The gangsters on the beach in the Republic of China are like the epitome of a group of heroes. This group of people is not benevolent, but it also renders the grotesque and flashy scene of Shanghai Beach.
And when it comes to this group of people, there must be one character, that is, Du Yuesheng.
Du Yuesheng, as the most famous "tycoon" of the Green Gang at that time, could simply walk sideways on the beach. But even if he is arrogant, there is a woman who is very admired and even afraid of three points, her name is Lin Guisheng, a fierce woman with a plain appearance but shrewd ability, low culture but black and white all-you-can-eat.
Du Yuesheng
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="100" > met and returned to Shanghai to participate in the dispute</h1>
Lin Guisheng has always expressed his ambitions. In her early years, Lin Guisheng was still a fireworks woman in Shanghai Nanshi, but she always knew how to judge the situation and get along well with those who were rich and powerful.
Lin Guisheng is well aware of the hardships of a woman in a chaotic world, even if they are people who have no worries about food and clothing, they may not be able to end up with a very bad end one day. In order to be able to find a good family for herself, she took advantage of her youth and some capital early on to marry a catcher in a small county town in Suzhou.
Although the income of this catcher is not very high, this may be the best home she can find for herself.
If Lin Guisheng really had been so peaceful and self-kept to himself all his life, and been a woman who would have been a husband and a godson, I am afraid that the famous "tycoons" Jin Rong and Du Yuesheng on the beach would not have made a fortune so smoothly.
Speaking of the story of Lin Guisheng and the Shanghai Beach gang, we must start from Jin Rong.
Golden Rong
It is said that "the chaotic world is out of the tyrant", although Jin Jinrong, the gangster boss who started up in a small three-year family, is not a generation of tyrants, but it is also true that he has stumbled out of the chaotic world.
In the early years, Jin Rong was just a child in a small household in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and his father was just a catcher. When Jin Rong was six years old, his father decided to take his family to Caohejing in Shanghai to cultivate land, and at this point, Jin Rong came to the bustling and beautiful Shanghai Beach for the first time.
Due to the early death of his father, the burden of the family's life fell on Jin Rong's mother, who lived by washing the clothes of her neighbors. In the eyes of 14-year-old Jin Rong, her mother is like a washing machine without the slightest emotion, rubbing her clothes in her hands, day after day, and even soaking her hands one after another.
However, even if the mother's waist can no longer bend, the money earned will not be able to support the family's four young children. In order to live, the 14-year-old Jin Jinrong had to start exploring this flashy Shanghai alone. It was also in these years that he accumulated countless jianghu know-how and paved the way for his future life.
But just when Jin Jinrong was complacent about the little money he earned, he was infected with the infectious disease that was prevalent in Shanghai at that time. Poor people did not have money to see a doctor, just relying on a few herbs, Jin Rong survived without dying, but a body of hemp skin was born on his face, so he later had the nickname of "Ma Pi Jin Rong".
People who have run through the ghost door have always had their own rules for doing things. By chance, after he became a French Chinese patrol in Shanghai, Jin Rong made a fortune in order to promote his official position, which can be described as doing everything.
Ordinary people follow behind their superiors and sneak around and clap their horses, And Jin Rong doesn't care at all, he wants to do it, he does it big.
With his ability to mix rivers and lakes over the years, Jin Rong shouted at the group of hooligans to eat and drink every three to five minutes. This meal is not eaten in vain, these not only help Jin Rong collect intelligence, but even cooperate with Jin Jin Rong's self-directed and self-acting, export and plan all kinds of fake cases, and finally let Jin Jin Rong circumvent it, not only solving the case, but also helping Jin Rong accumulate popularity.
Under such an operation, Jin Rong became the only Chinese inspector general of the French Patrol House Police Department. Since then, the golden rong that even worries about eating and dressing no longer exists, and some of it is the golden rong of the shanghai beach.
Chinese patrols in the French Concession
However, not everything is smooth sailing. How could Jin Rong, who had won a reputation for himself by virtue of his jianghu tricks, be able to rival the difficulties of those big and important cases? Several times the boss of the big case related to the French patrol house was handed over to Jin Rong, but after exceeding the deadline for solving the case, he still found nothing, and after a long time, the boss also began to doubt how much water was in Jin Rong's stomach.
Once, Director Yang scolded Jin Rong by catching him from the head, and Jin Rong, who was supposed to be behind Director Yang and nodded his head, couldn't help it this time. Perhaps because after all these years of mixing outside, he has some fame and confidence, and he can no longer look at the arrogant faces of these foreign devils. He took off his police uniform, fell to the ground fiercely, and walked out of the police hall without turning his head, and the angry foreigner scolded behind him.
But after he really left, Jin Rong was still a little bitter, and he lost an iron rice bowl in the end. In desperation, he decided to go to Suzhou for a walk. It was also at this time that Lin Guisheng once again hooked up with Jin Jinrong.
In fact, when Lin Guisheng was in Shanghai in his early years, he already knew Jin Jinrong. Seeing each other again now can also be regarded as a resurgence of old feelings. In particular, Lin Guisheng saw that Jin Jinrong was now mixed with some fame, and he was naturally willing to follow him again.
After Lin Guisheng became pregnant with Jin Rong's child, the two naturally returned to Shanghai. It was also from this time that Lin Gui generated the "Lady of the Palace" of Jin Rong.
Lin Guisheng has never been a small woman, even if she is with Jin Rong, she has a plan in her heart. Jin Rong, who does not do inspection, can only be counted as an unruly bastard on the beach at best, how can he support Lin Guisheng's ambitions? So, from the moment she returned to Shanghai, Lin Guisheng was secretly planning her future.
At that time, foreign drugs and opium were pouring into Shanghai in large quantities, and several gangsters in Shanghai were involved in the opium business. Some gangs took advantage of the opportunity to sell opium, and some also opened tobacco shops. Opium was a huge profit, and it wasn't long before these gangsters made a lot of money. Seeing this business, how can Lin Guisheng let it go? Naturally, she also wants to get a piece of it.
This night, Jin Rong came back drunk again. Lin Guisheng was dissatisfied when he smelled this wine, but when he thought about the big plan in his heart, he had to put up with it.
Only to see Lin Guisheng with a sad face serving the drunken Jin Rong, Rao Jin Rong did not want to ask any more questions, and he had to ask Lin Guisheng whether he had been wronged.
Lin Guisheng saw Jin Rong on the road and immediately spoke: "What grievances can I have?" But it was for Fu Bao's body (Fu Bao was the son of the two), he was weak in the womb of the mother, and he had not been able to leave the medicine jar for a few days since he was born. Today, I took him to the doctor again. But where is this disease that can be seen casually? With all the extra money you fished in the patrol room, I am afraid that Fu Bao's illness will be looked down upon! When you said that I would follow you to eat and drink spicy, now only grievances remain! ”
Seeing Lin Guisheng's pair of apricot eyes pear blossoms with rain, sobbing and choking on the only son, Jin Rong's heart also softened, he had been drunk long ago, at this time he was also worried about the wine awake.
Jin Rong only sighed, and before he could open his mouth to speak, he listened to Lin Guisheng continue: "Nowadays, Shanghai is full of opium business. You also have the ability, why can't you get some doorways from this? ”
Hearing this, Jin Rong patted his head on the door, how did he not think of this idea? He can also use the old friendship of the patrol house, and he can also let the gang under his hands secretly insert the opium gang, and he can always make a lot of profits from it.
Sure enough, after Lin Guisheng's suggestion and Jin Rong's layout, it didn't take long for the couple to earn a lot of money. Just when Jin Rongyang was triumphant, Lin Guisheng's second game of chess began.
Smokers in the Opium Museum of the Republic of China
The money earned before was taken by Jin Rong to recruit soldiers, and this group of people was arranged by Jin Rong to export and explain the trafficked tobacco soil according to the intelligence of the puzzle, and then resold. It didn't take long for the money in Jin Rong's hands to grow upside down, and even in the gangsters on the beach, it could be counted.
Lin Guisheng gave Jin Rong ideas several times, all of which made Gold win a lot of profits, naturally, Jin Jin Rong also trusted Lin Guisheng more and more, and even specially recruited a group of people to specifically call Lin Guisheng.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="134" > indispensable disciple</h1>
As the opium business grew larger and larger, The status of Jin Rong in Shanghai Beach became higher and higher. At that time, whether it was a small merchant or a famous rich man in Shanghai Beach, whoever heard the four words "Ma Pi Jinrong" had to give some face. Wherever Lin Guisheng went, he would be honored as "Sister Guisheng".
However, to really make Jin Rong and Lin Guisheng one of the top two big people in Shanghai Beach, we must start from one of Jin Rong's "apprentices".
At that time, there was a big figure in shanghai's business community, named Yu Qiaqing, who was one of the founders of the Shanghai Exchange. Even if The name of Jin Rong has become well-known throughout Shanghai Beach, a figure like Yu Qiaqing, Jin Rong still can't touch it. When Yu Qiaqing sent the news that he wanted to meet with Jin Rong, even Jin Jin Rong was a little surprised.
And Yu Qiaqing's invitation this time, but also from another person.
Yu Qiaqing
In May 1916, Chen Qimei was assassinated in Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek, who had been counting on Chen Qimei to gain a firm foothold, suddenly lost his backing in political circles and became more and more economically difficult.
In order to be able to circle more money, Chiang Kai-shek, together with Zhang Renjie, Dai Jitao, Chen Guofu, and others, jointly founded an exchange and a "Association for the Advancement of The Advancement" in Shanghai, on the one hand, to increase the value of revolutionary funds, and on the other hand, to allow them to reap more benefits.
In the first six months or so, the average annual profit of Chiang Kai-shek and others has reached 48%, adding up to a total of more than half a million, but it is precisely because of such huge gains that disasters have been brought about.
Everyone watched Chiang Kai-shek and others make a lot of money, naturally red-eyed, and it wasn't long before all kinds of exchanges in Shanghai mushroomed in Shanghai's financial market, up to Yu at most. At that time, too many exchanges overwhelmed Shanghai's financial market, and before long, these exchanges collapsed one after another, and even Chiang Kai-shek was not spared, not only the money he had earned before was lost, but even tens of thousands of debts.
After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek, who had just been in the scenery for a short time, was directly reduced to a dog that lost his family, and not only was he often forced to pay debts by creditors, but even some small often went to the door in the name of debt collection. Chiang Kai-shek was harassed by these creditors and had no choice but to go to Yu Qiaqing for help.
Yu Qiaqing can also be regarded as a figure in Shanghai, but he is a businessman in the end, and he still has a lot of debts, where can he take care of Chiang Kai-shek? After thinking about it, Yu Qiaqing decided to take Chiang Kai-shek to seek jin Rong's help.
Various exchanges in Shanghai
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was carrying the reputation of the revolutionary party, and it was not good to directly report his own name, but only brought words to Jin Jinrong, saying that his name was Jiang Zhiqing.
Where has Jin Rong heard such a name, watching his own subordinates inquire about the news back, saying that this Jiang Zhiqing's creditors are not in the minority, and the money owed adds up to zero and zero, and there are tens of thousands of dollars, and this muddy water makes Jin Rong also confused about whether to jump or not.
At the critical moment, Lin Guisheng woke him up: "I said that our Jin Ye was also confused!" ”
Looking at Lin Guisheng who walked in from outside the door with an arrogant face, Jin Jinrong was a little irritable, but it was not impossible to listen to Lin Guisheng's advice when he thought of such a thing, and immediately smiled and let Lin Guisheng sit down.
In the end, carrying the name of the lady of the palace, Lin Guisheng sat down, and the next person next to him hurriedly took tea and poured water. Only to see Lin Guisheng holding a cup of coffee and saying, "Jin Ye has also been confused recently." Although this Jiang Zhiqing has no name, how many of them can really let Yu Qiaqing come forward as a guarantor? ”
Golden Rongxin said, you say I don't know this? But which big man has tens of thousands of dollars of bad debts?
Lin Guisheng knew what Jin Rong had in mind, and smiled lightly before continuing: "I have checked this Jiang Zhiqing, he is a revolutionary party, that is, the Chiang Kai-shek under Chen Qimei's hand." 'Hengtai' is far more than just an exchange, I am afraid that the relationship with the revolutionary party is not shallow, and now it is not easy to end with this pile of creditors. Even if you are not willing to curry favor with Yu Qiaqing today, an old fox, you must think about the strength of the revolutionary party behind Chiang Kai-shek, and you can't live a life with the French! ”
After saying this, Lin Guisheng took a sip of the slowly warm coffee, then put it down and turned away.
Lin Guisheng
At this time, Jin Rong made up his mind to take Jiang Zhiqing as a disciple. At that time, Chen Qimei could also be regarded as a good friend of Jin Jinrong, and after Chen Qimei's death, there was no connection between Jin Jinrong and the revolutionary party. Now that a Jiang Zhiqing is sent, it is natural that he cannot let it go. In this way, Jin Rong immediately sent someone to call Back to Yu Qiaqing to take Jiang Zhiqing, a disciple.
After Jin Jinrong accepted such a protégé as Chiang Kai-shek, he immediately took Lin Guisheng to find a large hotel and invited Chiang Kai-shek's creditors one by one. Who dares not to let Jin Rong take Lin Guisheng to a banquet? Even these creditors, who did not want to provoke the gang's power, had to go to the feast.
Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, Jin Jinrong pointed to Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting next to him, and stood up with a glass of wine in the other hand: "From today onwards, Zhiqing is already my apprentice." He owes you money, and you will have to come to me for it later. I said to do it, he owes you money, I will pay back a lot of money! ”
After saying this, the creditors sat in their positions one by one and cried and mourned: "Who dares to ask you for a debt from Mapi Jinrong?" Look at your golden face, this money can only be gone and never returned! ”
In this way, these creditors, who almost forced Chiang Kai-shek to be cornered, had to give up because of Jin Rong's words. And Chiang Kai-shek also became Jin Rong's protégé, and even Lin Guisheng had to shout a master's wife.
Chiang Kai-shek
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="162" > Du Yuesheng should also be in awe of the three-point woman</h1>
Ma Pi Jinrong's reputation is outside, and why is Chiang Kai-shek the only one who wants to turn to him? Even if you want to shout Lin Guisheng a sentence of "Guisheng sister", I am afraid that I will have to line up a few rows around the Bund. Even Du Yuesheng, who later became famous throughout Shanghai Beach, was one of them.
Speaking of which, Du Yuesheng was plucked out by Jin Rong. It can be said that Du Yuesheng was able to cover the sky with his hands in Shanghai later, and he had a lot of merit in gold glory. But the relationship between these two people is not simple.
Jin Rong watched Du Yuesheng surpass himself step by step, crushing himself, and it was impossible not to be jealous in his heart. The people of the world only want a sharp word, seeing that Du Yuesheng can bring himself the help, Jin Jinrong can only collude with him, and Du Yuesheng's attitude towards Jin Rong has gradually changed from admiration to disdain.
However, Du Yuesheng's admiration for Lin Guisheng has always been the same.
Du Yuesheng also came out at the age of 14 to break into the rivers and lakes, and even when he first met Jin Jinrong, he was not very old. Perhaps out of a little pity for this child, or because Du Yuesheng already had a kind of chaotic spirit, Jin Jinrong left him after seeing Du Yuesheng for the first time in his mansion.
Du Yuesheng was young and had a heavy golden rong instrument, and after Jin Rong left him behind, he always took him with him, asking him to help carry the leather bag and pour tea. Du Yuesheng is smart, and after a long time, he also saw that Lin Guisheng was not a simple woman, so he followed Lin Guisheng from time to time, and called a "Guisheng sister" sweetly.
On the left is Du Yuesheng
At first, the people around Lin Guisheng would also reprimand: "'Sister Guisheng' is also what you can call?" Call Mrs. ! ”
After a long time, Lin Guisheng also saw Du Yuesheng's cleverness, and he did not let the envoy say anything more. What really made Lin Guisheng change was another coincidence.
Once, Lin Guisheng had a serious illness. Although Du Yuesheng is not Lin Guisheng's follower, he is active in scoring before and after busy. It is said that when the woman's heart is fragile, it will become softer, and Lin Guisheng in the disease will see Du Yuesheng so positively, naturally he will look at it differently. It was also after Lin Guisheng's illness recovered that Du Yuesheng's life began to change.
Because of Lin Guisheng's appreciation, Du Yuesheng became her confidant and participated in the main point of the Golden Rong team - to grab opium.
At that time, the battle for opium on the Shanghai Beach was happening every day, and there were eight people in the entire Shanghai Beach who could rank in the opium snatching business, known as the "Big Eight Shares Party". And Du Yuesheng's task was to be assigned by Lin Guisheng to grab business with these people.
These eight people originally looked down on Jin Rong, after all, Jin Rong's power was in the French Concession, and the area of the French Concession was small, and the power was also small. Therefore, one of these eight people, who had hooked up with the British Concession, wanted to use his own power to pull Jin Rong under his command.
Jin Rong was indignant after hearing the rumors, and refused. Unexpectedly, this angered the big people in the British Concession, and with their own power, they cut off a financial road for Jin Rong.
Jin Rong, who had been forced to this point, was indignant, but his power was really inferior to these people, and he couldn't think of any good way for a while. And Lin Guisheng, who had just cultivated his own confidant, had a good idea at this time.
Lin Guisheng called Du Yuesheng to himself and asked in a gentle manner, "Do you want to follow me to ask for a way out?" ”
Du Yuesheng looked at Lin Guisheng's thousand-turned eyes, and naturally promised with his mouth: "As long as I can follow Guisheng's sister, I am willing to do whatever I want!" ”
Lin Guisheng looked at Du Yuesheng's clever look, knew that this was a cultivatable talent, and immediately told him his plan: "Since we can't fight for opium, let's grab it!" Whoever cuts off my way of money, I will call him to lose opium!" ”
Lin Guisheng slowly poured the tea in his hand as he spoke, only to feel the fierceness of her strands, as if it came out of his bones. Jin Rong was jealous of the power of the British Concession, but Lin Guisheng was not afraid, they could occupy it, and they could grab it themselves.
According to Lin Guisheng's orders, Du Yuesheng quickly gathered a group of outlaws, who took the benefits given by Lin Guisheng and robbed opium everywhere. Whether it was the big transport convoy of the "Big Eight-Strand Party" or the small transport convoy of those land snakes, within a few months, they were almost robbed by this group of people.
Jin Rong was originally worried about being jointly hanged by these people, and when he saw that the first ship of smoke and soil he snatched would be sold for hundreds of thousands of oceans, he immediately gave Du Yuesheng and others more help.
It was also from Lin Guisheng's plot that Du Yuesheng saw the poisonousness of this woman. As the business of robbing tobacco soil became more and more stable, Lin Guisheng personally laid down the set and took Du Yuesheng into the casino business to eat dividends.
Because of Lin Guisheng's guidance, it didn't take long for Du Yuesheng to become a pillar of the Huang Mansion. One by one, these runners will look at the eyes, watching Du Yuesheng walking smoothly, naturally there is no lack of flattery, but Du Yuesheng will reply every time: "I am a runner who follows Gui Sheng's sister's ass!" ”
Du Yuesheng's words, although there is an element of complimenting Lin Guisheng, defeating more or less is with a little respect and fear. Even later, when Du Yuesheng gradually became a tycoon of the Qing Gang and began to fight with Jin Rong, Du Yuesheng saw that Lin Guisheng still had to take three steps back, and Bi respectfully shouted "Sister Guisheng".
There are even rumors in the jianghu that Du Yuesheng's jealousy of Lin Guisheng is much deeper than that of Jin Rong. This is also enough to prove how much Lin Guisheng's ability is.
Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin, Jin Rong
However, even such a fierce and fierce strong woman who is infected with both black and white has not escaped the dog blood script of Dou Xiaosan.
Lin Guisheng's ability is greater, for Jin Rong for a long time, it is less fresh, making him more and more obsessed with gentle women. Not long after, Jin Rong accepted lu Zhuchun, a famous Peking opera singer of the year, as a concubine.
Gui Shengjie, who was accustomed to seeing the deception of Shanghai Beach, lost her measure in these love struggles, and even lost the patron of Jin Rong step by step, and finally ended up being driven out of the Yellow Mansion and rented a house to live in
It is said that good and evil will eventually be rewarded, Lin Guisheng is a woman with a cruel heart, after she fell into this step of the field, many people who had been harmed by her came to harass her. Rao is Lin Guisheng's ability to reach the heavens, but without the help of Golden Rong, he can't make it out at all.
A year later, Lin Guisheng died because of the accumulation of grievances and no cure. The story that belongs to her has gradually disappeared into the long river of history.