Chapter 27 Four Tanglin incident

1928 was a year full of excitement for me, but it was also a year of uncertainty.During this year, on the one hand, the Tanaka Cabinet of Japan issued a statement that the Manchurians would not allow the Chinese army to enter, and sent troops to Jinan to block the advance of the southern army; As soon as the activists who contacted the warlords for me reported good news, I immediately read the news that the soldiers who had pledged their allegiance to me had fled and been shot.I heard that both the northern and southern governments of China broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, Britain and the Soviet Union also broke off diplomatic relations, the Kuomintang purged the party, Zheng Xiaoxu, Chen Baochen, and the "scourge" that the Japanese talked to me seemed to reduce the threat to me, but according to these People say that danger is approaching me, and people who hate me are everywhere.I saw news about riots in Guangdong in the newspaper. At the same time, Feng Yuxiang, who I had always regarded as an "extreme" and "red" element, had cooperated with Chiang Kai-shek and was calling from the Beijing-Hankou line.In the second half of 1928, there were more and more discouraging news. Zhang Zuolin was dead, and the U.S. envoy was trying to match Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek. . . . The most exciting incident of Sun Dianying's tomb robbery happened.

Dongling is located in Malanyu, Zunhua County, Hebei Province. It is the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Qianlong and Mian.Sun Dianying is a rogue soldier who was born as a gambler and drug dealer. He served as division commander and army commander in Zhang Zongchang's department.In 1927, Sun was adapted by Chiang Kai-shek and served as the commander of the 41st Army.In 1928, Sun led his troops to Jixian County and Malanyu area to carry out planned tomb robbery.He posted a notice in advance, saying that he was going to hold a military exercise and blocked the nearby traffic, and then his engineer battalion commander Zhuan Sunziyu led troops to dig, and spent three nights collecting the buried treasures of Qianlong and Cixi. empty.

Qianlong and Cixi lived the most extravagant lives among the emperors and empresses of the Qing Dynasty.I saw a description of their mausoleum from a document on literature and history: When I heard the Minister Guardian of Tangling reported the news that Sun Dianying had robbed Dongling, I was more stimulated than when I was expelled from the palace.The clan and the elders were all excited.Chen Baochen, Zhu Yifan, Zheng Xiaoxu, Luo Zhenyu, Hu Siyuan, Wan Shengshi, Jing Fangchang, Yuan Lizhun, Yang Zhongxi, Tie Liang, Yuan Dahua, Sheng Yun...no matter which faction they belong to, whether they have been depressed or not, they all rushed to me Here, the indignation against Chiang Kai-shek's army is expressed.Remaining elders from all over the country also sent in the cost of rebuilding the ancestral tomb.Under the suggestions and arrangements of these people, the coffins and incense tables of Qianlong and Cixi were set up in Zhangyuan. Just like a funeral, three sacrifices were held every day.The Qing Dynasty and the elders sent telegrams to Yan Xishan, the commander of Chiang Kai-shek and Pingjin Garrison, and various newspaper offices, demanding that Sun Dianying be punished and the authorities compensate for the repair of the mausoleum.Zhang Yuan's mourning hall is decided to be placed until the mausoleum is restored.

At first, Chiang Kai-shek's government responded well and ordered Yan Xishan to investigate the matter.A division commander Sun Dianying sent to Beiping was detained by Yan Xishan.Soon afterwards, news came that the detained division commander had been released, and Chiang Kai-shek decided not to pursue it.It is also said that Sun Dianying sent a batch of stolen goods to Song Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek's newly married wife, and the beads on Cixi's phoenix crown became ornaments on Song Meiling's shoes.Incomparable hatred and anger were ignited in my heart, and I walked to the gloomy mourning hall, and swore an oath to the air in front of the clan members who were full of snot and tears:

"If you don't take revenge, you won't be the descendants of Aixinjueluo!" At this moment, I remembered what Pu Wei said when he met me for the first time in Tianjin: "With Pu Wei here, the Qing Dynasty will not perish!" I also swore: "With me here, the Qing Dynasty will not perish!" My thoughts of restoration and revenge reached a new peak at this time. In those days, Zheng Xiaoxu and Luo Zhenyu were the closest people to me. Every historical allusion and contemporary news they talked about made me feel excited and indignant, and strengthened my determination for restoration and revenge.It was their idea to fight to the end with the Kuomintang's national government and to put the mourning hall until the original tomb was restored.But then the situation became more and more unfavorable, the tomb robbers were no longer held accountable, Beijing and Tianjin were beyond recognition, there were no old friends like Duan Qirui and Wang Huaiqing among the upstarts in power, my father did not dare to live in Beijing anymore, and the whole family moved. Came to the Tianjin Concession.So my mood also changed from anger to depression.The marriage of the Jiang and Song families made Zhang Yuanli understand the combination of the Anglo-American comprador family and the Anqing Gang and stock exchange brokers. hard background.At the end of the year, Chiang Kai-shek's national government was recognized by countries including Japan, and his power and status surpassed that of any previous warlord.I feel that my future is very bleak, and I think that under the rule of such an ambitious man, it may be questionable whether I can even occupy a place in his sphere of influence, let alone restoration.

I uttered a vicious curse in my heart, and with deep worry, I divination again and again for Chiang Kai-shek's government and my own destiny. A hexagram of "Datong people change and leave, the Lord Shennian melts and disperses" means: Chiang Kai-shek's government betrayed all relatives and died in 1932.Of course, if Chiang Kai-shek's government collapses, I can vent my hatred and make me happy.However, I am more concerned with my own fate.I called Rong Yuan Fushi many times, and once he got this kind of scripture: However, no one with strong desires and vengeance will not only remember "what happens in heaven" and forget the saying "it depends on people".My own experience over the past few years, especially the history of Chiang Kai-shek's fortune, has given me an important belief, that is, if you want to succeed, you must hold military power. With military power and strength, foreigners will naturally come to help.An orthodox "Emperor of the Qing Dynasty" like me, if he had an army, would naturally be more valued by foreigners than a general with a red beard or a rogue background.Therefore, I decided to send my closest relatives and children to Japan to learn the army.I think this is more necessary than going abroad by myself.

Another reason that contributed to my idea is that Pu Jie was making a fuss at home because he wanted to join the army.His motivation for joining the army was quite ridiculous. Rather than being influenced by his mother's will and determined to restore the Qing Dynasty, it might be better to say that he envied those young generals holding tiger charms, and wanted to be an officer himself to show off.After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang said to Pu Jie before Linguo Fengtian: "If you want to be an officer, I will send you to the lecture hall (Fengjun's military officer school)." So he left Tianjin by boat with Zhang Xueliang's family members .My father was very anxious when he saw the letter he left, and asked me to find a way to get him back.The Japanese Consul General in Tianjin agreed to my request and sent a telegram to Dalian.On the Dalian pier, Pu Jie was stopped by the Japanese police as soon as he got off the boat.He was taken back to Tianjin by the people I sent, and when he saw me, he told me that his ambition to join the army was to restore his ancestral business.His words touched my mind to send him to Japan to study the army.

I decided to send Pujie and my third brother-in-law Runlin to Japan to study the army.In order to prepare for their study abroad, I asked the Japanese Consul General in Tianjin to introduce a tutor to teach them Japanese.The Japanese Consul General recommended a Japanese man named Toyama Takeo, who later learned that he was a member of the Japanese Black Dragon Association and knew many Japanese politicians.Later, this person also traveled to Japan for me for my ideal of restoration.After I arrived in the Northeast, because he was not in the military system, he was excluded and left me.This Yuanshan teacher taught Pujie and Runlin Japanese for a few days, and then went back to Japan for their study abroad activities. It is said that they cannot enter the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School for the time being, but they can advance to serve Japanese nobles. The school where the children study, and also got the help of the big Japanese chaebol Okura Hitoro.In March 1929, that is, seven months after the "Tangling Incident", the two future military generals and I went to Japan with Toyama.