Chapter 204 203. Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangdong and took office as Grand Marshal

Sun Yat-sen did not oppose the peaceful reunification plan of the Beijing government, but his proposition was more content and practical than Zhang Shaozeng's.On January 26, 2012, Sun entertained reporters from various newspapers at his private residence on Moliai Road in Shanghai, and issued a declaration of peaceful reunification, advocating the reduction of troops to save the country. Immediately after this telegram was sent out, he received support from Li Yuanhong, Zhang Shaozeng, Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin, Lu Yongxiang, etc. agree. Sun Ben planned to leave Shanghai for Guangzhou on January 27, but he temporarily suspended his departure because he learned of the Jiangfang Incident on the evening of January 26.

After the Jiangfang Incident, Liu Zhenhuan led his troops to move to Shilong, the Cantonese army concentrated in Jiangmen, and Cheng Qian also presided over the military forces outside Guangzhou in Jiangmen.Zhu Peide's Dian army arrived in Wuzhou, and Xu Chongzhi's East Road Behavior Army returned to Guangdong from Fujian.Although Guangzhou is still under the control of the Yunnan and Guangxi armies, Yang Ximin's attitude has gradually separated from that of Shen Hongying.Therefore, from February 4th, Shen's attitude also changed. In addition to issuing a declaration "The mission of aiding Guangdong has come to an end, Sun and Cen should be invited to quickly return to Guangdong to preside over it." He also sent Zheng Shizhan to Shanghai to welcome Sun Yat-sen back to Guangdong. And asked Hu Hanmin to return to the province to preside over government affairs.At the same time, he asked the Yunnan Army to take over the defense of the city, and the troops moved to Beijiang, and the administrative staff he appointed also resigned one after another.Only then did the situation in Guangzhou gradually return to normal.

On February 6, the consuls of Britain, the United States, and Japan went to the agricultural and forestry experiment field to pick up Wei Bangping. Wei had lived there for ten days.After Wei regained his freedom, he went to Hong Kong to rest on the 8th, and Hu Hanmin returned to Guangzhou from Hong Kong on the 9th. On the second day after Hu Hanmin arrived in Guangzhou, he telegraphed the military situation to Sun Yat-sen's office in Shanghai, briefly saying: "According to the confirmed report, Chen Ni's meeting in Hong Kong: 1. Estimated troop strength. Hong Zhaolin's 20th Battalion is in Chaozhou and Shantou; Zhong Jingtang's 12th Battalion is in Meixian; Chen Jiongguang's 14th Battalion is in Wuhua and Xingning; Huang Fenglun's third battalion was in Jiaoling, Weng Shiliang's ninth battalion was heading from Jieyang to Meixian, and Yang Kunru's 1,500 people were in Laolong. Except for a certain department, they were all under the command of Lin Hu. Lin Nibuzhi, Wenchao and Shantou gambled, earning more than ten thousand yuan a day. 3. When Xu Jun forced him, Jianbu retreated to Jiangxi. 4. When he broke with Shen, he counterattacked the provincial capital. 5. Chen Ni was now in Chen Xi Confucianism. Two representatives from Cai Chengxun arrived on the 7th to discuss ways to deal with Fujian and Guangdong. 6. Ma Yuhang called in Nanjing to get Qi Xieyuan’s help, etc. The above must be noted that Fujian has been called.”

Shen Hongying sent Zheng Shizhan to Shanghai to meet Sun Yat-sen, expressing his obedience to the order, and Sun Yat-sen replied with great righteousness, saying slightly: "The affairs of the country must be solved in a proper way, and they can be solved properly. It is by no means a person who uses private appointments, schemes, and runs counter to the way of people's governance. He may be lucky in the middle and win one or two victories, and the result will eventually come down to the Defeat, it can be asserted that the success of this ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, exists, and it can be verified.”

At this time, Sun strengthened the Kuomintang headquarters in Shanghai, formulated the "Rules for the Central Cadres Conference of the Chinese Kuomintang," and organized the military committee of the Party headquarters. Ye Quan, Wu Jiezhang, Zhu Yiming, Wu Zhongxin, and Xiong Bingkun were military committee members. On February 15, 2012, Sun Yat-sen, together with Tan Yankai, Yang Shukan, Xu Shaozhen, etc., set off from Shanghai and stayed in Yang Xiyan's apartment when they arrived in Hong Kong on the 17th. On the 18th, Sun announced in Hong Kong that Jiang Zhongzheng was the chief of staff of the base camp, and urged him to come to Guangdong by telegram. The telegram said:

"Brother Jieshi learned: I am very relieved to have read the letters from brother Cangbai and Xiangqin. Brothers Zhan and Ji have important positions at present and must stay in Shanghai temporarily and go to Zhejiang and Feng. During this time, I need my brother's help. Please come quickly and don't delay, and you have already announced the chief of staff, the military cardinal, so you can't be left alone for a day." On the 20th, Sun Yat-sen gave a speech to the business leaders of Hong Kong at Yangxi Yanzhai, "Building Roads by Disarming Troops." He said slightly: In order to implement the declaration of disarmament, we should start with disarmament in Guangdong, or if Guangdong cuts troops, why should other provinces come to attack?Therefore, it should be said that the number of soldiers is not expensive, but the quality is more expensive. If Guangdong has 100,000 soldiers, half of them will be cut off, and the remaining half of the elite soldiers should be more than enough to defend the province and protect the place.As far as the soldiers laid off are used to build roads, the roads in the whole province will be self-connected, and the local area will develop naturally. It is no problem even if the wages of soldiers are higher than their salaries, and soldiers are more willing to build roads than to serve as soldiers.

On the 21st, Sun arrived in Guangzhou from Hong Kong. He first went to the governor's office. After receiving representatives from all walks of life, he went to Deng Zerulai and asked where Lin Shuwei, Lin Zhimian, and Lu Zhiyun were now.Deng replied that Lin Shuwei and Lu Zhiyun were in Gaozhou, and Lin Zhimian had gone to Hong Kong. Sun then ordered them to send a telegram to tell them to return to Guangzhou within the next day.It turned out that these three people were the attendants who followed Sun Mengnan when Chen Jiongming rebelled. In order to receive Sun Yat-sen, the Dian army gave up the agricultural and forestry test site as the Grand Master's Mansion, and Sun himself changed his name to Grand Marshal and no longer returned to the post of president.

When Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangdong this time, he no longer mentioned the word "protecting the Dharma", and at the same time renamed all military forces as "thief hunting army". This is a big change.Because the Zhili warlords sang about the restoration of the legal system and the restoration of the old Congress in order to eliminate the southern law enforcement, in fact, the members of the old Congress were all politicians who were keen on fame and fortune.The so-called Congress has become a tool of the warlords and an echo of the flag-waving. Therefore, the democratic revolution aimed at protecting the law does not meet the wishes of the people of the whole country.The goal at this moment should be to target the warlords in the northern and southern provinces that hinder the progress of the Republic of China.After Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangdong, he changed his name to Grand Marshal instead of resuming the name of President. At the same time, he announced that he had entered the period of hunting for thieves. The so-called "thieves" were provincial warlords who opposed democracy and were selfish.Therefore, the period of seeking thieves is the period of opposing warlords.However, the meaning of hunting thieves is broader and the target is more practical, and it is also the wish of millions of Chinese people.

After the establishment of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Hu Hanmin was appointed as the General Counselor of the headquarters, stationed in Shanghai with Sun Hongyi, Wang Zhaoming, and Xu Qian, Liao Zhongkai was the Minister of Finance, Deng Zeru was the Minister of Construction, Tan Yankai was the Minister of the Interior, Wu Chaoshu was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Gu Yingfen was the Minister of Legal Affairs Liu Jiwen is the director of the audit bureau, Zhu Peide is the chief of the army, Yang Shukan is the secretary-general, Lin Yunkai is the director of the treasury, and Xu Shaozhen is the governor of Guangdong.

Generalissimo ordered on 2/23/12: "Shen Hongying, Commander-in-Chief of the Guangxi Army, moved all his troops to Zhaoqing. The defense line left behind in Beijiang, Yang Ximin, Commander-in-Chief of the Yunnan Army, immediately sent troops to take over the defense. , various places in Humen; Shi Chunrong, the commander of the Fourth Division of the East Road Thieves Army, moved to Luoding and other places, and all other troops were stationed at the current location. After this regulation, all troops are not allowed to move without the order of the Generalissimo. Cause trouble."

After Li Liejun was ordered to return to Guangdong from Hong Kong in January, he immediately went to Chaoshan and other places to appease Hong Zhaolin, Yin Ji, and Li Yunfu of Chen Jiongming's troops, opening up the communication between Fujian and Guangdong.At the same time, the five divisions of Yin Ji, Li Yunfu, Weng Shiliang, Lai Shihuang, and Su Shi'an were recruited to stand by. Li had a telegram to Sun Yat-sen in Shantou, saying: "The situation here has been improving day by day. With the division commanders Yin Ji and Lai Shihuang as the main staff, it is very convenient to use communication. Now the plan is to leave Chaomei with all our strength, and the murderer will make details and confirm the follow-up report. It will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to start the operation. Yuan, please call Hong Kong and Shanghai to raise funds." Sun commented: "It is not easy to raise funds, and Hong Kong businessmen must be afraid, but they must do their best. Shanghai Chaozhou merchants may be expected to come to Chaozhou Guild Hall with the joint power generation of Chaozhou and Shantou officials. Please cooperate with Chaozhou merchants." On March 17, Li Liejun was appointed as the supervisor of the border defense of Fujian and Jiangxi, and Xu Chongzhi was ordered to transfer defense.When Li received the order, he led his troops to Fujian and sent Xu Chongzhi to take over the defense with Chaomei.At this time, Zang Zhiping, Commander-in-Chief of the Xiamen Fujian Army, held both sides. Li Liejun was convinced by a few words of righteousness, and Zang Sui treated each other with courtesy and helped him from time to time. After the establishment of the base camp, Sun Yat-sen first devoted himself to disarmament.First investigate the actual numbers of each army, and before March 20, make the number of barracks and garrison locations, make officers' names, resumes, and a roster of soldiers, and report them to the Generalissimo's Office, and the Generalissimo will send personnel to each army station to check one by one. , If there is a vacancy, no more recruits are allowed, and those who are old, weak and without guns will be eliminated. On March 20, Sun Yat-sen published "The Importance of Disarmament and How to Deal with it." When Sun returned to Guangdong this time, the internal arrangements were as mentioned above, and externally he tried to keep pace with the southwestern provinces. After several consultations, he and Tang Jiyao, Liu Chengxun, Xiong Chengwu, Zhao Hengti, Tan Yankai, Liu Xianshi and other Southwestern leaders jointly sent a telegram to announce the current situation in the Southwest. Opinion, internally referred to as: "The provinces in the southwest of our country are determined to meet each other with sincerity, discuss and save together, abandon the petty suspicions of the past, and create a new union. Divide disasters and sympathize with patients, write in short books, slander inside and outside, don't accept anything. Soldiers serve Defend, not for contention, although rushing to the battlefield, for righteousness and rejuvenation, but never betray the purpose of peace. In other provinces, there are those who have been ravaged by the Zhili lineage, and they are quite united in the enemy's hatred. On March 22, Zhao Shibei was appointed as the dean of Dali. On the 26th, Xie Chi was appointed as the plenipotentiary representative to implement the party affairs of the Chinese Kuomintang headquarters. On the 28th, Shen Hongying telegraphed that in accordance with the order of the Generalissimo, the defense was moved to the Xijiang River and the headquarters was set up in Zhaoqing. On the 29th, Yang Ximin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Army directly under the central government, and Liu Zhenhuan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the West Road Thief Hunting Army directly under the central government. On April 3, the Grand Marshal's Office of the Army and Navy was moved from the Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Field to the Cement Factory. Jiang Zhongzheng was appointed as the chief of staff of the base camp. When he was in Shanghai, he telegraphed Xu Chongzhi, advocating that Shen Hongying be defeated first to prevent him from leading the Northern Army into Guangdong.Sure enough, in the name of moving to defend the Xijiang River, Shen Hongying concentrated his troops in Xinjie, Shaoguan and other places, held secret military meetings, and wanted to collude with Beijing, so he supervised Guangdong Mimeng.