In the early years of the Republic of China, there was a large landlord surnamed Zhang in Yitong, Jilin Province, who had thousands of plots of land in his family, was rich and powerful, and also knew many high-ranking officials and nobles in Gongzhuling. The young master of the Zhang family is named Zhang Qinglin, who often goes to Gongzhuling to do business, so he knows the inside story of many bandits nearby, so today he will talk about his memories of the Gongzhuling Japanese Concession.
Although the Zhang family did not live in Gongzhuling, every year after collecting the ground rent, they had to use a large convoy to sell the grain stacks transported to Gongzhuling. In addition, the family's food and clothing also need to go to Gongzhuling to buy, so Zhang Qinglin often travels between Yitong and Gongzhuling.
At that time, gongzhuling Hebei was close to the railway, and there was a Japanese leased land, which was often visited by bandits nearby before 1931. How could bandits hook up with the Japanese? In fact, the leased land of Gongzhuling was a stronghold of the Japanese who vainly attempted to invade the northeast. In order to disrupt the northeast, they specifically found people to contact the bandits around them and sold them guns and ammunition.
Here we are going to talk about a man named Zonghou, who is a big bandit in Huaide County and an intermediary of the Japanese. Buying and selling weapons to bandits in Changchun, Yitong, Huaide, and Siping were all zonghou's contact. Therefore, he had the support of the Japanese in Gongzhuling and was very powerful, and it is said that at that time, he sat on the train of the South Manchuria Line at will and did not have to spend money.
Zhang Qinglin,his father's name is Zhang Junde, and ZongHou is "brother".
The Zhang family is a big landlord, how did it have a relationship with the bandits? Zhang Qinglin recalled that in those years, landlords collected rent and sold them to grain stacks in nearby counties. To transport grain back and forth, it is necessary to hire a large convoy. The road from Yitong to Gongzhuling is not smooth, and there are often bearded robberies.
In the early years, Zhang Junde went to Gongzhuling to sell grain, and met Zhang Shougang of Yicheng Inn and The Party Treasurer of Dongguan Dache Shop, both of whom were the brothers of the big bandit Zong Hou. Manager Zhang of shengtong grain stack is also very familiar with Zhang Junde, and people have long said: The world is chaotic, the big landlord is the most unsafe, and the big and small silks are pondering "smashing the kiln and kidnapping tickets" all day long, isn't it directed at the landlord's family? Therefore, it is best to communicate with the bandits in advance, so as not to ruin the family when the disaster is imminent.
Zhang Junde heard that it was reasonable, so through others, he got to know Zong Hou and worshiped his brother. From then on, as long as Zhang Junde's father and son came to Gongzhuling, they would definitely bring valuable gifts and local specialties and personally deliver them to Zonghou. In addition, it is also necessary to invite ZongHou to a banquet in Xingfayuan, Henan. Whenever Zong Hou or his friends come here to eat, no matter when, they are directly accounted for, and the housekeeper of the Zhang family will come several times a year to check out.
After establishing a good relationship with Zong Hou, the Zhang family traveled between Yitong and Gongzhuling, and never encountered bandit robbery.
The big landlords all knew that they had a good relationship with Zong hou, and the bandits needless to say.
In some film and television dramas, the bandits in the northeast usually live in the cottage, and only smash the kiln to tie the ticket to go down the mountain, in fact, this is not the case. Most of the bandits do not have a fixed "cottage", and when they run to the mountains to hide from officers and soldiers, it is good to build a few wooden sheds to live in.
Why? Because there is nothing in the mountains! Usually, the degree of eating and drinking cannot be obtained in the deep mountains and old forests. Therefore, the bandits usually swim around in their own territory, sleeping in this tun today and sleeping in that tun tomorrow. As long as the people eat and drink, the bandits will not provoke them.
Unless the meat ticket is tied, or the officers and soldiers are chasing it tightly, they will go to the mountains to hold it for a while. Once it is winter, the snow closes the mountain, and it is impossible to go anywhere. At this time, most of the bandits divided the money, each looking for a place to "cat winter" to go, and then reunite in the spring of the next year.
The little minions have less money, so they can only stay in the wooden camp and the big car shop, and go home directly from home, or they can find a woman to "pull a gang set". The bandit leader has a lot of money, so he goes to find his little wife to mix up his life, or he will go into the county town to spend the day and drink. Therefore, the bandit leaders near Gongzhuling all had a good relationship with Zonghou, so that they could often come to the Japanese concession.
Zhang Qinglin often goes to Gongzhuling, as the young master of the landlord's family, he naturally does not lack money and can have a good time. He recalled that the Japanese concession in Gongzhuling was a place where people spent their days drinking and drunkenly, playing with money and smoking big cigarettes to find girls. The backstage boss of these places is the Japanese Namman Railway Co., Ltd.
Once the bandit leader entered the concession, he could not keep any money on his body.
There are generally two situations in which bandits enter the concession, one is that they commit major crimes and are chased by the officers and men, so they can only be temporarily disbanded and run to the concession to avoid the wind. This is more common, such as in 1930, when "Enhou" Miaozi encountered officers and soldiers at Mori Sarcophagus Mountain, killing a company commander and a company deputy. They were not big brats in the first place, but they caused trouble, and the officers and men chased and intercepted them everywhere. Seeing that the situation was critical, the big boss could only temporarily disband The Silk Family, and he ran into the GongzhuLingri Concession with money. As long as they enter here, the bandits are safe, and no matter how big things they are, no one dares to come in and find trouble.
Bandits come to the Japanese concession, and the second common situation is "cat winter". After leading the team for more than half a year, some bandit leaders got a lot of money in their hands. This line is all tied to the waistband of the pants, maybe one day it will be sent into the Hall of Yama, what is the use of leaving money? Therefore, the little minions took the money, but also ate, drank, and smoked a lot, and only those who had a conscience left a few money for good women. The bandit leaders were the same, and most of them found a place to eat, drink and have fun.
The Japanese understood this, so they sent special people to receive these bandits and ensure their safety in the concession. However, when you enter the Japanese Concession, you must follow the rules of others. First of all, the Japanese Concession did not allow the use of the ocean, but replaced it with a "Japanese golden ticket". In the Japanese Concession of Gongzhuling, a piece and a half of the current ocean can be exchanged for a 1 yuan Japanese golden ticket - the Japanese are black enough, right?
As soon as the bandit leader came in, the cash on his body was exchanged for a golden ticket, which was even a Japanese set. Eating, drinking and having fun in the concession is not cheap, and the bandit leaders are all stolen money, so naturally they are not distressed. For example, to find a Japanese girl in the kiln to spend the night, it costs 60 yuan for a golden ticket, which is 90 yuan of modern foreign, which is expensive.
You can't do it, you have All the Japanese golden tickets on your body, and it's like waste paper when you go out of the Japanese Concession. So the bandits squandered here for a whole winter, and by the beginning of spring there was basically nothing. What to do? He could only obediently leave the Japanese Concession, go back to gather his men, rob and kidnap tickets, and save money. In the late autumn, the days turned cold and I came back with the money.
For such a whole, the money that was busy scavenging the people for a year was sent to the hands of the Japanese. Therefore, many bandits work for the Japanese, and finally bend down and bow to thank the Japanese for their "protection".
In fact, the Japanese also use prostitutes to monitor and control bandits.
The prostitutes in the Japanese Concession were basically under the control of the Japanese, and they not only had to make money for the Japanese, but also had to report the situation of bandits at any time. Zhang Qinglin recalled that Ma Chuntian, the pseudo-county magistrate of Huaide County, had served as a patrol in the Gongzhuling Japanese Concession in his early years, and later studied in the Sixty Wing of Aichi Prefecture in Japan, and after returning, he was very valued by the Japanese. He recruited Yitong's famous Zhao Quansheng Zi at Gongzhuling, which is a great contribution to the Japanese.
In order to control this surrendered bandit team, Ma Chuntian, in accordance with the Japanese explanation, found a little wife for Zhao Wensheng, the third brother of Zhao Quansheng. This little wife's name was Wen Qing, and she was the famous "kiln sister" of Gongzhuling, although she was over thirty years old at the time, but the charm still existed, and the posture was not reduced. The bandits originally had wives, and after seeing Wenqing, the ghosts were confused, the wife did not want it, the family did not want it, and they mixed with this little wife all day.
This Wenqing was controlled by the Japanese, and she pretended to marry her patron and sweetly cajoled the bandit leader. After that, as long as the patron is good and Zhao Quansheng leads the team out of the activity, Wen Qing will report the news to Ma Chuntian as soon as possible. Patron Hao and Zhao Quansheng were completely in the dark, not knowing that their actions were mastered by the Japanese.
Not only that, the patron was also confused, and handed over all the gold and silver jewelry stolen to Wen Qing for safekeeping, thinking that the two of them would wash their hands of the golden basin and live a good life. As a result, Zhao Quansheng was later killed, and Wen Qing ran away with a roll of money.
Not only was it difficult to keep money, but the bandits' movements were also controlled.
In the previous article, it was mentioned that in 1932, when bandits attacked Yitong City, Zhao Quansheng "protected" the county magistrate and fled to Gongzhuling. To The Princess Ridge, of course, is to find Ma Chuntian, the big backer behind him is the Japanese. In fact, at that time, Ma Chuntian wanted to lead his troops back to Yitong City and destroy the bandits, and he did not want to lose too much - so Ma Chuntian asked Zhao Quansheng to go with the team.
Zhao Quansheng is not stupid, the benefits of winning the battle are all Ma Chuntian's, and if he loses his own in the "bandit circle", he can't go on, so he doesn't want to go.
Zhao Quansheng certainly had a credit for protecting the governor of Yitong County to escape, but Ma Chuntian wanted him to rush to the front to block the bullets. Therefore, Ma Chuntian found Zhao Quansheng's old father-in-law and asked him to talk about his bandit son-in-law. The old father-in-law said: This is a good opportunity, and it is a real achievement to follow Ma Chuntian to drive the bandits out of Yitong City, and it will be much easier to be incorporated in the future.
What if Zhao Quansheng is not willing? His old father-in-law also said, "Will you come to Princess Ridge in the future?" How many heads do you have? Now that it is the domain of the Japanese, can the concession still sell guns and ammunition to make you continue to be bandits? "You see, these words must have been explained by the Japanese, and it is best for you to be honest and obedient." If you don't obey, you will definitely not be able to buy guns and ammunition in the future, even if you can get them from somewhere else, it is impossible to go to the Japanese Concession to spend the day and drink...
Zhao Quansheng thought about it, he really couldn't fight the Japanese, there was no way, he had to "happily" follow Ma Chuntian and kill back to Yitong City. Fortunately, it was a big victory, and Zhao Quansheng mixed with the captain of a county security brigade, which was considered to be a military salary. However, both the bandits and the security brigade were still under the control of the Japanese, and it was difficult to climb out of this pit.
The landlord young master Zhang Qinglin, of course, also understood the reasoning, and no one could live a peaceful life without a crime. His memories of bandits and the Japanese Concession still give some inspiration. The Japanese were deliberately trying to invade China, but it was bad. As for the bandits, one by one they take the initiative to jump into the pit, and sooner or later they will pit themselves to death.