Chapter 182 181. Dispute between Tan, Cheng and Zhao in Hunan

The Hunan Army expelled Zhang Jingyao on its own initiative, and the Civil War suddenly turned into a chaotic situation of North vs. North and South vs. South.The Anhui faction, which ruled the northern seas, was overthrown by a small commander who withdrew his defense and returned to the north. The Guangxi faction, which was the most powerful in the southwest, was also overthrown by a lone army on the Fujian-Guangdong border. down.For Hunan people, it is shocking and still has lingering fears.Because Hunan has been the battlefield of the Civil War for a long time, with one victory and one defeat, no one can conquer anyone. As a result, Hunan is in a tug-of-war.

Tan Yankai came out of Hunan's military administration after the long catastrophe. He can grasp the highest political principles and no longer trouble the Hunan people with military affairs. He and Zhao Hengti declared that the mission of the Hunan Army is to drive Zhang away, not to be involved in the whirlpool between the north and the south, and advocate self-defense. Do not garrison troops in Hunan.As far as Tan Yankai’s background is concerned, in the early years, the chairman of the Advisory Council participated in the revolution. He was a constitutionalist figure. Later, he supervised Hunan several times. Up to the Civil War, his political origin was somewhat related to the Guangxi faction. The Hunan army drove Zhang, and the Guangxi faction also secretly supported him. Unfortunately, after successfully expelling Zhang, the Gui faction lost power in Guangdong and Guangdong, which was a serious blow to Tan invisibly.In the battle of driving Zhang, the Hunan Army captured a large number of guns from the Northern Army, absorbed the people's force and expanded them into various troops. With the bravery of the Hunan people, if they were united internally, not to mention the Beiyang faction that dared not look at each other in the eye, in the southwestern provinces Among them, it can be regarded as a powerful force.However, the Hunan Army was not united. After the success of expelling Zhang, it became a three-point world. Tan Yankai, Zhao Hengti, and Cheng Qian were all three, and each of the three factions had its own power.

In September 9, the Hunan Army was once reorganized. In addition to the first division of the regular army, a total of 12 defense zone commanders were established: Wu Xuejian, commander of the first district, was stationed in Baoqing. Zhang Huizan, commander of the second district, was stationed in Xiangxiang. Xie Guoguang, commander of the third district, is stationed in Hengyang. Luo Xiankai, commander of the fourth district, was stationed in Yongzhou. Liu Xuyi, commander of the Fifth District, was stationed in Hongjiang. Li Zhonglin, commander of the sixth district, was stationed in Liling.

Chen Jiayou, Commander of the Seventh District, is stationed in Chenzhou. Cai Juyou, Commander of the Eighth District, was stationed in Yuanling. Tian Zhenfan, commander of the Ninth District, is stationed in Zhijiang. Li Yunheng, Commander of the Tenth District, is stationed in Li County. Lin Zhiyu, Commander of the Eleventh District, is stationed in Changde. Xiao Changchi, Commander of the Twelfth District, is stationed in Pingjiang. Among the above-mentioned military regions, the Sixth Military Region is the most powerful and belongs to Cheng Qian. The military area does not belong.

The military region system turned Hunan into a small country, and the employment and administration of each county were in the hands of the warriors of each military region. The warriors believed that the battle of expelling Zhang was the world they fought, and of course they did not pay attention to the provincial government. Tan Yankai supervised Hunan four times, but what he encountered was the situation of arrogant soldiers, financial difficulties, and lack of military pay.Tan was born as a literati, and the battle to expel Zhang was the credit of the soldiers, so they have a disrespectful heart towards Tan.In the military region, they not only control administrative power, but also control local taxation, and the provincial government has no right to intervene.Therefore, Tan's orders did not go out of the province, and the people's wealth he used was also interfered by the warriors.In the early years of the Republic of China, Tan once said: "The governor is the daughter-in-law of the military governor", but now when he became the military governor, he became the daughter-in-law of soldiers from various places.

It is precisely because of this that Tan wants to reorganize and downsize the army, and the reorganization of the army naturally arouses dissatisfaction among local soldiers. During the disarmament process, only Luo Xiankai, commander of the seventh mixed brigade and commander of the fourth district, said that he had only one regiment, and was willing to step down as regiment commander or abdicate.Luo has been in the army for more than 50 years. He was born in the old army. He usually has a wide robe and big sleeves, holds a pipe, eats at the same table with soldiers, sleeps in the same room, and always sits third class on the train. He looks like an old teacher who teaches.

As soon as his remarks were made, everyone in Hunan respected him as a model soldier.Zhao Hengti recommended him to be the chairman of the Firearms Inspection Committee, which is a temporary organization in charge of disarmament.People in Hunan were all in favor of disarmament, but they were unwilling to let this old general who had volunteered to be laid off, so they called the provincial government to keep him. In October, a new situation occurred in western Hunan. Wang Yuyin, the son of Wang Zhengya, the former garrison envoy of Changli, claimed to avenge his father because of his father's death. Mei was originally from Tan Yankai's former department and was a general of the Tan faction, but he also expressed dissatisfaction with Tan because of the disarmament.In Changsha, Tan heard that Xiangxi was not stable, so he sent troops to fight for the king, but he was not as good as Lin.The generals in central Hunan were all old with Lin, and everyone stood still. Tan had no choice but to send Song Hegeng, the first brigade commander of his direct line, to suppress them. In November there was another mutiny in Pingjiang, which is the twelfth military region, and Xiao Changchi, the commander of the military region, was killed. This was also a great blow to Tan, because Xiao Yuan was the deputy chief of the Superintendent's Office, and Tan trusted him very much. Tan had no choice but to transfer Li Zhonglin He went to suppress nearby, but Li Zhonglin defected before the battle and merged with the mutiny. Zhang Zhenwu, head of Li's regiment, issued a telegram on November 21 to urge Tan to step down.

Some of Tan's basic troops were mobilized, and some were too far away from the province. However, Li Zhonglin's troops, who were known as soldiers in Pingjiang, arrived at the outskirts of the provincial capital on the 22nd. On the 23rd, Tan convened a joint meeting of all walks of life in the supervisory office. Tan Yankai first cried bitterly, and Zhao Hengti also had tears in his eyes. They all did not want to see the fighting again, and the place was corrupted. However, all the people present at the meeting looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one volunteered to lead the army. Go out and resist the mutiny.

The meeting had no results except tearful face to tearful face. Tan issued a telegram announcing the abolition of the governor, promoting Zhao Hengti as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army, and consulting the provincial council to re-elect the governor. Before the new governor was elected, Tan temporarily served as the governor. Hunan at this time was like Zheng Guo in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was a self-contained country between the north and the south. The Hunan Provincial Assembly is the highest organ of public opinion in a province, and it is the first of its kind to create a democratically elected governor.

What turned Tan down was Cheng Qian's faction who wanted to take Changsha, and Tan Yankai wanted to use his time to call out the king's teacher, but Cheng faction didn't give "Grandma Tan" this opportunity at that time.The generals of the Cheng faction started clamoring outside Changsha City. On November 24, Tan held the second military-political joint meeting, and a general stood up and said: "Wei Gong (Tan's honorific title) means high-level, he is a great man in the whole country, not a great man in Hunan Province, we cannot use it as a great man. Personal affairs are against his will, this meeting, on the one hand, we send off the old commander-in-chief to leave Hunan, and on the other hand, we welcome the new commander-in-chief to take office."

The new commander-in-chief is Zhao Hengti, who took office on the 25th.The provincial council elected Lin Zhiyu as interim governor.Tan Yankai quietly went to Shanghai on the 27th.Mrs. Tan originally lived in Shanghai and died of dystocia. Tan once sent people to welcome the coffin back to Hunan. The coffin-welcoming wheel and the Tan wheel met in Chenglingji, and they could only raise their hands to signal. Afterwards, Tan wrote to a friend and said: "The survivors There is nothing more sad than the dead in the world." On December 4th, Cheng sent generals to fight against Zhao again. Zhao sent Guangzhou to hold Cheng as Minister of the Army of the military government. Sun Yat-sen replied to the telegram: "The minister has been appointed as Jingcun (Chen Jiongming), and Pan Songyun (Cheng Qian) is subservient to the deputy minister." December On the 24th, in the pretext of holding a meeting, Zhao Hengti killed eight Cheng faction generals Li Zhonglin and Qu Weizang, and the Cheng Qian faction's forces in Hunan were disintegrated. The death of Li Zhonglin ended the open and secret struggle between the Tan and Cheng factions in Hunan Province. Li's troops were stationed in Liling and resolved after Li was killed.Under Zhao Hengti's control, the situation in Hunan finally stabilized. Tan Yankai went to Shanghai with great grief. Since the Civil War in the sixth year of the Republic of China, Hunan has become the focus of the civil war between the North and the South.Tan Yankai also went in and out of Changsha a few times. Although he is said to be an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, after all, literary affairs are more important than martial arts. In the civil struggle in Hunan Province, he needs to rely on the support of the soldiers. Being able to control the military and political affairs of a province, Zhao assumed the responsibility of the governor of Hunan military and political affairs under the general trend. After Zhao presided over the military administration of Hunan Province, he reorganized the army and expanded the Hunan Army into two divisions and five mixed brigades: The commander of the first division was promoted by Song Hegeng, the commander of the first brigade.Under the jurisdiction of the first and third brigades, the brigade commanders were promoted by regimental leaders He Yaozu and Tang Shengzhi. The commander of the second division was promoted by Lu Diping, the commander of the third brigade.Under the jurisdiction of the second and fourth brigades, the brigade commanders were promoted by regimental leaders Liu Ying and Zou Xubin. In addition, Ye Kaixin was the commander of the first mixed brigade, Zhao Yue was the commander of the second infantry brigade, Zhang Huizan was the commander of the second mixed brigade, Xie Guoguang was the guardian envoy of Hengyang and the commander of the third mixed brigade, and Chen Jiayu was the commander of the fourth mixed brigade. The brigade commander, Wu Xuejian was the guardian envoy of Baoqing and the commander of the fifth mixed brigade, and Cai Juyou was the guardian envoy of Changyuan and the commander of the seventh and twelfth brigades. The changing situation in Hunan was the struggle among the three factions Tan Yankai, Zhao Hengti, and Cheng Qian. First, Cheng sent soldiers to launch a coup to drive Tan out of power. Zhao gained the position of commander-in-chief in the coup.The Cheng faction failed to overthrow Zhao. The Tan and Zhao factions belonged to the same faction, and they were even more consistent on the anti-Cheng front. Fire and water cannot be tolerated. The most cunning of the Tan faction soldiers is Zhang Huizan.He once publicly suggested the expulsion of politicians from the Department of Political Science and the Sun Family (referring to Sun Yat-sen) in Hunan, and secretly suggested that the "Qing Emperor's side" be used to force Zhao to step down.However, Ye Kaixin of the Zhao family is also the commander of martial law in Changsha. Zhao's military forces control Changsha. Send soldiers dare not do it. In the spring of 2010, Zhang Huizan took advantage of his father's birthday to gather Tan sent soldiers to hold a Xiangtan meeting, and decided to launch a political campaign to overthrow the interim governor Lin Zhiyu.Lin had connections with Sun Yat-sen and remained neutral in the struggle between the Tan and Zhao factions. He was not the main enemy of the Tan faction, but after the Tan faction was ready to overthrow Lin, they could welcome Tan back to be the governor, and then expel Zhao from power, so they decided Push down Lin first, and start by cutting off Zhao's wings. After the Xiangtan meeting, Song Hegeng, the main soldier of the Tan faction (the commander of the first division of the Tan army), returned to Changsha from Xiangtan, and scolded Jiang Jihuan, the director of the Finance Department, for not being able to raise funds. Feng Tianzhu, Jiang and Feng were both uneasy about their positions and were forced to step down.Lin Zhiyu knew that it was for him, that it was Xiang Zhuang who was dancing the sword, and intended for Peigong, so he left a letter of resignation to the provincial council on March 5, 2010, and left Changsha secretly. After Lin left, Zhao Hengti knew that this was the second part of Lin Zai, the pioneer of the Tan faction, and defeated Zhao. Maintaining Lin's governor was the first line of defense plan, so he immediately sent people out to chase Lin, but Lin was very determined to go, and he had already It was too late to go to Shanghai via Hankou. On March 7, the Hunan Army Headquarters held a joint meeting of the military, political and public groups to discuss the issue of the governor. Hu Ying (Associate Manager of the Mining Bureau of Hunan Province), who was once listed as one of the six gentlemen of Hongxian, said: "The interim governor of Hunan, Commander-in-Chief Zhao, who is both moral and powerful, must be appointed concurrently." On April 6, the Hunan Provincial Council elected Zhao Hengti as interim governor. It was at this time that Li Liejun, who had retreated from Sichuan to Zhenyuan, Guizhou, marched his Dian army into Mayang, Qianyang, and Huitong counties, and clashed with the Tianzhen Fan Brigade of the Western Hunan Defense Army.And opium was packaged and transported in the occupied area.It is necessary for Hunan to stop the Yunnan army's illegal entry and sabotage by force, otherwise it will seriously affect Hunan's self-government status.Therefore, Song Hegeng, Xie Guoguang, and Wu Xuejian jointly recommended Ye Kaixin as the commander-in-chief of the crusade against the Yunnan Army, and also recommended Zhang Huizan as the acting commander of martial law in Changsha. Tan sent soldiers to take the opportunity to seize Changsha during the operation to expel the Yunnan army, Zhao Hengti naturally would not be fooled. The dispute between Tan and Zhao in Hunan has been brewing for several years. Zhao Hengti once expressed regret when he replied to the interview with the Institute of Modern History of the Academia Sinica in Taipei. He described his impression of Tan and the conflict with Tan. He said: "The Hunan Army is divided into old and new factions: the new faction is mostly from the Baoding Military Academy, with relatively equal standards and higher knowledge, such as Tang Shengzhi, He Yaozu, etc.; , There are soldiers from the army, and there are those who came from the army, such as Wu Xuejian, Lu Diping, Cai Juyou, Chen Jiayou, and Xie Guoguang. Since the implementation of the provincial constitution, the new military officers have gradually become the focus of Hunan's military and political affairs because of their higher level. ... If Tan Gong does not try to use the old school as political capital, the conflict between the old and the new can be avoided.If Tan Gongru wins over the new military officers first, the war will not happen. ... The Osmunda beans were fried, and the brothers fought against each other. The guilt and hatred in Yu's heart are beyond words, and he is not alone in Tan Gong. Tan Gong has a strong memory, is familiar with anecdotes, and has a vivid memory of the names, taboos, and aliases of ancient and modern celebrities.Apart from practicing calligraphy diligently, he has no hobbies.But very interested in politics.Every time Yu said that Mr. Tan was a very suitable chief executive talent, Gai was not surprised and devoted himself to politics.Served as the chief of staff of the president, especially the first-class role, served as the secretary-general of the Guangdong Marshal, made outstanding achievements, and then served as the chairman of the national government.He is agile in writing, good at maneuvering and coping, and has great energy. He can meet guests, approve official documents, and listen to the phone at the same time. He can deal with all directions and cover everything. Tan Gongzhi has a very harmonious and harmonious personality, and treats people kindly and thoughtfully.Yu Zeng belonged to Cai (E) Gong, Cai Gong was also smart, diligent and meticulous; but he was never perfunctory with people, and the most important thing to do was planning steps. Tan Gong's self-denial skills are extremely rare.After being widowed in his thirties, he did not remarry. Someone introduced him to remarry, but Tan Gongzhe laughed and dismissed it.When he was the governor of Hunan, the cloth shoes he wore were handmade by Mrs. Tai, and their simplicity is similar. Tan Gong treats Yu very generously, and it is a lifelong regret to show that he can repay him in case. It is also because Tan Gong trusts Yu too deeply that it attracts people's taboo.Yu was loyal to Mr. Tan, even if there were those who would destroy Yu, Mr. Yu Yi would never believe it. Later, Mr. Zhang Ziwu (Qi Yu) came to tell Yu, saying that Mr. Tan was quite moved by people's words, and Yu Chu also insisted that this was not the case. The other facts collected later are also credible, and I regret not being able to invite Mr. Ziwu to meet Mr. Tan in Shanghai at that time, which is a regret.Because Wu is the person Tan Gong and Yu admire most, and his wisdom is very high, there must be a way to achieve it. Dozens of Yu Shangtan's official letters can prove Yu's true intention at that time (the letter was obtained by Mr. Zhang Liwen, and Zhang Junjianfen held it as a gift to me).As for the letters that Mr. Tan gave me, they should be above Baitong, because I lost them all during the Hunan military period, which is a pity. ..." Politicians often have grievances and interests that affect friendship for a while. However, things have changed, and right and wrong at that time have become empty, and it is difficult to make up for friendship. Tan Zhao's sorrows and joys are a good example.