The waves run, the waves, the waves never stop... Night Shanghai, night Shanghai, you are a city that never sleeps... Clouds drift through the light and shadow, through the river of time, an old record sinking into the dust of history, slowly sliding, singing the old memories of the flowing years.
At this time, the moon on both sides of Yechangjing is like water, the green bridge is curved and arched, and the light boat is wooden, outlining the ink of the night. A Jing'an temple is hidden in the white-walled Jiangnan town of Dewa, which is particularly lonely.
The lights of the Shanghai world are on, the lights are projected in the Huangpu River with scales and waves, the crowds begin to surge, red men and green women, dignitaries and nobles have appeared, when a luxurious Austin jeep is parked in front of the door.
Several people in the form of a retinue got out of the car and opened the door for their master, at this time, a man stepped out of the car, he was wearing a satin robe, slightly fat and medium-sized, and his eyes were fierce, who was he? He is the leader of the old Shanghai Beach, the famous Green Gang, and Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin, who is known as one of the "Three Tycoons of Shanghai".
There is always a hint of the interlacing of time, and the coldness in the Jing Nunnery of Yechangjing and the bustling scenery of the old Shang Beach seem to confirm the fate of Jin Rong's life.
Jin Jinrong, born in 1868 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang. At that time, Jin Rong's family was not very wealthy, and his father was just a small catcher in the patrol room.
When he was born, his father asked someone to tell his fortune, and the fortune teller said that he had a round face and was a noble man, and his father also hoped that he would have a thousand gold wealth in the future.
Jin Rong was born with a stubborn nature and did not have any excellent results in his studies. After his father's death, 17-year-old Jin Rong followed his mother to his sister's house and became an apprentice at the Framed Painting Shop of CuiHuaTang in Shanghai City God Temple.
The life in the painting shop is not good, forty copper plates per month, so that he lives a life of food and hunger, and he is not willing to be bland and subservient, so in 1892, his son inherited his father's business, and also patrolled the Housing Law Concession in Shanghai, and did a patrol bag to inquire.
Jin Rong also understood that if he wanted to make a name for himself in this ten mile ocean field of drunken gold fans, he needed to have a spirit of adventure and a very cruel heart
The area around Yan'an East Road in Shanghai is the junction of the French Concession and the British Concession, which belongs to the "Three Disregard Zone", and Jin Rong often mixed with this place, extorting and extorting with the local hooligans, and recruiting disciples to develop their forces, and worshiping under the door of Zhang Jinghu, the leader of the Green Gang at that time. In addition to developing local forces, it is also necessary to make achievements in political achievements.
On March 20, 1913, an assassination case that caused a sensation in the Shanghai Railway Station ---- the murder of Song Jiaoren, a veteran of the Nationalist government. The case was complicated and involved many celebrities and important people, which was very tricky, and Jin Jinrong traced yuan shikai's subordinates through his subordinate Xiao Luoluo and Shunteng to the home of Yin Guihao,---- the inspector general of Jiangsu households, and searched all the documents for the assassination of Song Jiaoren.
Through the accumulation of large cases and small cases, Jin Rong's reputation began to rise, and he was quickly promoted, and finally became the only Chinese inspector general in the Shanghai French Concession Patrol House.
In addition, Jin Jinrong also had close contacts with Jiang, and in 1922, Jiang, who had been plagued by debts, also worshiped under Jin Jinrong's door.
During the counter-revolutionary coup, Jin Rong led his disciples to persecute the members of our Party who were in Shanghai at that time, and later, the National Government appointed Jin Rong as a major general of the Army, Navy and Air Command, so that Jin Rong gained considerable power in the localities, concessions, and political circles, and was becoming a well-known figure in Shanghai Beach.
Lin Guisheng: I laid the foundation for him, but he failed me.
Behind every prominent man is an extraordinary woman. Lin Guisheng is a strange woman born in a chaotic world. She was bold and unshakable by ethics, and at the age of 18, she came from Suzhou to Shanghai to open a high-end brothel, the Fireworks Room, and with her outstanding posture and intelligence, she quickly became popular.
For Lin Guisheng, such a different woman, it is natural to have higher requirements for the future other half, and later she finally waited for the true destiny of her life - Golden Rong. Jin Rong was also attracted to her style, and the two soon married and settled in the sixteen shops.
After marriage, Lin Guisheng in her career for Jin Rong, widely spread contacts and money, opened a casino theater, an important occasion, but also she showed her face to socialize, she became the most capable woman behind Jin Rong. However, the ability of a woman does not change the nature of a man's affair, and the appearance of another woman makes her leave the scene.
Lu Lanchun: Eloping with true love, but also breaking off love.
When Jin Rong met Lu Lanchun, she was 14 years old, he was 45 years old, he fell in love with her at first sight, she called him "Huang Gonggong, he hired a famous teacher for her, poured records, hung up the head card, and even divorced his wife." However, she did not fall in love with him.
After three years of marriage, she fell in love with someone else, Xue Heng, the second son of a wealthy merchant in the paint industry on the beach, and took her money and eloped with true love, making him lose face. I don't know if he regretted it at that time, and divorced his wife?
Li Zhiqing: The fragrant sideburns went with the wind, and finally ended up with no money to send.
Li Zhiqing is a handsome man bought by Lin Guisheng to stay by his side, but because of his beautiful and clever, he is deeply liked by Jin Rong. Lin Guisheng did not have children, so he adopted a son, and this adopted son was also deeply loved by the couple, and when they reached adulthood, they discussed marrying Li Zhiqing to him.
Unfortunately, the adopted son was frail and sick, and died shortly after marriage. Li Zhiqing became a widow at a young age. Jin Rong was very compassionate to this daughter-in-law, very concerned and very trusting, and even handed over everything in the family to her, and the two of them were involved together.
At that time, Lin Guisheng was also aware of their relationship, but she was already discouraged and no longer paid attention to their affairs. After the incident of Lu Lanchun's elopement, Jin Rong, who was full of ashes, turned his attention to Li Zhiqing, hoping that she could accompany her and send her to the end of her life.
The liberation of Shanghai is imminent, and wealthy people have fled to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Li Zhiqing and Jin Jinrong also discussed and sold the property away. But seeing that the overall situation is stable, he did not think anything of himself, and added his age, he wanted to continue to stay in Shanghai.
Li Zhiqing did not think so, she thought that the Green Gang had done so many bad things, sooner or later it would be liquidated, so when Jin Rong went out to see the drama, she was like Lu Lanchun, and swept the family's money away to Hong Kong. One storm and another blow caused the eighty-year-old Jin Rong's health to deteriorate, and he died soon after.
Throughout Jin Rong's life, the scenery has been prominent, but in the end it has ended up with nothing, several people in his life have played an important role, but there is one that has to be mentioned, that is, his personal maid Zhang Guiying, compared to Lin Guisheng's strength, Lu Lanchun and Li Zhiqing's thin affection, Zhang Guiying is loyal to Jin Rong.
In her later years, in order to return Zhang Guiying's loyalty, Jin Jinrong built a Jingxin Nunnery for her in her hometown of Yechangjing, Beiqiao Town, Suzhou.
More than seventy years later, the nunnery is still alive despite several storms, and the old buildings around it have been demolished, but it has survived. Walking into the area around the nunnery, the grass is green, facing the river on both sides, and the natural environment is quiet and beautiful. Although the skin of the wall has been peeled off, the huge golden mountain stones and the paved steps show that the builder was rich in money and the eminence of his identity at that time.
The bungalows in the three bays, the green tiles are tightly linked in rows, the red tile eyebrows protrude out of the eaves, and the iron locks on the gate are rusty. Once used as a school for primary school students to study, the incense burner in front of the room is still dusty, and good men and women often come to burn incense and make wishes. The past is like smoke and water, all of which are scattered with the wind in the laughter and talk of posterity.