoughtful, quite introverted, sharp and as quiet as water. Despite all these differences, there is one thing that makes them good comrades-in-arms.
That is, both men were fiercely loyal to the revolution and were honest and selfless. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Mr. Peng commanded the armed struggle on the front line, and Li Kenong was also sent to North Korea to fight with the enemy at the negotiating table. They all fought for their country and fought hard.
The U.S. military is bombing indiscriminately on the battlefield and is also very rampant at the negotiating table. Sometimes US military representatives sat at the negotiating table for hours, without saying a word, and practiced silent warfare. Sometimes, as soon as we sit down, we immediately adjourn the meeting. No matter what tricks they use, Li Kenong cracked them one by one.
When they met Mr. Peng on the battlefield and Li Kenong at the negotiating table, the US military could not take advantage. Chairman Mao said it well, Mr. Peng beat him hard, and Li Kenong talked patiently. What the US imperialists could not get on the battlefield could not be imagined at the negotiating table.
In 1953, when the armistice agreement was signed, Mr. Peng's idea was to come to Panmunjom to sign it, and the cool-headed Li Kenong suggested that the chief negotiators of both sides go to Panmunjom to sign for the sake of Mr. Peng's safety, and the signing took effect immediately, and then sent the agreement to Mr. Peng for signing.
Mr. Peng doesn't have to come to Panmunjom in person. The central government adopted Li Kenong's suggestion. When signing, Li Kenong sat next to Mr. Peng, staring at Mr. Peng's signing, witnessing that great moment. The arrival of that moment embodies the hard work of Mr. Peng and Li Kenong.
After returning from North Korea, Mr. Peng presided over the daily work of the Military Commission, and Li Kenong served as deputy chief of the general staff and director of the Central Investigation Department, working under the leadership of Mr. Peng. Li Kenong was in poor health, and in 1957 he suddenly fell and suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage.
He was in a coma for 8 days before he was rescued. Since then, the central government has been reducing Li Kenong's workload, and he has since left his job altogether. When the Lushan Conference was held in 1959, Li Kenong did not attend the meeting.
Li Kenong was very worried about the situation at the meeting. But as a fighter on the hidden front, he knows what to say and what not to say. Once Li Kenong was walking at home, accompanied by his son Li Li to chat.
At that time, there were only two of them, Li Kenong said with his hands behind his back, and Mr. Peng said that the People's Commune was done early. Li Li also worked beside Mr. Peng, and had great respect for Mr. Peng, he knew that his father had something to say, but he didn't dare to ask nonsense, and Li Kenong only said this, and then said nothing more.
Of course, Li Kenong knows Mr. Peng, respects Mr. Peng very much, believes in his character, and does not think that Mr. Peng will oppose Chairman Mao. When he said that, he obviously agreed with Mr. Peng's statement and felt sorry for Mr. Peng.
But Li Kenong, who had rich experience in the struggle, did not talk much, he knew that it was useless to talk more. What's more, my health is not good, and I can't do a lot of work. In January 1962, Li Kenong died of illness at the age of 63.
(Reference book: Li Li's "Life Memories of a Red Second Generation")