Chapter 15 Zhang Zhuishai and Chu Sanshuang

Zhao Erxun subdued Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xun subdued Chu Yupu, and both Zhang and Chu became officials from bandits. In the Beiyang period, they both became famous and important warlords.People in the world know more about the story of Zhao Cishuai's wise capture of Zhang Yuting, but they don't know much about the story of Zhang Zhuaishuai's surrender to Chu Sanshuang. In the early years of the Republic of China, the revolution against Yuan failed twice, and the Beiyang army captured Nanjing. Zhang Xun should be the first to be rewarded for his meritorious service.Yuan Xiangcheng specially appointed Zhang Xun as the governor of Jiangsu Province in order to show his reward for mediocrity.After Zhang took office, he first issued an order to all the soldiers in Jiangsu province to keep their hair and braids, and everything returned to the old system of the Qing Dynasty.His military discipline was poor, which caused resentment among the people, and the common people in Jiangsu gritted their teeth, but no one dared to speak out.It so happened that one day his soldiers went out to cause trouble, grabbed a Japanese businessman, and beat him to death on the spot as an innocent commoner.

Yuan Xiangcheng was having nothing to do with Zhang Zhuaishuai's disregard for general principles and misconduct in Nanjing, so he sent Ruan Doudan and Yang Yunshi, two eloquent cronies, to Nanjing to "persuade him".In the end, he agreed to announce that he was a tour envoy to the Yangtze River. Zhang Xun always felt that the governor of Jiangsu was not majestic enough, and he had long thought about the official addiction of the Nanyang minister.Isn't the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River the former Nanyang Minister of the Qing Dynasty?So he left Nanjing happily and came to Xuzhou to inspect the envoy's office.As soon as he took office, he erected a pair of large flagpoles in front of the door, with the character "Zhang" embroidered in the middle of the red money flying flames.When going out to visit guests, sit in the official sedan chair, sound the gong to clear the way, hand over the notebook, and bow in the morning. Except for the civil officials who do not have a brilliant plume, and the military officers who do not carry a knife and stand on duty, almost all the former upright officials are out of the cage.Fortunately, Xuzhou is not as popular as Baixia Huayang, so he can do as he likes!

In fact, in the Beiyang era, the warlords divided their regimes and ruled by dividing their borders. The Yangtze River patrol envoys only governed part of Huaihai.Zhang Xun didn't pay any attention to the prosperity of the general government, he only knew how to put on the official airs, showing a stinky pomp.One day, on a whim, I remembered that the north of Jiangsu and the south of Shandong are bordering each other. He was usually arty, and he claimed to be a follower of the Confucian family.So the governor of Qufu County was ordered to make proper preparations, and everything followed the ancient system.Marshal Zhang came to Qufu to visit the temple wearing a unicorn costume, a python robe embroidered with gold thread, a coral cap with double eyes and mottled feathers on his head, and black silk court boots with a pink background.Get off the horse at Lingxingmen, stop in the dressing hall and change into another crane jacket, brocade seawater lining robe, red tassel red top, and become a first-rank official in the Qing Dynasty.

In the early years of the Republic of China, reform radicals were advocating the overthrow of the Confucian family shop, and the Confucian Temple in Qufu was naturally silent and lonely. Suddenly, a large army of soldiers came, surrounded by handsome tigers with braids, and the ceremony of visiting the temple followed the ancient system. Confucius 76th Kong Lingyi, the grandson of the descendant of Dai, and Yan Shenggong, will host a banquet in Yan Shenggong's mansion.The sages and guests, who met each other for a long time, made friends from then on, visited the holy sites, and visited the four temples.If it weren't for Xuzhou's need to treat justice, Zhang Zhuaishuai might have to stay longer before returning to Xi.

When Braid Shuai returned to Xuzhou, his concubine Zhou Suwen suddenly suffered from a strange disease of trance and restlessness.After Yan Shenggong knew about it, he introduced Zhao Tingyu, a Confucian doctor from Qufu, to treat Mrs. Ru's illness.From then on, Zhao Tingyu stayed in Xuzhou, and was extended to be the guest of honor of the visiting envoy. He kept the ginseng secret, obeyed his words, and became the number one celebrity around the commander-in-chief. The Yimeng mountainous area in Shandong Province has always been the base camp of murderers and bandits. In the early years, Sun Meiyao's Lincheng robbery, which caused a sensation at home and abroad, happened in Baodugang area of ​​this mountainous area.Chu Yupu is a scoundrel in Wenshang County, wandering around all year round without doing business, traveling all over the remote areas in the mountainous area of ​​southern Shandong, dealing with local hooligans, rats and bandits all day long.In addition to being illiterate, he is fierce, cunning, capricious, and full of tricks, so he is popular with ordinary bandits.That is the basic condition for him to gather in the mountains and forests later, and pull up a big gang (becoming a bandit).

Zhang Xun's patrol envoy is located in Xuzhou City. How can the gangsters be allowed to sit on the side of the couch?At the same time, Chu Yupu had a lot of guns, so Zhang Xun adopted the strategy of suppressing and appeasing, while recruiting peace and persuading surrender, he could secretly use his own strength, and at the same time show his personal prestige in front of Lao Yuan.As far as Chu Yupu was concerned, he also felt that the thieves' life was not a long-term solution, and he wanted to lead the crowd to surrender in exchange for bruising.However, I am afraid that the government will not keep its credibility. After disarming, it will turn its face and surrender. It must be guaranteed very safe before it dares to accept the recruitment.One of his little bosses named Wang Guansan reported to Chu: "I have a cousin, Zhao Tingyu, who was cured by Mrs. Ru, who was introduced by the saint's mansion to Marshal Zhang, and is now a big celebrity in front of the patrol envoy. There may be a way." After Wang Guansan's arrangement, Braid Shuai also sent Zhao Tingyu up the mountain to investigate the situation, Zhao brought Chu Yupu to Xuzhou to meet with Braid Shuai.

But what do you use as an honorary admiration?Zhao Wang and his two advocated: the famous general loves horses, and the braided handsome has two hobbies. It is better to present Chu Changqi's turning-back-looking moon-watching BMW with red silver mane and his beloved emerald pipe to the general as a show of respect.Unexpectedly, Chu Yupu said: "I have three lifelines in total, and I will send two of them at once, so I don't want to do it." After several discussions, he decided to reluctantly give up, and presented the emerald pipe as a meeting gift to Braid Shuai. Speaking of this smoking gun, according to the evaluation of the qualified old gun class, this emerald gun and Xiao Yaonan's bamboo gun with nine galls and eighteen tumors are both treasures among smoking guns.According to legend, this gun was left behind by Liu Xiangguo (fruit) in Henan Province. It has a green mouth and jade tail, a rhinoceros horn shaft, and a bucket seat inlaid with gold beads.The shape of the pipe is unique: two arrows pass through the green lotus leaves, and the pink petals are opened side by side, revealing tea crystal lotus pods, which are carved into a pipe, so it is called "emerald lotus pods".

In addition to being extraordinarily gorgeous, the pipe of this gun is wrapped with a whole rhinoceros horn, which is cool and unobstructed. Using this gun to smoke big cigarettes will neither muddy the pipe nor cut off the fire.Nine out of ten smokers have dry stools, and using this gun can prevent people from suffering from constipation.Although the pipe was first carved by a jade craftsman, the inside and outside angles and teeth of the pipe set were corrected and corrected by Widow Sun, a famous pipe maker in Shouzhou, Anhui. Clean and unobstructed.When the set of pipes is smoked, there is originally a sound, but this pipe is smoked by an old gun, and the sound is melodious, like music playing in the sky.Although Zhang Zhuishuai has collected many famous guns and famous guns, but he has seen such rare treasures very few times, so he is naturally overjoyed and appreciates them with pleasure.When Zhao Tingyu led Chu Yupu to meet him at the Yuanmen Gate, with a small cap in green clothes, braided hair hanging down his shoulders, and a gift list in his hand, he knelt down on his knees when he saw the braided commander, and said: "Report to the commander, the sinner Chu Yupu surrendered late, please forgive me." crime."

Naturally, these words were arranged and instructed by wise people in advance, so when they advance and retreat, they are honest and honest everywhere.When he asked him about the situation of the gathering of the crowd, the number of food, fodder and horses, he also reported the truth without any concealment.The marshal asked him what his specialties were, and Chu said: "Because I can put a box cannon with both hands and hit a hundred shots; Tone." In order to prove his specialty, Braid Shuai had to test it in public.In the large playground, three targets were set according to the distances of long, medium and short.Looking at the saber technique advancing and retreating rapidly, jumping like flying, the saber light gleamed in a mass of silver light, and the braided handsome became more and more surprised as a genius.In the end, he played double-pipe pipes and played the charge horn, and dared not lie down and smoke in front of the master. The marshal thought it was an exam and there was no need to be polite.After Chu Yupu received the order, he lay down on the commander-in-chief's couch, made smoke bubbles the size of a thumb, aimed at Xia Zhaoyingyuan's high-shaded ancient lamp, and blew the charge horn.Now, Zhang Zhuai is so handsome that he is so happy that Chu Sanshuang is not only worthy of his name, but also an incomparable genius.In the future, if Huang Qing can be restored one day, this brave general will surely be able to help him deeply.Therefore, the Exception Committee served as the commander of the 27th Brigade, responsible for the suppression of Yimeng Mountains.

Although Chu's troops were reorganized into an official army, those mobs were accustomed to being free and unrestrained. The wild horses suddenly put on the reins. They had neither received formal training nor understood what military discipline is. This group of lawless Qiuba have everything they need.After a long time, I couldn't hold it back, and naturally reverted to my old ways, and formed groups and gangs, secretly doing things that I didn't have a chance to do.The paper could not contain the fire, and after a long time, it was finally discovered by someone, and a detailed report was handed over to Braid Shuai. At the same time, a gentry in Yimeng Mountain who lived in Beijing also filed a complaint to the Presidential Palace. As the saying goes, he strictly ordered Braid Shuai to investigate and report the facts, so that he could be prosecuted.

At this moment, Shuai Shuai hates Chu Yupu from favor, from disgust to annoyance, but he knows that Chu is cunning and repeated, and strictly investigates and punishes him. The common people, and they can't explain to the central government in official matters.So letters and telegrams were exchanged, and I even called Chu Yupu personally to ask Chu Yupu to come to Xu Xingye to discuss the matter.Chu knew that the big thing was not good, so he was always submissive and delayed his action.When Ti Qi's fire lotus arrived, Chu Yupu had already ridden his famous horse with a long neck and a phoenix tail looking back at the moon. He traveled day and night and arrived at Zhifu from Lunan in less than three days.He found a huge barge by the sea. The two parties had signed the code and knew that it was his own. So he hurriedly set sail to Dalian along the coastline.Ganqing's boat is a hidden stake set by Chu Yupu. He has long expected that after the recruitment, if something goes wrong, this is his only way to survive.It can be seen from this that although Chu Yupu is an old man, his foresight and foresight are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Chu Yupu fled to the outside of the pass, mainly to seek refuge with Zhang Zongchang, the elder brother of Jinlan, a brother of the same ginseng. At that time, Zhang Zongchang was very popular under Zhang Yushuai's command, and he was both a favorite and a hero.Zhang Zuolin knew Chu's actions well. At that time, he was appointed as the brigade commander of the mixed brigade, and later became the basic cadre of the Zhilu coalition army after Fengjunguan.Chu deeply felt that Er Zhang Zhiyu was promoted, and since then he has changed his mind.The most rare thing is that he resolutely quit opium smoking completely, and vowed not to play the charge. From then on, Chu Sanshuang's nickname became "Chu Ershuang". In the battle of Zhifeng, the army outside the pass drove Zhiren, and the king outside the pass was domineering, and he seemed to be the leader of the Central Plains. In terms of merit and reward, Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu should be the first.So the governors of the two provinces of Zhilu and military affairs supervisors were none other than Chu Zhang.Chu sat on the throne of Zhili military affairs supervisor and governor, drinking water and thinking about the source, and never forgetting the promotion of his great benefactors Zhao Tingyu and Wang Guansan.Wang Guansan has followed him for many years, but he can't read big characters, so it's easy to arrange him; Zhao Tingyu has a quick mind. In Chu's mind, Zhao is a feather fan and a scarf, a full-fledged Zhuge Liang role. Don't do it", although it is a joke, but he has no small ambitions.It just so happened that Generalissimo Zhang Zuolin ordered the provinces under his jurisdiction to separate the military from the government, with the military in charge and the governor in charge. There was a vacancy for the governor of Zhili, so he just recommended Zhao Tingyu as the post. However, since Chu Yupu absconded and fled away from the customs, Zhao was Chu's recommender. Afraid of being involved, he changed his name and surname and hid in Pingjin to sell divination for a living.When Zhang Zhuaishuai's restoration failed, Zhao Tingyu returned to the south gate of Qufu, reorganized his old business, and gave people the horoscope of fleeting years, so as to hide his strength and bide his time.One day, an official from the county office suddenly came to look for him, and he left without asking any questions.He was muttering in his heart that he did not know what kind of official wrong he had committed, but when he entered the county office, the county magistrate stepped down to greet him, explaining that he had received a telegram from Shandong Governor Zhang, and quickly searched for Zhao Tingyu, came to Baoding quickly, and took up the post of Zhili Province Governor. As for Wang Guansan, after searching all the counties in Shandong Province, he finally found Wang Guansan in Heze County.He is old and sick, and has become a beggar. The county sent him to Tianjin to meet Chu.Although Secretary-General Wang does not work in the office, invitations from the Secretary-General are indispensable for government agencies and groups to treat guests.The Secretary-General always came when he was invited. According to the situation at that time, the food for the car was always two silver dollars (because there was a small driver behind the car), and the rickshaw was one yuan. Received by the Secretary-General himself.There are a lot of mean words in Pingjin, and someone came up with a riddle. It was the "Secretary-General of the Provincial Government", playing a repertoire: "One Yuan Money", which can be described as ridiculous and cruel.It can be seen from this that in the Beiyang era, there were too many bizarre and ironic jokes. Weng Bingni's two limericks said "I was picking up dung in the field, and the official fell from the sky", which really portrayed their faces.