Tianjin Youth Gang gangster Yuan Kewen. Yuan Kewen was the second son of Yuan Shikai, and later joined the Qinggang and ranked among the "big" characters. After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Kewen opened an incense hall to receive disciples, and sometimes there was a saying that "there was Du Yuesheng in the south and Yuan Kewen in the north". However, compared with Du Yuesheng, Yuan Kewen's gang atmosphere is obviously much weaker, and he does not care to fight the world, he only cares about wandering the pear garden and fireworks, spending money like flowing water, and eventually has to rely on selling paintings to make a living. In 1931, Yuan Kewen died in Tianjin, at this time he only had 20 yuan left by his side, and his disciples and grandchildren paid for his funeral. In addition to more than 4,000 disciples and grandchildren in the funeral procession, there were many monks and prostitutes, which was a sensation.
The three tycoons of the Shanghai Youth Gang: Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin, and Jin Jinrong (from left to right). Founded in the Yongzheng period, the Qing Gang is a kind of guild secret association of the Water Transport sailors After more than a hundred years of development, by the Republic of China period, the Qing Gang has become the second largest gang in China after Hongmen. Du Yuesheng, Jin Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin are representative figures in the Republic of China Youth Gang. Later, Jin Jinrong founded the "Rong Society", and Du Yuesheng founded the "Hengshe Society", which was called the "Three Societies of the Green Gang" together with the "Renshe" founded by Zhang Renkui.
Yuan Wenhui, the leader of the Tianjin Youth Gang in the Republic of China. In 1925, Yuan Wenhui was sent to the Military Police Inspection Office by Liu Qihou, who was listening to the play, for making trouble in the theater garden, and asked his father Chu Yupu to severely punish him, Chu Yupu immediately decided to shoot Yuan Wenhui, thanks to Bai Yunsheng's help in finding someone to intercede, Yuan Wenhui picked up a life. Later, Yuan Wen would worship Bai Yunsheng as a teacher and join the Qing Gang, belonging to the Wuzi generation. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he colluded with the Japanese, acted as traitors, opened casinos, and recruited apprentices, and after the end of the War of Resistance, his disciples and grandchildren exceeded 10,000. During this period, he served as a pawn of the Japanese army, persecuted the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, committed a lot of crimes, and after the war, Yuan Wenhui was arrested, and on December 25, 1950, he was executed by shooting.
The legendary brother Fan Shaozeng, known as "Fan Hal". Fan Shaozeng joined brother Pao at the age of 13, and Zhan Shan became king, and was later adopted by Yang Sen. In September 1949, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Chongqing Advance Army, and three months later led an uprising. "Brother Robe", also known as the Brotherhood of Elders, is a gang organization that prevailed in Sichuan and Yunnan in modern times, it was formed in the light years of the Qing Dynasty, and gradually developed, from a secret organization to the largest open organization in Sichuan. At that time, about 70% of Sichuan men were members of the robe brothers, of course, including the great warlords of Sichuan, such as Fan Shaozeng, Liu Wenhui, Yang Sen, and Deng Xihou.
Rob the brother rudder handle Janssen. The brothers did not belong to each other, so they often fought. It is said that at that time, each robe brother organization (society) had five or six hundred guns, and many even more than a thousand, and at that time, many big warlords joined the robe brother organization and served as the "rudder handle", that is, the leader boss, in order to expand their strength. In addition to Yang Sen's identity as a brother in robes, another thing that people like is his "happy" married life. Janssen married more than a dozen wives in his lifetime, married the twelfth lady at the age of ninety, and bore him a daughter in less than a year, which became a strange talk at home and abroad.
Hongmen gangster Situ Meitang. Situ Meitang, a native of Kaiping, Guangdong, went to the United States to earn a living at the age of 12, and later joined the Hongmen Zhigongtang. Sun Yat-sen went to the United States to carry out revolutionary activities, Situ Meitang personally was responsible for protecting his safety, and organized human and financial resources to support Sun Yat-sen's anti-Qing revolutionary activities, and 68 of the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang were Hongmen Zhongren. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Situ Meitang mobilized overseas Chinese to support the motherland's War of Resistance and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was placed under house arrest by the Japanese army, which forced him to serve as the chairman of the maintenance committee, but he categorically refused, which was very national.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen also joined Hongmen during the overseas propaganda revolution. In January 1904, with the support of The Hongmen tycoon Huang Sande, Sun Yat-sen joined the Hongmen in Honolulu and was given the title of Honggun. After joining Hongmen, Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause began to get on the right track, fundraising became more and more convenient, and some Hongmen brothers even sacrificed their lives to carry out the revolutionary cause of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. This photo is a group photo of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his colleagues in Hongmen in North America, and the one on the right behind him is Huang Sande, a big man in Hongmen.
The Republic of China Axe Gang leader Wang Yaqiao. Founded in 1921, the Axe Gang is an Anhui labor death squad headed by Wang Yaqiao. In Shanghai, although the number of the Axe Gang was not as large as that of the Qing Gang, no one in the Qing Gang dared to provoke Wang Yaqiao, and even Du Yuesheng was afraid of him for a few points. After that, Wang Yaqiao organized the "Iron-Blooded Hoe Traitor Group" to assassinate the traitors, which made the Japanese army and the traitors feel frightened, and he was also called the "assassination of the king". Later, he was wanted for opposing Chiang Kai-shek and was assassinated on October 20, 1936, with his brother Dai Kasa in Wuzhou, Guangxi.