Chapter 17 Zhao Erxun conquered Zhang Zuolin

The old man Zhao Erxun (Cishan) was a Hanlin during the Guangxu period and served as the governor of the three eastern provinces. After the Republic of China, Yuan Xiangcheng was honored as the "Four Friends of Songshan". He majored in "Manuscripts of Qing History" and served as the curator of the Qing History Museum.In the era of Beiyang warlords, Zhao Erxun and Wang Shizhen were called the two men of harmony.From the beginning of the Republic of China to the success of the Northern Expedition, the suburbs and towns of Beiping experienced wars, and the city was constantly blocked. Regardless of what historians say about Zhao, the people of Peiping respect Zhao Cilao in awe.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the red beards in the northeast and the white wolves in the northwest were serious local problems. Zhao was the governor of the three provinces in the east, and it was the time when the bandits were at their most rampant in the northeast.Zhu Ziqiao (Qing Lan) was the commander under Zhao's command at that time. He was heroic with a silver spear and a white horse, and he was nicknamed Xue Li, a young general in white robes.At that time, Zhang Jinghui and Zhang Zuolin were two powerful forces in Huzili, each occupying one side.Once Zhang Zuolin robbed food trucks and paid money in a row, and killed more than ten officers and soldiers.Zhao was furious and ordered Zhu Ziqiao to arrest Zhang Zuolin and bring him to justice.Zhu led his troops to hunt around, and once met Zhang Zuolin in a certain place, and started a fight. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zuolin broke through and left.Zhu Yima took the lead and hurried to catch up. Zhang rode his horse and rushed into the barren hills. Zhu was still chasing him, getting closer and closer.Zhang suddenly returned to the horse and held his gun and said: "Good friends, don't chase after you when you see each other! The surname Zhang is letting you go today, don't worry about getting promoted and changing your gauze hat!" Zhu Wen touched the top and put it on. Sure enough, the top is gone.Zhang's marksmanship was so miraculous that he knew it was difficult to defeat him, so he had no choice but to rein in his horse and return dejectedly.In view of Zhang Zuolin's courage, knowledge, bravery, and bravery, Zhao Cishan tried to find clues, grievances, pacification and surrender, and finally negotiated the terms in Montenegro, and Zhang Guoren led the crowd back.Walking outside Fengtian City, the sun was already in the west, Zuolin insisted on staying outside the city, and when he entered the city early the next morning, the messenger had no choice but to listen to him.That night, Zuolin pretended to have a stomachache and rolled over on the kang. The official asked him if he wanted to smoke opium. Zhang said that opium could not relieve the pain. To relieve the pain, he had to eat fifty cabbage chicken tongue stuffing and boiled pasta (the Northeast people call it dumplings. boiled pastry), this is his tried and tested secret recipe for pain relief.The officer calculated that for this meal of boiled pastry, he had to slaughter the tongues of more than a hundred chickens to make enough stuffing, so he went to the city to ask the second commander.Unexpectedly, after Zhao Cishuai heard this, he burst out laughing, and without hesitation, asked Kuaima Chuanzhi to do so immediately.So he searched for chickens everywhere, killed the chickens and cut their tongues to make stuffing, and he was busy until dawn, before he cooked fifty pastries and served them up.After eating two or three, Zhang immediately threw away his chopsticks and asked for handcuffs and shackles. As soon as he entered the city, he went to the lobby of the governor's office and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to confess his sincerity.The second marshal personally removed the shackles and let him serve with the army.

Later, someone asked Zhang Zuolin why he suddenly thought of eating chicken tongue stuffing and boiled pastry. Zhang Meizhu said: "I don't want to kill a hundred chickens. Why are you talking about sincerity? Since I promised to do it, it proves that the old man really has love. It means that I put on the big eight-piece Yuanmen and surrender, otherwise, I will be blacked out as soon as I stomp my feet." Judging from this incident, although Zhang Zuolin came from a reckless background, his wit and courage are beyond the reach of others.Later, Zhang became more and more powerful in the Northeast, and became like a king outside the Guan. Zhang's northern parallel was set up in the Shuncheng Palace.But every time you come, you must first go to the mansion of Zhao Cishuai, the Northern Army Masi, to greet him. It is still the old custom not to hand over the manuscript with a business card, and write "Mu En Zhang Zuolin" on the double-folded red letter.His gratitude to Marshal Zhao, his reverence to his teachers, and his unfailing spirit are really rare.