Chapter 134 133. Fengjun's first entry into the customs

Just as the sound of slaughter in the north was earth-shattering, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River suddenly erupted with the sound of peace. On February 14, 7, Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram to declare independence in Wuxue, and strongly denounced the Civil War as the most unconscious and irrational war.He used to be ordered to "aid Fujian" to Pukou and stop advancing, just to promote the north-south peace.The basis of the peace talks is that Yuezhou should be returned to Hunan, and Jingxiang should be returned to Hubei.Finally he said that soldiers should obey the president.And the president has always been the master of peace, so being in harmony means obeying the president.There are two ways to his conclusion: "Either strike the troops, or kill Yuxiang to thank the world." Feng's move is of course an arrangement of the main peace party to disrupt the main battle party's attack on Hunan, because Wuxue is located in Hubei and Jiangxi In the meantime, Feng's actions had an impact on the first and second routes of the main combat faction.It is said that this was planned by Lu Jianzhang behind the scenes, and Lu also had a plan to raid Anhui and drive away Ni Sichong.Ni was not very popular in Anhui. If Ni was driven away, Lu could replace Ni. In this way, Anhui joined the camp of the three governors of the Yangtze River, and the southern section of Jinpu was under the control of the Zhuhe faction, and the power would be greater.At the same time as Feng Yuxiang issued a cold message, the Anhui rebellion army appeared on the Hubei-Anhui border, Huoshan, and Lu'an. They issued an appeal against Ni and publicly promoted Lu Jianzhang as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army.Ni Sichong hastily mobilized troops to defend himself, and telegraphed to the Beijing government to order Li Chun to be dismissed and Feng Yuxiang to be crusaded.

However, Feng Yuxiang and Lu Jianzhang's actions failed to get the response of the three governors of the Yangtze River, so they were isolated and helpless. The main combat faction clamored to punish him, while Wang Shizhen, like an old monk, never spoke. On February 25, 7, the Beijing government ordered Feng Yuxiang to be dismissed from the post of brigade commander and handed over to Cao Kun for investigation, and Dong Shilu, the brigade leader, acted as brigade commander.Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram to Zhang Huaizhi, willing to pay for his crimes and seek meritorious service.All the officers and soldiers of Feng Brigade also sent a telegram on March 1 to ask the Beijing government to take back the order to replace the brigade commander. The telegram said:

"On April 1st, 2006, my brigade commander scolded Fu Liangzuo for his injustice and was dismissed. He was reinstated only when he challenged the rebellion. . . . This time, Secretary Yang Daomo stopped the departure at Pukou and died in the river on February 2nd.  … ...I would rather die with the brigade commander than let him go alone. If you are not invited, please shoot all 9,513 of my officers and soldiers to thank the world.” Duan Qirui was extremely shocked by Feng Yuxiang's sudden reconciliation, so he focused all his anger on Feng Guozhang, determined to carry out a military coup to drive Feng from power.However, since all the troops of the Anhui faction were transferred to the south, there were not enough troops to support his plan, so he sent his confidant and think tank, Xu Shuzheng, to go to the northeast to find Zhang Zuolin under the pretext of "contacting national defense", and persuaded Zhang Zuolin to send him. Feng's army entered the customs to carry out the plan to expel Feng.

Although Zhang Zuolin was born in the green forest, he has long had great ambitions. He supports himself outside the customs, just waiting for the opportunity to win the Central Plains.Duan asked him for help, and he graciously agreed, and immediately sent troops into the pass.After the news of Fengjun's entry into the customs came out, Feng Guozhang was of course the one who felt the most disturbed. Fengtian was behind Beijing, and he would come as soon as he said it.As early as Yuan Shikai's era, he was impressed by the forces outside the pass and tried his best to be gentle.Feng Guozhang couldn't help thinking that after Zhang Xun led the braided army into Beijing a year ago, Li Yuanhong was expelled from power.He is a president who has no soldiers and no power. He can't help himself in Beijing. He has a premonition that he may be expelled or placed under house arrest at any time. Therefore, he calculated thirty-six tricks, and still chose to go as the best plan. He secretly arranged for the second "Southern Tour" , planning to go south from Jinghan Road to Hubei, but how could the Duan family let the tiger go back to the mountain.Of course he was not allowed to leave Beijing.

However, after Duan Qirui convened a secret meeting with his cronies, everyone changed the military regime to a military threat, which made Feng Danxi feel threatened and did not expel him immediately. At the same time, it is planned to convene a new Congress as soon as possible in order to re-elect the president early. On February 17, Feng Guozhang was forced to announce the Organization Law of the Congress amended by the Provisional Senate and the Law on the Election of Members of the Two Houses. On the 18th, he ordered the Ministry of the Interior to prepare for the election of the new Congress.

At the same time, Duan Xi mobilized to overthrow the cabinet, and Wang Shizhen was hoping to resign, so he just took advantage of this to step down, and after submitting his resignation, he did not go to work in the court. On February 20, Feng Guozhang reluctantly sent Qian Nengxun, the Minister of Internal Affairs, to act as the Prime Minister of the cabinet. On February 24, the train on Jingfeng Road was detained by Fengjun to transport troops. On the 25th, the 53rd Brigade of the 27th Division of the Fengtian Army arrived in Luanzhou. Yang Yuting, the chief of staff of the Fengtian Military Administration, led troops to Qinhuangdao, and took away more than 27,000 rifles that the Japanese government had shipped in the first batch under the Sino-Japanese Armament Loan Agreement. .When the news spread to Beijing, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui were both shocked; in particular, Duan Qirui borrowed money from Japan to buy this batch of ordnance for the purpose of training his own lineage troops "participating in the war". brains. On the 26th, Duan telegraphed Zhang Zuolin to "return the original" and ship it to Beijing.Zhang also sent a telegram on the same day, saying that he had already arranged for the Southern Expedition, but it was inconvenient to set out due to lack of ammunition, and now he brought up the ammunition without reporting. On the 27th, he replied in paragraph:

"This time, Fengtian asked for armaments. It was ordered by the head of state to reorganize the army and serve as the government's backing. The army trained, both internally and externally, supported the central government. Once it was organized into an army, it listened to the government's urging and moved to Beijing. Feng, the purpose is the same. The entire army belongs to the state, so what equipment is enough?" Zhang Zuolin did not rob the arms without authorization, because he did not know that the arms had arrived in Qinhuangdao.So who hinted at Zhang Zuolin?It turned out that it was Xu Shuzheng. Xiao Xu was ordered to go outside the customs to call Fengjun into Beijing. He knew that Zhang Zuolin would not be called if he did not allow great profits. He is headstrong, if he is asked for instructions in advance, he will definitely not allow it, and he can only do it first with actions.He was the undersecretary of the Ministry of War and knew the details of the purchase of Japanese munitions. At the same time, before he handed over his position as the undersecretary, he had left several blank official papers of the Ministry of War with the seal stamped on it. In exchange for Zhang Zuolin sending troops into the customs, Feng Jun took the fake Army Ministry certificate issued by Xiao Xu to rob the batch of munitions.

Due to the rapid entry of Feng's army into the pass, Feng Yuxiang's "Surprise Plan" to attack Anhui could not be realized.The Beijing government previously withdrew the order of brigade commander Feng Yuxiang. Feng had threatened that all officers and soldiers would advance and retreat with the brigade commander. At this time, the situation forced him to bow his head.Ni Sichong asked the Beijing government to quickly telegraph Cao Kun to send troops to attack Feng's brigade in order to eliminate the great disaster in the Yangtze River. He also accused Feng Kang of not explaining himself, and added troops to block up Wuxue upstream and downstream.悛, under the instigation of others.But Cao Kun refused to send troops, so Ni Sichong did not dare to attack alone.

Feng Yuxiang was already in the limelight at this time.Zhang Huaizhi suggested that Feng's brigade be transferred to Heilongjiang for garrison. Of course, Feng Yuxiang refused to serve in the army and "sent to the frontier to serve."And Zhang Zuolin did not welcome this army.Until March 18, the Beijing government adopted Cao Kun's opinion and gave Feng Yuxiang the punishment of "dismissal and retention". After Feng's army entered the customs, Zhang Zuolin put forward two demands: the dismissal of Li Chun and the crusade against Feng Yuxiang. He said that this was to "support the head of state".But the head of state supported by him was frightened and flustered. On February 26, an emergency meeting was convened at the Presidential Palace to discuss the countermeasures for Fengjun's entry into the customs.Feng asked Duan with resentful eyes: "This time the Fengjun sent troops to enter the customs and neither received an order nor reported it before. What is the intention?" Duan replied that he didn't know.Feng asked loudly again: "Why did Xu Shuzheng, the former deputy chief of the army, collude with Fengtian?" Duan was even more coy and unable to explain.Of course the meeting was fruitless.Feng wanted Duan to ask Zhang Zuolin to withdraw from the army. Duan was the primitive man who summoned Fengjun to enter the pass. How could he want Fengjun to withdraw again?What's more, it is easy to summon a tiger and difficult to retreat a tiger. Even if he wanted to call Zhang Tuibing, in fact he couldn't do it.

Didn't Duan know that Zhang Zuolin, the king outside the Guan, is not easy to provoke, and it's not easy to invite him out, but since drinking poison to quench his thirst, he can only "do it hard". Feng knew that it would be impossible to call Duan back to the Feng army, so he had no choice but to ask Zhao Erxun, who had been the governor of the three eastern provinces in the late Qing Dynasty and personally recruited Zhang Zuolin, to go to Fengtian to persuade Zhang Zuolin to withdraw. Zhao Erxun was in vain because of his old boss's account. Feng Guozhang's pain at this time was really something that he could not get for the people of peace. He is now a bare-bones president.Feng wrote a letter to Yang Shiqi, asking the old Anhui fox to come out of the mountain, but Yang Lian didn't reply.But the warlords acted on their own and had no eyes on the president. Fengjun not only sent troops without authorization, but also took arms without authorization.

On March 4, Feng Guozhang planned to send the following telegrams to the military and political heads of the provinces: "The country is stationed in Bing, and it is getting worse day by day. Inside, there is a lot of trouble, and the catastrophe of fighting is hard to return. Outside, the situation is bleak, and the defense of the border is becoming more and more urgent. Skinning is painful, and there is no way to do it. Guozhang has assumed power for more than half. Zai, all the facilities are contrary to their wishes. If you look at your heart at night, can you be ashamed? However, Guozhang was entrusted by the people, so that the country has come to this, and the guilt is caused. Why bother to complain and ask for forgiveness from the people of the country. But why? The reason for this is that my husband’s daily intentions are contradicted by the facts. Those who fail to get one after repeated votes have complicated reasons and many difficulties. If you want to avoid good people and seek to go, there is no law to follow; if you want to endure humiliation, There is also a shortage of Jinliang to help. If you are careless for a long time, you will be summoned. All the gentlemen are responsible for the country's dry city, and they are all responsible for it. The head of state spread the news, and the whole country was in turmoil. So Huangpi entrusted the former, and the former Prime Minister Duan urged the later, all to support the stipulation that the vice president should act as his substitute. Reinstatement, if there is someone in charge, it will not be a ploy to defend southern Xinjiang, but it can still share the hardships. It is a commercial request, and the governors of the provinces and regions, as well as civil and military officials, sent letters to urge them to enter the capital. There is no room for resignation. The safety and security of the people are not only dependent on the individual, but is it possible to get help from the crowd? The turbulent waves help each other, and we are all in the same boat. At first, we did not expect that the seal will be inherited, and the internal turmoil will become more and more. Guozhang When he arrived in Beijing, he was first in charge of the Huangpi government. He was not granted permission, and then he was appointed. At that time, the National Assembly had been disbanded long ago, and the government was still in the public opinion. , It is time to help each other in difficult times, China and foreign countries are in harmony, and the southwestern provinces, forgetting to build a republic, attack each other with illegal cabinets, do not provoke, and then start a war. The cabinet is reorganized, it is appropriate to settle the dispute, and the parliamentary problem has arisen again Minority. Regarding the officials appointed by the central government, there are annoying words, and when Shi Li disturbs Jingxiang, he is cited as comrades. Right or wrong, the truth is unclear. For example, Xie Baiduan wanted to return to the province, but unexpectedly his lips and tongues were at first. , but the result still resorted to military service. At the turn of the Yuan Dynasty in the Republic of China, the wind and rain were turbulent, and the houses were destroyed. It is impossible to catch Xiangcheng, but the teachers of the past may as well attack each other. It is only based on the concept, the withering of vitality, and the pain of people's livelihood. In fact, the second year of the Yuan Dynasty has passed. Good soldiers are ominous. Sympathy. I don’t have the heart to enforce dictatorship, so how can I take the action of business management? Therefore, at the beginning of the military, the first hope is to promote peace, not to seek extension because of defeat, but to show tolerance and cease the war. Geng Geng is sincere, but the sky is the same. The north is suspicious of its indecision, and its military spirit is almost low. The south believes that it is easy to deceive, arrogant and difficult to submit. The armies of Hunan and Guangxi took the opportunity to fall into the mountains, intending to demonstrate , to embarrass the government, and arouse the anger of the compatriots. Even if the central government has no control, how can it obey the orders of the local? It must violate public morality and respect the power, and leave no room for concessions. The final solution is only war. , is by no means a contradiction. What’s more, it is not expected that the post of Qiancheng, the chief of the heart, may actually wait and see and damage the prestige, and the freedom of action will breed rumors. All these are obstacles that may occur at any time in fact, enough to maintain the state. The hope of the overall situation has been completely wiped out, but the difficulties to be dealt with in the future and the enormity of the event will be wiped out.More than this.The parliamentary organs have been suspended for a long time, and it is said that the old members of the assembly gathered in Guangdong Province and held meetings on their own.Regardless of whether the previous dissolution was legal or not, once the order has been announced, it is no longer possible to exercise its powers, that is, the people of all provinces and regions have absolutely no reason to recognize it... The official election of the president will be over in a blink of an eye, and there is nothing at all. How can the country survive ?This is a big worry.Financial difficulties, year after year, every time the government faces difficulties, it still relies on foreign debts to make a living. However, it can combine the financial resources of the whole country and make overall plans, so it still has to try to inject and barely support it.Xiao Qiang coaxed disputes, and most of the funds for internal settlements from other provinces were withheld, and the source gradually disappeared, while military and administrative expenditures doubled compared to normal times.Luo Zui has been poor for a long time, and he rarely responds to his demands. The master hides his house and sighs, begging his neighbors in danger of bankruptcy, and Sang Kong reborn, and he will also lose his hands. There are two major worries.The cabinet is in charge, and the law is the best. The former prime minister worked hard for the country, but he was swayed by spoken words, excuses and policies, and he retired with the officials of various countries.The appointment of the minister and the current members of the cabinet are all based on the agreement of Guozhang in the past. Due to righteousness and feelings, he temporarily agreed to the old man. At first, it was not what he wanted. The current situation is gradually unified, and then organized to comply with the rule of law. The thorns are especially deep.Today, the hired minister has already become ill and is in a false position. If you set up Qian to act as the prime minister, you will say that you can't do anything, and you will leave in your clothes.Staying forcibly hinders friendship, and finding a replacement will make it difficult to hate. It is speculated that in the end, it will fall into an anarchic state. There are three major worries.The current diplomatic situation should especially arouse our vigilance, and we will call you for details.Guozhang is a military man, karma changes from time to time, wrongly holds power, morality is not enough to touch people, wisdom is not enough to candle things, and he has the idea of ​​saving the people, but the people's suffering is getting deeper and deeper, worrying about patriotism, and the country is not subverted. .There is no way to clarify it, and it is empty-handed, misleading people for peace, and wrongly casting the iron of the six states.There are many fortifications in the surrounding suburbs, and bandits are like hairs. The bandits and policemen of Qin and Yu frequently heard of them, and the rumors of Jifu are endless. Although the name is the same as the guard, the order is not to go abroad.Looking forward to the future, I don't know what to expect.How dare you stay in a high position for a long time, and mistake yourself for the country?I should ask myself to let go of my responsibilities and return the political power, but the Republic of China has no parliament, and the prime minister is currently in charge, and cannot support the "Contract Law" regulations, and entrust it to him to act on his behalf. Tracing the original reason for entering Beijing to take office, it is indeed the public opinion of all gentlemen. It means that Guozhang is prepared for rewards and difficulties, but he is not remedied in case of emergency. He sits idly by and resigns and has no way to make a decision. He can only describe the critical situation in detail to the governors of the provinces, governors and civil and military officials. We should ask for a solution. To release the heavy burden for Guozhang and seek security for the Republic of China, it is better to let Guozhang bear the blame for wronging the country than to let the Republic of China record the year and go with Guozhang.I can't get enough of my wish.I hereby fly to Buda and hope to see you within ten days.As far as the ruling power is concerned, Guozhang should still take it as his own responsibility when he is in office for a day, and he will never develop a lazy heart and commit crimes.Dare to be sincere, and look forward to the polyphony. " Zhang Yiling, Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, knew about this telegram, and immediately retrieved it from the confidential room. He invited Shi Jingyun, the Chief of the Military Department of the Presidential Palace, to pay a visit to Feng, and advised him not to send this telegram for now, nor to be negative. only wry smile. Since the Fengjun entered the customs, its momentum has been aggressive. On March 5, the first Fengjun drove from Tianjin to Langfang to check the passengers at the station, which surprised the Chinese and foreign people. In the district, it is not allowed to check passengers, Feng Jun still continues to perform duties and ignores them.However, Zhang Zuolin’s telegrams talked about him from left to right. He said: “Sending troops and withdrawing weapons is the heart of the head of state’s main battle. He designated a barracks in the area of ​​the Temple of Heaven for the troops to enter, but did not wait for an answer. His subordinates had already looked for barracks in the area of ​​the Temple of Heaven and Nancheng. At this time, new terrors arose inside and outside Beijing, and it was believed that the restoration of the braided soldiers would reappear.Zhang Xun and Zhang Zuolin are relatives of sons and daughters, and there are many restorationists in Zhang Zuolin's tent, and the Feng army drove into the customs and forced the capital. Everything is like the eve of Zhang Xun's entry into Beijing. Don't surprise people.As a result, many rich and powerful officials in Beijing left Beijing one after another, and the train station was crowded with passengers going out of Beijing, supporting the old and the young, as if a catastrophe was imminent. Feng Guozhang held an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace Chun Ou Zhai, reporting the danger of the situation, thinking that he had no choice but to retire, while speaking, he circulated the manuscript that had not been sent out the day before, and the participants at the meeting looked at each other bitterly, and there was no sound.The meeting broke up without any results, and Feng's call was not sent. Before that, Feng had sent Chief Financial Officer Wang Kemin to Bengbu to meet with Ni Sichong, hoping that Ni's attitude would ease.At this time, Wang Kemin had a call to Feng, saying that Ni Sichong had no prejudice against the president, and only asked the president to appoint Zhilao (Duan Qirui) and remove Li Chun.On the other hand, Feng received a report from Tianjin, saying that Zhang Zuolin still supported the head of state, and Zhang's purpose was to eradicate the main peace faction and organize a strong cabinet.All signs show that the Anhui faction and the main combat faction do not want to oust Feng immediately, but just want to hold elections for a new Congress. On March 6, Feng issued an order designating May 24 for the election of members of the House of Representatives and June 20 for the election of members of the Senate. On March 7th, Fengtian published the telegrams between Zhang Zuolin, Cao Kun and Zhang Huaizhi. Zhang’s March 5th (song) telegram stated his purpose of "supporting the central government, maintaining the overall situation, always uniting, suppressing civil strife, contacting comrades, and saving the peril together." He also said that the Tianjin meeting organized Fengjun into the first route, and later into the second route. He expressed his sympathy for them, and now they have been organized into six mixed brigades. Brother is unrighteous, each brigade can go to Xu in a few days, join the army, and respectfully obey the command.Zhang Zuolin tried his best to explain in this telegram, "I have no personal ambitions, and I have exceeded my wealth, wealth, fame, and position. I still have no hope. I only focus on the current situation. My brother is expanding his strength and is dedicated to counseling me. For the sake of my brother, there is no selfishness other than that, if there is falsehood, ghosts and gods will watch." Cao Kun's Yangdian on March 7 welcomed Fengjun to enter the pass, and praised Zhang Zuolin for his righteousness, openness and openness, and the friendship of flesh and blood, friendship between life and death.Please concentrate the Feng army in Xuzhou and join the second route; please also send one or two additional mixed brigades to Hankow to join the first route.Zhang Huaizhi's Yangdian praised Fengjun's entry into the pass as "strengthening my morale and strengthening my backup", and said that Hanzhuang had been designated as the first stop for Fengjun's southward journey. On March 7th, Feng sent out the telegram that had been on hold for three days. After Feng Guozhang's telegram was published, the situation seemed to ease. The main reason was that the Anhui faction and the main combat faction did not want to expel Feng from power immediately. Therefore, Cao Kun, Zhang Huaizhi, Zhang Jingyao, etc. from the main combat faction all responded to Feng's telegrams and praised Feng. The governors of the six provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi issued a joint telegram, denouncing the overthrow of the head of state and the preparation for restoration as nonsense.Zhang Zuolin also published Geng Dian (March 8) saying: "To save the current situation, I am the president alone." However, Zhang Zuolin suggested that "choose a prime minister, organize a complete cabinet, and the prime minister should be chosen by all parties. Don’t give up lightly.”This is a clear statement that Duan Qirui must form a cabinet for the main combat faction.Feng Guozhang pretended to be confused, and he replied: "Organizing a strong cabinet is a proper way. We can quickly unite with the provinces to agree on who should be the prime minister, and we should act according to the opinions of the people. If we rely on a small number of elections, I am afraid that the opinions of all parties will differ. The central government has nothing to do with it.” Feng wanted to use a prime minister unanimously agreed by all provinces to offset the faction’s support for Duan Qirui. On March 8, the situation in Beijing became very tense. The presidential palace was under a state of emergency martial law, and the house in the Fuxue Hutong section was also heavily guarded. On March 9, Wang Shizhen fled to Tianjin in disguise.After he arrived in Tianjin, he wrote a letter to two old friends, Feng and Duan, and he vowed never to return to Beijing to hold a post. During this period, the Anhui Clique used all their strength to oppress Feng Guozhang to reject Li Chun.Although Feng is weak, he is very tough on the Li Chun issue. He said that the president has no right to dismiss the governor. If he has the power to remove the governor, the first governor he wants to dismiss is not Li Chun, but he led his troops into the border without authorization. , Zhang Zuolin who robbed the arms, if Li Chun is charged with crimes, it is only the main peace, and the main peace is not a crime. Zhang Zuolin freely mobilized troops to threaten the president, which is more sinful than the main peace.Feng asked Xu Shichang to invite Zhang Zuolin to Beijing for a talk. He said: "It's better for Yuting (Zhang Zuolin) to lead the troops to fight Xiushan (Li Chun) by himself, and don't force me to give an order that cannot be carried out." When the army arrived at Hanzhuang, Li Chun sent three consecutive telegrams to resign, but he was not to be outdone. In the resignation telegram, he denounced Zhang Zuolin for "sending troops into the pass, threatening the central government to remove him from his post, and robbing the central government of his post, and robbing the armaments and not allowing them to return them. .At a time when other adversities are pressing, Jihei is at stake, and it is not enough to use all our strength to defend against the outside world. Now, instead of entering the pass with a large army, his intentions are treacherous, and everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions." Duan Qirui instructed the cabinet members of the Anhui Department to pass a motion at the state affairs meeting: Li Chun often asked for leave, asked him to leave his job to recuperate, and instead of going to work, he sent Lu Yongxiang to act as the governor of Jiangsu.Feng Guozhang refused to affix his seal to this order, and at the same time ordered Li Chun to sell the fake goods immediately to boycott.Duan Qirui also suggested transferring Li Chun internally as chief of staff, but Feng Guozhang also disagreed.Due to the increasing pressure on Duan, Feng Cai agreed to punish Li Chun by "dismissing him and keeping his post" in the same way he had dealt with Chen Guangyuan before, but Duan also disagreed. On March 12, Ni Sichong, the extreme main fighter, came to Tianjin again, and invited Zhang Zuolin to Tianjin to jointly instigate the formation of a cabinet and the dismissal of Li Chun.On this day, Fengjun set up the general headquarters of Fengjun in Guannei in Junliang City, 50 miles away from Tianjin. On March 14, Feng Guozhang was forced to go to Duan Yudun in Fuxue Hutong to ask Duan Qirui to form a cabinet again, but Duan refused to Feng.