Speaking of the name Kong Jining, many people don't know, in 2003, on the 110th anniversary of ***'s birth, Kong Dongmei published a book to commemorate her grandfather, in which she and her brother Kong Jining grew up next to their grandmother when they were children.
Figure |Kong Jining.
After the Lushan Conference in 1959, **called Beijing** and asked the guards to tell Li Min that the wedding must wait for him to go back.
Until the end of August, ** returned to Beijing and held a wedding for Li Min the next day.
Li Min's husband is Kong Congzhou's son Kong Linghua, a year ago, when Li Min just told *** the news that he had a boyfriend, ** was also a little surprised: "You go and inquire, what is this Xiao Kong's family doing?."But Li Min was impatient, she said: "I have a relationship with Xiaokong, what are you doing with other people's parents." ”
Even so, Li Min still went to inquire, and when he learned that Kong Linghua's father was the founding lieutenant general Kong Congzhou, he said with a smile: "It turned out to be Kong Congzhou, I am familiar with it, I am familiar with it." ”
But *** said to Li Min: "It's not enough for me to agree, you still have to ask your mother." In fact, it refers to Li Min's biological mother, He Zizhen.
He Zizhen married the young *** during the Jinggangshan period, and experienced the most difficult decade of the revolution with ***, but in 1937, He Zizhen left Yan'an for some reasons and parted ways with ***.
Li Min was born in 1936, and he also went to the Soviet Union at the age of 4, and only returned to *** before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
For many years, He Zizhen has been living in the south, first in Shanghai, and then because he missed his hometown, he returned to Jiangxi to live, and when Li Min got married, He Zizhen happened to be in Nanchang.
Perhaps, this is fate.
It just so happened that year, ** held a meeting in Lushan and found an opportunity to meet with He Zizhen.
Over the years, He Zizhen has been unable to meet ***, and the dullness that has accumulated in his chest has not been able to disperse for a long time.
asked He Zizhen: "Our daughter is getting married, have you seen her boyfriend?"How?Satisfied?”
He Zizhen smiled and said, "If you agree, I will agree." ”
When Li Min got married, ** had just met He Zizhen, and after a period of investigation in the south, he returned to Zhongnanhai, Beijing.
That day, Li Min was wearing a dress, and Kong Linghua was wearing a white shirt, which was very decent. The wedding was presided over by *** personally, and I was fortunate to invite Kong Congzhou himself.
Kong Congzhou, as the best general, is naturally respectful and respectful, and has always praised his daughter-in-law. ** is more modest, Kwakon gave birth to a good child from Zhou.
A marriage was thus completed.
Two years later, Li Min gave birth to Kong Jining.
On that day, *** happened to be out on a business trip, and when he returned to Beijing, the child had been born safely, and he heard the child's cry before entering the door
Li Min said: "I have called ** to Shenyang, Ling Hua's father hopes that the child's grandfather will give him a name, but the words 'tiger' and 'city' that people have used can no longer be used, and it is best to take one from the name of the great man." ”
** smiled: "The requirements of the in-laws are not low." ”
Finally, *** named his grandson "Kong Jining", "Ning" is Lenin's name, and "Ji" means inheritance.
Li Min and Kong Linghua both liked the name very much.
It is worth mentioning that after Li Min gave birth to a second child in 1972, he still asked the child's grandfather to give a name, at that time, he was not in good health, and he had thoughts when he saw the plum blossom pattern on the cup, and then named the child "Kong Dongmei", "East" is one of his names, and "Mei" is the plum blossom that Ling Han bloomed alone.
Among the four grandchildren, Kong Dongmei is the only woman, and she grew up with her grandmother when she was a child, like Kong Jining.
Figure |Kong Dongmei.
Compared with Kong Dongmei, Kong Jining is quite lucky, because he has at least met his grandfather. Kong Dongmei later said: "Compared to my brother, I really haven't seen my grandfather, he only named me." ”
When Kong Jining was a child, he was often taken by his mother to visit Zhongnanhai
It is said that the next generation is pro-generational, and ** is no exception.
In the 60s, the country experienced a difficult period of economic difficulties, and Li Min also moved out of Zhongnanhai with her lover at that time, but it did not affect her to visit her father.
There is a habit of sleeping during the day and working at night. But every weekend, when Li Min came with the child, he didn't sleep, hugged his little grandson to play, and even told his grandson a lot of stories.
**In his later years, because of his poor health, every time he asked the children to come, he couldn't say a few words, so when Kong Jining grew up, the appearance of his grandfather in his mind became more and more blurred, and more often he learned from his mother.
After Kong Jining grew up, he was educated by Li Min, and chose to join the army without hesitation, inheriting his father's mantle.
Before He Zizhen's death, he had been educating Kong Jining that he had to rely on himself to do anything, and never take the name of *** to do things.
Kong Jining has always kept this in mind and done everything steadfastly, and later he was transferred to work in overseas embassies, which is very promising.
In the 90s of the last century, Kong Linghua was seriously ill, Kong Jining had to return home to fulfill his filial piety, and at that time, with the good economy of the south, he also wanted to go to the south to create a world.
In the end, he chose to start a business, as the so-called everything is difficult at the beginning, Kong Jining also planted a lot of followers, but during his entrepreneurship, he did not rely on one person, and he just broke out of the world in a down-to-earth manner.
Today's Kong Jining has been working hard to spread the best ideas, and he has also started a family.
In Beijing's 798 Art District, there is an art space called "Juxiang Book House", which is the same as the name of ***'s home in Zhongnanhai before his death, and the owner of this building is ***'s granddaughter Kong Dongmei.
Usually Kong Dongmei is wearing a simple black skirt and a red scarf, which looks very artistic with a simple match.
Figure |Kong Dongmei.
In Kong Dongmei's memory, she and her grandmother lived at No. 262 Hunan Road, Shanghai, which was a small bungalow, which was given to He Zizhen to live in.
Kong Dongmei vaguely remembers that when she was a child, when she came back from school, she needed to step on her schoolbag to ring the doorbell. Now that time has passed, He Zizhen passed away in 1984, and she has gradually grown up.
In 1992, Kong Dongmei was admitted to Beijing Aeronautical University, and after graduation, she chose to intern in a company, but she encountered another opportunity, that is, to study abroad, she resolutely decided to study in the United States.
Figure |Kong Dongmei in the United States.
When she went to a foreign country, she found that foreigners were very familiar with China's ***, and even praised ***'s genius charm, from that moment on, Kong Dongmei decided to get to know her grandfather well and find out all the information about her grandfather.
So after returning to China, Kong Dongmei went to Yan'an, Shaoshan and other places non-stop to find stories about her grandparents.
After returning to China, Kong Dongmei continued to study at Peking University and studied for a doctorate. She said that this university is very close to the Mao family, and her grandfather's father-in-law (Yang Changji) is a professor at Peking University, and later her aunt (Li Ne) and aunt (Shao Hua) both studied at Peking University.
Figure |Kong Dongmei in Shaoshan.
Later, Li Min published a book about reminiscing about her father and mother, Kong Dongmei burst into tears after reading it, she was inspired to be committed to public welfare for many years, she wanted to help more people through her own efforts, and not let her grandparents down.
A reporter who once interviewed He Zizhen said: "Kong Dongmei gives me the impression that she is a very sunny and beautiful girl, and among the children of the third generation of their Mao family, they are all very good. ”
Someone asked Kong Dongmei what her dreams were.
She said that she wanted to be a writer in the past, because I had read a lot of literature since I was a child, and then I saw a lot of it, so I wanted to become a researcher and study more modern history.
Speaking of the descendants of the Mao family, she said that our three families, (referring to Li Min and Mao Anqing) usually get together, especially on September 9 and December 26 every year, we will go to Beijing.
Of course, for Kong Dongmei, there is another proud thing, that is, she also has a mole on her chin, Kong Dongmei said in the book: My mother did not inherit it, but my granddaughter I inherited, and I am quite honored.
Kong Dongmei has always said that she, like her brother, hopes to tell more stories to everyone, and show a real *** and an ordinary *** to show everyone a *** who is a son, a husband, and a father, and also an explanation to friends who care about the Mao family.
Of course, she also feels that the burden is very heavy, as a relative of ***, she feels that *** has had too much influence on them, and she will never forget the spirit of ***, hoping that it can be passed on forever.