Chapter 240 239, Wu and Zhang met in Beijing

Yan Ge's regent has a false name, mainly because Fengfang did not support it. Seeing Fengfang's indifferent attitude, Wu Peifu sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin on May 18, 2015, urging Zhang Jinghui, the chief of the army, and Zheng Qian, the chief of the interior, to take office.Zhang Zeyi replied to Wu with a frank and straightforward effect, denying the protection of the law. There is a brother who insists on protecting the constitution, but the younger brother does not object, but because of the 13-year incident, it is difficult to agree with personality.In the 13th year of investigation, Huang Yushege's younger brother supported him. At this time, Yan You's reinstatement, how to explain to his younger brother.At the end of the telegram, he also advocated that before the end of the military, the central government must focus on maintaining military diplomacy. It is best for everyone to come to Beijing to meet and talk, and invite celebrities in robes to have a simple and sincere negotiation.You electric cloud:

"The previous coups were all played by politicians and puppet warriors. Dongdian is to expose the tricks of ghosts and ghosts. Its quality is upright. If the matter in Hunan is settled, please go north and talk to each other. Everything can be resolved." These two telegrams can be regarded as Zhang Zuolin's most frank attitude. Wu Peifu stayed in Wuhan mainly because of the Hunan problem. He wanted to stabilize Hunan before going north calmly.Now the central government affairs have reached an impasse. It seems that if he does not go to Beijing to have an interview with Zhang Zuolin, there will be no solution. He is forced to make arrangements for going north. Before the Cizhifeng War, Wu was in Sizhaotang, and the result was a crushing defeat. Now that Wu returned to Beijing, he was the same hero as Feng Zhang. He chose Sizhaotang with deep meaning.

Wang Qi, Zhang Zuolin's confidant, was ordered to prepare the palace for Zhang Zuolin, and according to Zhang Zuolin's preference, Wang Qi was in charge of repairing the palace. Since Wu and Zhang both went to Beijing to express, the focus of the current situation will be on when these two giants will enter Beijing?and when to meet? After Yan Huiqing took over the cabinet, since none of the heads of ministries took office, he felt bored and urgently needed to find a way out.After the 18th, because Wu and Zhang had plans to go to Beijing to solve the current situation, Yan Nai would not back down. Finance Minister Gu Weijun, Agriculture Chief Yang Wenkai, Sea Chief Du Xigui, and Communications Chief Zhang Zhitan all expressed their willingness to take office.After Wu's senior representative, Qi Xieyuan returned to Hankou from Beijing, he telegraphed Beijing, saying that Du Xigui, Yang Wenkai, and Zhang Zhitan would go to Beijing on the 22nd.Zhang Zhitan also sent a telegram to Yan, saying that after Du and Yang met Wu Peifu in Han, they headed north in the same car.

On May 26, Wu Peifu sent Liu Yuchun to lead the guard brigade to the north.With Du Xigui as the left behind commander.Qi Xieyuan, Zhang Qizhen, and Yang Yunshi followed Wu to the north. On the evening of the 27th, Wu and his party arrived in Zhengzhou for inspection, arrived in Kaifeng on the morning of the 28th, and went to Luoyang for a military parade in the evening. Returned to Zhengzhou on the 30th and immediately went north to meet with Yan Xishan in Shijiazhuang. On the 31st, Wu held a military meeting in Shijiazhuang, Yan Xishan, Tian Weiqin, Wang Weiwei, and Wang Weicheng were all present.Wu took Jin Yun'e's stay in Baoding and stopped his troops from entering Baoding, vainly paid his salary, and delayed his military opportunities. He decided to remove Jin Yun'e's deputy commander of the coalition forces seeking thieves, commander-in-chief of the First Army, governor of Henan Province, and commander of the 14th Division. Concurrently hold various positions.Send Jin as the governor of Shaanxi.

Wu dismissed Jin Yun'e, the most accomplished military general among the three generals around him, and everyone was shocked when they heard the news. On the evening of May 31, Wu Peifu, Tian Weiqin, Mi Zhenbiao, Wang Weicheng, and Wang Weiwei arrived in Baoding by special car and stayed in Jieguang Garden. When Wu arrived in Baoding, Jin Yun'e, who had been dismissed by Wu the day before, greeted him at the station. There are different reasons for Jin's dismissal. It not only shocked all parties at the time, but also caused speculation. It is said that: 1. Jin Yun'e advocated alliance with Feng to discuss Feng. He was ordered to enter Lu to attack Zhang Zongchang. After the fight, he underestimated Feng's combat effectiveness. The cancellation of the plan made Jin greatly resentful.

2. Returning to Henan, Henan can be said to have been defeated by Jin, but Wu did not send him to supervise Henan, but sent Kou Yingjie, who had been unsuccessful for a long time, to supervise Henan. 3. Sun Chuanfang also disapproved of Lianfeng. Because he had an old story about driving away Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan, it was inconvenient for Wu Lianfeng and Sun to object, so he secretly kept in touch with the national army.The rumors that Sun and Jin combined to form a "new direct lineage" became more and more serious day by day.Wu Chu didn't mind.Later, when the national army stormed Datong, Yan Xishan sent repeated telegrams, and Wu sent Jin to lead his troops to help.Therefore, if Wu did not go to Jin, he would not be able to win the trust of Yan Xishan, nor would he be able to cooperate with Zhang Zuolin.

4. It is said that Duan Qishu traveled between Baoding and Changxindian, and met with representatives of Jin Yun'e, Tian Weiqin and Sun Chuanfang.This is where the "new lineage" is coming out. In the name of the military parade, Wu deployed military forces in Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Zhangde. Wang Weicheng of the Jin Ministry expressed his absolute obedience to Wu's orders, so Wu then ordered Jin to be exempted. On the surface, Wu and Jin were friendly. On the night Wu arrived in Baoding, Jin accompanied Wu to Guangyuan for dinner.Wu comforted Jin and said, "Everyone has his own aspirations, and you can't force each other. If you don't agree with joining forces to challenge Feng, you can stand aside and let others do it. I won't force you."

Wu Wei Qi Xieyuan concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army and stayed in Baoding to take over Jin's post. In order to cooperate with Wu, Feng Zhang also eliminated Zhao Jie's troops that Wu disliked, in order to show his intention of reciprocating love.Zhang's trip to Beijing from Fengtian was also changed again and again. His guard brigade, led by Zhang Xuecheng, arrived in Tianjin at 10 am on the 31st and was stationed in Hebei. As the meeting between Wu and Zhang was imminent, members of Congress held the Administrative Preparatory Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Beijing on May 28, and resolved five items: (1) Each member of the same country went north with private electricity distribution. (2) Investigate the number of parliamentarians in Beijing. (3) Push the representative to ask Yan Huiqing for funds. (4) Clean up files. (5) Review the Declaration. The meeting continued on the 29th. On the 30th, a declaration was issued, briefly saying that in November 2013, Duan Qirui stole the capital, destroyed the law and disrupted the government, and the Congress was suspended.Now that violence has been eradicated, the country cannot remain without a parliament for a day.It is decided to continue the meeting in Beijing. On the 31st, another telegram was sent to Wu Jinglian in Hankou and Zhang Bolie in Lushan to invite him to go north to host.

However, although members of Congress were arguing fiercely, no one made the decision, not to mention that there was no funding, and even the hospital site could not be recovered. Although Wu and Zhang had gone to Beijing separately, Wu did not move forward when he arrived in Baoding, while Zhang Zuolin came belatedly on June 5 and only stayed in Tianjin.Zhang Shi set off to enter the customs at 4 o'clock in the morning on the 5th, accompanied by Zheng Qian, Yang Yuxun and the Badachu entourage. Arriving in Tianjin on the morning of the 6th, Zhang Xueliang, Chu Yupu, and Li Jinglin all went to Tangshan on the evening of the 5th.The Fengtian Military Administration was replaced by Yang Yuting.

After Zhang Zuolin arrived in Tianjin, the generals of the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces held a secret meeting with the old general at Xingyuan Gong that night. At this time, both Wu and Zhang agreed, and representatives from both sides held a preparatory meeting between Wu and Zhang in Tianjin.This is a good solution thought up by the staff of both sides, because Wu is stubborn and decisive, and Zhang is not a submissive person. When the two giants meet, if a word is not speculative, they will definitely break up on the spot. If they really break up, it will be very difficult Difficult to remedy.

On the morning of June 7th, Tianjin held a preparatory meeting for the meeting of Wu and Zhang giants.Feng Zhang sent Zheng Qian and Zhang Jinghui.Zhiwu sent Zhang Qizhen and Zhang Zhitan to attend the meeting. The meeting was scheduled for three days, and the discussion was divided into three aspects: military, political and legal.In the first two or two days, everyone exchanged opinions, and they were very good at coordinating the military. That is, Feng and Zhi cooperated to attack the Northwest National Army. Wu and Zhang agreed not to make a separate peace with the National Army.As for the political aspect, the issue of Yan Huiqing's cabinet was boycotted by Fang Yuan, while the legal aspect of the parliamentary issue was even more opposed by Zhang Zuolin. In this way, only one-third of the three major issues in the Tianjin Conference could be resolved, and two-thirds could not reach an agreement.Zhang Zuolin called Yang Yuting to enter the customs. Yang arrived in Tianjin on the evening of the 9th, and continued the meeting with Zheng Qian, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Qizhen and Zhang Zhitan in the evening.Yang issued three reasons for opposing constitutional protection: (1) Fengtian had freely appointed and dismissed officials during Duan's administration.Wu is also free to appoint and remove Xinjiang officials now, and what the two of them have done is inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution. At this time, shouting to protect the constitution, at least the officials and officials sent by Wu and Zhang are not legal. (2) If the Constitution is followed, the Constitution stipulates that military expenditures shall not exceed one-fourth of the country's fiscal revenue. However, the current military actually exceeds the amount stipulated by the Constitution by several times. (3) The constitution stipulates that the army is a compulsory conscription system, which cannot be implemented today. The reasons Fengfang put forward seem to be very reasonable. In short, Fengfang does not approve of protecting the constitution, because the constitution was promulgated by Cao Kun, and in the second Fengzhi War, Fengfang held high the banner of opposing bribery against Cao. To protect the constitution is to live up to one's own words. The whole day of the meeting on June 10, the preliminary results were: (1) not to talk about the constitution, (2) military cooperation, (3) Yen Ge's transition, and voluntary resignation. The final meeting was held on the 11th. At 10:00 that night, Yang Yuting and Zheng Qian went to Zhang Zhitan’s house to have a banquet with Zhang Qijin and Zhang Qizheng. They left Tianjin on the morning of the 12th and went to Baotou to report the progress and results of the Tianjin preparatory meeting to Wu Peifu.After Zhang Qizhen left Tianjin, Yang Yuting also returned to Fengtian on the same day. After Zhang Qizhen arrived in Baoding, he went to Guangyuan to pay a visit to Wu, and analyzed to Wu the specific attitude of Fengfang in the Tianjin meeting. If he insisted on maintaining Yan Pavilion, he would break with Fengfang. Yan Huiqing's regency cabinet was only to maintain face. , as long as you can save face, you should find His Majesty Taiwan.Wu Peifu attached great importance to Zhang Qizhen's report, so he no longer insisted on the Yan Ge issue. Now the focus of the current situation has shifted to Yan's cabinet. Yan Huiqing's resignation can lead to a meeting between the two giants Wu and Zhang, and the meeting of Wu and Zhang can only develop the overall situation of the central government. Therefore, the arrow of coordination turns to how Yan Huiqing will step down?Since Wu’s face is to be preserved, Yan’s cabinet must first be held for a cabinet meeting. Before that, although Yan announced his reinstatement, more than half of the cabinet members have not taken up their posts. In essence, it is not a cabinet yet. Therefore, Wu’s cronies Then he rushed to promote the inauguration of Yan Ge and the members of the cabinet.On June 18, Zhang Qizheng came to Beijing on behalf of Wu and invited Prime Minister Regent Yan Huiqing, Minister of Finance Gu Weijun, Minister of Communications Zhang Zhitan, and Minister of Law Zhang Guogan to dinner to discuss ways to promote Yan Ge.Zheng Qian, the Minister of Internal Affairs who was staying in Tianjin, was invited by Zhang Qizhen by telegram. Zheng came to Beijing on the evening of the 19th, so the representatives of Wu and Zhang held a second preparatory meeting in Beijing. The dates of Wu and Zhang's entry into Beijing.In the end, the two sides took a big step forward, that is, they no longer raised the issue of protecting the constitution and protecting the law, so as to reduce rumors spread by the outside world.That night Zhang Qizhen returned to Baoding, Zheng Qian returned to Tianjin, and reported the details of the Beijing preparatory meeting to Wu and Zhang respectively. At 4:00 p.m. on June 20, the Regent Yan Huiqing’s cabinet held its first and last meeting. Interior Minister Zheng Qian, Land Minister Zhang Jinghui, Foreign Minister Yan Zijian, Finance Minister Gu Weijun, Agriculture Minister Yang Wenqi, Sea Minister Du Xigui, and Law Minister Zhang Guogan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Zhang Zhitan attended the meeting. It was decided at the meeting that Du Xigui should be pushed to act as Prime Minister and Gu Weijun would also resign as Minister of Foreign Affairs. After Du Xigui acted as the prime minister, Tian Yinghuang was appointed as the chief of internal affairs, and Ren Kecheng was appointed as the chief of education.It was also officially announced that Du Xigui will take over as acting agent Ge Kui on June 23. The State Council in Beijing also sent a telegram to the whole country on the 23rd, briefly saying: "The political center is interrupted, domestic and foreign affairs are in danger, and the capital is fundamentally important. After being urged by all parties, the colleagues and others have to reluctantly maintain it in fact. Since the past month, we have painstakingly worked hard, and we can forgive each other. Now the military is actively carrying out, and The tariff meeting continues to negotiate, and it is really difficult for me to take care of my talents. I urgently ask another talented person to preside over everything. At present, diplomacy and military affairs can be implemented, and legal issues can also be completed in order in the future." In this energization, the first half is perfunctory and flattering Zhang, and the second half is adhering to Wu Sun, and the wording can give consideration to both sides. Du Xigui secretly rescued Wu when Wu Peifu sailed across the river and two lakes a year and a half ago. Because Duan Qirui secretly ordered the navy to attack Wu's ship at night, Du Xigui notified Wu to escape in time at the critical moment, otherwise Wu might have escaped. He died on the Yangtze River.There was this period of friendship through adversity, so after Yan Huiqing's cabinet resigned, Wu immediately asked Du to act as an agent in return. With regard to the Yan Pavilion issue, Wu and Zhang each made a concession, not only maintaining Wu's face, but also respecting Zhang's will. This way, the obstacle to Wu and Zhang's meeting was finally removed, and the remaining issues were more amenable to coordination. Members of the Beijing Congress hoped to make the facts before Zhang Zuolin came to Beijing, but the big boss has not yet obtained coordination. What can the congressmen without guns and courage do? Du Xigui's acting cabinet was barely established. The purpose of this acting cabinet was to promote Wu and Zhang's entry into Beijing, and said that Wu and Zhang's first and second preparatory meetings had successfully completed their work.Therefore, after Du Daige, he sent telegrams to welcome Wu and Zhang to Beijing respectively. On June 25, Zhang Zongchang and Zhang Xueliang traveled from Tianjin to Beijing to arrange for Feng Zhang.The next day Zhang Zuolin arrived in Beijing, arrived in Beijing at 5:00 that night, stayed at the Shuncheng Prince's Mansion, and immediately received the generals of the Feng Dynasty and members of the Du Pavilion.He also interviewed Zhao Erxun, Wang Shizhen and other Beiyang veterans. Wu Peifu left Baoding on the 27th and stayed overnight at Changxindian. He entered Beijing on the morning of the 28th and stayed at Wang Huaiqing's apartment. After Wu arrived at Wang Huaiqing's apartment, Zhang Zuolin drove to visit. Wu greeted him at the gate, and the two entered the flower hall hand in hand. After a haha, Zhang Nai left.After Zhang left, Wu went out to visit guests. He first visited Zhao Erxun and Wang Shizhen, and then went to Shuncheng Palace to pay homage to Zhang Zuolin. Zhang also stepped down to greet him. Wu was two years older than Zhang, and Zhang Zongchang was the tallest, standing out from the crowd, and he was so happy that he wanted to take a photo to commemorate him. Wu and Zhang stood side by side in the center of the front row. Wu was a little impatient and yawned again and again when the light was on, but Zhang Zheng was elated, thinking that something was wrong with the camera, but Zhang Xueliang made a bastard pose with his hands and placed it on Zhang Zongchang's head, so the photographer dared not take this strange picture. Entering the camera, when the veteran turned his head, the two Xiaozhang were so frightened that they put on a serious face, and the shooting was completed. At noon, Du Xigui, acting Prime Minister of the State, Gu Weijun, Zhang Guogan, Ren Kecheng, Yang Wenkai, Zhang Zhitan and other members of the five cabinets entertained both parties with a feast at Huairen Hall. Eight people below Zhang Zuolin were appointed as the party, and eight people below Wu Peifu were directly invited. Zhao Erxun, Wang Shizhen, and Sun Baoqi were also invited to accompany. The official meeting of the two giants was also held in Huairen Hall. This meeting between Wu and Zhang, which attracted national attention, had no form or procedure. They had a secret talk for 30 minutes in the back living room of Huairen Hall before the banquet, and then it came to an end. , and no communiqué was published, and everyone kept secret about their secret talks.In fact, all the problems were resolved in the preparatory meeting. This meeting of giants Wu and Zhang had been prepared for more than a month in advance.Persuading, promoting, coordinating, negotiating, exhausting the labor of talking and talking, the pain of traveling, until the meeting of the two giants, it was only a 30-minute secret talk. The changes in the world are really white clouds and dogs. After the War of Zhiwan in the 11th year of the Republic of China, when Zhang Zuolin and Cao Kun held a meeting of giants in Tianjin, Wu was still a teacher at that time, and Zhang Zuolin was already a commander. He was quite ashamed to sit with Wu Potential.Later, after Wu served as a dignified tour envoy in Luoyang and was revered as a marshal, Cao was promoted to be an old marshal, and Zhang was so angry that he also proclaimed himself an old marshal. His son Zhang Xueliang was revered as a young marshal.Now that times have changed, Wu Peifu has made a comeback, but Zhang automatically ran down from the third floor to the second floor to shake hands with Wu, and gave Wu the seat. In-laws are even closer. Zhang Zongchang and the new Zhili Superintendent Chu Yupu prepared two copies of student postcards and sent them to Wu's Xingyuan. Wu Qian was humble and sent two copies of Lanpu instead to save their face.