Chapter 54 Chapter 54: I don’t want my sons and daughters to go their own way

At the end of 1947, during this period, Du Yuesheng's sick body showed signs of improvement under the cooperation and careful care of Yao Yulan and Meng Xiaodong, and his mental and physical strength gradually returned to normal.Because he had been lying in bed for too long, he didn't know many things, so he was willing to go down the 18th floor and walk around from time to time. In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Day in 1948. Early in the morning, Du Yuesheng drove to the City Chamber of Commerce to participate in the New Year's Day group worship. And at the group banquet, I met Yu Shuping, chief of the Shanghai police.

As soon as we met, Yu Shuping mentioned that the police in Shanghai city will hold a big inspection on New Year’s Day. He had already sent an invitation card, inviting Du Yuesheng to come and guide him. Du Yuesheng was happy for a while, so he agreed to go with everyone. The police review was held in front of the Pudong Association on Fuxi Road. After Du Yuesheng and his party arrived, they were all invited to the temporary parade stand.A group of people stood on the parade platform. After watching the marching in unison, there were various performances. It was very cold and the wind was blowing. Du Yuesheng was able to withstand it at first, but after standing for more than an hour, he felt He was very uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient to leave midway because the show was not over, so he gritted his teeth and persisted until the end of the parade. He left in a hurry and hurried back to the 18th floor.

After returning home, he fell on the bed and developed a high fever. He asked a doctor to come to see him. He said that he had contracted a cold and had a bad cold. This serious illness kept him in bed for more than a month. By the time the pernicious cold is cured, the lunar year has already passed.In March of Yangchun, the first "National Assembly" of "Constitution Implementation" will be held in Nanjing. During the meeting, the first president and vice president after "Constitution Implementation" will be elected. On March 29, the opening day of the General Assembly, Du Yuesheng was in a hurry Arrive in Nanjing and report to attend.

This time, he lived in Nanjing for a whole month, staying in Hong Lanyou's apartment. During the period, his eldest son Du Weifan and his wife made a special trip from Shanghai to visit his father. Du Yuesheng was very happy. He took his son and daughter-in-law to visit the scenery in the suburbs of Nanjing during the meeting. This is the last trip to Nanjing in his life. During the first "National Assembly" session of the "Constitution Implementation", Li Zongren was elected after four consecutive votes in the vice-presidential election, so the session was postponed again and again, and it was not declared closed until May 1.Du Yuesheng returned to Shanghai that day, and he held a meeting at the International Hotel that day to raise a huge sum of money for the Seventh National Games to be held in Shanghai from May 5, 1948.

As long as his health permits, Du Yuesheng must go to the International Hotel once a week, because the base camp and base where he issues orders in Shanghai——"Shanghai Local Association", according to his rigid regulations, will hold a meeting in the International Hotel once a week, and negotiate It's a big event in a week, so this meeting can be said to be quite important to Du Yuesheng.Regarding the affairs of the Shanghai Local Association, he asked Wang Xinheng, the standing committee member, and Xu Caicheng, the secretary-general, to take more responsibility. These two were friends he loved and trusted.

On August 19, 1948, the Nanjing government promulgated the "Financial and Economic Emergency Punishment Order" to issue gold dollar coupons, stipulating that 1 yuan of gold yuan coupons equals 3 million yuan of "legal currency", and 4 yuan of gold yuan coupons equals 1 dollar of US dollars. In order to control, special economic control supervisors were set up in important areas, Yu Hongjun was specially assigned to supervise Shanghai, Zhang Lisheng supervised Tianjin; Song Ziwen supervised Guangzhou, and at the same time ordered the provincial and municipal governments.Soon, in view of the situation in Shanghai, Chiang Ching-kuo himself took charge.

According to the "Emergency Measures for Economic Disposal", the issuance of "legal currency" ceased on August 20, 1948, and all "legal currency", foreign currency, gold and silver held by the people must be exchanged for gold round coupons within a time limit.At this time, the whole country was suffering from frequent disasters, prices were soaring, and people's livelihood was struggling. Under the offensive of the people, Chiang Kai-shek's regime was at a critical moment of life and death. The "Economic Emergency Punishment Order" was issued by Chiang Kai-shek. It is a strong agent for decline, so he made up his mind to treat this movement as a war.

As a result, his explicit order was published in the newspaper, and the news immediately caused shocks from all walks of life.However, Du Yuesheng was sick in bed when he got the news.His reaction was quick and firm. First, he ordered someone to call and immediately asked his eldest son Du Weifan to come over immediately: After seeing Du Weifan enter the door, Du Yuesheng panted, took out two keys from under the pillow, handed them to him, and said: "Downstairs on Huagebei Road, there are still some silver coins in the safe. You take them all out and send them to the bank. According to the government's regulations, exchange them all for gold bills."

Du Weifan asked, "Is it in the room where my uncle lives?" The room that Du Weifan heard that his uncle lived in refers to the old house on Huagebei Road that was once prominent, full of crowns and buildings all the year round, and full of people.After the victory, it was changed to Ningbo West Road, and the house number was 216. Since Du Yuesheng had never moved back to live there, and Zhang Xiaolin's house next door once "bleeded five steps, and two people were lying dead", Yu Yan was seen. It is a haunted house, so it seems that the doors and alleys are deserted, and the cars and horses have become thinner.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the owner of the Du mansion on Huagebian Road spent most of his time in the rear. The old house on Huagebian Road was once in a vacuum. Du Yuesheng once invited his old uncle Zhu Yangsheng from the countryside of Gaoqiao to help him guard the old house. .Zhu Yangsheng chose a room downstairs, and he lived in Huagebei Road for a long time. There was a big safe in his room, and the old uncle guarded it faithfully next to the safe. No one knew about the big safe in Du Mansion. How many gold and silver treasures are there? Du Yuesheng nodded, and told him again: "You ask the whole family to come to me. I have very important things to take care of them."

The son agreed, Du Weifan sat beside the sick bed for a while, and then resigned.He returned to Huagebei Road and said that he would open the big safe and take the things stored in it to the bank to exchange for gold dollar certificates.In an instant, the news shocked the whole family.Everyone wants to see how much gold and silver treasures are in this big safe?However, when Du Weifan opened the big safe and looked for it for a long time, everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded, because there were only 372 silver dollars in the big safe. Afterwards, the people from the upper and lower levels of the Du mansion went to the 18th floor in batches, and listened to Du Yuesheng's earnest explanation: "I don't know how much gold, dollar bills, and silver coins you have, and I don't ask you, but I want to remind you that this time the central government promulgated the 'Financial and Economic Emergency Punishment Order', and the central government will definitely act vigorously. All of you The gold, silver, and U.S. banknotes that you own must follow the regulations and exchange all of them for gold coupons within the time limit, otherwise, I have something to say today, and no matter what happens to any of them, I will definitely not care about it.” That being said, among the family members, everyone has different circumstances and different levels of courage. Some people listened to Du Yuesheng's words and followed the rules and exchanged all the gold bills for gold dollar coupons.But there are also people who hide secretly.At the same time, the way each person deals with their business is also very different.At the beginning of the resumption of business in Shanghai Stock Exchange, Du Weifan rented the Paramount Teahouse, which was closed after the war. The hall of Baidongmen was very large. No, his account is only for retail business, asking prices on the spot, and delivering on the spot. He has never been a big player in doing it. His business policy is "steady and steady, gathering sand to form a tower". The advantage, in fact, is that there is profit but no compensation. The "Financial and Economic Emergency Punishment Order" was implemented. After the issuance of the Golden Yuan Notes, the Nanjing government issued repeated orders to "follow the law and not speculate for profit". In a huge case of speculation and profit, the Overwatch Council announced that Tao Qiming and others sold tens of millions of shares of Yong'an Cotton Yarn in Shanghai on the eve of the currency system reform, and suddenly obtained a huge illegal profit of 500 million yuan.When the Dongchuang incident happened, not only did Tao Qiming and others deserve their crimes and went to jail, but it also implicated Wang Yunwu, the Minister of Finance who presided over the reform of the currency system with gold yuan notes, and a series of people were corrected by the Overwatch Council. Seeing that the Nanjing government implemented the "Emergency Financial and Economic Reform Order", it was really selfless and vigorous. In addition, Du Weifan and his wife were severely warned by his father. Thinking that the securities trading was too turbulent, the couple decided to close the Weichang Securities account after discussing it, so as to avoid accidents and accidents. The stock office was closed, and the couple became free. Taking this opportunity, they told Du Yuesheng to travel to Peiping together, fulfilling their long-cherished wish for many years.On the eve of their departure, they met Tao Yishan at a social occasion. Tao Yishan received military training when Du Weifan was in his first year of high school and was once his captain. On the other hand, of course they are family friends, so when Tao Yishan said that Du Weifan and his wife were going to Beiping, he immediately suggested automatically: "I'll write you two business cards to introduce you to the garrison commander and chief of police in Peking." Du Weifan replied: "There's no need to bother Mr. Tao, we'll be back after a few days in Peiping." However, Tao Yishan still wrote two business cards and handed them to Du Weifan, saying: "You carry it with you, and it can come in handy when necessary." Du Weifan thanked him and put it away. He didn't care at all at the time, he just said that Tao Yishan cared for him and was considerate, but they didn't know that the two couples arrived in Peiping. News of his arrest by the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau.Du Weifan was taken aback, and broke out in a cold sweat. He thought that Inspector Tao gave him two business cards out of the blue, and the meaning might not be simple. It turned out that Du Weiping's case and Tao Qiming's case were withdrawn exactly the same, only the difference in size.It turned out that in the eyes of the economic inspection team of the Shanghai Economic Supervisor's Office, Du Weiping was seriously suspected, so he notified the Shanghai Police Department for arrest and interrogation.Du Weiping's Hongxing Company once sold 8,000 short shares of Yong'an Spinning Mill the day before the reform of the currency system. Compared with the Tao Qiming case, the amount is really one day and one place, and it is not worth comparing.After Du Weiping sold short 8,000 shares of Shui'an cotton yarn, under the "Financial and Economic Emergency Disciplinary Order" the next day, the initial stock auction of the reform of the currency system was suspended. When he resumed business, he certainly made some money. Since Du Weiping is Du Yuesheng's son, his arrest immediately shocked Shanghai. He was dealt with urgently and vigorously, and even Mr. Du's young master was arrested in the official court. After quitting, Shanghai friends now know that the Huanghuang decree is not something that can be taken lightly and taken lightly.On the other hand, there were also people who opened their eyes to see how this good show would continue, whispering to each other in the streets and alleys, and now it depends on what kind of reaction Mr. Du will make. Du Yuesheng's reaction to this unexpected incident, Yu Gongze showed awe-inspiring righteousness. He knew that the Jiang family dynasty was facing a catastrophe, its lifeblood was like silk, and its future was bleak and dangerous, especially when the currency system reform was fully implemented. Losing a game, pulling a hair is enough to move the whole body; and there are more tigers bigger than his son in Shanghai Bund!He saw the general environment very clearly, so he didn't say a word or a word about Du Weiping's arrest, he neither pleaded with any party, nor complained to his close friends. People are equal, if Weipinguo is guilty, I cannot and should not save him." However, Mr. Du's family was arrested, and the family members did not know the inside story, and urged him to try to excuse Du Weiping.At this time, Du Yuesheng's expression was very relaxed, and he said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? I have eight sons. What's the problem if I don't have one of them?" Although Chiang Ching-kuo came to Shanghai aggressively this time, with the potential to fight tigers, he immediately ran into the wall of Mr. Kong's family, so he had no choice but to let the reform of the currency system go.Du Yuesheng was not in a hurry to imprison his son. After the case of Kong’s son’s Yangzi Company failed, the Shanghai “Special Economic Court” also had to give Du Yuesheng face. As a result of several trials of Du Weiping’s case, the special court stated that there was “no evidence” The "fact" that Du Weiping obtained the secrets before reforming the currency system, "speculating for profit" and "destroying finance" made the judge accept Du Weiping's argument of "pure coincidence".Therefore, the court declared Du Weiping innocent and released him.However, the Hongxing company he ran was concurrently engaged in "counter-knocking". This kind of off-market transaction was suspected of getting away with it. Hongxing company was punished by revoking its license and fines according to regulations.Du Weiping was sent home safe and sound. Du Weifan and his wife traveled around Beiping, but in Shanghai, malicious rumors spread about Mr. Du that "the eldest son escaped and the third young master went to jail". When they learned that the third brother Weiping was arrested, Du Weifan and his wife were shocked when they heard the news, thinking that Inspector Tao specially wrote two copies The purpose of introducing business cards is to use them as a hindrance if they are caught in Peking, so as to avoid "going to prison and suffering".However, soon after Du Weiping was released and went home, it was not until they discovered in Beiping that the situation in the North was getting worse and the communist army was advancing, and that Beiping was about to fall into a tight siege, Du Weifan and his wife suddenly realized that Tao Yishan wrote those two films because he was worried about the situation in Beiping. During the siege, the two were trapped in Beiping and could not escape, so they made this arrangement specially. Du Yuesheng placed great hopes on his children, but his painful experience of messing around and conquering the world all his life made him not want any of his children to follow his old path.Although Du's family is full of bells and whistles, rich and noble, and few people can surpass him, his last wish in life, that is, what he entrusts to his children, is to be a simple and unpretentious man who can live in the world. A person who stands out from the ordinary.Therefore, he never tells his proud past and illustrious achievements in front of his children. On the contrary, he tells his children from time to time that he was lonely and poor in his childhood, even though he spent everything on the gambling table. Jin Liao is not stingy, but when he eats with his family at the dinner table, a soy sauce dish is poured too much, and he will carefully divide one dish into two.