People will always have a blue glow for power and money, but some people go crazy and are so immersed in it that they can't extricate themselves. This is a story that takes place in the fifties of the last century, telling the story of a veteran soldier who betrays his motherland and defects to the enemy in pursuit of vanity rights, and finally suffers the consequences. Let's take a look at how this man fell and how he paid for what he did.
Zhang Qingrong, this name may not be familiar to many people now. But back then, he was a founding lieutenant colonel who had experienced a hundred battles, and he rose from an ordinary soldier to this position step by step by relying on his own merits, which I believe was already a very good achievement for ordinary people. However, his greedy heart could not be filled, and his dissatisfaction with his rank made him want to rebel. Has the temptation of power and money ever tempted you and me?
If you want to talk about Zhang Qingrong's life experience, he was born in Qingyuan, Hebei, and joined the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War, and rose step by step from an ordinary soldier to a company commander and battalion commander. During the War of Liberation, he was promoted to regiment commander by virtue of his military merits, and then participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. seems to be a good soldier who has been in the army for many years all the way, but in fact, he has long been blinded by fame and fortune.
In 1955, when the title was conferred, Zhang Qingrong received the rank of founding lieutenant colonel. At the time, this was already quite a military rank. But for him with old qualifications, it is obviously not enough. Believing that he deserved the rank of colonel or even higher, he began to have the idea of defecting. Perhaps, in the eyes of others, this is nothing more than a greedy person. But for him, who didn't know the height of the sky at that time, this was undoubtedly a great opportunity to do whatever he wanted.
In this way, late one night in December 1957, Zhang Qingrong took a fishing boat and secretly absconded to Kinmen Island, the "sharp frontier territory" at that time. He abandoned his family and became a shameful traitor. As a soldier, this is undoubtedly a blasphemy against the professional ethics of soldiers. At that time, it was a period of confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and it seemed difficult to punish the traitors.
However, General Luo Ruiqing, who was the Minister of Public Security at the time, did not let Zhang Qingrong go so easily. He thought of a "counter-plan" that would have the best of both worlds: he deliberately released a rumor that Zhang Qingrong was a spy secretly dispatched in order to collect intelligence on the other party. Although this is a lie, it makes the other party start to suspect Zhang Qingrong. In addition, Zhang Qingrong's style of life in Taipei is extremely debauched, and he spends all day drinking, which is further confirmed by the enemy.
According to the principle of "it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to spare a traitor", the enemy soon charged Zhang Qingrong with a trumped-up charge and shot him at the end of 1958. From the mutiny to the execution, it was less than a year. It is very pleasing for this hateful traitor to suffer the consequences of his own evil in this way. However, from another point of view, is the reason why Zhang Qingrong embarked on this road of no return also related to the unspoken rules of society at that time?
Zhang Qingrong's tragic ending is undoubtedly deeply touching. On the one hand, we have to denounce his dereliction of duty, because as a soldier, it is our duty to be loyal to the motherland. On the other hand, we also need to reflect on what caused his fall. Is it just selfish desires?
Looking back on Zhang Qingrong's experience, it is not difficult for us to find that the reason why he embarked on this road of no return was to a large extent related to the shortcomings that prevailed in the army at that time. For example, when it comes to grading military ranks, it seems that seniority is often given more weight than actual merit. For a soldier like Zhang Qingrong who was born at the bottom and worked hard step by step, this is undoubtedly an injustice.
Moreover, the social environment at that time was also prone to breed such utilitarian thinking. After all, in that age of material scarcity, power and money were undoubtedly everything. As ordinary people, who doesn't want to live a life without worrying about food and clothing? It's just that Zhang Qingrong chose a wrong path of breaking the law and committing crimes.
In addition, judging from Zhang Qingrong's style in Taipei after his defection, he seems to be immersed in material temptations. Dressed brightly, spending all day drinking, and living a carefree life, it is simply a portrayal of "rich and confused". It can be seen that the reason why he betrayed the motherland was also due to material temptation to a large extent.
However, as mentioned at the beginning, power and money are a double-edged sword. They bring short-term pleasure, but they come at a cost. Take Zhang Qingrong as an example, just after a few days of complacency and happiness, he was shot by the enemy on the charge of traitor. From surrender to execution, it took less than a year to be blamed and reaped the consequences.
Overall, Zhang Qingrong's tragedy is nothing less than a microcosm of the shortcomings of the military and the social environment of those years. It warns us not to be deceived by power and money, and to always remember the ethics and bottom line of being a human being. At the same time, it also pretends that we should establish a sunny and transparent social environment with equal rights, so that everyone can get the rewards they deserve by virtue of their own strength and efforts, and will not degenerate into a "power maniac" like Zhang Qingrong.
In short, although Zhang Qingrong's life is dark, his experience has taught us a vivid life lesson. Let us draw lessons from this, cherish the good life we have now, adhere to the ethics and principles of life, and never turn our backs on the motherland and the people.
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