Huang anecdote.

Lu Lanchun was originally the adopted daughter of disciple Huang. She often goes to Huang Mansion and likes to go to the theatre on weekdays. She was born smart and soon learned a few old-fashioned plays and Tsing Yi. Huang, who was in his fifties at that time, fell in love with Lu Lanchun at first sight and decided to let Lu Lan Chun, who was only 14 years old, perform and make her debut. Huang spared no effort in this regard. For two months in a row, she personally went down to the theater to pay tribute to her, and threw a big pile of silver ocean, asking newspapers not to spend money to hold Lu Lanchun. He also personally arranged for her to play the leading role and recorded it. For a time, all the newspapers in Shanghai published beautiful photos of Lu Lanchun. Her fame surpassed that of Shanghai actresses Xiaojinling and Ju-hua Fen.

Lu, the eldest son of Zhejiang warlord and one of the four famous families in Shanghai, likes watching Peking Opera best. When he saw a big introduction to Lu Lanchun in the newspaper, he stepped onto the Rongji stage without pomp. Before the play began, Lu asked his entourage to send a diamond ring to Lu Lanchun and agreed to spend the night together after the play, but Lu Lanchun said that he had an appointment and refused.

It happened that on this day, Lu Lanchun accidentally sang a drama that was off the board. Lu was in a bad mood under the stage, so he was booed. Huang Zheng was sitting in the stalls watching a play when a boo came. He flew into a rage and immediately sent someone to give Lu two big mouths. When Lu saw that the thugs were outnumbered, he only had two bodyguards and left bitterly.

A few days later, after dinner, Huang proudly stepped into the box with four bodyguards. At this time, he led a dozen plainclothes to sneak into the main hall box, held his yellow bald head with a pistol, and then took him away.

Later, Du He came forward to get through the internal relations and spent 3 million yuan to redeem Huang.

After Huang won the title of "Green Orchid Spring", he wanted to keep it for himself. But he knew that his wife, Lin Guisheng, would not agree easily, because she had made great contributions to her success. He knew that he trusted Du very much, so he asked him to lobby. Unexpectedly, Lin Guisheng answered simply that unless she went out by herself, she could marry Lu Lanchun. What Du and others didn't expect was that Huang really filed for divorce. After giving a large sum of living expenses as compensation, he forced her to move out of Huang Mansion. Lu Lanchun justifiably became Mrs. Huang. After Huang Ba was driven out of the house, Du was very dissatisfied with Huang and his experience. However, Huang's wedding didn't last long. In less than three years, Lu Lanchun resolutely proposed to divorce Huang. It is said that she had an affair with Xue Heng, the comprador of Telford Foreign Firm. Subsequently, the two agreed to divorce at the French lawyer Wei. In 26 years, for Huang's 70th birthday, Chiang Kai-shek personally came to Huangjia Garden to celebrate his birthday. Chiang Kai-shek once learned from Huang. At that time, funds were often insufficient. In order to make money, some of them opened the stock exchange "Hengtai" in Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek was also one of the participants.

At first, the business of the exchange was ok. Unexpectedly, 192 1 year, a "letter exchange storm" broke out in Shanghai, similar to today's small-scale financial crisis. Once, exchanges closed down one after another, and the stock value was like waste paper. Barely supported to 1922, "Hengtai" completely closed down, and many shareholders demanded to cash out with shares. Zhou Zeng, the director of the exchange, was forced to jump into Huangpu River twice to commit suicide. The creditors even hired some thugs to threaten Chiang Kai-shek and others to pay back the money. Desperate, Chiang Kai-shek came to the famous Huangfa Concession to seek "protection" after having a high position in the business world.

On the second floor of Huang's mansion, Chiang Kai-shek presented Huang, who was sitting in a plush chair, with a red Apprentice Post, which read: "Huang's Student Life". Educated youth was a common name used by Chiang Kai-shek at that time. Then kowtow and salute.

Afterwards, I hosted the creditor Huang in the hotel. During the dinner, Huang pointed to Chiang Kai-shek and said, Educated youth is my apprentice. You can come to me for the debt of educated youth. Creditor Huang realized this and put down the hongmen banquet. Everyone is watching the money come back, so it is better to take it out and give Huang a face. In this way, Chiang Kai-shek was cornered and solved in one sentence.

In order to express his gratitude, Chiang Kai-shek wrote a letter of loyalty to him 1930 and put it in front of the fourth lecture hall in Guilin Park, Shanghai. Details are often highlighted at key points in history. To study these details, we have a ready-made tycoon specimen, which is Huang, one of the "Big Three" in Shanghai.

1949, the voice of the People's Liberation Army liberating Shanghai is getting closer and closer to Shanghai. Du went to Hong Kong, and many people advised Huang to settle in Hong Kong. Huang thought that he was over 80 years old, but he was afraid that people would not come to Hong Kong, but he fell ill on the way and decided not to go to Hong Kong.

But at this time, people living in Huang are very unhappy. He has dealt with the producers of * * * and the Kuomintang and worked for both sides. He is most guilty and most worried about the blood debt owed by "April 12" to * * * filmmakers and Shanghai workers. Although some progressives advised him at this time, he would never fight him as long as he was no longer an enemy of the people and did not do evil. This somewhat decided that he finally made up his mind to stay in Shanghai.

In addition, as far as the people's government is concerned, it is also hoped that Huang, an old Shanghai tycoon, can stay in Shanghai after liberation. This is conducive to stabilizing the newly liberated social order in Shanghai and consolidating the new people's political power. Therefore, we are not only fighting for Huang, but also fighting for Du who went to Hong Kong.

In fact, after the liberation of Shanghai, Huang did try to wash his hands of it and turn over a new leaf. He has a photo of 195 1 sweeping the floor at the gate of the Great World Playground. I saw Huang standing alone in a gown, and the garbage truck beside him was empty. It can be seen that he didn't seem to sweep, but he had rested on the broom before sweeping, showing a tired look. Huang saw that his face was dignified at this moment, even with a full face of confusion and melancholy.

There is no doubt that Huang is angry with the people, and even the people think that if he doesn't kill Huang, the people will not be angry with him enough. It is against this background that the Military Commission, under the instruction of Pan Hannian, director of the United Front Work Department of the East China Bureau, deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee and deputy mayor of Shanghai, appointed as the military representative to announce this policy to Huang in Huangzhai. Huang also vowed never to do bad things again.

Knowing that the people's government will not commit suicide, a stone in Huang's heart fell to the ground, but in the face of "public anger", he had to act, and the impact was even greater. Therefore, people read Huang's confession in Wen Wei Po and News on May 20 195 1, with the intention of further explaining to the people and bowing their heads to plead guilty.

Huang's Confessions is actually his Confessions. Huang began to look back on his early experiences. His "rise" process was vague, but he severely lashed himself, admitted his guilt and supported the people's government of the * * * Party, but his heart was quite sincere. Finally, I wrote: "Finally, I dare to swear to the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and the people of Shanghai. Because I am old (84 years old this year), I can't remember many things clearly, and I may use inappropriate words, but my regret, shame and gratitude are sincere! Never hypocritical. "

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Huang's published confession, he also has an unpublished text, the original of which is now in the Shanghai Archives. Comparing the two articles, we can see some interesting contents:

Huang, also known as Jin Yong, is a native of Shanghai. He is 84 years old and lives at No.45 Lane 1 Longmen Road. I studied in a private school when I was a child. /kloc-when I was 0/7 years old, I was a student in the painting shop opened by my brother-in-law in Chenghuangmiao. 20 years old, working as a teacher in a painting shop in Nanmen. Five years later, because I felt that there was no future, I went to the French Concession to inquire. After I was admitted, I was sent to dzmz to work in the patrol room. I was 26 years old. Later, he was promoted to inspector for solving several thefts, and was promoted to inspector general at the age of 50.

During the concession period, the patrol room was managed by foreigners. Because I am the tout of the police station, people in the concession think that touting has a way to get close to foreigners, so people who sell cigarettes and open gambling tables come to me to discuss and ask me to exercise the French mind in order to achieve peace. After the success of the activity, they gave me some money to thank me, and there were people who were afraid of being bullied in business all their lives. I hope that I can rely on kindness and not be bullied by others, but it is inevitable that people with bad behavior in their hearts or outsiders often use my reputation to make irresponsible remarks and do bad things outside. I spent a lot of time in the tea party room in jubao floor, Laofa Avenue (this is the place where we meet on weekdays), looking for clues and actions of thieves outside, and reporting to me at the tea party every day, so that I can solve the case and add some credit. This cost is very high, so I opened a * * * stage theater on Dafa Avenue to supplement it. Later, theaters made a lot of money, and some of them set up Jin Rong Compulsory School to help poor students study.

About forty years old, groping in the patrol room of Xiaodongmen. I met Du through the introduction of a man surnamed Wang in Xiaodongmen. Later, the patrol room was banned. Du, Jin came to consult me and asked me for help, so I made a deal with Fevoli, a Frenchman, to let them do it. Come to think of it, this kind of thing should not be done.

I am about forty years old. I protected Dr. Sun Yat-sen during the Shanghai Revolution. I accompanied him on the bus when he went to Beijing. Before he left, Dr. Sun Yat-sen told me that the revolutionary comrades in Shanghai wanted me to protect them, so I later met many revolutionaries, such as Hu and Wang Jingwei, who met when the revolutionary army fought in the manufacturing bureau. Chiang Kai-shek was introduced by my friend Yu Qiaqing. Because Chiang Kai-shek was working in the exchange at that time, someone owed money to Chiang Kai-shek, and Yu Qiaqing introduced me to collect debts for him. Yang hu was introduced by Xu (* * * stage supervisor) because Dr. Sun Yat-sen once asked me to protect revolutionaries, and yang hu also took part in the revolution at that time. Later, when the Northern Expeditionary Army was working in Shanghai, Du Fu came to me one day and asked me for help because they organized a meeting and because I was the inspector general of the French Concession. Later, Fevoli, a Frenchman, banned activities in the French Concession because something conspicuous happened outside the venue. On the one hand, Zhang Xiaolin and others developed his gang forces to enter the meeting in the name of * * *, so they were not satisfied with me. They fell out with him because of official relations. From then on, they avoided Zhang Xiaolin and others. Before long, I resigned from the patrol room and retired to the ancestral temple in caohejing.

When the Japanese called Shanghai on August 13th, there were many refugees and rice panic. Yu Qiaqing organized a batch of foreign rice, and I stepped in to help raise money. Later, during the period of the puppet government, the Japanese often came to consult me and asked me to come out to work. I have always said that I am too old to do anything. If I refuse them, I will not come out to work. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I didn't do anything, but I heard that my protege was still showing off in my name, and because he was too old, he couldn't do good things. But this kind of thing is because I used to be too generous and accepted many students. It's really wrong to think about this terrible situation.

Shortly before liberation, Du Lai advised me to go to Hong Kong. Because of my age, I didn't do anything for almost 20 years, and I didn't ask questions, so I didn't agree to go.

After liberation, I saw that the * * * production party did everything well, so I thought that many things in the past were wrong, and the people's government was very lenient and tolerant to me. I feel unspeakable shame and gratitude. I decided to do more things worthy of the people's government from now on. I will also advise my proté gé s and relatives and friends not to do things that are sorry for the people. Anyone who thinks he has this kind of thing should surrender to the government and mend it as soon as possible. They will, like me, make amends, repay the people's government for its great kindness and help the government do a good job in suppressing counter-revolutionaries. Because I am old, my brain is not good, and I am afraid I am not considerate. If I think of anything in the future, I will report it to the government. I have to ask the people's government for special forgiveness. I must do my patriotic work well.

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The words "confession" and "confession" were not written by Huang, but by Gong, the penholder beside him, who was inspired by him. The signature is Huang's autograph.

No matter whether the above words come from Huang's sincere expression or not, there is no doubt that these words have been repeatedly scrutinized by him. Compared with Huang's published confession, some changes in this unpublished confession are obviously not from Huang's original intention, such as deleting Du's name.

In addition, in this unpublished draft, Huang obviously exaggerated and even publicized his help to revolutionaries (such as Sun Yat-sen), while downplaying his own sins. This may also be one of the reasons why the first draft failed to pass. It is certainly worthy of recognition that he didn't act as a traitor during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, but he completely pushed himself away from his opponent's disciple who fell into the water. At this time, Huang also understood that every bit of guilt would probably send him to the guillotine. So he took the initiative to submit a confession to the Navy Management Committee.

On that day, Huang was accompanied by the president of Zhoushan Association. Su Yu, director of the Martial Law Committee, and Sheng Pihua, deputy mayor, met with Huang. What was discussed in the interview? At least no detailed documents have been disclosed yet. All I know is that after the interview, I suddenly found out that he left something on it, so he took care of Huang and waited downstairs. He turned and went upstairs to get what he had forgotten. I took my things and will be back soon, but Huang has gone downstairs. He later learned that Huang couldn't wait for him to come down and hurried back to the door alone.

As for why Huang is so eager to go home, almost all the words explaining this matter say that he is afraid of misfortune. In fact, it is not difficult to understand the situation at that time: this is Huang's guilty conscience. He knew that he had done "technical treatment" on the words of confession, and his heart was in fear. Being in an empty and heavily guarded military commission building, in such an environment and atmosphere, it is easier for him to breed an enlarged sense of uneasiness and even fear from the soles of his feet, so that he dare not stay in such a place for one more minute, which is a kind of torture for him. At this time, I thought that only Huang's home was a relatively safe harbor.

Huang, a once all-powerful "tycoon" in Shanghai, had to face his unavoidable past and sins after his prosperity was exhausted. The yellowed file truly records his uneasy soul track and life fragments before the end of his life.