Speaking of the big man of the Republic of China, many people will think of a person, this person is Du Yuesheng who dominates the beach, Du Yuesheng has been poor since childhood, his parents died when he was a child, Du Yuesheng at a young age, thanks to his uncle raised, and Du Yuesheng's life is also full of legends, he is illiterate, but he can get the praise of the master of traditional Chinese studies Zhang Taiyan, what kind of legendary experience does Du Yuesheng have? Du Yuesheng did not have so much ambition at the beginning, in order to survive in Shanghai, can only be a small guy in a shop, after hard work, fortunately, Du Yuesheng entered the shanghai Golden Rong's mansion to work, Du Yuesheng is very careful, very reliable, and gradually won the trust of Golden Rong, and Golden Rong has the heart to cultivate it into a confidant, there is an opportunity to climb up, Du Yuesheng must firmly seize, under the instruction of Golden Rong, began to be responsible for managing the casino business.
Later, Du Yuesheng became bigger and bigger, and already started a business in the French Concession, in Shanghai at that time, he almost monopolized a certain field and made a lot of money, Du Yuesheng belonged to the underworld, and naturally did a lot of bad things, and once helped Chiang Kai-shek suppress the workers' movement. Du Yuesheng has taken many unusual paths, in our impression, the image of the gangster big guy should be like the image of the big brother of the underworld tattooed with a big gold chain in the film and television drama, but Du Yuesheng is not, he is not a common martial arts gangster, with some Confucian anger, long sleeves and good dance, the black road and white road are eaten. Du Yuesheng has no culture since childhood, and it is not too much to be said that he is illiterate, but he is a person with great ability, his sphere of influence covers the whole of Shanghai, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a veritable underground emperor in Shanghai, he is not only closely related to the old widows, military circles, politicians, etc., but also has very close contacts with people in the cultural circle, especially Zhang Taiyan, who is known as the master of traditional Chinese studies, is also one of his guests, and the two are still friends.
Regarding Zhang Taiyan's achievements, we will not dwell on them here, and Hu Shi once commented on him in this way, saying that Zhang Taiyan's ancient literature was the first writer in the past fifty years. Anyone who understands the history of the Republic of China should know how authoritative Hu Shi's words are. Logically, intellectuals like Zhang Taiyan should not be with du Yuesheng's underworld gangsters, but they just became friends, not only that, Zhang Taiyan also took a few elegant names for Du Yuesheng and wrote thousands of words of articles for Du Yuesheng's ancestral hall, which can be said to be very good for Du Yuesheng. Since ancient times, there is a saying that the literati are arrogant, and Chinese readers pay special attention to things such as bone qi and integrity, and sometimes prefer to starve to death than eat the food that comes from it. So what story happened between Du Yuesheng and Zhang Taiyan? In fact, this is to talk about Du Yuesheng's handling of people, people who are mixed up on the beach know that Gold Rong is greedy for money, and Du Yuesheng will be a man. Originally, the two had no contact, Du Yuesheng had his own business circle, Zhang Taiyan had also been mixed into the literary circle for many years, two people who could not be beaten by eight rods, because of one thing began to communicate.
At that time, Zhang Taiyan's nephew committed a crime in the French Concession, Zhang Taiyan had the heart to rescue, but he was just a literati, there was no political resources, he heard that Du Yuesheng had a wide network of contacts, and was also good at making friends, willing to help people, so Zhang Taiyan held the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, wrote a letter to Du Yuesheng, and as a result, Du Yuesheng responded, he not only helped Zhang Taiyan's nephew solve the problem, but even ran to Suzhou to personally visit Zhang Taiyan, from this it can be seen how good Du Yuesheng is, originally Zhang Taiyan begged him to do things. Even if you want to go to the door, it should be Zhang Taiyan, Du Yuesheng not only helps people to do things but also visits the door, almost giving Zhang Taiyan face. The two talked very happily in the Zhang family, Du Yuesheng saw that Zhang Taiyan's life was poor, and when he left, he also put two thousand yuan under the teacup, on the one hand, he helped Zhang Taiyan improve his life, on the other hand, he did not fall into the self-esteem of the literati, and it was also this behavior that made Zhang Taiyan feel good about Du Yuesheng, and he was also willing to make such a friend, Du Yuesheng treated Zhang Taiyan so kindly, he would definitely have to repay the peach.
So there is the above mentioned change of name, writing family tree things, Du Yuesheng's original name Du Yuesheng, although the pronunciation is the same, but from a literal point of view, naturally the former is better, Zhang Taiyan Tonggu Bojin, so it is suggested that he change the life to Sheng, the Sheng character comes from "the western music is Yong, the Eastern music is sheng", added a bamboo character head, Du Yuesheng's name immediately became elegant, in addition, Zhang Taiyan also did an important thing for him, that is, to write the Du family tree. When Du Yuesheng came out of Takahashi, he secretly swore in his heart that he would not go back until he could not mix his head. Now that Du Yuesheng has returned to his hometown and become a big man in Shanghai Beach, the first thing he did when he returned home was to ask someone to repair the Du Family Ancestral Hall. In June 1931, the inauguration ceremony of the Du Family Ancestral Hall caused a sensation in Shanghai, tens of thousands of people were full of honor guards, celebrities from all walks of life gathered together, Zhang Taiyan himself personally wrote the "Records of the Du Ancestral Hall of Gaoqiao", even Chiang Kai-shek also sent something, the family tree wrote that the Du clan should be traced back to the Yao Shun period, and later Zhou Tianzi divided the Du clan ...
Du Yuesheng not only has a good relationship with Zhang Taiyan, in fact, he is good with the people in the literary circles of the Republic of China, such as Yang Du once served as an aide for him, and has a great relationship with Zhang Shizhao, among the many literati friends, Du Yuesheng is not like a big guy with five big and three thick, when wearing a long shirt, he is like a polite reader. Under Du Yuesheng's hard work, writing a good brush word, if you don't understand it, you can't think of it at all, this is a person who has never read a book, can write a word. Du Yuesheng has a famous saying that the knife cuts tofu on both sides, which basically means that when doing anything, everyone's interests must be taken care of, and they cannot be exclusive. Most of the people Du Yuesheng contacts are three religions and nine streams, these people pay the most attention to personal interests, but they are also the most desperate to fight, many people actually have nothing to do with Du Yuesheng, but after contact, they basically become friends with him. For example, Wang Yaqiao, Wang Yaqiao's identity is not simple, he is the leader of the Axe Gang, often help people assassinate politicians, his weapon is an axe, the name of the Axe Gang is from here, modern Zhou Xingchi has a movie that also borrows this stem.
Wang Yaqiao is a typical person who takes money to do things, once helped people assassinate Wang Jingwei, Chiang Kai-shek, and many Japanese high-level officials, Wang Yaqiao's territory in Shanghai, naturally intersected with Du Yuesheng, at the beginning of the relationship between the two was not harmonious, because of the Shanghai steamship investment incident. People around him have been persuading Du Yuesheng to kill Wang Yaqiao, but Du Yuesheng thinks it is inappropriate, there is a large group of outlaws behind Wang Yaqiao, if you kill Wang Yaqiao, it is equivalent to making a vendetta with these people, then what you will face in the future is endless pursuit, even if Du Yuesheng is powerful, he can prevent it for a while, but he can't prevent it for a lifetime. Du Yuesheng's own meaning is to make friends with Wang Yaqiao and give up some of his benefits, so as to make Wang Yaqiao a friend. So Du Yuesheng sent someone to ask Wang Yaqiao out, and when he came, he brought a large group of people, while Du Yuesheng only brought Jin Rong and Zhang Xiaolin, on the one hand, Wang Yaqiao took the initiative, on the other hand, he also said that he had no intention of threatening force, so the two shook hands and made peace.
Resources
"The Biography of Zhang Taiyan" Xu Shousheng
"Du Yuesheng's Biography" Yang Fan