Chapter 161 160. Jin Yunpeng forms a cabinet

Gong Xinzhan's acting cabinet can't last, and the character who is about to emerge at this time is Jin Yunpeng, chief of the army. He is one of Duan Qirui's Four King Kongs, Zhang Zuolin's son and daughter, and Cao Kun's post-changing brother.When Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui could not agree on the candidate for the cabinet prime minister, Jin was considered a candidate that all parties could barely pass. On September 19, 198, Cao Kun published the report on power generation, and on the 22nd, he and Zhang Zuolin jointly announced raising electricity to support Jin. However, Jin also had political opponents. His political opponents were not outsiders, but Duan's soul and think tank. They were also Duan's top four Xu Shuzheng, one of King Kong.Although Xiao Xu opposed Jin, the situation was favorable to Jin, so his objection was invalid. On September 20, the Beijing government issued an order to allow Gong Xinzhan to resign, and sent Jin Yunpeng, chief of the army, and acting prime minister, and Li Sihao, acting chief of finance. On the 25th, Jin took office as the acting prime minister. The first personnel order was to hire Zhang Zhitan to assist in handling cabinet affairs. Zhang Zhitan was Xu Shuzheng's deadly enemy. It was obvious that Jin and Xiao Xu were at odds.After Jin Daige, Wu Peifu also sent a congratulatory message. Although Wu was just a small teacher, he brought Jin great favor.

Qian Nengxun's cabinet resigned on June 13, 2008, and has been acting as an agent since then. It was difficult to produce a formal prime minister because Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui had different opinions.Now that Jin Yunpeng has obtained the consent of all parties, and is also the enemy of the young Xu (Xu Shuzheng) hated by the old Xu (Xu Shichang), Xu Shichang is of course very satisfied, so he plans to formally consult the Anfu Congress, nominate Jin as the Prime Minister, and ask the Congress to approve it .At this time, Xiao Xu was in Kulun, and since Duan Qirui supported Jin Ge, the Anfu Department was of course inconvenient to object, but he proposed a quid pro quo: "Three chiefs and one secretary". Zhu Shen, the director of transportation, and Zeng Yujun, the secretary-general of the State Council, are the backbone of the Anfu Department.Jin expressed no objection at the time, so the House of Representatives approved the Jin cabinet on October 31, and the Senate also approved it on November 4.

However, the cabinet list proposed by Jin refused to follow the meaning of the Anfu Department. His list was: Minister of Internal Affairs Tian Wenlie, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lu Zhengxiang, Minister of Finance Zhou Ziqi, Minister of Communications Zeng Yujun, Chief of Justice Zhu Shen, Minister of Education Xia Shoukang, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Zhang Zhitan, Chief of the Navy Sa Zhenbing, and Chief of the Army Jin Zijian.Before submitting this list to the National Assembly, Jin telegraphed the northern provinces to solicit opinions. Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin first sent telegrams to agree, and the soldiers of all provinces also unanimously echoed.The Anfu Department believed that Jin moved out the big warlords of the provinces to scare them, and was very dissatisfied, especially for Zhou Ziqi, who was drafted by Jin to be the chief financial officer, and strongly opposed Zhou Ziqi, who accused Zhou of being a remnant of the imperial system, who once sabotaged the election of the vice president, and Zhang Zhitan was also their most opposed figure.

For Jin Yunpeng, he took great pains to draw up this list. Zhou Ziqi was nominated by Xu Shichang. Xu thought that Zhou Ziqi could borrow money from the United States; Deep is the Anfu Department. There is also a reason why the Anfu Department wants to compete for the two seats of internal affairs and finance, because the power of the chief of the interior is to handle the parliamentary elections, while the Ministry of Finance can steal money and provide funds for the Anfu Department.The party fee of the Anfu Department is 140,000 yuan per month. When Cao Rulin and Gong Xinzhan were finance ministers, the Ministry of Finance paid 140,000 yuan per month to the Anfu Department with "secret fees for participating in the war". Now if Zhou Ziqi is replaced, this party fee will be lost.As for Tian Wenlie, although he belongs to the Duan party, he does not belong to the Anfu faction, so Tian's appointment as the chief is helpless to the Anfu faction.

On November 9, the Anfu Department pushed Li Shengduo, Liu Enge, and Zeng Yujun to meet with Jin Yunpeng and prevent the proposal of the cabinet list. Unexpectedly, Jin's attitude was very tough, and he believed that Congress had no right to interfere before the cabinet list was proposed. To be rejected when put to a vote. On the 11th, Zeng Yujun met Jin alone again, and asked Jin to revise the list, so that Li Sihao was the chief financial officer, Wu Bingxiang was the chief minister of internal affairs, and Tian Wenlie was transferred to the chief minister of agriculture and commerce.Unexpectedly, Jin said aggressively: "One of my lists cannot be changed. If anyone is rejected, I will resign."

The Anfu Department was very patient and continued to negotiate with Jin. The first step was to ask Jin to join the Anfu Department for cooperation. Jin replied that "soldiers do not join the party."The Anfu department also recruited Zhou Ziqi to join, and Zhou even said bluntly: "I have no intention of being the chief financial officer, let alone the conditions." Jin Yunpeng plans to reassign Zhou Ziqi as the acting chief financial officer if the Anfu Department does not approve Zhou Ziqi, or he will be the chief financial officer and use Zhou as the supervisor of the currency bureau.Jin and Xu Shichang have the same purpose, nominating Zhou Ziqi is to borrow money from the United States.At this time, Xu Enyuan, who was originally sent to the United States to negotiate a loan, had returned to Beijing with several American capitalists, planning to jointly establish Maoye Bank by China and the United States, and planned to establish a tobacco and alcohol loan of 30 million yuan.

Since the Anfu Department could not change Jin's decision, they had no choice but to go directly to Lao Duan, hoping that Duan Qirui could use his identity as an old boss and teacher to suppress Jin and make him submit. In the end, Xiao Xu had a way. On November 24, Xu Shuzheng returned to Beijing from Kulun.Because Xu You abolished the independence of Outer Mongolia, he returned to Beijing and became a hero. He was very dissatisfied with Jin Ge's list, especially after consulting the opinions of the warlords in the provinces and not submitting it to the Congress. He was indignant and thought it was a violation of the "Contract" spirit, a foul bureaucracy that defies the dignity of Congress.Instigated by Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui reprimanded Jin Yunpeng and forced Li Sihao to be named Chief Financial Officer instead of Zhou Ziqi.

On November 28, 8, the House of Representatives passed the cabinet list, and the Senate also passed it on December 3. The list is as follows: Lu Zhengxiang Tian Wenlie Li Sihao Army Chief Jin Yunpeng Admiral Sa Zhenbing Zhu Shen Tsang Yuk-jun Overruled the Minister of Education Xia Shoukang and the Chief of Agriculture and Commerce Zhang Zhitan.Tian Wenlie is also the director of agriculture and commerce, and Fu Yuefen is acting as the director of education.Zhou Ziqi was appointed as the president of the currency bureau. Jin Yunpeng became the Prime Minister, but he is still the director of the training department of the border defense army, so half of them are subordinates of President Xu Shichang, and the other half are subordinates of Duan Qirui, the supervisor of the border defense army.

Jin Yunpeng, whose name is Yiqing, was born in Jining, Shandong. His family was poor and he was young and lonely. He had only one brother, Jin Yun'e.The two brothers had physical strength when they were young. They pushed small carts along the street to sell water and carried goods for others to support their mother. The servant gave him a good beating, and Xing Shi said bitterly that he would question the crime again. The two brothers fled to Jinan overnight with their mother and sister on a water tanker, and ran the dyeing business.Jin's right eye slanted out, and the clients called him a dyer with squinting eyes.Afterwards, mother Jin and her son moved to Yantai to make a living. At the same time that Yuan Shikai was training soldiers in Xiaozhan, both Jin brothers joined the new army.Because of his squinted eyes, Jin Yunpeng was only listed as a backup soldier and cleaned the stables and toilets.Because Jin was diligent and down-to-earth, during one of Yuan Shikai's camp tours, he saw that Jin was serious about his work and eager to learn, so he was promoted.The supervisor of the school is Duan Qirui, who is educated by Duan Zhiyu.During the reign of Xuantong, Jin served as the general staff of Duan Qirui's Second Route Army. Duan led the Beiyang soldiers to ask the Qing emperor to abdicate.Jin Ping always treated his mother with utmost filial piety, and Mrs. Jin, although illiterate, was able to live in poverty. Although her two sons were wealthy, the family style of the Jin family was still very simple and honest. Yuan Shikai was full of praise for Jin's mother in Japan.Whenever Yuan's family invites Jin's mother to dinner, the old lady will bring four packages of gifts: "Ten eggs, four pieces of tofu, six catties of pancakes, and a can of pickles." The gift list reads: "Ten Jizi, All blessings are fast, strong soldiers are rewarded with gold, and talents are consistent." Yuan Shikai will order and collect it himself, and eat it impromptu, and the host and guest applaud.

Jin Yunpeng later served as the commander of the fifth division and general of Shandong, and finally served as the chief of the army. Jin Yunpeng's formation of the cabinet is a hero made by the times. Although he is Duan's right-hand man and a general of the Anhui Department, he has many qualifications and has won him support from many sides.He is the son and daughter of Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng Clan, and he is a brother of the Zhi Clan Cao Kun. Because he is from Shandong, he is from the same hometown as Wang Zhanyuan and Wu Peifu, the powerful members of the Zhi Clan.Because Wu Peifu had supported him by telegram, there was a theory that the "Lu Clan" would be established in addition to the two Clans of Zhi and Anhui.

However, Jin Yunpeng explained that his ambition was to bring about the reconciliation of the two departments of Zhi and Anhui, and then promote the peace talks between the North and the South. He had a plan, and wanted to invite Wu Peifu to be the general representative of the North. He had sent Wu Guangxin to Hengyang to visit Wu Peifu.He believed that Wu Peifu and the Southwest had joined forces, and if Wu came forward, the peace talks would reach a satisfactory result.At this time, it was Wang Yitang who was bumping into walls everywhere in Shanghai, but he threatened not to leave Shanghai or resign.After hearing this, Jin sneered and said, "See how long you've been sitting on the bench?" Jin Yunpeng has the ambition to promote peace between the North and the South.In the north, he took Feng Duan's alliance as the herald of uniting the Beiyang faction.In the south, Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao were the main opponents in seeking peace.Of course he supported Duan. He believed that Xu Shuzheng was responsible for Duan's disappointment. If he wanted to restore Duan's reputation, he had to go to Xiao Xu and abolish the Sino-Japanese military agreement. The embarrassment. On the one hand, Jin Yunpeng served as a bridge between Feng (Guozhang) and Duan (Qirui), and at the same time as an intermediary between Cao (Kun) and Zhang (Zuolin).Through Wu Peifu and the Southwest University, he sent eyeballs to Southwest University, and also instigated celebrities from all over the country to hold a peaceful joint meeting.The scheduled candidates are: Yan Xiu from Zhili, Zhu Jian from Jiangsu, Qian Nengxun from Zhejiang, Gong Xinzhan from Anhui, Zhou Shumo from Hubei, Xiong Xiling from Hunan, Li Shengduo from Jiangxi, Yu Youren from Shaanxi, Tang Shaoyi from Guangdong, Cen Chunxuan from Guangxi, Zhang Yaozeng from Yunnan, Zhu Qiqian from Guizhou, Zhang Yuanqi from Fujian . Duan's adviser, Zhu Zhitan, was Zhang Guogan's protégé and a native of Fengrun County, Zhili Province.Both Zhou Ziqi and Zhang Zhitan are the most hated by the Anfu Department.And Jin trusted them the most. Jin's formation of the Pavilion was the most disappointing thing for the Anfu Department, and it was also the most unfavorable era for Xu Shuzheng. Fortunately, Xiao Xu had made great contributions in Outer Mongolia, and he was still prestigious when he returned to Beijing. Even so, the Anfu Department can be said to be the most difficult period.Xiao Xu was in the northwest, it was Da Xu's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountains, and sent him to Outer Mongolia, lest he make troubles in Beijing, but he gave Xiao Xu a chance to make great contributions.When he returned to Beijing from Kulun for the first time, he brought the entire volume of Outer Mongolia's request for withdrawal.His arrogance was really big. The State Council invited him to attend the report, but he actually sent Yang Zhicheng to participate. At the same time, the State Council accepted his request and abolished the Kulundu Protectorate. Feng Guozhang returned to his hometown of Hejian to recuperate shortly after handing over the president in October 7th.Feng served as commander of the imperial guards in the late Qing Dynasty. The imperial guards had a division and a brigade under their jurisdiction, and their military pay was higher than that of the regular army. The regular cars were only 1.3 million yuan per division per year, while the imperial guards received 2 million yuan.In the 2nd year of the Republic of China, when Feng was transferred to be the governor of Jiangsu, the imperial guards were reorganized into the 15th and 16th divisions.In August of the 6th year of the Republic of China, Feng went to Beijing to serve as the president. In addition to the 16th Division staying in Nanjing, the 15th Division was reorganized into the President's Guard Army, and moved north with Feng to Beijing.Feng set up the Food and Pay Bureau of the 15th and 16 Divisions under the President's Military Department, and appointed his confidant Zhang Tiaochen to supervise the management of the Food and Pay Bureau. In October 7, Feng resigned, the Military Department of the Presidential Palace was abolished, the 15th and 16th divisions were put under the direct control of the Ministry of Army, and the Food and Pay Bureau remained. In June 8, the Food and Rating Bureau was abolished by the Ministry of the Army. Feng Da was very angry and wanted to fight for Beijing to regain this right.When he arrived in Tianjin, Xu Shichang invited him to come to Beijing to first mediate the dispute between Zhiwan and Anhui, and then further mediate the dispute between North and South. However, Feng was always afraid of Xu Shuzheng and Xiao Xu's poisonous hands, so he dared not go to Beijing. Feng Guozhang came to Beijing on September 23rd. Duan Qirui hosted a banquet for Feng Guozhang on the 26th. This was the first time they met after they fought in the court. After all, the two have been friends for many years. He listened to Xu Shuzheng alone.At this dinner, the Beijing government reported that Feng Duan had been reunited and reconciled.The Anfu faction plans to by-elect Feng Guozhang as vice president in order to ease the war crisis between the direct and Anhui factions.The scheming Xu Shichang wanted to use the two ex-presidents (Li Yuanhong and Feng Guozhang) who had stepped down to mediate between the North and the South.At the same time, a set of large-scale disarmament plans after national unification was drafted, and three elders from the north and the south were elected to form a disarmament committee. The northern elders were Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, and Wang Shizhen, and the southern elders were Cen Chunxuan, Tang Jiyao, and Lu Rongting.But what Feng was interested in was the military pay of the 15th and 16th divisions. Xu Nai issued an order: "The 15th and 16th divisions are still under the control of former President Feng."And restore the Food and Rating Bureau. Since Feng's purpose of entering Beijing had been achieved, he also chanted the salaries and layoffs. On December 28, 8, Feng Guozhang died of illness at the private residence of Maoer Hutong in Beijing at the age of 62.When he was in danger, he dictated Zhang Yiling's last message, hoping that peace would be realized as soon as possible, and he regretted that he could not see the reunification in person.The Beijing government ordered the national flags to fly at half-staff for three days.Both Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui went to Feng Yu to mourn in person. Duan Qirui couldn't help crying loudly when he thought of Xiaozhan training in front of Feng Ling.Xu Shichang gave 10,000 yuan as Feng's funeral expenses. Among the three masters of Beiyang, Feng Guozhang was good at reading books. He was born as a scholar. He changed from an alternate magistrate to a student of military preparations. He was acquainted by Yuan Gongbao and climbed up step by step to become a general in charge of military affairs in Jiangsu. After Yuan died, he was promoted from vice president to president. He was kicked off the political stage by Duan Qirui using "legal principles". During his presidency, he wholeheartedly wanted to pursue peaceful reunification, which is commendable. His shortcoming is greed for money. It is said that after his death, his property amounted to more than 23 million, but it was a pity that it was swallowed up by those who handled it. Feng Guozhang came to Beijing to ask for salary.Originally, there were four divisions in the Beijing Garrison, the 15th Division (division commander Liu Xun) and the 9th Division (division commander Wei Zonghan) were stationed in Nanyuan, the 13th Division (division commander Chen Jincai) and the First Division of the Frontier Defense Army (division commander Qu Tongfeng) were stationed in the north. garden.Under the control of the Anhui and Anfu factions, the Beijing government discriminated against the Fifteenth Division under Feng's control, and owed military salaries for seven months.The Anhui Clique tried to use the economy to kill this Feng's army, forcing the army to mutiny because of lack of payment, and then ordered to disband on the charge of rebellion.The Fifteenth Division once had plans to "borrow wages" from merchants.The day after Feng's death, there was news of instability in the Fifteenth Division.On January 4, 9, the news became even more urgent, and the hotels in Toutiao Hutong, Dashilan, and Qianmen Street all closed down to prevent the rebels from coming to "borrow money".After the Beijing government got the report, it hastily ordered the closure of Yongding Gate, cut off the telephone network between the city and Nanyuan, and ordered the Ninth Division to closely monitor the Fifteenth Division.After Wang Shizhen came forward to mediate, the Ministry of Finance allocated 600,000 military pay, and the riot did not subside until 8 o'clock in the evening. After Feng's death, the 15th and 16th divisions were directly commanded by the Ministry of the Army. The 16th division was moved from Nanjing to Zhangjiakou. The division commander Wang Tingzhen was promoted to the commander of Chahar, and the sixth battalion of the guard directly under Feng was disbanded. In fact, it is not only the 15th and 16th divisions who are owed wages and wages, but also the staff department.As of September 8, the Staff Department owed wages for four and a half months. The staff of the First Bureau of the Department, led by Section Chief Yi Zhaohong, jointly signed 13 people and secretly filed a secret petition with the Presidential Office of the Land Staff and the Chief of Staff to sue Deputy Chief Lu Jinshi. The second paragraph, including the salary payment, found that the number of foreigners had decreased, etc. Xu Shichang personally approved and handed it over to "Chairman Zhang for a secret investigation." Chief Zhang Huaizhi questioned the names of the accused one by one, and all of them admitted that they signed automatically, and there were many others. Unnamed members of the ministry were also temporarily asked to join the signature indictment.Duan Qirui thought that Lu Jin was directly related, and wanted to take it seriously, but Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin, and Wang Shizhen all interceded for Lu: "Xiushan (Lu Jin) has been working for many years, so it is not so muddled."It was difficult for Zhang Huaizhi to be a good person, so he had no choice but to make excuses and slip back to his hometown in Shandong, and asked Deputy Chief Lu to act as the ministry.Soon Zhang returned to the headquarters of the general staff. At this time, he had obtained the statement from Cao Wang and others, and he submitted to the president that Lu Jin was accused of various investigations without any evidence. On November 22, the Beijing government ordered that all those who accused Lu Jin be dismissed from office, and Lu Jin was exempted from discussion.The State Council was also afraid that the retrenched staff would sue Lu Jin everywhere, so they ordered them to have another arrangement. The so-called method was to give each of them a false title as a consultant to the Ministry of War.The plaintiffs asked Chief of Staff Zhang Huaizhi to announce the original text of the government's investigation and handling of Lu's case. Zhang Huaizhi only had four words of approval: "It is difficult to approve". After the Lu case was over, Zhang Huaizhi had to bring four armed soldiers with pistols to guard his office when the Lu case was over, two guards in the office, and two guards at the office desk. All the laid-off staff came to ask Chief Zhang for the five months' salary arrears , Zhang Dawei said angrily: "If I don't punish you, the crime of false accusation is too high, and you still want to ask me for money?" On December 14, the Beijing government transferred Lu Jin as General Minwei, and Tang Zaili succeeded him as the Deputy Chief of Staff. After the end of the First World War, the Allied Powers accused China of ineffective participation in the war, so although China participated in the war and was the victor, but because of the name of ineffective participation in the war, its international status has not improved at all.On the contrary, China suffered a shameful defeat at the Paris Peace Conference because of the Shandong issue. However, for Duan Qirui, since he advocated participating in the war the most and supervised the operation, he was still proud of this historical action and regarded it as a illustrious contribution.And list the personnel who participated in the "contribution" to the war, and ask the Beijing government to reward them. On the New Year's Day of the 9th year of the Republic of China, the Beijing government ordered Duan's achievements to be exaggerated, and issued an order of honor for "the author of the war meritorious service".In the order of honors, Wang Shizhen received a honor, Duan Zhigui and Jiang Guiti each awarded a Nine Lions Saber, Liang Qichao awarded one side of the "Wei Shi Kuangshi" plaque, Cao Kun was awarded General Huwei, Zhang Zuolin, Ni Sichong, Li Chunjun Promoted to general of the army, Jin Yunpeng, Liu Guanxiong, Zhang Huaizhi, Wang Zhanyuan, Zhao Ti, Yan Xishan were all awarded one honor, Chen Shufan, Xu Shuzheng, Fu Liangzuo were awarded two honors, Wang Daxie, Li Houji, Meng Enyuan, Jiang Yanxing, Cao Rulin, Lu Zong Yujun awarded three honors, Tian Zhongyu, Qu Tongfeng, Ma Liang, Chen Wenyun, Zhang Shiyu all awarded four honors, Lin Changmin, Fan Yuanlian, Zhang Guogan, Zhang Zongxiang, Zeng Yujun, Zhang Zhitan, Lan Jianshu, Liu Chuanshou all awarded five honors, Zhang Guangjian and Yang Zengxin won the First Prize of Great Ribbon, Chongguang Jiahe Award, Xiong Xiling and Sun Baoqi received the First Class Wen Hu Badge, and Wang Chonghui and Zhang Shizhao won the Second Class Wen Hu Badge. This is for the merits of participating in the war. Many people received honors for no merit, and some were opposed to participating in the war, such as Wang Shizhen, Jiang Guiti, Xu Shuzheng, etc.;When it was debated whether to participate in the war or not, almost all the soldiers in Beiyang were opposed to participating in the war. Later, Duan Qirui explained to them that participating in the war could not send troops, and they were relieved and reluctantly agreed.So to comment in a fair way, only Duan advocated joining the war from beginning to end, and Duan's idea of ​​joining the war was originally to vomit with Li Yuanhong, and it was not entirely for the sake of the country. Judging from the list of recipients of honors, it is really inexplicable. The recipients of the awards range from civil and military, from south to north, from the court and from the opposition. Warriors get the medals of literati.As for Duan Qirui, it is of course the number one contribution.However, as early as September 15, 8, he had obtained the Grand Order, so he had to be praised in the order. Zhang Guogan was a very important person in the triangular dispute between Yuan, Li and Duan. Because of his disagreement with Xu Shuzheng, he has become a half-cold figure. Finally, the old Duan still misses the past. At the same time, when Li was president, Zhang kept running between Li and Duan.Hitting the wall everywhere and not being pleasing to all sides, he deserved to be awarded medals, but he only received four honors.From the situation of receiving honors, we can see the trend of emphasizing the stage and not the offstage at that time.In fact, this kind of realistic style is no exception at all times and in all over the world. Zhang Guogan, who was in the cold palace, was sent as the supervisor of Hankou shopping mall on February 23, 9, but was unable to take office due to the opposition of the Anfu Department.When Xiong Xiling was prime minister, Yang Du was the supervisor of Hankou shopping malls.