Chapter 51 Fifty, Li Liejun Hukou swearing-in

Yuan Shikai's inability to coexist with the Kuomintang can be said to be doomed innately, and the truth will not be revealed until Song Jiaoren is assassinated. However, the Song Jiaoren case hastened the confrontation between Yuan and the Kuomintang. Yuan's handling of his archenemy, the Kuomintang, was very contradictory. He kept the word "rebellious party" in his mouth, and at the same time deployed all military plans to eradicate all the forces of the Kuomintang in the south.However, he was still an interim president at this time. The transition from an interim president to a full-fledged president had to be elected by the Congress, and the majority party in the country was the Kuomintang. The number of people, the official president can not be produced.People in the Beiyang military department advocated that the soldiers jointly elect Yuan as the president to show the strength of the soldiers. Yuan did not consider taking this path, because the times have changed, and now it is the Republic of China, not the Chinese military state.

Since he was still somewhat wary of the Kuomintang, he was more polite to the Kuomintang members in Beijing; and the Kuomintang members in the northern tiger's den were also more compromising. There was no way around this.Yuan instructed the Beijing General Prosecutor's Office to summon Wu Jinglian, head of the Beijing branch of the Kuomintang, to the case and questioned whether Huang Xing was the leader of the Kuomintang. If Huang's behavior has nothing to do with the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang should immediately expel Huang Xing from the party to clarify responsibility, and Wu Jinglian is limited to reply within three days.Wu Jinglian couldn't solve this difficult problem, and wanted to hold a Beijing branch meeting to study and deal with it, but the time was too short, and the Kuomintang members who were staying in Beijing were already scratching their heads. Wouldn't it be even more troublesome to talk about this problem.The meeting couldn’t be held in time, and the three-day deadline was soon to come. Wu Jinglian had no choice but to come up with a way to deal with it. He personally published a paragraph in a Beijing newspaper in his own name: “The case of Huang Xing’s expulsion cannot be decided without the meeting, but there is a deadline. It was too urgent to convene a general meeting, so I was removed according to the order."

Yuan Xi scolded Huang Xing for disrupting the leader. In fact, after the Song case, Huang always advocated compromise. Regarding the Song case itself, Huang advocated purely legal settlement, seeking right and wrong, and speaking legal principles.Regarding the attitude of the Yuan government, Huang opposed the use of force against Yuan in view of the seriousness of diplomacy, the fact that countries had not yet recognized the Republic of China, and the situation in Mongolia and Tibet was urgent.His proposition was supported by the majority. Therefore, before Yuan issued an order to remove the governors of the three provinces, the Kuomintang’s solution to the dispute was: “The Song case should be assigned to the court, and the loan should be assigned to the parliament.” Envoy to Beijing.

After Yuan was dismissed as governor of Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces, the Kuomintang still hoped that there would be no breakup. Therefore, on June 10, Li Liejun sent a telegram to report to Yuan's government to "obey the order and dismiss officials", and sent a telegram to withdraw the mobilized troops to their original locations. On June 16, Hu Hanmin sent a telegram, "Please advise on the strategy of going to Tibet", and explained that "the dispute over the loan in the Song Dynasty case is only for the purpose of advice, and dare not go beyond the scope of the law."And Bai Wenwei expressed his resignation long before the transfer order was issued.All this was not a tactic by the Kuomintang to slow down its troops. It was actually because the majority of the Kuomintang did not intend to carry out armed resistance against Yuan.

Huang humiliated and asked for perfection, but in the end he couldn't.In fact, Huang is not the only one who advocates this. Wang Zhaoming, who returned to Guangdong from Europe, also advocates that the Kuomintang can be the opposition party.Wang Bennei was designated as the special envoy for the transfer to the north, but he gave up because of the change of the situation. His brother Yuan Keding once sent him a telegram: "Don't come for a long time, I want to see you if you are thirsty. My brother is helping the sick and coming to the north to visit relatives. Brother Xi Ziyun will be very happy in the future." .But before arriving late, I lie on my pillow and look forward. I still hope that I will come early to comfort the sick. I will remonstrate."

During this period of turmoil, there was another plan, which was said to be instigated by Japan behind the scenes, which was to organize another government in Nanjing and elect Cen Chunxuan as president. On July 28, the year of the Republic of China, Xiong Xiling's telegram once exposed this conspiracy: "The newspaper reported the independence of the four provinces, the establishment of a government in Ningxia, and the election of Cen Xilin as the president. When the North and the South were negotiating peace, Quan Yangyi came to China in the winter of the previous year. , the movement was divided between the north and the south. Qu and Xiling were old friends. They went to Shanghai to inform Xiling repeatedly, saying that if Yuan was successful, China would be in danger. It is better to persuade Sun and Huang Gong to push Cen to be the president to fight against Yuan, and asked Xiling to introduce him. Xiling talked with Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian, Zhuang Sijin, Zhao Fengchang and Quan Yangyi several times, and tried his best to oppose it. Fortunately, Huang Xing advocated peace talks at that time, and Cen Yi resigned due to illness. Do not contact Xiling. This is the real situation of the Japanese Democratic Party taking advantage of our separation between the North and the South."

The rumor of Cen Chunxuan forming a mansion in Nanjing was passed on for a period of time, but Yuan's military forces swept the south, so he did not appear.There was a big gap between Cen and Yuan in the Qing Dynasty. Yuan relied on Yikuang, while Cen opposed Yikuang.During the reign of Xuantong, Sheng Xuanhuai was extremely popular, relying on Longyu, Zai Tao, and Zai Xun for self-respect. After the 1911 Uprising, Sheng advocated the use of Cen, and Yikuang advocated the use of Yuan. Afterwards, Yuan was due to fate, and it was a matter of course, so he replaced the Qing Dynasty and became the head of the Republic of China. .Cen went to Fujian.In the battle of Fujian, Cen complained about Yuan's bullying, was disappointed, and left in a huff. Yuan asked Cen Ji Huang Xing to supervise the Yuehan Road.Yuan broke with Nanfang, and the supervisory office was also withdrawn, and the relationship between Yuan and Cen became more heated.Cen was in Shanghai. It is said that both Sun and Huang went to visit him. He told the visitor: "Others are afraid of Yuan Shikai, but I am not afraid of him. I want to compete with him. I didn't intend to be a big president. Now that I have a ready-made one, I would Might as well give it a try."

Since Yuan dared the world to use force to solve the problem, his military purpose was of course not limited to the removal of the governors of the three provinces of the Kuomintang. It is not the military and political power of the Beiyang and Yuan families, so Yuan's final goal is to achieve the unification of the country by force. Although the dismissed governors of Jiangxi, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces were not prepared to continue to resist, the Beiyang Army still marched southward in two routes according to the original plan: Duan Zhigui, commander of the First Army, led Wang Zhanyuan, commander of the Second Division, and Li Chunliang, commander of the Sixth Division. The Ministry is in charge of the Hubei and Jiangxi lines; the Second Army includes Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun, Lei Zhenchun and other departments (because the Second Route Army is more than one army, so it is called the Second Route Army), led by Feng Guozhang, and goes south along Jinpu Road to attack Nanjing.These are all direct descendants of the Beiyang Army.Both Duan Zhigui and Feng Guozhang were Yuan's confidant generals, two important pawns in Yuan's mind, and Yuan decided in his heart that Duan Zhigui was the governor of Hubei, and Feng Guozhang was the governor of Jiangsu.

Jiangxi and Nanjing were the two main targets of the Beiyang Army. Hunan and Shanghai were also the two targets of Yuan Yongbing. Since the Beiyang Army did not have enough troops to deploy to each target, Yuan sent special agents to set fire to the armory in Changsha to weaken Hunan. The possible anti-Yuan force. In the first ten days of July, troops were sent to Shanghai on ships Yingrui and Zhaohe, and Vice Admiral Zheng Rucheng was sent as the commander in the name of Chief Law Enforcement Officer.These warships transported troops to Wusong and landed in an attempt to control Shanghai.

The Beiyang army was aggressive and aggressive, which created a situation. Even if the Kuomintang's policy of non-resistance was carried out to the end, it would be impossible for the Kuomintang to continue to exist as a legal party because the Kuomintang army would be swallowed up by the Beiyang army. People will also have no place to stay. Li Liejun is the most powerful of the four governors of the Kuomintang, and Yuan hates Li the most.After Li was dismissed, Sun Yat-sen sent Juzheng, Bai Yuheng, and Wu Tiecheng to Nanchang for condolences, and persuaded Li not to be ordered to be in disorder and to declare independence.Li Po hesitated, thinking: "Only when he was dismissed from his post did he raise troops to fight against Yuan. People will think that he is in love with him, so how can he say it smoothly." So he decided to leave Jiangxi and go to Shanghai to pay a visit to Sun Yat-sen to make further calculations. On June 15, he went to Shanghai via Anhui , staying at No. 60 Xieqiao Road.Bo Wenwei advocated the use of force, and planned to launch an attack in Anhui first, so he went to Shanghai to ask Sun Yat-sen for instructions.Because Anhui is approaching the north and can defend Nanjing, it seems inappropriate to move first. It is better for Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangxi provinces to become independent first. If Yuan sends troops, Anhui can intercept, so he discouraged Bai.Bai was dismissed by Yuan and immediately went to live in Shengpingqiao, Nanjing.

Li Liejun met Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Chen Qimei, etc. in Shanghai, and repeatedly discussed the future strategies for dealing with Yuan. Revolt.At this time, Huang Xing had sent people to move the army in Nanjing.Li was so indignant that he was willing to take the lead in the difficult task, so he dived from Shanghai to Jiangxi on July 7 and arrived at Hukou on July 8. On the 12th, Hukou Fort was occupied, declared to China and foreign countries, and declared independence.Lin Hu, head of the mixed regiment of Li Bu, volunteered to serve as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy army in Jiujiang.Ouyang Wu, the commander of the first division, Liu Shijun, the commander of the second division, and Cai Sen, the commander of the fourth brigade in southern Jiangxi, all telegraphed the army to prepare for war. On July 13th, 2nd year of the Republic of China, the Jiangxi Provincial Council publicly elected Li Liejun as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi Dispute Yuan Army. "Since the establishment of the Republic of China, all our citizens have wanted to achieve the goal of a true republic. Yuan Shikai took advantage of the time to steal the handle, and the emperor ruled on his own. He wiped out humanity, and assassinated heroes; he made a law, and borrowed huge sums of money. Money has a spirit, that is, public opinion. Justice can be bought! The salary is unlimited, and you can be controlled by your crooks and minions. In the heat of the day, you will revive the army, ravage Jiangxi Province, and rob the world with military power. Seeing our people as enemies, it is really a duty to the people. Our people should urgently defend themselves, and fight with the people. Let the world strike together!" This is the "Second Revolution" in the history of the Republic of China, also known as the "Battle of Kuichou" and "Battle of Ganning". In fact, the Jiangxi Army had already had contact with the Beiyang Army before Li asked Commander-in-Chief Yuan. On the evening of July 12, Zhang Jingyao, head of the 24th Infantry Regiment of the Beiyang Army, led the whole regiment to Jiangxi. At dawn on the 12th, the Northern Army began to attack. The Jiangxi Army responded with a company, and they won the battle with great vigor.Ma Jizeng, the commander of the 12th Brigade of the Northern Army, came to reinforce him, but the Jiangxi Army had won a victory and then retreated.Zhang Jingyao was defeated in this battle. The Jiangxi army captured more than a hundred guns from the Northern Army, killed a company commander, five platoon leaders, more than 200 soldiers, and a prisoner battalion deputy.Only one soldier was injured when he challenged Yuan Jun. After Li Liejun's Hukou uprising, Tan Yankai, governor of Hunan Province, also declared independence, and Xu Chongzhi, the commander of Fujian Province, also declared an uprising.Sun Daoren, the governor of Fujian, still waited and watched, Xu forced Sun, and Sun reluctantly joined the Yuan army as a last resort.After Bai Wenwei handed over the governor of Anhui, he had lived in Nanjing for a while. After Li Liejun returned to Jiangxi, Bai Wenwei also returned to Anhui on July 17 to declare independence in response to Jiangxi. Unfortunately, Hu Wantai, the commander of the Anhui Army, was bought by Yuan Shikai. Fighting against Bo, he reined in troops to besiege the Dudu's Mansion late at night. Bo Wenwei left Wuhu before he could escape several dangers.Hu Wantai joined forces with the navy and army to attack Wuhu, but Bai Li failed in the battle and failed miserably.In Nanjing, Huang Xing declared independence on July 15th by organizing a revolutionary army based in Nanjing, and marched into Huaibei. Cheng Dequan, governor of Jiangsu, resigned and went to Shanghai.In Shanghai, Chen Qimei planned and deployed it.Guangdong was declared independent by Governor Chen Jiongming and Hu Hanmin on July 18. They originally planned to send troops to aid Jiangxi, but because Guangxi Governor Lu Rongting and Patrol Commander Long Jiguang were bought by Yuan, Guangdong was restrained by Guangxi and could not send troops.In Sichuan, Xiong Kewu, commander of the Third Division of the Sichuan Army, organized a discussion against Yuan Jun on August 4 and declared independence. After Li Liejun launched a campaign against Yuan in Jiangxi, Sun Yat-sen urged Nanjing and Shanghai to respond, and planned to go to Nanjing to preside over it.Huang Xing felt that Sun Yat-sen was not the director of the military affairs, so he volunteered and went to Nanjing on July 14. He left in such a hurry that he didn't even inform his wife, and he didn't write to his wife until he arrived in Nanjing.After Huang arrived in Ning, he convened a meeting of officers of the 1st and 8th divisions stationed in Nanjing at Li Hongzhang's residence in Bafutang, and decided to organize a campaign against Yuan Jun to respond to Jiangxi.At that time, in the Nanjing garrison, Wu Shaolin, the commander of the fortress, Pu Jian, the deputy director of the martial arts hall, and Cheng Fengzhang, the coach of the second regiment of the fortress, were all Yuan Dang and opposed it. Huang Nai arrested and killed them.So he declared independence in the name of Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, and appointed Huang Xing as the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army in Jiangsu, and organized the headquarters. Zhu Shouyi, in order to take over the Warehouse Commissioner of the Yuan Government’s Army Department in Mafu Street, at the same time ordered the Lengyu Division of the Third Division in Xuzhou to block and attack Yuan’s army going south. Zhang Zi of the First Division and Chen Zhiji of the Eighth Division sent troops to Huaiguan to control the key pass. Daily generosity oath. When Chen Qimei planned to challenge Yuan in Shanghai, it happened that Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Qun returned to Shanghai from Japan. Chen Daxi immediately discussed military affairs with the two.Chen Qimei agreed with Jiang's plan and actively deployed it.Chiang once organized an army when he regained Shanghai in 1911, and there were many old troops. Later, because he went abroad for inspection, he handed over the first-hand trained army to Zhang Qun. Zhang then went to England to inspect industry and handed it over to Chen.At this time, Chen served as the head of the regiment, and the soldiers led by Jiang were those who trained Jiang in the past. Now seeing the return of the two old masters, Jiang and Zhang, he was ecstatic and willing to take command, so Jiang Nai called on the old troops to support Chen Qimei as the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army in Shanghai. . Yuan Shikai not only sent Vice Admiral Zheng Rucheng to lead a guard force of 1,300 to garrison the Gaochangmiao Arsenal, but also sent Navy Commander Li Dingxin to lead Huangpu River warships to coordinate protection.Chen Qimei declared independence, and repeatedly urged Zheng Rucheng to give up the Gaochangmiao arsenal, but Zheng refused. Chen Nai ordered Jiang to lead his troops and Niu Yongjian's regiment to attack separately. The returning soldiers attacked Wusong, but they were outnumbered and failed to win.