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Chapter 13 Duo Qizhi, the warlord of the two lakes: he does not love martial arts but loves literary fighting

During the period of the Republic of China, Hunan was close to Guangdong (the base of Sun Yat-sen), and it was the site of the Fourth World War, the frontier battlefield of the North-South conflict, and a buffer zone for the North-South political conflict.In the Beiyang era, Tang Xiangming, Zhang Jingyao, and Fu Liangzuo were in charge of Hunan successively. Before Wu Peifu became independent, he was stationed in Hengyang, Hunan. Until Wu collapsed, Wu Peifu was an important figure who could influence Hunan's political ecology. Among the characters of Hunan nationality, Tan Yankai, Zhao Hengti, Cheng Qian, Tang Shengzhi, He Jian and others have successively presided over Hunan's military affairs, but the Hunan army has never become a united whole.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, many Hunanese were active in the political arena. In addition to military figures, there were Wang Kaiyun, Yang Du, teachers and students, Xiong Xiling who was the prime minister of the state, Song Jiaoren, an important figure in the Kuomintang, and so on. Hubei borders Hunan, and Hunan and Hubei have a tradition of mutual assistance between the military and the government. Often, one prospers and one loses. The political attitudes of the two regimes towards the central government are often consistent. Nicknames: Licorice in Medicine, Hanlin General

Birthplace: Chaling, Hunan Origin: Official family, Hanlin in the late Qing Dynasty Year of Birth and Death: 1880~1930 Status: politician, warlord, calligrapher Main experience: Leader of the Hunan Constitutional School in the late Qing Dynasty, chairman of the Hunan Consultative Bureau; later served as the governor of Hunan in the Republic of China; later joined the Kuomintang, followed Sun Yat-sen, and served successively as the governor of Hunan, the governor of Hunan, and the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army; when Chiang Kai-shek was in power, he was the chairman of the National Government , President of the Executive Yuan

Nickname: Buddhist General Birthplace: Dong'an, Hunan Birth and death years: October 31, 1889 ~ April 6, 1970 Graduate school: Baoding Military Academy, appreciated by the principal Jiang Baili Position: From platoon leader and company commander to governor of Hunan Province and commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army Song Jiaoren (1882~1913), a native of Taoyuan, Hunan.A veteran of the Tongmenghui, a "prime minister's talent", one of the founders of the Kuomintang, actively advocated the cabinet system, and was assassinated in Shanghai by Yuan Shikai's men. Huang Xing (1874-1916), courtesy name Keqiang, was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. He was one of the founders of the Republic of China and was called "Sun Huang" together with Sun Yat-sen.

Xiong Xiling (1870~1937), born in Fenghuang, Hunan.He was called a "child prodigy" when he was young, and he became a Jinshi in the middle school, and he was appointed to the Imperial Academy. After the Republic of China, he served as the Minister of Finance, Rehe Dutong, and Prime Minister. He was good at financial management and was known as the "God of Wealth".Later, he devoted himself to charity and education, and once founded the famous Xiangshan Salesian Home. He Jian (1887-1956), born in Liling, Hunan, graduated from Hunan School of Law and Politics and Baoding Army Military Academy.

Xia Douyin (1886-1951), a native of Macheng, Hubei, a small warlord in Hubei, known as "General Leather Bag", was an official to the chairman of Hubei Provincial Government.
⊙Huang Xingneng is capable of writing and martial arts, known as "Xiangzhong Talent", and also known as "Xiashi". In 1904, Huang, Chen Tianhua, Song Jiaoren, Liu Kuiyi and others founded the "Huaxing Association" in Changsha, and contacted a group of passionate young people from Hunan in order to make a revolution.Huang Xing also sold 300 mu of land and bought 500 long guns and 200 short guns.

⊙During the Battle of Huanghuagang, Huang Xing had two fingers on his right hand broken. He was known as the "General with Eight Fingers". ⊙ Among the Kuomintang figures, Yuan Shikai's most jealous person is Song Jiaoren.Yuan Xu and Song officials did not accept it; if they gave him money, they did not accept it.Yuan gave Song a suit, even the size was very accurate, and gave Song a check for 500,000 yuan from the Bank of Communications. Song only used a small amount and returned it to Yuan Shikai when he left Beijing. ⊙Song Jiaoren visited the Northeast and wrote a book "Jiandao Issue".At that time, the Qing Dynasty and Japan were having territorial disputes. Song’s book provided academic basis for the Qing government to defend the territory. After reading the book, Cixi sighed: “It’s a pity that the country has such talents, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs cannot quote them!” Immediately issued an order He wanted to do it for Song, a fifth-rank Beijing official, but Song refused.

⊙After the Revolution of 1911, Tan Yankai responded to the revolution in Hunan.In order to win over more people to revolutionize, Tan can be said to have used all kinds of tricks.When he mobilized Fujian Governor Sun Daoren from Hunan, he threatened that if you don’t have a showdown with us and the Qing Dynasty, we will confiscate your house in Hunan, and if the government doesn’t want it, we will set it on fire.I also know where your family's ancestral grave is, and I will send someone to dig it for you when the time comes!Make you ashamed to see your ancestors. ⊙After the failure of the second revolution, Tang Xiangming became the governor of Hunan, and Tan Yankai, the former governor, was ordered to go to Beijing to be punished.Before Tan entered Beijing, he hid in his room with a piece of paper every day and recited it silently. It turned out that it was a pre-set question and answer between Yuan Shikai and him. He answered whatever Yuan asked.As a result, after arriving in Beijing, Yuan did not "inquire about the crime", but instead made friends with Tan Datao, and the lines he had memorized were useless.

⊙Tan Yankai is extremely obese because of the delicious food. The doctor advised him to quit eating and drinking as much as possible.Tan said: "I have eaten and drank wrongly in the past, why should I quit it now, and it will make me miserable?" He often said: "Eating, drinking, whoring and gambling are four major hobbies in life. Whoring and gambling have nothing to do with me. no excuses." ⊙Tan Yankai started politics as a literati. Although he has been operating in Hunan for many years, he has never mastered a strong gun and his position is not secure. He can only survive in the cracks of various forces.People call him "licorice in medicine" and he can get along well with anyone; they also call him "an official of Feng Dao all his life", and compare him to Feng Dao, the prime minister who served four dynasties and ten monarchs in the Five Dynasties.

⊙Tan Yankai successively served as the governor, military governor, governor, commander-in-chief, army commander, and finally became the chairman of the National Government and the president of the Executive Yuan.When Tan was the dean, he adhered to the principle of "three nos": do not take responsibility, do not make suggestions, and do not offend others.Later, he once said frankly to others: The ancients said "Yun Zhijue Zhong", the word "Zhong" is the first secret of life, and there is another word "mixed", which is the second secret of life. ⊙Tan Yankai's tricks for being an official are first of all to hide his front, be smooth, and be chaotic. In Changsha in 1912, he asked his lawyer Bei Yuanxin: "How are you doing?" Bei replied: "Idiot!" But he laughed and stretched out his thumb, saying: "Okay! Mixing fish and dragons is a hooligan, and fairies play games as a hooligan. It's too big!"

⊙In 1923, Sun Yat-sen served as Grand Marshal in Guangzhou, and Tan Yankai was Minister of the Interior at that time.One day, an informer told Sun Yat-sen that Tan was unreliable and could be used, but not reused.At this time, Tan Yankai and Hu Hanmin could hear clearly in another room. Hu Hanmin was very angry when he heard it, and turned to look at Tan Yankai, but Tan did not change his expression until the man left. As if he didn't hear what that person said, he didn't do anything to that person afterwards.Hu Hanmin later said that Tan Yankai's temper was really good. ⊙In 1930, Tan Yankai died of illness in Nanjing. Shanghai newspapers published an elegiac couplet, satirizing Tan's slickness: "It's a big deal to mix it up for use, eat and drink, swagger, life is big, good fortune, big to the dean; ball's Instinctively roll, roll around, roll in, roll out, roll here and there, into the coffin." ⊙After Hunan governors Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin were killed, Tang Shengzhi scolded Mei Xin who launched the mutiny for being unkind and cruel; scolded Tan Yankai for being treacherous, insidious and cunning; . ⊙Once, Tang Shengzhi went to Shanghai and asked his friend Ouyang Qishen to go back to Xiangxiang to create a situation independently.Ouyang said: "You don't know my character yet. I am cowardly. I can't be a general. I can only be a staff officer. Let me follow you!" ⊙ Tang Shengzhi instigated a revolution in Fengtian, he first visited the local boss Chen Zhongshu.When they met, they realized that they were not prepared for anything.So, he took his ancestral treasure - a fan as a gift.Chen Gang was not very happy at first, but when Tang said it was a famous ancient painting, Chen readily accepted it. ⊙When Tang Shengzhi was in Baoding Military Academy, the headmaster was Jiang Baili. Tang Zheng was Jiang's favorite student. Tang Shengzhi regarded himself as a student in front of Jiang Baili all his life.When he was in Baoding Military Academy, Jiang Baili committed suicide, Tang Shengzhi stayed up for several days and nights, and stayed with the principal. ⊙When he was in Baoding Military Academy, Tang Shengzhi was locked up by the instructor for discussing "people with lofty ideals" and "heroes" with his classmates.After being closed for a period of time, the other students all cried out that they were hungry.At this time, Tang said angrily, "Isn't it just hungry? What are you afraid of!" ⊙Tang Shengzhi once approached Tan Renfeng and said: "I don't want to be a civil servant, I want to find a military officer, but I just can't find a place." Tan said: "Why is there no place? Come with me!" Tang said: "But you There is no yamen and no army, what am I going to do with you?" Tan said: "Who says I don't have an army or a yamen? I'll take you to have a look." So Tan took Tang to the gate and pointed to the inlay Jin's signboard said: "Look! The Wuchang Township Envoy of the Republic of China and Northwest Hospitality Envoy in Ningxia Office!" ⊙Tang Shengzhi and Zhao Hengti were at odds, and they were fighting each other overtly and secretly.Tang Shengzhi invited the famous mage "Monk Gu" to host a golden light ceremony in Hengyang. Zhao Hengti was not to be outdone, and welcomed the Yellow Sect Master Bai Lama to Changsha to hold a larger golden light law meeting.Soon, Tang Shengzhi started the operation to expel Zhao. ⊙The Northern Expedition Army conquered Changsha and held a military parade.During the military parade, Tang Shengzhi gave one of his horses to Chiang Kai-shek to ride.When Jiang inspected the Eighth Army (Army Commander Tang Shengzhi), the drums of the military band happened to be loud and deafening. Jiang's mount was frightened and overturned Jiang to the ground. It's over.From then on, Tang Shengzhi believed that Lao Jiang would not be able to climb the level of the Eighth Army, so he had the idea of ​​​​anti-Chiang Zidai. ⊙ On February 10, 1935, Sunday, the wedding of 66-year-old Xiong Xiling and 33-year-old talented woman Mao Yanwen was held in Moore Church (Christian Church) on Xizang Road, Shanghai, which became a "news" that caused a national sensation and was discussed in the streets.On the night of festivities and candles in Xiong's bridal chamber, many celebrities came to congratulate them, and naturally left a lot of congratulatory poems.Celebrity Shen Yinmo congratulated: "Let's give up the fish and take the bear, the young lady is familiar with Mencius; don't be picky, the old man will be the groom again." ⊙In July 1930, Hunan warlord He Jian was defeated by the Red Army, lost Changsha, and fled for his life along the river.When the boat passed the mouth of the North Lake, he saw the Shangxiang people on the bank who were going to Nanyue with red pockets on their chests, and exclaimed that the Red Army was chasing them.After repeated persuasion by the attendants, he was shocked. ⊙Yuan Shikai held the inauguration ceremony of the President in the Hall of Supreme Harmony (according to the oath in the Congress).When the ceremony was completed, the spectators and congratulators all walked from Donghuamen and Xihuamen, and Prime Minister Xiong Xiling sat on the shoulders of two people, surrounded by pedestrians.Luo, a congressman from Hunan, shouted: "Mr. Bing, did you take a two-person car in the Forbidden City, was it granted by the emperor, or did you bring it yourself?" Xiong replied, "Guess." Another Hunan congressman said: " I think it was borrowed from the Qing Dynasty." Everyone who heard it laughed. ⊙When Xiong Xiling was the capital of Rehe, the capital was located in the former Qingrehe Palace.There are many good things in the palace, and the best raw mink fur is used as a carpet.Later, when Xiong Xiling returned to work in Beijing, she took a few mink furs and spread them on the ground. When someone who knew the goods saw them, she was shocked and asked, "Why is your family so rich that you use mink furs for the floor?" ⊙In the winter of 1917, Shi Xingchuan, the warlord of western Hubei, fought in Yichang with the governor of Hubei and Wu Guangxin, who aided Hubei, and the Shi army was defeated.Xia Douyin, who worked as an idler in Shibu, picked up a box of banknotes while absconding, and then raised the regiment flag to gather the stragglers, opened the box and took out the banknotes. Those who had guns were given five yuan each, and those without guns were given one yuan. Qian Kefa signed up one after another, and a total of more than 2,000 people were assembled.Many of them were from Macheng, Hubei (Xia's hometown), and several platoon leaders were from Xia's family. From then on, Xia took control of this army and became a small warlord. ⊙In 1921, Xia Douyin, a small warlord in Hubei, lived under the eaves of Zhao Hengti in Hunan, and his food and wages were not enough. The three battalions in Xiabu were only given one copper dollar a day for cooking money, and later even this little money was gone.When he was extremely bored, a manager of a steamship company invited Xia to play cards, but Xia had no money and could not refuse.The manager told him that he would never make things difficult for Commander Xia, Xia Fang dared to go.Unexpectedly, Xia won 6,000 yuan in the first mahjong battle.After winning the first battle, Xia was overjoyed. From then on, he took his little wife to fight at the poker table every day. Xia's military salary was won by Xia at the mahjong table. ⊙In the second half of 1927, the Guangxi faction defeated Tang Shengzhi and occupied Wuhan.The leaders of the former Hubei Kuomintang party headquarters and government did not resign because of Tang's resignation. They believed that they were formed by the order of the central government, not Tang's personal officials.However, the Guangxi generals Hu Zongduo and Tao Jun (both from Hubei) were very dissatisfied when they saw this. Tao Jun said: "I am not someone's son. Will they take the lead in our fight? Or push Commander Hu to be the chairman of Hubei Province. Start to organize the provincial government." So the original team in Hubei was killed and imprisoned. ⊙When Huang Xing was young, he went to take the exam with his uncle Hu Yutian and fellow villager Liu Shijie. Huang Xing finished two articles in succession, but was not satisfied, so he wrote a third one.The first two papers were taken by Hu and Liu, who filled in their names and handed in the paper.As a result, when the list was released, both Hu and Liu won, and Huang Xing lost his name to Sun Shan. ⊙After the success of the Revolution of 1911, Huang Xing became a hero of the Republic of China. The Changsha government renamed the original Pozi Street "Huangxing Road". Ye Dehui wrote an article against it, saying that the names of Changsha Street were only "Jigongpo" and "Yappo Bridge". Famous Street also.In fact, not long after Huang Xing returned to Hunan, he resigned from the name change. Ye Dehui was still unsatisfied, and wrote "Records of Place Names in Guangfu Pozi Street" and distributed them along the street. ⊙Xiong Xiling is afraid of his wife, Mrs. Xiong often treats him like a son.At work, Mrs. Xiong called to look for her. The parents were short-tempered and the matter was not important. After talking for a long time, Xiong Xiling couldn't help it, so she put the phone on the table, took it over after a while and listened, and said "hmmmm". ⊙Ye Dehui is an old celebrity in Hunan. He is not used to the new things since the Republic of China, and often says some weird words.After Tang Xiangming, the governor of Hunan, came to visit Ye Dehui after he took office, Ye not only refused to return the salute, but laughed at Tang as "a brat who wants to learn from Zeng Zuo".Tang wanted to hire Ye as a consultant to the governor's office and editor-in-chief of the official bookstore, but Ye refused.Tang became angry because of this, and later found an opportunity to arrest Ye, and telegraphed Yuan Shikai, asking for justice.It happened that Wang Kaiyun, a famous scholar in Hunan Province, was with Yuan Shikai. Yuan asked Wang for his opinion, and Wang replied coldly, "It's nothing to kill a famous scholar." Yuan told Tang not to kill, and Ye Ye saved his life. ⊙Tan Yankai was nicknamed "Little Old Three" when he was young.He specifically asked his mother.His mother wept and said to him, "Because I am your father's concubine and you are a concubine, everyone calls you 'Little Lao San'!" When the whole family ate, the eldest grandma and second grandma sat there comfortably, Tan's mother had to stand and serve the head of the family, and she could only serve the table when the eldest grandmother and second grandmother went to sleep with their bellies bulging. ⊙Tan Yankai was the first in the Jinshi examination, so he should participate in the next palace examination.But because he had the same surname as Tan Sitong, the examiners were afraid of making Lafayette unhappy, so after much deliberation, they finally decided to remove his name from the palace examination list. The rain will fall everywhere." ⊙Xia Douyin has a beloved concubine named Wang Jinlan, and all Xia's family property is handed over to Wang to take care of. Later, Wang Jinlan met Zhu Jiahua, a member of the CC department in Nanjing, and often went to the card games and dance halls with Zhu.Xia is also happy to make friends with important people in CC.Unexpectedly, one day the king suddenly swept away Xia Zhi's jewelry deposits and eloped to Zhu, who kept the king's secret room.Two years later, Zhu and Wang officially got married.Xia had already stepped down at this time, but he couldn't beat Zhu Jiahua, and lost his wife and money, so he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. ⊙When he was graduating from Baoding Military Academy, Tang Shengzhi deliberately made fun of a classmate with a pockmarked face, and finally got into a fight.Later, Tang did not join the model regiment, nor did he join the Beiyang army, but was assigned to a miscellaneous army in the south.Tang said to others: "This is exactly what I am after, and I just go back to my hometown to start a revolution!" ⊙Tang Shengzhi's father was a county magistrate, quite talented and ambitious.When Tang Shengzhi was in Baoding Military Academy, he grew a mustache at the age of twenty, with a serious and mature appearance. Therefore, his classmates called him "Meng Huzi" ("Meng" refers to Tang being the eldest in the family). ⊙He Jian, a warlord in Hunan Province, studied in Baoding Military Academy in his early years. One of his classmates, Guo Niusi, wrote a note one day and pasted it on He Jian's bedside: "The eldest son has a horse face". It turned out that He Jian had a long face horse face.The surnamed Guo was short and fat, so He Jian replied with a note and stuck it on Guo's bedside, saying: "Short melon and cow dung Guo". ⊙When He Jian was studying at Hubei Army Middle School, he took a geometry test and couldn't do the questions. Before handing in the paper, He wrote on the paper: "The geometry of spring and autumn? The geometry of life? Geometry for poverty? Geometry for wealth?" Later, in front of all the students, he said: "He Jian, you wrote a lot of 'geometry' on the geometry test paper. This geometry, that geometry, really makes me happy!"
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