One day in 1946, a piece of news blew the whole of Shanghai.
What's the news? Wan Molin, chairman of the Shanghai Rice Industry Trade Union, was arrested by the police department and strictly convicted on the grounds that he "used evil forces as the background, hoarded and manipulated rice prices."
Of course, if just an ordinary chairman is arrested, there is nothing strange, the problem is that this Wan Molin is not simple, he is the big housekeeper of Du Yuesheng, the famous leader of the Green Gang on the beach, and the number one red man in front of Du Yuesheng!
In Shanghai Beach, Du Yuesheng's energy is known to everyone, whether it is a high-ranking political official or a reckless person, they all have to give him three points of courtesy, so who is so bold as to dare to catch Du Yuesheng's big butler?
This person was Xuan Tiewu, who was then the commander of the Songhu garrison.
Don't look at Du Yuesheng's big name, this Xuan Tiewu's head is really not small, he is a high-caliber student in the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, an officer to a lieutenant general in the army, and more importantly, he is also a confidant of Chiang's father and son!
It turned out that Xuan Tiewu's father had been Chiang Kai-shek's brother-in-law, and Xuan Tiewu himself had a very strong personal relationship with Chiang Ching-kuo, and after coming and going, Xuan Tiewu naturally became Chiang Kai-shek's loyal confidant, and no one dared to provoke him.
However, even if Xuan Tiewu has such a deep background, after all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, there is really no need to provoke a figure like Du Yuesheng, in fact, the reason why Xuan Tiewu arrested Wan Molin, there is a deeper meaning, that is, to suppress Dai Kasa's military command.
As we all know, the rise of Du Yuesheng is inseparable from the support of Dai Kasa behind his back, and the relationship between Dai Kasa and Du Yuesheng is close, even above Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, during the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek already had a sense of vigilance in the face of the increasing power of Dai Kasa, and this doubt was gradually made public after the victory of the War of Resistance.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek urgently needed a spokesman to balance Dai Kasa, and Xuan Tiewu, who was loyal and capable, was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. After the Kuomintang took over Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek personally appointed Xuan Tiewu as the commander of the Songhu garrison, the chief of the police, and the commander-in-chief of Shanghai's military affairs.
At that time, Shanghai was in a period of social turmoil, the phenomenon of gangs fighting for power, soaring prices, and so on was very serious, and Xuan Tiewu, who was determined to rectify Shanghai, decided to take this opportunity to send Du Yuesheng into an army, so there was the scene at the beginning of this article.
There is no doubt that the evidence for the arrest of Wan Molin is quite sufficient, as the president of the rice industry, he sat idly by and ignored the rise in rice prices, but instead followed the price gouging, even if he was shot, it was not too much, so even if Du Yuesheng had his hands and eyes in the sky, he was speechless. In addition, when Xuan Tiewu first became the police chief, he did not accept gang members at all, and he was even more closed to those with gang backgrounds, so when Wan Molin was arrested, Du Yuesheng was actually helpless.
At this time, Du Yuesheng really felt that Xuan Tiewu was playing really, and there was also Jiang's father and son behind him to support him, which Du Yuesheng couldn't afford to provoke. Since then, Du Yuesheng has indeed been quite honest in Shanghai. I have to say that Xuan Tiewu's trick to kill chickens and scare monkeys is still very obvious.
But then again, although Xuan Tiewu arrested Wan Molin, he only stopped at the right time, and could not really tear his face with Du Yuesheng, which was not conducive to the stability of Shanghai, so when he heard Du Yuesheng send a "certificate of medical treatment outside prison", he sent a Shunshui person and released Wan Molin.
Although the arrest of Wan Molin was fruitless, it caused an uproar in Shanghai, and the Xuantiewu faction, with Chiang Kai-shek's father and son as the backstage, on the one hand expressed their determination to revitalize Shanghai and regain power, and on the other hand, they openly suppressed the gang forces headed by Du Yuesheng and the military forces behind them.
In addition to Wan Molin, Xuan Tiewu also shot Mao Renfeng's confidant Zaiyu, who was known for his corruption, with the support of Chiang Ching-kuo, and Zhang Yamin, a military command agent who extorted money.