Chapter 37 Jiangbei No. 1: A revolutionary party fell from the sky

During the restoration of Xinhai, there were many people who fished in troubled waters. Small places were touched, and Yangzhou, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, was also touched.Before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou was a prosperous resort in the south of the Yangtze River, a gathering place for salt merchants from the north and the south, with many people, money, and beauties.Yangzhou skinny horse is famous all over the world.Some talented people who don't want to enter the officialdom and don't want to work in agriculture can probably do well here, such as the Eight Monsters of Yangzhou.However, after Shanghai opened up and prospered, Yangzhou's wealth, talents, and beauties were sucked away.Although this place is still a prosperous place, it has long since lost its former prosperity and brilliance.During the revolution, serious revolutionaries didn't take this place seriously, and the Qing government didn't send troops to guard it, so a gangster was given an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The name of the gangster was Sun Tiansheng, and even after 1949 there was a special investigation to "rehabilitate" him, it cannot be denied that he was a lumpen proletarian.It was also possible at that time for gangsters to become a revolutionary party.However, in the written materials left at that time, Sun Tiansheng was a relatively pure and outright gangster, who seemed to have nothing to do with any organization, let alone the Revolutionary Party.However, in the subsequent investigation, he insisted that he was the revolutionary party and established contact with the revolutionary party members in Shanghai.However, if he is said to be a revolutionary party, not only was there no one to speak out for him when he was wiped out, but also the revolutionary party was silent afterwards.If he had nothing to do with the Revolutionary Party at all, when he brought people to Yangzhou, he carried a white flag, and the leading soldiers each held two flags, which read: "Return my mountains and rivers", "Recover the great man".The posted notices used the Yellow Emperor to record the year, and then signed Sun Tiansheng, the governor of Yangzhou. Everything was no different from the recovery organized by the Revolutionary Party.All of this, if he was not taught or learned from others, he would definitely not be able to do it as a gangster who didn't know a lot of characters.

As for saying that after I became the governor, I didn't do anything, which is not surprising. The revolutionary parties in other places didn't do anything, at most they forced the people to cut their braids.What is strange about Sun Tiansheng is that he doesn't even cut his braids, and just rides a horse in the street every day to show off his prestige.However, speaking of it, this is a good thing for the convenience of the people.As soon as they entered the city, they asked for money from the treasury. It was not surprising, and it was not surprising that they robbed the rest of the money. Which revolutionary party seized power and didn't want money?People said that the money was paid to the soldiers, but the strange thing is that he didn't expand the army. If he recruited thousands of people with money, others might want to get his idea, so they have to weigh it.It is not uncommon to open prisons and release prisoners. After the liberation of many places, as long as the Constitutionalists are not in charge, they will do the same.As for declaring that Yangzhou will not be able to supply grain for three years, exempt from extortionate miscellaneous taxes, and stabilize prices, rice should not exceed three yuan per stone, and pork should not exceed two hundred yuan per catty.Of course, there were also strange things about Sun Tiansheng that did not conform to the practice of the revolutionary party.The first thing was before entering the city, he robbed a silk shop, grabbed a bolt of white silk, and wrapped it around his body.At that time, it was said that the revolutionary party was wearing a filial piety for Emperor Chongzhen, with a white helmet and white armor.White helmet and white armor are more difficult to get, but it is not difficult to get a white dress.However, wearing filial piety for Chongzhen became an excuse for robbery.This, the revolutionaries don't seem to do it, if they really want to do it, they are also members of the party under the banner of the revolution party.The second strange thing is that after they occupied the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy, they robbed all the valuables by themselves, opened the gate, and shouted to the surrounding residents: Come and get rich quickly!So a large number of poor people flocked in, moved all the furniture, and even pried away the doors, windows and floors.Sun Tiansheng said to the residents, we make big fortunes, and you make small fortunes.This kind of style is too party style.

The Huidang is the help that the revolutionaries use to launch the revolution. In fact, the majority of the used Huidang did not accept the ideas of the Revolutionary Party.But with the revolution, they also took the opportunity to rise up and charge forward.They think they are the revolutionary party, but they still know the way of the party when they do things.Open warehouses to release food, release prisoners, and make everyone rich.In comparison, Sun Tiansheng and the others neither engaged in prostitution and gambling on the street, nor did they run rampant on the street and swagger through the market. Compared with other party members who are in charge, he is still somewhat restrained.In fact, the greatest possibility is that Sun Tiansheng, who took advantage of the chaos and occupied Yangzhou, is a party figure who has relations with the Revolutionary Party.But the members of the lower-level members of the party have been to Shanghai, seen the world, and probably heard the propaganda of the revolutionary party.Around him, apart from some soldiers from the Qing army's defense battalion, there were some boxers, yamen servants, idlers and other gangsters with nicknames such as big lame and little lame.It's just that their group size is too small. Sun Tiansheng is probably not in a high position in the gang, and he doesn't have a strong backer. Pull up the team and enter the city.

In fact, the person who exterminated Sun Tiansheng, Xu Baoshan, who was known as the subordinate of the town army governor Lin Shuqing, was also a gang leader. He used to be a big salt lord.People who are salt owls have feelings for Yangzhou, how can they allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch?The big hooligans are in front, and the fat meat of Yangzhou must not be eaten by the little hooligans.Therefore, the big hooligan killed Sun Tiansheng on the charge of the little hooligan pretending to be a revolutionist, and recovered Ku Yin, which Sun Tiansheng had so easily robbed.Like Sun Tiansheng, the revolution does not recruit revolutionaries into gangs, and he is in charge of his own family. When he becomes a family, he is killed by a bigger and more famous gang leader. Both the party and the revolution party will ignore him. It can only be a fake, it doesn't matter if the organization is lost or the organization is not mature, anyway, I don't want to see him.

Sun Tiansheng himself is a bit arrogant, without losing his true qualities.When he was dying, he was not as useless as Ah Q, and he didn't even sing a sentence.He yelled: "To be a man, you must be a man. I, Sun Tiansheng, have also been emperor for three days! Who dares to say no?" He went to die resolutely.The local people sang: "Yangzhou City, there are twelve gates, old and new. On September 17th, a person pretending to be Sun Tiansheng came. At the third watch of the drum, he entered the yamen, and the treasures of Kuyin and Yuanbao were divided into four parts, and the prisoners were released. The country can’t sit still.” Of course, the country in the Qing Dynasty was unlikely to be disrupted by restless rogue proletarians like Sun Tiansheng.No matter what the nature of the mess is, they will touch it if they can.