It is said that history likes to make fun of people and joke with people. I was going to go to this room, but I ended up in another room. - Lenin
Du Yuesheng is the godfather of the gang. The Green Gang he presided over opened casinos, sold opium, set up brothels, and engaged in some murderous and over-the-top business in Shanghai during the Republic of China period. He was also very closely united with the military and political circles, so he was famous in Shanghai Beach, and no one dared to provoke him.
However, there are also people who are not afraid of death, and this person is Wang Yaqiao.
Wang Yaqiao, like Du Yuesheng, has been poor since childhood.
However, Du Yuesheng did not learn well and embarked on the path of a small.
(Du Yuesheng in his youth)
Although Wang Yaqiao was poor, he was willing to study, and also entered the top ten in the imperial examination at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It's just that the times are not good, so that he has not been able to "learn and excel".
Du Yuesheng's dream in life is to be like the eldest brother Jin Rong, to be a rogue leader. He had a group of disciples who were fighting for their own lives. Then, by doing evil, he earned a lot of money and lived a decent and generous life.
Wang Yaqiao has already seen the decay of society, the hardships of the people, and the abomination of the local tyrants and inferior gentry. So he always had a lofty ambition, joined the Socialist Party early, and became a revolutionary.
Judging from the growth path of Wang Yaqiao and Du Yuesheng and their ambitions, these two people are obviously not on the same road, but fate has allowed them to finally meet.
Wang Yaqiao was too radical and harmed the interests of the Beiyang warlords, so he had to flee to Shanghai.
After Wang Yaqiao arrived in Shanghai, he had no other belongings except for his strength, so he worked as a porter on the dock.
At this time, Du Yuesheng had become one of the three rogue tycoons in Shanghai. He is also extremely good at being a man, and he is willing to invest in some military and political leaders. Not only talk about feelings, but also generous. Therefore, in Shanghai he is a leading figure, and whoever sees him is respectful.
Although Wang Yaqiao was a porter, he was extremely righteous and could not see the rich merchants and land snakes who oppressed the workers. He was an outlaw, and he was not afraid of the hard relations of others, and as soon as he heard that some of his co-workers had been bullied, he took an axe and took a few brothers to find someone to settle the account. Over time, the "Axe Gang" he founded was also quite famous in Shanghai Beach.
Everyone knows that the "Axe Gang" are poor, homeless people, so those high-ranking officials and nobles are not willing to provoke them.
(Old photo of Wang Yaqiao)
In 1929, the Shanghai Steamship Merchants Bureau was taken over by the Nanjing government.
China Merchants is a fat difference. At that time, the chairman of China Merchants was Li Guojie, the grandson of Li Hongzhang, and he was certainly unwilling to give up this piece of fat meat. But his arms could not twist his thighs, and he did not dare to oppose them openly, so he had to wait for the situation to change.
Unexpectedly, soon the Nanjing government sent Zhao Tieqiao to serve as the general inspector of the investment department. Although Li Guojie is still the chairman, he has no real name.
Li Guojie was very dissatisfied, and on the face of Zhao Tieqiao, he was in harmony, but behind his back, he found Wang Yaqiao and promised a lot of money. He also promised to give him the right to use the "Jiang'an", the largest steamship of China Merchants, after the completion of the matter.
Zhao Tieqiao is Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, and Wang Yaqiao is an anti-Chiang Kai-shek person who has always wanted to get rid of Zhao Tieqiao. Li Guojie now buys murderers, he can not only kill Zhao Tieqiao, but also get a rich reward, so this deal, he took over.
Soon after, at the behest of Wang Yaqiao, Zhao Tieqiao was assassinated on his way to work.
Li Guojie spoke his mind and approved the note, asking Wang Yaqiao to take over the "Jiang'an".
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yanling, the original manager of the "Jiang'an", refused to hand over the ship, but instead asked his men to injure Wang Yaqiao's people.
Why is Zhang Yanling not afraid of the "Axe Gang"?
(Zhang Xiaolin's old photo)
Speaking of Zhang Yanling, he is also very promising, he is the nephew of Zhang Xiaolin, one of the three rogue tycoons in Shanghai Beach, and he is also Du Yuesheng's apprentice. Therefore, where would he put Wang Yaqiao's people in his eyes?
After Wang Yaqiao knew, he didn't say anything. As a result, one night, the back wall of Zhang Xiaolin's mansion was blown up by someone with a large hole.
Zhang Xiaolin knew that this was Wang Yaqiao warning him, and his heart was very afraid. After all, Wang Yaqiao was doing everything in secret, and he couldn't prevent it. So he found Du Yuesheng and wanted him to come forward to settle the matter.
Du Yuesheng made up his mind not to swim in this muddy water and rejected Zhang Xiaolin.
After this incident occurred, Wang Yaqiao's men took the axe and went ship and asked Zhang Yanya to go through the handover procedures.
Zhang Yanling saw that Wang Yaqiao's people were coming menacingly, and he knew that it was not good, so he quickly ran to Find Du Yuesheng for help.
When Du Yuesheng heard about it, he scolded him angrily and asked him to quickly hand over the boat.
Zhang Yanling reluctantly handed over the "Jiang'an" to Wang Yaqiao.
Rao was so, Wang Yaqiao was still not satisfied, and proposed that Du Yuesheng should compensate 100,000 yuan.
The obvious Wang Yaqiao is blackmailing, to tell the truth, the one who dares to blackmail Du Yuesheng is probably the only one.
(Du Yuesheng old photo)
Although Du Yuesheng was powerful, he was also reluctant to provoke Wang Yaqiao. So he did the east, feasted on Wang Yaqiao, and invited Jin Jinrong to be a lobbyist, and offered another 100,000 yuan, and this matter was counted.
In 1932, Wang Yaqiao was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek for attempting to assassinate Song Ziwen, and had to flee to Hong Kong again.
When Wang Yaqiao arrived in Hong Kong, he learned that a disciple named Sun Shaomin under Du Yuesheng had poisoned a worker in a privately set up underground morphine factory. After the incident, the worker's family reported the crime to the police station, and the result was also assassinated.
Wang Yaqiao was furious, so he wrote a letter to Du Yuesheng and asked him to inquire about the matter.
After Du Yuesheng received the letter, he did not reply to him.
Wang Yaqiao saw that Du Yuesheng was like this, so he wrote another letter, in which he said: "You indulge the people of the door to destroy the lives of the people, and I should try the bull knife on you." as a sign of punishment. ”
When Du Yuesheng saw it, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly found someone to mediate between them, settle the matter, and recognized Wang Yaqiao as his "friend".