1933年11月20日,张寅致函蒋介石,希望能有机会与之继上一年面谈施行遗产税之事.此张寅,即为青帮大佬张啸林.张啸林一直在形塑自己热心国家社会事务的正面形象,并努力结交实权人物.1932年向蒋介石当面建言开征遗产税,是他力图攀附当时正在物色人才的中国最高权力人物,以在仕途上有所发展的大胆尝试.不过,其帮会底色与蒋介石从传统道德入手救治中国的标榜相冲突,因此其"晋升"意图终成黄粱一梦.张啸林建议实施遗产税,集中体现了这个帮会大佬的投机性与复杂性.
On March 20,1933,Zhang Yin wrote to Chiang Kai -shek,who he hoped to meet for a second time and to con-tinue their conversation in the yesteryear on the imposition of the estate tax .This Zhang Yin was Zhang Xiao -lin,the leader of the Green Gang.At that time,Zhang Xiao-lin was making consistent efforts to build a positive image for himself as a public figure devoted to national affairs and social welfare issues .By the same token,he spared no efforts in trying to befriend men of power .In 1932 ,he advised Chiang Kai -shek face-to-face to impose the estate tax-a gesture to demonstrate his desperate undertaking to befriend the most powerful man in China who was recruiting talents .It was a bold move for Zhang Xiao -lin on his path to power.Nevertheless,his gang -leader background came into conflict with Chiang ' s claim of salvaging China in terms of its moral traditions ,for which reason Zhang ' s dream to power ended in defeat .Zhang Xiao-lin' s advice to impose the estate tax was a caricature of his speculative ,complex motives as a gang leader .