Du, known as the "Shanghai local tyrant", why did he come down to borrow money in his later years?

Speaking of Du, the first thing that comes to mind is the titles of "Shanghai local tyrant", "green gang boss" and "Shanghai godfather". In short, he has all kinds of labels, both positive and negative. Of course, as a legend of the Republic of China, there are naturally many merits and demerits.

Du Yuesheng got off to a difficult start in his early years, but God bless him. After unremitting efforts, he finally laid the foundation in Shanghai. After making a fortune, Du's living standard soared and his reputation in Shanghai became higher and higher. However, in his later years, Du did not seem to have a good life. Life was once embarrassing, even to the point of "borrowing money". What's going on here?

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1948 In the spring, Du attended the National Constitutional Convention convened by the Kuomintang government and elected Chiang Kai-shek as president. At that time, there was a serious financial crisis in the Kuomintang, so Chiang Kai-shek sent his son Jiang Jingguo to Shanghai to carry out market value reform and issue gold certificates, and asked the people to exchange all their "foreign currency" and gold and silver for gold certificates.

However, Du Weiping, Du's son, didn't do this, so he arrested him for speculation and detained him for half a year. After several twists and turns, the power of the Du family has been greatly reduced. Although Du's so-called disciples and grandchildren and some relatives and friends are still taking care of them, realistically speaking, the living conditions of the Du family have gone downhill step by step with the changes of the current situation. Especially after Du went to Hong Kong, his life became more difficult.

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Take housing as an example. Du is such a spacious and bright mansion in Du Mansion, but after arriving in Hong Kong, he can only live in a small mansion. Because the room is too crowded, children who already have families have to go out and find a place to live. It is worth mentioning that Du's legacy before his death was only100000 US dollars and100000 Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, you may say that this is not a small sum, but for Du, who used to spend money like water, it is indeed a small sum. Besides, with his large family, how can money be enough to maintain the daily expenses at home?

The most important thing is that100000 dollars of these two money were collected from Song Ziliang. And this HK$100000 was originally intended for Lu Jingshi, the great disciple, as a fund for Hengshe. But I really couldn't stand it, so I had to pretend to accept the money in front of Du, and then returned it to Du's wife when I went out.

It is worth mentioning that Du burned the IOUs that many people borrowed money from him before he died. Perhaps this is green gang's last effort!

Then the problem is coming. Did Du really borrow money from others when he was embarrassed?

Practically speaking, no. And the reason for this statement is actually from his big disciple Lu Jingshi.

195 1 year, Du was seriously ill and sent a telegram to his disciple, inviting him to come to Hong Kong to take care of his affairs. After coming to Hong Kong, Du asked his wife to bring him100000 Hong Kong dollars, saying that he would stay here. So many people think that Du borrowed it from there, but it is not. Du wants to use this money as the fund of Hengshe.

Lu Jingshi knows very well that he hasn't saved any money in Du's place, and he knows that this is the money that Du gave to Hengshe. But now the teacher is seriously ill and the family is unsustainable. Wouldn't it be a joke if he took the money? But I can't help but listen to the teacher, so I can only pretend to accept it and return it when I go out. This is the real situation that Du borrowed money.