Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve Became Commander-in-Chief of the Five-Provincial Coalition

In Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the weather at the end of November was still sunny and springy; Zijin Mountain was lush and green, and the ancient castle wall was a plate; the Palace of Heavenly Kings left by Hong Xiuquan was still majestic and magnificent! Sun Chuanfang, who had just returned to Nanjing from Xuzhou, was still in a state of mind. He didn't think about what to do.Before leaving Xuzhou, Sun Chuanfang held a large-scale celebration banquet at the foot of Zifang Mountain, and invited representatives from all parties, and all officers above major general and above in the army participated.In order to hold this celebration banquet well, he not only sent people to buy enough delicacies from mountains and seas, but also specially transported ten altars of fine wine from Shaoxing, Zhejiang.However, there were two small episodes before the banquet: one thing was that Henan Military Affairs Supervisor Yue Weijun came to Xuzhou from Kaifeng, and hoped that Sun Chuanfang would fulfill his promise in May and continue to march north to support the Second National Army in attacking Shandong .Sun Chuanfang prevaricated Yue Weijun with "urgent matters in the south", and Yue Weijun was so angry that he left without saying goodbye.Another thing is that Wu Peifu sent his confidant Gao Enhong to bring 50,000 yuan from Hankou to Xuzhou to express his condolences to Sun.At this moment, Wu was defeated and wandered, while his grandson had won a complete victory. Sun and Wu had already intended to fight against each other, so how could they take Wu Peifu's meager condolences seriously, not to mention that such condolences were rewarding in nature. .Therefore, Sun Chuanfang treated Gao Enhong as cold as ice.There is only one consolation. Sun Chuanfang captured more than 10,000 Lu soldiers in this war. He wanted to send them home to "live a peaceful life" as a fellow countryman.However, these tens of thousands of people shouted together: "I would like to go with Marshal Sun!" He had no choice but to organize them, return their guns, and become his main force...

After Sun Chuanfang came to Nanjing, he was stationed in the governor's mansion in Jiangsu. He wanted to open a story about his uncle's uncle, Ji, Miao, Miao, and Lian Zhai? Sun Chuanfang hadn't studied it, so he couldn't tell; he wanted to be the seventh "Emperor?" , As for what kind of emperor Aoquan is, he has never thought about it. He just thinks that in today's China, he should be a king and landlord: "Why can't I? Yuan Shikai can, Li Yuanhong can, Feng Guozhang can.Even Xu Shichang and Cao Kun can do it, where can they be? Why can't I?" Sun Chuanfang thinks that he is not inferior to those people when he is president.

Sun Chuanfang turned around, wanting someone to bring Yang Wenkai and Lu Xiangting together to discuss a big plan to "get in place" in Nanjing.For some reason? Turning around, his heart beat. "Being the president? Is it so easy to be the president? Will the president be safe and sound?" Sun Chuanfang thought of Yuan Shikai—who was scolded by the world and died in his seat; he thought of Li Yuanhong—who was kicked out again and again Step down; think of Feng Guozhang, Xu Shichang and Cao Kun—especially Cao Kun, if he hadn’t bought the president, how could he have no “home” so soon, can he return? The famous Duan Qirui is in power—is he so easy to provoke? Isn't he pushing Li Yuanhong hard enough? Sun Chuanfang feels that it is very difficult for him to push him to replace him.

Yang Wenkai came without invitation.Sun Chuanfang turned the chaos into silence. "Brother Kai, it's a good time for you to come. My thoughts are in a mess and I want to discuss with you." "I also have an important matter to come to you." Yang Wenkai said. "What's the matter? Tell me." "The day before yesterday, I only talked about the celebration meeting in Nanjing." Yang Wenkai said, "I think the celebration ceremony is just a form, not the goal. We have to discuss a measure, and what kind of goal should we achieve?" "What is the purpose?" Sun Chuanfang agreed. "Tell me."

"Nowadays, the governors of all provinces have their hearts towards Nanjing and towards you. We should take the lead and let them gather together. If there are any changes in the future, we can also dispatch them uniformly." "Okay! I think so too." Sun Chuanfang didn't ask if Yang Wenkai had finished speaking, but he patted the table and agreed. "It's really called 'heroes see the same thing'! We must bring everyone together." But he asked again: "What name is it?" Yang Wenkai shook his head and said, "I don't have a specific idea. What do you think? "

Sun Chuanfang thought for a while and said, "How about calling it 'Nanjing Army Headquarters'?" Yang Wenkai didn't nod or shake his head, but frowned. "Well, isn't that a good name?" Sun Chuanfang asked after her. "It's not bad." Yang Wenkai said, "I think this name will cause trouble." "Why trouble?" "There is an army department in Beijing, which is in the hands of Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui from Hefei). We also have an army department in Nanjing. Isn't this a clear way of fighting against him? He is in the 'ruling' position and has military power. If you want to crusade against us, it will be justifiable. If that happens, it will not end well." Yang Wenkai thought everything out and spoke politely.

Sun Chuanfang frowned. "Then 'Army General Command' can't be called, what should we call it?" "Don't bother with the name." Yang Wenkai said: "As long as it can be grouped together, it can be called anything." "Yes." Sun Chuanfang nodded slightly.However, he did not mention any specific name. Yang Wenkai frowned and lowered his head for a moment, and said, "How about calling the Joint Headquarters of the Governor's Army?"I closed my mouth and thought about it for a long time, and said: "The Warlord's Union, what kind of Warlord's regiment, what will always be there in the past, the name is very stinky."

"Okay, let's not call it the Warlord's Joint Headquarters." Yang Wenkai said, "What should we call it?" Sun Chuanfang's furrowed eyebrows suddenly lit up, and he slapped his forehead and said, "Cough, cough, we are all stupid pigs, and we will forget the names we have." "What name?" Yang Wenkai asked. "When we went north, there was a 'Allied Forces of Five Provinces', so let's call it 'General Command of Allied Forces of Five Provinces'!" "Good! This name is good." Yang Wenkai smiled with satisfaction.

"Brother Kai, please send a telegram immediately to let them all come to Nanjing for a meeting." 1925, early winter. In Nanjing City, where there is no wind or rain, the sun is warm.Only a few fallen leaves tell people the season. For the past few days, Sun Chuanfang and his assistants have been busy day and night for the establishment of the General Command of the Allied Forces of the Five Provinces. It was not until late at night on November 23 (that is, late at night two days before the inaugural meeting) that personnel arrangements were made. There is an eyebrow.Sun Chuanfang himself served as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and commander-in-chief of Jiangsu, his brothers Lu Xiangting served as commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, Chen Tiaoyuan served as commander-in-chief of Anhui, and Deng Ruzhuo served as commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. Only in choosing the commander-in-chief of Fujian did Sun Chuanfang think hard——

His assistants, including Yang Wenkai, said: "The commander-in-chief of Fujian is none other than Zhou Yin. He is the leader of Fujian and a powerful faction. No one else can rule." Sun Chuanfang also understood this fact, but he was uncertain. "Let Zhou Yinren be the commander-in-chief of Fujian, and if there is trouble, he will turn against me. If he could drive me out of Fujian at the beginning, won't he drive me out of the five provinces in the future?" Sun Chuanfang did not forget the embarrassment of leaving Fujian. , He dare not relax on the important matter of military power.He is such a person, he is always brooding about other people's grievances towards him.After thinking for a long time, he neglected to take the opportunity to kill Zhou Yinren: "I didn't kill him at the beginning because I didn't have the greatest power. Now that I have the greatest power, my own people are the most dangerous!" future trouble.Who should be sent to kill him? In Nanjing or in Fuzhou? When is the best time to kill him? He pondered all night.No specific plan has been laid out.When he woke up on the first morning, he suddenly asked and changed his mind: "You can't use murderous intentions. After all, Zhou Yinren is my brother, and after all, he expressed support when I went north, and sent a special telegram to congratulate me when I won. Enmity should be solved rather than ended." Ah!" However, when he picked up the pen and finally decided on the commander-in-chief of Fujian, he still couldn't put down the pen.In the end, he put down the pen and put the matter on the line——Sun Chuanfang's suspending pen, all his subordinates understood: "The commander-in-chief wants to kill Zhou Yin, it depends on his eyes!" However, Sun Chuanfang had one more Eyes of the mind (or an extra layer of conspiracy).He thought: "If Zhou Yinren comes to Nanjing to attend the meeting as scheduled, it shows that he is open-minded, and I will give him the commander-in-chief; if Zhou Yinren has ghosts in his heart and has other schemes and dare not come, I will not only not give him the commander-in-chief, but will kill him." He!" When the meeting time came, the governors of various provinces came to Nanjing with important officials, including Bai Baoshan, Ma Yuren, and Zhang Renkui, the local powers in northern Jiangsu.Only people from Zhouyin, Fujian were not seen. Many people murmured about this matter, some were lucky, and some were sweating.It wasn't until the evening before the meeting that people reported: "Fujian governor Zhou Yinren has arrived!"

At this time, many people were sweating for Zhou Yinren. They couldn't predict what unexpected things would happen? Sun Chuanfang has not yet decided to give him the commander-in-chief of Fujian. Is it a murderous plan or a warm reception? Another news spread quickly Said that Zhou Yinren came to Nanjing with a heavy army.This adds to the tension! In the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhou Yinren came to Nanjing.He got off the special car outside the gate of the Jiangsu Governor's Office, with a tall and tall body, looked up at the very majestic cave gate, looked at the gate with two eyes, smiled slightly, and put his military cap and carry-on He took down the weapon and handed it to the attendant, and then waved his hands, telling all the guards to stay outside the door, and walked towards the cave door alone with bare hands and chest. Zhou Yinren's not very strange behavior outside the door surprised Sun Chuanfang's guards and all the open and secret "receptionists"! Someone had already reported the news to Sun Chuanfang.Sun Chuanfang was so surprised that "ah—?", and hurried out to greet her in disheveled clothes.Zhou Yinren and Sun Chuanfang met outside the living room door.Zhou Yinren arched his hands, took two quick steps, came to Sun Chuanfang, first saluted Sun Chuanfang, then knelt down in front of Sun Chuanfang without saying a word, and lowered his penitent head. Sun Chuanfang was not mentally prepared, and when he saw this, he panicked a little. He straightened his neck, bent down to pull Zhou Yinren, and said, "Brother Zhou, why are you here? Aren't you scolding me for coming? " Zhou Yinren lowered his head and said, "My younger brother is ashamed of my elder brother, so I am here to plead guilty!" "Well? What's the matter? I forgot to go to Jiuxiaoyunwai! I only remember that we have a Blue spectrum? ,I'm one year older than you.Have you forgotten?" As he said that, Sun Chuanfang fell to his knees like a ghost, and said, "We brothers will be sworn brothers again!" Sun Chuanfang's nondescript behavior made all the people present laugh secretly.Only Zhou Yinren was very happy.He and Sun Chuanfang hugged their necks, not knowing whether to cry or laugh? The slurred voice didn't sound like crying or laughing.After hugging for a long time, the two got up together. Sun Chuanfang said carelessly: "I am like a rabbit, not in a hurry and not biting. I wanted to live in Fujian, but my brother shot me in the back of my ass and kicked me out of Fujian. I was furious. Miles! We have Zhejiang, we have Shanghai, we have today. This should be due to my brother!" Zhou Yinren hurriedly said: "Eternal life and eternal life, my little brother will not do that kind of stupid thing like 'love hurts, enemies fast'." "Don't slap your chest like that." Sun Chuanfang said: "When it's time to shoot, just shoot! The harder you shoot, the better! If you don't shoot, it's meaningless. In that case, why would there be a scene of splitting and closing? Sing! There are a lot of big things right now, I am anxiously waiting for you to discuss..." "Wait for me to discuss?!" "That's right!" Sun Chuanfang said, "'The Headquarters of the Allied Forces of Five Provinces' is going to be established, and you are one of them. Without you..." "I……?!" "You are the commander-in-chief of Fujian!" Sun Chuanfang finally made up his mind. "You can't escape!" The two faced each other and finally smiled comfortably. Dominating the five provinces and supported by so many people, the work of establishing the "General Command of the Five-Province Allied Forces" in Nanjing is progressing very smoothly.The killing ring was stopped, and the atmosphere became harmonious.Before the meeting, the personnel arrangement was decided first. Where is it just a "coalition army"? The military and government have joined together.The personnel list is arranged as follows: Sun Chuanfang was the commander-in-chief of the five-provincial coalition and commander-in-chief of Jiangsu, and Chen Taoyi was the governor of Jiangsu; Lu Xiangting is the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, Xia Chao is the governor of Zhejiang; Zhou Yinren is the commander-in-chief of Fujian, Sa Zhenbing is the governor of Fujian; Chen Tiaoyuan is the commander-in-chief of Anhui, Wang Pu is the governor of Anhui; Deng Ruzhuo is the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi, Li Dingkui He is the governor of Jiangxi; Bai Baoshan is the envoy of Haizhou, Jiangsu Province; Ma Yuren was the guard envoy of Huaiyang; Zhang Renkui was the guard envoy of Nantong; Liu Jizong was the chief of staff; Yang Wenkai was the general councilor; Chen Kuo was the secretary-general; Zhang Shiming is the deputy chief; Sun Jichang is the director of military affairs; Cheng Dengke is the director of military supplies; Chen Xizhang is the director of military law; Jin Zhenzhong is the director of military medicine; Zhao Zhengping and Shen Tongwu are senior councilors. In addition, the general headquarters hired Japanese Okamura Ningci as senior military adviser; social celebrities Jiang Baili and Zhang Taiyan were also hired as senior advisers. On November 25, Sun Chuanfang held a meeting in the large conference hall of the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion in Nanjing, announcing the establishment of the General Command of the Five-Province Allied Forces. The 41-year-old Sun Chuanfang, dressed in a general's uniform and a saber hanging around his waist, stood majestically on the rostrum and listened to his Secretary-General Chen Run announce the list of members of the headquarters.He smiled all over his face, nodded when he listened, and shook hands with the commanders-in-chief and governors of the provinces around him from time to time.That demeanor seemed to be enthroned and sitting in the palace. "I finally have today. The eastern half of China will be mine from now on!" Sun Chuanfang founded Nanjing and led the five provinces. After Kun and Wu Peifu became another giant in the direct lineage! He - called himself "the contemporary Sun Quan!" Sun Chuanfang, who has become the king of the southeast, seems to have a calmer mind, and he has not carried himself away.Not dizzy.After the inaugural meeting, he left the advisers behind and asked them for advice on governance.He hired Zhang Han, Wu Shijian, Yu Zhichao, Li Gengen, Liu Shijie, Zhang Liansu, Jiang Fangzhen and Zhao Hengti through celebrities such as Zhang Taiyan.He asked them to help him with ideas and solutions.He has to be cautious! Sun Chuanfang has territory in five provinces and 200,000 troops. In addition to the army, he also controls the navy fleet.There is also an air force with 16 fighters. On that day, Sun Chuanfang invited Zhang Taiyan to the secret room and asked him for advice as a student.Zhang Taiyan, 16 years older than Sun Chuanfang, named Yanglin, nicknamed Taiyan, was born in Yuhang, Zhejiang. He was a vanguard against feudalism and warlord division. He was a typical democratic revolutionist and thinker. He participated in the Tongmenghui and was imprisoned for opposing Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor; in 1917, he joined the government of protecting the law;Now, he has set up the Zhang's Chinese Studies Seminar in Suzhou, taking lectures as a profession.He said to Sun Chuanfang: "General Xinyuan, I am a layman in running the army, and I know a thing or two about politics. In fact, although running the army and governing politics have different connotations, their principles are the same." Sun Chuanfang hurriedly said: "You are The master of Chinese studies. Naturally, Chinese studies are the study of governing the country, please explain clearly, sir." "There are three things that you must pay attention to, the general." Zhang Taiyan said: "First, you are also the master. If you don't hurt the hearts of the people, you must love the people; to do this, you must have a good military discipline. This is the second; Third, don’t turn the army into a bandit type, but cultivate a civilized army. If you do these things well, you will win the hearts of the army, the people, and even the world, so why worry about not having a solid territory of your own!” du8.com copyright "Thank you for your advice!" Sun Chuanfang said: "Really, listening to your words is better than studying for ten years! I will definitely do everything and do everything well!" Sun Chuanfang can still pay attention to talents and give full play to their role.After negotiating with various parties, he first focused on the financial management of the five provinces. He appointed Cai Pu, the former governor of Zhejiang Province, as the military director of the five provinces' allied forces, in charge of the five provinces' financial power, and determined six financial systems as the financial basis for the allied army's chief inspector.These 6 systems are: 1. Finance and economics provinces are managed by the Finance Department and supervised by the coalition headquarters; 2. Rich provinces should support poorer provinces as appropriate; 3. The army is not allowed to withdraw funds or raise funds on the spot without authorization, and offenders will be sentenced to death; 4. Army salaries will be exchanged by division commanders at the end of each month; 5. All military salaries will be returned to the public, and anyone who deducts military salaries will be sentenced to death; 6. Officers and soldiers who blackmail and disturb the people will be sentenced to death.Sun Chuanfang is also very sympathetic to the actual difficulties of officers and soldiers in terms of military clothing and pension systems, and strives to make everyone satisfied; he also runs a coalition non-commissioned officer school by himself and the principal, recruiting high school graduates as students and training junior officers and assistants.Sun Chuanfang heard that Chen Taoyi, a celebrity in the southeast, was good at governance and financial management, so he came to the door in person and asked him to come out to be the governor of Jiangsu; The general office of the Shanghai Commercial Port Municipal Supervision Office manages municipal construction... In order to consolidate the territory of the five provinces, Sun Chuanfang tried his best to recruit talents and bring some socially capable people to his side.How big of an effect, though? It's hard to see. Sun Chuanfang was tired.If it wasn't for the excitement supporting him, he would have lay down long ago and fell asleep day and night.Although he was in the prime of life in his forties, Sun Chuanfang was different. Opium used up his "official" and "strong" prematurely and too much, which made him always feel that his heart and strength were exhausted, and he had to live against his will. Still looking for opium to refresh himself. Just when Sun Chuanfang was leaning on the lantern to refresh himself, his brother, the new General Councilor Yang Wenkai, arrived uninvited.As soon as Yang Wenkai came in, he said, "Xinyuan." He pointed to the smoke lamp, "In the future, this game must be restrained. The military and political affairs of the five provinces are all important, and all opportunities must be recorded, so we can't be careless in the slightest! The loss outweighs the gain due to smoking." "It's a last resort! These days are tiring and dull. If you don't refresh yourself, don't talk about everything, you can't even do one thing." Sun Chuanfang showed helplessness. "This is called 'drinking doves to quench thirst'!" Sun Chuanfang nodded in agreement, but changed the subject, "What about the Beijing incident?" "I want to hear your opinion." Yang Wenkai took out a telegram of the appointment of Duan Duan from the ruling government, put it next to Sun Chuanfang's lantern, and said, "This is the telegram that just arrived." ——Although Duan Qirui took charge of the provisional government under Feng Zhang's promotion, he knew in his heart that he was acting as Feng Zhang's puppet, but he was not willing to obey.It's just that he has no strength. Although Zhicao is defeated, Sun Chuanfang is getting stronger day by day, and Jin Yun'e and Xiao Yaonan, who are directly related, still have troops.Duan wants to use Zhi's remaining strength to "balance" with Feng Zhang.Therefore, after he came to power, he reserved all bribes for the election of Sun's Fujian-Zhejiang Tour Envoy and General Kewei, and also sent Gong Weijiang, a classmate of Sun Chuanfang's Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School, to Hangzhou to send Sun Chuanfang "eyeballs".Now, Sun has been appointed as the General Counselor: his brother Yang Wenkai is appointed as the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the executive government, and he has repeatedly urged him to "come to Beijing to take up his post."At first, both Yang and Sun were willing to accept it, thinking that "there are people in Beijing who are easy to handle."Thinking about it later, I felt that it was wrong. The forces in the five southern provinces had just formed, and Duan Qirui pulled away Sun's "military adviser".Yang Wenkai came again to discuss with Sun Chuanfang about "returning the call".Sun Chuanfang didn't read the telegram, but put down the pipe lightly, and said: "Hefei is too good at planning, and he has such a high profile. We won his Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. He not only doesn't care, but also thinks highly of him." You and me. Strange!" "It's called 'drunkards don't want to drink'!" Yang Wenkai smiled coldly. Sun Chuanfang added: "For such an important matter, it is a child's play to make a sudden appointment without asking for my consent beforehand. Call back and refuse!" Yang Wenkai repeated: "Okay, call back and refuse!" After finishing speaking, he turned to leave. "Wait." Sun Chuanfang kept Yang Wenkai. "I still have something to do, take a step slowly." Yang Wenkai sat down. Sun Chuanfang stood up from the bed and said, "With Duan Qirui, it's not a matter of taking a position or not, but a big move!" "What big move?" Yang Wenkai asked. "China can't always be an 'interim government', can it?" Sun Chuanfang has ambitions. "The name is justified, and only the inside and outside can be considered." "That's right." Yang Wenkai said, "We have the right to make a decision on this matter!" "I want to go to Nantong recently." "To Nantong?" "Have you forgotten? Went to Hangzhou to see our former Qing champion!" "You mean Zhang Jian?" Yang Wenkai suddenly understood. "That's right, that's a capable man who governs the country!" "You agree too?" "Agreed! Totally agree!" "Okay, I'm leaving tomorrow!"