Chapter 20 The three godfathers of Shanghai Bund: the circle of Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin
The three tycoons in Shanghai are Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin.These three people have their own characteristics: Huang Jinrong is greedy for money, Zhang Xiaolin is good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng is good at life.Du Yuesheng has many famous sayings about "being a human being": Don't be afraid of being used by others. If others use you, it means that you are still useful; when money is used up, friendship is not enough.So when others save money, I save friendship; let others do the icing on the cake, and I only do things that give charcoal in the snow...
Nickname: Mapi Jinrong
Birthplace: Suzhou, Jiangsu
Year of Birth and Death: 1867～May 10, 1953
Origin: Apprentice, Shanghai French Concession Patrol Office Patrol
Main identity: Underworld tycoon, boss of the youth gang
Secondary identities: Major General of the National Government, Senate of the Executive Yuan, Adviser of the General Command of the Navy, Army and Air Force
Proud work 1: Shanghai's big and small things are not as unpredictable as Huang Jinrong. A French Catholic priest was kidnapped, and Huang was found to come forward and quickly solve the case. The concession promoted him to be the only Chinese police inspector, and sent eight Annan patrols to serve as his bodyguards
Proud work 2: The young Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Zhiqing) owed a large amount of debts and was desperate. He came to seek protection and worshiped as an old man. Later, when Chiang became prosperous, Huang hurriedly returned the student posts
Previously used name: Originally named Yuesheng, after Zhang Taiyan instructed, changed his name to Yong, named Yuesheng
Birthplace: Chuansha, Jiangsu (now Shanghai)
Birth and death years: August 22, 1888 ~ August 16, 1951
Origin: fruit shop apprentice, clerk, servant of Huang Jinrong
Identity: Underworld tycoon, it is said that out of every eight packets of heroin in the world at that time, seven packets came from Du Yuesheng
Proud work 1: Everyone in Shanghai is familiar with two famous locations, one is the Du mansion and the other is the Du family ancestral hall.When the ancestral hall of the Du family was completed, Chiang Kai-shek personally presented the plaque "filial piety is not lacking", and Zhang Taiyan personally wrote the ancestral essay, admiring him as an ancient ranger. He held banquets for three consecutive days, with thousands of tables every day
Proud work 2: once personally presided over the work of the Red Cross Society of China
Famous saying: There are three bowls of noodles that are the most unpalatable in life: human face, scene, and emotional face; Chiang Kai-shek used me as a chamber pot, and stuffed it under the bed after use
Birthplace: Ningbo, Zhejiang
Birth and death years: June 14, 1877 to August 14, 1940
Origin: Silk weaving apprentice, hooligan, student of Zhejiang Armed Forces Academy
Identity 1: Underworld tycoon, leader of the Youth Gang, and brothers with Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng
Identity 2: Adviser to the Army, Sea and Air Force Headquarters of the Chiang Kai-shek government, counselor to the Major General of the Military Commission, and councilor to the Ministry of Administration
Identity 3: During the Japanese Occupation, he planned to serve as the pseudo-chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was later assassinated
Wang Yaqiao (1887-1936): A native of Hefei, Anhui, he participated in the Anhui War of Independence during the Revolution of 1911 and was the number one assassin in the Republic of China. He was sworn brothers with Dai Li and Hu Zongnan.
Dai Li (1896～1946): Born in Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province, the chief of military reunification agents, known as "Chiang Kai-shek's Saber", "China's Gestapo", and "China's most mysterious figure".
⊙The three tycoons in Shanghai are Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin.These three people have their own characteristics: Huang Jinrong is greedy for money, Zhang Xiaolin is good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng is good at life.Du Yuesheng has many famous sayings about "being a human being": Don't be afraid of being used by others. If others use you, it means that you are still useful; when money is used up, friendship is not enough.So when others save money, I save friendship; let others do the icing on the cake, and I only do things that give charcoal in the snow... ⊙ Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng both came from hard backgrounds, and they became rich, powerful and famous "successful people" through hard work, so they are highly admired and become idols and heroes in many people's minds.In Shanghai at that time, "Like Mr. Du" was a well-known catchphrase. ⊙ Huang Jinrong did not join the Green Gang at all, but he claimed to be a member of the Green Gang, and he also claimed that he was from the "Tian" generation, which means that he is a head higher than the "Da" generation.The Qinggang became the pure underworld later, and Huang Jinrong contributed a lot.When he was full of arrogance, the Qing Gang members could only swallow their anger.But later he declined under Du Yuesheng's squeeze, and members of the Qinggang began to fight back, claiming to drive this fake Qinggang out of the Qinggang.Huang Jinrong was at a loss, and had no choice but to send 20,000 oceans to Zhang Renkui, an old man of the "big" generation who lived in Shanghai at the time. ⊙ Huang Jinrong, one of the three tycoons in Shanghai, went to work in the Shanghai French Concession Patrol Office in 1900, and his rank was third-class Chinese patrol.In order to climb up, Huang Jinrong established a relationship with the young and Dangerous underworld in Shanghai, and set up a wide range of informants.Sometimes, he would use his eyeliners to call on some people to commit crimes in the French Concession.Huang Jinrong got the news in advance and quickly told his master that the French made ambushes in advance, and they often caught them all.All the money Huang Jinrong gets will be given to the informant, and the "honor" belongs to himself. ⊙Sun Dianying, a warlord who was born in Lulin, had two proudest things in his life. One was digging Cixi's grave; the other was transporting opium from five provinces.He once said shamelessly: "With my banner, the five provinces in North China have nothing to do with each other, and all cards are unbreakable. Even the wharf of foreigners will buy my account!" However, he just couldn't get into the big wharf of Shanghai. .Because at that time, smoking, gambling, and prostitution in Shanghai were controlled by Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.However, Sun Dianying tried his best to contact Huang Jinrong.Huang Jinrong also thinks that it is not a bad thing to make friends with regular hooligans in the north.Later, Huang Jinrong gave Sun Dianying 100,000 oceans and asked him to give 100,000 opium.How shrewd Sun Dianying was, he delivered the goods first, and then returned the money to Huang Jinrong.So, with Huang Jinrong's permission, Sun Dianying's opium entered Shanghai. ⊙Du Yuesheng has two invincible barristers under his command, one is Yuan Shikai's confidant Zhang Yilin, and the other is Zhang Shizhao, the former chief education officer of the Beiyang government.Whatever kind of lawsuit Du Yuesheng wants to fight, as long as the two of them nod, it will be settled immediately. ⊙In the early years of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai came to power.Yuan Shikai's people contacted the Shanghai French Concession Patrol Office to arrest Kuomintang elements in the concession.Once to capture Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo, Huang Jinrong personally led a group of patrols and set off, but before setting off, he had already sent someone to inform Wang and Chen.This is Huang Jinrong's typical style of doing things, always leaving a way out for himself, so that he has the opportunity to change his family. ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, Shanghai fell.The Japanese wanted to establish a maintenance committee in Shanghai, and they took a fancy to Huang Jinrong.One day, the Japanese came to invite Jin Rong.Huang Jinrong pretended to be paralyzed, and two family members helped him out to talk, claiming that he was ill, illiterate, ignorant of state affairs, and unworthy to be the president of the maintenance association.When the Japanese came over and over again, Huang Jinrong was "paralyzed" over and over again. The Japanese had no choice but to let him go. ⊙After Yuan Shikai died, his son Yuan Kewen went to Shanghai to play.After Huang Jinrong got the news, he thought it was a cornucopia, so he took the initiative to contact Yuan Kewen, called him brothers and sent someone to wait on him.Then they brought Du Yuesheng and another gangster to play mahjong with Yuan Kewen.At the beginning, Yuan Kewen was very lucky, and the three of Huang Jinrong often lost everything.However, soon the three of them "turned around", and it was Yuan Kewen's turn to lose.Yuan Kewen didn't realize it until he returned to Beijing. These three people set up a trap for him, causing him to lose tens of thousands of "Yuan Datou". ⊙The son of Zhejiang Governor Lu Yongxiang fell in love with Huang Jinrong's girlfriend (an actor), and was slapped twice by Huang Jinrong.How could Lu's son have suffered such a loss, and he wanted his father to avenge him.Lu Yongxiang was furious and ordered He Fenglin (the former Lu's subordinate) to put Huang Jinrong to death.When Huang Jinrong got the news, he hurriedly followed He Mu's route, giving gifts and flattering him.As a result, Huang Jinrong and He Fenglin became brothers under the help of He's mother.In fact, Mother He also knows that Huang Jinrong is a tyrant in Shanghai, and if he offends him, even if he has a gun in his hand, it is easy to hide from the open gun, but hard to guard against the hidden arrow. Many friends have multiple paths. ⊙ Huang Jinrong is a snob.Cigarettes for respecting guests are divided into grades: ordinary guests can only smoke the big front door; middle-class guests are white tin packs; upper-class guests are cigarettes;The same is true for disciples: disciples with low social status, nod when they meet; for disciples with high status and powerful influence, it is too much to be affectionate. ⊙In the 1920s, Wang Yaqiao went to Shanghai alone, and with the help of Anhui fellow villagers, he established the "Anhui Laborers Shanghai Fellow Association".Later, he used the gang to recruit apprentices to expand his power, and soon he had hundreds of people.Each of them had an axe in their hands, and hundreds of axes immediately turned Shanghai into darkness, and the "Axe Gang" became famous from then on. ⊙Wang Yaqiao later opposed the Kuomintang and the Japanese.In the book "Dai Li I Know", the great spy of the Kuomintang military reunification once said playfully: "The world is afraid of the devil, but the devil is afraid of Wang Yaqiao; when Chiang Kai-shek mentions this person, his dentures become sour; Wang Yaqiao was Dai Li's most troublesome enemy in his early years. If Dai Li heard that this person showed up again, his first reaction was to check whether the doors and windows were closed. ⊙In 1925, Wang Yaqiao returned to Shanghai and joined the Kuomintang because he was defeated in the Zhiwan War with Lu Yongxiang.At a meeting of party members, Wang Yaqiao clashed with Yang Hu, the then Shanghai garrison commander.Wang Yaqiao was short, so he climbed onto the stool and slapped Yang Hu with two big mouths. ⊙In the eyes of the three big tycoons in Shanghai at that time, Wang Yaqiao was a person who could not be messed with.Huang Jinrong said to his disciples: "Wang Yaqiao is very annoying. He always eats the soft and not the hard. When it happens, he will make it easy for everyone to live in peace. Don't make trouble in front of him. We are in the open, and he is in the dark. Gentlemen, we Don't be afraid, let's not mess with thieves." Du Yuesheng also said: "Wang Yaqiao is a pauper, he slaps his ass and leaves as soon as he gets into trouble, but we have a family and money, if you mess with him, I will set you on fire today, and kill you tomorrow People, it’s not worth it.” ⊙When Zhang Xiaolin first arrived in Shanghai, he wanted to enter the circle of influence of Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.Jinrong disagrees.Du Yuesheng listed Zhang Xiaolin's two strengths: Zhang Xiaolin is from Hangzhou, while Shanghai belongs to the sphere of influence of the Zhejiang warlords. Lu Yongxiang, who was born in the third town of Beiyang, was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang. The military and police dignitaries under him are all from Zhejiang.Zhang Xiaolin is the best link to establish a relationship with them; second, Zhang Xiaolin can speak Mandarin (Beijing dialect), and is like a fish in water for official socializing and entertainment. ⊙Yang Du, the "teacher of the emperor" who wrote "If the country of China perishes, unless all the people in Hunan die" came to Shanghai in 1928.After Du Yuesheng heard about it, he immediately asked the middleman La Yangdu to meet him, and hired him as one of his staff, with a monthly fee of 500 yuan. ⊙Dai Li spent his time in Shanghai when he was young, relying on his skilled gambling skills to eat and drink.Once, he rolled dice in Du Yuesheng's casino and won a lot.Those who watched the scene said that he was cheating and wanted to punish him. Dai Li knew whose business it was, so he said he wanted to see Du Yuesheng.Du Yuesheng heard that there was such a superb gambler, so he hurried down to see Dai Li, and asked Dai Li to perform dice throwing in front of his face.Although Du Yuesheng liked to gamble, but his gambling skills were very bad. Seeing that Dai Li trained the dice like a pug, he was very surprised, and he and Dai Li worshiped on the spot. ⊙Du Yuesheng has a unique skill - peeling fruit.He often stands behind others, watching them play mahjong or pushing Pai Gow, and talking to others, his fingers flying, and in the blink of an eye, he evenly peels off circles of peels without breaking in the middle.Therefore, everyone called him "Fruit Moon Sheng". ⊙Du Yuesheng was addicted to gambling before he made a fortune.He can go without food for a day, but he must never go without gambling for a day.If there is no gambling money, I will take the only clothes my friend has and go to the casino.If he wins, everyone will be happy. If he loses, Du Yuesheng will take off his clothes to his accomplices and let them go out to find a living, while he will sleep under the covers until his friends get money to "rescue" him. ⊙After Chen Sheng made his fortune, a good friend came to him and exposed his past shortcomings. Chen Sheng was furious and killed his friend.Du Yuesheng is much higher than Chen Sheng in this respect.His good friend and of course his senior, Gu Jiatang, used to joke with him often, picking up a fruit and sending it to Du Yuesheng, asking him to peel it.Du Yuesheng always cut it quickly with a smile on his face, and never expressed any displeasure.Of course he also made fun of Gu Jiatang, whenever he saw Gu Jiatang coming in, he laughed and scolded him, telling Gu to arrange the flowers in his house, because Gu Jiatang turned out to be a gardener.While arranging flowers, Gu Jiatang said to Du Yuesheng: Hurry up and peel an apple, I'm thirsty. ⊙Du Yuesheng first asked someone to introduce him to Jinrong Mansion.Naturally alert, coupled with acquired caution and diligence, Du Yuesheng quickly stood out in Huang Jinrong's mansion.Du Yuesheng also learned the skill of silence, good at peeking into each other's psychology, and able to flatter with precision, which made Huang Jinrong notice him quickly.Huang Jinrong only has three words for his evaluation: "man Lingge" (Shanghai dialect, clever ghost).From then on, let Du Yuesheng carry the bag for him. ⊙Shanghai's three tycoons once jointly established a "Sanxin Company" that sells drugs.In name, the company is owned by Du and Zhang, but in fact Du is in charge, and the backstage boss is Huang Jinrong.With the growing social circle at the front desk, Du Yuesheng's limelight soon overshadowed Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin.Huang Jinrong wanted to get rid of Du Yuesheng, but it was too late.And Zhang Xiaolin believed that Huang Jinrong refused to hand over the power to himself at the beginning, which led to such a situation. Of course, Du Yuesheng didn't want to give up what he had.As a result, the conflict between the three tycoons intensified, and Du and Zhang even framed Huang Jinrong as the "boss picking up ashes" (Huang Jinrong had an affair with his daughter-in-law). ⊙A friend of Du Yuesheng wanted to open an opium processing factory in Sichuan. Du Yuesheng held the attitude of trying, so he asked Fan Shaozeng for help in the tone of a gang boss, but Fan agreed.After Du Yuesheng heard that Fan was injured, he sent his capable men to take him to Shanghai overnight, and asked the most famous surgeon in Shanghai to treat him.Fan Shaozeng recuperated in Shanghai for more than half a year, Du Yuesheng regarded him as his own brother and took care of him so much that Fan Shaozeng didn't know what to do.Fan Shaozeng fell in love with a dancer at that time, courted her for several months and spent a lot of money, but the dancer just refused to nod.Later he returned to Sichuan, depressed.But suddenly one day, Du Yuesheng sent a special plane to take the dancing girl to Fan's house. ⊙After the September 18th Incident, Zhang Xueliang was scolded by the Chinese people, so he had to go to Shanghai to relax.Du Yuesheng took good care of Zhang Xueliang.At that time, Zhang Xueliang was addicted to drugs and looked like a walking dead. Du Yuesheng generously planned treatment for him.So not long after Zhang arrived in Shanghai, he moved to No. 181 Fuxu Road, and a professional doctor helped him eliminate his drug addiction.After a while, Zhang Xueliang slowly got out of the sea of suffering.Therefore, Du Yuesheng said to everyone: "Han Qing (Zhang Xueliang) is determined." ⊙Du Yuesheng never asks for anything in return for doing good deeds.Once, an official surnamed Yang went to Shanghai to settle down. Unexpectedly, six boxes containing gold and silver treasures were robbed halfway.The person surnamed Yang hurriedly asked the Shanghai government for help, but unfortunately, three months passed without any results.Someone asked him to invite Du Yuesheng, but it only took Du Yuesheng three hours to recover all Yang's belongings.The person surnamed Yang was trembling with excitement, and insisted on thanking Du Yuesheng partly, but Du Yuesheng only said lightly: "My family, make a friend." ⊙Song Ziwen once borrowed five million silver dollars from Du Yuesheng, but after Chiang Kai-shek's currency system reform, Song Ziwen only returned Du Yuesheng's "waste paper" five million, and Du Yuesheng put a grenade at the door of Song Ziwen's house.Song Ziwen complained to Chiang Kai-shek with a grenade, and Chiang Kai-shek said, "What are you doing to provoke him? Hurry up and return the money to him!" ⊙In order to pursue Hu Die, Dai Li not only pretended to find Hu Die's lost jewels at his own expense, but also made a big effort to build a luxurious mansion.Due to the tight construction schedule, 3 masons were crushed to death, 12 craftsmen were severely injured, and minor injuries continued every day. ⊙In 1938, a certain newspaper in Shanghai published an advertisement for marriage. The owner of the advertisement claimed that she was a lady from a famous family, with a splendid youth and a beautiful appearance.We are now looking for a talented literary person. If you are interested, please write a love letter and send it to a certain post office box. The lady who is looking for marriage will appreciate each one, choose the most talented person, and make an appointment to meet.Not long after the announcement was published, several large mailboxes were filled with love letters.However, these letters were thrown into the grave without any response.Months passed, and the matter was gone.And a year later, a bookstore in Shanghai launched a new book "Contemporary Love Letters Encyclopedia" grandly. Because of the wonderful articles in it, it sold very well, and Luoyang paper was expensive at that time.Later, an insider revealed that the so-called young girl mentioned above was actually a "bureau" set up by the owner of a certain bookstore. The "Compendium of Love Letters", which is said to be carefully edited by a famous artist, was completely selected and compiled from the submitted manuscripts.As a result, the bookstore made a lot of money, but it didn't have to pay the author's remuneration. ⊙Dai Li, the later military leader, had a close personal relationship with Wang Yaqiao. When Dai Li fell into poverty in Shanghai, Wang Yaqiao accepted him and helped him on the horseback. Dai Li ran all the way and was selected by Chiang Kai-shek as the spy chief.Dai Li once recommended Wang Yaqiao to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek said: "This kind of person is not available." Since then, Dai Li and Wang Yaqiao parted ways, and gradually became sworn enemies. ⊙Li Yuanhong, the banner figure of the Wuchang Uprising, later served as the president of the Republic of China. In June 1923, Li Yuanhong was squeezed out by Duan Qirui, forced to resign from the post of President, and moved to Shanghai.Du Yuesheng beat gongs and drums, and welcomed Li Yuanhong into the new villa that had been prepared for him in a very high-profile way.Not only that, Du Yuesheng also personally led a group of brothers to act as bodyguards for Li Yuanhong.Li Yuanhong was very grateful, and before leaving, he asked his staff to write a couplet and gave it to Du Yuesheng.The couplet compares Du Yuesheng to one of the "Four Young Masters" who moved the world during the Warring States Period - Chunshen Jun of the Chu State, and compares the Du family to the Du family of the Hanzhong family: three thousand guests under Chunshen's family, and five days south of Xiaodu's city . ⊙In 1946, Dai Li crashed and died.When the news spread to Shanghai, Du Yuesheng was playing cards at that time, and suddenly his face turned pale with shock, and then his face turned ashen, and tears flowed like springs.Later, he also gave Dai Li's son several hundred thousand yuan in funeral ceremony.One year, he went to Dai Li's tomb to pay his respects and bowed three times respectfully. At that time, no dead person could receive such respect from Du Yuesheng. ⊙ On August 16, 1951, 63-year-old Du Yuesheng swallowed his last breath.His last words before he died were as follows: "I have no hope, but you (children and grandchildren) have hope, and China still has hope." ⊙Sun Meiyao, the planner and executor of the largest case in the Republic of China "Lincheng Carjacking Case", took the Chinese and foreign passengers on the train to Baodugu mountain area, interrogated them one by one, and immediately released the following four kinds of people: 1. Mr. Sun Yat-sen's organization (Xingzhong Association, Tongmenghui); 2. Those who participated in the Haizhou Riot and Bozhou Riot; 3. Those with less than 40 mu of land;If several members of a family were taken captive at the same time, only one was kept. ⊙During the period of the Republic of China, there was a patriotic bandit named Zhang Haitian in Northeast China, who was called "Old Beifeng".The origin of this nickname is related to mahjong.According to the local customs, Beifeng is the master of the village, and whether the village can get the cards depends entirely on how the people in Beifeng's position play their cards.Therefore, the north wind can control the village.At that time, Zhang Haitian was competing with Honjo Fan, the Japanese chief criminal who launched the September 18th Incident. The nickname Zhang Haitian gave himself meant: he had the confidence to subdue Honjo Fan. ⊙Li Boyuan, the author of the masterpiece of condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty, was born in a family of eunuchs, and his grandfather, father, and uncle were all from Kedi.But Li Boyuan was much more open-minded than his predecessors, and when he got tired of writing novels and scolding officials, he started a newspaper.Li Boyuan took the lead in the "Game News" to bloom and hold prostitutes, which made "Game News" popular in all walks of life in Shanghai, and its sales soared. The reputation of mixed praise, famous for a while.Li Boyuan also gave Lin Daiyu, Jin Xiaobao, Zhang Shuyu, and Lu Lanfen, who were the most popular prostitutes in Shanghai at that time, the nickname "Four King Kongs". ⊙In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Yu Dingming, the leader of Yinchuan, Ningxia, ordered to build a brothel called "Pingkangli" on the open space opposite the deserted Xinhua Street.With the birth of the brothel, some supporting facilities such as restaurants and theaters were built around it, and Xinhua Street has since become a bustling neighborhood in Yinchuan.However, the price of prostitutes here is high, and many people cannot afford it.So, soon someone built a big courtyard house just one block away to house low-class prostitutes, and it was called "Da Le Yuan". ⊙Meng Enyuan, Governor of Jilin Province, was a buddy at Tianjin Xitianbao Brothel.Later, he joined the army at Xiaozhan and followed Yuan Shikai to make a fortune.Meng Gui did not forget his roots, whenever he came to Tianjin, he would go to Xitianbao, and when he saw the madam, she still referred to her as a "sister", and held a banquet in Xitianbao to attract distinguished guests.In Tianjin brothels, Xitianbao flourished for a while. ⊙The May 4th Movement infected the whole society. On June 10, 1919, a prostitute named Honglian in Shanghai contacted famous prostitutes in Shanghai and organized the "brothel patriotic group".They took to the streets hand in hand to support the students, and said in the printed leaflets: "Our flower world, although we cut it, we love the country. I hope my compatriots will stick to the purpose and stick to it. The national thief will be eradicated, and the students will not let go. Swear to the death endlessly." ⊙In July 1946, various dance halls in Shanghai held a charity sale of dancing girls to help the refugees in northern Jiangsu. The slogan was: "Dance for charity! Charity sale! One more dance tonight can save one more life." The bathroom industry in Shanghai quickly They did the same thing, and put out the slogan "Take one more bath, save one more life". ⊙When Yuan Shikai wanted to become emperor, his minions contacted his comrades everywhere, even prostitutes.It was rumored in the Eight Great Hutongs of Beijing that no matter whoever wrote a letter in favor of the monarchy at this time, Yuan Shikai would definitely be rewarded heavily when he became emperor in the future.If the prostitutes got the gospel, they jointly signed a letter asking Yuan Shikai to proclaim himself emperor.After Yuan Shikai got the petition from the prostitutes, he was very embarrassed, and asked the people around him: "These people also come to persuade them, how should we repay them after you ascend the throne?" It's all right." Yuan Shikai smiled and didn't answer.
⊙The three tycoons in Shanghai are Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin.These three people have their own characteristics: Huang Jinrong is greedy for money, Zhang Xiaolin is good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng is good at life.Du Yuesheng has many famous sayings about "being a human being": Don't be afraid of being used by others. If others use you, it means that you are still useful; when money is used up, friendship is not enough.So when others save money, I save friendship; let others do the icing on the cake, and I only do things that give charcoal in the snow... ⊙ Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng both came from hard backgrounds, and they became rich, powerful and famous "successful people" through hard work, so they are highly admired and become idols and heroes in many people's minds.In Shanghai at that time, "Like Mr. Du" was a well-known catchphrase. ⊙ Huang Jinrong did not join the Green Gang at all, but he claimed to be a member of the Green Gang, and he also claimed that he was from the "Tian" generation, which means that he is a head higher than the "Da" generation.The Qinggang became the pure underworld later, and Huang Jinrong contributed a lot.When he was full of arrogance, the Qing Gang members could only swallow their anger.But later he declined under Du Yuesheng's squeeze, and members of the Qinggang began to fight back, claiming to drive this fake Qinggang out of the Qinggang.Huang Jinrong was at a loss, and had no choice but to send 20,000 oceans to Zhang Renkui, an old man of the "big" generation who lived in Shanghai at the time. ⊙ Huang Jinrong, one of the three tycoons in Shanghai, went to work in the Shanghai French Concession Patrol Office in 1900, and his rank was third-class Chinese patrol.In order to climb up, Huang Jinrong established a relationship with the young and Dangerous underworld in Shanghai, and set up a wide range of informants.Sometimes, he would use his eyeliners to call on some people to commit crimes in the French Concession.Huang Jinrong got the news in advance and quickly told his master that the French made ambushes in advance, and they often caught them all.All the money Huang Jinrong gets will be given to the informant, and the "honor" belongs to himself. ⊙Sun Dianying, a warlord who was born in Lulin, had two proudest things in his life. One was digging Cixi's grave; the other was transporting opium from five provinces.He once said shamelessly: "With my banner, the five provinces in North China have nothing to do with each other, and all cards are unbreakable. Even the wharf of foreigners will buy my account!" However, he just couldn't get into the big wharf of Shanghai. .Because at that time, smoking, gambling, and prostitution in Shanghai were controlled by Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.However, Sun Dianying tried his best to contact Huang Jinrong.Huang Jinrong also thinks that it is not a bad thing to make friends with regular hooligans in the north.Later, Huang Jinrong gave Sun Dianying 100,000 oceans and asked him to give 100,000 opium.How shrewd Sun Dianying was, he delivered the goods first, and then returned the money to Huang Jinrong.So, with Huang Jinrong's permission, Sun Dianying's opium entered Shanghai. ⊙Du Yuesheng has two invincible barristers under his command, one is Yuan Shikai's confidant Zhang Yilin, and the other is Zhang Shizhao, the former chief education officer of the Beiyang government.Whatever kind of lawsuit Du Yuesheng wants to fight, as long as the two of them nod, it will be settled immediately. ⊙In the early years of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai came to power.Yuan Shikai's people contacted the Shanghai French Concession Patrol Office to arrest Kuomintang elements in the concession.Once to capture Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo, Huang Jinrong personally led a group of patrols and set off, but before setting off, he had already sent someone to inform Wang and Chen.This is Huang Jinrong's typical style of doing things, always leaving a way out for himself, so that he has the opportunity to change his family. ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, Shanghai fell.The Japanese wanted to establish a maintenance committee in Shanghai, and they took a fancy to Huang Jinrong.One day, the Japanese came to invite Jin Rong.Huang Jinrong pretended to be paralyzed, and two family members helped him out to talk, claiming that he was ill, illiterate, ignorant of state affairs, and unworthy to be the president of the maintenance association.When the Japanese came over and over again, Huang Jinrong was "paralyzed" over and over again. The Japanese had no choice but to let him go. ⊙After Yuan Shikai died, his son Yuan Kewen went to Shanghai to play.After Huang Jinrong got the news, he thought it was a cornucopia, so he took the initiative to contact Yuan Kewen, called him brothers and sent someone to wait on him.Then they brought Du Yuesheng and another gangster to play mahjong with Yuan Kewen.At the beginning, Yuan Kewen was very lucky, and the three of Huang Jinrong often lost everything.However, soon the three of them "turned around", and it was Yuan Kewen's turn to lose.Yuan Kewen didn't realize it until he returned to Beijing. These three people set up a trap for him, causing him to lose tens of thousands of "Yuan Datou". ⊙The son of Zhejiang Governor Lu Yongxiang fell in love with Huang Jinrong's girlfriend (an actor), and was slapped twice by Huang Jinrong.How could Lu's son have suffered such a loss, and he wanted his father to avenge him.Lu Yongxiang was furious and ordered He Fenglin (the former Lu's subordinate) to put Huang Jinrong to death.When Huang Jinrong got the news, he hurriedly followed He Mu's route, giving gifts and flattering him.As a result, Huang Jinrong and He Fenglin became brothers under the help of He's mother.In fact, Mother He also knows that Huang Jinrong is a tyrant in Shanghai, and if he offends him, even if he has a gun in his hand, it is easy to hide from the open gun, but hard to guard against the hidden arrow. Many friends have multiple paths. ⊙ Huang Jinrong is a snob.Cigarettes for respecting guests are divided into grades: ordinary guests can only smoke the big front door; middle-class guests are white tin packs; upper-class guests are cigarettes;The same is true for disciples: disciples with low social status, nod when they meet; for disciples with high status and powerful influence, it is too much to be affectionate. ⊙In the 1920s, Wang Yaqiao went to Shanghai alone, and with the help of Anhui fellow villagers, he established the "Anhui Laborers Shanghai Fellow Association".Later, he used the gang to recruit apprentices to expand his power, and soon he had hundreds of people.Each of them had an axe in their hands, and hundreds of axes immediately turned Shanghai into darkness, and the "Axe Gang" became famous from then on. ⊙Wang Yaqiao later opposed the Kuomintang and the Japanese.In the book "Dai Li I Know", the great spy of the Kuomintang military reunification once said playfully: "The world is afraid of the devil, but the devil is afraid of Wang Yaqiao; when Chiang Kai-shek mentions this person, his dentures become sour; Wang Yaqiao was Dai Li's most troublesome enemy in his early years. If Dai Li heard that this person showed up again, his first reaction was to check whether the doors and windows were closed. ⊙In 1925, Wang Yaqiao returned to Shanghai and joined the Kuomintang because he was defeated in the Zhiwan War with Lu Yongxiang.At a meeting of party members, Wang Yaqiao clashed with Yang Hu, the then Shanghai garrison commander.Wang Yaqiao was short, so he climbed onto the stool and slapped Yang Hu with two big mouths. ⊙In the eyes of the three big tycoons in Shanghai at that time, Wang Yaqiao was a person who could not be messed with.Huang Jinrong said to his disciples: "Wang Yaqiao is very annoying. He always eats the soft and not the hard. When it happens, he will make it easy for everyone to live in peace. Don't make trouble in front of him. We are in the open, and he is in the dark. Gentlemen, we Don't be afraid, let's not mess with thieves." Du Yuesheng also said: "Wang Yaqiao is a pauper, he slaps his ass and leaves as soon as he gets into trouble, but we have a family and money, if you mess with him, I will set you on fire today, and kill you tomorrow People, it’s not worth it.” ⊙When Zhang Xiaolin first arrived in Shanghai, he wanted to enter the circle of influence of Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.Jinrong disagrees.Du Yuesheng listed Zhang Xiaolin's two strengths: Zhang Xiaolin is from Hangzhou, while Shanghai belongs to the sphere of influence of the Zhejiang warlords. Lu Yongxiang, who was born in the third town of Beiyang, was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang. The military and police dignitaries under him are all from Zhejiang.Zhang Xiaolin is the best link to establish a relationship with them; second, Zhang Xiaolin can speak Mandarin (Beijing dialect), and is like a fish in water for official socializing and entertainment. ⊙Yang Du, the "teacher of the emperor" who wrote "If the country of China perishes, unless all the people in Hunan die" came to Shanghai in 1928.After Du Yuesheng heard about it, he immediately asked the middleman La Yangdu to meet him, and hired him as one of his staff, with a monthly fee of 500 yuan. ⊙Dai Li spent his time in Shanghai when he was young, relying on his skilled gambling skills to eat and drink.Once, he rolled dice in Du Yuesheng's casino and won a lot.Those who watched the scene said that he was cheating and wanted to punish him. Dai Li knew whose business it was, so he said he wanted to see Du Yuesheng.Du Yuesheng heard that there was such a superb gambler, so he hurried down to see Dai Li, and asked Dai Li to perform dice throwing in front of his face.Although Du Yuesheng liked to gamble, but his gambling skills were very bad. Seeing that Dai Li trained the dice like a pug, he was very surprised, and he and Dai Li worshiped on the spot. ⊙Du Yuesheng has a unique skill - peeling fruit.He often stands behind others, watching them play mahjong or pushing Pai Gow, and talking to others, his fingers flying, and in the blink of an eye, he evenly peels off circles of peels without breaking in the middle.Therefore, everyone called him "Fruit Moon Sheng". ⊙Du Yuesheng was addicted to gambling before he made a fortune.He can go without food for a day, but he must never go without gambling for a day.If there is no gambling money, I will take the only clothes my friend has and go to the casino.If he wins, everyone will be happy. If he loses, Du Yuesheng will take off his clothes to his accomplices and let them go out to find a living, while he will sleep under the covers until his friends get money to "rescue" him. ⊙After Chen Sheng made his fortune, a good friend came to him and exposed his past shortcomings. Chen Sheng was furious and killed his friend.Du Yuesheng is much higher than Chen Sheng in this respect.His good friend and of course his senior, Gu Jiatang, used to joke with him often, picking up a fruit and sending it to Du Yuesheng, asking him to peel it.Du Yuesheng always cut it quickly with a smile on his face, and never expressed any displeasure.Of course he also made fun of Gu Jiatang, whenever he saw Gu Jiatang coming in, he laughed and scolded him, telling Gu to arrange the flowers in his house, because Gu Jiatang turned out to be a gardener.While arranging flowers, Gu Jiatang said to Du Yuesheng: Hurry up and peel an apple, I'm thirsty. ⊙Du Yuesheng first asked someone to introduce him to Jinrong Mansion.Naturally alert, coupled with acquired caution and diligence, Du Yuesheng quickly stood out in Huang Jinrong's mansion.Du Yuesheng also learned the skill of silence, good at peeking into each other's psychology, and able to flatter with precision, which made Huang Jinrong notice him quickly.Huang Jinrong only has three words for his evaluation: "man Lingge" (Shanghai dialect, clever ghost).From then on, let Du Yuesheng carry the bag for him. ⊙Shanghai's three tycoons once jointly established a "Sanxin Company" that sells drugs.In name, the company is owned by Du and Zhang, but in fact Du is in charge, and the backstage boss is Huang Jinrong.With the growing social circle at the front desk, Du Yuesheng's limelight soon overshadowed Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin.Huang Jinrong wanted to get rid of Du Yuesheng, but it was too late.And Zhang Xiaolin believed that Huang Jinrong refused to hand over the power to himself at the beginning, which led to such a situation. Of course, Du Yuesheng didn't want to give up what he had.As a result, the conflict between the three tycoons intensified, and Du and Zhang even framed Huang Jinrong as the "boss picking up ashes" (Huang Jinrong had an affair with his daughter-in-law). ⊙A friend of Du Yuesheng wanted to open an opium processing factory in Sichuan. Du Yuesheng held the attitude of trying, so he asked Fan Shaozeng for help in the tone of a gang boss, but Fan agreed.After Du Yuesheng heard that Fan was injured, he sent his capable men to take him to Shanghai overnight, and asked the most famous surgeon in Shanghai to treat him.Fan Shaozeng recuperated in Shanghai for more than half a year, Du Yuesheng regarded him as his own brother and took care of him so much that Fan Shaozeng didn't know what to do.Fan Shaozeng fell in love with a dancer at that time, courted her for several months and spent a lot of money, but the dancer just refused to nod.Later he returned to Sichuan, depressed.But suddenly one day, Du Yuesheng sent a special plane to take the dancing girl to Fan's house. ⊙After the September 18th Incident, Zhang Xueliang was scolded by the Chinese people, so he had to go to Shanghai to relax.Du Yuesheng took good care of Zhang Xueliang.At that time, Zhang Xueliang was addicted to drugs and looked like a walking dead. Du Yuesheng generously planned treatment for him.So not long after Zhang arrived in Shanghai, he moved to No. 181 Fuxu Road, and a professional doctor helped him eliminate his drug addiction.After a while, Zhang Xueliang slowly got out of the sea of suffering.Therefore, Du Yuesheng said to everyone: "Han Qing (Zhang Xueliang) is determined." ⊙Du Yuesheng never asks for anything in return for doing good deeds.Once, an official surnamed Yang went to Shanghai to settle down. Unexpectedly, six boxes containing gold and silver treasures were robbed halfway.The person surnamed Yang hurriedly asked the Shanghai government for help, but unfortunately, three months passed without any results.Someone asked him to invite Du Yuesheng, but it only took Du Yuesheng three hours to recover all Yang's belongings.The person surnamed Yang was trembling with excitement, and insisted on thanking Du Yuesheng partly, but Du Yuesheng only said lightly: "My family, make a friend." ⊙Song Ziwen once borrowed five million silver dollars from Du Yuesheng, but after Chiang Kai-shek's currency system reform, Song Ziwen only returned Du Yuesheng's "waste paper" five million, and Du Yuesheng put a grenade at the door of Song Ziwen's house.Song Ziwen complained to Chiang Kai-shek with a grenade, and Chiang Kai-shek said, "What are you doing to provoke him? Hurry up and return the money to him!" ⊙In order to pursue Hu Die, Dai Li not only pretended to find Hu Die's lost jewels at his own expense, but also made a big effort to build a luxurious mansion.Due to the tight construction schedule, 3 masons were crushed to death, 12 craftsmen were severely injured, and minor injuries continued every day. ⊙In 1938, a certain newspaper in Shanghai published an advertisement for marriage. The owner of the advertisement claimed that she was a lady from a famous family, with a splendid youth and a beautiful appearance.We are now looking for a talented literary person. If you are interested, please write a love letter and send it to a certain post office box. The lady who is looking for marriage will appreciate each one, choose the most talented person, and make an appointment to meet.Not long after the announcement was published, several large mailboxes were filled with love letters.However, these letters were thrown into the grave without any response.Months passed, and the matter was gone.And a year later, a bookstore in Shanghai launched a new book "Contemporary Love Letters Encyclopedia" grandly. Because of the wonderful articles in it, it sold very well, and Luoyang paper was expensive at that time.Later, an insider revealed that the so-called young girl mentioned above was actually a "bureau" set up by the owner of a certain bookstore. The "Compendium of Love Letters", which is said to be carefully edited by a famous artist, was completely selected and compiled from the submitted manuscripts.As a result, the bookstore made a lot of money, but it didn't have to pay the author's remuneration. ⊙Dai Li, the later military leader, had a close personal relationship with Wang Yaqiao. When Dai Li fell into poverty in Shanghai, Wang Yaqiao accepted him and helped him on the horseback. Dai Li ran all the way and was selected by Chiang Kai-shek as the spy chief.Dai Li once recommended Wang Yaqiao to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek said: "This kind of person is not available." Since then, Dai Li and Wang Yaqiao parted ways, and gradually became sworn enemies. ⊙Li Yuanhong, the banner figure of the Wuchang Uprising, later served as the president of the Republic of China. In June 1923, Li Yuanhong was squeezed out by Duan Qirui, forced to resign from the post of President, and moved to Shanghai.Du Yuesheng beat gongs and drums, and welcomed Li Yuanhong into the new villa that had been prepared for him in a very high-profile way.Not only that, Du Yuesheng also personally led a group of brothers to act as bodyguards for Li Yuanhong.Li Yuanhong was very grateful, and before leaving, he asked his staff to write a couplet and gave it to Du Yuesheng.The couplet compares Du Yuesheng to one of the "Four Young Masters" who moved the world during the Warring States Period - Chunshen Jun of the Chu State, and compares the Du family to the Du family of the Hanzhong family: three thousand guests under Chunshen's family, and five days south of Xiaodu's city . ⊙In 1946, Dai Li crashed and died.When the news spread to Shanghai, Du Yuesheng was playing cards at that time, and suddenly his face turned pale with shock, and then his face turned ashen, and tears flowed like springs.Later, he also gave Dai Li's son several hundred thousand yuan in funeral ceremony.One year, he went to Dai Li's tomb to pay his respects and bowed three times respectfully. At that time, no dead person could receive such respect from Du Yuesheng. ⊙ On August 16, 1951, 63-year-old Du Yuesheng swallowed his last breath.His last words before he died were as follows: "I have no hope, but you (children and grandchildren) have hope, and China still has hope." ⊙Sun Meiyao, the planner and executor of the largest case in the Republic of China "Lincheng Carjacking Case", took the Chinese and foreign passengers on the train to Baodugu mountain area, interrogated them one by one, and immediately released the following four kinds of people: 1. Mr. Sun Yat-sen's organization (Xingzhong Association, Tongmenghui); 2. Those who participated in the Haizhou Riot and Bozhou Riot; 3. Those with less than 40 mu of land;If several members of a family were taken captive at the same time, only one was kept. ⊙During the period of the Republic of China, there was a patriotic bandit named Zhang Haitian in Northeast China, who was called "Old Beifeng".The origin of this nickname is related to mahjong.According to the local customs, Beifeng is the master of the village, and whether the village can get the cards depends entirely on how the people in Beifeng's position play their cards.Therefore, the north wind can control the village.At that time, Zhang Haitian was competing with Honjo Fan, the Japanese chief criminal who launched the September 18th Incident. The nickname Zhang Haitian gave himself meant: he had the confidence to subdue Honjo Fan. ⊙Li Boyuan, the author of the masterpiece of condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty, was born in a family of eunuchs, and his grandfather, father, and uncle were all from Kedi.But Li Boyuan was much more open-minded than his predecessors, and when he got tired of writing novels and scolding officials, he started a newspaper.Li Boyuan took the lead in the "Game News" to bloom and hold prostitutes, which made "Game News" popular in all walks of life in Shanghai, and its sales soared. The reputation of mixed praise, famous for a while.Li Boyuan also gave Lin Daiyu, Jin Xiaobao, Zhang Shuyu, and Lu Lanfen, who were the most popular prostitutes in Shanghai at that time, the nickname "Four King Kongs". ⊙In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Yu Dingming, the leader of Yinchuan, Ningxia, ordered to build a brothel called "Pingkangli" on the open space opposite the deserted Xinhua Street.With the birth of the brothel, some supporting facilities such as restaurants and theaters were built around it, and Xinhua Street has since become a bustling neighborhood in Yinchuan.However, the price of prostitutes here is high, and many people cannot afford it.So, soon someone built a big courtyard house just one block away to house low-class prostitutes, and it was called "Da Le Yuan". ⊙Meng Enyuan, Governor of Jilin Province, was a buddy at Tianjin Xitianbao Brothel.Later, he joined the army at Xiaozhan and followed Yuan Shikai to make a fortune.Meng Gui did not forget his roots, whenever he came to Tianjin, he would go to Xitianbao, and when he saw the madam, she still referred to her as a "sister", and held a banquet in Xitianbao to attract distinguished guests.In Tianjin brothels, Xitianbao flourished for a while. ⊙The May 4th Movement infected the whole society. On June 10, 1919, a prostitute named Honglian in Shanghai contacted famous prostitutes in Shanghai and organized the "brothel patriotic group".They took to the streets hand in hand to support the students, and said in the printed leaflets: "Our flower world, although we cut it, we love the country. I hope my compatriots will stick to the purpose and stick to it. The national thief will be eradicated, and the students will not let go. Swear to the death endlessly." ⊙In July 1946, various dance halls in Shanghai held a charity sale of dancing girls to help the refugees in northern Jiangsu. The slogan was: "Dance for charity! Charity sale! One more dance tonight can save one more life." The bathroom industry in Shanghai quickly They did the same thing, and put out the slogan "Take one more bath, save one more life". ⊙When Yuan Shikai wanted to become emperor, his minions contacted his comrades everywhere, even prostitutes.It was rumored in the Eight Great Hutongs of Beijing that no matter whoever wrote a letter in favor of the monarchy at this time, Yuan Shikai would definitely be rewarded heavily when he became emperor in the future.If the prostitutes got the gospel, they jointly signed a letter asking Yuan Shikai to proclaim himself emperor.After Yuan Shikai got the petition from the prostitutes, he was very embarrassed, and asked the people around him: "These people also come to persuade them, how should we repay them after you ascend the throne?" It's all right." Yuan Shikai smiled and didn't answer.