Chapter 25 Between me and the generals of the Feng family
Pulse diagnosis.At eight o'clock, Zheng Xiaoxu gave a lecture on "Tong Jian".At nine o'clock, I took a walk in the garden and received Kang Youwei.After ten o'clock, Kang resigned, and Zhang Xian and Zhang Qingchang came to stay for breakfast, and gave each of them a piece of blessing and longevity, and took a photo together in the garden.Zhang Xian is the strong general of Li Jinglin's department, and Zhang Qingchang is the brave general of Sun Chuanfang's department.Resigned at twelve o'clock.Receive Jixu and go as soon as he is young.I use fruit and refreshments, which are suitable for the British, and talk to them.The female painter called by the queen also arrived, and I returned to the dormitory to rest.Cycling in the park, leaving the park by car in the evening, going to the new house purchase site, and returning when I was young.After 8 o'clock, we had dinner, took a rest, and met Dr. Jie Baochuan.Bed at eleven o'clock.
From the only surviving one-page diary in 1927, I can see my daily life and the people I met at that time.From 1926 to 1928, Bi Shucheng, Zhang Zongchang and others were frequent guests of Zhang Yuan.In addition to them, I also met Zhang Xueliang, Chu Yupu, Xu Yuanquan, Li Jinglin and other generals of the Feng line.The first person to meet me was Li Jinglin.When I arrived in Tianjin, it was the Feng army that had just defeated Wu Peifu and occupied Tianjin. Li Jinglin, the Zhili supervisor of the Feng faction, immediately visited me as a local official and expressed his protection for me.Although he was the same as any Chinese general at the time, their military laws and regulations could not enter the "concession".
During my seven years in Tianjin, I have wooed all the warlords I wanted to woo, and they all gave me more or less fantasies.Wu Peifu once wrote a letter proclaiming himself a minister to me, Zhang Zuolin kowtowed to me, and Duan Qirui took the initiative to ask me to meet him.Among them, the ones who gave me the most fantasies, and the ones I wooed the most and lasted the longest were the generals of the Feng line.It started with Zhang Zuolin kowtowing to me.
In June of the year I arrived in Tianjin, Rong Yuan happily told me one day that Zhang Zuolin sent his confidant Yan Zepu to send me 100,000 yuan, and said that Zhang Zuolin hoped to meet me in his hotel. one sight.Chen Baochen found out about this matter, and immediately expressed his objection, thinking that it was absolutely impossible for the emperor to go to the house of the general of the Republic of China to meet people, and the place to go was outside the concession.I also felt that I could not lower my status and take this risk, so I refused.Unexpectedly, the next night, Rong Yuan brought Yan Zepu over suddenly, and said that Zhang Zuolin was waiting for me at his place, and that there was absolutely no danger in the territory of China. trip.After Rongyuan repeatedly publicized Zhang Zuolin's loyalty, and I recalled the care he expressed to me not long ago, I heard that Zhang Zuolin was the only one who loved Zhang Xun except Zhang Xun (the two were still in-laws). The Qing Dynasty is the most emotional.So, without telling anyone else, I got into the car and set off.
It was a night in early summer. I left the Japanese Concession for the first time and went to Zhang Zuolin's "resort" Cao's Garden.There is a strange guard of honor at the gate of the garden—soldiers in gray clothes, holding ancient swords, swords, halberds and modern rifles, lined up from outside the gate to inside the gate.The car passed the ranks and drove into the garden.
I got out of the car and was led into a brightly lit hall.At this time, a short, casually dressed man with a small mustache walked up to me. I immediately recognized Zhang Zuolin.I hesitated and didn’t know what ritual to use to treat him—this was the first time I went out to meet important people from the Republic of China, and Rong Yuan didn’t give me any instructions—unexpectedly, he walked up to me without hesitation, He kowtowed to me while lying on the brick floor, and asked at the same time, "Hello, Your Majesty?"
"Hello, General?" I worked hard, helped him up, and walked towards the living room door together.I was very happy in my heart, and to some extent—although this is no longer like the psychology of an emperor—I was a little grateful for his behavior just now, which eliminated the uneasiness I felt from "declining nobles and slender honors".Of course, I am even more pleased that this important figure does not seem to forget the past.
The living room is furnished with hardwood tables and chairs, western-style sofas, and glass screens, all of which are very elegant and neither fish nor fowl.We sat across from each other at a round table, Zhang Zuolin smoked one cigarette after another, and started talking.He opened his mouth and scolded Feng Yuxiang for "forcing the palace", saying that Feng Yuxiang wanted to take the treasures in the palace, and he paid great attention to protecting ancient culture and treasures. For this reason, he not only protected Fengtian's palace very well, And this time, a set of Siku Quanshu in Beijing will also be taken away to protect it as a whole.He said in a strange tone that I shouldn't have run to the Japanese embassy after he led the troops to Beijing, but he has enough power to protect me.He asked me about my life after I came out, and asked me what I lacked, just tell him.
I said, I am fully aware of General Zhang Shang's concern for me. At that time, because Feng Yuxiang's army was still there, I had no choice but to enter the Japanese embassy.I further said that I already knew that Fengtian's ancestral temple mausoleum and palace were well protected, and I understood General Zhang Shang's intentions.
"If the emperor is willing, go to Fengtian and live in the palace, with me, whatever you want."
"General Zhang Shang is really kind,..."
But this General Zhang Shang didn't continue to say such words, and turned the topic to my life: "If you need anything in the future, just write to me."
What am I missing?What was missing was a throne, but I couldn't spell it out tonight, that was obvious.
No one was there when we talked, only a roomful of flies with us.I immediately realized that there were still flies flying in the middle of the night, which was not a phenomenon in the concession.
Later, an adjutant came in and said, "Chief of Staff Yang (Yu Ting) please see me." Zhang Zuolin waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy, we'll talk later!" I hurriedly stood up and said, "The general is very busy, so I'll take my leave." "He said quickly: "Don't be busy, don't be busy." At this time, there seemed to be a woman's face behind the screen asking (later I heard it was Zhang Zuolin's fifth concubine), I thought he was really busy, so I said goodbye again, this time He didn't stop it.
Whenever I go out, the Japanese plainclothes police stationed in Zhangyuan must follow, and this time is no exception.I don't know if Zhang Zuolin saw the Japanese man in a suit standing next to the car. When he was about to see me into the car, he said to me loudly:
"If the Japanese kid bullies you, just tell me, and I will punish them!"
The car passed the strange guard of honor again, exited Cao's Garden, and drove back to the foreign concession.The Japanese Consul General Hachiro Arita warned me the next day:
"If Your Majesty goes to the border of China privately again, the Japanese government will no longer be able to guarantee safety!"
Although Zhang Zuolin said that he would punish the Japanese kid, and even though the Japanese consul made such a protest, everyone at that time knew the relationship between the Japanese and Zhang Zuolin. If the Japanese hadn't provided Zhang Zuolin with guns and bullets, Zhang Zuolin might not have had so many troops.Therefore, the hope raised in my heart by this meeting was not affected by this protest, let alone the opposition of Chen Baochen's faction.
My hopes for restoration were further fueled by the later facts. This is the attitude shown by the Tanaka cabinet, which is famous for its proposals, after it came to power in 1927.It was only in 1929 that the Tanaka Memorial was revealed, but its content was actually revealed in 1927.Here I quote a passage from the Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East describing the situation at that time:
Zhang Zuolin, who kowtowed to me, became the leader of various military factions in the north after receiving the support of the Tanaka cabinet, became the commander-in-chief of the Anguo Army, and later became the generalissimo of the military government.When Chiang Kai-shek's army went northward, the Japanese army "protecting" the "rights" of the Manchurian and Mongolian areas actually moved to Jinan, thousands of miles away from Manchuria and Mongolia, causing the astonishing "Jinan tragedy".Neiji Okamura, commander of the Japanese army, also issued a notice warning Chiang Kai-shek.In order to express his concern for me, the staff officer of the Japanese Garrison in Tianjin specially copied a copy for me.In order to please the imperialists, Chiang Kai-shek had just killed the Communist Party, workers, and students. After seeing this notice, he respectfully withdrew from Jinan and prohibited the people from taking any anti-Japanese actions.
At the same time, there was also intense contact between me and the generals of the Feng Faction.
The public entertainment exchanges started after I met Zhang Zuolin.My father's chief steward, Zhang Wenzhi, had quite a few brothers among the Fengjun generals. At this time, he exchanged posts with Zhang Zongchang and became one of the Fengjun generals' introducers.Li Shikui, the former head of the military band of the Inner City Guard, also became a figure in Fengjun at this time, and he introduced Chu Wangpu and Bi Shucheng.Hu Ruoyu also brought me Zhang Xueliang.When these generals came to Zhangyuan, it was different from when they entered the Forbidden City. They didn't need to bow to me, and I didn't need to show my shoulders.When I write to them, I no longer put on the emperor's airs too much.The relationship between me and Fengjun generals depends on their attitude towards restoration.The first person who attracted me was Bi Shucheng, because he was more enthusiastic about my future career than others. He said "people think about the old", "only the monarchy can save China in the future, and now there is no leader among the dragons", what he said was not much different from that of the old and the young. .He is a commander of Zhang Zongchang and the commander of the Bohai Fleet. He once invited me to visit his warship.I held high hopes for him, and when I heard the news that he was shot by Chu Yupu later, I was very sad.After his death, my hope was transferred to Zhang Zongchang.
Zhang Zongchang, courtesy name Xiaokun, was born in Ye County, Shandong Province.When I saw him in Tianjin, he was in his forties. At first glance, he was a burly man with a face full of flesh. The blue-gray color of opium poisoning.When he was fifteen or six years old, he wandered to Yingkou, worked as a gambling servant in "Baopeng", fooled around with local ruffians, gamblers and thieves all day long, worked as a small leader of horse bandits in Kanto, and later went to Vladivostok, Tsarist Russia. Will be the head of the gate guard.Because of his profligacy, flattery and collusion, he was able to cooperate closely with the Tsarist Russian military police, and he became a popular figure in Vladivostok's gangster society, a leader in prostitution, gambling, and smoking dens.After the Wuchang Uprising, the Southern Revolutionary Army sent people to the Sino-Russian border to win the bearded leader Liu Danzi (Wang Shuang) to join the revolution. The two sides negotiated successfully, and Liu Department was organized into a cavalry regiment, and Liu was appointed as the commander of the cavalry regiment.Zhang was the introducer in the middle, and they went to Shanghai together. I don’t know how he managed to become the commander of the revolutionary army himself, but Liu Danzi became a battalion commander under him instead. When the "Second Revolution" broke out, he took the opportunity of the counter-revolution. He won the appreciation of Feng Guozhang for his meritorious service in massacring the revolutionary soldiers. He became the battalion commander of Feng's guards. .Not long after he was defeated in Anhui, Jiangsu, he fled out of the customs, defected to Zhang Zuolin, and became the brigade commander.From then on, he took advantage of the power of Fengjun, and from the day Fengjun entered the pass, he climbed up step by step. He was appointed as the commander of the Zhilu coalition army by the commander of the division, the commander of the army, the supervisor of Shandong military affairs, and the commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong bandits suppression. The emperor of the land who ruled one side of the separatist regime.Because of his rogue nature, the southern newspapers once gave him the nickname "General Dog Meat", and later saw that he ran away after a defeat, and gave him the alias "General Long Legs".
On April 2, 1928, under the attack of Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zongchang was defeated in Luanhe, fled to Luda University, and later fled to Moji, Japan, where he was protected by the Japanese.In 1932, he returned to Shandong in the name of going home to visit the grave, and secretly mobilized Liu Zhennian's subordinates to defect. He planned to use the defection team as a basis to regroup, seize the territory of the then Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju, and restore his rule over Shandong.On September 3, 1932, he was beaten to death on the spot by a man named Zheng Jicheng at Jinan Railway Station.The murderer turned himself in, saying that he wanted to avenge his uncle (his uncle was Zheng Jinsheng, the commander of Feng Yuxiang's army who was shot by Zhang Zongchang), but it was actually an assassination entrusted by Chairman Han Fuju of Shandong Province.It is said that after Zhang was beaten to death, his body was lying in the open field. His secretary-general could not hire someone to move his body, and the owner of the coffin shop was unwilling to sell him a coffin. Later, it was the provincial authorities who presided over the murder. , Ask someone to collect the body.This demon, who is known to be slayable by the people of the country, was once a frequent visitor of Zhang Yuan, and he is a person whom I have pinned great hopes on.
When I was in Beifu, Zhang Zongchang visited me in disguise and expressed concern for me.After I arrive in Tianjin, as long as he comes to Tianjin, he will definitely come to see me.Every time I come here, it is late at night, because he has to sleep during the day and smokes opium at night, so he is very energetic.Speaking of it, the mountains and the seas are endless.
In 1926, Zhang and Wu jointly challenged Feng and fought fiercely with Feng Jun at Nankou. Feng Jun retreated, and Zhang Zongchang's team was the first to occupy Nankou.As soon as I heard the good news, I immediately wrote a half letter and half letter to Zhang Zongchang myself:
Regards
I got the news of Zhang Zongchang's victory not slower than the newspaper reports, because I have my own intelligence work.Some people gathered information for me, and others translated foreign language newspapers for me.According to the information I got from Chinese and foreign newspapers and myself, I learned of Zhang Zongchang's victory and momentum, which made me feel very happy.I hope that Zhang Zongchang will win an all-round victory and lay the foundation for my restoration.But when this "dog-meat general" was in his prime, he was always unwilling to talk about these things clearly, as if he only remembered it when he became a "long-legged general".
In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others announced their cooperation and rushed to the northern territory. This route of the Jinpu Line bypassed the Japanese who helped Zhang Zongchang and engulfed Zhang Zongchang's base in Shandong. up.Zhang Zongchang was defeated like a mountain, and ran to Shanhaiguan all the way.At this time, Zhang Zuolin had been bombed to death by the Japanese, and "Young Marshal" Zhang Xueliang refused Zhang Zongchang to leave the customs.Zhang Zongchang's army was trapped on the front line of Lutai and Luanzhou, attacking back and forth, and was in danger.On this day, his staff officer Jin Zhuo came to me and brought a letter from him, bragging to me that he still has many troops and guns. It is not difficult to restore Beijing and Tianjin. After making overall plans, he went on to say that he was training the army and needed 2.5 million monthly salary.Jin Zhuo, who was in charge of liaison, repeatedly stated that Zhang Zongchang's victory was in sight and he was only waiting for my support.At this time, Chen Baochen and Hu Siyuan heard that I was going to spend money again, and they all came to dissuade me, but they only wrote an encouraging letter.Soon, Zhang Zongchang completely collapsed and went to Japan.The farther he was from me, the more people came among us to pass letters on their own initiative, and Zhang Zongchang's letters more and more showed his ambition to be loyal to the family, but they all had one characteristic, that is, they asked me for money.In addition to the aforementioned Jin Zhuo (who later became my military attache in Manchukuo), Xie Jieshi, who later became foreign minister of Manchukuo, Wang Jixing, the magistrate of Dezhou County, Zhu Yao, the director of Jinpu Road, Liu Xiangye, Chen Baochen’s nephew, Fei Yukai, an Anfu politician, and Xu Guankou, who claimed to be Zhang's secretary-general, and others.They brought me various news about Zhang Zongchang.I no longer remember how much money I gave them, but now I have found some manuscripts of letters and letters from that time, and I have picked two and copied them below:
The affairs of the state are anxious, anxious all day long, and restless when sleeping.As soon as I follow my emperor's sincere intention of worrying about the country and loving the people, I will actively plan and do not dare to be negligent.However, when it comes to major tasks, unless the finances are sufficient, you can't let go of it, that is, you can't implement your ideas, it's hard to support one tree, and it's easy for everyone to do it.Last autumn, I ordered a batch of firearms. The price was 2.1 million yuan per day in foreign currency, and the payment was five-tenths.At present, there is indeed a thorough way to plan a compromise on the military side.But firearms require a huge amount of money, and they are scattered everywhere, and there is no rush.After thinking about it again and again, I can only beg to learn from my ignorance and award one million yuan.In the event that we are unable to do so, we may raise three to five hundred thousand yuan first, so as to make use of it and proceed with profit.I am grateful to Dai Hongci, who has a long life.Wang Jixing, the former governor of Dezhou, is hereby sent to act as an official and represent everything.He is extremely stable, and he is a relative of Zongchang.Like Meng Yuyun, the magistrate will take it back and start it as soon as the money arrives.This money can be returned within two months after returning home.The time has come, look like a cloud, and put on the Chen, there is no screen battalion on standby, and I will learn from you.respectfully
I did not give the money mentioned above to the governor of Texas County.After being dissuaded by Chen Baochen and Hu Siyuan, I did not write any more letters.But at the same time, I still can't forget my love for the Feng family, even though Zhang Zuolin is dead at this time.
Everyone knows it was murdered by the Japanese.I later heard that the reason why the Japanese killed Zhang was that Zhang became more and more disobedient, and Zhang's disobedience was due to the influence of the young marshal, who wanted to get rid of Japan and form a new love with the United States.Therefore, the Japanese said that he was "forgotten, not enough friends".Although his murder shocked me at the time, and some survivors reminded me of this warning, but later I ignored what those survivors said, because I thought I was a different person from Zhang Zuolin.Zhang is the leader of the army, and such a person can be found in addition to him.And I am an emperor, which the Japanese cannot find second among the Chinese.People around me at that time had this argument: "People in the Kanto hate Japan to the bone. Japan forbids Kanto to be in harmony with the party and the army (referring to Zhang Xueliang and the Kuomintang). It’s hard to take action if you’re in the wrong place.”I am convinced that Japan recognizes this. "If I want to borrow the power of Japan, I must first gain the heart of the Kanto", this is the strategy that followed, so I found Zhang Zuolin's old leaders from the Feng Clan and used them for my restoration.There is an old man named Shang Yanying, who is a bannerman stationed in Guangdong. He used to be a Hanlin.Because Zhang Xueliang has made it clear that he wants to cooperate with Chiang Kai-shek, Shang Yanying's activities are particularly secretive.Briefly, this last activity was fruitless, leaving only the following remnants:
Shang Yanying's Memorial and My Comments
Difficult, knowing that it is not a blessing in the future?Hope that the holy bow will not be overworked, and wait for the time to return.According to the various festivals of the decree, the minister should respect and follow the decree.Gu Yu respectfully distributes it.The minister plans to leave the customs tomorrow.Going to Jilin and Harbin, if Meng Yuyun is on the way, I respectfully invite you
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