In that turbulent era, the three leaders of the Qinggang gang with the strongest strength and influence on Shanghai Beach were Jin Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng. The situation is turbulent, the Green Gang's power in Shanghai is no one can resist, and these three gang leaders have recruited disciples to become the hegemons of one side.
Among these three overlords, Jin Rong was the oldest, the highest in the Green Gang, and even could afford Du Yuesheng to call him a "benefactor". Jin Jinrong once laughed at Du Yuesheng and said that his three major hobbies in life were smoking opium, rubbing mahjong, and soaking in the bathhouse. Unexpectedly, when he was eighty-three years old, this green gang tycoon was reduced to sweeping the streets to accept organizational criticism. What kind of ups and downs jin rong has experienced in life, let us get closer to his life and understand the causes.
No one can ascend to the heavens in one step, even between the gangs and factions. Jin Rong did not like to do learning since he was a child, and he was always in the streets, and he was an authentic "hooligan". Unlike other small, Jin Rong's special meeting to judge the situation, he was not willing to rely on the sky to eat the sky every day, and by chance, he entered the French Concession patrol house as an errand boy.
Don't look at the beginning it was just a small patrol bag detective, Jin JinRong did that called a look. He uses his usual intersection with street thugs to find out a lot of news, and he will also let these people help him perform in front of his boss, staging one crime-solving performance after another. The police inspector general admired Jin Rong very much and promoted him all the way, and finally Jin Jin Rong became the only Chinese detective inspector general, and his superiors also sent him eight patrols as bodyguards.
Since then, The golden glory has met the source of black and white, and in the eyes of his superiors, he has done no evil in front of the people. Jin Rong had never joined a gang, relying only on the power in his hands to become bigger and bigger. The Green Gang is divided into "big", "tong", "enlightened" and "learned" according to their generations, but Jin Jinrong calls himself the "heavenly" character generation, which means that he still has to suppress the "big" character generation.
Some people also disagree with Jin Rong's arrogant behavior, but they also have to admit that Jin Rong's exquisite social skills. Jin Rong flourished in the Qing gang, because he also had power in the concession patrol house, so it was very convenient to do underground trading.
Whether it's contacting the opium trade, opening an underground casino, or even setting up a dog farm in Shanghai... Only the unthinkable, without the golden Rong can not do. Within a few years, Jin Rong had gone from being a "hooligan" to a big man with a head and a face on the beach. Under his leadership, the Green Gang has also grown bigger and bigger, and its power has become more and more unstoppable.
In 1949, the voice of the liberation of Shanghai became louder and louder, and Du Yuesheng felt the change in the situation and decided to move to Hong Kong to avoid the limelight. Du Yuesheng came to Jin Rong's mansion and wanted to persuade him to leave Shanghai with him, but Jin Jin Rong decided to stay in Shanghai after several considerations.
He even joked with Du Yuesheng, "I can't do without three things in my life: smoking big cigarettes, rubbing mahjong, soaking in the bathhouse, smoking opium in Hong Kong to be caught, rubbing mahjong without anyone, not even a large bathhouse." "There is more than one person who persuaded Jin Rong to go to Hong Kong, in fact, it is not difficult for us to understand Jin Rong's refusal to go to Hong Kong.
At this time, he was already in his eighties, and he had lived in Shanghai for most of his life, and he really did not want to live the days of fleeing from east to west. What's more, Jin Rong's health is not good, what if he falls ill on the way to Hong Kong, it is better to stay in Shanghai safely and steadily.
Jin Jinrong did not stay in Shanghai to wait for the fall, and a Shanghai tycoon like him was also very useful to the people's government. The establishment of a new government requires a stable social order, and the power of Jin Rong is conducive to consolidating the power of the people. The two sides agreed that as long as Jin Jinrong cooperated with the work, the organization would adopt a policy of "no hunting and no killing", which was one of the reasons why Jin Jinrong chose to stay in Shanghai.
After the liberation of Shanghai, the government made lenient treatment of Jin Rong according to the previous agreement, and did not confiscate the property under the name of Jin Rong, and the Great World, the Golden Theater, and the RongJin Grand Theater still belonged to the territory of Jin Rong. The power in Jin Rong's hands ensured his stable life, and he also changed his previous flamboyant nature and lived a leisurely life in his yellow mansion.
Everyone thought that Jin Rong had left Shanghai, but they did not expect that he was smoking a big cigarette, playing mahjong, and soaking in the bathhouse at his home. It is said that the paper package can not hold the fire, and the news of Jin Jinrong staying in Shanghai is still circulating in the streets. Jin Rong had done a lot of things to harm the people before, so after this news was known to everyone, many people collectively expressed their indignation to their superiors and made a posture of "not killing Jin Rong is difficult to end the hatred in his heart".
The organization could not be indifferent to the voice of the people, and it had an appointment with Jin Rong first, and the two parties weighed and decided to choose a two-pronged solution. What the people need is that Golden Rong is organized to be dealt with, and what Golden Rong needs is to save his own life.
Therefore, in the end, Pan Hannian, vice mayor of Shanghai, came to Jin Jinrong's mansion to announce the handling plan: he hoped that Jin Jinrong would obey the organizational arrangements and issue a letter of repentance to the people to express his remorse, thus eliminating the bad influence caused by Jin Jinrong as a gang tycoon.
On May 20, 1951, people saw the "Confession of Golden Rong" in the "News Newspaper". I thought that a sincere confession could be exchanged for the stability of my later years, but after the newspaper was published, more people responded to the demand for the execution of Jin Rong.
The government once again sent people to the Golden Rong Mansion to say that they hoped that Golden Rong could do some practical things in front of the people to transform themselves. So Jin Rong staggered to the door of his Great World Theater, holding a broom symbolic labor reform.
The reporter took a picture of him sweeping the street, and for a time the photo spread all over the country, and people's hearts were painful, but Jin Rong suffered an unprecedented blow. He understood that his good days had come to an end, that his time had passed, and that there was no chance of turning over.
In 1953, Shanghai issued an order to clean up the evil forces, and Jin Rong was depressed after receiving the news, he knew that no one would be able to save him this time, and soon Jin Rong fell ill in his hospital bed at the age of eighty-six.
After Jin Rong's death, Gu Zhuxuan bought a coffin for Jin Rong, which allowed Jin Rong to be buried smoothly. Nowadays, the cemetery of Jin Rong is extremely shabby, and no one can imagine that the gang tycoon who has pursued opium, mahjong, and bathhouse all his life has cleaned the streets at the age of eighty-three, and the once dashing and cheerful Jin Rong has only left a worn-out crown tomb. We do not evaluate whether Jin Rong's life is right or wrong, only that life is impermanent, and each has its own ups and downs.
Text/Nangong Qin