Chapter 160 159. Zhiwan competes for Shanghai

Because Shanghai is an international city, it has always occupied a special position. Therefore, the Songhu Guard has also become a target for the Beiyang warlords.In particular, the Zhiwan and Anhui departments have never given up fighting for this position.The Songhu Army Envoy is not under the jurisdiction of the Jiangsu Warlord in terms of official system. When Yuan Shikai was planning to proclaim himself emperor, in order to contain Feng Guozhang, he sent Yang Shande, the commander of the Fourth Division, to garrison Shanghai and concurrently served as the Songhu Army Envoy. The power cannot reach Shanghai, and he has a serious heart, and he keeps protesting to the Beijing government.But protests are protests, and the Beijing government just doesn't want to include Shanghai in Jiangsu.Later, the Governor of Zhejiang was vacant, and Yang Shande led his troops to Hangzhou and won the Governor of Zhejiang. This was in November of the 6th year of the Republic of China. Feng Guozhang took the opportunity to bring the Songhu Military Region under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Jiangsu, but this was only Feng's unilateral action. The Beijing government did not Duan Qirui did not admit that Duan Qirui sent another strong general of the Anhui Department, Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the 10th Division, to succeed the Songhu Army Envoy. To Feng once again hope in vain.

On August 13, 8, Yang Shande, the governor of Zhejiang Province, died of illness, and the Beijing government gave Yang 10,000 yuan for funeral expenses.In the Beiyang era, martial arts were valued more than literature, as evidenced by the funeral expenses. The funeral expenses of warriors were 10,000 yuan, and the funeral expenses of literati were 2,000 yuan, which has almost become a rule. On the 14th, the Beijing government promoted Lu Yongxiang to act as the governor of Zhejiang. At this time, Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, took the opportunity to request to take back the Songhu Military Region.But how could the Anhui Department give up such an important territory in their hands?Therefore, Lu Yongxiang urgently sent He Fenglin, commander of the 8th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Beijing Government's Secret Security Division (Yang Shande's troop), to succeed him as the Songhu Guard.As the governor of Zhejiang, Lu was still the commander of the original 10th division. At the same time, he expanded the 4th division left by Yang Shande into a division and a mixed brigade. , and concurrently served as the brigade commander of the mixed brigade, and also recommended Chen Leshan, the commander of the seventh brigade of the fourth division, as the division commander of the fourth division.The first brigade of the Tenth Division of Lu's direct line was stationed in Hangzhou, and the first brigade was stationed in Shanghai.

This arrangement made the Zhili very angry, but the Zhili could not directly oppose it, but put forward his opinion, thinking that the Songhu Guards had a high status and could not be succeeded by a brigade commander with little qualifications.Directly reflect this opinion to Beijing and ask the Beijing government to carefully consider the issue of candidates for the Songhu Guards. Of course, Lu Yongxiang would not let go of the territory he had already acquired. His attitude was very firm. He told the Beijing government that if he did not accept his opinion, he would not be the warlord of Zhejiang, and would rather return to serve as the Songhu Guard.In fact, this is just a gesture, just a demonstration to the immediate line. On September 14, Lu actually returned to Shanghai from Hangzhou, as if he really wanted to return to serve as the Songhu Army Guard, which made the Beijing government feel very embarrassed.

In order to ease the dispute between Li Chun and Lu Yongxiang, the Beijing government adopted a compromise method and issued three cases: 1. Lu Yongxiang was specially appointed as the governor of Zhejiang. 2. Abolition of the Songhu Protectorate Envoy.Changed to set up Songhu Township Envoy. 3. Make He Fenglin the guardian envoy of Songhu. From Beijing's point of view, this is a way to achieve both ends, but the Zhejiang side is quite dissatisfied, because Songhu is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu, the guards can be exempted from the control of the warlord, but the guardian must be restrained by the warlord.Not only is the official position completely different, but this still achieves Li Chun's goal of devouring Songhu.Therefore, both Lu Yongxiang and He Fenglin sent telegrams:

Lu Yongxiang and He Fenglin jointly sent a telegram: "Respectfully read the President's order, specially conferring on Lu Yongxiang as the governor of Zhejiang, and the Songhu guards will be abolished immediately, replaced by a guardian envoy, and Any Fenglin will be transferred as the Songhu guard envoy. Undecided, people's hearts are not at ease, the government has lost its focus, and the overall situation is becoming more and more dangerous. Songhu is an important place, and it is inconvenient to change things suddenly. In addition to calling the president, Fenglin is still acting in the name of Lu Yongxiang who is also serving as the Songhu guard. , to maintain the status quo. I hear this telegram, and I would be grateful if you could check the photos."

He Fenglinfu spontaneously sent a telegram to the central government to resign. Wen Yun: "A lesson from the President, the State Council, and the Ministry of Land Affairs: I respectfully read the presidential decree. If there is a lack of Songhu guards, they will be abolished immediately. Songhu guards will be re-established, and any Fengxiu will be transferred to Songhu guards. This order is due to this. Under the order, the panic is inexplicable. Fu Nian is an important place in Songhu, southeast of Wanhu. Since the fourth year of the Republic of China, the two townships of Shanghai and Songjiang have been abolished. The intention is far-reaching. Over the past few years, after several incidents, he used his power to deal with it randomly. After the transfer of Governor Lu last year, the student movement was shaken, the business and industry dropped out of business, the hearts of the people were shaken, and the villagers were falsely alarmed. Fenglin followed the rules and was spared. Accident. Now the North and the South are in a stalemate, and the overall situation is uncertain. Suddenly, a decree was issued to change the township envoy, and the authority was suddenly reduced. Knowing that it is difficult to be competent, but the national official system must be adapted to local conditions and cannot be established according to people. The only way to retreat is to ask the President for permission to remove the post of Songhu Township Envoy, so as to restore the old system and maintain the overall situation. "

As all the officers of the 4th Division and 10th Division (both belonged to the Zhejiang side) sent a telegram to Beijing, they called for the revocation of the order to abolish the Songhu Protectorate, and appointed He Fenglin as the Protectorate.At this time, Beijing was splitting for the sake of Zhiwan, and the war was about to start, and had no intention of taking care of the southeast, so he didn't reply immediately. He Fenglin suspected that it was Li Chun's trick, so he telegraphed Li Chunyou: "It's all my teacher to untie the bell and tie the bell." In this sentence, together with Wusong Police Commander Rong Daoyi, he telegraphed Li Chunyou: "The same people and other groups blamed each other, there is no way to respond, and selfishness is unpredictable, and it is difficult to understand. It is not the central government that deceives my teacher, that is, my teacher deceives the students" and so on.It turned out that He Fenglin and Rong Daoyi were both Li Chun's students.Li Chunnai sent a telegram expressing his thoughts: "If the central government ordered it to be instigated by the elder brother, the elder brother will have no face to see the younger brother, and no face to see others."But the Zhejiang side still didn't understand, so the two sides were at war with each other and divided their troops for defense.Jiangsu gentry united various groups to appeal for peace. Li Chunping had always called for peace, and he was unwilling to go too far in the face of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang dispute. A dispute was finally reined in by both sides.

On August 4, 9, the Beijing government officially appointed Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, as the general representative of the peace talks.At this time, there was no peace talks between the so-called North and South, but this position represented the sincerity of the Beijing government.Li Chun has always regarded himself as a warlord of peace. During the Civil War, he always insisted on peace talks, and the South also had confidence in Li Chun. During Li Chun's tenure as the governor of Jiangsu, Qi Xieyuan's most confidant was Qi Xieyuan. Qi's official official position was Jiangning Town Guard and Sixth Division Commander, and finally the Jiangsu Military Affairs Committee Office.

After the failure of the Anhui clique, Ni Sichong, the general of the Anhui clique and the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, was dismissed due to serious illness. The Beijing government ordered Zhang Wensheng to serve as the governor of Anhui temporarily, and the post of the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River was concurrently held by Li Chun. Having a false name and unwilling to take up the post, he sent chief of staff He Enpu to Beijing to resign as the patrol envoy to the Yangtze River, and asked the government to select another talented person.The Beijing government paid special attention to Li Chun, the head of the three governors of the Yangtze River, and dismissed the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, and reappointed Li Chun as the patrol envoy of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi, and Qi Xieyuan as the deputy envoy.Li Chun was quite satisfied with this name, so he readily accepted it.

Unexpectedly, this name caused the division between the three governors of the Yangtze River, the two governors of Jiangsu and Jiangxi. Chen Guangyuan felt that he was inferior to Li Chun, and he was unwilling to do so. He publicly declared: "I would rather return to Hubei than to Soviet Union." Against Li Chun.The Jiangsu gentry actually sent a telegram that "Li Du has always said that he would not pre-empt the civil affairs", asking Li to move to Dangtu, Jiujiang. At this time, Jiangsu's political tide rose and became more complicated.It turned out that Qi Yaolin, governor of Jiangsu, and Li Chunzheng had disagreements and petitioned to resign. Li Chun followed suit and recommended Wang Kemin as governor to the Beijing government. , How can he be the governor of a province, so letters and telegrams were sent to express his opposition.In Li Chun's sponsorship report, Wang Kemin was also accompanied by Wang Hu, who had been Jing Zhaoyin and was popular among the people.Therefore, the Beijing government must not only accept public opinion, but also take care of Li Chun's face, so it specially appointed Wang Hu as the governor of Jiangsu.After the problem of the governor was resolved, the problem of the director of finance of Jiangsu Province occurred again.Li Chun recommended Zhang Wenhe as the Minister of Finance. Su people thought that Zhang Wenhe was incompetent and flattering, so he could not manage the finance of a province, so they strongly opposed it.So he criticized Zhang Wenhe and strongly slandered Li Chun for his calls to arrive in Beijing one after another.

Here are the most intense two telegrams selected and transcribed as follows: Citizens of Jiangsu to the President of the State Council Wen Yun: "At the beginning of the Zhiwan War, Governor Li borrowed words to raise wages and made every effort to amass money. He violated the law and overstepped his authority. Yu Jiqi, who had a notorious bad record, was the head of the Finance Department. As the son of Li Duqian, he is despicable and dirty, not to mention, but he is greedy and good at flattery. If it turns out to be a fact, the source of life for 30 million people is the source of life of 30 million people. Newspaper? It is also repeated that "Li Du sent his staff to Shanghai HSBC Bank to borrow 1.5 million foreign debts, and use a certain provincial production as payment". The borrowing must be approved by the meeting, which is stipulated by law. How important is the matter? If it is true, especially for the loss of power, which can be tolerated, which cannot be tolerated? Yongte clearly declares that the central government will follow Li Du's request and appoint Wenhe as the director of Jiangsu Finance Department. Wenhe will be in office for one day. Our people in Suzhou don’t pay taxes for a day. When it comes to borrowing debts, if we use the products of Jiangsu Province as payment, we, the people of Jiangsu, cannot admit it without going through the formalities of decision. The people of Jiangsu have been trapped in water and fire for a long time. Why do you think of the country? Today Li Dufang asked for leave repeatedly due to illness, and reported that he was trying his best to maintain peace. If he went to fight, he should ask the central government to allow him to rest and benefit the local people with the order of the people of Su. Jiangsu is very lucky." Citizens of Nanhui wrote to the President, the Ministry of Finance of the State Council: "It was reported in the newspaper that Governor Li Baowen and the Changcai Department wanted each other in the past. When Su Min heard about it, they were astonished. Wenhe is the son of Governor Li. He is despicable and shameless, and he does not hesitate to call him his father. His personality is so good, and his integrity is evident. Finance It is related to the lifeblood of a province, how can it be greedy for a lowly person with fake hands? If the facts are seen, Su Min will not admit it. Moreover, the people in Jiangsu, the Jiangsu of the Jiangsu people, are not obtained by the governor. Personal private property, and using it as a tool to blackmail the central government, the fallacy of views, once this is the case, the arbitrariness is beyond words, and since it is gone, it will be the front. Why does the central government have such a domineering vassal town? We should ask for an explicit order to dismiss them to fulfill their wishes. If the central government is willing to be coerced and favored by others, it will directly consider Jiangsu as the Jiangsu of Li Du alone, not the Jiangsu of Jiangsu people. The people have the right, but I also ask whether the central government wants 30 million people to fulfill their obligations? Does the 30 million people support them? To win the favor of a warlord, lose the 30 million people, who gains and who loses? Only the central government plans!"