In 1951, on an ordinary day, there were many reporters around the gate of Shanghai Great World, who were taking pictures of the old people sweeping the floor at the gate of the Great World.
This old man with a broom sweeping the floor, wearing a black robe, has a sense of richness in his body, and looks no different from ordinary people. Why, exactly, would a bunch of journalists be interested in such a seemingly ordinary old man?
Suddenly, a reporter, after taking the photo, let out an exclamation: "Alas..... As one of the three tycoons in Shanghai in the past, Jin Jinrong has now been reduced to sweeping the street outside, which is really a creation and a trickery! ”
Jin Rong, the head of the three tycoons in Shanghai, in the old Shanghai period, can be described as a figure who wants to wind and rain, why in his old age, he was reduced to sweeping the streets in Shanghai? On the eve of the liberation of Shanghai that year, Du Yuesheng once advised Jin Rong to flee to Hong Kong together, why did Jin Rong not go, preferring to stay and sweep the street?
What's going on here?
Old photos of Golden Rong sweep street
The golden glory of the "stormy" years
Jin Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin are called the three tycoons of Shanghai, because they were the oldest at the earliest, so Jin Jinrong's connections and influence in old Shanghai are top-notch, and even Du Yuesheng was pulled out by him.
When Jin Jinrong was 22 years old, he was desperate because of poverty, and it just happened that the patrol house of the French Concession was recruiting people, so he went to the patrol house of the French Concession in Shanghai to try his luck. Because of his strong physique, he was immediately attracted by the chief of the patrol room, so he smoothly became a patrol and opened his life of "making a storm".
After becoming a patrol, Jin Rong worked diligently and had a strong ability to solve cases, and was soon promoted.
Later, in order to solve the case faster, Jin Rong began to recruit a large number of hooligans who wandered the streets of Shanghai and let them collect information for themselves. At the same time, in order to get promoted faster, he even let his minions commit crimes, and then he solved the case by himself.
In this way, Jin Rong cracked the case faster and faster, and made more and more meritorious contributions, and once became the first Chinese police inspector in the French Concession.
After some "achievements", driven by the pursuit of power, the ambitious zhang Renkui, one of the top figures of the Green Gang, was his teacher, and he had more power for this.
After that, Jin Rong called himself the "Boss of the Green Gang". Because of its excessive power, no one has explicitly spoken out against it.
Golden Rong
In 1922, Chiang Kai-shek was still called Chiang Chi-ching, and the "Hengtai" exchange he ran went bankrupt due to the financial crisis. After bankruptcy, creditors came to the door to collect debts. Forced to be helpless, Chiang Kai-shek was introduced to Jin Rong as a teacher.
After paying homage to the master, Jin Jinrong entertained all of Chiang Kai-shek's creditors and said at the banquet:
"Zhiqing has now become my apprentice, and I know that he owes you a debt." This debt must be repaid, but you don't have to look for him. No matter how much he owes, you will come to me. ”
That being said, who really dared to ask for a debt from Jin Rong at that time? Chiang Kai-shek's debt was thus settled.
After the end of this matter, Jin Rong also generously gave Chiang Kai-shek 200 oceans to encourage him to go to Guangzhou to develop. This made Chiang Kai-shek feel grateful in his heart and called out "big brother".
In 1927, after learning that Chiang Zhiqing was Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Jin Jinrong returned Chiang Kai-shek's prayers to him "sympathetically". After all, if people know that Chiang Kai-shek was once a gang member, it will not be good for his reputation.
After receiving the prayers returned to him by Jin Rong, Chiang Kai-shek was very grateful to him and made it clear that he and Jin Rong still got along in the name of master and apprentice. Later, Jin Rong also participated in anti-communist activities, and because of his greatest merit, Chiang Kai-shek also granted major general Jin Rong the posts of Senator and Senator of the Executive Yuan after the establishment of the Kuomintang government.
Later, when the Kuomintang was already at the end of the crossbow on the mainland, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to take Jin Rong with him to Taiwan, and in his opinion, if Jin Rong stayed in Shanghai, the Communist Party would definitely not let Jin Rong go, so it was better to follow him to Taiwan.
However, Jin Jinrong made an unexpected reply from Chiang Kai-shek, and Jin Jinrong rejected Chiang Kai-shek's "kindness".
Jin Rong's refusal to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan not only surprised Chiang Kai-shek, but even his family and protégés did not expect it. So why is Jin Rong reluctant to go to Taiwan?
This matter should start from 1946, when Jin Jinrong gave Chiang Kai-shek ginseng ginseng.
Refused to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan
In the spring of 1946, a protégé surnamed Jin of Jin Rong gave him a Changbai Mountain Wild Ginseng, which was said to be 700 years old. Jin Rong felt that he was older, and thought that it was no longer important to use this rare old ginseng, so he planned to borrow flowers to offer buddha and give it to Chiang Kai-shek.
At that time, Jin Rong arranged for his close associate Zhao Jiugao to deliver ginseng to Chiang Kai-shek's hands.
Who knew that Zhao Jiugao was actually Wang Yaqiao's apprentice, and Wang Yaqiao was assassinated at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek.
In order to avenge his mentor, Zhao Jiugao injected the colorless and tasteless poison into the ginseng that Jin Rong had given him. He then gave the poison ginseng, along with the letter written by Jin Jinrong himself, to Chiang Kai-shek's men.
After Chiang Kai-shek received The Ginseng of Golden Rong, in order to show the status of Golden Rong in his heart and the trust in Golden Rong, Chiang Kai-shek immediately asked his doctor Chen Yunlong to make it into a ginseng tablet.
However, in the process of making ginseng films, Chen Yunlong found that this ginseng was not quite right, and immediately tested the ginseng. Who knows, this test found that ginseng contains high poison.
Chiang Kai-shek was shocked to learn that ginseng contained severe poison, and after thinking about it, he thought that it was possible that Jin Rong might be secretly colluding with Li Zongren, so he wanted to kill him. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek arranged for Mao Renfeng to monitor Jin Rong, and if necessary, he could immediately solve Jin Rong.
Mao Renfeng had a close personal relationship with Jin Rong, so he privately told Jin Rong about this matter.
Mao Ren Feng
When Jin Rong heard this, he was sweating profusely in fright. Immediately, Zhao Jiugao was sent to Nanjing and handed over to Chiang Kai-shek.
After Zhao Jiugao failed in revenge, he did not want to involve Jin Rong, after all, Jin Rong was good to him, so he directly explained the reason and process of wanting to poison Chiang Kai-shek.
Subsequently, Zhao Jiugao was executed on April 30, 1946.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Jiugao's anniversary had arrived. Before zhao jiugao died, he hoped that Jin Rong would burn some paper for him on his death day every year and worship him. Jin Rong, who had always regarded the righteousness and reputation of the jianghu as higher than life, risked being hated by Chiang Kai-shek and quietly went to Zhao Jiugao's tomb and burned paper for him.
Since then, Jin Rong, who knows Chiang Kai-shek's disposition very well, has been trembling and trembling, afraid that Chiang Kai-shek will trouble him. Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek proposed to bring him to Taiwan, Jin Jinrong naturally did not dare to follow him.
After all, after he arrived in Taiwan, he also had no power and no power, and when Chiang Kai-shek wanted to solve him, it would not be an easy task.
Refused to follow Du Yuesheng to Hong Kong
The news of Jin Jinrong's refusal to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan soon spread, and when he learned that Jin Jinrong was unwilling to follow Chiang Kai-shek, Du Yuesheng was concerned about his friendship with Jin Jinrong and decided to invite Jin Jinrong to go to Hong Kong with him.
One day, Du Yuesheng personally went to the Huanggong Mansion to find Jin Jinrong and said to him: "Huang Gong, now that the People's Liberation Army has immediately called, you are not willing to go to Taiwan, so you might as well go to Hong Kong with me." So that the two of us can still have a companion there. ”
Jin Rong was also very touched to hear Du Yuesheng's invitation, but he also had other concerns.
He said to Du Yuesheng, "Yuesheng, I have to think about this again." ”
Du Yuesheng
After Du Yuesheng left, Jin Rong sat alone in the courtyard and began to meditate. He thought that he was now in his eighties, and his health was not as good as before. It doesn't matter if you can develop again after arriving in Hong Kong, or whether you can have a rich life today. I'm afraid that on the way to Hong Kong, this bumpy road is afraid that I can toss away half a life.
If so, it would be better to die in Shanghai, after all, people pay attention to the roots of the fallen leaves.
Then he thought of the "Shanghai Big World" that he was proud of, if he left like this, the income would be cut off, and even the boss of the Shanghai Big World would have to change his name and surname... This is something that makes It difficult for Golden Rong to accept.
When he thought that the "jiangshan" that he had built so hard over the years might change owners or even disappear, he only felt a headache.
But if he did not leave, he had engaged in the business of reselling cigarettes and arms over the years, and had also carried out many anti-communist activities. Once Shanghai was liberated, how could the Communist Party spare him? I'm afraid that the future will not be good.
Thinking of this, Jin Rong, who had already entered his old age, couldn't help but feel sad, he didn't expect that he had been in Shanghai for decades, and now he was about to enter the ground, but he suffered such a big disaster.
After being sad for a while, Jin Rong made a decision: I will die anyway, it is better to die in Shanghai!
Even if you sweep the streets in your later years, why not?
So Jin Jinrong told Du Yuesheng that he had decided to stay in Shanghai and not go anywhere. Du Yuesheng saw that he had already made up his mind, so he no longer demanded it.
Although Jin Jinrong had already made up his mind, after Du Yuesheng left Shanghai, he could not help but become anxious, and even sometimes wondered whether his decision not to go to Hong Kong was right.
When Jin Rong's friend Yang Hu learned of his mood, he said to him: "Don't be afraid, the leaders of the Communist Party know you." It is said that as long as you support the Communist Party in the future, no longer collude with the Kuomintang, and no longer engage in illegal business, you can not blame the past. ”
Yang Hu is a good friend of Jin Rong, a former commander of the Songhu garrison, and has just joined the underground party. He was tasked with stabilizing Jin Rong and keeping him in Shanghai. After the liberation of Shanghai, Jin Rong's presence played a crucial role in stabilizing The social order in Shanghai, and he was able to deter the remnants of the Shanghai gangs and prevent them from taking advantage of the opportunity to rebel.
Jin Rong trusted Yang Hu very much, he knew that Yang Hu had now joined the Communist Party, so he believed what Yang Hu said.
Thinking of this, Jin Rong also relaxed his heart.
After that, When the Communist Party needed it, he would provide help within his ability, hoping to make up for it.
After the Liberation Army liberated Shanghai, in order to reduce his sense of existence, Jin Rong began to close the door. Stay at home every day to drink tea, play mahjong, and go to the bubble bath without any trouble. The Communist Party, as promised before, did not blame Jin Rong in the past, and never touched a single hair of Jin Rong.
Write a letter of repentance and sweep the streets
In the summer of 1949, Du Xuan, the cadre who took over, personally led a team to find the Huanggong Mansion.
When Jin Rong saw this armed team, he thought he was going to arrest him, and his legs were suddenly weak with fright.
Who knew that Du Xuan had only come here to educate him, demanding that he should not do any more unruly behavior in the future, and that he should strictly guard his disciples. No matter what Du Xuan said, No matter what Jin Rong said, Jin Rong obediently replied.
Since then, Jin Rong, who did not go out much in the first place, was even more reluctant to go out, and no matter what happened, he would no longer come forward.
Until 1951. That year, many of Jin Rong's disciples were arrested, and the police then searched for opium and guns in Jin Rong's home. These things were already owned by Jin Rong before liberation, but the people could not accept them and wrote to demand the arrest of Jin Rong.
Under pressure, the leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Government personally approached Jin Jinrong and told him that the previous policy of not blaming him still existed, but he had to write a letter of repentance to apologize to the masses.
So on May 20, 1951, Shanghai's "News Daily" and "Wen Wei Po" both published the "Golden Rong Confession Book". In the article, Jin Rong wrote about how he became rich and what bad things he had done, hoping that the people would give him a chance to reform himself and express his firm support for the Communist Party and the government.
After the release of the confession, the anger of the masses gradually subsided. However, there are still many people who believe that Jin Rong cannot eat, drink and enjoy himself at home without paying any labor when the whole people are working, so they strongly demand that the government carry out labor reform for Jin Rong.
The government was faced with Jin Rong, who was already in his eighties, and for a moment did not know what to do for him. Finally, after the various leaders consulted, they arranged for Jin Rong to sweep the streets at the entrance of the great world. This can not only calm the people's grievances, but also eliminate the resentment in the hearts of Shanghai citizens, and also allow Jin Jinrong to accept labor reform.
But letting Jin Jinrong sweep the street at the gate of the big world is also a big blow for Jin Jinrong. But for the sake of the commoners' resentment, Jin Jinrong still accepted the matter. Since then, I have been sweeping the streets at the gates of the great world every day.
Jin Jinrong swept the floor at the door of his former industry and soon attracted many reporters. In a short period of time, the news of the golden Rong sweeping street spread all over the world.
At the beginning, Jin Rong still had some resentment in his heart. But later, he was relieved, in his opinion, it was already good to save his life, and the rest didn't matter. Because he changed his attitude well, plus Jin Rong was already old, this transformation did not last long.
In 1953, the Shanghai government decided to strike against the remnants of Jin Rong again, but did not intend to attack Jin Rong himself. When Jin Rong was still very afraid, under the fright, he could not afford to be sick. In the case of a high fever for several consecutive days, Jin Rong passed away.
Looking back at The life of Jin Rong, at that time, it can be said that he was in a high position and had a beautiful scenery. But behind the high positions, there are countless sins piled together. Fortunately, he was able to turn back in time at the end of the day and reform himself. But he also knew that his sins were so great that he would be defeated by his fears in the final moment.