Zhang Xiaolin was the leader of the Qing Gang in old Shanghai, and together with Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, he was called the "Three Tycoons of Shanghai Beach". In the early years, Zhang Xiaolin once worshiped Fan Jincheng, the "big" character of the Shanghai Youth Gang, as an old man and became a member of the "Tong" generation of the Green Gang. And Du Yuesheng worships Chen Shichang of the Qing Gang as an old man, and is a member of the "Wu" generation of the Qing Gang, a generation lower than Zhang Xiaolin.
When Du Yuesheng, who had not yet made a mark at that time, was fighting with others at the Sixteen Shops Pier on Shanghai Beach, he was outnumbered and beaten to death, lying on the street waiting for death.
Zhang Xiaolin saw the situation and carried Du Yuesheng home alone, but zhang Xiaolin was also just a little at that time, and in order to heal Du Yuesheng's injuries, he pawned everything in the family. This kind of brotherhood touched du Yuesheng, who had an introverted personality, to the ground, vowing that Dandan would never forget his kindness.
Later, Du Yuesheng defected to Jin Jinrong, the leader of the Green Gang at shanghai beach at that time, and took the lead in developing, and Zhang Xiaolin, under the promotion of Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, also developed and became the three tycoons of Shanghai Beach with the same name as Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng.
When Du Yuesheng became a major figure in Shanghai Beach, in order to show off himself, he decided to build the "Du Ancestral Hall", which was completed in May 1931.
In order to celebrate the completion of the Du Ancestral Hall, Du Yuesheng feasted on guests for three days, and the Kuomintang military and political leaders at that time, the widows and widows of the Beiyang Era, and celebrities from all walks of life in society came to congratulate the scene, and its grandeur was so grand that some people said that the inauguration of the Du Ancestral Hall was a grand scene that Shanghai had never had in the past hundred years.
Du Yuesheng himself regarded this incident as a major review of his own strength, and many years later, whenever he thought about it, he still couldn't hide his feelings of pride.
However, in this celebration activity, there was also a small storm, which made Du Yuesheng, Jin Rong, and Zhang Xiaolin lose face.
During the three days of the celebration of the inauguration of the Du Ci, two church plays were arranged day and night. On the third night, before the banquet had dispersed, some people began to chaos in order to seize a good position.
Zhang Xiaolin, who was the chief manager of this celebration, saw it and ordered these people to leave, and then arranged seats after cleaning the venue. People left the venue after listening, but one other person did not leave the venue and still sat there still.
When Zhang Xiaolin saw that someone actually did not listen to his own command, he couldn't help but be angry, and he slapped this person twice in the past. The beaten person glanced at Zhang Xiaolin, picked up the beaten glasses and left.
Zhang Xiaolin did not expect at all that his reckless deeds would actually cause great trouble to their indispensable "three tycoons"!
It turned out that the person who was beaten was none other than Li Shaozhang, the secretary of Yang Hu, the commander of the Songhu garrison in Weizhen Shanghai.
As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner, and no matter how powerful the leader of the Green Gang is, he is not as strong as the commander of the garrison, right? Zhang Xiaolin actually hit the commander's secretary, which made commander Yang Hu's face rest?
Sure enough, after Li Shaozhang reported to Yang Hu that he had been taken over by Zhang Xiaolin in Du Province, Yang Hu was furious and immediately took more than a hundred guards to Du Mansion and demanded to beat people and murderers.
After Du Yuesheng heard about it, he knew that Zhang Xiaolin had caused the trouble, and hurriedly let Zhang Xiaolin hide, and he and Jin Jinrong came forward to meet Yang Hu, who was angry.
Only to see Yang Hu angrily say to Du Yuesheng: "Today, to your face, I sent Secretary Li to congratulate you, who knew that you were so rude that you dared to beat my secretary, it was really deceitful, I will not talk to you, hand over the beater, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you." ”
Du Yuesheng and Jin Rong saw that Yang Hu was angry, so they had to keep saying good things with a smiling face, but no matter what they said, Yang Hu would personally take away the beater.
Du Yuesheng knew that if Yang Hu were to take Zhang Xiaolin away and arrive at the security headquarters, Zhang Xiaolin would definitely suffer greatly, so as soon as they saw that they could not send away the plague god, they signaled Yu Qiaqing, who was present, to quickly go out and move the rescue troops.
Yu Qiaqing quickly invited Wu Tiecheng (then an executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and a legislator of the National Government), and under the persuasion of Wu Tiecheng and everyone, Yang Hu reluctantly gave up his request to take away the murderer on the spot, but still insisted that Zhang Xiaolin personally go to the garrison headquarters and apologize to Li Shaozhang in person.
After sending Yang Hu away, Du Yuesheng and Jin Jinrong and others discussed it, but they still did not feel at ease to let Zhang Xiaolin rush to go, and in order to be safe, they decided that the two of them should first meet Yang Hu and agree on the method of compensation, and then take Zhang Xiaolin to the security headquarters.
The next morning, Du Yuesheng and Jin Rong arrived at the Songhu Police Headquarters, and Yang Hu saw that only the two of them had come, and asked disapprovingly: "What about the murderer?" ”
In a tentative tone, Jin Rong asked how to make compensation for the beater? Yang Hu said impatiently, "As long as you bring the murderer, how to make reparations does not need you to care." ”
Du Yuesheng saw that Yang Hu still refused to let go, and hurriedly said: "Commander Yang, the occurrence of this incident is really a misunderstanding, if Zhang Xiaolin knows that Mr. Li is the secretary of the commander, how dare he do it if he is not thoughtful in his hospitality?" Commander Yang is also a man of understanding, often saying that 'those who do not know are not guilty', not to mention that we are not outsiders, we asked Zhang Xiaolin to apologize to Secretary Li in person, and admit the mistake. ”
Yang Hu listened to Du Yuesheng's words, but still had no intention of backing down, and Jin Jinrong asked again: "Then how do you have to apologize?" ”
Yang Hu put forward two conditions: "One is to ask Zhang Xiaolin to go to the security headquarters, light a candle, and apologize to Secretary Li in public; the other is to ask Zhang Xiaolin to compensate Secretary Li for 20,000 yuan." ”
Du Yuesheng and Jin Rong listened and felt that although the compensation fee of 20,000 yuan was a bit of a "rip-off", it was not a big deal, but it was really detrimental to the faces of the brothers to let Zhang Xiaolin go to the security headquarters to apologize in public.
Therefore, after some bargaining, Du Yuesheng and Jin Jinrong agreed to pay the compensation fee of 20,000 yuan in full, and when it came to public compensation, Yang Hu finally made concessions and only let Zhang Xiaolin apologize to Secretary Li alone.
At this point, the du ancestral hall completion celebration activities a small storm subsided, Zhang Xiaolin's two slaps, with 20,000 silver dollars to buy back peace.
The "three tycoons" who threatened to shake the beach could only bow their heads when they encountered the soldiers. However, Du Yuesheng and others, in order to protect their saviors, also did their best to laugh and say good things, but in order not to lose the face of the Qing gang, they only promised to spend money to solve it, and refused to lose people in public.
As the commander of the Songhu garrison, Yang Hu naturally knew the ability of Du Yuesheng and others, and after he had played enough face, he would make enough money for his secretary, and this matter could only be handled in this way.
This article is referenced from: "The Political Jianghu of the Three Tycoons of Shanghai Beach"