In Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, dragons and snakes were mixed, but when it comes to the name Du Yuesheng, almost no one in Shanghai Beach will know that the story of this famous gangster leader is still talked about today.
He has been described in many literary and film works.
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There are many legends about Du Yuesheng, and he is also a more complicated person, so that people cannot evaluate him with common sense. He wandered between black and white, and had friends with all walks of life, whether it was the old and young widows of the former Qing Dynasty, warlords, the top brass of the Kuomintang, or business celebrities.
He was generous and generous, and would give financial support as long as he was asked. He came from humble origins, eventually becoming a tycoon from a small vendor selling fruit.
His love life is also very rich, especially a relationship with Meng Xiaodong, which makes people sigh. When he was seriously ill, he married Meng Xiaodong,
It didn't take long for him to die, so how did his children live after his death?
Du Yuesheng's original name was Du Yuesheng, his name was changed to him by the master Zhang Taiyan, it is said that Du Yuesheng, a gangster tycoon, how can he intersect with a big Confucian like Zhang Taiyan, and the literati who have always been clean and high should also disdain to make friends with gang members.
This is the difference between Du Yuesheng and ordinary underworld people.
He came from a humble background, and he had no culture, so naturally he was very vulgar, but after his departure, he not only changed to wearing the long shirts that literati used to wear, but also paid great attention to his words and deeds, and must be elegant and decent.
He attached great importance to making friends with literati and scholars, and he respected and admired them very much, and often used clever and roundabout ways to give favors, taking full account of the feelings of the other party.
Therefore, even Zhang Taiyan, who is known as a "madman", will be willing to become his guest.
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He not only demanded this of himself, but also set strict demands on his subordinates and children. Especially in the education of his children, he is not willing to let the next generation follow his own old path, when he entered the gang in order to eat a mixed meal, but every parent hopes that his children can have a good future, and Du Yuesheng is the same.
In terms of the education of his children, Du Yuesheng did not spare no effort, he had a total of eight sons and three daughters, both men and women, sent them to the best schools to receive the best education.
He pays great attention to the children's grades, and it is said that if he does not study well, or if he does not do well in the exams, he will even beat people himself, and under his education, the children are working hard in their respective fields.
However, whether it is in business or politics, it does not matter whether it can achieve success, but the Du family has a rule that cannot be moved, that is, the children of the Du family are not allowed to mix with the underworld.
This is also the family rules that Du Yuesheng repeatedly told the children to abide by before his death.
The reason why Du Yuesheng asked the children like this was also to run around the beach for all these years, seeing too many ups and downs, how many giants after the death of the leader, the great family property was defeated in the hands of the stupid children,
He did not want his children to end up in the same fate in the future.
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The children of the Du family did not disappoint him either. Of his eight sons, the eldest and second studied the economic field, and later settled in Taiwan, and the second also served at the United Nations.
The third went to the United States to do business after moving to Brazil after the death of his father, the fourth went to the United States to study, and later married an American girl as his wife, and after the death of his father, the family moved to the United States to engage in business.
The fifth and sixth elders stayed in Shanghai to develop. Lao Qi, who went to Live with his mother in Taiwan after the death of his father, zeng
After studying in Australia, he later moved to Canada. The youngest son died in Taiwan at the age of 29.
Among Du Yuesheng's three daughters, when the eldest daughter Du Meiru was born, Du Yuesheng was very happy, because this was the first daughter of the Du family. Du Meiru later married a pilot in Taiwan, and her husband was appointed a diplomat in Jordan, and she lived with her husband in Jordan.
The husband of the second daughter, Du Meixia, was the grandson of Kim Ting-sun and later moved to Taiwan. It is worth mentioning that although Du Meixia was born to the fourth lady, she was raised by the fifth lady Meng Xiaodong since childhood, so Meng Xiaodong's later life was also taken care of by her. Because the third daughter was an adopted daughter, she did not have contact with the Du family after that, and no one knew about her story.
Perhaps the eleven children of the Du family did not call the wind and rain like their fathers, but most of them lived a stable life, especially their daughters, who were married very well, and I believe that If Du Yuesheng saw all this, he would also feel at ease.