<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="81" >01 - The origin of the rogue tycoon</h1>
Huang Bingquan, Huang Rong's father, was a catcher in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty. He went to Suzhou to handle the case, and for some reason he stayed there and did not leave, and soon married the daughter of a family surnamed Zou and took root in the local area.
In 1868, zou gave birth to a son, Huang Bingquan said: "The family has a thousand gold is rich, Rongzong Yaozu is expensive, this child is called Jin Rong." "When he was 5 years old, Jin Rong had smallpox, and although he saved his life, he left a face of hemp, so he later had a nickname called "Ma Pi Jin Rong".
When Jin Jinrong was 6 years old, Huang Bingquan led his wife and children to move to Shanghai. At the age of 14, Huang Bingquan died of illness, leaving behind his wife Zou and 4 children. Zou sent Jin Rong to a framed painting shop in the City God Temple as an apprentice, hoping that he would learn a craft and support himself in the future.
Jin Rong was an apprentice for 3 years and could only get 40 copper plates per month. After leaving school, he worked as a counter for two more years, and still did not make any money. I really can't eat the pain of standing at the counter, and Jin Rong simply doesn't dry it. Quit his job and did nothing, ran to the French Concession and mingled with a bunch of hooligans.
At the age of 22, the French Concession Patrol House released the news that it would recruit 120 Chinese detectives. Jin Rong seized this opportunity, and because of his strong appearance, he was hired. After entering the patrol room, Jin Jinrong followed the butt of the French patrol and "scraped the ground" from house to house.
Because of his hard work, he was quickly favored by the police inspector general, and was promoted from patrol to plainclothes, that is, "bag inquiry". Every day, Jin Rong went to the area of Sixteen Mile Shop to drink tea, brag, gather intelligence, and contact eyeliner. He enlisted a group of hooligans to provide intelligence and cracked some cases.
One day, a golden signboard of a salty goods store in the French Concession disappeared, and the boss was anxious to have no owner. Someone gives advice to the boss, as long as he finds Jin Rong to solve the case, it must be good. The boss entered the patrol room to report the case, and named Jin Rong to solve the case.
Without waiting for Jin Rong to run out of the patrol room, a group of small people knocked on the gong and drum to send the sign back. It turned out that this was an ugly drama directed by Jin Rong and self-acting and self-inflated. After this incident, Jin Rong became famous in Shanghai Beach and was soon promoted to foreman.
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Later, Jin Rong cracked several major cases, especially the case of the kidnapping of the French consul general clerk Verti and his wife, and the case of the kidnapping of the French Catholic priest, which allowed him to gain the trust of the French.
Because of his continuous meritorious service, he also received a first-class gold treasure star, and was soon promoted by the French Patrol House to the only Chinese detective inspector general. Since then, Golden Rong has soared, and his reputation and value have also risen, and he has gradually become a smeller of Shanghai Beach.
After The golden rong developed and grew, some hooligans came to offer their hospitality. In order to better develop his power, Jin Rong worshiped under Zhang Renkui, the "big" character of the Qing Gang, and ranked among the "Tong" characters.
The development of Jin Rong is inseparable from the advice of a woman Lin Guisheng. When Jin Jinrong was still "inquiring about the package", the two became acquainted. Lin Guisheng, who is in his twenties, is the boss lady of the fireworks room, and Jin Rongcheng walks the streets and alleys all day long, and the two of them are acquainted with each other.
Jin Rong fell in love with Lin Guisheng at first sight, and when the love was strong, the two decided to get married. Lin Guisheng sold the fireworks room and married Jin Rong, who is in his 30s. Golden Rong is mixed with the rivers and lakes, lin Guisheng is also, husband and wife two a total, for the golden Rong paved the blueprint.
Under Lin Guisheng's plot, Jin Rong collected disciples in Shanghai Beach, and the three religions and nine streams soon gathered under his door. The business of black and white, three hundred and sixty lines, did not dare to do anything he did not dare to do. In a few years, Jin Rong became the largest gang force in Shanghai Beach.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="105" >02- A feud with Chiang Kai-shek</h1>
When Chiang Kai-shek became acquainted with Jin Rong, he was in a time of poverty and desperation. Chiang Kai-shek's real name was Chiang Chi-qing, and at that time, he and Dai Jitao and others were engaged in investment on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the name of "raising funds for the revolution" and engaged in speculative business.
In 1921, a small-scale financial crisis broke out in Shanghai, and Chiang Kai-shek's "Hengtai" was affected and soon closed down. Creditors took shares to demand cash, and even hired thugs to threaten Chiang Kai-shek and others to repay the money. Cornered, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to leave Shanghai for Guangzhou.
Because of the high debts, Chiang Kai-shek did not even have travel expenses. When he collapsed, he had to consult with Yu Qiaqing, hoping to get his help. However, Yu Qiaqing was unwilling to make a loss-making deal, and gave Chiang Kai-shek an idea to go to the French Concession to seek the protection of Jin Rong.
Jin Rong was mixed up in the shanghai beach, and there was no black and white that did not give him face. As long as you post to worship Jin Rong as an "old man", no one dares to find trouble.
According to the prior consultation with Yu Qiaqing, Chiang Kai-shek chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, accompanied by Yu Qiaqing, went to the Huang Mansion and delivered a big red post that read, "In front of The old master Huang's desk, Jiang Zhiqing, a protégé of the industry." Jin Rong already knew about Chiang Kai-shek's plight in advance and his purpose of visiting his teacher, so he immediately accepted the red sticker and gave Chiang Kai-shek 200 yuan in travel expenses to support him to go to Guangzhou.
Chiang Kai-shek bowed to Jin Rong's door, and his affairs were naturally resolved by Jin Rong. Jin Rong set up a banquet to entertain the creditors who were chasing Chiang Kai-shek for money. During the banquet, Jin Jinrong pointed at Chiang Kai-shek and said, "Now that Zhiqing is my apprentice, everyone can come to me for the debts he owes." ”
Only then did the crowd understand that what Jin Rong had placed was the "Hongmen Feast". Everyone sees that the money is no longer coming back, it is better to push the boat along the water and give Jin Rong a face. Therefore, the things that made Chiang Kai-shek anxious were solved by Jin Jinrong in one sentence.
Jin Rong saved Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek was naturally grateful. In order to express his gratitude, Chiang Kai-shek later inscribed a painting of "Wenxing Faithful" and sent it to him.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek, who was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, returned to Shanghai and sent his subordinate Wang Bailing to visit Jin Jinrong. When Chiang Kai-shek was mentioned in his speech, Jin Rong realized that the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army was Jiang Zhiqing at that time and was his own disciple.
With Chiang Kai-shek, who has great power in his hands, as a patron, the golden glory cannot help but flutter. Wang Bailing advised her that now Chiang Kai-shek is no longer the same as before, and if people know that he once worshiped under the Qing Gang, he would lose face. Instead of angering Jiang, it is better to push the boat along the water and clarify that he is not a protégé of the Qing gang.
Chiang Kai-shek did not hold a ceremony when he entered the Golden Rong Gate, nor did he "pull the scene" to set up a banquet for guests, and outsiders could not know. If you conceal this past of worshiping the master and send the protégé post back, Chiang Kai-shek and Jin Jinrong will still be friends in the future. To put it bluntly, it is to "wash the ground" of Chiang Kai-shek and erase his black history.
Jin Rong is a man of understanding, not to mention that Wang Bailing's coming this time was naturally at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek. After Wang Bailing left, Jin Jinrong asked the housekeeper to pick up Chiang Kai-shek's prayers and personally send them to Chiang Kai-shek's mansion to return them, and also said some words about Haihan.
Jin Rong's sincerity made Jiang very grateful, and Jiang also called him Mr. Huang Lao, and left him to eat together. After bai ti returned, Jin Jinrong was silent about this past, but his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek became closer. Soon, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, and Jin Rong became a rogue thug under his hands.
Jin Jinrong led the armed hooligans of the "Chinese Communist Progressive Association" to attack the Shanghai Zhabei Federation of Trade Unions and the workers' pickets. In Chiang Kai-shek's counter-revolutionary coup, Jin Rong made "outstanding military achievements" and his hands were stained with the blood of revolutionary volunteers and innocent people.
With chiang kai-shek's support, Jin Jinrong was even appointed as a senior senator of the Nationalist government. With an official position, Jin Rong was even more insatiable, and while he opened a casino in the open to frantically accumulate wealth, he secretly engaged in murderous and unseemly activities.
During this period, his disciples and grandchildren spread all over the world in Shanghai, and warlords and politicians, patrol coachmen, drama dancers, and hooligans became his subordinates. Jin Rong's power affected every dark corner of Shanghai, and he reached the peak of his life.
From a 22-year-old street gangster to a rogue tycoon on the beach step by step, the first half of Jin Rong's life was smooth. But things must be reversed, and soon he will go downhill.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="130" >03-The collapse and fall of Jin Rong</h1>
Lu Xiaojia, the son of Zhejiang overseer Lu Yongxiang, made Jin Jinrong suffer the first embarrassment in his life.
This matter should also start with a woman named Lu Lanchun. Lu Lanchun is the adopted daughter of Zhang Shi, a protégé of Jin Rong, who was born smart and clever, and often visits the Huang Mansion. Usually like to listen to the drama, grew up to twelve or thirteen years old, learned a few old dramas and green clothes.
Jin Rong, who is already in his 50s, sees the youthful and beautiful Lu Lanchun and salivates. The so-called near the water tower platform first got the moon, and Zhang Shi gave his adopted daughter to Jin Rong as a small.
Lu Lanchun was 14 years old, and Jin Jinrong asked her to perform on stage and praise her debut. It just so happened that Lu Xiaojia, a well-known prodigal prince on the beach, also loved to listen to dramas, and when he came to the theater to see Lu Lanchun's performance, he couldn't help but be moved by Chun's heart.
Lu Xiaojia wants to pursue Lu Lanchun, and he sends flowers and diamond rings, but Lu Lanchun is already a famous flower and a master, who dares to betray Jin Rong? So he rejected Lu Xiaojia.
The unpopular Lu Xiaojia did not fight, just as Lu Lanchun did not pay attention to singing the drama text away from the board, Lu Xiaojia cheered in the yin and yang strange atmosphere under the stage. Jin Rong, who was sitting in the box, heard someone cheering and was furious.
Who ate the bear's heart leopard bile and deliberately looked for stubble? As soon as the angry jin Rong waved, a group of thugs rushed up and surrounded Lu Xiaojia and beat him. Lu Xiaojia saw that they were many and powerful, and he only brought two bodyguards with him, and swallowed his anger and left.
Jin Rong hit people, and he didn't pay much attention to it. After all the whole on the beach, who did not know his reputation. But this time, he deserved to be very unlucky.
A few days later, Jin Rong was listening to the play in the box, and Lu Xiaojia sneaked in quietly with dozens of plainclothes, and a gun was placed on Jin Rong's head. Before he could react to what was going on, he was pumped into several large mouths and pressed to the ground and tied up.
Jin Rong was put on a car and taken to the Longhua He Mansion south of the concession. Seeing Lu Xiaojia wrapped in bandages, he understood that this time it was a capsizing boat in the gutter and completely planted. Lu Xiaojia let out the wind and put the golden rong into a sack and sink into the Huangpu River.
At the critical moment, Du Yuesheng, who had been promoted by Jin Rong, helped him and went alone to find Lu Yongxiang's aide-de-camp He Fenglin and ask him to intercede from it to let Lu Xiaojia release Jin Rong. Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin came forward together to open up the Lu Mansion, and spent 3 million yuan to finally fish out the gold Rong.
Jin Rong escaped with his life, but his reputation at Shanghai Beach plummeted. The people who mixed the rivers and lakes were the most face-saving, and the rogue tycoon Jin Rong was actually beaten by someone fat and almost died, and this matter quickly spread all over the beach. In the future, where will he still have the face to command and call on his subordinates? Murder is no more than that!
The position of the first tycoon of Shanghai Beach was replaced by Du Yuesheng, who came later.
Soon, Jin Rong divorced Lin Guisheng and married Lu Lanchun as he wished. However, the good times did not last long, and in less than three years, Lu Lanchun filed for divorce and followed a foreign comprador named Xue Heng.
In the days that followed, Jin Jinrong, relying on his friendship with Chiang Kai-shek, barely maintained the card face of one of the "three tycoons". During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Jin Rong did nothing in Shanghai, did not openly surrender to the enemy as a traitor like Zhang Xiaolin, nor did he donate money and materials to actively resist Japan like Du Yuesheng.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >04-Why not leave Shanghai? </h1>
In April 1949, on the eve of the liberation of Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek todu Yuesheng brought a letter to Jin Jinrong, advising him to seize the opportunity to leave Shanghai for Hong Kong or Taiwan, so as not to encounter accidents. However, Jin Rong actually refused Chiang Kai-shek's admonition and did not go anywhere, but chose to stay in Shanghai.
As the leader of the famous Green Gang in old Shanghai, Jin Jinrong once served as the first Chinese chief inspector of the French Concession Patrol House, ranked first among the three rogue tycoons in Shanghai, and did a lot of bad things as Chiang Kai-shek's thugs and minions.
The reason why Jin Jinrong stayed in Shanghai was because of his own plans. At that time, Jin Rong was already 82 years old, frail and sickly, and a wasted person. He said to people: "I am already a fast-forward coffin person, I have been in Shanghai all my life, and I don't want to leave my bones in a foreign country and die in a foreign country." ”
He knew he was running out of time, so he made up his mind to stay in Shanghai. If you really go to Hong Kong, it is nothing to die in Hong Kong, in case you die of an acute illness in your life, it will be bad. Therefore, he wrote back to Du Yuesheng, saying that "instead of dying at sea, it is better to die in Shanghai."
There is another important reason why Jin Rong does not go, he is reluctant to his own industry "big world". Big World is the most famous and largest playground in old Shanghai, receiving more than 20,000 tourists every day, and is the most important economic source of Golden Rong.
In the summer of 1948, Jin Rong spent a huge amount of money to sign a 10-year lease contract with Sassoon Foreign Firm for the Great World Amusement Park. It stipulates that property rights shall not be transferred, and the ownership of property rights shall be discussed separately in case of emergency. Jin Rong thought that if he left Shanghai, the big world that he had painstakingly managed for half his life would become an unowned property and confiscated.
As long as he stays in Shanghai, the big world is his industry.
Jin Rong believes that he has experienced countless storms in his life, all of which are constant in response to changes. When the Japanese came in, Du Yuesheng ran away, Zhang Xiaolin became a traitor, and he stayed in Shanghai around Fengyuan, and nothing happened. After Japan's surrender, the Kuomintang made a comeback, and although he did not have a moment of glory in the rear of the War of Resistance like Du Yuesheng, the Kuomintang had to give him a little face.
In 1947, When Jin Rong celebrated his eightieth birthday, Chiang Kai-shek respectfully sent a prayer post in the midst of his busy schedule and personally wished him a happy birthday. Under Chiang Kai-shek's protection, he could have lived his old age in peace; but Jin Rong did not expect that the Kuomintang would lose so quickly.
In April 1949, a million men of the Chinese People's Liberation Army crossed the River and occupied Nanjing, and the Chiang dynasty completely collapsed. Chen Yi led the Third Field Army garrison in Danyang and prepared to liberate Shanghai. Almost everyone in Shanghai's leading figures in the political and business circles is in danger of themselves, and they cannot live in fear for a long time.
Du Yuesheng, Wang Xiaolai, Jin Tingsun and others in the past had fled, and Jin Rong was also very hesitant. At this time, Yang Hu, who had served as the commander of the Songhu garrison, found him and advised: "Don't be afraid, as long as you go with the Communist Party in the future, you can not blame the past, and you are not afraid of anything?" ”
Yang Hu was a fellow of Jin Rong, who was then a member of the Supervision Committee of the Nationalist Government and had a conflict with Chiang Kai-shek. On the eve of liberation, he refused to go to Taiwan, and the uprising surrendered to the Chinese underground party.
According to the instructions of the underground party, Yang Hu was ordered to stabilize the leader of the Shanghai gang and actively do the work of Jin Rong, so as to win him to stay in Shanghai and atone for his sins. This had a great effect on stabilizing the social order in Shanghai in the early period of liberation and in deterring the remnants of the gang.
Jin Rong has been on the beach for decades, and there are countless people in the political and business circles, although Yang Hu's words have made him eat a reassuring pill, but after all, it is only verbal talk, and there is no letter.
Just when he was worried, Madame Zhang Shizhao brought a message from the Communist Party:
"As long as we support the Communist Party and no longer make enemies of the people, we will certainly be able to act in accordance with the previous policy of not blaming each other, and we hope that Jin Rong will stay in Shanghai, and we will not listen to rumors and make rash moves."
Madame Zhang Shizhao's words strengthened Jin Jinrong's confidence in staying in Shanghai.
On May 27, 1949, Shanghai was liberated. Jin Rong is 82 years old, the wind candle is dead, and he can no longer turn over any storms. In the early days of liberation, Jin Rong lived at home and lived a comfortable life.
In 1951, the suppression of the counter-revolutionary movement began, and Jin Rong's life became sad. Many citizens spontaneously came to the door of the Yellow House and demanded that the violence be eliminated and that Jin Rong be severely punished.
The Shanghai government summoned Jin Jinrong and explained to him that the previous policy of not blaming the blame would not change, but hoped that he would write a "letter of repentance" and publish it in the public, confess to the people, and honestly confess his guilt, so as to seek the understanding of the people.
On May 20, "Confessions of Golden Glory" was published in the press. Jin Rong said that he was "willing to confess his repentance to the people, wash away the stains in his personal history, become a man again, atone for his sins, and ask the government and the people to forgive."
Shanghai's once first tycoon repented publicly, which was a sensation.
In the atmosphere of "labor glory", people proposed that Golden Glory could not just eat and not do things, so Golden Glory was sent to do some labor within his ability, such as sweeping the street. What is even more ironic is that the place where The Golden Rong sweeps the street is the door to the "big world" where he used to make money and treasures. Although Jin Rong was extremely dissatisfied, the world had changed, and he had no choice.
In October 1953, Jin Rong fell ill in fear. On the occasion of his death, he called his adopted son Huang Yuantao to his home, passed on his will orally, and finally sighed: "All my life, the wind has swept away the leaves, and only this big world is left." However, after the breath is lost, the big world can no longer belong to me. ”
A few days later, the "rogue tycoon" who had once been prominent in Shanghai Beach, spanning black and white, cried out for his life at the age of 86. Compared with Zhang Xiaolin being shot and killed after he became a traitor, Du Yuesheng fled to Hong Kong and died in a foreign country, Jin Jinrong can also be regarded as the end of his life, and Ye Luo returned to his roots.
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