Chapter 89 Eighty-eight, Zhang Zongchang assassinated Chen Qimei

The assassination of Chen Qimei (Yingshi) in Shanghai was the second assassination of a revolutionary after the assassination of Song Jiaoren in the early Republic of China. The uprising and Yuan Shikai's failure to proclaim himself emperor were covered up. The assassination of Chen Qimei is related to Yuan Shikai, Feng Guozhang, and Zhang Zongchang, but this case is not as dramatic as the assassination of Song Jiaoren.This assassination case was presided over by Zhang Zongchang under the secret order of Yuan Shikai. Zhang Zongchang is a native of Ye County, Shandong Province. His style name is Xiaokun.His father died early, and his mother was famous for his big feet in the village. Because of his status as an orphan, Zhang became a rascal in the market. At the age of 18, he went to the Northeast. He first dug coal in Fushun, then went to Harbin as a casino guard, and then went to Vladivostok. Because of his tall physique and excessive physical strength, he was good at marksmanship, riding and shooting, and was born with the personality of a green forest hero. He makes friends and spends money like water, so he is very popular with local gangsters.

When he was in Vladivostok, he had done several acts of setting fire without killing people. The thing was like this: a Jew once went to him and asked him if he would set fire, and he would get 2,000 rubles each time.He asked where to set the fire?The Jews say it is to burn my own house.Zhang felt very strange, why would he ask someone to burn his house?The Jews did not explain, just said: You burned my house, I will never sue you, you still get 2000 rubles, why not do it!Although Zhang didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the Jewish gourd for some reason, but since he had money to make, he readily agreed.The deal was quickly and successfully completed.After being introduced by the Jews, he set fire several times in a row, and each time he got the money he deserved, which made him more emboldened.It turned out that the Jews bought fire insurance and set the fire to cheat the insurance premium.

During this period, he learned Russian again, and he spoke it very well; some people say that he even worked as a Russian policeman.In short, he did not do badly in Vladivostok. Later, he brought a pile of cash and ran to Suifenhe on the Sino-Russian border, and gathered some desperadoes to engage in reclamation. There is a lot of trouble, and the scene is a bit like the scene in an American western. When the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Huang Xing sent Li Zhengwu to the northeast to recruit troops.At this time, Zhang Zongchang was eating "hero rice" in the coal mine in Qianjinzhai.He had a fellow villager, Wang Dong, who had the best relationship with him. He usually liked to watch "Water Margin", and he also liked to tell these stories to Zhang. Zhang was quite influenced.At this time, Wang Dong heard that Li Zhengwu was recruiting soldiers on behalf of the Revolutionary Party, so he discussed with Zhang Zongchang in private. To fight against the Yellow Turbans, why don't we invite our brothers to join the revolution today."

Zhang didn't know what the revolutionary army was at all, but he knew that the revolution was a rebellion, and he heard that Huang Xing recruited troops and bought horses. If he could recruit a battalion of people, he could be a leader. In Zhang Zongchang's opinion at the time, a leader was really big Therefore, he told his brothers that everyone was willing to follow him, and openly called a thousand or two thousand people to join Li Zhengwu, who were organized into a belt, and their weapons were all Russian. It was tall and big, so it was transported to Shanghai by sea.At this time, Shanghai had been restored, Chen Qimei served as the governor of the Shanghai Army, and Zhang Bu was organized into a cavalry regiment, promoted to regiment commander, and placed under the command of the third division Leng Yu.

After the second revolution in the second year of the Republic of China, the Beiyang Army invaded the south. Li Liejun was defeated in Jiangxi. Huang Xing left Nanjing. Zhang Zongchang was at a loss. Head of regiment. During Zhang Zongchang's tenure as Feng Guozhang's deputy chief, he used his personal power to have his wife buy opium in the northeast and transport it to Nanjing, which made a lot of money.Because of Zhang Xing's boldness and spending money like water, since he has ample money at this time, he has made many friends. Although Zhang has a bright personality, he is very strict with his subordinates and has his own set of imperial skills.There is Cheng Zian, also from Ye County, who was once the platoon leader of Zhang Suo's department. He was dismissed for committing a crime and left Zhang's department with hatred.After Feng Guozhang took over as deputy chief, Zhang became famous and wealthy, and suddenly thought of returning to his hometown. After he left Ye County, Shandong, his mother married another drummer because of poverty.After Zhang returned to his native place, he went to worship his mother and his stepfather at the same time. He not only showed filial piety to his mother, but also treated his stepfather as a son.This is not counted, and he personally visited the parents of every brother from the same country, not only kowtowed, but also distributed three hundred to five hundred.Although Cheng Zian had already left Zhang, Zhang went to see Cheng's mother as well, and gave 300 oceans as a present. A rare officer.Because of this, Cheng Zian not only didn't complain about Zhang, but missed Zhang's kindness endlessly.

After Yuan Shikai and Hong Xian proclaimed emperor, Chen Qimei was the one who worried about the southeast, because Chen had the strength and foundation in Shanghai, and was rich in organizational skills, and his appeal was not inferior to that of Cai E.Since Cai E and Tang Jiyao's uprising in Yunnan, Yuan Suo's biggest worry was that Chen Qimei would return to Shanghai to respond.If the southeast and southwest are united, the overall situation will be handed over to others; in order to preserve the southeast, Chen must be eliminated.After Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Feng Guozhang had long been divorced from Germany, but Feng wanted to consolidate the southeast, especially Jiangsu, as his sphere of influence; Chen Qimei was Feng's biggest threat, and Feng wanted to get rid of Chen, which was consistent with Yuan's position.

After the failure of the Kuomintang's second revolution, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang forces took advantage of the momentum to expand to the south. Yuan Geng went against the grain and ordered dozens of people including Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Chen Qimei, Zhu Zhixin, Deng Keng, and Li Liejun to be wanted; The persecution suffered is unspeakable.Sun Yat-sen arrived in Japan in August of the 2nd year of the Republic of China to review the failure of the Second Revolution. He believed that it was not Yuan Shikai who was strong, but that the Kuomintang was scattered, went its own way, and did not listen to the leadership's guidance.Therefore, after arriving in Japan, he initiated the organization of the Chinese Revolutionary Party. In October 2, 2010, the recruitment of comrades began. 23 people joined the party in Tokyo, including Chen Qimei, Hu Hanmin, Dai Chuanxian, Niu Yongjian, and Peng Yangguang; Zhang Jingjiang and Jiang Zhongzheng joined the party in Shanghai.Afterwards, Wu Zhongxin, Lin Sen, Gu Zhenglun, Deng Jiayan, Yang Shukan, Ding Huaijin and others participated successively.

After the establishment of the Preparatory Security Council, Sun Yat-sen ordered to discuss Yuan, and ordered the comrades of the revolutionary party to lurk in various places and arrange secretly. In October 4, Chen and Xu Chongzhi were ordered by Sun Yat-sen to lurk in Guangdong, passing through Shanghai from Tokyo. The Shanghai comrades insisted on staying in Shanghai to preside over the anti-Yuan work. Arrange everything.At that time, the guardian of Shanghai was Zheng Rucheng, Yuan's best friend, who had tens of thousands of elite soldiers strangling the throat of the Yangtze River, controlling the navy, and serving as Yuan Shikai's southeast barrier.

Chen Qimei and the revolutionary comrades believed that if Zheng Rucheng was not eliminated, the situation in Shanghai would be unfavorable for anti-Yuan activities. November 10th is the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese Emperor. The Japanese Consul General in Shanghai held a meeting to celebrate the enthronement of the Japanese Emperor. Zheng Rucheng was the highest chief of the navy and government in Shanghai, so he had to go to congratulate him as usual. Chen Qimei arranged for more than ten dead men to go to Japan in Longhua Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Mingshan, who are proficient in marksmanship, are in charge of the route of the consulate, the Baidu Bridge outside the British Concession.Wang Xiaofeng is from Jilin, and Wang Mingshan is from Laiyang, Shandong. On the morning of the 10th, Wang Xiaofeng armed with two pistols and Wang Mingshan with two bombs, ambushed beside the Baidu Bridge. At about 11 o'clock, Zheng Rucheng and his chief secretary came by car. They were approaching the Waibaidu Bridge. Because the cars were crowded, they drove slowly.Wang Mingshan threw the first bomb at Zheng's car, but it missed. The sound of the bomb explosion made pedestrians run away in a hurry. The bomb exploded, the car cover burst, and the glass flew. Zheng Rucheng was stunned on the spot, and the car stopped.After the two strong men shot and killed Zheng Rucheng, they looked calm and calm. They abandoned their guns and arrested them, calmly going to justice.

After Zheng's death, Yuan Shikai was extremely shocked and succeeded Yang Shande as the guardian of Shanghai.Yang was not as capable as Zheng, so the revolutionaries launched the Zhaohe warship uprising on December 5. The Zhaohe warship uprising was planned by Chen Qimei. The head office was located at No. 5 Yuyangli, Xiafei Road, Shanghai French Concession. Jiang Zhongzheng, Wu Zhongxin, Yang Shukan, etc. were responsible for military affairs, finance, and general affairs. On December 3, Yuan Shikai wanted to transport troops southward, and ordered the Zhaohe ship to sail to Guangdong on the 6th.The Revolutionary Contest believed that the Zhaohe ship had matured in sports, and it would be a pity to let it go. Chen Qimei then obtained the consent of the Zhaohe captain Huang Mingqiu and the ship's trainee Chen Kejun, and scheduled an uprising on December 5.It was decided that Yang Hu would lead a group of comrades to occupy the Zhaohe Ship and bombard the Manufacturing Bureau; Sun Xiangfu would lead a group of comrades to occupy the Yingrui and Tongji Ships as backup for the Zhaohe Ship; the Manufacturing Bureau and some well-connected military police in the city should immediately response.Chen Qimei was promoted as the commander-in-chief of Songhu, and Wu Zhongxin as the chief of staff. At 4 pm on the 5th, Yang Hu led more than 30 marines to attack Zhaohe in a small motorboat. Chen Kejun and others responded on board, successfully captured the Zhaohe ship, and immediately attacked the land.Unfortunately, the other comrades led by Sun Xiangfu did not take note of the small steamer they were traveling on, and were interfered by the patrol house in the concession, so they were unable to leave. Therefore, they could not occupy the Yingrui and Tongji ships as planned.Therefore, the Zhaohe ship was isolated and helpless.The comrades on land heard the sound of Zhaohe's naval guns, and then attacked the Telegraph Bureau, Telephone Bureau, Patrol Bureau, Engineering Bureau and other agencies respectively according to the original plan. Chen Qimei and Chiang Kai-shek supervised the battle. There is no back-up, so the success is on the brink of failure.

After the Yunnan Uprising, Chen Qimei instigated uprisings in various places in Shanghai.Yuan Shikai stationed heavy troops in Shanghai and dared not transfer them elsewhere; at the same time, he secretly arranged to assassinate Chen to get rid of his confidant's troubles. Cai, the preparatory supervisor of Nanjing Pukou Commercial Port, was Yuan Shikai's confidant, and Yuan ordered Cai to find a reliable person to plan the assassination of Chen Qimei.Cai and Zhang Zongchang are gambling friends. They are both good at gambling, so they know each other very well.One day Cai asked Zhang to play cards, and Zhang went to the appointment, only to see Cai alone, very strange, Cai Naiyan went into the inner room, and solemnly asked Zhang if he had the courage to do an important job for the old man (referring to Yuan).At this time, Zhang took the position of deputy chief of Feng's department, and he was quite unhappy. He was about to climb up, and when he heard Yuan You's secret order, he immediately agreed.So Cai Nai went to call Beijing, and Yuan Youmi called Feng Guozhang the next day, ordering Zhang Zongchang to come to Beijing recently.Feng Nai ordered Zhang to go to Beijing today.When Zhang Jinjing saw Yuan, Yuan immediately gave him the task of killing Chen Qimei and gave Dayang 50,000 yuan.Zhang returned to Nanjing, and Feng Xun went to Beijing. Zhang said to Feng: "The president entrusted me with a mission, which is extremely secret, but I have to tell the supervisor that the president wants me to find someone to assassinate Chen Yingshi." Hearing what Zhang said, he expressed his support, because Chen Qimei was also a big threat to Feng in Shanghai. Zhang Zongchang then went to Shanghai with a huge sum of money, but it took a lot of trouble to realize his plan to assassinate Chen, because Chen was also very cautious in his activities in Shanghai, and people from Beiyang couldn't get close.Just when he was at a loss and had nothing to do, by chance, he ran into Cheng Zian, a fellow villager who had been his platoon leader but was dismissed by him. When I was in Yexian County, I went to see Cheng's mother and gave 300 oceans, so it was very kind to meet the old chief from my hometown in Shanghai this time.Zhang asked Cheng what he was doing now?Cheng said that he was running errands at Chen Qimei's place, just fooling around.Zhang made further inquiries and found that Cheng Yanji was quite out of touch with Chen and was extremely unhappy.Zhang Wencheng said that he was moved, so he made an appointment to go to Changsantangzi for a happy reunion the next day.When they met the next day, the wine was hot, and Zhang quietly told Cheng Yan about the incident, thinking that this was a great opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. On May 18, Chen Qimei was stabbed in Sapo Sailu, Shanghai.It was later confirmed that Yuan Shikai paid a bounty of 700,000 oceans for killing Chen. After Yuan Shikai's death, Sun Yat-sen paid homage to Chen, and personally wrote the sacrificial essay. It is said: "...You are a group of heroes, fighting against thieves. All kinds of monsters bark their teeth, trying to make you thirsty, seven hundred thousand gold, and a head like this. It has its own history. There is no one like it. On the night of your death, you cry in the alley of the house. When I caress the corpse, don’t close your eyes. It was not more than a month ago, and the thief suddenly killed himself. If the king is ignorant, the sky will be so angry? Smiling Jiuquan, it should start from here. Wen Lao is lucky to live, and he will become a king.  …”