In the mid-60s of the 20 th century, an unprecedented political catastrophe swept through China, and many innocent people and leading cadres were involuntarily involved in this catastrophe.
For example, Kang Guoxiong, the beloved son of Kang Xinru, a famous national entrepreneur and financier, has been taken to the criticism platform of the unit since August 1966 on the charge of "Chiang Kai-shek's godson".
Just when Kang Guoxiong was born without love, the beloved *** Prime Minister wrote three letters in a row to save Kang Guoxiong from the abyss......
Why did Kang Guoxiong become "Chiang Kai-shek's godson"?
In September 1929, Kang Guoxiong was born in Chongqing, and his father was Kang Xinru, a national entrepreneur and financier during the first period. Due to his wealthy family, Kang Guoxiong received a good cultural education as a teenager, and was admitted to the Department of Economics of Nankai University in Tianjin in 1951, and after graduation, he was assigned to teach at Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
In the special era, Kang Guoxiong was criticized for being "Chiang Kai-shek's godson". As for why Kang Guoxiong had a relationship with Chiang Kai-shek? It dates back to 1941.
In the summer of that year, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling had dinner on the hillside behind the Kangjia villa in Chongqing. Twelve-year-old Kang Guoxiong heard from the servant that Chairman Chiang was coming, so he took his sister and ran to see it.
When several people were leaving, Chiang Kai-shek also pretended to be kind and said to Kang Guoxiong: "Next time I come to Wangshan with my sister, I will play with them." ”
From then on, when Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling went to Wang Mountain for a walk, they had to deliberately pass by the Kang family's mansion. Walking to the door, Chiang Kai-shek also sent the guard officer to invite the teenage child. After coming and going, Kang Guoxiong and Chiang Kai-shek became very familiar.
Why did Chiang Kai-shek love Kang Guoxiong? The main reason is because of his father Kang Xinru. Kang Xinru was not only a famous entrepreneur and financier during the ** period, he was also a member of the League and founded Meifeng Bank in 1922.
Because Kang Xinru was extremely enthusiastic about the development of national industries, he took advantage of the bank's strong financial strength to build many infrastructure facilities in Chongqing, such as water plants and power companies.
In the early 40s of the 20th century, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the white-hot stage, a large number of people poured into Chongqing from the occupied areas, and the city's demand for water and electricity soared. If Chiang Kai-shek wanted to gain a firm foothold in Chongqing, he not only needed to win over military and political leaders in many ways, but also to get closer to national entrepreneurs like Kang Xinru.
Kang Guoxiong was stained with his father's light, which was the "favor" of Chiang Kai-shek. However, Kang Xinru never opened his heart to Chairman Chiang, and he always deliberately kept his distance from Kuomintang officialdom.
Chiang Kai-shek was a master of power tricks and scheming, and after thinking about it, he changed his mind and started from the children who were close to Kang Xinru.
Over time, the young and ignorant Kang Guoxiong often played with Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling. After deliberate publicity, all walks of life in Chongqing at that time believed that Chairman Jiang was very fond of Kang Xinru's beloved son Kang Guoxiong. Somehow, it was rumored that he was "Chiang Kai-shek's godson".
In all fairness, because of its location in Chongqing, the Kang family inevitably had some ties with the Kuomintang. However, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Kang Xinru and her brother Kang Xinfu also had friendly relations with the Communist Party and provided a lot of help to the people's army.
During the period when he was at the helm of Meifeng Bank, Kang Xinru provided many important materials for our party, and during the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Meifeng Bank also became the preferred channel for remittances to Yan'an.
For all this, ** and *** are seen in the eyes and remembered in the heart.
Because of this, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to the fact that it has been greatly damaged by the people, Meifeng Bank no longer has enough liquidity to maintain its operation, and even came to the verge of bankruptcy.
**At this time, he stepped forward, he said: "Considering that more than 60 enterprises invested by Meifeng Bank are still there, it was decided that the Chongqing Branch of the People's Bank of China made an exception to give Kang Xinru a loan for turnover to fund the resumption of business of Meifeng Bank." ”
Including in the later "anti-rightist" movement, when Kang Xinru was classified as a "rightist", ** also stood up and said a lot of good things for him, which can be regarded as solving some of the urgent needs of the Kang family.
** Three times to protect "Chiang Kai-shek's godson".
In a blink of an eye, in 1966, Kang Guoxiong, who was already teaching at the Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering, was wrongly criticized and treated because of his identity as "Chiang Kai-shek's godson".
At the end of 1969, Beijing Institute of Mechanical Engineering was ordered to move to Hanzhong, Shaanxi, and Kang Guoxiong, who was under review, temporarily stayed in Beijing due to the death of his father Kang Xinru. After finishing the meal, he was taken to Hanzhong in mid-December.
On the eve of Kang Guoxiong's departure to Shaanxi, a staff member of the "task force" sympathized with Kang Guoxiong's plight, so he privately told him that he had instructions to convey his problems, which roughly meant that the historical problems of Kang Guoxiong's family and himself would not be investigated, and they would all be dealt with according to democratic figures. If it is found that Kang Guoxiong is Chiang Kai-shek's godson, but no other serious political problems are found, it will not be investigated; Kang Guoxiong's family life and work problems should be taken care of.
Due to the special historical circumstances, this instruction of *** has not been seriously implemented.
After Kang Guoxiong arrived in Hanzhong, he was under extremely severe pressure all day long due to long-term censorship and criticism, and could not rest well, which led to the deterioration of his health, so he asked his superiors to go to the county hospital for medical treatment.
After arriving at Hanzhong County Hospital for examination, the doctor advised him to return to Beijing immediately**. However, it is simply impossible for the "task force" to let Kang Guoxiong out of their sight. In desperation, Kang Guoxiong had no choice but to quietly write to his wife about the situation and ask her to go to Zhang Shizhao again, and Mr. Zhang Shizhao wrote another letter to ***.
In May 1970, according to Zhang Shizhao's letter, he wrote a letter of instructions to the military representative who was responsible for handling the relevant case. However, after the letter written by ** was handed over to the *** Organ Affairs Administration, it has not been implemented.
Soon after, a campaign to "investigate the May 16" was vigorously launched, and Kang Guoxiong was already "beating the drum with 10,000 people," and he was again branded as a "May 16 element," and hurriedly wrote a letter to his family to tell him about the situation, and the family quickly reported the situation to Zhang Shizhao.
**Got an update on Kang Kwok-hsiung's situation. This time, *** no longer simply wrote letters as usual, and his old man gave instructions on the one hand to protect Kang Guoxiong and his family; On the other hand, through practical actions, we should find the leaders of the "task force" and the representatives of the relevant armies.
Under the protection of ***, Kang Guoxiong successfully returned to Beijing for treatment.
After returning to Beijing, Kang Guoxiong first arranged to study at a university in Chaoyang District, and later participated in the establishment of Chaoyang District Staff University.
In the mid-80s of the 20th century, Kang Guoxiong broke into Hong Kong alone and broke a new world. He returned to Beijing due to illness in 1991** and passed away in 2015.
For decades, the identity of Kang Guoxiong as "Chiang Kai-shek's godson" has actually been revealed. Shen Zui, who once held an important position in the Kuomintang military command, clearly mentioned in his book "What I Know About Dai Li" that Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling only took Kang Guoxiong for a walk on the road.
In 2002, the first volume of the History of the Communist Party of China published by the China History Publishing House also gave Kang Guoxiong and his son a "coffin-covering" evaluation.