At 6 o'clock in the morning on November 12, 1933, two divisions from Hongkou had surrounded the concession. Then more than 6,000 police officers, led by more than 100 trucks, drove into the North Road of the public concession.
, the Shanghai Public Settlement at this time was the earliest, longest-standing, largest, largest management organization, and most fully developed concession in the history of Chinese concessions. In November 1843, according to the provisions of the Treaty of Nanjing, Shanghai became
A treaty port open to foreign businessmen. In December, Shanghai Daotai and the British consul drew a Greek border and set the north and south boundaries of the British concession on the Bund. In 1844, there were already British-owned Jardine Matheson and Baoshun Matheson and Company leasing a batch of land. 1845
In 1846, the Sino-British Conference concluded the "Shanghai Land Charter". In 1846, the western boundary of the British Concession was also determined (today's Henan Road).
On November 27, 1848, the western boundary of the British Concession advanced to present-day Tibet Road. In the same year, the Shanghai local officials allowed the request of American Episcopal missionaries to open up the American Concession in Hongkou. On September 7, 1853, the Little Knife Society occupied Shanghai County.
, since then the Chinese government lost control of the concession. On July 11, 1854, the British, French and American Concession in Shanghai jointly established an independent municipal agency, the "Shanghai Public Concession Industry Bureau", established a police force, and formally formed the first real settlement in the later period.
Concession - a state within a state.
In May 1899, the Shanghai Public Settlement was expanded on a large scale, with an area of 33,503 acres (22 square kilometers), extending to Zhoujiazui in the east (today’s corner of Junggong Road, Pingliang Road); and reaching Shanghai and Baoshan counties in the north.
at the junction of the Concession and Jing'an Temple in the west. The entire concession is divided into four districts: central, north, east and west.
At this time, the police in Shanghai's Hongkou District were initially blocked by French and British troops. Among the police were SWAT snipers. At this time, there was a sniper point farther away. Two snipers made a gesture. At this time, a French sniper was seen.
The officer's hat was knocked off, and another gunshot rang out. He saw an Indian Asan with a bullet empty on his head. The French soldiers shouted, saying that they really dared to shoot, but they still really dared to shoot.
If anyone dared to shoot, the French soldier was shouting inaudibly. At this time, there was another gunshot, and an Indian Asan also fell to the ground. At this time, all the soldiers were greatly frightened. The French soldier
He dropped his gun and ran towards his barracks, shouting that they really dared to shoot.
That soldier was a good leader. At this time, the British soldiers wanted to hold on, but those Indian Asan couldn't stand it. They suddenly had a nervous breakdown, screamed and ran to their own barracks. At this time, the British soldiers couldn't stand it either.
Under the pressure of this, the Indian Asan was better off and took away all the guns in his hands. The French soldiers did not even dare to take the guns and ran away. At this time, the police and the army drove towards the public concession.
Go and see a opium den. A policeman and two soldiers will immediately take control of all the people in the opium den. The shopkeeper is still shouting, you know who I am. The soldier suddenly uses the butt of his gun.
After knocking the shopkeeper to the ground, it was time to clean up the money and collect the big smoke and tools.
The docks at Waibaidu are full of American warships and cargo ships. They are preparing to transport the arrested gangsters to Myanmar for the gang in Hongkou District, because the price is very high, and the American army is the most pragmatic.
The military has nothing to do with them as long as they pay for the concession. In addition, the public concession in the United States is just a few trading houses. There are opium dens, casinos and brothels everywhere like the United Kingdom and France. Besides, the Chinese people have nothing to do with their navy.
It has always been good. Whenever there is goods to be shipped to the United States, they always ask their navy to help transport them. Now the U.S. Navy is very rich. Those gangsters from the Youth Gang who are hiding at home are also captured without leaving any trace.
In this way, it took three days to capture nearly 3,000 Green Gang gangsters in the public concession. Even Zhang Xiaolin and his Eight King Kong were captured without leaving any trace.
At this time, Wang Yaqiao walked up to Zhang Xiaolin and said, wow, isn't this the second brother Zhang? You were caught too, or Du Yuesheng could have run away on the first day. Second brother, you won't last long digging coal with your body.
Then you will still be in charge. Hey, such a majestic person, a tycoon from Shanghai, did not expect to dig coal, haha. No one thought that Wang Yaqiao, the director of the Intelligence Bureau, would still have time to laugh at this time.
Zhang Xiaolin and all the police officers also laughed. Then Wang Yaqiao said to Zhang Xiaolin, thank you, second brother, we will accept your money and you will still be in charge of them when they dig coal.
Then all the troops marched into the East Road of the public concession, which was also the most prosperous area of the concession. At this time, the two divisions and 6,000 policemen were the same. But at this time, the people in Hongkou were not bullying at all.
The embassies of Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden all copied the documents and said that they did not have any documents to prove that the Nanjing government approved them. All the people entering Shanghai must dig coal, or ask the country to get money.
All money confiscated will be treated as back taxes. At this time, is there any country willing to speak up for such a small country?
The Italians have long since hid in the German Embassy, but all Italian commercial banks, banks and other companies in Shanghai are all owned by people from Hongkou District, including French, German, British and American commercial banks.
There are still banks that have not been touched, and all other small countries and some commercial banks in the Soviet Union have the same fate. In the end, even the Central Unification agents arrested nearly a hundred people, because they also opened those casinos and brothels.
In addition, the two largest opium dens in the public concession were also opened by people from Zhongtong. At this time, Chen Guofu asked Dai Li to come forward and appeal.
Chen Guofu's uncle, Chen Qimei, was a hero of the Revolution of 1911, and became sworn brothers with the Chairman. Chen Guofu graduated from Zhejiang Army Primary School when he was young. Influenced by Chen Qimei, he joined the Tongmenghui. He participated in the Revolution of 1911, the Second Revolution and the uprising against Yuan. In 1913, during the Second Revolution
, Chen Qimei was elected commander-in-chief of Shanghai's fight against Yuan. In early 1915, Chen Qimei planned a series of anti-Yuan military operations in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. On May 18, 1916, Chen Qimei's Japanese friend Yamada Junzaburo's residence in Shanghai was captured by Yuan Shikai
Killed by gunmen sent by the Communist Party of China. In 1920, he ran a securities exchange in Shanghai. The shareholders included the chairman of the committee and other Nanjing government figures. He made a lot of profits. Part of the profits was used to support the revolution of the Nanjing government. His brother Chen Lifu.
In 1924, the Chairman presided over the preparations for the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, and Chen Guofu handled the procurement of military supplies, talent recruitment and other work on his behalf in Shanghai. In 1926, Chen went to Guangzhou and was elected as the second Central Supervisory Committee member of the Nanjing government and served as Acting Minister of the Organization Department of the Central Committee.
In early April 1927, he and the right-wing factions in the Nanjing government Wu Jingheng, Zhang Jingjiang and others proposed the impeachment case against the Red Party in preparation for the subsequent purge of the party. In 1928, the chairman returned and Chen Guofu was appointed as the Nanjing government, a government member and the vice president of the Supervisory Yuan.
He was essentially responsible for the organization within the Nanjing government, sorting out party affairs and purging the party. In addition to re-examining and registering party members in the Nanjing government, he also began to set up an investigation organization, which was later specifically responsible for countering the "Central Unification". In 1929, he served as executive committee member of the Central Committee and deputy director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee.
Minister, established the Central Political School of the Nanjing Government. Er Chen was in charge of the party affairs organization of the Nanjing Government, so that it was known as the "Chiang Family Party under the Chen Family" at that time. In 1932, Chen Guofu was the vice chairman of the "Huai Guidance Committee"; in 1933, he concurrently served as
The governor of the Jiangsu Provincial Government is responsible for regulating water conservancy in Jiangsu and the Huaihe River.
At this time, the relationship between Dai Li and Wang Yaqiao was still quite good. Dai Li came to intercede in person. Wang Yaqiao said, Brother Yunong, it’s not that brothers don’t help you, because our place is different from you. The most powerful one here is the Independent Commission Against Corruption. We
People here have very high wages, but we don’t want corruption to appear. Also, smoking is absolutely prohibited here. Not being shot is considered extrajudicial mercy. Don’t think about other things. It’s just between you and me.
Brother, you are also engaged in intelligence work, and I am also engaged in intelligence work. We all can understand each other. Also, let the Chairman rest assured that we will increase taxes by 50 million US dollars to help your Nanjing government. Don’t be too old.
You want those crooked ways to make money. You also know that Hongkou District and Baoshan County can make nearly 50 billion U.S. dollars a year. Now our income is basically the same as that of the United States. We helped you build a large steel plant.
You can build more factories for processing, and you can also make money.
The downstream products of a steel plant can bring hundreds of millions to the fiscal revenue of the Nanjing government, but you people can’t imagine that. Look at our Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant. The downstream products of just one Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant can bring in nearly 100 million a year.
With an income of 100 million U.S. dollars, let alone thinking about making guns and cannons at that time. We can also develop downstream products. Look at our trucks and jeeps, which are all downstream products. Brother Yunong, in fact, our people here
I just don’t like those people in Zhongtong, so don’t embarrass me. Besides, you don’t want me to have a good future. After all, Tang Juwu is the boss here, and I am the director or deputy of the Intelligence Bureau.
, Do you think my words are useful? Also, your people are pretty good and we didn’t touch them. You can just ask and you will know. At this time, Dai Li also knew that these people were okay with him, so he asked his people to
The casino was closed and they were engaged in other businesses, without touching a penny of their own money.
Having no choice, he went back to Nanjing. After returning, he reported to the chairman of the committee. The chairman said, they really want to give us 50 million US dollars. Dai Li said, well, besides, they are not short of money. They only have Hongkou and Baoshan.
These two places can make 50 billion U.S. dollars a year, and they still have less money than us. The Chairman said, just these two places can make so much money. Damn it, I asked that bastard Tang Juwu to come to Nanjing.
, he just didn’t want to come, and he asked someone named Cao to come, and he couldn’t make any decisions at all. You said, Marshal Zhang is such a good person, so why should he be given the position of battalion commander, and he should be handed over to a Japanese? It’s really
Blind things. Chen Guofu said, then our money and people have no hope at all. Wang Yaqiao said, the last one who nodded was Tang Juwu who had the final say. There is nothing I can do about this. Chen Guofu said, why did you lose nothing?
None, Dai Li said, after all, Wang Yaqiao and I are still brothers, and we have not opened an opium den. If we open an opium den, we will still end up with the same end. At this time, the Chairman is also very happy. How can he care about Chen Guofu's small money?
Forget it, it's just to give people a handle. Besides, it's not to kill them. It's just that they will be released when the time comes to dig coal. That's it, right?
At this time, a large number of troops and police began to enter the British Concession in Hongkou District. In the 25th year of Emperor Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, on November 29, 1845, Mujiu of the Shanghai Daolu Tiyu Palace announced the lease of land in Shanghai in the form of a notice.
The charter demarcated the land north of Yangjingbang (today's Yan'an East Road) and south of Lijiachang (today's Beijing East Road and the west edge of Yuanmingyuan Road). Zhunying persuaded Chinese businessmen to rent land and build houses, which was later called the concession.
The following year, the western boundary was set at Jie Road (today's Henan Middle Road). In the 28th year of Daoguang's reign, British Consul Aliguo and Su Songtai Lingui agreed to expand the concession to the area between Suzhou River in the north and Zhoujing Bang and Suzhai on the bank of Suzhou River in the west.
A straight line (today's Tibet Middle Road) with an area of 2820 acres. On September 20, the second year of Tongzhi (1863), it was merged with the Shanghai Meizhengquanlangjiang Lease Yongjie Real Estate into a public concession (i
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At this time, the British in the British Concession no longer dared to show up. They were still arresting gang members and hoodlums from outside the country, as well as the property of those small countries. At this time, there was no much money left to earn.
Even members of the Qinggang and other gangs were on the hunt for arrests. Those people simply couldn't escape, so they cleared out the British Concession in one day, and finally it became the French Concession, the largest concession.
The French Concession maintained a high degree of independence in old Shanghai. The entire French Concession in Shanghai was the most high-end residential area in old Shanghai. The architectural style can be said to be uniform. The reason why the plane tree is called the French plane tree in our country is because it was created by the French. It was first introduced to my country and planted in the French Concession in Shanghai. Shanghai's reputation as the "Paris of the East" is also named after the French Concession. Its architectural style is independent of the public concession and the Chinese border, and is almost the same as Paris thousands of miles away. The French have always It maintained great control over the French Concession. During the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese invaders occupied the public concession area in Hongkou and included the public concession north of the Suzhou River into the de facto sphere of influence of the Japanese army. However, under the influence of the French Navy Under the threat, the Japanese army did not get involved in the French Concession. This not only reflected France's status in the international community at that time, but also reflected a period of humiliation in China.
The French government only sent its first consul to Shanghai in 1848, Mintiny (cha).
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y), established a consulate in Shanghai. In July of that year, the first French businessman Remy arrived in Shanghai from Guangzhou and immediately expressed his desire to rent land in Shanghai to Mintini. At this time, American missionaries were already there.
Actively communicating with Shanghai Daotai about leasing land, it can be said that Mintini is facing a very difficult situation. The land Mintini is interested in is on the Huangpu River between Shanghai Chengxiang and Yangjingbang, and is in close proximity with the British
The concessions faced each other across the Yangtze River. Wu Jianzhang, the Shanghai Daotai at that time, did not agree with the matter and was very perfunctory with Mintini. Later, when Wu Jianzhang was about to be transferred, he proposed to Mintini that he could obtain the consent of the British consul.
Later, a piece of the British concession was allocated to Mintini. Mintini was angered. He threatened the Shanghai Daotai that if the land was not granted, the French minister would sail north from Guangzhou. Only then did Lingui, the Shanghai Daotai, take over.
Surrendered, the land leased by the French Consulate was finally sold at a price of 26 taels of silver per mu. At this time, the owner of the 12 acres of land that Remy was interested in demanded a rent of 300 taels per mu. The 46 rooms on the land and some coffins were replaced.
The price was 100 taels per room and 50 taels per coffin. Mintini went to intimidate the neighbors again, demanding that the Chinese landlords must rent the land at the rent of the French consulate. But after half a year of negotiations, Remi finally had no choice but to
More than two acres of land were rented at a high price of 320 taels. On April 6, 1849, Lingui and Mintini officially signed and exchanged letters, and the French Concession in Shanghai was established. At this time, the French Concession only had 986 acres. Originally, the same piece of land was chosen.
The Americans in the area were overtaken by the Sentinels, so they could only set up the American Concession in Hongkou, which was still desolate to the north of the British Concession. In the 1860s, the independent French Concession tried to expand its boundaries for the first time, when Shanghai
Daotai rejected Aitang's request for boundary expansion. Since then, because the French Royal Mail Company was stationed in Shanghai, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Aitang to find new land for its use. This time, with the government's request, Aitang passed the request directly.
The minister in Beijing sent it to Prince Gong, Yi?, who immediately asked the Jiangsu governor to handle the expansion as appropriate. Shanghai Daotai had no choice but to issue a notice agreeing to the French expansion, which was the first expansion of the French Concession.
After this expansion, the area of the French Concession increased to 1,124 acres.
Cross-border road construction is a common tactic used by Western countries to illegally expand concessions in my country. France is not the first country to build cross-border roads in Shanghai. Public concessions had large-scale cross-border road construction in the 1860s, such as Jing'an Temple Road ( Today's Nanjing West Road) were built across the boundary of the public concession. However, the construction of roads across the boundary was legally illegal at the time, and the concession had no management rights. Legally, the expansion of the concession could only be carried out after consultation with the Chinese government. Theoretically, the Chinese government still has the possibility of refusing to expand the boundary. The French Concession was the first to expand the boundary of the concession on the grounds of building roads across the boundary. This officially gave the concession the right to manage the road built across the boundary, which greatly stimulated the two The act of building roads across the concession boundary.
In 1912, the French Public Board voted to ask the French consul to request the then Beiyang government to expand the French Concession. In 1913, Kant, then the French Minister to China,
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ty) formally requested the Beiyang government to recognize the police power of the roads it built across the border. In fact, it was forcing the Beiyang government to recognize the sovereignty of the French Concession over these roads. This was the first time in the history of the concession. In the past, the expansion of the concession would have led to conflicts with the government.
The agreement was carried out, and this time it was not even superficial. The Yuan Shikai government at that time was afraid of the anti-Yuan activities carried out by the revolutionaries in the concession, and agreed to the French agreement in exchange for the French arresting the revolutionaries in the concession.
Unreasonable demands. In September 1914, the French Concession was officially demarcated, and the French Concession expanded to more than 15,000 acres, more than six times the previous area. From this beginning, cross-border road construction officially became a practical matter.
As a means of expanding the concession, the cross-border road construction area became a "quasi-concession". The public concession was greatly encouraged, and large-scale cross-border road construction operations were carried out in the next two decades. The cross-border road construction area of the public concession reached 47,000 acres.
It even exceeds the area of the public concession itself.
At this time, Jiang Qiang requested that the buildings and other buildings in the French Concession should not be destroyed, because the French really built the concession as if it were their own country, and the living environment here is relatively high-end even in the world.
, this operation did not arrest the dance studios like Paramount, it just took away a bunch of gangsters, and it also did not touch the trading houses opened by foreigners. In this way, the severe crackdown in Shanghai ended.
Well, the harvest this time is quite big, including the addition of more than 20,000 laborers, and the rescue of nearly 10,000 prostitutes, all of which were sent to textile factories, clothing factories, and other industries in Taicang and returned to them.
No one was given a 50-square-meter house. This operation in Hongkou made the prostitutes' eyes red from crying. There were scenes of people kowtowing to the police everywhere. The police were not bad, and they even accompanied them to buy daily necessities.