Chapter 59 postscript

When the Northern Expedition swept across the Central Plains, Wu Peifu, who once "gathered Zhongzhou with wind and rain in all directions", celebrated his 54-year-old birthday in defeat.At the sparse birthday banquet, Marshal Wu, who used to be so beautiful, wrote a poem: When the sky tears, the people cry, and the singing is loud, and the crying is loud; everyone knows that the people's life is hard, and it's me who harms the soul. The artistic conception of this poem is sad, and it seems to have endless loneliness and vicissitudes.After more than ten years of fighting between the North and the South, Wu Peifu fell into the lowest point of his life, and also fell into infinite confusion and regret.Yes, the Revolution of 1911 opened the Pandora's box of civil war, and the so-called "unification by force", whether it is a warlord or a revolutionary party; jump jump.After years of war, innocent people were displaced, thousands of farmers' children were left with dead bones and abandoned in the wild, and those innocent grassroots people still bear the price in the end.A so-called history of warlords' melee is actually a history of blood and tears of common people, but who can resist the torrent of history?

History is history after all, it is not a little girl who can be dressed up by others.In many cases, history is considered to be an after-dinner talk, but this kind of talk has vitality in addition to its entertainment value, because it can provide people with a clue of "where the problem came from and where it will go", "All history is contemporary history", the most straightforward explanation is that we have been living in the shadow of past history. The history of China from 1912 to 1927 is called the Beiyang warlord period in textbooks. This period of history is quite complicated.The reason why it is said to be complicated is that the historical figures in this period are like a revolving door, and there are different types of warlords, politicians, and literati. When they get together and sometimes they disperse, it is not an easy task to sort them out.

Fortunately, Mr. Tang Degang, a historian in the United States, proposed a "four-four division method", which can be regarded as a relatively satisfactory solution to this problem.The so-called "four-four division method" refers to the sixteen years from 1912 to 1928, which can be divided into four years and arranged in order as follows: 1.The Yuan family ruled the country (1912-1916); 2.Duan Qirui's Anhui Clan in charge (1916~1920); 3.Cao Kun and Wu Peifu's direct rulers (1920-1924); 4.Zhang Zuolin and his son were in charge of the Feng family (1924-1928). Although Mr. Tang's "four-four method" is not completely accurate, it has clearly divided the history of the sixteen years of Beiyang warlords' melee.After Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, and Zhang Zuolin were identified as the main characters, Zhang Xun, Feng Guozhang, Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang and other supporting actors such as Wang Zhanyuan, Li Chun, Zhang Zongchang, and Sun Chuanfang, etc. As for the pretentiousness, so that "the random flowers gradually become charming".

The "Once Upon a Time in Beiyang" currently in the hands of readers has been serialized on the author's NetEase blog and forums such as Tianya and Kaidi before. Jingyasi Listening Network has also recorded a reading version. The original serial name is "Once Upon a Time in the Republic of China" ", but due to the lack of talent of the author, I only wrote it until 1927 (that is, the Beiyang period); and in the process of publishing, due to space limitations, some chapters were deleted, so it is slightly different from the online version and the reading version, readers are welcome And listen to friends understand.