After Du Yuesheng finished handling Zhang Taiyan’s affairs, why did he still want to thank Zhang Taiyan?

In Shanghai during the Republic of China, there was a popular saying: Huang Huangrong was greedy for money, Zhang Xiaolin was good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng knew how to be a good person. ?

Indeed, among the three major youth gang tycoons, the reason why Du Yuesheng stands out has a lot to do with his ability as a person!

When writing this outline, the following sentence immediately popped into San Shao’s mind: “Kong Yiji is the only person who drinks standing while wearing a long gown.”

This is the image of Kong Yiji written by Mr. Lu Xun.

Why did Kong Yiji drink standing up? Because Kong Yiji was poor and had no money in his pocket.

Why does Kong Yiji wear a long gown? Because those who wear long gowns are mostly educated people.

As for why it is the only one?

Because the educated people wearing long gowns in the pub have money in their pockets, so they can find a seat to sit down and drink slowly. Kong Yiji was different, he became the "only one"!

Du Yuesheng also likes to wear long gowns, and he is meticulous every time, never rolling up his sleeves. Moreover, Du Yuesheng also likes to play with a folding fan in his hand.

Wearing a long gown and holding a folding fan, doesn’t this look like an educated person on TV?

Of course, Du Yuesheng’s outfit is very different from Kong Yiji’s.

Kong Yiji, who was down and out all his life, wanted to tell the world that he was an educated scholar through his long gown. But Du Yuesheng's long gown shows the demeanor and temperament of a scholar.

Therefore, Du Yuesheng likes to be called "Mr. Du".

Du Yuesheng grew up in a poor family and her parents died young. Her kind stepmother earned money by washing clothes for others and sent Du Yuesheng to a private school for 5 months. The five months of studying were the most precious memories of Du Yuesheng's troubled childhood.

Later, after Du Yuesheng counterattacked and became the local emperor of Shanghai, Du Yuesheng had special respect for educated scholars and was very willing to associate with educated people!

A letter from Zhang Taiyan to Du Yuesheng

Although Du Yuesheng wanted to make more friends with literati and scholars, he would not socialize randomly.

First of all, Du Yuesheng is the boss of the gang, and his reputation is good or bad. Some literati may not want to. Secondly, if you don’t have a suitable opportunity, you can’t just find it yourself.

No, the opportunity came to you.

One day, someone sent a letter to Du Yuesheng. The writer was Zhang Taiyan.

Zhang Taiyan was a master of modern Chinese studies, a democratic revolutionary, thinker and famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Even Mr. Lu Xun was his student. This kind of person is exactly the kind of cultural person Du Yuesheng admires.

It turned out that Zhang Taiyan’s nephew lived in the French Concession in Shanghai and had a housing dispute with a well-established person in Shanghai. When his nephew was unable to solve the problem, he went to Zhang Taiyan in Suzhou for help.

It is conceivable that Zhang Taiyan, who is full of knowledge and has a bad temper, is completely powerless in this regard.

So, at the suggestion of a friend, I wrote a letter to Du Yuesheng, a popular boss in the Shanghai French Concession, asking for Du Yuesheng's help.

When Du Yuesheng saw Zhang Taiyan’s letter, he was overjoyed. He was trying to make acquaintance with this scholar, but he never had the right opportunity!

Needless to say, this dispute was really resolved when Du Yuesheng came forward.

What a joke, the so-called dispute is nothing more than a money issue. For Du Yuesheng, he has plenty of both money and face. Therefore, it didn't take long for Zhang Taiyan to handle the matter entrusted to him.

Du Yuesheng came to visit

It is said that after Du Yuesheng helped Zhang Taiyan's nephew deal with the matter, he went to visit Zhang Taiyan's house in Suzhou in a low-key manner.

This kind of visit is based on visiting Zhang Taiyan as a teacher. Just like the teacher tells the students something, and the students report to the teacher after completing it.

So, Du Yuesheng informed Zhang Taiyan about the process and results of mediating the housing dispute.

Zhang Taiyan received him sincerely, and the two met happily. Zhang Taiyan changed his past view of Du Yuesheng.

He discovered that the Green Gang boss that others thought of was really different!

Before leaving, Du Yuesheng quietly placed a two thousand silver dollar banknote he had prepared in advance on the coffee table in Zhang Taiyan's home, and casually covered it with a teacup.

Du Yuesheng has this idea. When he gives gifts to others, there must be no third person present. When giving gifts in this way, you consider yourself from the perspective of others and take into account the face and psychology of the recipient.

Although Zhang Taiyan has a great reputation as a scholar, he is not financially well-off.

When he saw the banknotes under the teacup, he was both grateful and admired for Du Yuesheng. He believes that Du Yuesheng is not a traditional gangster leader. He is loyal, etiquette, courteous to virtuous corporals, and more heroic.

Du Yuesheng, just like this, became friends with this great cultural man!

Zhang Taiyan changed Du Yuesheng's name

Du Yuesheng said: He doesn't do the icing on the cake, but if he wants to do it, he has to provide help when it's time.

The most important thing is that when he gave away the charcoal, he gave others enough face. This is the secret of being a good person, because he always thinks from other people's perspective.

Du Yuesheng is a caring person. In the process of interacting with Zhang Taiyan, he realized that although Zhang Taiyan was highly respected by others, his life was somewhat difficult.

So Du Yuesheng asked someone to send him banknotes on time every month to support his life. Zhang Taiyan accepted Du Yuesheng's help calmly and never expressed his gratitude to him.

Du Yuesheng and Zhang Taiyan also began to move around frequently.

Once while chatting, Zhang Taiyan asked about the origin of Du Yuesheng’s name.

At that time, Du Yuesheng was called "Du Yuesheng" because the day he was born was July 15th, which was when the moon rose, so his father named him "Yuesheng".

After hearing this, Zhang Taiyan said: Although this name is good, it is not elegant enough. How about I change your name? ?

When Du Yuesheng heard this, he was very excited. It was such an honor for the master of Chinese studies to change his name!

So, Zhang Taiyan said to Du Yuesheng, Mr. Du might as well change his name to "Du Yong" and his courtesy name to "Yue Sheng". Then, Zhang Taiyan explained to Du Yuesheng that "Zhou Li" said: The music of the East is the Sheng, which is the source of life; the music of the West is the Yong, and the Yong is the merit. ?

From then on, Du Yuesheng became Du Yuesheng.

Not only that, Zhang Taiyan also used the master’s precious pen and ink to help Du Yuesheng revise the family tree!

In 1931, the young boy from Gaoqiao Town returned to his hometown to build Du's ancestral hall. At the inauguration ceremony, many social celebrities, military and political dignitaries, and thousands of prominent people came.

Zhang Taiyan was also invited. He personally wrote an article "Records of Du's Ancestral Hall in Gaoqiao". In the article, he traced back to his origins and mentioned a number of ancient scholars with the surname Du, which undoubtedly gave Du Yuesheng's origin an aura of scholarly aura from generation to generation.

This kind of light is exactly what Du Yuesheng, a leader of the Youth Gang, lacks!