Chapter 4 Before the world is in chaos, Shu will be in chaos first

At eight o'clock in the morning, the bell rang, and the Chuan-Han Railway Shareholders' Meeting was about to be held again. Unexpectedly, on behalf of the shareholder, Luo Lun, came to the stage to report: "Now there is good news. The Supervisory Office sent an officer to say that he received a telegram from the Cabinet Department and asked us to go to the Supervisory Office to discuss a solution with the name of the Governor's Office. I will be back soon. Report the situation and hope that everyone will not adjourn the meeting." Everyone agreed, so several shareholder representatives left the meeting.

The breakfast just eaten has not yet been digested, so everyone is happy to drink tea, spit, and wash their shells.An employee of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company slipped in and whispered to several acquainted shareholders: The entrance of the meeting place is surrounded by troops, and they are not allowed to enter or leave. There may be trouble. Make trouble?What's the matter?That old rascal Zhao Erfeng might not dare to arrest the boys! However, the delegates had not returned for a long time, and the whispering voices in the venue became more and more buzzing.A representative of Hongya County named Wang Xiaozhou expressed his willingness to call the Sichuan Governor's Mansion to inquire about the situation.

Wang Xiaozhou came back after making the phone call and said: I called the supervisory office and wanted to speak to the representatives who went just now.They invited Zhou Shanpei and Zhou Jietai. I was an acquaintance with him, so I asked the representatives when they would come back, and the whole venue was waiting for their reports.Zhou Nidetai said that the representatives are talking and cannot come back for a while, please wait a little longer on behalf of the shareholders. Wait until the afternoon.It was very hot in July, and there was no food or drink in the venue, but there was tea, and the more I drank, the hungrier I became.The delegates were hungry and hot, and couldn't bear it.Some people wanted to leave first, but they were blocked by people as soon as they went out.A military officer came to the stage to report: "There was a sudden riot outside today. Martial law has been declared, and the traffic on the street has been cut off. It is very dangerous to go out at this time. Delegates, please go out after the martial law is lifted."

The representatives shouted.But when Xiucai met Bing, he couldn't explain why—the Bing didn't reason with you at all, he was only responsible for carrying a gun and guarding the door.For a while, there was everything to say, and the sky was full of enthusiasm.Of course, some people wanted to call the supervisory office again, but this time they couldn't get through. The sky outside the window gradually darkened.The representatives who had been hungry for a day didn't even have the energy to fight.Someone took out money and asked the soldiers on guard to come out and buy a few pieces of Guokui beef for snacks. The answer was: You are in a strike, all the shops on the street are closed, and the whole city is under martial law, so where can you sell Guokui?

Finally we can go.The army that blocked the venue retreated with guns and walked out of the company gate, and the military police standing guard on the street also withdrew.But there are no pedestrians on the street, only the faint moonlight looming.The delegates went back to the dormitory in groups, and the third watch was already beating when the drum was heard. They don't know that something has happened. A total of nine representatives went to the supervisory office, seven were nominated by the governor (one asked for sick leave), and three were voluntary observers.Including Pu Dianjun, chairman of the Consultative Council, Luo Lun, deputy speaker, Yan Kai, chairman of the shareholder meeting, Zhang Lan, vice chairman, and Deng Xiaoke, editor-in-chief of Shu Bao.

I heard that as soon as they walked out of the gate of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, the officer who led the team to invite people turned his face, took nine people into custody separately, and sent them to the supervisory office like a prisoner.This group of soldiers is used to domineering and domineering, and I think this is against Zhao Erfeng's original intention of designing secrets. From the company to the Supervisory Office, you have to go through Shusuo Street, East Street, and Zouma Street.Who doesn't know these people?Especially the comrades of the sub-branches of the Baolu Comrades Association, when they saw this, they immediately reacted: Zhao Erfeng is going to attack!

Rumors were running wild on the streets of Rongcheng like a hot wind.Dust and saliva continued to add, and the rumors inflated like balloons.Chengdu in the midst of the market strike was already full of restlessness, and the rumors were more like a spark splashed into a boiling oil pan. When Wang Xiaozhou called the Superintendent's Office for inquiries, the rumors inside and outside the imperial city had become: Nine representatives were arrested in the street, Zhao Erfeng interrogated himself, threatened with threats, falsely accused of rebellion, Luo Lun defended vigorously, was shot to death immediately, and the rest were hammered and thrown away. Supervise.

Chengdu is boiling.First, people from several nearby streets, holding the tablet of Emperor Guangxu, flocked to the governor's office to petition.People farther away also rushed to the supervisor's office holding the spirit plaque when they heard about it.In a short period of time, thousands of people were gathered together, and the Zongfu Street was blocked, and piles of people crowded into the gate of the governor's courtyard. This is the first completely spontaneous public gathering in Chengdu since the road protection movement: the main leaders have been arrested, and representatives from all over the country are trapped in the meeting place. Who will instigate it?Who will lead?Everyone is impulsive and only wants to petition to save people.

The guards couldn't stop so many people, and the gate of the governor's courtyard was almost crushed!These people rushed into the courtyard dam in front of the governor's house, shouting loudly: The former emperor allowed the people of Sichuan to run their own railways, so why did they arrest those who fought for the roads? The former emperor has a spirit, bless you to release the nine representatives! Make the stage and let them go immediately! Some people knelt and kowtowed, wept bitterly, and put Emperor Guangxu's tablet on the ground, making a loud noise. "The crowd rushed forward with all their strength, waving the tablet of the former emperor, and shouting in unison: 'Let Mr. Pu and Mr. Luo out!... Let Mr. Pu and Mr. Luo out!...'" (Li Jieren "The Big Wave")

Amidst the crying and shouting, several shots were fired suddenly, and the bullets flew into the air. The cries of the people stopped suddenly, but immediately became one again.Guizi, with so many people, I believe you dare to shoot? The shots were actually fired, and it is said that it was an order from Tian Zhengkui, the head of the camp affairs office.Bullets don't have eyes, so what happened now?The order in the courtyard dam was chaotic. Those who were shot dead were lying on the ground, and those who were injured were crawling out. Those who hadn’t tasted peanuts rushed to the gate. A few pieces.

Afterwards, the burial was registered, and most of the 32 people included in the register were claimed by their family members and paid for by the Charity Federation. It is said that there are more than 300 people who were not registered.The dead include artisans, small vegetable vendors, tailors, horse herders, apprentices and troupe outfitters, waterpipe packers, clinicians and street officials. The people scattered.The horse team rushed out of the gate again, chasing and shooting passers-by.At this moment, residents farther away and peasants outside the city heard about the arrests and came to petition, wrapped in white scarves and holding memorial tablets, when the horse team opened fire and dozens of people died on the spot. Zhao Erfeng ordered the closure of the gates of Chengdu.At this time, the news of the arrest of Pu, Luo and others had been sent to the surrounding states and counties by fast horses. Comrade members were rushing here in large numbers, and they were not allowed to enter, so they gathered outside the city gate.The capital of Bashu suddenly became an isolated city under siege. This happened on July 15th in the third year of Xuantong (September 7, 1911).Five days later, Zhao Erfeng claimed to have found a list of "Commanders of the Ten Routes" and several woodcut seals of the commanders. Burn the Nine Representatives to death, and the rebellion will be confirmed.The Qing soldiers also sealed up the railway company and the shareholder guest house of the Railway Academy. The decision to strike the market, strike classes, and go on strike was made at the joint emergency meeting of the shareholders' meeting and the comrades' association on June 29th (August 23rd).The reason for this emergency meeting was: the supervisory office forwarded a telegram that Li Jixun was the prime minister of the Yichang branch that day. In 1903, Xiliang, governor of Sichuan, and Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, agreed to build the Sichuan-Han Railway. The railway below Yichang would be undertaken by Hubei, and that above Yichang would be undertaken by Sichuan.The imperial court also made a decree to allow the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Han railways to be opened to private capital.The total length of the Sichuan-Han Railway is more than 3,000 miles, and it is estimated that it will cost 70 million taels of silver. Given the social capital situation in Sichuan at that time, it would be difficult to say that half of the 35 million taels of funds could be raised only through IPO.Therefore, Sichuan’s shareholding method is the same as that in Hunan, which is divided into three types: purchase shares, commercial shares, and lease shares.The first two are easy to understand. It is nothing more than that the county magistrates summoned local gentry and grain, even persuaded them, and publicized that the private railway is "competing with foreigners for the right of way", using two sets of rhetoric of commercial interests and patriotism to attract shares. "Renting shares" is apportioned according to the grain book, and the shares are apportioned into acres of fields for collection when grain is collected every year.Therefore, all counties have set up special renting bureaus to collect them on schedule. In this way, from landlords to tenants, everyone has to contribute to the Sichuan-Han Railway.Sichuan had a population of about 50 million at that time, and about 20 million people owned shares in the Sichuan-Han Railway. Excluding the ethnic minorities and the extremely poor, it can be said that everyone in Sichuan who could afford a little food and clothing was a shareholder of the Sichuan-Han Railway.Once there is a problem with the railway shares, it is closely related to every Sichuanese. Disputes have been frequent on the Sichuan-Han Railway since the announcement of the construction plan.Sichuan is responsible for the construction of the Yichang-Chengdu road section. The most difficult part is the Three Gorges area, and most of the Three Gorges area belongs to Hubei. Sichuan has only one county, Wushan.The construction plan is to build the section from Yichang to Kuimen first. Many people think that the Sichuan people's shares are used to benefit the people of Hubei first. However, they hope to build the Chengdu-Chongqing section first.This proposal gave birth to an organization called the Sichuan-Han Railway Improvement Association, which was organized by a group of Sichuan students studying in Japan.Although the Sichuan-Han Railway Supervision Office rejected their request, these people later became the backbone of the Baolu Comrades Association. The Sichuan-Han Railway dispute is a long story.In short, the construction of the railway has been delayed for a long time due to various reasons such as materials, funds, personnel, and investment. The root cause is probably that the contradiction between officials and businessmen is difficult to resolve under the system of "government supervision and business management".The state-owned railway policy proposed by Sheng Xuanhuai is actually taking into account that the railway is getting longer and longer, the backlog of materials is serious, and the funding gap is getting bigger and bigger, which itself has affected the social stability of the road construction provinces.As stated in the memorial to Shi Changxin on May 5, 1911, which officially proposed the "recovery of the road": "Since the construction of railways in Sichuan and Hunan, it has been created as a rental stock project, and a levy is charged per mu to pay for the road. I heard that the peasants in the two provinces are deeply resentful, and it is embarrassing to be forced to harvest in a famine year...I am deeply afraid that the people will run out of wealth, and they want to be rich and strong, but they will become poor and weak." It was for this reason that the Qing government made a hasty decision to believe that closing the road was beneficial to the people's livelihood, and "there would be no danger of obstruction". People in Sichuan don't want to throw money into this bottomless pit every year.But this road has been repaired for eight years, and a lot of money has been thrown away, so there must be an explanation to the shareholders, right?The resolution of the shareholders' meeting is: to require the government to recognize all the funds used over the years and Shanghai's debts (losses caused by the bankruptcy of banks during the rubber craze), and to return 60% of cash plus 40% of stocks to shareholders, and the remaining funds are 700% More than 10,000 taels are also handled by the shareholders meeting. How can Sheng Xuanhuai admit this account?If these terms are accepted, the loans from the Bank of Four Countries may not even be enough to repay the debt, so there is no talk of continuing to build roads.The policy of the imperial court is to exchange all the previous stocks for state stocks, and then slowly return them after the road is completed. This pissed off the shareholders in Sichuan, and everyone said: They seized the right of way, refused to accept the repayment, and even withdrew cash, which was tantamount to robbery.The worst thing is that Sheng Xuanhuai, relying on his status as Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, forbids the telegraph bureaus in various places to translate and distribute the texts and telegrams about the railway. Restoring the previous express delivery, isn't this restricting the freedom of communication of the people and organizations?Members of the Conference Board slapped the table and cursed. Within three days, the Baolu Comrade Assembly was announced with great fanfare in the hall of the Chengdu Yuefu Street Railway Company.The number of people attending the meeting on May 21 (June 17) was more than 5,000 people, and the flow of people continued to the two ends of Yuefu Street and the three turns. "Luo Lun, he is a very fair and fat man, and he is not very tall. As soon as he took the stage, he saluted all the people in the room, and he said, 'Dear shareholders' in a very loud voice, 'Our fathers and uncles in Sichuan The life and property of our Sichuan people—let Sheng Xuanhuai sell it to us! Sold it to foreigners.” Just like that, he said these few words in a few words. He then burst into tears. Everyone was wailing—really wailing, all the elderly, middle-aged, and young people in the audience let out their voices and cried loudly. 'It is tolerable, what is unbearable!Bark, woof, woof...''We want to oppose, we must swear to oppose it!Bark, woof, woof...'' Oppose the traitor Sheng Xuanhuai!Oppose the post office, the traitorous organ! 'The sound of crying and screaming caused a sensation in the audience.Luo Lun was crying on the altar, all the shareholders were crying under the altar, even the handymen running around in the company were crying, needless to say, the people we watched were also crying. "(Guo Moruo's "Before and After Anyway") Such tragic scenes are played out every day. Although the momentum is great, there are still more people advocating "guaranteeing the money" than those advocating "guaranteeing the road". In the words of Xiao Xiang, the deputy chairman of the Consultative Bureau, "recovering the money used is the goal, and the means is to oppose the state." .But after nearly two months of petitioning the court, the government not only did not let go at all, but because of Li Jixun's incident, the contradictions intensified unprecedentedly. Li Jixun was born in Xiushan, Sichuan. In 1909, he was sent to the Yichang branch of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company as the prime minister in 1909 as the Zuo Cheng counselor of the Ministry of Post and Communications.He originally opposed state-owned railways, but whether he was pressured by his immediate boss Sheng Xuanhuai, or whether he gave up his local position and turned to the interests of the government, he expressed his agreement in early August 1911 to transfer the remaining Sichuan Road funds into state-owned road funds.As a result, it was criticized by thousands of people, and some people at the shareholders meeting declared that "Sheng Xuanhuai sold the road before, and Li Jixun sold the road behind, which harmed the life and property of our Sichuan. It was the work of two thieves, and the people of Sichuan will swear to kill these two thieves." However, Sheng Xuanhuai was determined to be tough to the end, joined forces with Duanfang, Ruicheng and others to join the concert, and sent Li Jixun to continue to preside over the construction of the Yichang section of the Sichuan-Han Railway after it was nationalized.When the news came, the whole Sichuan was boiling, and a strike was inevitable. Market strikes, school strikes, and strikes all existed in China in the past, but most of them were individual appeals, not related to the fate of the country.After Gengzi, the whole country frantically studied Western constitutionalism, only to discover that these methods are very effective. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the workers’ strike in Petersburg and the rally in Tokyo’s Hibiya Park actually affected the war decisions of the two countries. The anti-Russian movement and the anti-American Chinese labor ban movement also made people realize the collective strength of the Chinese people. However, the "three strikes" in the whole city must be the first time in Sichuan.Especially the market strike. After all, most handicraftsmen and small traders do not eat for a day without work. If the strike notice is issued, it will not have much impact, or it cannot be stopped for a long time because of the pressure of life, or it cannot be implemented due to the coercion of the military and police, and the whole city cannot be achieved. If you close the door, you will become the laughing stock of the whole world. "Everyone! Sheng Xuanhuai played the quasi-imperial Sichuan people's request to replace Li Jixun as the Prime Minister of Yichang, in order to implement his debt loan contract of humiliating the country! Sheng Xuanhuai is a traitor who betrays the country and flatters foreigners. Gather comrades from all over the province to unite against it, and start with the provincial capital as a model. Comrades from all walks of life in the city are required to implement strikes and strikes to resist the arbitrary policy of the Ministry of Posts and Communications’ illegal loss of power. If everyone agrees with this method, please implement it from today! " Chairman Luo Lun's voice hadn't finished yet, and the whole audience roared and applauded.Hundreds of people shouted: "The government is going to seize the railway, and it is going to attack Sichuan. Everyone is going to die. What business are you doing?" As soon as the meeting was over, the comrades went to the office to collect leaflets according to the arrangement agreed last night, but divided into two teams and went straight to the commercial market. The commercial market is the central area of ​​Chengdu's business. If there is a comprehensive strike here, the entire city will be closed.The intention of dividing into two teams is that the first team goes first to distribute leaflets door-to-door, simply saying "Please close the door to sponsor".The second team followed up and found suspicious onlookers, and then explained and persuaded each household to close their doors. At ten o'clock in the morning, the first team entered the back door of the commercial field. The process went surprisingly smoothly.Starting from the first household, the owner of the store just finished reading, and immediately went to move the boards and close the shop door.Wherever the flyers went, the shop doors would be closed. Gradually, the first team didn't need to say anything, as long as they passed the flyers, the second team had nothing to do.In such a huge commercial area, only the sound of footsteps and planks can be heard. So the leader immediately divided the two teams into several small teams to speed up the progress.It is scary to say that there are thousands of shops in the streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion, and there is almost no second-guessing. In some shops, there are only children guarding the door.Only half a day later, the clocks in Chengdu stopped. Shi Tiyuan, a member of the publicity team at the time, recalled: "Chengdu was originally a bustling, prosperous metropolis, but now it has become quiet and desolate. All businesses are closed, and there are no transactions. Yuelai Theater, Keyuan The sound of gongs and drums, the singing of teahouses, the cries of clothing shops on Gulou Street, and the cries of restaurants are all gone. Even the sound of silk weaving machines in Banbian Street and Zouma Street, and the hammering of hand jewelry shops in Jinjie Street The sound has always been non-stop all day long, and I can’t even see it. There are also some shacks and stalls, and they have picked up their things. The night market on Dongdajie has no one to drive.” Temporary archways were built in the center of each street, as high as the eaves and as wide as the street, with incense tables on it, and "Emperor Dezongjing" in the middle, which is the tablet of Guangxu.The couplets on both sides are extracted from Guangxu's edict: the railway is allowed to be managed by the merchants, and the general government is open to public opinion.The sub-district branch of the Baolu Comrade Association meets here every day, scolding Sheng Xuanhuai, Duanfang, and Li Jixun. The most embarrassing are the officials at all levels. They went up and down the yamen. They used to hold umbrellas and drank Zaolijing Street.But there are archways on every street, this... Isn't this too inconvenient?So, a detour around the side street?But these unruly people found out, and they would build archways in even the smallest alleys... Many officials had to withdraw their sedan chairs in the end, and their servants sneaked past on foot with their bags in their clothes. The market strike started on the first day of July, and has not stopped for half a month, but it has become more and more violent.Under domestic and foreign coercion, Zhao Erfeng made the big move of arresting people and shooting them on July 15th. The Comrade Army carried out the siege of the city in July, and Chengdu became an isolated city.Traffic along the way was cut off, and all counties' payments to the capital stopped.At this time, the so-called "water telegram" appeared. According to general records, the "Water Telegraph" was invented by Long Mingjian, a member of the alliance, at the Agricultural Experimental Field in the south of the city. They threw hundreds of wood chips coated with tung oil into the Jinjiang River and floated along the water to all parts of southern Sichuan.The wood chip reads "Zhao Erfeng first arrested Pu and Luo, and then suppressed Sichuan. Comrades from all over the country rushed to save themselves." I want to add a word here, why are the wood chips only passed to southern Sichuan?Because southern Sichuan has always been the source of chaos in Sichuan.Before 1911, the Tongmenghui launched five armed uprisings in Sichuan in accordance with Sun Yat-sen's policy of "capturing the upper reaches of the Yangtze River". Except for the fourth uprising in Guang'an in northern Sichuan, the other four were: Jiang'an, Luzhou, Chengdu, and Xufu. The Battle of Jiading and Jiading all took place in southern Sichuan.Even when the Qing government formed a new army, it stipulated that only people from northern Sichuan should be recruited, and people from southern Sichuan should not be recruited. However, some people also said that the "Water and Telegram" was Zhao Erfeng's instructing Tian Weikui, Lu Zishan and others to forge the "Oil Powder Soldiers Talisman" in order to accuse Shipu, Luo and other representatives of rebellion. words, thrown into the river, and then picked up by himself as evidence.Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating, more water was put in and less was picked up, and the wooden sign went down the river, which instead helped the Baolu Comrade Society to spread the message. Most likely it's a combination of both.According to Ning Zhicun, a native of Qianwei, he happened to be returning to Qianwei from Jiading (Leshan) by boat at that time, and saw many pieces of wood along the river. Army, persevere, etc."Moreover, he saw many people waiting for water and telegrams on the shore, and it was only the third day after Chengdu was closed. Luo Yiren, who was studying in Ziyang Model Primary School at the time, also recalled that this kind of "water and electricity newspaper" was compared to "Xi" by the teacher. "It is about seven inches square and about four centimeters thick. The wooden signs were full of slogans, opposing the nationalization of the railway, fighting for the return of the Sichuan Road, eradicating traitors, etc.”Teacher Cai from Model Primary School took the students to the river to pick up water and telegrams. "After picking it up, make a wooden sign, plan it, write it, paint it, and then put it in the river and let it float down the river."In this kind of copying and transmission, the message of the water and telegraph can be spread throughout southern Sichuan within a few days. On July 28 (September 20), news came that the imperial court ordered Cen Chunxuan to come to Sichuan to "assistantly suppress and appease", and the imperial court's opinions on the Sichuan-Han Railway were also very inconsistent.Sheng Xuanhuai still adhered to the previous policy of not allowing postal and telecommunications exchanges to protect roads, and believed that isolating public opinion would help calm the trend.However, the Ministry of Posts and Communications has no control over the newspaper office. He asked the imperial court for help, hoping that the Ministry of Civil Affairs would come forward and "all newspapers are strictly prohibited from publishing road stories."However, Gui Chun, Minister of Civil Affairs, disagreed, thinking that as long as the newspaper reports "do not pretend to be dangerous words" and "do not echo the tone of the chaotic party", there is no need to be "excessively restrained". From this, it is obvious that the imperial court also followed suit in suppressing fu, and the opinions of "fu" tended to come from behind.Two days later, Cen Chunxuan's "Letter to Fathers and Children in Sichuan" also reached Sichuan.The former Sichuan Governor's proclamation was very emotional: "It's been nine years since Chunxuan parted with my father and son in Sichuan. I don't know if my father and son still think about Chunxuan? Chunxuan has never forgotten my father and son. But this unfortunate incident made Chunxuan reunite with Chunxuan. When fathers and children meet each other, they have been in love with each other for many years, and they can't bear the pain of shaking hands and sighing, leading them to look west, not knowing where to go... It is reasonable and feasible for fathers and children to confess their difficulties to the court, no matter how difficult it is All should submit to the complaint, and must face to face... the fathers and children are fortunate enough to listen to my words, Chunxuan will definitely plead for the people, and will never kill a single person." Moreover, he also stated to the outside world that there are three countermeasures to quell the chaos in Sichuan: (1) return the business shares; (2) release Pu Dianjun and others; These countermeasures were completely contrary to Zhao Erfeng's actions. Of course, Zhao was deeply disturbed. As a response, he called the court to try to prevent Cen Chunxuan from coming to Sichuan, and said, "It's okay if Cen doesn't come, and there may be no peace if Cen comes." On the other hand, he also expressed his intention of reconciliation to Kawauchi. On September 23, the Comrade Army took the initiative to break the siege of Chengdu. The rice charcoal and vegetables from the four townships were able to enter the city, and the feces and waste of Chengdu people could also be transported out. Returned to normal life. The Wuchang Uprising broke out, and Zhao Erfeng could no longer cheer up to "put down the chaos".Seeing that dozens of prefectures and counties in Sichuan have already claimed independence, the troops of Chuanbian Pingzang were blocked by comrades and could not return to the provincial capital. Zhou, seems to come to replace him at any time, Zhao Erfeng has lost his former prestige, and he also tacitly allows his subordinates to come and discuss with the constitutional faction of the Advisory Council, especially after hearing the rumor that "Xuan Tong ran away from Beijing", Governor Zhao was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat: The Qing Dynasty... I'm afraid it will end. After a while, the governor's yamen put forward a "government-specified independence condition", which mainly emphasized "no exclusion of Manchurians", "settling the livelihood of bannermen", "regarding people from the province as the same as people from other provinces", and "no hatred Official words move", these are the conditions that Zhao Erfeng put forward for himself, his subordinates, and the banner people. The rest, such as protecting foreigners, protecting the business community, prohibiting vendettas and robbery, and maintaining the defense of the Tibetan border, are consistent with the independent conditions proposed by the gentry. The conditions were negotiated, and on the morning of November 26, Zhao Erfeng handed over the Guanfang Great Seal to the newly established military government. On November 27, the establishment of the "Sichuan Dahan Military Government" was proclaimed. Zhao Erfeng published "Announcement of Sichuan Autonomy", and Pu Dianjun issued "Dahan Sichuan Military Government Declaration of Independence". As if to echo this day, in the early morning of this day, the new army from Hubei rushed into the bedroom of Xingyuanfang in Zizhou and killed the most outstanding bannerman in the late Qing Dynasty.The struggle of Sichuan people from road protection to anti-Qing has reached a turning point, but "the world is in chaos before Shu is in chaos, and the world has been governed before Shu is ruled." The chaos in Bashu has just begun.