Chapter 99 Section 14 No Opinions

Just as Yunnan was in full swing, three incidents happened one after another, which led to changes in the subsequent battle situation. The first thing that happened was that Cai E's old classmate and bunk brother He Guohua came back.He Guohua was surveying the border before, so he didn't know what happened here. He arrived in Kunming from Kunyang by small steamer. Two military officers went to Daguanlou to meet him and asked him to go to the Department of Foreign Affairs to stay and rest first. After the rest, He Guohua went to the Governor's Mansion in Wuhua Mountain to meet Tang Jiyao.After entering, he was led into an antique flower hall, where a table of delicious food had already been placed there. Cai E was sitting in front of the table and greeted He Guohua cordially: Hi, Xiao He is back.

At that time, He Guohua was extremely shocked: Cai E, how could it be you? I was right.Cai E said: I miss my old classmate so much, I made a special trip to see you.By the way, seeing you are tired from running around, you look a bit ugly, so sit down and eat first.Xiao Zou, please accompany my guest, this is my old classmate, the relationship is called iron. Adjutant Zou Ruoheng, with four gun-armed guards, sat in the center of Dama: Special Envoy He, sit down and eat, what are you waiting for? Party members recalled this history full of warmth and said: He Guohua snorted, got under the table, climbed out again and said forget it, don’t call me Special Envoy He, just call me He Guohua, Cai E is When did you come back?

Zou Ruoheng did not answer He Guohua's question, but said: Generals Cai and Tang sent out telegrams against Yuan. He Guohua sat down dejectedly: Well, I am the special envoy sent by Yuan Shikai to survey the border, and you can do whatever you want. Zou Ruoheng smiled and said: We don't want to do anything, but we want to conduct a security check on Special Envoy He. The guards opened the suitcase that He Guohua was carrying, searched through the contents, and then reported to Cai E: Report, there are only some border inspection documents at He Guohua's place, and no contraband was found.

Cai E ordered: My old classmate has only one advantage, timid... Just lock him up, don't scare him. Yuan Shikai put He Guohua under house arrest, and he was not freed until Yuan Shikai died. This is the first incident in Yunnan. It is said in history that General Cai put his old classmates under house arrest, and He Guohua was trapped in Yunnan Province.What happened at the same time as this incident was the disappearance of Zhang Zizhen, the commander of the First Division. Zhang Zizhen was a simple-minded person. Everyone asked him to sign the persuasion form to persuade Yuan Shikai to become emperor, and he signed it.After signing, everyone objected to Yuan Shikai becoming emperor again. At that time Zhang Zizhen became anxious and said: Don't play like this, Yuan Shikai doesn't want to be emperor, you have to force him to do it, and when he is forced to become emperor, you come again You are right to protect the republic anyway, please, can we stop being so shameless?

Then Zhang Zizhen said: It is impossible for me to work with these weird people who have no promises, but if I were to kill each other, I would not be able to do it either.So what, why don't I just leave? So Zhang Zizhen passed through the west and fled towards Beijing.When Tang Jiyao learned about it, he immediately sent someone to hunt him down. The pursuers came to Chuxiong, where there was a Dian army stationed there, the commander of the brigade was Qu Tongfeng.Qu Tongfeng greeted him cordially, and invited the pursuers to dinner.The chaser said we have to catch Zhang Zizhen quickly, Qu Tongfeng said with a smile: "No hurry, no hurry, Zhang Zizhen hasn't grown wings, so he can't fly, everyone first brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, wash your face and eat."

Although the chaser had a mission, he couldn't restrain Qu Tongfeng's enthusiasm, so he ate first, and after he was full, he asked Qu Tongfeng: Where did Zhang Zizhen escape to now? Qu Tongfeng said with a smile: You must have arrived in Beijing, right?It's all your fault for being greedy. If you hadn't eaten this meal, Zhang Zizhen would have been arrested. What?You actually use delaying tactics against us?The pursuers were furious, so they arrested Qu Tongfeng.Tang Jiyao ordered Qu Tongfeng to be imprisoned in a model prison, and then hurriedly went to Cai E to discuss how to deal with the British consul Ge Fu.

This Ge Fu was the British Consul in Yunnan, and it was Zhu Erdian who sent him a telegram, asking him to persuade Cai E not to mess around.Tang and Cai discussed that the Englishman could not be seen, but seeing him would not work. Or, let's just send someone to talk to Ge Fu and see if we can get some clues. A man named Ding Huaijin was sent to meet the Englishman Ge Fu.After the meeting, Ge Fu asked: I heard that General Cai was the first to sign the persuasion form, begging Yuan Shikai to be emperor. Is there such a thing? Ding Huaijin: This... Ge Fu: I heard that General Cai was the first to sign an anti-Yuan telegram against Yuan Shikai becoming emperor. Is this also true?

Ding Huaijin: That... Ge Fu: Mr. Zhu Erdian, our Consul General, let me ask General Cai, you were the first to ask Yuan Shikai to be emperor, and you were the first to oppose him as emperor. Can you be so capricious in your behavior? Ding Huaijin: This and that... Geff: Which one? Ding Huaijin: Oh, yes, that’s the thing. The reason why General Cai did this is the wish of the entire Chinese people, and I personally agree with it warmly. Geff: ...are you in favor of this or that? Ding Huaijin: This and that are secondary. The key is not to go against the wishes of the people. Do you have any objections to this?

Ge Fu looked up to the sky and sighed: I... I really can't have an opinion. The intervention of the British imperialists in the anti-Yuan army was thwarted by my brave and resourceful diplomats.