In 1936, when the secretary of the Northern Bureau was faced with a new situation of struggle, Ke Qingshi, the head of the Organization Department, proposed to issue a call among the comrades detained in the Kuomintang Beiping Military Introspection Institute, asking them to pretend to fulfill the formalities for being released from prison in order to regain their freedom. This decision was thought to be to continue the revolutionary cause, and one of the key figures was *** who was able to return to revolutionary work and cooperate with Ko Kengshi.
**Highly praised Ke Qingshi's ability and courage. However, many years later, ** publicly stated that there was negligence in the employment of Ke Qingshi. The reason for this change may be that Ke Qingshi took some unexpected actions in his later development.
Ke Qingshi was born in She County, Anhui Province in 1902, and his family was a local noble family. He received a good education in his early years and joined the Communist Party of China in 1922 as a part of the revolutionary cause. He was engaged in the work of the Communist Youth League in the early days of the revolution, and after the September 18 Incident, he was engaged in organizational work in Central China for a long time. After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, he served as the vice president of the ** Party School and presided over the ** work. Ke Qingshi has the characteristics of solid theoretical foundation and realistic work, and has excellent performance in managing large cities. In his work in Nanjing and Shanghai, he made significant contributions to the local social order and economic development.
In Shanghai, Ke Qingshi's leadership led to a rapid economic rise. From light industry to heavy industry, Shanghai's development achievements are obvious to all. He pays attention to on-the-spot contact with the grassroots people, is approachable, and understands social conditions and public opinions. His personal life has always been hard and simple, and even after he was promoted to deputy national leader, his home remained modest. After his death, the life of his wife and children is still difficult, and he even needs a subsidy.
However, there were some differences among veteran comrades such as ** and *** on Ke Qingshi's performance in the leadership position. ** Lack of recognition of Ke Qingshi's radical ideas, believing that he lacks principles and only focuses on solving immediate difficulties without foresight. **The proposal to reuse Ke Qingshi's opinion was met with initial opposition from ***. Although *** insisted that Ke Qingshi was fully qualified to hold an important position, ** finally compromised, but left a warning, that is, if Ke Qingshi has problems in the future, ** needs to be responsible for negligence in employment.
In the late fifties, the fears gradually became a reality. Ke Qingshi expressed his "leftist" presumptuous ideas with radical remarks and criticized the so-called right-leaning at the Lushan Conference. However, in a long letter in 1962, he proposed that Ke Qingshi should be treated prudently, but it failed to attract attention. Ke Qingshi grasped the pulse of political development and became a leading figure of the revolution in the sixties.
Shortly after being elected vice premier in 1965, Ke Qingshi died in Chengdu. Although his influence is relatively small, his past decisions and actions, as well as his contributions to the country's development, have left a unique mark on China's political history.