Chapter 111 riding a tiger

People have not yet gone to the northwest, and they have already made such a prosperous situation, so they will inevitably be hated by the opposition and suspected by all aspects.The Republic of China was a relatively open era, and most of the heroes couldn't get rid of the word romantic.Xu Shuzheng claimed to be "wake up and hold the power of the world, drunk on the knees of beauties" all his life. While he was dominant on the political stage, he never forgot his feelings.He is a frequent visitor to the Bada Hutong in Beijing. He once married a prostitute and loved her very much.After becoming the frontier envoy of the Northwest, he married two prostitutes at the same time, but neither of these two prostitutes was as favored as the previous one.Ever since, the Eight Great Hutongs have been rumored: "Xu Shuzheng married these two people, not for himself, but for the prince of Mongolia. He wants to sing about Zhaojun Hefan!"

Just when Xu Shuzheng was preparing his troops vigorously and making active preparations, new progress was made in the withdrawal of Outer Mongolia.After many negotiations, on August 4, 1919, the princes held a meeting in Kulun, and agreed with Chen Yi on two principles for the withdrawal of the government, namely "restoring the old system before the Qing Dynasty" and the princes taking over the power. Chen Yi then telegraphed the situation of the negotiations to the Beijing government.After discussions in the cabinet, Gong Xinzhan had no opinion on the two principles reached, but suggested that a procedure should be followed, that is, the princes of Outer Mongolia should first petition for the restoration of the former Qing Dynasty system in the name of all personnel, and then the government will discuss the conditions with them.

After receiving Beijing's order, Chen Yi did not follow through. He just said in a perfunctory manner that Outer Mongolia hoped to negotiate various conditions through informal consultations first, otherwise it would not be possible to withdraw from the administration with peace of mind. The high level of Outer Mongolia is composed of princes and lamas, but during the withdrawal process, Chen Yi has been dealing with princes and has never had direct contact with lamas.Since the Kulun Conference, the process of negotiating the withdrawal and the terms reached have been carried out in secret, and neither Russia nor the Lama knew about it.

As for the lama, Chen Yi's thinking was more wishful thinking. He hoped that the prince would persuade the lama, and then the living Buddha through the lama.The princes agreed to persuade the lama, and the information they provided to Chen Yi was also very optimistic about the result of the persuasion.Chen Yi believed it to be true, so he sent a telegram to the Beijing government: "As for the lama, if the prince wishes, he will have nothing to say. Moreover, the living Buddha has also sent the central government for a long time, so there is nothing to worry about." On September 26, he telegraphed to Beijing again: "For the lama, the prince tried his best to clear it up, and all of them approved it. The matter of canonization...reporting to the living Buddha after the scriptures is also allowed."

On October 1, Chen Yi sent his secretary Huang Chengyan to send the draft conditions negotiated with the prince to Beijing. This is the "Regulations on the Aftermath of Outer Mongolia", with a total of 63 articles, which can also be referred to as "63 Articles".At this time, Chen Yi thought that the work was done, and he didn't want Xu Shuzheng to intervene, so when Huang Chengyan left from Kulun, he asked him to avoid seeing Xu Shuzheng, so as not to let Xu Shuzheng know about it and share his credit. When Huang Chengjian arrived in Beijing, Xu Shuzheng was still in Beijing.According to Chen Yi's instructions, Huang Chengyan tried to avoid meeting with him as much as possible.What kind of person is Xu Shuzheng, who usually sees all directions with his eyes and listens to all directions, how can the news of Huang Chengyan's coming to Beijing escape his sight?But because Huang Chengyan didn't take the initiative to contact, he ignored it for the time being.

Chen Yi did not expect that the news that the princes and princes gave him about the success of dredging the Lama was all false news.On the same day that he sent Huang Chengyan to Beijing, Living Buddha Jebtsundamba wrote a letter to Xu Shichang expressing his clear opposition to the "63 Articles". Chen Yi made a big mistake in handling the withdrawal process, which was to negotiate the conditions with the prince instead of requesting the withdrawal first, which made him and the prince unable to get off after the incident, and even lost the room for maneuver.Only then did he think of Xu Shuzheng's role and value, so he quickly sent a telegram to Xu Shuzheng six or seven days after Huang Chengyan arrived in Beijing: "Huang Chengyan has a secret business to go to Beijing, and I hope to meet you in person."

Chen Yi wanted Xu Shuzheng to send troops to Kulun to help the momentum, but he didn't want him to get involved in the evacuation affairs. This caused Huang Chengyan to hesitate and evade his words when he met Xu Shuzheng.When Xu Shuzheng asked him what "secret mission" he had, he concealed that he had to ask for leave to go to Fengtian because of a personal matter, and came to Beijing to urge the team at Chen Yi's order. As soon as Xu Shuzheng heard it, he knew that there must be another mystery in it, so he didn't reveal it right away, so he sent Huang Chengjian away with a smile.

Chen Yi asked Huang Chengyan to "urge the team", at least to explain that there is no time to delay and that they should leave immediately. On October 23, Xu Shuzheng set off from Beijing and rushed to Kulun. The day before his departure, he went to meet with Xu Shichang and said that he had not seen the draft conditions for withdrawal.Xu Shichang immediately asked him to transfer the file to the Office of the Secretary of the State Council. The transferred file was exactly the "Sixty-Three Articles" sent by Huang Chengyan sent by Chen Yi, and there was an endorsement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on it.With Xu Shichang's permission, Xu Shuzheng was able to carry this scroll northward.

While deciding to go to Mongolia by himself, Xu Shuzheng ordered the Third Mixed Brigade of the Northwest Army to go from Xuanhua to Duolun on foot, and then take a car to Kulun from there. The truck will be used for transporting troops in the future.Correspondingly, Lieutenants and Lieutenant-level officers of the Northwest Army have a different skill requirement from other armies, that is, they must learn to drive cars, trains, and master vehicle scheduling. In that era, 80 large trucks was an astonishing number, and it was rare for military officers to learn to drive. This also shows Xu's foresight and extraordinary courage.