Chapter 26 Three Seminov and "Little Zhuge"

I can’t remember how much money I spent on recruiting and buying soldiers, and how many jewels and jades I gave. I only remember that a relatively large amount of them was taken by Belarus Seminov. Seminov was a general of Tsarist Russia. After being defeated by the Soviet Red Army in the Far East, he led his remnant troops to flee to the border area of ​​Manchuria and Mongolia in China.This group of bandits once wanted to invade the Mongolian People's Republic. After being defeated, they wanted to establish a base area on the Sino-Mongolian border, but were raided by the local Chinese army.By 1927, they actually became a small number of bandits.During this period, Semenov traveled to and from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Lushun, Hong Kong, Japan and other places, seeking out customers from Chinese warlords and foreign politicians, and finally turned into a pure bluff because the goods were not good enough.After the Second World War, Semenov was captured by the Soviet Army, and I heard about his execution by hanging while in Soviet custody.During the seven years I was in Tianjin, I have never lost contact with this executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the people of China, Soviet Union and Mongolia.I have spent a great deal of money on him, and placed infinite hopes in him.

Semenov was first recommended to me by Sheng Yun and Luo Zhenyu, but I did not meet him because of Chen Baochen's objection.Later, Zheng Xiaoxu met with Xie through the introduction of Luo Zhenyu, and thought that Xie was a "Keqing" talent that could be used, and found the first target for his plan of "Using Keqing".He bragged to me a lot, suggesting that we might as well match Xie to Zhang Zongchang first.That was the time when I had hope for Zhang Zongchang, so I agreed with Zheng Xiaoxu's approach.In this way, under Zheng Xiaoxu's direct activities, Zhang Zongchang accepted foreign cannon fodder provided by Semenov and expanded the White Russian army.Later, Zhang and Xie also signed a "Sino-Russian Red Army Agreement".

At the instigation of Zheng Xiaoxu, in October 1925, I met with Seminov in Zhangyuan, and the Mongolian Dobuduan (Chinese name Bao Wenyuan) he brought was the interpreter.I was very satisfied with the conversation at the time, and believed that his cause of "recovering the Red Army and restoring the country" would be realized, so I immediately gave him 50,000 yuan to help him do it.Later, Zheng Xiaoxu, Seminov, Bi Hanzhang, Liu Fengchi and others took a photo together and formed an alliance of brothers, expressing their unanimous loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. At that time, following the failure of the fourteen countries to march into the Soviet Union, there was another large-scale anti-Soviet and anti-Communist climax in the world.I remember that Seminov and Zheng Xiaoxu talked to me. Britain, the United States and Japan decided to use Seminov as the vanguard of the anti-Soviet Union, and they wanted to support Seminov with arms and financial resources. With great hopes.Representatives of the royal family had contacts with Zheng Xiaoxu, but I don't remember the details.What I remember is that Seminov and Dobduan have a plan that has a lot to do with me. It is to use their party members and troops in Manchuria and Mongolia to seize the Manchurian and Mongolian areas and establish an "anti-red" base area, and I will be there reign in place.In order to pay for Seminov's activities, I set up a bank passbook for him, and Zheng Xiaoxu handled it for him to use at any time.The deposit figure is about 10,000 yuan for the first time.Seminov once said that he didn’t need me to provide him with activity expenses, because he will receive 180 million (later said to be 300 million) rubles donated by the Belarusian diaspora, and there will be financial contributions from the United States, Britain and Japan in the future. Support; however, the money is not available for a while, so I will use some of my money first.Later, he repeatedly asked Zheng Xiaoxu for money because he "didn't get the money", and every time he used the money, he had a moving purpose.I remember once he said that Toyoki Takada, the Japanese commander in Tianjin, had contacted Zhang Zuolin for him. A compromise was obtained, and he expressed his willingness to give him a certain area in the Far East to establish an autonomous region. Therefore, he needed a sum of travel expenses in order to leave for Tokyo to study this matter.I can no longer calculate how much money Seminov took. I only remember that two or three months before the "September 18th" incident, I had to go to another 800 yuan.

During Semenov's dealings with me, a number of intermediaries appeared.Among them was Wang Shi. According to this person, not only Seminov trusted him very much, but also Japanese dignitaries and Chinese warlords had close relations with him.What I hear most often from him are these words: "This is the most critical moment", "This is the last chance", "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you must never miss it", "You must not miss this opportunity. Time never comes again" and so on, it always makes my heart itch.Here are two memorials he wrote:

Hua, there is no need to go east.He also received his telegram and made an appointment in Dalian.The minister got a telegram and rushed to meet him.It is said that since the previous years, when I received a warm edict and rewarded a generous amount of money, I was grateful for the grace of heaven and vowed to repay it.Later, I met my ministers in Shanghai, felt each other with sincerity, and made an agreement of mutual assistance, which will remain unswerving.After the eastward rotation, he tried to travel with the scholar-bureaucrats of the other country, and gradually became closer to the nobles in power.By the end of spring this year, we had obtained evidence that Soviet Russia was disrupting Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. To show it to them, the Japanese side became aware of it and resolutely recruited 8,000 Korean children for it. It is planned to recruit more than 10,000 members of the Russian White Party, who are now scattered in Manchuria and Mongolia, and their salaries, equipment, etc. have also been prepared.Upon hearing this, the British first broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and Russia, and were willing to withdraw the 80 million yuan deposited in Hong Kong HSBC Bank once the investigation was confirmed. Therefore, the British government sent an official from the General Staff to Fengtian to wait for his inspection.France and Italy also have sympathy and are willing to join; the United States is willing to donate US$5 million first, and then to help, jointly organize the Anti-Red Volunteer Group in Manchuria and Mongolia, and promote it as the leader to destroy Red Russia.Today I heard that the minister Zhang Zongchang has surrendered to the imperial court. He once made a minister Jin Zhuo to Dalian to schedule a business meeting and join the regiment. It is possible to form an army within two months. Russia is flattened, and then it becomes a great treasure.As planned, I dare not be arbitrarily dedicated, and I ask my ministers to follow the decree.The same day minister Tian Ye Fengyun, the government of the other country feared that the red disaster would spread all over China. Since the Chinese Republic, the chaos has become more and more serious. Knowing that China must not be without a king, Zhang Xueliang colluded with the Nanjing puppet government. Lord, the government and the public are all together to help Seminov, so that Seminov will help the emperor to restore the old things, put an end to the chaos, and share the peace.When I heard his words, I was relieved of my seventeen years of anger... I came out of Dalian, and there was Shen Xiangrong, who was now the commander of Zhang Zongchang's 30th Army. There are 100,000 people, all guns and cannons, and they are in seven provinces. They are willing to serve the emperor. They will discuss and listen to their orders when they return to Dalian.This is a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity that must not be missed.Fu wished the emperor to follow the example of Emperor Taizu, and raised the seven major hatreds, told the temple oath to the public, and announced that China and foreign countries, all of them are united, and wiped out redness.The emperor is pure filial piety and respects the heavens. From the very beginning, the heart of the heavens was tired of chaos. He specially created this machine to make the emperor practice the emperor's officials and restore the foundation of Taoism for hundreds of millions of years.Otherwise, if this opportunity is lost, people's hearts will be let down. ... If the emperor summons his ministers, there will be more secret statements from the ministers Seminov and Zhou Shanpei, and the method of raising funds discussed by the ministers with Zheng Xiaoxu, Luo Zhenyu, and Rong Yuan. .

The day when Wang Shi wrote these memorials was exactly when Zheng Xiaoxu was away from Zhang Yuan.Due to the blocking of Chen Baochen and Hu Siyuan's faction, he could not enter Zhang Yuan's gate, and encountered the fiercest attack. Hu Siyuan was the one who attacked Wang Shi most fiercely.Hu Siyuan was a Hanlin in the late Qing Dynasty. When Zhang Xun was restored, he was the cabinet minister together with Wan Shengshi. After I arrived in Tianjin, I went to Zhangyuan and was nicknamed "Hu Dajunji" because whenever someone wanted to see me or Any brochures to be handed over to me must be filtered by him first. This is because I believe that he is "honest" and I gave him the position in the name of managing the "Tianjin Office".He was most opposed to my contact with Zheng, Luo and others.When he saw Wang Shi’s excerpt, he sent me a memorial, analyzing the inconsistencies in Wang Shi’s and Xie Jieshi’s words and deeds one by one, and pointed out that it was purely a hoax.Chen Baochen shook his head and sighed at me, dissatisfied with Zheng Xiaoxu's dealings with these people, and said: "Su Kan (Zheng Zi), Su Kan, he is really negligent!" I was moved by what they said, and decided to ignore Wang Shi and Xie. No representative of Minov, but as soon as Zheng Xiaoxu returned to Tianjin, after what he said, I believed his words again, and took out money for the guests to spend.I remember that Zheng Xiaoxu later recommended an Austrian named Akdi and an Englishman named Ross.Akdi was an aristocrat from the former Austrian state. He once worked in the Industrial Bureau of the Austrian Concession in Tianjin. According to him, he has a high status in Europe and can help me carry out activities in Europe and gain support for the restoration.So I appointed him to be my advisor, asked him to go to Europe for activities, and paid this guest a half-year salary of 1,800 yuan at a time.Ross is a reporter. He said that there must be a newspaper in order to restore the restoration, and he asked me to give him 20,000 yuan to run the newspaper.I gave him 3,000 yuan, and later the newspaper came out, called "Chengbao", but it closed within a few days.

This is the fact, even though there is a "Hu Dajun plane" blocking the gate, there are still many people who can enter Zhangyuan as long as they have the "ticket" of "contacting the soldiers and supporting restoration".Especially since 1926, batches of poor commanders and frustrated politicians flooded into the concession, and my number of followers continued unabated. The most worth mentioning among these characters is "Little Zhuge" Liu Fengchi.I met Liu because of the introduction of Xu Lanzhou, an old Feng faction warlord under Zhang Xun.Liu was Xu's old subordinate, and in Xu's words, Liu was "a modern Zhuge Liang, who is better than crouching dragons and phoenixes, and is 90% sure of the great cause of restoration."Liu Fengchi was about forty years old that year. When he saw me, after bragging about his superb skills, he immediately suggested that I give him some antique calligraphy, paintings and gold watches to contact the people on stage. "Those Fushou characters and Chuntiao are not good for this kind of people." I was the first to hear this sentence from his mouth. Although I was a little uncomfortable, I appreciated this person's straightforwardness.I think he dares to say what others dare not say, which shows that his words must be reliable.So I donated generously and asked him to take the most valuable things batch by batch.Later, he actually asked for this or that by name. For example, once he said that he was going to mobilize Zou Zuohua, Zhang Zuolin's subordinate, and wrote to me saying:

In order to win over Rong Zhen, Ma Zhanshan, and Zhang Zuoxiang from the Feng family, he specified that he would send ten court beads each;There must be a letter of this kind every three to five days, and there are many such words in it: "If you want to be really talented, you will spend more money, if you seek frugality, you will be despised, and if you do big things, you don't care about the trivial." Hard to come by."If the activities reported by him are all true, there will be more than brigade commanders (even including regimental commanders, such as Fu Shuangying when he was the regimental commander), and the leader of the Red Spear Society with 400,000 members, a reckless hero who occupies the mountain as king. Wait, got my pearls.Ancient porcelain and diamonds were all greatly touched by my "informality", and they can start troubles as long as I give an order.But he took countless things, but the men and horses never moved.Later, under the persuasion of Chen Baochen, I wavered, and I was not very active in giving money, so Xiao Zhuge added a phrase in both interviews and letters: "How much has been spent, travel expenses and entertainment are not counted yet", " The family has gone bankrupt, and it is really difficult to make up for it." "The situation is extremely urgent now, and success or failure depends on one action. In any case, the first relief is 20,000 yuan." ".Later I realized that something was wrong and refused to give any more money. Soon I received a letter like this from him: "If the emperor doesn't know how to study every day and doesn't pay attention to the current situation, how dare you hope that it will come true? If you don't make great progress, you will not If you don’t expect to succeed, why bother to think about it?... Try to open the historical records of China. Is there anyone who is so indifferent to start a business and revitalize it?..."

I have forgotten how this "little Zhuge" left me. I only remember that he later cried to me that he was poor and only wanted ten yuan for relief.Later, I heard that he was ostentatious all over the Northeast, and he was shot by Wan Fulin of the Feng Dynasty. People like Liu Fengchi, I can also name a bunch of names, people like Hua Hanzhang have used similar tricks to arouse my appetite for re-emerging as a treasure, and defrauded me of a lot of cash and antiques , pearls, gemstones, etc.These people broke up with me in various ways. Some left without saying goodbye, some were forcibly stopped by "Hu Dajunji" or others, and some were not asked to come in by myself.Among them is Fei Yukai, a small Anfu politician nicknamed "Fatty Fei". He once reported to me that he had contacted Kawamoto, the Japanese commander who killed Zhang Zuolin, and that he had organized Zhang Xueliang's bodyguards. Implement armed restoration and welcome me to "right position".Chen Baochen found out about this touching but unbelievable big talk, so he naturally tried to dissuade me. Even my father-in-law Rong Yuan objected to my further association with him.When Fatty Fei finally broke up with Zhang Yuan, he had one more scene than others.When he was refused to enter the garden, he immediately became furious, and yelled aggressively at Rong Yuan who was blocking the door: "I have put in so much effort, but I am ignored. Well, I want to go to the National Government to sue your emperor for subverting the Republic of China." Guilt!" Rong Yuan has a lot of contacts with the three sects, and he didn't care about it, but smiled: "I advise you to forget it, the things you wrote are still in the hands of the emperor!" After hearing this, Fatty Fei, Had no choice but to retreat resentfully.

The real disappearance of these characters around me was already close to the "September 18th" incident, that is, after all the northern warlords changed to the blue sky and white sun flag, some time later.By this time I had really given up my illusions about them, and for other reasons which I will describe later, I had put my hopes elsewhere.