The fraud case in the Republic of China beat Chiang Kai-shek's liar with applause.

After the beginning of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, many patriotic entrepreneurs donated property to support the Anti-Japanese War with their own strength. However, in this critical autumn, some people tricked the then chairman of Nanjing National Government and even the supreme leader Chiang Kai-shek into applauding, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling in Nanjing, and finally got away with it. Such a legendary man, who is he?

The local tyrant said to donate 30 million to save the country.

1932, a man named Liang Zuoyou in Huangxian County, Shandong Province wrote a letter to Han Fuju, then the provincial president, falsely claiming that he had 670 million yuan of property and was willing to donate half of his family's wealth to the government when the country was in danger. Han Fuju believed it and immediately asked Jiang Bocheng, the representative of the central government in Jinan, to inform Nanjing to buy a first-class berth ticket to send Liang Zuoyou to Nanjing and stay in the Central Hotel.

Old photos of Han Fuju

Later, senior Kuomintang officials went to restaurants one after another to see "Liang Caishen". When Chen Lifu, Minister of the Central Organization Department, met with Liang Zuoyou, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China also sent a photographer to take pictures of Chen Liang.

Liang Caishen's donation to Nanjing shocked the press, and a large number of reporters gathered in front of the Central Hotel. Reuters, England, also reported the strange man in China.

Song Ziwen personally met.

On the morning of the third day, Li Cheng, Vice Minister of Finance, sent a car to pick Liang Zuoyou up to the Ministry of Finance to discuss the specific donation method. Liang Zheng is carrying a small suitcase. His hands never leave the suitcase. His movements are mysterious. Some people speculate that this box is a huge sum of 30 million for the government. During the talks, Liang Zuoyou said that donation is not empty talk. "But I can't publish it without seeing Minister Song."

Old photos of Song Ziwen.

The next day, Song Ziwen met Liang Zuoyou in the private residence of the Arctic Pavilion. For Song Ziwen, this is a condescending move. The results of the negotiations are set at three points: first, the state allows citizens to donate money to save the country; Second, the money should be used for public purposes; 3. Liang Zuoyou has the right to allocate funds, but the government can help individuals use them. These three items are agreed by both sides. Liang Zuoyou also said that 30 million yuan can be remitted to Nanjing within two months after the payment distribution method is negotiated. After the meeting, Song Ziwen accompanied Liang Zuoyou to visit Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and took a group photo with him.

Chiang Kai-shek took out 65,438+million.

"Liang lost money to save the country" spread all over Nanjing, but the discussion outside "only heard the stairs ringing, but no one came down" spread slowly. A commentary in Shanghai Shenbao even suspected that its donation was a scam: "30 million yuan is a huge sum, and Liang Jun is bolder today. This money is not enough, although it is not difficult to raise the same amount again. It seems that it's almost time to celebrate your birthday. If you are a villain, I suspect that Liang Jun is a little mentally ill. "

Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek

At this time, the God of Wealth also borrowed money from the financial office of the Central Hotel. The first time I borrowed 50 yuan, I said that my 300 charity money was used up. But the waiter said that someone borrowed money from him, but he didn't give anyone 1 yuan.

Chiang Kai-shek was in Wuhan at that time. After hearing about this, he also wanted to meet this "God of Wealth". So the Kuomintang government bought a plane ticket for Liang and sent him to Hankou.

During the call, the chairman instructed: first, provide10 million yuan to help the victims to meet the urgent military needs. Liang Zuoyou promised to remit money from Tianjin in seven days, and it expired in seven days, but he got nothing. Chen Xizeng, director of the Public Security Bureau of Hankou Special City, found out that what Liang Zuoyou said was completely false. According to the county magistrate of Huangxian County, Liang is not a wealthy businessman in Huangxian County, and his family has only a few acres of farmland.

The biggest fraud case in the Republic of China

On the same day, Hankou Public Security Bureau issued an announcement: "The case of Liang Zuoyou pretending to be a rich man should have been severely punished. Once verified, he was immediately deported.

But it's not over yet. Liang Zuoyou, a fake god of wealth who was expelled from the luxury hotel, suddenly surrendered to the Hankou police station that night and refused to leave on the grounds of staying at the police station. After the trial, Liang said that he was willing to be sentenced to jail because the hotel asked him for a room and a meal. He went bankrupt, so he couldn't afford not only the hotel, but also the bus and boat ticket back to Shandong. Liang Zuoyou is full of Shandong dialect, crying and making trouble, which makes the public security bureau chief Chen Xizeng very helpless. Finally, in order to avoid making a scene, Chen had to send someone to escort him aboard, and gave 20 yuan money to send him back to Shandong.