Chapter 100 Ninety-nine, Duan Qirui monopolizes power

After Yuan died and Li succeeded, the power of the Beijing government was in the hands of Duan Qirui, and all major policies were decided by Duan. On June 10, the Office of the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy was abolished. This was the institution where Yuan seized military power as president. The most unpleasant trouble between Yuan and Duan during his lifetime was this institution. When Li became president, Duan naturally could no longer Let this institution exist, so first abolish it. On the 13th, Xu Shuzheng was ordered to be the Secretary-General of the State Council, and Wang Shitong was appointed to be a councilor of the State Council.Xu Shuzheng is Duan's brain truster and confidant, but he is also the person Yuan Suo hates the most.When Duan became the Prime Minister, he had an extremely unpleasant quarrel with Yuan because he wanted to appoint Xu Shuzheng as the Secretary-General of the State Council. Now it is Duan's world, and Xu Shuzheng must take power first.This is in line with the old saying that the emperor and the courtiers in one dynasty. On the 19th, he ordered the abolition of the Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Office. This was Yuan's secret service agency and the most hated agency by all parties. In order to win people's hearts, Duan abolished it first. On the 29th, the name of the Secretary of State was abolished, and the Prime Minister was still restored, and the Suzheng Office affiliated to the Senate and the Peace Council was abolished.

On the 30th, there was a major reorganization of government personnel. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communications Cao Rulin, Minister of Internal Affairs Wang Yitang, Chief of the Navy Liu Guanxiong, Chief of Justice, Chief of Agriculture and Commerce Zhang Zongxiang, and Chief of Education Zhang Guogan resigned.With Tang Shaoyi as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xu Shiying as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Chen Jintao as the Chief of Finance, Cheng Biguang as the Chief of the Navy, Zhang Yaozeng as the Chief of Justice, Sun Hongyi as the Chief of Education, Zhang Guogan as the Chief of Agriculture and Commerce, Wang Daxie as the Chief of Communications, and Duan Qirui as the Chief of the Army .Before Tang Shaoyi took office, Chen Jintao temporarily served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Before Zhang Yao took office, Zhang Guogan was also the Chief Justice. On July 12, it was partially reorganized, with Sun Hongyi as the chief of internal affairs, Fan Yuanlian as the chief of education, and Xu Shiying as the chief of transportation. On August 1, Gu Zhongxiu was reassigned as the chief of agriculture and commerce, and Zhang Guogan was transferred to the secretary general of the presidential palace.

On July 6, the names of the military and administrative chiefs of each province were revised. Before the official system was established, the governors of the provinces were renamed military governors, and the civil affairs chiefs were renamed governors.Let Zhang Zuolin be the governor of Fengtian, Meng Enyuan the governor of Jilin, Zhang Huaizhi the governor of Shandong, Zhao Ti the governor of Henan, Yan Xishan the governor of Shanxi, Feng Guozhang the governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Xun the governor of Anhui, Li Chun the governor of Jiangxi, Li Houji the governor of Fujian, Lu Gongwang the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Zhanyuan the governor of Hubei Governor, Chen Huan Governor of Hunan, Chen Shufan Governor of Shaanxi, Cai E Governor of Sichuan, Lu Rongting Governor of Guangdong, Chen Bingkun Governor of Guangxi, Tang Jiyao Governor of Yunnan, Liu Xianshi Governor of Guizhou.Make Zhu Jiabao the Governor of Zhili, Guo Zongxi the Governor of Jilin, Bi Guifang the Governor of Heilongjiang, Tian Wenlie the Governor of Henan, Shen Mingchang the Governor of Shanxi, Qi Yaolin the Governor of Jiangsu, Ni Sichong the Governor of Anhui, Qi Yang the Governor of Jiangxi, Fan Shouyou the Governor of Hubei, Governor Zhang Guangjian of Gansu, Governor Yang Zengxin of Xinjiang, Governor Zhu Qinglan of Guangdong, Governor Luo Peijin of Guangxi, Governor Ren Kecheng of Yunnan, Governor Dai Kan of Guizhou, Governor of Fujian under the administration of Hu Ruilin, Governor of Shandong under the administration of Sun Faxu, Governor of Fengtian under the administration of Zhang Zuolin, Lu Gongwang was also the Governor of Zhejiang, Chen Huan was also the Governor of Hunan, Chen Shufan was also the Governor of Shaanxi, and Cai E was also the Governor of Sichuan.Zhu Jiabao was also appointed as the governor of Zhili, Bi Guifang was also the governor of Heilongjiang, Zhang Guangjian was also the governor of Gansu, and Yang Zengxin was also the governor of Xinjiang.Chen Huan, the governor of Hunan, was ordered to take office quickly. Before he took office, he was temporarily appointed by Lu Rongting, and before Lu Rongting, the governor of Guangdong, was temporarily appointed by Long Jiguang.Li Liejunxun was awarded two titles, with the rank of Lieutenant General and General.

Duan Qirui's announcement of the list of military and political chiefs of each province was done with great care. On the one hand, he wanted to promote the unification of the North and the South, and on the other hand, he wanted to consolidate the forces in the North.For example, the name of general promulgated by Yuan and the name of the governor of the National Defense Army were canceled at the same time, and replaced by the title of governor, only one character was extracted from each of the two titles of governor and general to create a new term for governor; On the one hand, in this personnel arrangement, regardless of the imperial system and the anti-Yuan faction, those who are on the stage or newly expelled (such as Chen Huan), they are all given a certain position arrangement, and everyone gets their own place. Finally, we have done our best in the arrangement.Duan's original intention was to separate the provinces from the military to the civilians, so only a few provinces were appointed governors and governors, and the appointments were temporary in nature.There are only four provinces that serve as governors and military governors.These provinces are all small warlords or literati who act as military chiefs, which are of course temporary in nature.As for Duan's distribution of power in the four provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi, it simply sowed the seeds of war and created the source of chaos.Especially for Hunan, Hunan is a place where the north and the south must fight for troops, and it is more important than Sichuan, because for the Beiyang army, it is much easier to take Hunan than Sichuan.

Why didn't Duan maintain Tang Xiangming's Hunan governor and reassign him to Guangdong's investigative envoy?It turned out that two days before Duan published the list of military governors in each province, something happened in Hunan, and Tang Xiangming fled.When Hunan became independent, the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army was in western Hunan, and Ni Yufen of the Anwu Army was in Yuezhou. Tang directly commanded a mixed brigade of the Beiyang Army, led by brigade commander Che Zhen, stationed near Changsha.At this time, part of the Guangxi army had reached Hengyang and Baoqing.Lu Rongting, as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi coalition forces of the National Defense Army, moved from Guangdong to Hunan in early June and stationed in Hengzhou.In Hunan, Zhao Hengti and others have formed two divisions of the Hunan Army, and a part of the civilian army in western Hunan has also moved to the vicinity of Changsha to form a division.This is a tense situation. Yuan Jun and the National Defense Army cannot live in peace, and conflicts may occur at any time.Tang Xiangming's situation was somewhat similar to that of Chen Huan in Chengdu. He could neither command Yuan's army stationed in western and northern Hunan, nor command the civilian army in Hunan and the guest armies in Guangxi and Guangdong.The worst thing was that the people of Hunan hated this murderous soup butcher so much that rumors spread throughout the city of Changsha that various militiamen besieged Changsha and that the Kuomintang was going to use pistols and bombs against Tang. In the middle of the night of July 4th, Tang Xiangming left Changsha besieged on all sides.

After Tang Xiangming left, the Hunan Army had established three divisions, the division commanders were Chen Fuchu, Zhao Hengti, and Chen Zhongxun.Zeng Jiwu temporarily acted as the governor of Hunan as the first commander of the Hunan Army, and Long Zhang temporarily acted as the chief of Hunan civil affairs.Later, Cheng Qian went from Yunnan to Hunan in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Hunan National Defense Army, and his unit was also changed to the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army.Tang Xiangming's departure did not lessen the smell of gunpowder in Hunan. On July 6, the Beijing government announced that Chen Huan was the military governor and governor of Hunan.This order made Hunan more complicated.

Duan Qirui had a very bad impression of Chen Huan, so why did Duan appoint Chen as the governor and governor of Hunan?This was due to Li Yuanhong's insistence that Chen must be given the post of warlord.After Tang Xiangming fled from Hunan, Duan planned to send a Beiyang army to Hunan quickly, but he had no troops to move. At this time, when Chen Huan withdrew from Sichuan, he still had two brigades in hand, so he sent him to Hunan nearby. But Li was perfunctory, and Chen was given another chance to take the blame. This order immediately aroused fierce opposition from the people of Hunan. The Hunan people drove away a Beiyang warlord, and they would never allow another Beiyang warlord to come. Therefore, all walks of life in Hunan elected Liu Renxi, who was already in his seventies, as the governor of Hunan.Why push Liu?Because Liu Renxi used to be a vassal in Guangxi and had a close relationship with Lu Rongting of the Gui Army. He wanted to use Liu's relationship to obtain the assistance of the Gui Army to resist the Beiyang Army.

Lu Rongting supported the action of the Hunan people, because the Guangxi army did not want the Beiyang army to enter Hunan on a large scale.The issue of the northern army in Hunan aroused opposition from the people of Hunan, the Yunnan Army, and the Guangxi Army. People from other parties, such as Xiong Xiling and Fan Yuanlian, hoped to transfer Cai E back to Hunan, and people from the Kuomintang hoped that Huang Xing, who had just returned from the United States, would be appointed.But both Cai and Huang had no intention of being the governor of Hunan.Huang Xing recommended Tan Yankai to replace him.Tan has good popularity in all parties, but the relationship with the Beiyang Department is not deep enough.

At this time, the desperate Chen Huan knew that he was not suitable for the governor of Hunan, so he voluntarily resigned from the governor of Hunan. Duan Qirui also understood that if the northern army was forced to Hunan, it would definitely lead to war. Duan felt that the time to use troops was not yet ripe.Therefore, on July 16, he reassigned Liu Renxi as the governor of Hunan, and ordered the sixth division to be transferred from Xiangxi to Jiangxi, the seventh division to be transferred from Sichuan to Luoyang, and the third division to be transferred back to Yuezhou from Sichuan. Duan Qirui's original plan was to send Cao Kun, the commander of the third division, to be the governor of Hunan after Chen Huan. However, Duan himself felt that his foundation in Beijing was not yet stable, and he had to rely on a reliable Beiyang general by his side to strengthen himself. position, so Cao Kun was chosen.Cao has always given people the impression that he is an "honest man", so Duan Tiao Cao is the immediate governor.At the same time, the third division that returned to Yuezhou in July was transferred back to the north in batches.

This does not mean that Duan gave up Hunan completely, because he placed another chess piece in Hunan, and he sent his in-law Wu Guangxin to lead the third brigade of the Northern Army to defend Yuezhou.This is of course a plan to ambush Wu as the future Governor of Hunan.If people don't know about the affairs of the world, they don't do anything about it.The news that Duan Nei appointed Wu as the governor of Hunan immediately spread throughout Hunan. Of course, it aroused fierce opposition from the whole province of Hunan, and even publicly declared that it was to resist the Northern Army.Do not hesitate to fight.

Only then did Duan understand Hunan's toughness, so on August 3, he ordered Tan Yankai to be reassigned as Hunan Governor and Superintendent.The so-called "administration" means interim. In this order, the appointment of Tan as the governor of the governor temporarily means that a governor will be sent in the future, so the telegrams sent to Tan during this period all refer to Tan as the governor. Tan Yankai was anti-Yuan, and he was very popular in Hunan.After the failure of Gui Chou's second revolution, he assumed all the responsibilities in Hunan, and Yuan transferred him and Zhao Hengti to Beijing.Zhao was imprisoned, and he was also under house arrest. This experience made him even more popular in Hunan. Hunan people are very sensitive to the post of governor of Hunan, which is caused by Tang Xiangming's excessive killings. Hunan people and even the Southwest National Defense Army are particularly resolute in opposing the Beiyang Army's re-entry into Hunan. However, the Beiyang Army has stayed in Yuezhou. It is a fait accompli, so there was a tacit understanding at that time, as long as the Northern Army did not cross Dongting Lake, it seemed that the two sides could coexist peacefully. Tan Yankai took office as Governor of Hunan on August 20. After the Beijing government issued the order to appoint the governors of the provinces, the dispute between Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun occurred first.Both Feng and Zhang were "generals" in the Yuan era, but Feng's status in the Beiyang School was far higher than that of Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun's site is in Anhui, his headquarters is in Xuzhou, and he has taken the vast area east of Xuzhou on the Longhai Line as his own. These areas belong to Jiangsu, and Feng Guozhang can't bear this for a long time.At the end of Yuan Shikai's period, Yuan Zheng wanted to use the conflict of interest between Feng and Zhang in order to manipulate it. Feng had no choice but to endure Yuan's attitude. After Yuan's death, the governor's order was issued again. Zhang Xun moved to Anqing to order amulets.Unexpectedly, Zhang Xun told Feng that in addition to being the governor of Anhui, he also served as a patrol envoy of the Yangtze River. Jiangsu is in the Yangtze River Basin.When Feng received the telegram, he was so angry that one Buddha was born and the other ascended to heaven. He was so angry that he resigned to the Beijing government. Of course, Feng's resignation was a gesture to urge Beijing to order Zhang Xun to let Xuzhou go. However, the Beijing government didn't have the strength to carry out this kind of action at this time, so it could only tactfully persuade Zhang to take the initiative to take the initiative, and Zhang Xun ignored it at all. On August 29, Feng again sent a telegram to the Beijing government, enumerating all kinds of lawless actions of the braided army in the Xuhai area, causing the people to suffer unbearably.So the Beijing government once again advised Zhang Xun to move to Anqing, but Zhang Xun also threatened to resign. He telegraphed that the Beijing government would rather resign from the governor of Anhui than let Xuzhou.The dispute between Feng and Zhang had to be settled. This is a wonderful phenomenon. The governor of Anhui Province is not stationed in Anhui but in Jiangsu, and the governor's residence is not in Anqing, the provincial capital, but in Bengbu. Anqing only has the provincial office of the governor and the governor.Anhui's civil affairs, finance, education and other common affairs are of course located in Anqing, the provincial capital, so all provincial affairs must be handled by letters and telegrams to Bengbu every day.Ni Sichong, governor of Anhui Province, was also an arrogant and lawless warlord. No matter what he said, he refused to leave Bengbu.Although the Beijing government repeatedly urged him to move the governor's office to Anqing, he ignored it accordingly. Yuan passed away on June 6. On June 7, Chen Shufan of Shaanxi announced the cancellation of independence. On June 8, Chen Huan of Sichuan announced the cancellation of independence. On June 9, Long Jiguang of Guangdong also announced the cancellation of independence.Duan Qirui adopted different approaches to the three local chiefs who canceled independence. His purpose was only to achieve the dictatorship of the Beiyang faction and divide the forces of the National Defense Army. Originally, Long Jiguang's independence was very reluctant. He was forced to declare independence under the siege of the Guangxi National Defense Army and the militiamen from all over Guangdong.When declaring independence, he obtained Yuan Shikai's secret instructions and understanding.So although he became independent, he still had secret telegrams with Yuan, asking Yuan Fei to transfer the Beiyang Army from Haidao to Guangdong to rescue him from the crisis. After Yuan's death, he got in close contact with Duan Qirui, who succeeded Yuan. When the Military Affairs Council was established in Zhaoqing, the acting Fujun Commander Cen Chunxuan and Guangxi Governor Lu Rongting both telegraphed Li Liejun, Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army of the Yunnan National Defense Army, to march to Jiangxi via Guangxi and Guangdong.So Li Liejun led the two echelons of Zhang Kairu and Fang Shengtao to Zhaoqing on May 12.Yuan Shikai was still alive at this time. Of course, Long Jiguang was extremely unwilling to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and he refused the Yunnan army to pass through Guangzhou.Lu Rongting was also afraid of causing such conflicts in Guangdong, so he advocated a compromise with Long, and negotiated with Long on the route of the Dian army to pass through Guangdong, from Zhaoqing to Pajiangkou via Sanshui, then take a train to Shaoguan, avoiding passing through Guangzhou.However, when the Zhangkai Confucian Ladder Mission arrived in Shaoguan on June 7, Yuan had passed away. Taking this as an excuse, Long sent a telegram to order Zhu Fuquan, the governor of Shaoguan, to close the door and refuse to accept him, forcing the Dian army to sleep outside the city. The Beijiang War broke out. On June 9, Long did not communicate with the Military Affairs Council and announced the abolition of independence without authorization. Long wanted to get rid of the interference of the Military Affairs Council, because he always believed that he belonged to the Beiyang faction, so he willingly turned to the Beijing government. He believed that the Beiyang military faction It is the most powerful military force in the country. Relying on the Beiyang Department as a backer, he is not afraid of the Dian Army and the Guangxi Army. He believes that the Dian Army and the Guangxi Army must be expelled from Guangdong before he can sleep in Guangdong. Therefore, he is canceling the independent At the same time, he secretly requested Duan's cabinet to request Duan Sanlu to send troops to "aid Guangdong". In addition to transporting the Beiyang army to Guangdong by sea, he also ordered the Beiyang army from Jiangxi and Fujian provinces to enter Guangdong by land to help him pinch the Yunnan army. Defeat the Yunnan Army and then expel the Guangxi Army.Long Jiguang’s wish was to prevent the Yunnan and Guangxi armies from going to the Northern Expedition in Guangdong. Issued an order to praise the dragon's actions, thinking that he "has the vision of the world". On June 21, the Beijing government sent Long Jiguang to concurrently serve as the patrol envoy in Guangdong.The Duan cabinet's three-way aid to Guangdong plan is also being stepped up. Before the Military Affairs Council was abolished, Long Jiguang reverted to his old ways. He ordered the Ji Army, a direct line of troops stationed in Longzhou, to deal with the National Guard Army in a hostile manner, and to treat the Yunnan Army led by Li Liejun in the Northern Expedition by fortifying the wall and clearing the country. Bombarded on the city tower, and at the same time, a secret message requested Duan Qirui to quickly dispatch the Northern Army to Guangdong for assistance.Unexpectedly, the telegram was intercepted by the Military Affairs Council, and Cen Chunxuan, the acting commander of the Fujun, telegraphed the announcement. Long couldn't deny it, so he forged the military affairs council's refusal to revoke the exchange with Cen Chunxuan and Li Liejun who conspired to capture Guangdong to offset it. Of course, Duan Qirui was not happy that the National Defense Army continued to march north, so he accepted Long's begging telegram, and ordered Jiangxi Governor Li Chun to dispatch all the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army to southern Jiangxi; Fujian Governor Li Houji led his troops to southern Fujian and sent Sa Zhenbing to lead the navy to Guangzhou in the name of protecting foreigners, waiting for an opportunity to eliminate the Yunnan army, so as to preserve Guangdong as the sphere of influence of Beiyang.Li Chun already had Jiangxi, and Li Houji already had Fujian. Since he had his own territory, he was not very interested in Guangdong, so he obeyed Duan's order and sent troops only symbolically. The purpose was to prevent the Yunnan army from invading Jiangxi and Fujian. The Dian army led by Li Liejun was attacked by Long Jiguang's Ji army in Shaozhou. The whole army was extremely indignant, so they launched a violent attack and entered Shaozhou on June 7, 5.Long sent troops to reinforce him, but on July 3, he was severely beaten by the Dian army in Yuantan. Due to changes in the situation in Guangdong, the Duan cabinet took the opportunity to make major adjustments to the Guangdong issue when it issued the orders of the military and civilian chiefs of the provinces across the country on July 6. Li Liejun was transferred to Beijing for "another appointment", and Lu Rongting was appointed as the governor of Guangdong. As the governor of Guangdong, Long Jiguang was the supervisor of Guangdong and Guangxi Mining Affairs. At the same time, he appointed Lu Rongting as the temporary governor of Hunan. Before Lu arrived in Guangdong, Long Jiguang was still the temporary governor of Guangdong. This personnel order contained a lot of conspiracies. The first call Li Liejun entered Beijing was to divert the tiger away from the mountain and remove the frontal enemy of the Guangdong Beiyang faction; although the second Guangxi army was also an enemy of Long Jiguang, its attitude was not as tenacious as Li Liejun’s. Therefore, by announcing Lu Rongting as the governor of Guangdong, the Guangxi army could be softened; thirdly, Lu Rongting was appointed as the governor of Hunan to prevent Lu from going to Guangdong to take over as the governor, so that Long Jiguang could continue to stay in the position of governor of Guangdong, waiting for the help of the Beiyang army.This is a clever plan that kills two birds with one stone. For the Dian army, it is to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and for the Guangxi army, it is a tactic to slow down the troops. As far as Duan is concerned, he has worked hard on the Guangdong issue. Duan Qirui's arrangements for Guangdong aroused fierce opposition from Guangdong people. Representatives of various parties and factions headed by Tang Shaoyi, Liang Qichao, and Wang Chonghui called the Beijing government to remove Long Jiguang, the public enemy of the Guangdong people.So Duan Nai, under the pretext that "the truth of the Cantonese affairs are unknown", sent Tang Xiangming, who had just escaped from Hunan, as an envoy to investigate and deal with Guangdong, and appointed Admiral Sa Zhenbing as a patrol envoy to Guangdong and Fujian, using the navy to suppress the hostile side. Tang Xiangming is quite related to Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui.Because he is from Hubei, he is from the same hometown as Li Yuanhong, and he was also a naval student.Before Yuan Shikai died, Feng Guozhang convened a meeting in Nanjing. Both Tang Xiangming and Feng Guozhang advocated Yuan’s abdication. Feng’s idea was because he wanted to use the support of the South to ascend to the presidency. Tang always advocated that Vice President Li Yuanhong should succeed him as President.For this reason, Li Xin has a very good impression of Tang.Duan Qirui was not bad to Tang. Although Tang and Chen Huan were the last "rebels" who forced Yuan to die before Yuan died, Chen Huan had already sent money to Cai E and was not loyal to Yuan and the Beiyang faction. It was forced to declare independence under heavy pressure.Duan knew that Tang would not defect to the Kuomintang, so he also had a good impression of Tang. At this time, Duan was going to borrow Tang Xiangming's brother, Tang Hualong, the leader of the Progressive Party, to help him in the Congress, so to win over Tang Xiangming was also to win over Tang Hualong. Li Ben wanted to invite Tang Xiangming to go to Beijing to be the chief of the navy, but Duan sent him to be the investigation envoy in Guangdong.Duan's arrangement was made by Yuan Shikai. During the Second Revolution of Gui Chou, Yuan Shikai sent Tang as Hunan's investigation envoy, led some warships to Dongting Lake, and then announced him as the governor of Hunan.People in Guangdong were deeply afraid that Duan Yelai would do this, so they drove away a murderer, and another murderer came, so they also firmly opposed Tang's arrival in Guangdong. How about Lu Rongting?His Guangxi army originally developed towards Guangdong and Hunan. In Guangdong, he was not as sharp as the Dian army and the Ji army. He used the Dian army and the Ji army as enemies and led a part of the Guangxi army into Hunan. Control Hunan in his hands. Comparing Hunan and Guangdong, Hunan is an important place, its internal situation is complicated, and its financial resources are not as rich as Guangdong. Ignoring Beijing's order to temporarily sign the Hunan Governor's order, the Hengzhou squadron returned to Guangxi, and concentrated the main force to prepare for Guangdong. Duan Qirui was very disturbed when he heard in Beijing that Lu Rongting was returning to Guangxi from the Hunan class and was preparing to enter Guangdong. This was exactly the opposite of his arrangement. It's a fake show.So on July 29, he secretly sent out a bright telegram in the name of the State Council, soliciting the opinions of the Beiyang military expedition in all provinces on the handling of the Guangdong issue.This is another example of Yuan Shikai's example, using the Beiyang military expedition to arouse their interest in the southern provinces. It was when Duan Qirui dealt with the Guangdong issue that he caused a stir in the cabinet. Since he regarded himself as Yuan Shikai's heir, of course he hated Li Liejun the most. He believed that Li was the sworn enemy of the Beiyang faction. After being transferred, he wanted to take the opportunity to turn his back on him.His secretary-general, Xu Shuzheng, understood his selfishness, so he sent a telegram urging Jiangxi and Fujian provinces to send troops to "crusade" Li Liejun without discussion and approval at the cabinet meeting.As a result, Sun Hongyi, the Chief of Internal Affairs, and Xu Shuzheng clashed head-on. At this time, Zhang Xun, who was in Xuzhou, also sent a telegram on July 31 to reprimand Li Liejun, advocating that Jiangxi and Fujian provinces send troops to "aid Guangdong".The northern provinces immediately followed suit, and Zhang Huaizhi, Zhao Ti, Meng Enyuan, Yang Shande, Yan Xishan, Feng Guozhang, Wang Zhanyuan, Bi Guifang, and Chen Shufan (in order of power generation) all sent telegrams to "discuss" Li Liejun. On August 11, the Beijing government issued an order dealing with the Guangdong issue, saying: "Before Long Jiguang handed it over, he was responsible for guarding the land, and he should restrain the generals and protect the law and order. Li Liejun led the soldiers, and he was responsible. He was the commander of Junle, and the troops were suspended immediately. After that, if there is any resistance to the order and a quarrel, he will automatically Strictly denounce and punish the country." This is really an order that is unreasonable and reverses right and wrong. It describes Long Jiguang as a border official who is responsible for guarding the land and maintaining law and order; while Li Liejun is the chief culprit who resisted the order and provoked and violated national discipline.What are the facts?Li Liejun is just a person hated by the Beiyang faction. He is one of the three giants who opposed the imperial system the most and advocated in Yunnan.As for Long Jiguang, he was Yuan's beloved dog, who was conferred the title of prince because of his allegiance to "Emperor Hongxian". Duan thought he would use the prestige of the central government to showdown against Li Liejun. He had the backing of the Beiyang warlords. If Li Liejun refused to obey orders, he would rebel against the government and the country, so he could call on the whole country to attack with drums.However, there was no time to help. At this time, Lu Rongting had quickly led his troops to Zhaoqing. Under the double pressure of the Yunnan and Guangxi armies, Long Jiguang was forced to propose the conditions for resignation: (1) If the Ji army had more than 20,000 people (false report), he should Organized into two divisions; (2) Please allocate 3 million yuan for military pay and relocation funds; (3) To supervise the mining affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi, you should choose key locations in Guangdong and Guangxi to garrison the Jijun. In the Jinjun garrison area, other troops must withdraw; ( 4) Supervising the Guangdong-Guangdong Mining Affairs Office should be in accordance with the scale of the Overseer Office, directly under the central government, and the governor of the province has no right to dispatch. At this time, Li Liejun's stay in Guangdong was useless, and he became a target of public criticism, so he was dismissed by telegram on August 17. The Dian Army in Guangdong was directly under the command of two division commanders Zhang Kairu and Fang Shengtao. On August 22, Li Liejun bid farewell to the Dian army. After meeting with Lu Rongting in Zhaoqing on the 27th, he went to Shanghai via Hong Kong. Lu Rongting pretended to be sick in Zhaoqing. On August 25, Sa Zhenbing went to Guangzhou to mediate with Guangdong Governor Zhu Qinglan.After receiving the payment, Long Jiguang led his troops to move to Qiongzhou (Hainan Island).Lu Rongting took office in Zhaoqing as the Governor of Guangdong as late as October.