On February 9, 1962, the founding general Li Kenong died in Beijing, and the bad news came, and he was grieved.
Li Kenong's contribution has been highly praised by *** and ***. However, after his death, some conspiracy theories circulated that he died as a result of an American conspiracy.
These rumors intensified in the grief of the Li family, and Li Lun, as his son, decided to respond to the matter in person in order to curb the spread of rumors.
After Li Kenong's death, a rumor about him began to circulate. He was not only the "king of the best" during his lifetime, but also a capable and capable officer after the founding of New China, and worked hard for the country's diplomatic cause.
During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he personally participated in the armistice negotiations, and every effort he made was closely related to the establishment and development of New China. So, how did Li Kenong embark on such a road, and what kind of contribution did he make to our party in that difficult era?
Let's explore his life and deeds together.
Li Kenong was born in 1899 in Chaoxian County, Anhui Province, where his father worked in Wuhu Customs. At the age of 15, he went to study at St. Accord's High School in Wuhu, a prestigious church school and the birthplace of the Xinhai Revolution in Anhui Province.
In this school, Li Kenong was able to get in touch with and gradually adopt advanced ideas.
In 1926, Li Kenong joined the Communist Party of China through the recommendation of his friend Qian Xingcun. Prior to this, he had already participated in the education against imperialist enslavement, and deep down he was full of enthusiasm for joining the revolution.
In 1927, during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Li Kenong served as a member of the propaganda committee of the Wuhu County Party Department of the Kuomintang, and he actively publicized the policies of our party, hoping to attract more outstanding talents to join our party.
Soon after, he received an important task in the organization, that is, to join the Youth Gang organization in Wuhu. In April 1927, after the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, a large-scale purge of the Chinese ** personnel began in various places.
Li Kenong was the first to learn of the news, and he quickly made arrangements for his evacuation, so that many important party members could avoid the disaster.
Under the shadow of the White Terror, many leaders of our party were arrested by the Kuomintang, but Li Kenong was still fighting on the front line of the revolution. Later, he was hunted down and hid in Shanghai, but was nearly discovered by the enemy when he arrived at Nanjing Station, thanks to the help of his former high school classmates.
Witnessing the repeated leaks of the whereabouts of our party's revolutionary personnel, Li Kenong deeply realized the importance of intelligence work. While the comrades were risking their lives for the revolution, a well-established intelligence organization was able to rescue many comrades in time.
In 1927, the special branch was established in Shanghai, under the direct leadership of the first department, a total of three departments were set up: general affairs, intelligence, and security, the main task of which was to fight the enemy and ensure the safety of comrades.
In December 1929, in accordance with the order of ***, Li Kenong secretly infiltrated the Kuomintang Shanghai Radio Administration. In order to complete the task, the organization also sent Qian Zhuangfei and Hu Di to go together, and the three formed a team headed by Li Kenong and began a dangerous and challenging spy career.
Although they have never experienced life and death on the battlefield, intelligence work in the heart of the enemy is also fraught with risks, and the slightest mistake can lead to a catastrophe.
Li Kenong and other warriors lurked under the noses of the enemy, and whenever they obtained key information, they would immediately hand it over to the ** special department, and then the special branch intelligence officers would pass it on to the majority of comrades.
The latent team led by him cooperated tacitly, quickly transmitted important information many times, and saved the losses of our party, so it was highly praised and known as the "Three Heroes of Longtan".
In 1930, Li Kenong was transferred to ** Teke, and his superior leader was Gu Shunzhang. Li Kenong maintained close contact with the members of the group and exhausted all the secret information within the Kuomintang.
However, in 1931, Tekko was facing annihilation and was almost captured by the enemy.
In April, Li Kenong's superior, Gu Shunzhang, was unfortunate in the line of duty, and soon he defected to the enemy because he could not withstand the severe torture. In order to verify Gu Shunzhang's confession, the enemy immediately sent Xu Enzeng, director of the Central Bureau of Statistics, to Shanghai.
If the intelligence is accurate, they will have to completely destroy the ** Tekko. After Xu Enzeng received the order, he immediately arranged for people to prepare to go to Shanghai. Fortunately, Qian Zhuangfei had successfully deciphered this top-secret telegram before this and reported this important news to Li Kenong as soon as possible.
After Li Kenong received the important news, he was anxious, because there were many senior leaders in the Shanghai base area of the special branch, including the enemy who would cause heavy losses to our party if they arrived first.
In order to deliver the news as soon as possible, Li Kenong had to find Chen Geng, and in order to avoid exposure, Chen Geng had been contacting Li Kenong in one direction, which made it impossible for Li Kenong to contact him immediately.
However, Li Kenong did not give up, he tried everything he could, although this might expose himself to the enemy's sight, he had only one thought: find Chen Geng, report **, and transfer as soon as possible!
In the end, Li Kenong took a great risk and successfully contacted Chen Geng and told *** about the impending danger
After Xu Enzeng, director of the Central Bureau of Statistics, arrived in Shanghai, the core members of ** Special Branch have all been transferred under the careful arrangement of ***. However, the sparks scattered in the brazier reveal what a thrilling moment they have just experienced.
At this critical juncture, Li Kenong bravely delivered the news, ensured the safe evacuation of many comrades, and made great contributions to the revolutionary cause. ** also gave high praise to this ** who went deep into the enemy camp: "If it wasn't for Li Kenong's timely report, I wouldn't have been able to stand here." ”
On the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many domestic celebrities and celebrities jointly called on the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to stop the civil war. In December 1936, Chiang Kai-shek's insistence on the policy of "settling the outside world must first secure the interior", Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the Xi'an Incident that shocked the whole country.
Subsequently, our party sent the prime minister and the prime minister to Xi'an to deal with the aftermath of the Xi'an incident.
Before January 1936, Li Kenong, as a representative of the Red Army, had gone to Luochuan to negotiate with Zhang Xueliang on the issue of joint resistance against Japan. His resourcefulness and courage were vividly demonstrated in the previous negotiations, prompting the Red Army and the Northeast Army led by Zhang Xueliang to reach a preliminary armistice agreement to jointly resist Japan.
Therefore, after the Xi'an Incident, Li Kenong once again accompanied *** and others as the secretary general of the delegation to continue to promote the resolution of a series of issues such as the anti-Japanese front.
Li Kenong, a former secret ** and later an assistant to the party leader, worked wholeheartedly for the party and the country, but did not have enough time to spend with his family.
When the youngest son, Li Lun, was still young, his father always came home in a hurry, and then left in a hurry, sometimes only for half a day. Although Li Kenong is engaged in intense intelligence work outside, every time he comes home, he will be strict with his children, warning them to keep their identities and not to easily reveal who their father is.
Faced with his father's serious admonition, the young Li Lun could only nod silently. However, when he grew up and learned that his father had been engaged in dangerous ** work in the past, he was always in a situation of walking on thin ice, and in order to protect his family, it was undoubtedly a deeper love to prevent his children from mentioning his name.
Today's Li Lun has also become a father and began to participate in the work of the party, he deeply understands the truth that loyalty and filial piety are difficult to fulfill, and his father's rush is for the bright future of countless families.
After the victory of the anti-Japanese resistance, the long-standing dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party resurfaced. Chiang Kai-shek actively invited important leaders such as *** to Chongqing for negotiations. However, there was concern among party insiders, who feared that the negotiations might be fake and that Chiang Kai-shek might take the opportunity to murder the leaders of our party.
In order to ensure that everything was foolproof, Li Kenong quickly deciphered the previously intercepted telegram from Chongqing, and reported the results to *** After fully grasping the situation, he resolutely went to Chongqing and signed the "Double Ten Agreement".
As soon as the Chongqing negotiations were over, Chiang Kai-shek's ambitions could not wait to be revealed. Li Kenong reported to us all the Kuomintang secrets obtained in the intelligence work, ensuring that our army would not be at a disadvantage on the battlefield.
When the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke out again, Li Kenong's intelligence work undoubtedly became a strong backing for the front-line fighters, and his outstanding performance enabled us to become more and more courageous and invincible.
In 1949, as the People's Liberation Army continued to advance throughout the country, Li Kenong was appointed as the head of the Intelligence Department of the ** Military Commission. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he became the deputy minister who was loved by the people.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Kenong finally had time to spend with his family. However, he is over half a hundred years old, his physical condition is not as good as before, and he often has difficulty sleeping due to severe asthma.
Despite his family's advice to him to take a break, he devoted himself to his work. Taking into account his condition, it was decided to arrange for him to go to the USSR for acceptance. The medical technology of the Soviet Union at that time was relatively advanced, and many seriously ill generals had already recovered their health after this.
Under the organization's arrangement, Li Kenong went to the Soviet Union to receive **. However, while he was recuperating in the Soviet Union, the United ** invaded North Korea, and the war raged.
When the DPRK sought China's assistance, it issued a call to "defeat any provocation by US imperialism", and our country quickly organized volunteers to fight in Korea.
In the face of the call of the motherland, Li Kenong applied to return to China many times, hoping to continue to contribute to the Korean war, but the organization politely refused in consideration of his physical condition.
However, after learning the news that the volunteers were in the worst situation on the Korean battlefield, Li Kenong resolutely applied to return to China regardless of his own health, but in fact, his illness was not cured, but he only concealed the truth from the organization.
After returning to China, Li Kenong was shocked to learn of Mao Anying's sacrifice on the Korean battlefield, but in the face of the chairman's grief over the loss of his beloved son, he could only pretend to be calm.
Please relay this news to Kishiying's wife, Matsubayashi. Despite his best efforts to cover it up, Li Kenong could still feel the heaviness in these few words. In order to better participate in the negotiation work in North Korea and reduce more **, he has never disclosed his illness to the public.
In the bitter cold of the Korean battlefield, Li Kenong's asthma became more severe, but he still insisted on negotiating.
During the two years of negotiations in North Korea, Li Kenong presided over more than 50 meetings, large and small meetings, and negotiations, as well as countless late-night deliberations, and his health deteriorated.
The soldiers on the front line fought bravely on the battlefield filled with gunpowder, and Li Kenong also fought the battlefield without gunsmoke. Every negotiation, every argument and every stalemate, he did not hesitate to rush to the forefront.
Therefore, the fearless and resolute deputy minister caused controversy among Americans.
The day after Li Kenong signed the Korean Armistice Agreement, he returned to the motherland with a large number of jubilant volunteers. On the eve of his ordination in 1955, he was promoted to the rank of general, which caused quite a bit of controversy.
Although Li Kenong has never fought on the battlefield, he has made great contributions to the party's cause with his outstanding ability. The Chairman spoke out of his favour and praised him"The King", whose contribution was crucial to the development of the party.
Although he has not been on the battlefield, at the award ceremony, everyone expressed a high degree of recognition for this outstanding ** general. On February 9, 1962, Li Kenong died of brain malacia at the age of 63.
His legendary life and outstanding achievements will always be remembered in people's hearts.
Thirty years ago, we met and knew each other, and our talents were outstanding. As far-sighted as a servant, as brilliant as Li Zuoche's spy skills. Heaven does not pity this old man, if he can be redeemed, I am afraid that he will have to pay the price of a thousand families.
His excellent qualities will be passed on to future generations like Zhilan, holding high the red flag and leaving beautiful memories like the sunset. ”
Dong Lao praised Li Kenong's great contributions to the CCP in verses, and even regarded him as an important figure who surpassed Tang Taizong's Li Shimin's think tank, such as Fang Xuanling and Li Zuoche.
However, after Li Kenong's funeral, rumors circulated that he died because of a conspiracy by the Americans. In order to quell these rumors, Li Kenong's son Li Lun stood up.
He publicly stated that Li Kenong died because of the softening of brain tissue, and that he had no grudges against the Americans and was not killed by a conspiracy. Li Kenong always put the general interests of the country before his personal interests, and worked hard for the party and the country, so that his body became ill.
Throughout his life, from the king of the country to the vice minister, he has always worked wholeheartedly for the party and the country, and has been highly affirmed by the leaders. His noble spirit is admirable, and his outstanding achievements deserve to be remembered forever.