Chapter 48 Section 48 Victory returns home, but is hit head-on

On August 5, 1945, Japan announced its surrender. When Du Yuesheng heard the great news, he was in Chun'an in western Zhejiang with Dai Li.It turned out that Du Yuesheng and his old friend Dai Li were entrusted by Chiang Kai-shek to transport cotton yarn in the southeast area, preparing to meet the landing of the Allied forces and cooperate with the national army's counterattack.Chun'an became the headquarters for the restoration of Shanghai. However, when Du Yuesheng got the news of the Japanese surrender, it was already the 27th day after he entered Chun’an, that is, the 45th day after he left Chongqing Donglai. On Friday, August 15th, the weather was clear and it was almost midnight. , was suddenly woken up by crackling firecrackers, interspersed with the noise of human voices, and was taken aback when he heard the noise of whistles at first, but he didn't know that this was the long-awaited victory until he heard people cheering on the street, so everyone rushed Get up in cloak, and rush to tell.Du Yuesheng's team was all gathered in his room, some were laughing, some were applauding, and some said "Congratulations, congratulations!" But there were also some people who kept a cautious attitude and didn't dare to believe it easily. Some of them said:

"What about Mr. Dai? You can't be sure until you ask him." Then someone said: "Mr. Dai is not in Chun'an by chance. In my opinion, we'd better wait until tomorrow morning to read "Southeast Daily"!" Gu Jiatang's voice was loud and fast, and he was dancing and dancing, ecstatic, afraid that someone would not believe it and spoil his interest, he slapped his thigh and said: "Chun'an people are not simple-minded, how can they set off firecrackers in the middle of the night and cheer for victory! It is not the surrender of Dongyang Carrot Head, at least the front line has won a big victory! Well, I knew that there would be a day when I brought two bottles of Samsung from Chongqing. Brandy, I'll get it out, let's all drink three glasses!"

After that, he got up and went in to get the wine. When the wine was brought, he solemnly said to everyone: "These two bottles of wine are specially drunk to celebrate the victory, or drink them all, or I won't open them!" Everyone was in high spirits, so they shouted in unison: "Of course, of course, we must drink up!" Unexpectedly, Gu Jiatang's words did not mean everyone.While opening the wine, he looked at Du Yuesheng and said: "Brother Yuesheng, why don't you drink some?" This is a bit difficult for a strong man. Du Yuesheng doesn't know much about drinking, and he doesn't like it. After middle age, he is very restrained. Since the Gao and Tao incident, he has been suffering from severe asthma while flying high. His life is even more important. The wine does not smell.Now that the Anti-Japanese War has been won, the Emperor of Japan announced his unconditional surrender. This is the climax of every Chinese person’s joy and the most memorable moment in his life. Gu Jiatang asked him to make an exception and prescribe a precept. How could Du Yuesheng refuse?

So, with a smile on his face, he said cheerfully: "Okay, pour me half a glass!" As a result, everyone became more excited, cheered and shouted repeatedly: "It's done! It's done!" Good news, good news, good wine, good time, everyone is happy, and everyone drinks freely.Drink up two bottles of wine, and someone will give away treasures at any time... Du Yuesheng hadn't touched his lips for a long time, but he drank half a glass of wine on the night of victory, making him dizzy and uncomfortable, and he wanted to sleep. Everyone was afraid that he would be too weak to bear it, so they advised him to go to sleep, but he tried his best to hold on for a while, Only then did Xu Daosheng knock on his legs and serve him to fall asleep.Later he said:

"On the night of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, half a glass of brandy made me drunk, and I had a very sound and sweet sleep." On August 15th, Dai Li and American intelligence officer Melles returned to Chun'an together. At this time, the Loyalty National Salvation Army formed by Dai Li and Du Yuesheng's subordinates had already advanced from the suburbs of Shanghai to the urban area. On August 20, Dai Li and Du Yuesheng closed their doors for a few hours of secret business. Finally, as soon as the room was opened, Du Yuesheng announced excitedly: "Shanghai has no problem with safety. From now on, everyone can start hiring ships to organize Pack your bags for an early departure."

When he said this, everyone in the entourage was overjoyed, clapped their hands and cheered, and jumped up for joy. On the 23rd, the ship was hired. It was a newly launched transportation ship named "Jianfei No. 17", and there were three tugboats, two large and one small.Du Yuesheng and his entourage waited until August 29, when they learned that the disciples Wu Shaoshu and Lu Jingshi who had gone ahead had arrived in Shanghai respectively, and then set off from the riverside behind the Chun'an West Temple.Du Yuesheng lived in Chun'an for a total of 46 days, 19 days after the news of victory came.There were a total of 30 people traveling together, except for Du Yuesheng and his party, there were 8 members of the Military Control Bureau and armed guards, and they set off for Shanghai in a mighty way.

On September 1st, you can reach Hangzhou in 1989. Du Yuesheng and his entourage arrived in Hangzhou in a splendid and lively manner.After crossing the Qiantang River Bridge at two o'clock in the afternoon, a large group of ships was about to cross the bridge and enter Hangzhou. A few Japanese sentries came out of the slant, and they stopped Du Yuesheng and others not to pass.This accident made Du Yuesheng very unhappy.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he had just set foot on the newly restored land when he ran into bad luck and bumped into the unreasonable enemy army. His face was ashen, and he waved his hand to signal to send someone to negotiate.

After a while, the negotiations were completed, and the Japanese military officer came to apologize in person, and escorted Du Yuesheng and his party all the way through the cordon until they arrived at Nanxing No. up. Du Yuesheng originally planned to spend a night in Hangzhou, and then went to Shanghai, but there were too many entertainments on the shore of Xizi, especially the people from Shanghai who came from afar, such as Xu Caicheng, Zhu Wende, etc., had already arrived, and there were many important matters to discuss.When the people of Shanghai heard that Mr. Du had returned in triumph, they were overjoyed and elated. Many apprentices and grandchildren were crazy and wanted to hold a grand and warm welcome party.After many days of friendly discussions and preparations from all walks of life, Shanghai people gathered in Shanghai North Railway Station to witness the demeanor of Mr. Du who had been separated for 8 years. They also set up colorful archways on Tongqu Avenue near the North Station to express their respect for Du Heartfelt love and support of Mr.Du Yuesheng frowned upon hearing this, and said decisively:

"Then how can it be possible! I, Du Yuesheng, am just an ordinary person. When Du Yuesheng returns to Shanghai, everyone wants to build an archway. Then in the future, the officials from the central government will come one after another. How can we welcome them?" In order to show his determination, Du Yuesheng temporarily decided to stay in Hangzhou for one more day and returned to Shanghai on September 3. In one night, an old friend, a big traitor, and the false chairman of Zhejiang Province had already contacted Ding, who had joined the military command. Mo Cun cleans up the dust for him.Du Yuesheng and his party all lodged in the Sereng Hotel and ate and drank.

Since arriving in Chun'an, it has been sunny and sunny in summer. However, on September 1st, there was a shower in Hangzhou. On September 3rd, Du Yuesheng and his party took the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway to return to Shanghai triumphantly. Yellow moldy day with heavy rain. However, as soon as he boarded the special car, Du Yuesheng got accurate information. Wu Shaoshu became the deputy mayor of Shanghai, the secretary of the Three Youth League, and even the director of the Social Bureau. Du Yuesheng inevitably had a haze in his heart.Since Wu Shaoshu returned to Shanghai, there has been no news, not even a very ordinary letter of greeting. Du Yuesheng knew nothing about his promotion to an important position, and none of the people who came to greet him in Shanghai had anything to do with Wu Shaoshu. .As for others, they may be too busy and neglected, but as a disciple, Wu Shaoshu should never be like this!All these made Du Yuesheng feel apprehensive and tense when the drum was advancing rapidly. In the car, he looked restless and preoccupied.

The ominous feeling has become a reality.Just when everyone in the car was excited and beaming, ready to follow Mr. Du to accept the unprecedented warm welcome in Shanghai, the special car drove into Shanghai.When arriving at Meilong Town, the special car suddenly slowed down and stopped, and then two messengers came up first.They didn't have time to exchange pleasantries, so they whispered to Du Yuesheng, upon hearing that, Du Yuesheng's expression changed drastically. Seeing this, all the people accompanying the car felt as if they were "separating the eight parietal bones and pouring a basin of cold water", they all looked at each other in amazement.But what happened, Du Yuesheng didn't say anything, the people who rushed to report the news quietly sat down with serious expressions, which made people even more confused. Not long after, the car arrived at Fanhuang Ferry, and then stopped. Everyone got off the car with Du Yuesheng. What's going on?The entourage was even more puzzled. The people who were waiting at Fanhuangdu Station probably knew the same secrets as the people who got on the train from Meilong. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? The grand and warm welcome scene changed into deserted and cheerless.Originally, Du Yuesheng got off at Fanhuangdu instead of going to the North Railway Station, which was confusing. What was even more surprising was that Du Yuesheng did not go home when he arrived in Shanghai. Not to mention Dumei Road Mansion, unexpectedly, he had to stay at Gu Jiatang's house on Aiwenyi Road first. Everything came so suddenly, and everything was so mysterious, the entourage didn't dare to ask more questions, but each of them felt uneasy in their hearts.Du Yuesheng's complexion was not good, he presumed that he was tired, and went to the guest room of Gu's family to rest.No sooner had he left the living room than there was a buzzing sound.Everyone asked in amazement what had happened. After the people in Shanghai explained it in detail, they were all dumbfounded, but then they gnashed their teeth angrily and cursed. It turned out to be the No. 1 upstart in Shanghai today, who was single-handedly selected by Du Yuesheng and Du's family members, and Wu Shaoshu, who had been called "Mr.", "Master", and "Master" for ten years, was a troublemaker.He became the deputy mayor of Shanghai, so his eyeballs were inserted into the forehead bone, and his "rebellion" became very violent. Du Yuesheng had not returned to Shanghai after the 8-year war of resistance, and he had listed Shimen as the first target to be defeated. The celebrities in Shanghai and Du Yuesheng's disciples and disciples were confused by Wu Shaoshu.Just as they were happily building the archway, changing clothes, preparing for the meeting, arranging banquets, and planning to go to Shanghai North Railway Station to welcome the long-awaited Mr. Du, they suddenly posted anonymous leaflets and large-character slogans near the North Railway Station.The leaflets lashed out at Du Yuesheng.The slogans are all "syllogisms", such as "Down with evil forces!" "Du Yuesheng is the representative of evil forces!" So they shouted "Down with Du Yuesheng!" During the 8 years of the Anti-Japanese War, Du Yuesheng did his best. Now that the Anti-Japanese War has been won, he is full of excitement and returns to his hometown full of joy.This blow was too unexpected, Du Yuesheng thought deeply, trying to understand the ins and outs of this sudden change.The demolition of the archway, the posting of slogans, and the fact that Wu Shaoshu, the deputy mayor and student, never came to greet him. Du Yuesheng's suspicion pointed directly at this former Communist Party member who turned his back on the water and was used to "turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain". upstart.But why would he do it now?Du Yuesheng couldn't understand it. Du Yuesheng really wanted to use the quiet time at Gu Jiatang's house to find out the crux of the problem in detail; but his close relatives and friends, who had been separated for 8 years, longed to see each other again, so there were still crowds of people in front of Gu's mansion on Aiwenyi Road.Du Yuesheng had to concentrate, put on a smiling face, and entertained everyone one by one.During the day, receiving personnel and friends from all walks of life came to visit; at night, some traitors and traitors who fell into the water knew the dignity of the national law and had no escape. Mr. advises them and finds a way.As a result, there was an endless stream of people coming to the door of Gu's house.In this way, Du Yuesheng didn't have the leisure to think, and he couldn't cope with it mentally and physically, so he had to ask a few capable disciples to welcome and see off the guests on his behalf. The visitor's phone rings like a revolving lantern all day long, and as soon as he puts it down after picking up one, the other rings again; in fact, what Du Yuesheng most wants to see is Wu Shaoshu's business card, and what he wants to hear most is Wu Shaoshu's phone call.Because he couldn't think of a reason for Wu Shaoshu to attack him, he could only hope that Wu Shaoshu would explain it himself, with a little explanation.However, from September 3rd to September 4th and 5th, Wu Shaoshu never appeared. On September 7th, on the one hand, it was full of crowds and noises; on the other hand, it was full of sorrow and anxiety.Just when the seats were full, outsiders came to report that Wu Shaoshu and the deputy mayor Wu came to visit in person. Du Yuesheng was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately got up to greet Wu Shaoshu. Unexpectedly, Wu Shaoshu seemed to be a different person. After saying a few words in front of him, before Du Yuesheng could confide in his heart, and as soon as he detected his accent, he said proudly that he still had business to deal with, and he would not allow Du Yuesheng to have a chance to stay with the guests, so he left immediately. Wu Shaoshu openly challenged Du Yuesheng, and embarrassed Du Yuesheng in public. Everyone in the Du family was filled with anger, and everyone cursed, saying that Wu Shaoshu was ungrateful and ungrateful. "It's really deceiving too much for a villain to become insane!" Gu Jiatang, Ye Zhuoshan, Gao Lansheng and the others all burst into anger, fisted their arms, threatened that they would not be afraid to go up the mountain of knives, to go down the frying pan, and they must fight Wu Shaoshu to their death.The children of Hengshe and friends from all walks of life are all angry and hard to appease. They keep asking Wu Shaoshu to reason. But Du Yuesheng, in addition to wry smile, repeatedly stopped the left and right cronies, don't be emotional, he told everyone: "Not busy, I have my own way to deal with it." Gu Jiatang clenched his fist and waved his claws, and said angrily: "Wu Shaoshu, this red guy, kowtowed to Mr. Yuesheng. He deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors. According to the rules of the world, he should be executed! Brother Yuesheng, you should find out his teacher apprenticeship post and let me use it to settle accounts with him!" This sentence reminded Du Yuesheng. He replied that there is no need to settle the accounts. The post should be found. There are three generations of Wu Shaoshu's ancestors on it, as well as the oath of "forever obeying the teachings". , This is Du Yuesheng's great self-defense weapon.So he immediately ordered someone to open the safe where the teachers' apprenticeship invitations were kept, and brought out bags of red invitations, but the more he searched, the more flustered he became. Thousands of invitations to handsome teachers were not missing, but Wu Shaoshu's one was missing. This time, Du Yuesheng was dumbfounded and couldn't figure it out, but Gu Jiatang was furious and furious. He couldn't restrain his anger and roared loudly: "This must be Wu Shaoshu bribed the insider and stole his apprentice invitation card." As a result, Du Yuesheng was also so angry that his face was livid and trembling, and Du's family had a traitor, which was unprecedented.All the people present gritted their teeth and cursed. Gu Jiatang jumped up and said sharply: "Within three days, I must kill this internal thief!" As soon as he said this, someone's head was about to fall to the ground, so people in the Du mansion were in a state of panic, and the atmosphere was terrified and tense, unprecedented and unprecedented.However, two or three days later, Du Yuesheng couldn't bear to see everyone around him panicked and worried, so he went to Gu Jiatang and said to Gu Jiatang in person: "Family ugliness should not be publicized. Even if there is a small mess, I have to let him go, so as not to ruin the whole family." There is no peace, and if it spreads, it will make Wu Shaoshu gloat over his misfortune." Depending on Gu Jiatang's temperament, he was willing to obey, so Du Yuesheng persuaded him in every possible way. In the end, Gu Jiatang couldn't bear to go against Brother Yuesheng's wish to make big things small and small things small, so he had to give up. The turmoil at home finally calmed down.Du Yuesheng pondered, Wu Shaoshu struggled against him, what was the reason?Does he have a background and is instigated by others?Are you working as a tool for others?The conclusion he drew was: Wu Shaoshu was ambitious, ambitious, victorious in the War of Resistance, all unequal treaties among the great powers were abolished, the concessions ceased to exist, and the whole Shanghai beach was flying with red flags all over the beach. Having mastered the power of the party, government, and regiment in Shanghai, if he wants to be arrogant in Shanghai and rule everything in Shanghai, he must overthrow Du Yuesheng, who is the most powerful in Shanghai. With the understanding of Wu Shaoshu, Du Yuesheng decided his own strategy to deal with it.Wu Shaoshu wanted to be with the sky on the beach, so Du Yuesheng kept a low profile and was willing to avoid him. He didn't even go back to his own home, and hid in Gu Jiatang's house as a long-term guest.Not only that, but Du Yuesheng never showed his face in public. In order to show his determination to retreat into seclusion, he also placed advertisements in various Shanghai newspapers, not mentioning the many meritorious deeds he gave up during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, escaped from Shanghai, and contributed money and efforts. , but humbly said: "Tianhe washes away the armor, the homeland returns to Trent, self-sustainment is useless to make up for the difficulties, and the feeling of being close to the hometown is timid!" In the end, he escaped the grand welcome of Shanghai citizens at the North Railway Station, and declined all the welcome banquets that people from all walks of life rushed to organize.He did not ask about world affairs very thoroughly, even the dinner party of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, he also excused himself from attending.What is especially commendable is that no matter who it is, when Wu Shaoshu is mentioned in front of Du Yuesheng, he not only has no complaints, but praises and praises. At this time, Du Yuesheng's approach to Wu Shaoshu was: If you want to be aggressive, I will back down, if you want to be beautiful, I will be secretive, if you want to be king in Shanghai, I will be happy to be an obedient citizen under your rule. Du Yuesheng's approach can be said to be impeccable.However, Wu Shaoshu is not a fool, knowing that Du Yuesheng is not a person who will easily admit defeat, so he beat the snake seven inches, and wanted to deal with Du Yuesheng until he was put to death. Therefore, the more Du Yuesheng gave way, the more fierce Wu Shaoshu was. He scattered leaflets and pasted signs to express his meaning. Continuous and intensified attacks.Editorials with the theme of "Down with Evil Forces" began to be published and disseminated day by day in a planned manner. For a while, "Zhengyan Bao" became Wu Shaoshu's most powerful weapon. He seemed determined to defeat Du Yuesheng. Is it tolerable, or is it too familiar?This issue began to cause great controversy among Du Yuesheng.However, Du Yuesheng ignored it. As a result, Dai Li came to Shanghai again. He heard that Wu Shaoshu was so arrogant that he turned his face and refused to recognize his teacher. He also used Du Yuesheng as an imaginary enemy openly and secretly, and attacked Du Yuesheng violently. .However, Wu Shaoshu thought he had a solid position in Shanghai, not to mention Dai Li, even some party and state veterans and heads of institutes, he didn't pay attention to him.Therefore, he looked at Dai Li coldly and ignored him. Wu Shaoshu concentrated all his strength on attacking Du Yuesheng, Du Yuesheng lived in seclusion, and Du Yuesheng's influence temporarily disappeared on the beach.Wu Shaoshu thinks he has a plan, but he ignores the factions in the five directions of Shanghai, and there are many factions. Since the opening of Shanghai, no one has been able to unify Shanghai since ancient times. Du Yuesheng and Shanghai are closely related. "The loach in the riverside boils down to the carp jumping over the dragon's gate." After decades of hard work and hard work, his status in Shanghai Bund cannot be destroyed overnight.Finally, the invincible Wu Shaoshu found himself in a cocoon, and one of his convincing corruption cases was committed in the hands of Du Yuesheng's best friend, the ruthless Dai Li. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the first suspected case in Shanghai was that Shao Shijun abandoned his home and absconded, and went to the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party of China through the blockade.Shao Shijun's mansion on Aitang Road was taken over by Wu Shaoshu, and it became the office of the "Shanghai Special Executive Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang". The chairman of the Shanghai Executive Committee of the Kuomintang is Wu Shaoshu. Shao Shijun used to be the head of the Wang Puppet Shanghai Taxation Bureau, and he went to the New Fourth Army, but the military commander was in a hurry. They finally found Shao Shijun's first wife and asked her to come out and provide information and clues.Mrs. Shao Shijun couldn't explain why at first, but only explained that there were four giant safes in her house full of gold, silver, treasures and various banknotes.The officers of the Military Control Bureau asked her: "Can you remember the categories and numbers of all the treasures in the four safes?" Mrs. Shao Shijun said: "Why is this difficult? Please give me a pen and paper, and I can immediately draw out a detailed list of the safes." After fetching the paper and pen, Mrs. Shao Shijun straightened her pen without thinking about it, and she immediately drew out the detailed list of each safe. According to the list she made, among the 4 giant safes, the first one contained several bars of gold, and the first one contained several bars of gold. The second one contains tens of thousands of US dollar bills, the third one contains diamonds and jewelry worth hundreds of millions, and the fourth one contains Japanese national bonds that are almost worthless. The investigators next asked Mrs. Shao Shijun, "How did Shao Shijun escape to the New Fourth Army?" Mrs. Shao Shijun didn't say anything at first, but the military commander took out a black pistol and put it on the table. She immediately confessed: "There is a 'quid pro quo'..." It turned out that Wu Shaoshu came in through the front door to receive them, but let Shao Shijun quietly go out through the back door.What are the conditions?Shao Shijun never disclosed the truth about how much property was "robbed" by Wu Shaoshu. Dai Li was overjoyed by the report, and he did not hesitate to take the drastic action of "fighting tigers". That night, he dispatched a large number of loyal national salvation troops to block Aitang Road, and ordered his cronies Mao Sen and others to thoroughly search the Shanghai Special City Executive Committee.The results of this search turned out to be four giant safes, three of which had their doors damaged and were completely empty inside. A large number of gold bars, dollar bills, and diamonds and jewels were gone from the list of belongings listed by Mrs. Shao Shijun. Mrs. Shao Shijun listed tens of thousands of yuan of old Japanese banknotes and public bonds in the safe, which was locked tightly and was as good as new. The investigators first showed the fourth purchase order issued by Mrs. Shao Shijun to everyone and made it public, then energized the safe door, blew open the safe door, took out stacks of old man's notes and Japanese national bonds inside, and counted them one by one. It was exactly the same as Mrs. Shao Shijun's list. This alone can prove that all the billions of dollars in the three giant safes were conspired to be stolen by Wu Shaoshu, and he took it for himself! The organization and disposal of the enemy's and counterfeit property is within the scope of Dai Li's duties, so he immediately cited evidence and reported it to Chiang Kai-shek.The instruction from the highest authority came immediately: "Strictly investigate and deal with it." Wu Shaoshu was standing high in the clouds, and he fell headfirst. He was flustered, anxious and helpless, so his face was full of sorrow, and his insurance car stopped passing by Dumei Road every day.At this time, Dai Li treated him in his own way, ignoring him and dismissing him, until he heard that Wu Shaoshu was in a hurry and wanted to fly to Chongqing to do business, Dai Li made Wu Shaoshu full of embarrassment With a flattering smile, he walked into his living room with a servile knee. In front of many important personnel of the Military Command Bureau, Dai Li suppressed his temper and listened to Wu Shaoshu's pleading: "I just want to save face, please excuse Mr. Dai." Finally, Dai Li's face darkened, and he shouted loudly: "People like you, why don't I do it?" So Wu Shaoshu begged Dai Li to be benevolent outside the law, allowing him to fly from Shanghai to Chongqing to plead guilty to his superiors. Dai Li flatly refused, and he told his left and right: "Notify all airlines that they are not allowed to sell tickets to Wu Shaoshu." So far, Wu Shaoshu had no hope of pleading, his face was ashen, he accosted him and resigned, waiting for justice.