Those who do not respect history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history. --Santaya
Du Yuesheng once said: To learn to know people, some people may have nothing now, but you never know whether in a few years, he will become a figure that even you have to admire.
The reason why Du Yuesheng said such a thing at that time was precisely because Chiang Kai-shek, who had drunk with him, returned to Shanghai as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition.
This matter also began in 1916, when uprisings in various places continued at the beginning of this year, and Yuan Shikai was still sitting in his last dream of emperor.
At the behest of Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zongchang sent people to assassinate the revolutionary Chen Qimei, causing Chiang Kai-shek to lose his patron.
Under economic constraints, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Guofu and others invested in the Shanghai Stock Exchange at that time.
Chiang Kai-shek himself was not very familiar with this kind of thing, coupled with bad luck, he owed nearly 200,000 yuan in debt.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek became impoverished and was chased by creditors and hid everywhere.
When he learned that Sun Yat-sen was in Guangzhou at the time, he planned to go to Guangzhou to be cast by Sun Yat-sen.
Unfortunately, he was not only in debt, but also in his hands.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek had a friend, a celebrity in Shanghai's business circles, named Yu Qiaqing.
So he went to Yu Qiaqing's mansion, hoping that the other party could help him.
Although Yu Qiaqing was famous, he really couldn't come up with so much money in his hands at that time, and 200,000 oceans was not a small amount at that time.
Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's sad face, he gave Chiang Kai-shek a trick, that is, to find Jin Rong.
If Chiang Kai-shek worships under Jin Rong's door, he can not only borrow Jin Rong's face to solve his debts, but also get some financial support from Jin Rong.
Chiang Kai-shek was originally a subordinate of Chen Qimei, and naturally knew that the last time Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng were reprimanded by Zheng Rucheng for helping the revolutionaries.
Therefore, he was a little uncertain in his heart, and whispered, "Last time Zheng Rucheng's matter was much more careful, if I rush to the door, will it make him dissatisfied?" ”
"No problem, this Huang Boss will not give face, besides, even if Boss Huang does not agree, there is Boss Du!" Yu Qiaqing responded with a smile.
In his opinion, After all, Jin Rong was the eldest of the three tycoons, and if he wanted to worship, he naturally had to worship the biggest.
Chiang Kai-shek almost didn't even have the money to eat at that time, so he didn't care about any identity issues, and directly wrote a prayer post and dragged Yu Qiaqing to Jin Rong's mansion.
Jin Rong knew that Chiang Kai-shek was Chen Qimei's subordinate, and when he heard Yu Qiaqing say that the other party planned to defect to Sun Yat-sen, he felt that Chiang Kai-shek would definitely have a chance in the future.
Besides, Zheng Rucheng had already been killed by Chen Qimei, and no one would bother him now, so Jin Jinrong readily agreed.
Because of Chiang Kai-shek's identity, Jin Jinrong decided that everything would be simple, and Chiang Kai-shek in the province could not get by.
Therefore, when he accepted Chiang Kai-shek as a protégé, Jin Rong only called Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin, and Jin Tingsun.
This ceremony was presided over by Du Yuesheng himself, and at that time, Du Yuesheng still admired Chiang Kai-shek, after all, the other party had participated in several uprisings and was a person who had shed blood for the revolution.
And what Du Yuesheng respected most about the other party was that after Chen Qimei was killed, none of Chen Qimei's friends dared to collect the body, only Chiang Kai-shek went alone to collect chen Qimei's body.
Du Yuesheng felt that this person was serious about love and righteousness, had courage, and was worth making friends with.
After the worship ceremony was simplified, Chiang Kai-shek only paid homage to the ancestors of the Qing gang and gave a cup of tea to Jin, and it ended hastily.
After the ceremony, Jin Rong smiled and took Chiang Kai-shek and sat down at the wine table.
Zhang Xiaolin left after witnessing the worship of the master, he had already established a good relationship with Zheng Rucheng, and as a result, Zheng Rucheng was killed by Chen Qimei, and this Chiang Kai-shek was Chen Qimei's right-hand man, and he naturally did not have a good face for Chiang Kai-shek.
In the face of Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, the two big men on the beach, Chiang Kai-shek's heart was still somewhat restrained.
Du Yuesheng accompanied the future Kuomintang big man to eat and drink, and he had no idea that after five years, he would return the other party's worship with Jin Rong.
Chiang Kai-shek and Du Yuesheng, a Kuomintang bigwig and a gang leader, two people who should not have intersected, still became friends.
The next day, Jin Jinrong gave Chiang Kai-shek some coils, and Du Yuesheng also sent someone to send the other party to the dock.
When Chiang Kai-shek left, Jin Jinrong summoned all of Chiang Kai-shek's creditors to the Huang Mansion and set up a table for a banquet.
He said to those people, "Jiang Zhiqing has already entered my golden rong's door, if you ask him for money, you are asking me for money, so you weigh this matter yourself!" ”
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek's name under the Golden Rong Gate was still Jiang Zhiqing, which was the scientific name of his study.
When seven or eight of Chiang Kai-shek's creditors heard this, they laughed bitterly, how dare they ask Jin Rong for money.
Therefore, the debt problem that had plagued Chiang Kai-shek for a long time was completely resolved under the mediation of Jin Jinrong.
Chiang Kai-shek went to Guangzhou, which soon became an important task for the Kuomintang.
After Jin Rong knew about it, he often said, "That Jiang Zhiqing is my protégé of Jin Rong!" ”
However, when Chiang Kai-shek became the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, which made Jin Rong feel a lot frightened, and only then did he have the matter of returning the prayer.
Chiang Kai-shek was still very grateful for Jin Jinrong's original support, and specially invited Jin Jinrong to have a meal, calling JinRong "Huang Lao".
Feeling that he was not in danger of being killed, Jin Rong was relieved and chatted with Chiang Kai-shek for a long time.
It was because of this relationship that the three tycoons eventually defected to Chiang Kai-shek, became the executioners in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, and killed many Communists.
At that time, Du Yuesheng wanted to whitewash the Sanxin Company by defecting to the Kuomintang, so that the three tycoons would bid farewell to the title of "gang leader" from now on.
Du Yuesheng did help Chiang Kai-shek do a lot of things during those years, and Through Du Yuesheng, Chiang Kai-shek firmly controlled the bustling city of Shanghai.
Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek had some scruples about Du Yuesheng, who had a gangster background, and did not help Du Yuesheng realize his wish to rule Shanghai.
Although Du Yuesheng was very annoyed at that time, he still took care of Chiang Kai-shek's face, and the superficial relationship was still very harmonious.
It was precisely because of this that Du Yuesheng clearly recognized Chiang Kai-shek as a person and thought of guarding against Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek saw Du Yuesheng for the last time, he said a word to Du Yuesheng, "Shanghai can't hold on, so come to Taiwan!" ”
Although Chiang Kai-shek sincerely invited Du Yuesheng this time, Du Yuesheng was worried that he could only be slaughtered after he went to Taiwan, and finally chose to go to Hong Kong.