Chapter 162 161. The Anhui Clan and Zhi Clan Fight Overtly and Secretly

After Yuan Shikai's death, the general trend of Beiyang was divided into two parts, and then into three parts.The second is the Zhili and Anhui. The Zhili is headed by Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun is the deputy, and the three governors of the Yangtze River are the backbone.The Anhui faction is headed by Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng is the center, and Jin Yunpeng, Duan Zhigui, Ni Sichong, Zhang Jingyao, Fu Liangzuo, Wu Guangxin, etc. are all generals.The second and the third is to add another Feng family, who came from behind and became the three.The head of the Feng faction is Zhang Zuolin, Wang Yongjiang is the mastermind, and Yang Yuting, Guo Songling, Wu Junsheng, Sun Liechen, and Zhang Zuoping are all the backbone.

Directly after Feng Guozhang's death, Cao Kun took the top position. The original three governors of the Yangtze River were only Cao Ma's leader.Although Wu is a teacher, his every move, every word and deed has attracted the attention of the whole country.He was in Hunan, and he drove his troops forward quickly, invincible.Afterwards, Chen Bing did not fight, but he called for peace through telegrams. He was able to grasp the center of the situation, make good use of it, and win the sympathy and support of the broad masses of the people.Because of his ability to act and sing, soldiers from both the north and the south admired him. Cao Kun was his direct relative and officer. In this way, the tide rose and all boats rose, and he became a well-deserved leader of the direct line.

Duan Qirui could have become Yuan Shikai's successor, the leader of the entire Beiyang faction, but because he was too headstrong, unable to accommodate things, and trusted Xu Shuzheng, he lost the support of the majority of people, so he had to consolidate the Anhui Clan for self-respect.Of course Xu Shuzheng is a character, but it's a pity that he is too domineering and too sharp. He has contributed the most to Duan and has the greatest influence on Duan.As for the likes of Fu Liangzuo, Wu Guangxin, and Zhang Jingyao, they are all Duan's burdens, they are neither talents nor generals.

The rise of the Feng faction certainly took advantage of the location, and when Duan Qirui was fighting Feng Guozhang openly and secretly, Xu Shuzheng offered to pull Zhang Zuolin and Feng Jun to deal with the direct faction, which gave the Feng faction a chance to grow.In the process of using each other, Zhang Zuolin and the Anhui Department took advantage of each other, which made his ambition grow accordingly.This is a combination of advantages and disadvantages. When he felt that he could do his own thing by himself, he was unwilling to be manipulated by the Anhui Department, and even wanted to liquidate Xu Shuzheng.

In view of the declining Anhui clique and the unreliability of relying on others, Duan Qirui decided to use Japanese loans and Japanese arms to train new troops (participating troops) as the capital for his future unification of the world.This is the same as Yuan Shikai's distrust of Beiyang generals before he became emperor and he established a "model army". In June 8, the participating army was renamed the Frontier Defense Army, and later developed into three divisions and four mixed brigades.After Outer Mongolia was withdrawn from rule, Xu Shuzheng pretended to be the "King of the Northwest" and wanted to fight against the "King of the Northeast" Zhang Zuolin. Xu Shuzheng actually joined forces, because Xu Shuzheng's past record is terrible. He once killed Lu Jianzhang, the military strategist behind the direct line, once wooed Sun Liechen, Zhang's subordinate, and deliberately colluded with Cao's favorite general Wu Peifu. In the hearts of Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun I think: "This person must never achieve his ambition. If this person succeeds, there will be no one in our generation."

Because Cao and Zhang united under the common premise of opposing Xu Shuzheng, a total of seven provinces, including Zhili, Jiangsu, Hubei, Jiangxi, and the three eastern provinces, established an anti-Anhui alliance. The Seven Provinces Alliance received spiritual support and encouragement from Xu Shichang.When Yuan Shikai was alive, Xu Shichang believed that Xu Shuzheng was a terrible person, and the two family members had never been on good terms. The Alliance of Seven Provinces did not oppose Duan at the beginning. Their slogan was "Qing Jun's side", which meant they opposed Xu Shuzheng who was beside Duan.They hope that Duan Qirui can be close to the virtuous and stay away from the villain.This so-called villain refers to Xu Shuzheng.One thing can prove that in September 8, Cao and Zhang tried their best to push Dai Jin Yunpeng to form a cabinet. Jin was also Duan's confidant, but Jin opposed Xiao Xu. Therefore, Jin not only got the support of Cao and Zhang, but also Xu Shichang. .

What about Duan Qirui?He couldn't get rid of Xu Shuzheng because of external pressure. Sometimes the political bond was fragile and sometimes very hard. Duan and Xiao Xu couldn't be separated, because Duan's new "frontier army" was established by Xiao Xu and held in Xiao Xu's hands at the same time. , and the Anfu Congress is controlled by Xiao Xu alone. If Xu Shuzheng is removed, he will be disarmed, which is tantamount to "self-destruction of the Great Wall." Since Duan could not accept the request of the Alliance of Seven Provinces - the side of the Qing Dynasty, the situation deteriorated beyond control, because the purpose of the Alliance of Seven Provinces could not be achieved, so he had to go to extremes.

Unfortunately, Ni Sichong, the Anhui governor of Anhui, a general of the Anhui faction, was dying of illness.When dealing with Feng Guozhang back then, Ni Sichong was the vanguard of the Governor's Army. He replaced Zhang Xun as the governor of Wan, and also took over Zhang's troops. Compared with Wu Guangxin and Fu Liangzuo, he finally became more powerful in the Wan faction.Now that the situation is precarious, Duan Rusang has left and right hands.Because of Ni's critical illness, Ma Lianjia, Ni's subordinate, also wanted to win the commander-in-chief seal. Duan ordered the horse gang to handle Anhui military affairs, and wanted to send Duan Zhigui to succeed Anhui.Xu Duan's opinions were not unified, so the old Xu decided that if Ni Sichong did not die, he would not fill any vacancies or make up for him.

Wu Peifu, who served as the vanguard of the Seven Provinces Alliance, fell on Wu Peifu again. In the autumn of 8, Wu repeatedly called to withdraw the defense and return to the north, but the Beijing government ignored it. On January 17, 9, Cao Kun forwarded a telegram to Beijing in which Wu Peifu resolutely requested the disarmament. The telegram first said: "I am serving in Hunan Province, and the two records are hereby. Please disarm repeatedly, but I did not agree." Then it emphasized the direct army All the soldiers have been waiting for a long time to return home, and they are in a difficult situation of arrears of military pay.Finally, he said sadly: "Looking north and kowtow, weeping and mourning" in eight characters.

Wu sent this telegram to Cao Kun first, and asked Cao to forward it on his behalf. Cao felt that Wu's telegram was too plain, and added two sentences at the end of the telegram: "The dead in battle are both wandering souls under the spring, and the survivors are also wandering souls in foreign lands." Hungry." The Beijing government received a telegram from Cao (17th), but Lao Xu didn't speak, while Jin Yunpeng asked Duan for instructions, and Duan didn't say a word, so Jin Yunpeng had no choice but to keep silent. On January 30, the southern military government secretly provided Wu Peifu with a starting fee of 600,000 yuan, 300,000 yuan was paid in advance, and the remaining 300,000 yuan was reserved for payment when the team started.

Wu Peifu wants to withdraw his defense and go north. For the Anhui faction, this is an extremely serious matter.Therefore, Duan Qirui decided to prevent Wu Jun from returning to the north. In mid-February, Duan instigated some soldiers in Henan to oppose Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan. He also used the pretext that Zhao Ti connived at his brother Zhao Jie's prostitution, arousing public outrage, and forced Jin Yunpeng to replace Zhao Ti.It's a fact that Zhao Ti didn't do well in Henan, but Duan took this action completely for selfish benefit.He attached great importance to the territory of Henan, because Wu Jun withdrew his defenses and went north, and Henan was the only place to pass through. The army "Hongwei Army" commanded by Zhao Ti belonged to the Huai Army's Jiang Guiti system. command.Therefore, Duan planned to send Wu Guangxin, his in-law, as the governor of Henan, and Wang Yinchuan, secretary of the Anfu Department of the House of Representatives, as the governor of Henan.While urging the Jin cabinet to issue Yi Du's personnel order, Duan secretly ordered Wu Guangxin to quickly move the garrison from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to Xinyang to take joint action with the anti-Zhao army in Henan. Wu Guangxin is the commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As a result, Zhao Ti was forced to go to Liangshan.Zhao Ti originally adopted a neutral attitude in the struggle between the two factions in Zhiwan and Anhui, and had no affiliation. Now, because of his own problems, he wants to join the anti-duan front. When he learned that Duan sent Wu Guangxin to devour Henan, he transferred Zhao Jie and Chang Desheng The other ministries concentrated on the southern section of Jinghan Road, ready to fight back and take resistance actions. So the League of Seven Provinces added another province and became the League of Eight Provinces. Wu Guangxin's pity is that his dream of being an alternate military governor for many years and governor of Hunan fell through, and the move of governor of Sichuan came to naught. Now he has an opportunity in Henan, but the future is also full of difficulties. On February 23, Wu Peifu issued a telegram, opposing the change of Yudu. His telegram was very exciting: "The officials in Xinjiang are not the private property of one family, and the political power is not the business of the same department. Anfu jumps over the bridge, the political platform is broken, he is extremely vicious, too many to write down, and he has a little blood. It seems to be so ambitious, incessantly full. The laws and regulations are shattered, and everyone is in danger....The government's measures and facilities in recent years have all violated public opinion. Those who oppose me will perish. What the Manchu Qing and Xiangcheng refused to do, but the government brazenly did it! Zeng also thought about the authority of force. Occupied by one lineage; it is strange whether there are so many officials in the territory that can be occupied by one party; can all the people of Zhaomin be whipped by one person! If you do what you want, if you ask for what you want, you will only see them working hard for a long time I beg the President and Prime Minister not to be used by Anfu, but to order Wu Guangxin's army to return to the original defense, and to declare that Governor Zhao will not be taken lightly so as to eliminate the disaster of war." Zhao Ti had nothing to do with Wu Peifu, but now Wu is supporting him, and he was naturally grateful to Wu. Therefore, on March 4, Zhao Youzhi responded to Wu with the sentence "I got a telegram from Master Wu yesterday, and I am crying."In fact, Wu didn't have any love for Zhao, but he was afraid that Duan's direct descendant would get Henan, and his way back to the north would be blocked. On February 26, the Beijing State Affairs Conference passed the appointment of Wu Guangxin as the governor of Henan and Wang Yinchuan as the governor of Henan.When the cabinet sent the president to seal, Xu Shichang only agreed to reassign the governor of Henan Province but not the governor of Henan Province.He claims to have lived in Weihui for a long time, and he can be regarded as an old man in Henan. He will never allow the people of Henan to suffer from war due to the change of the governor. Jin Yunpeng reported Xu's disapproval to Duan, who was furious and scolded Jin face to face: "It's useless, how can you be the Prime Minister?" Jin Yunpeng was in the most difficult situation at this time. He was born in the Anhui Clan, and Lao Duan was his backer. When he became the prime minister, one person was under one man and more than ten thousand people, the evolution of the situation made him unable to control himself, and he couldn't stay with the Anhui Clan. . On February 29, 9, Jin submitted his resignation again. On March 1st, the Anfu Department once again mobilized to overthrow the cabinet, and called Wang Yitang to return to Beijing quickly to preside over the movement.At this time, in order to win over Xu Shichang, the Anfu Department expressed that it could agree to Zhou Shumo, who was proposed by Xu Shichang in the past, to form a cabinet. Xu Shuzheng also solemnly said to Lao Xu: "If Zhou Pu forms a cabinet, Shuzheng is willing to serve as the chief of the army and help the president with affairs." Zhou Shumo's words Shaopu, also known as Old Man Shen Guan, is called Old Man Pu by all the people in Beiyang.In the past, when Xu Shichang proposed Zhou Shumo to form a pavilion, the Anfu Department firmly opposed it. Now, in order to overthrow Jin Yunpeng, they are willing to accept Xu Shichang's candidate.At that time, if Zhou Shumo formed a cabinet, it would be very difficult to choose the chief of the army, because Jin Yunpeng is also the chief of the army. If his cabinet collapses, Jin will naturally not stay as the chief of the army. If Xiao Xu becomes the chief of the new cabinet, it means that this new cabinet Very powerful. On March 3, in order to overthrow the cabinet of the Anfu Department, the three directors of the department—Li Sihao, the Finance Minister, Zeng Yujun, the Communications Director, and Zhu Shen, the Justice Chief, agreed not to attend the state affairs meeting.The next day, he even resigned jointly to achieve the goal of overthrowing the cabinet.At this time, one of Anfu's crimes against Jin Yunpeng was that Jin signed the Sino-Japanese military agreement and was an ungrateful traitor. The Duan Department and the Anfu Department are two in one, one in two. Since they launched the downfall, it is equivalent to officially excluding Jin Yunpeng from the door.The wonderful thing is that Jin also has his backing. He has the support of the Governors of the Eight Provinces headed by Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin. .Faced with this huge opposition, Duan Qirui had no choice but to express his reluctance to retain Jin's cabinet, and at the same time agreed to suspend the change of the Henan Yidu issue. On March 4, Jin Yunpeng returned to the State Council to continue working. Duan ordered the three heads of the Anfu Department to cancel their resignation and cooperate with Jin's cabinet. On this day, Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan, issued a telegram in response to Wu Peifu, saying that Zhao Ti had openly sided with the Zhili lineage and joined the Seven-Provinces Alliance, which had expanded into the Eight-Provinces Alliance.Because of this change, Zhao Ti seemed confident and fearless.The Beijing government also had to provide Cao Zhang and others with a promise not to replace the Henan governor.And Cao Kun also explained Zhao Ti's dispatch of troops and generals.His explanation is very interesting. He said that Yudu mobilized the army for the sake of disarmament. Now that the order has been issued, he should be transferred back to the original defense. Zhao Ti also assured the Beijing government that the mobilization of the border troops in Henan Province is the idea of ​​various groups, and once the overall situation is settled, the troops should be withdrawn to the original defense. Wu Guangxin's Yudu failed again.His grievances were completely concentrated on Wu Peifu, his noble clan, so on March 20, he sent a telegram to scold Wu Peifu: "I am only helping the younger generation, I am confused, I have repeatedly spoken out of position, I don't care about my status, I am arrogant, and I am arrogant." Don't have any conspiracy, just try to provoke." The Eight-Provinces Alliance was very powerful, and it won a battle as soon as it came out, preventing Jin Yunpeng's cabinet from being overthrown by the Anfu faction and invalidating Henan Yidu's personnel orders. The support of Jin Yunpeng's prime minister made him even more intolerant of Lao Duan. Duan's buddies believed that Jin was ungrateful, colluded with the enemy party, and murdered his mentor.In fact, it's not that Jin intended to do this, it's also due to the current situation. Jin and Zhang Zuolin are in-laws, so Jin doesn't need to ask Zhang, Zhang also has to support Jin.As a result, Zhang's backing offended Duan even more. On March 14, Zhang Zuolin sent Wang Naibin to Beijing with a personal letter to Duan Qirui, urging Duan to trust Jin and not to alienate Jin by listening to villains.There is a saying in the book: "Begging Junzuo not to accept Xiaoxiao's words, so as not to be tired of Shengde."This letter made Duan even more angry. Duan thought it was unforgivable for Jin to ask an outsider to intercede with him.It just so happened that Jin Yunpeng came to visit Jin at this time, and Duan stood in the way of the fire.Of course Jin Yunpeng didn't know what was going on.The next day Jin came to visit Jin again, and went straight into the inner room without waiting for an announcement. He was originally Duan's Four King Kong, so he could enter the room at will.When Duan saw him, he scolded him head to head. Duan said: "You have become the Prime Minister of the State, why are you still so ignorant? Do you think you can overwhelm me by relying on foreign aid? Do you still have me in your eyes? "Jin Zhang Er King Kong couldn't figure it out, and shouted for grievances. He said: "How could I ask for help? I am definitely not such an ungrateful villain." Take it out and say loudly: "You said no, what is it, and you still lie in front of me." Jin took it over and saw that it was a letter from his in-laws. The letter was all about speaking for himself, what if it wasn't asking for help?I was speechless for it. Duan Ze said angrily: "You tell Zhang Zuolin what he is, he is becoming more and more out of place, and he dares to interfere with the family affairs of the Beiyang School. Does he deserve to be a member of the Beiyang School? What is his background? How did he get it?" Today? He’s just a horse thief. If I don’t promote him, can he be what he is today! I don’t know the seriousness, he’s getting worse and worse.” Jin stood in front of Duan, neither walking nor sitting, waiting for Duan to scold him enough Only bowed and retreated. Duan Qirui was really angry this time. Not only was he angry with Jin Yunpeng, but he even refused to meet Xu Shuzheng. Another incident happened on March 14th. It was a piece of news from the official newspaper of the Anfu Department, Gong Yan Bao. General, expressing that the Jin cabinet is willing to directly negotiate with Japan on the Shandong issue." Zhang Zhitan is Jin Yunpeng's think tank, and this news is a conspiracy to blame others. Jin became the object of resentment by the people of the whole country. Anfu lawmakers Guang Yunjin, Wu Zesheng and others questioned Jin Yunpeng in the Anfu Congress based on the news from Gongyanbao, attacking Jin Yunpeng for plotting to betray the country.It seems that the Anfu Department is so patriotic and anti-Japanese.In fact, everyone knows that the Anfu clan is pro-Japanese. Now, in order to attack their political opponents, they actually put their own hat on other people's heads, which is really deceiving their ears! In late February, the Anfu Department had a plan to promote Duan Qirui as vice president in order to boycott Xu Shichang.Lao Duan was very angry during this period, and no one dared to report this opinion to Duan.Sure enough, when Duan knew the news, he immediately rejected it.In Duan's mind, even the president is not in his eyes, so how could he be interested in the vice president? Duan really wanted to use the vice president as a bait to make political deals.In the past, there were plans to push Cao Kun, so in early March, he instructed the Anfu Department to by-elect Cao as vice president to save the political crisis caused by the withdrawal of the direct army.That is to say, if Cao Kun accepts the vice president, he must ensure that Wu Peifu will not withdraw his defense.Cao Kun was no longer interested in the vice president at this time, so the warlords of the Eight Provinces Alliance also instructed the members of the congresses of the provinces not to attend the election meeting of the vice president. Although the Anfu Congress held a meeting to elect the vice president, it failed twice. . On March 27, Zhang Zuolin celebrated his birthday in Shenyang, and the warlords from all provinces of the alliance sent representatives to celebrate his birthday. At the same time, a secret meeting was held and three points were decided: (1) Support Jin Yunpeng to remain as Prime Minister and do not oppose Duan Qirui. (2) Anfu is traitorous and harmful to the country, so it should be disbanded. (3) Ni Sichong, the governor of Anhui, was ill for a long time and was unable to take things seriously, so he recommended Zhang Xun as the governor of Anhui (according to Zhang Xun is also Zhang Zuolin's relative). The representatives of the provincial governors who went to Shenyang to wish Zhang Zuolin's birthday and Zhang Zuolin's representative came to Baoding together after the Shenyang meeting. This is Cao Kun's base camp. It was at the call of Cao to attend the Baoding meeting. The Baoding meeting was similar to the Shenyang meeting, and three points were decided: (1) Support Jin Yunpeng to remain as Prime Minister and do not oppose Duan Qirui. (2) It is in favor of the withdrawal of the direct army to return to the north, but Wu Peifu must be instructed to have a tacit agreement with the southern army to ensure that the southern army will not take the opportunity to advance after the retreat of the direct army. (3) Announce that Anfu is the crime of treason and harm the country, and order it to disband. From the decisions of the Shenyang meeting and the Baoding meeting, it can be seen that although the Feng line and the Zhi line were allied, they did not support each other in terms of their respective interests.Zhang Renlin wanted to support his in-law Zhang Xun to return to Anhui and build up new strength for himself, while Cao Kun was concerned about the withdrawal of the direct army. Duan Qirui took shelter behind Tuanhe and thanked guests behind closed doors.When he was in Beijing, Xu Shichang and Jin Yunpeng felt that they had to intervene in everything, which was extremely painful. Now that he went to Tuanhe without asking everything, Xu Jin felt extremely inconvenient.Therefore, he was repeatedly invited to return to the private residence in Fuxue Hutong so that he could learn from him nearby, but Duan firmly declined.Xu Shichang then asked Wang Shizhen, a Beiyang veteran who lived in seclusion in Zhengding, to come to Beijing to mediate the political tide. On April 4, Wang Shizhen went to Tuanhe to visit Duan. Wang said to Duan: "Jin Yiqing (Jin Yunpeng) is your man. , isn’t it just to support you, why are you angry!” Duan was quite moved after hearing this. He once returned to Beijing on April 7, but people from the Anfu Department surrounded him and reported him only annoying news, so he returned to Tuanhe on the 8th. The trend of Cao Zhang's alliance to reverse the Duan has been established. Although the rebellion is not mentioned in the mouth, it is actually the reversal of the Duan that can break the political deadlock at that time.In the reverse action, there must be an actual actor, and this role naturally falls to Wu Peifu.Wu Peifu's first move was to disarm and return to the north. He sent a series of telegrams to Beijing, such as: "In the battle of Hunan and Hubei, after several dramatic battles, the soldiers went from death to life. The casualties should be sympathetic, and the exhausted should be comforted. According to the petitions of the brigade commanders, they may suffer from hemoptysis or dampness. The situation is tragic. I can't bear to see it. The garrison period has been long, and the sun is looking north, and I can't wait. Empty words comfort me, and I can't stop it..." "The garrison soldiers are exhausted, and they are stuck in all difficulties. I beg for permission to withdraw them all, so as to comfort everyone's expectations." The last telegram of Wu's request to disarm was the most widely circulated, and the telegram said: "Far garrison in southern Hunan, the melon period is two times, and the defense is changed for three years. It can't be said to be fast. How dare you say meritorious service when you cook beans on the wall. After the strike and peace talks, the north and the south belong to one family. It is not a bandit who hates foreign aggressors. Why do we need to defend heavily? We can't fight for sovereignty. Do you want to fortify the interior?" Duan Qirui could no longer underestimate this talented division commander. He carefully studied the issue of the Wu division's withdrawal, and believed that: (1) Once the Wu division withdraws, the Southern Army will take advantage of it. as a result of. (2) After the Wu division withdraws to Baoding, it will pose a great threat to Beijing, especially Wu Peifu is a dangerous person. He began by delaying, pretending to be confused, and not answering.After seeing Cao, Wu's telegrams became more and more pressing, and he ordered the Ministry of the Army to reply and not allow them to withdraw their defenses.In the end, he knew that Master Wu had the determination to voluntarily withdraw his defense, so he persuaded him to withdraw slowly by using the strategy of slowing down the troops. In early March, Wu Peifu sent people to escort more than 700 family members of his troops back to the north, and ordered that soldiers should not ask for leave without reason, should not pay merchants on credit, and should not take grass and trees from the people without authorization.And call Zhang Jingyao to prepare to send troops to take over the defense line of the Zhijun.In fact, he has secretly made an appointment with the Hunan Army, and once the defense is withdrawn, the Hunan Army will take over the defense. Duan Qirui had to deal with this issue carefully. On March 18, he secretly came to Baoding and asked Cao Kun to stop Wu Peifu from disarming automatically.At the same time, Qu Tongfeng, Chen Wenyun, Wei Zonghan, Li Jincai, and Liu Xun, the five division commanders of the garrison near Beijing, were instructed to jointly send a telegram, refusing to move the direct army Wu division to Beijing on the pretext of insufficient barracks. At this time, Wu Peifu had sent his staff officer Wang Boxiang to Beijing to take care of the location of the garrison. After Wang Boxiang arrived in Beijing, he telegraphed the actual situation to Wu. Naturally, Wu had carefully considered the issue of disarming. It was a long road from Hengzhou to Baoding, and it first had to pass through Zhang Jingyao's sphere of influence, Changyue District. Wu Peifu didn't take Zhang Jingyao seriously at all.From Changyue across Hubei to Henan, it is the area of ​​Wang Zhanyuan and Zhao Ti. Both Wang and Zhao have joined the Eight Provinces Alliance, so naturally they will not count him, and they will not be intercepted along the way. At that time, outsiders were worried about Wu, thinking that he had been alone for a long time, and it was a bold attempt to venture thousands of miles away to return to the north. . The two factions of Zhi and Anhui used various methods to deal with each other's enemies. On April 23, Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, suddenly proposed to abolish the military governor system, and was willing to implement it in Zhejiang first, as a means of advocating it. , is deeply hated and hated by the people of the whole country.Now a warlord proposes to abolish the governor, which is really popular with the people.Is Lu Yongxiang really so obedient and obedient to public opinion?Of course not, this is just a method used by the Anhui faction between the two factions, and Lu Yongxiang came out to test the direct line. On April 30th, Cao Kun also followed his plan and sent a telegram in favor of abolishing the governor, and further advocated the banning of soldiers from joining the party.The so-called party refers to the Anfu Department.Of course, Cao Kun didn't really want to abolish the governor, but he just didn't want to let the Anhui department be more beautiful than before, so he just sang high-profile. Xu Shichang wished that these warlords with military power in their hands could step down, knowing that what they said was against their own will, but they also ended up pushing the boat along the way, making a big fuss, sending telegrams to reward the "excellence" of the abolished governor, and suggested that the abolition After the governorship, the armies of each province were under the direct control of the Central Army Department, and the governors of each province had the right to supervise the armies of their own provinces. The central issue in the struggle between the Anhui faction and the anti-Anhui faction is the cabinet. Although Jin Yunpeng is Duan's trusted general, but because the anti-Duan alliance groups all maintain Jin's cabinet, Duan regards Jin as a thorn in the side. The department is determined to overthrow the Jin cabinet, which "conspired with the enemy and murdered the Anhui department", and would rather have a political enemy come to power than let this "traitor" sit on the prime minister's seat.From late February to early May, this issue is a constant struggle. One day, Xu Shizhang (Xu Shichang's brother), director of Jinpu Railway, went to Jinpu Railway to pay a visit to Zeng Yujun, director of transportation.After they finished talking about business affairs, Xu Shizhang took his leave and asked to leave, but Zeng Yujun grabbed Xu and asked him to sit down for a while, chatting ramblingly. Come to Duan Gong." During this period of time, the door was closed in Tuanhe to thank guests, Beijing dignitaries had gone to Tuanhe to pay their respects, so Xu naturally accepted Zeng's proposal, and the two of them drove to Tuanhe together. After Zeng and Xu met Duan, Duan seemed to be in a good mood that day, talking casually about the weather, etc., and then Xu Shizhang was surprised. Zeng suddenly said: "Director Xu's trip is to convey the president's opinion. I really can't go on, please ask the supervisor to signal Jin Yiqing to step down on his own." Xu Shizhang couldn't deny it in Duan's face, but Duan looked kindly in his sharp face, nodded repeatedly and said: "Very good, very good. " Two days later, Xu Shichang received a letter from Duan, which said: "Let my younger brother come and talk about Jun's intentions, and let Yiqing resign." After reading the letter, Xu Shichang was puzzled, so he immediately asked Xu Shizhang to clarify.Xu reported the experience to the old man with a wry smile, and he said: "President Zeng invited me to Tuanhe, and he only said to visit Supervisor Duan. After seeing the supervisor, the Chief just talked to himself like that. Half a word, I didn’t know it beforehand, and I didn’t mention half a word afterwards. It’s like being raped once.” Xu Shichang was very angry when he heard this, thinking that the Duan family had gone too far, so he wrote back to Duan, frankly denying any attempt to reshuffle the cabinet.