"A knife rises from the world, and the black and white are called the grandfather." This is the evaluation of Zhang Renkui, the leader of the Green Gang at that time, during the Republic of China.
In the turbulent era of the Republic of China, the big gangsters of the Green Gang were nothing in the eyes of many warlords.
Jun did not see that Jin Rong was almost killed by Lu Xiaojia, the son of Lu Yongxiang, because of a play.
Why did Zhang Renkui, a member of the Qing Gang, make countless people honor him as Old Lady Zhang?
Everything has to start from the beginning.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, China was poor and weak, with the outside powers looking at the tiger and bandits running rampant, and ordinary people even had problems with survival.
Zhang Renkui, it was at this time, born in a peasant family in Fujian County, Shandong Province. His father was no more than a long-term worker in the landlord's family, and his mother was bedridden for many years.
Therefore, when Zhang Renkui was very young, he was particularly sensible, taking the initiative to herd cattle for the landlord's family to subsidize the family, which may be the poor child's early home!
In addition to cattle herding, Zhang Renkui is particularly interested in reading.
However, his family was poor and he could not afford the tuition, so Zhang Renkui decided to go to a private school to steal school.
Originally, going once or twice was nothing, but Zhang Renkui went almost every day.
Finally, during an eavesdropping, Zhang Renkui was caught by the old xiucai who was lecturing. But Lao Xiucai did not blame him, but was impressed by Zhang Renkui's studious qualities and directly led him into the classroom to listen to the lectures with the students.
Here, although Zhang Renkui did not learn any particularly advanced knowledge, he understood a lot of principles of being a human being.
If this trend continues, Zhang Renkui may become a politician or a literati, and he will not become a black and white mrs. Zhang.
However, the world is uncertain, not long after Zhang Renkui studied, Lao Xiucai's family was brutally killed by bandits, and the whole family fell in a pool of blood.
At that time, Zhang Renkui looked at the corpse of his mentor and was extremely angry in his heart, he did not understand, how could such a kind old man be killed by bandits, was it just because it was a chaotic world, could he kill people at will?
Zhang Renkui made up his mind that he must avenge his mentor and kill all the bandits around Teng County.
In this way, Zhang Renkui, who was originally studying, began to abandon literature and martial arts.
It just so happened that Zhang Renkui's cousin Shen Ranqing was a martial artist who had a deep knowledge of Cha Quan and Shape Yi Quan, so Zhang Renkui worshiped his cousin as a teacher and practiced martial arts hard.
At the beginning, Zhang Renkui was practicing martial arts with hatred, so his moves were very fierce, and he often hurt people's lives.
Shen Ranqing saw the situation, afraid that he would teach a Jiangyang thief in the future, so he asked him the reason, and when he asked, he knew that Zhang Renkui had always been worried about the death of his mentor and had always wanted to avenge his mentor.
Therefore, Shen Ranqing told him that all this was caused by the decline of the country, and if the world was at peace, then why were there so many bandits and robbers in the world?
It was under the teaching of Shen Ranqing that Zhang Renkui, who originally harbored hatred, understood that only by serving the country and changing the current situation of the country's poverty and weakness could he avenge his teacher.
Fourteen years later, Zhang Renkui, who had already achieved success in his studies, took the exam of Wu Xiucai, hoping to be used by the country.
There is a saying: "If it doesn't sound, it's already a hit." ”
As soon as Zhang Renkui made a shot, he achieved a good result of Wu Xiucai's first place, and for a while, Zhang Renkui's name also became loud in the local area.
Because Zhang Renkui used to make a knife, people called him Zhang Dajiao.
However, at this time, the Eight-Power Alliance suddenly invaded Beijing, and emotions throughout the country were fierce, and the Boxer Rebellion also arose.
After Zhang Renkui learned of this news, he immediately joined the Boxer Rebellion, planning to serve the country with force and return the world to a langlang Qiankun.
At the beginning, the Boxer Rebellion was indeed supported by the Qing court, and Zhang Renkui was also reused because of his high martial arts and bravery in battle, and he was cixi's personal bodyguard all the way, which made Zhang Renkui famous.
But soon, the Qing court was frightened by the foreigners, and the Boxers were also slaughtered by the Qing court, and Zhang Renkui was also hunted down and killed by the Qing court and began to flee.
Eventually, Zhang Renkui fled to Yangzhou, where he sold salt to earn money.
At that time, salt sales were to greet the local salt selling forces in advance, but Zhang Renkui had just arrived, where would he know.
Therefore, Zhang Renkui formed a vendetta with the land snake.
Therefore, the land snake sent his men to take Zhang Renkui's life.
In the end, it was Xu Baoshan, the big man of the Qing Gang, who came forward, which enabled Zhang Renkui to escape the disaster.
In order to thank Xu Baoshan for saving his life, Zhang Renkui decided to swear allegiance to Xu Baoshan to the death. It was also under the introduction of Xu Baoshan that Zhang Renkui joined the Qinggang and soon became an important figure in the Qinggang.
At this time, although Zhang Renkui said that he had fame and fortune, his ambition to serve the country did not change in the slightest.
It was not until the Outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising that Zhang Renkui's single-minded desire to serve the country was completely unleashed, and he knew that only revolution could change China.
Therefore, he strongly recommended Xu Baoshan to send troops and personally led the army to fight Against Zhang Xun.
That battle was also Zhang Renkui's battle of fame, he used a knife to split Zhang Xun's first fierce general alive, which can be called the three armies of the brave champion.
After the founding of the Republic of China, Zhang Renkui was appointed as the brigade commander of the Mixed Brigade of the 77th Division because of his revolutionary merits.
By the time of the warlord melee, Zhang Renkui was already an envoy to Tonghai Town, with the rank of army general, responsible for the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and could be described as a prince of one side.
Because Zhang Renkui had both military power and the existence of the Qing gang, countless people in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions at that time wanted to worship him.
As a result, he also accepted many well-known descendants, such as Zheng Jiemin of the military command, Lu Yongxiang, the overseer of Zhejiang, and Wang Yaqiao, the leader of the Axe Gang, who were his disciples.
At that time, even Chiang Kai-shek had thrown protégé stickers at him, but later Chiang Kai-shek became the head of the Kuomintang, and Zhang Renkui, who was well versed in the world, took the initiative to return the protégé stickers, and moreover, he also withdrew from the military circles and lived in seclusion in Shanghai.
But as the saying goes, "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds." ”
Among Zhang Renkui's disciples, there are also many unformed ones, among which Han Fuyu and Zhang Xiaolin are the most famous.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Han Fuyu, who was the chairman of Shandong Province, saw that the Japanese Kou were attacking, and in order to preserve their strength, they took the initiative to abandon the natural danger of the Yellow River, resulting in the Japanese Kou effortlessly occupying several places in Shandong.
For a time, domestic resentment boiled over.
Chiang Kai-shek was also very angry about this, and immediately decided to get rid of Han Fuyu, but Han Fuyu held heavy power after all, and once he hit the grass and startled the snake, he might rebel because of this, so he had to think of a foolproof way.
In the end, it was Zhang Renkui who came forward and invited Han Fuyu to a meeting, which eliminated this tumor.
Zhang Xiaolin, on the other hand, defected to the Japanese and became a traitor, because he was a big gangster in the Green Gang, so he made great contributions to the Japanese.
But at the same time, the National Government also gritted its teeth in hatred for this traitor.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek sent Dai Kasa to assassinate Zhang Xiaolin.
Dai Kasa considered that Zhang Xiaolin was a disciple of the Qing Gang, so he first greeted Zhang Renkui.
But as soon as Zhang Renkui heard about this, he said, "This matter will not bother you, I will solve it myself." ”
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhang Xiaolin to die under Zhang Renkui's plot.
At that time, the Japanese had already occupied Shanghai Beach, and they naturally knew the name of this old lady Zhang, in order to make Zhang Renkui give them a life, it could be described as soft and hard.
But zhang Renkui is a person, since he joined the Boxer Rebellion as a young man, he has been bent on serving the country, although he is now old, his heart to serve the country has not changed in the slightest.
Even if Rikou said that the sky was broken, Zhang Renkui would never be a traitor.
However, the always cruel Rikou also had a murderous heart for Zhang Renkui, but Zhang Renkui was almost the biggest figure in the Qinggang today, and if he was really killed, then Shanghai and even the whole country would have a great anti-Japanese trend.
So the Japanese came up with a conspiracy.
Ri Kou knew that Zhang Renkui was a figure who beat the world with a knife when he was young, but now that he is 80 years old, how much of his skill when he was young can he have left?
If someone is sent to duel with him, Zhang Renkui will undoubtedly die, because it is a one-on-one duel, so the Qinggang can't say anything, and they can also kill Zhang Renkui in name only; if they don't go, Zhang Renkui will also end up with a name that does not dare to fight.
This strategy of the Japanese cannot be said to be poisonous, but they really underestimate Zhang Renkui.
When the Japanese Bushido master Yano Yaoichi sent a battle book, Zhang Renkui's disciples and friends advised him not to go.
But Zhang Renkui had to go, because in his opinion, this duel was not only for his own face, but also for the sake of fighting for thousands of Chinese, in order to tell Rikou that Chinese was not a good bully.
In this way, Zhang Renkui, who was already 80 years old, raised the knife again.
On the day of the decisive battle, Zhang Renkui only had two rounds to destroy Yano Yaoichi's weapon.
It is really worthy of: a knife to the world, black and white two called the grandfather.
At that time, everyone present was shocked by the heroism of Mrs. Zhang, and even the Japanese were stunned.
They couldn't have imagined that such an eighty-year-old man could defeat his own Bushido master so easily.
After the news spread, the whole country was even more scrappy, countless people applauded, and the anti-Japanese trend became more and more intense.
As a result, countless Disciples of the Green Gang went north to resist Japan, and many people in the rivers and lakes also threw themselves into the revolutionary ranks.
However, it is regrettable that it was such a hero who died in December 1944 and was unable to see the victory of the War of Resistance with his own eyes.