Chapter 93 Section 8 Who issued the assassination order

There were many different versions of the details of Cai E's assassination in Ah Mi at the time, which made the case confusing and shrouded in suspicion. Mr. Liu Bingrong compiled a number of historical materials and wrote down the process of Cai E's assassination: … Zhou Hang of Mengziguan Road and Zhang Yikun, magistrate of Ami County, had sent Yuan Shikai a secret telegram to prevent Cai from entering Yunnan.After receiving the call, Zhou and Zhang held many meetings in the Mengzi Customs and Road Administration, and decided to organize an assassination team to hunt or snipe from Vietnam to Yunnan.After the investigation found that Cai had already arrived in Hanoi, he would enter Kunming in a few days by Yunnan Yue train. If the sniper failed to succeed, he would host a welcome banquet at the Bi and A stations, secretly put poison in the brandy wine to kill him, or rob him, etc. Affection.Since Cai E arrived in Kunming safely, Zhou and Zhang absconded out of the country in fear of crime. Tang Jiyao ordered Hekou to supervise the arrest, and the arrest was brought to the provincial judicial office.Unexpectedly, when the Hekou Superintendent received the electricity, Zhou and Zhang had already sneaked across the boundary overnight.Later, when Zhou Han arrived in Hong Kong, Zhang Yikun stayed in Vietnam Old Street because he was waiting for his concubine Zhang Su'e. At that time, the Superintendent of Hekou was about to extradite Zhang Yikun to the French side. On the second day, his concubine Zhang Su'e went to Hekou and was stopped by the inspection office. , ordered him to ask for a guarantee, if he could not ask for a guarantee, he could notify the county magistrate Zhang to cross the river mouth from Laojie to prove that he was his family member, and he was allowed to lead him across the river mouth.After Zhang Yikun received the letter, he crossed the river mouth to prove it, and was immediately arrested and sent to the provincial court. (Liu Bingrong's "The War to Protect the Nation")

Mr. Liu Bingrong narrated that Cai E arrived in Kunming at 9:00 p.m. on December 22. After meeting with the officers, he didn't speak much because of his throat disease, so he went back to the guard regiment headquarters to rest.At this time, Zhou Hang, the Mengzi Guan Road, and Zhang Yikun, the county magistrate of Ami, were making various arrangements to kill Cai E. When they learned that Cai E had arrived in Kunming and knew that he was in big trouble, they ran away in a hurry.Zhou Hang fled to Hong Kong, but Zhang Yikun was ensnared by his concubine Zhang Su'e and threw himself into the trap. He was immediately arrested and brought to the provincial court, where he was killed.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this history.However, according to the historian Wang Zhonghe after sorting out many historical materials, he came up with a completely different version from Mr. Liu Bingrong: ... After Yuan Shikai learned that Cai E had returned to Yunnan, he immediately ordered Tang Jiyao to rob and kill Cai.Tang was born in a scholarly family in Huize, Yunnan. He saw that Cai E, who was originally from Hunan, enjoyed a high prestige in Yunnan, so he hated him very much. ) Governor assassinated Cai E in order to avoid his own suspicion.However, the governor of Ami Prefecture was too useless. He just wounded Cai's servant. Cai E's master and servant arrived in Kunming safely on the evening of December 19, 1915.Cai Ming knew that Tang Jiyao was the murderer in the dark, but he didn't bother with him in the face of the enemy, and advocated raising troops to challenge Yuan immediately...

Here, the two historians finally managed to pinch together. Mr. Liu Bingrong and Mr. Wang Zhonghe, there are four differences in their descriptions of Cai E's assassination: 1.The time of the two parties is inconsistent. Liu Wen said that Cai E arrived in Kunming on the evening of the 22nd.Wang Wen said that General Cai arrived in Kunming on the 19th, a difference of three full days. 2.The numbers were inconsistent. Liu Wen said that Tang Jiyu led two guard companies and a gendarmerie to escort Cai to Kunming. Wang Wen said that Cai arrived in Kunming with two servants. 3.The assassination process was inconsistent, with Liu Wen saying that the assassination did not actually take place and Wang Wenzhong hinting at a fierce ambush.

4.The way of issuing the assassination order was inconsistent. Liu Wen said that Yuan Shikai directly gave the order to Ami County Magistrate Zhang Yikun, while Wang Wen said that the person who issued the assassination order was actually Tang Jiyao. In our previous historical research process, we have never encountered such troubles. The descriptions of the same event by different historians are so far apart that the distance between the two has reached the point where they cannot be interpreted mutually. You must know that all historians’ research is to bring together the historical materials of the parties from different positions, confirm each other and expose each other, and finally filter out the overly strong subjective emotions, and obtain a state description that is closer to the objective facts.But here, this trick doesn't work, there is no way to apply it.

Why is this so? This is because of the intervention of a false information, which led to the disorder of the historical system.It's a bit like listening to the radio and being jammed by electronic signals, making the broadcast fragmented and messy.Even though there are multiple parties listening, what each person hears is fundamentally different from what others hear. So here, this false signal, what is it? It was Yuan Shikai's erroneous interpretation of the assassination order that caused the distortion of historical facts. First of all, let’s look at Mr. Liu Bingrong’s statement. He said that Yuan Shikai sent a telegram to Zhang Yikun, the county magistrate of Ami, and asked him to rob and kill Cai E.How is this possible?As the president, how could Yuan Shikai issue such a ridiculous order to a small county magistrate?Moreover, this secret assassination order was not only issued to Ami County Magistrate Zhang Yikun, but also received by Zhou Hang, the Guandao of Mengzi.Just imagine if an administrative official of this level has the ability to assassinate?How much secrecy is there?If Yuan Shikai was so stupid that he casually ordered a small county magistrate to assassinate a famous military general, with such a low IQ, why would he be the president of China?How low is the IQ of the people in this country if the mentally handicapped can be the founding president of the country?

Therefore, even if Yuan Shikai really issued the assassination secret order, it is absolutely impossible to order a small county magistrate. Does Yuan Shikai think that a small county magistrate is of a higher level than the chief of the general staff of the National Land, Sea and Air Marshal's Office that he appointed by default? If Yuan Shikai did not issue the assassination order, who would it be?Could it be that Tang Jiyao ordered it, as Mr. Wang Zhonghe said? This is even more impossible. If Tang Jiyao issued this order, Cai E would undoubtedly die.Only a small team of personal guards is needed to kill Cai E on the way, and there is absolutely no reason to miss.

The assassination order was neither issued by Yuan Shikai nor Tang Jiyao, so who issued it? Think about it, in Kunming at this time, before Cai E arrived, who had the final say?Is it Tang Jiyao?If Cai E arrives in Kunming, who is the biggest threat to him? In Kunming, there is really a group of people who really don't like Cai E's return.