Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Is Xuzhou a place to stay for a long time?

du8.com copyright In Xuzhou in mid-autumn, although the sky is high and the air is cool, the wind is cool and pleasant, but the flying yellow leaves always give people a sense of desolation.Many people have put on long gowns, and the Dongfangs have even put on their felt hats; the abandoned Yellow River passing through the city reveals rough and rugged mounds; the forest on the top of Yunlong Mountain has begun to shed its green makeup; The lost Bawang Tower is not obviously older—Xuzhou people actually admire Xiang Yu's extraordinary spirit, but they neglect his fellow villager Liu Bang!

Zhang Xun, who was defeated in Nanjing, moved into Daotai Mansion in Xuzhou by means of "the dove occupying the magpie's nest", but he was always flustered—— He felt that he should not lose Nanjing, and could not lose Nanjing. "Can't my dozen battalions hold a Nanjing city!?" He hated Xu Shaozhen: "If he hadn't fallen to the Revolutionary Party, how could I have suffered a crushing defeat?" However, Nanjing was lost after all. He hated Yuan Shikai. "All the soldiers of the royal family are under your control. Don't tell me that the royal family only has the battalions of soldiers to aid Wuhan? Why don't you send troops from other places to help me? Don't you know the importance of Nanjing?" Yuan Shikai It is a fact that no reinforcements are sent.Zhang Xun at this moment can only hate Yuan Shikai.

He opened his eyes and looked at the sky, the sky in Xuzhou seemed very empty.Zhang Xun was so empty that he felt guilty—in fact, what he felt guilty was not the sky of Xuzhou, but the territory of Xuzhou. "I am Admiral Jiangnan, Xuzhou is 700 miles north of Jiangnan, where is my 'Jiangnan'?" Zhang Xun doesn't know Xuzhou's history, but he knows that there is Jiuli Mountain in Xuzhou.Because he once dreamed of being Xiang Yu who "strengthened the mountain and surpassed the world", but he heard a story about "ambush from ten sides".When I think of Jiuli Mountain, I seem to be connected to Wujiang River and Gaixia. "I have also gone to the foot of Jiuli Mountain. Could it be that the Revolutionary Party will give me an 'ambush from ten sides' and force me to vote in the Wujiang River?" Therefore, he has bad intentions for Xuzhou.

He wants to leave Xuzhou. However, where do we go after leaving Xuzhou? If we go south, we will be unable to go south; if we go north and lose to Xuzhou, it is already his "admiral of the south of the Yangtze River" who has failed in his duty. If he goes north and flees to the capital, isn't he going to die? There was no other way but the flowers fell! Zhang Xun had to stay temporarily in Xuzhou. What made him even more disturbed was that this time he was defeated and the territory was lost, what would the imperial court think of it, and would it be investigated? He was in a state of uncertainty in his heart.

Su Xilin has come to Xuzhou.He was ordered by Zhang Xun to lead his own cavalry battalion to protect Zhang Xun's family members when he retreated in Nanjing.At this time, Zhang Xun not only had the identity of the eldest concubine Shao Wen made public, but also married the second concubine Fu Xiaocui, a famous actor of the Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe.Although Cao Qin quarreled a lot, because she was infertile, and Zhang Xun was almost 60 years old, she was worried about having no children, so she had to acquiesce and try her best to get along with them.When Zhang Xun took office in Pu Vl, he brought all his family members to Nanjing.That's why there was this defeated escort.

Seeing that Su Xilin had returned, Zhang Xun knew that the escort was done, so he stopped asking.Su Xilin still gave a detailed account - nothing more than how the route was taken, where he arrived in a few days, which officials greeted him, and finally said: "My wife doesn't want to go back to Beijing, she wants to live in Tianjin. The aunt and the second aunt will go back to Beijing." Beijing has gone." "Tianjin?" Zhang Xun has a house in Tianjin, which is only reserved for him to rest, and he doesn't want Cao Qin to live there. "My wife said that she wants to spend a few days in peace, and she doesn't want to go anywhere in the future." "Sophisticated!"

"My wife is a nice person." "Let's not talk about them." Zhang Xun shook his head.He asked again: "Have you been to Beijing?" "I'm going to report this to you." "How to say?" "I explained our plan to Mr. Yuan (Shikai), and he was very satisfied with the arrangement of 'stationing in Xuzhou, protecting the railway, and strictly preventing the revolutionary army from going northward'." "You didn't make a request?" "Proposed." Su Xilin said: "Please replenish the number of troops and a thousand horses, 'Manlixia, ten thousand rifles, forty thousand rounds of bullets, twenty cannons, twenty thousand rounds of shells, to fill the army. As soon as it is approved, the Jiangfang Army will be expanded to 40 battalions. Let us quickly get ammunition, recruit soldiers, and expand the army."

Zhang Xun took a deep breath and smiled comfortably.Zhang Xun is lucky: On September 30, the imperial edict conferred the governor of Jiangsu; In October, the governor of Liangjiang, the minister of Nanyang, and the hereditary second-class captain of light vehicles. In December, 10 battalions were transferred from Zhili, and 4 battalions were transferred from Shandong to Xuzhou, under the command of Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun was able to expand, Zhang Xun was able to pay enough weapons, and Zhang Xun was supplemented by foreign troops. His momentum was greatly boosted, and his soldiers and horses were greatly boosted. For a while, he became the ruler of the half-sky of Eastern China!

Zhang Xun had a dream: he was standing on the top of Jiuli Mountain, with a waving of the handsome flag, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and his mighty army rolled southward, crossed the Huaihe River, crossed the Yangtze River, and pointed directly at Guangzhou.Sun Yat-sen is finished, and the land of China is planted with dragon flags again! He climbed to a high mountain, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Did I say that Xuzhou is not a place for me to stay for a long time, and I will not be trapped in Xuzhou for a long time! du8.com copyright "What is the overlord of Western Chu? He is a villain. Han Xin has nowhere to hide if he is lying in ambush. I, Zhang Xun, are better than him. I fly out of Xuzhou, and I have to have the world—to say the least, the eastern half of the world!" Zhang Xun While gloating, another happy event was added. Zhang Renjun, the former governor of Liangjiang, was dismissed for "running away".Zhang Xun smiled: "No wonder, the imperial edict ordered me to be the governor of Liangjiang, Nanjing really belongs to me!"

However, Zhang Xun did not send his troops south, his team was still stationed in Xuzhou, and the people of Xuzhou did not welcome him—— Xuzhou, the place where soldiers fought; Xuzhou, where the land is thin and the people poor.Years of military disasters have left the people in dire straits. Over the years, the green forests have risen and the righteous people have rioted. They seek survival and freedom.The revolutionary party in the south and the great uprising in Wuchang greatly encouraged them, and most of them returned to their hearts and responded to the revolutionary army.When Zhang Xun was defeated and retreated to Xuzhou, the four villages of Xuzhou had formed a large team of several thousand people headed by Sun Qianquan, Huang Xintian, Chu Yufeng, Hui Baiqi and others. They attacked the city and county and resisted Zhang Xun's Jiangfang Army .Zhang Xun's Jiang Fang Army gradually lost its shelter in the four townships and retreated into the city.The city of Xuzhou was small and overwhelmed, so Zhang Xun organized his own soldiers to go out of the city to encircle and suppress.

After all, Zhao Yi's peasants and the reformed Green Forest Army lacked training and combat experience, so they could not withstand the attack of Zhang Xunjiang's defense army.Soon, they were wiped out one by one.It's a pity that the peasant uprising army that had risen up for many years in Xuzhou disappeared in the hands of Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun is proud of exterminating these innocent farmers, and wants to report to the imperial court for credit, but who knows that the imperial court has undergone earth-shaking changes—— The imperial edict was changed to a republic. Like a thunderbolt from the blue, it knocked Zhang Xun dizzy! His eyes were straight at first, then his breathing became uneven, then his whole body became weak, and then he slumped on the chair involuntarily... Zhang Xun obtained the "Edictary Republic" which was not the kind of republic he had imagined.It was a republic under the grace of the emperor, but now it is a republic without the emperor.There is no emperor in China, what will they do with their loyal ministers and good generals? "What I'm desperately fighting for is the revolution politics with the emperor! The republic is implemented, and the president is about to come out. Who will be the president? Who can be the president?" He does not believe that anyone can take on the post of emperor.Zhang Xun felt that the sky was falling and China was about to fall into chaos. He cried: "Queen Mother, you are confused. How can you hand over the imperial power to those rebellious party thieves? Is it easy for the Qing Dynasty to establish a foundation? Is it easy for the ancestor emperor to enter the customs?" ? Lafayette is also a woman, she can support until death, why can't you support it?" He thought of Zaifeng again. "You are the regent, and you are entrusted by Lafayette. The queen mother, the emperor, the widowed mother, and the youngest son, everything depends on you, why don't you stand up? Why don't you think about Qing Dynasty? Or the prince , aren’t you the Aixinjueluo clan? Are you not afraid that the descendants of the Eight Banners will scold you for betraying your ancestors?” After scolding the regent, he scolded Yuan Shikai again: "You are the minister of military aircraft, you are the minister of the prime minister, the emperor entrusted you with such a great task, a Han, and treated you well! How loyal were you to Lafayette during the reform and reform? What's the matter with you today? Oh, I see, you've sat on the throne of the President, you've rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, you're Qin Hui, you're a traitor..." Zhang Xun was angry, he couldn't accept this reality, he couldn't be a rebel against the Qing Dynasty.He called the copywriter: "Immediately write a memorial for me... no, not a memorial." Because he suddenly thought that the emperor had abdicated, and the president, Yuan Shikai, was in power. "How can I deliver a memorial to Yuan Shikai?" He said to the copywriter: "Writing my resignation, I quit, I want to be demobilized and return to the peasantry!" Zhang Xun's resignation was sent to Beijing as quickly as possible, and sent to Yuan Shikai. inside. Yuan Shikai's reply was also very timely, with "maintaining the overall situation as the most important thing", he advised Zhang to stay in office.And said: "Soon, you will understand everything." Zhang Xun took Yuan Shikai's reply and thought over and over again. Although he repeatedly confessed to "submit his resignation again", his mood was not as firm as before. In the evening, his generals Zhang Wensheng, Su Xilin, and his self-selected confidant, the Secretary-General Wan Shengzhang, all came before him, pleading his interests and persuading him to "keep the green hills here, and don't worry about running out of firewood."Zhang Wensheng also said: "If the commander-in-chief really disbands and returns to farming, it will be a peaceful matter. We are not afraid that the commander-in-chief will not lead a stable life. However, the army you have cultivated with your own hands has countless soldiers. Where will they go? You How can you bear to abandon them?" Zhang Xun was shaken.He can't be shaken, he has 40 battalions of soldiers under his command, he has many magnificent laurel crowns, he can have a world.If it is really disarmed and the army is disbanded, it will not be able to pull it if you want to pull it in the future.At that time, wouldn’t it be true that he would “return to the land” forever, and die of old age in Chitian Village! Zhang Xun thought about the road he had traveled in these years, and the image of Chitian Village that was neither human nor ghost, and he also felt that returning to the land was not the best policy. "I don't want to leave all of you to be quiet. The situation is too compelling. I can't swallow this breath. I can't be a rebellious minister of Bao Er Dynasty..." Wan Shengzhang is a literati. He used the past to describe the present and said: "The commander-in-chief is loyal, and the emperor can learn from it. However, a man should have foresight and not only care about the interests of the moment and the place. Back then, King Goujian of Yue lost his country and was captured and suffered in the country of Wu. After ten years, he was able to live on his salary and taste his courage. Didn’t he later revive the State of Yue, reorganize the army, and wipe out the State of Wu in one fell swoop? Goujian is a great hero!” Zhang Xun sighed and finally nodded. "Adhering to everyone's advice, I will not go." He added: "From today onwards, all battalions in Jiangfang will be renamed Wuwei Qianjun. Let's stay in Xuzhou and train our army well!" du8.com copyright After Yuan Shikai became the interim president, the only "reform" he accomplished was to cut the braids.Although forced to do it. The official regulations of the Qing Dynasty are: as long as they are men, they must wear a braid behind their heads.People without braids, the people are against the people, the officials are rebellious officials, and anyone can send the officials to punish them.Now it is a republic, politics, and republic means enlightenment and progress, how can we do without cutting our braids! Under pressure, Yuan Shikai had to take the lead in cutting off his braids in Beijing. Zhang Xun was well informed. He knew that Yuan Shikai would definitely send someone to Xuzhou to force him to cut the braid.He secretly thought angrily: "I just don't cut my hair!" In a few days, Yuan Shikai sent his confidant copywriter Ruan Zhongshu to Xuzhou. Ruan Zhongshu was a person who had been walking between Zhang Xun and Yuan Shikai for a long time, and they were very familiar with each other.Zhang Xun invited him to the living room and had to be enthusiastic.After the chatter, Zhang Xun actually spoke first. "Dougong (Ruan Zhongshu, word bold), what are you doing here? I already know. You want me to cut my hair, right?" "The commander-in-chief is wise," Ruan Zhongshu hurriedly got up, bowed, and said, "This is also the trend. The president really has no choice." Zhang Xun smiled lightly. "So, the original "Xin Chou Treaty" is helpless." "No, no!" Ruan Zhongshu hurriedly said, "This is two different things, two different things." "Okay then, Dou Gong, come with me." After finishing speaking, he led Ruan Zhongshu to another small house. Someone pushed open the door, and immediately saw a white stubble coffin. "Dougong, you saw it." Zhang Xun pointed with his finger. "Marshal," Ruan Zhongshu didn't understand what he meant. "What does it mean?" "I have already prepared for the braid cutting." Zhang Xun walked into the room, patted the coffin lid with his hands, and said, "Please tell President Yuan that Zhang Xun will die and cannot follow!" "Yes, yes, yes!" Ruan Zhongshu retreated with cold sweat on his forehead. When the order to cut the braids came to Xuzhou, the people in Xuzhou were all happy, but Zhang Xun was very unhappy.After sending away Ruan Zhongshu, he sat in the secret room of the original Daotai government, repeatedly looked at the "order" sent by Yuan Shikai in a hurry, frowned and muttered: "What does "braid, braid" have to do with you? You seized the throne, seized the If you are not satisfied with the power of the Revolutionary Party, you will have to 'cut through' all the men's heads, are you not too vicious!?" Zhang Xun made an oath to the sky. He "one minister cannot protect two lords", no matter how the sky changes, he will not change. Braids on the floor, flower feathers on the top, and robes and jackets; his team is still wearing long braids, wearing a court-style yellow livery with three red borders on the cuffs, and soap boots on their feet. Controlled by the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Xun has had braids since he was a baby.However, he couldn't keep it, and often let the children scrape it off with knives; it wasn't until he got into trouble in Xu's rice field, and Xiong Zuotou caught him, that he knew the "weight" of the braid for the first time.Xiong Zuotou said to him: "Look at you, your head is bald and you don't have a hair on your head. Anyone who sees you will say that you are a little ruffian and not a good person." Zhang Xun was startled: "It turns out that braids are used to distinguish between good and bad people!? A ruffian is definitely not a good person, and ruffians don't even wear braids." Later, Xiong Zuotou brought him into Xu's residence and gave him the conditions to be a good person, so he made up his mind: "From today on, I will not be a ruffian or a bad person, but I will be a good person. It has to be long." At the age of 26, he was going to Nanchang Mansion to serve as a banner soldier. The old scholar Mr. Liu named him and earnestly warned him about many rules of life and officialdom, among which the important meaning of "braid". "There are official rules in the officialdom. Walking, talking, dressing and wearing hats are all for status and knowledge. The only thing that should not be underestimated is the braid. Do you understand the significance of the braid? It is a legacy left by the ancestors and emperors." Don’t believe it? Try it in the examination room without braids, and you will be kicked out; the emperor Kangxi, the holy ancestor, chooses ministers, and the top belt for appreciating flowers. If you see short braids, you will be demoted to three levels immediately! If you push out the braid, you will be beheaded..." Although Mr. Liu's words did not clearly explain why the Qing Dynasty wanted to wear braids? However, he did make it clear that braids played a major role.If you wear braids, you will be promoted, but if you don't have braids, you will be decapitated.Since then, Zhang Xun has loved braids like a life, and it has been like a day for decades.He also used the length of the braid as an important basis for rewarding his team's merits and promotions.Now to cut the braids and completely rebel, Zhang Xun became angry. "Yuan Xiangcheng (Yuan Shikai, a native of Xiangcheng, Henan Province, called Xiangcheng by his native place) is going to completely rebel! Rebellious ministers, rebellious ministers! I can't join forces with him, and I will never cut my braids. No cut, no cut..." Sitting in front of a large mirror, he took off the tortoise-shell topband, moved the dangling braid of hair that had begun to fall out to his chest, stroked it with his hands, from top to bottom, almost counting The garlands of intertwined buckles; when his hands reached the tails of the braids and the knots of the purple woolen cord, he let it go abruptly, then stood up and buckled all the garlands. They were all loose, and the long braid turned into a black satin, floating on the chest.He flicked it to the back of his head vigorously, turning it into a ball of velvet, and the ball of velvet spread out again, covering his head and face in an instant.He's mad, he's angry, he's shaking his hair violently, and he's crying out: "I don't cut my hair, I don't cut my hair! I will never cut my hair! I don't cut it! I don't cut it!" Zhang Xun approached all his generals, and he took out the "order" to cut the braids given to him by the Interim President of the Republic. Saliva splashed and said: "Listen; President Yuan asked us to cut off all our braids, saying that it is to adapt to the trend. Even the trend? Rebellion! We don't do it..." As he spoke, he raised his hand high, and put the The head of a piece of paper was torn into pieces, and while throwing it into the air, it was thrown into a cloud of flying snow; at the same time, he said: "Fuck it grandma, our Dingwu Army just doesn't cut the braids! No!" Probably Zhang Xun was too angry, or too angry. Excited, yelling, yelling, he hugged his head and his loose black hair and wailed loudly: "Lafayette, old ancestor! Is your spirit in the sky still alive? Look at what your courtiers have become. They have betrayed you one by one! They don't even keep their braids, and they are still called men from all over China. They were all cut. You killed them a few times, don't keep them! "Lafayette, old ancestor! I, Zhang Xun, don't cut my braids. I just don't! If someone wants to ask me to cut my braids, I'll see if he has the ability to cut off my head first. I don't cut my braids, mine, Dingwu All the soldiers don’t cut their pigtails! I will be loyal to the Qing Dynasty and you to the end! I don’t believe it, I don’t believe that China can no longer fight the dragon flag! Yes, China can definitely fight the dragon flag... After crying for a while, he rubbed the tears that criss-crossed his face, wiped his nose again, calmed down, and said, "Listen, all of you, pass down my oral order: 1. All the officers and soldiers of our Dingwu Army will not change their uniforms or cut their braids; Second, anyone who dares to cut the braid without authorization shall be killed; Three, relatives of officers and soldiers of the Dingwu Army who cut their braids are not allowed to come to the team to see their relatives, and the soldiers are not allowed to return home to see their relatives; Fourth, all the troops who cut the braids are not my accomplices, and no accomplices are allowed. ... Zhang Xun is the little emperor of this army, and the military orders are overwhelming, and none of the soldiers of the Dingwu Army dared to cut their braids.Therefore, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, this Chinese army became the only "braided army", and Zhang Xun became the famous "braided commander" and "braided general". The braided army became a special army at that time, and became a lawless army. In Xuzhou's shop, the braided soldiers would look around and take good things when they saw them.When the business owner begged for money, they tossed their braids and yelled: "Damn, my braids are tickets!" The braided army entered the theater in Xuzhou, and the theater asked for tickets. They also tossed their braids and yelled loudly: "Damn, my braids are tickets!" The braided army is rampant in Xuzhou, and no one dares to resist. The Dingwu Army did not cut their braids, and Zhang Xun felt very proud: "The Qing Dynasty has not yet been wiped out! As long as I, Zhang Xun, am here, I will never betray the court!" However, Zhang Xun really felt isolated.He has no allies, no like-minded colleagues, and even Yuan Shikai seems to ignore him.A few days ago, after he ordered not to cut the braids, he wrote a memorial to the little emperor to "be loyal forever" - he is qualified to "specialize in memorial affairs", which was approved by Lafayette ——He sent someone in Beijing to play through Yuan Shikai.He didn't know where the emperor was, so he had no choice but to turn around.Yuan Shikai glanced at it, picked up a pen to criticize the word "ridiculous", and returned it as it was.Zhang Xun was so angry that he blew his beard and scolded Yuan Shikai: "One day I will let you know who is 'ridiculous'!" There is no way to play in Beijing, and the people in Xuzhou are full of grievances. Zhang Xun is restless every day. The Daotai Yamen where he lives has four machine guns lined up on the left and right of the Chaochaoyeye gate, loaded with bullets.It was as if someone came in without knowing it.If one day he wants to go out for a walk, he always clears the street first, no pedestrians are allowed, and double posts and whistles have to be set up on both sides of the street.Even sitting in the inner court with nothing to do, he is majestic and menacing: he wears a big red warm hat, a feather is inserted in the back of the hat, and a long braid is dragged under the hat; The big lace robe, a string of "chamber beads" hanging on the chest, and black boots on the feet, look like a clay Bodhisattva. Since the advocacy of the "Republic", Zhang Xun has never left his court clothes.It seems that if you don't wear it again, you won't have a chance to wear it.After the braid-cutting event was initiated, he never left his court clothes, and he cherished the braids very much.As a result, all the people around him, regardless of civil or military, all had long braids and neat court clothes, as if there was only Xuzhou in the Qing Dynasty. "Lafayette. Old ancestor! I, Zhang Xun, will always be loyal to you and the Qing Dynasty!" In the heavily guarded Daotai Yamen in Xuzhou, it is common to see a middle-aged man in a long gown and square hat coming in and out without restraint.Sometimes the sentry sent a respectful salute to him; the leader of the post and the boss in charge, as long as they met each other, would always bow and bow to him, give him a smiling face, and say "Hello, sir!" This person is over 40 years old, with a slender waist, a slender face, deep eye sockets, and a high nose bridge; although his eyes are not small, they are half-closed all day long, peeping at everything, and passing by in a blink of an eye; He also pulled the half-worn cloth shoes on his feet; the black hair exposed under the brim of the hat and the braids hanging behind his head were disheveled and barren all day long.This sloppy look is disgusting, why is it so revered? His surname was Liu, his name was Geng Tang, and he was a wandering farmer in a remote village in Anyi, Jiangxi.He is not famous, and a few people know him and treat him coldly.Why did Xuzhou become famous all of a sudden? This is an old thing to mention, an old man—— You may remember that Mr. Liu Yuxian, Mr. Liu who was guarding the house in Xu's house, was mentioned many times in the previous article. This prodigal farmer is Mr. Liu's son.Zhang Xun received a lot of lessons from Mr. Liu. He learned culture and principles of life. Mr. Liu even gave him an auspicious name. Mr. Liu specially saved him from a disaster—it was not Liu who stole the imperial vase Mr. Zhou Xuan, Zhang Xun's calamity will not pass safely.Zhang Xun didn't know much about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but he knew that he must repay what he got.When I was in Guangxi and Hubei in the early years, whenever I went back to Jiangxi, I would never forget to visit Mr. Liu. Since I arrived in Beijing, I no longer have that time.More than ten or twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye. Zhang Xun, an admiral, arrived in Nanjing. Although he was in a state of military distress, he missed that Mr. Liu very much.So, I wrote a letter or sent a special person to Anyi to bring Mr. Liu to Nanjing for a few days of happiness.The county magistrate of Anyi County was so busy that he searched around for many days before finally finding Mr. Liu's residence.However, the old gentleman has long since passed away. Mr. Liu was gone, and the county magistrate was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the horse, and the messenger was also afraid that he would not be able to deliver the job, so he wanted to invite Mr. Liu's son to Nanjing. Liu Gentang, who also studied many books with his father, is worthy of a young talent in Anyi County, but he is lonely and arrogant, does not enter the officialdom, and lives a wandering life on the little land he has accumulated hard all his life.He was disgusted with evil and vulgar, cynical, and became a free citizen in Anyi County.But never do bad things, do not associate with bad people.On this day, Liu Gentang was drinking tea and discussing poetry with a few frustrated literary friends in the "Yixiang Pavilion" in the Confucian Temple in the county seat. Suddenly someone told him, "Please, please!" Liu Gentang just smiled faintly and shook his head. "I'm afraid that Officer Zhima has fallen asleep!" Before the words stopped, the county magistrate had arrived.He introduced himself first, and then said: "Jiangnan Admiral Zhang Xun, Master Zhang, please go north to Jinling, and want to have a long talk with him." Liu Gentang blinked his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Oh, I see, Shunsheng has become a high official." But he still shook his head and said, "I don't have a close relationship with him, so I won't go." When the county magistrate saw that he was so noble, he was angry.But it's inconvenient to attack, I'm afraid that if he gets an official in the future, he will be older than him and will retaliate against him.He hurriedly said: "Since Mr. Zhang has sent you here on a mission, Mr. Liu must give you the honor. This is also to satisfy Mr. Zhang's desire to miss friends." A literary friend who was sitting with him also advised Liu Gengtang: "Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, with a long history and many scenic spots. There is also the Qinhuai Shili Flower Street. Don't worry about a lake with clear springs. Why don't you take advantage of it?" These words moved Liu Gentang's heart.He stood up, patted his buttocks, and bowed his hands to the literary friends, saying goodbye. "Okay, I'll go to Shili Qinhuai to have some fun, maybe I will meet Dong Xiaowan or Li Xiangjun!" According to the arrangement of the county magistrate, Liu Gentang followed the people sent by Zhang Xun to Jinling by water.All the way was safe and sound, and there was nothing to say.In a few days, I arrived at the ground in Jiangning. The county magistrate of Anyi reported that Zhang Xun knew that his mentor was dead, so he invited the old man's son here, so he was very happy.He hurriedly sent chief of staff Wan Shengzhang to the pier to meet him, and changed his dress and waited at home. When the boat arrived at the pier, Liu Gentang saw a neat line of officers and soldiers welcoming him, and a leader looking around with his crown neatly dressed. He was already impatient: "What kind of official airs are you putting on?" , he jumped off the boat early and slipped away.When the messenger saw Wan Shengzhi, he could no longer find the high-ranking customer whom he had worked so hard to invite—Liu Gentang, dressed in the attire of a farmer, he was thin and light, and he slipped into the crowd like a monkey. clear.Although Wan Shenghang sent people around to question him, unfortunately, no one has ever seen him and he can be found within five miles.I had no choice but to come back disappointed and report to Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun was so angry that he cursed "Idiot! Everyone is an idiot!" Then he ordered: "Send a large number of teams and find him!" Just when Zhang Xun was in a hurry, someone reported: "A friend from Jiangxi outside the door is asking to see." Zhang Xun guessed that it might be Mr. Liu's son who had just arrived in Nanjing, lost his eyesight, and came to look for him today.Busy out to greet. Liu Gengtang hurried a few steps, came to the front, and reported his name.Zhang Xun smiled easily. "It's my fault that I didn't welcome you well enough to surprise you. I sent many teams to look for you again!" As he spoke, he led him to the living room, and hurriedly asked for tea. Holding the teacup, Liu Gentang smiled, "I wasn't surprised, it was because I couldn't get used to the scene and slipped away by myself." "This..." Zhang Xun was surprised: "How did you find this place?" "In Nanjing, it is difficult enough to find monks, Taoists or ordinary people. It is easier to find an admiral than to find lice in a ragged cotton jacket!" "Old Mr. Liu is my great benefactor of Mr. Zhang, how dare I treat you lightly!" Zhang Xun said, "I want to welcome you in a grand way!" Seeing that Zhang Xun was dressed in official clothes and had such an official air, Liu Gentang felt uncomfortable already.Hearing what he said, he half-jokingly and half-sarcastically said: "I am a corporal of ordinary people, and the commander-in-chief put on such a big scene to receive me. I can't bear it at first, and I don't think you are a 'corporate of courtesy and virtuousness'." , just to shake your prestige!" Although Zhang Xun felt that his words were rude, he did not blame him for the old man's old relationship, and he still treated him warmly. After Nanjing was defeated, Zhang Xun came to Xuzhou.Liu Gentang didn't have time to return to Jiangxi, and Jiangnan was in turmoil again, so he had to come to Xuzhou temporarily, just wandering around every day, living in it was very boring.The entourage and soldiers around Zhang Xun, although they couldn't tell the relationship between this "commoner" and the commander in chief, they always felt that they were not ordinary people and dared not wait for him. On that day, Zhang Xun was in a calm mood, so he specially prepared a few famous Xuzhou dishes, invited Liu Gengtang to the small living room, and the two sat down opposite each other, guarding their wine glasses, and closed the door to talk.Zhang Xun said: "Mr. Liu treated me like a son at the beginning, and I will never forget it. Today, let's talk about our hearts as brothers. I am a few years older than you. You call me big brother, and I call you young." Brother." "Okay, I'll call you Brother Shunsheng." "This..." It's been a long time since no one dared to call him that, and very few people knew his baby name, so it sounded like a surprise.However, for a moment he calmed down again. "Okay, just call it that. Just, don't call it that in front of other people." "Okay." Liu Gentang agreed, drank a glass of wine, and then asked: "Brother Shunsheng, you brought me all the way from Jiangxi, I'm afraid it's not just to entertain me? What do you want to say? Just say it straight." Zhang Xun also drank a glass of wine and said emotionally: "You know the life experience of me as a succubus. I have no father or mother. I am a homeless child. Only Mr. Liu is my relative. Now I am fine, I In my dreams, I want to take the old man by my side and be filial to him for a few days. I don’t want to, the old man didn’t give me a chance to be filial, so he left first.” As he spoke, two lines of tears flowed out. Liu Gengtang said: "Brother Shunsheng, don't be sad, people, life and death are up to you, wealth and honor are in the sky! How can you come and go when you want? The past is gone, what can I do?" " Brother, the old man is gone, I can't treat you badly. I want to ask you a word; would you like to stay with me?" "What's the matter?" "Of course it's an official, or a leader in the army." Liu Gentang shook his head fiercely. "What?" Zhang Xun asked anxiously. "I'm not made to be an official," Liu Gentang said. "Besides, I don't want to be an official either." "Why don't you want to?" "Why do you become an official?". "This...?" Zhang Xun was stunned - thinking back then, he could have answered clearly: "To get rich, to get ahead." Now it can't work, it's too low-key to say that. "Can't you tell?" Liu Gentang said: "Being an official is an ugly thing, so you can't talk about it." "Very ugly?" Zhang Xun asked. "Eat the people, wear the people, and harm the people. Isn't it ugly?" "What do you mean?" Liu Gentang said: "The world is not peaceful because there are too many officials. One day all the officials will die, and the people of Li will live in peace! ,, "..." Zhang Xun glared at him. "What are you staring at?" Liu Gentang said, "Isn't that what I said?" "..." Zhang Xun gave him another look. Liu Gentang smiled contemptuously. "You have to believe the facts. What are you doing for the people? Fighting wars, seizing territory, whoever died was not the son of the people? How many families lost their sons because of the war? Have you thought about it?" "Don't say it, don't say it. You don't understand, so you are not suitable for an official." "I never want to be an official!" Zhang Xun sighed deeply and stopped talking. Liu Gentang said: "I've been here for a long time, and I want to leave too. I'll leave tomorrow." "The road is not easy, so let's talk about it after staying for a few days." "I've already found a partner." Liu Gentang said, "It's a few business people who can go with me." The next day, Zhang Xun gave Liu Gengtang a silver note of 6,000 yuan, and said, "You can take this money and make up for it. You won't be able to do anything big. When peace comes later, I'll send someone to Go to Anyi, I will rebuild the house for you, buy a few acres of land, and build a decent grave for the old man, so that people can watch it, and you can pay homage to it every year and festival!" "No need. People die like lights out, so don't spend money." "It's none of your business. I'll do it." "I don't want money either." Liu Gentang said, "I'll go back, find a guard in the library, and teach a few children to read, that's all." "You take the money. Brother gave it to me, why don't you take it?" Liu Gentang thought about it, and felt that Zhang Xun's money was not hard-earned money, nor an inheritance from his ancestors.So, he accepted it, "Okay, I'll take it, it might be useful." Liu Gentang left, leaving a sigh for Zhang Xun! Later, Zhang Xun did not keep his promise, and he went to Anyi County to build a soil bank for Mr. Liu, buy fields, and build a tomb to express his gratitude.This is an afterthought, so I won't mention it any more. In 1912, summer. In Yanzhou, one of the ancient Kyushu states located in the southeast of Shandong Province, the peaceful life became desolate overnight due to the occupation of Zhang Xun's braided army.Zhang Xun didn't stop in Xuzhou - he didn't want to take root in Xuzhou at first, and the Southern Army (revolutionary army) wanted to go north. He couldn't squat down in Xuzhou. Pass Qingdao to buy arms from Germany.However, Jinan is currently under the control of the warlord Jin Yunpeng, and Zhang Xun is not welcomed by Jin, so he has to stay in Yanzhou temporarily, and then discuss advances and retreats. This is a manor house on the outskirts of Yanzhou. The high walls built of blue bricks and the polder walls form a castle. Inside the castle is a piece of pure green tile-roofed houses. Although the house is obviously dilapidated, it still looks dignified.Before Zhang Xun arrived, it was occupied by a team of half-officials and half-bandits, and now it is Zhang Xun's military guard headquarters. Zhang Xun, who was sitting in the high wall, was in a mess.He has no home. When he was in Xuzhou three months ago, he felt that the site was not commensurate with his position.Now, after hundreds of miles northward from Xuzhou, I arrived at the Yellow River, so I simply changed the name to "Governor of the Yellow River". ——He lost confidence in Yanzhou again.After he came to Yanzhou, he realized that this place could neither raise troops (the land is thin and barren), nor can it be used for warfare (it is a plain with no danger to defend).He wants to leave, but there is no place to retreat... "How did China get to this point? How did the Qing Dynasty get to this point?" After thinking about it, he blamed Yuan Shikai for this situation. "The magnificent Qing Dynasty, what kind of revolutionary party is afraid of, isn't it just a few hairy monkeys shouting the sun? How is it compared with the uprising and the regiment? How is it compared with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Isn't it all wiped out one by one? You discussed with the revolutionary party What reconciliation? What kind of republic are you passionate about?" Zhang Xun transferred all his anger to Yuan Shikai. "You show your fox tail after all. You want to seize the power of the Qing Dynasty. What kind of president do you want to be..." Zhang Xun was furious. He patted the table and shouted loudly: "I want to raise the teacher, I want to crusade against Yuan Shikai! ..." Zhang Xun is going to attack Yuan Shikai.At that time, there were still many people in China who wanted to attack Yuan Shikai.As a result, there were so many people walking, talking, contacting, and clinking glasses between Yanzhou, Qingdao, and Jinan. They include: Pu Wei, the emperor who lived in Qingdao; Hanlin Liu Tingchen, who once served as Shanxi's academic envoy; Zuo Cheng of the Postal Department, and Jiachen Jinshi Chen Yi; former imperial envoy of the Inspectorate, Guimao Hanlin Wensu; Wang Baotian, representative of Zhang Xun; Hu Siyuan, Feng Guozhang's aide... 他们气味相投，一拍即合，很快达成了“讨袁协议”，并推选张勋为首领，由广西人、壬辰进士、李鸿章的幕僚予式枚(字晦若)起草檄文，约定于1913年春发动声势浩大的讨袁运动。 张勋这才轻松地舒了一口气，他仿佛看到了即将在东方冉冉升起的旭日——“中国又要重新统一于龙旗之下了!” 张勋终于睡了一个痛快觉。他太困乏了，离开南京之后他便一天也不得安宁。现在他可以安宁地躺下了。然而，他却躺不下，一个人又在他心头跳出：徐世昌。 徐世昌在东三省总督任上时，蓼是张勋的顶头上司，对张勋有大恩。那个节制东三省巡防各军的荇营翼长职就是徐世昌保举的。张勋不忘大恩。他在兖州刚住下，徐世昌便匆匆赶来。张勋同他尚未来得及叙旧，便发生了隔阂。 原来徐世昌是奉袁世凯之命来兖州同张勋商量“裁撤两江总督、改授镶红旗汉军督统”之事的。张勋一闻此事，便不耐烦地说：“你是我的恩公，我对你是无话不说的。当初授我两江要职时，我便坚辞，并迭请解甲归农。袁大人硬是不允，我也只好勉就。如今江南一败，不得不北上。两江之职实已无存。袁大人想怎么裁撤，一切我都遵命。能让我真的归农，我将对袁大人三叩首呢! 徐世昌一看抵牛了，忙说：“此事也只是同你·议商，而已，并未决定。”他又说：“你我相知多年，此番来兖，公事外还得向阁下道声'恭喜'呢!” “家国都如此了，还有何喜? “日前去府上探望，闻知卞夫人添一千金，还不大喜!张勋闻知自己有了女儿，自然欣喜十分。忙问：“是真?“我已当面贺过喜了。” “谢谢老大人的厚意。 徐世昌见张勋对袁世凯情绪颇深，知道事难进展，便匆匆告辞。张勋反袁已定，也不想久留他，故而虚假应酬几句。临别，徐世昌问张勋“有何语?” 张勋表了一个无可奈何的态度：“君臣之义不敢忘，袁公之知不忍负!” 59岁的张勋，由于身边无子女，早已心病重重。收了大妾邵雯，不生，又收了二妾傅筱翠，还不见生，这才又收了三妾卞小毛。曹夫人既已默认破了门，便任他去了，任收几妾，从不多言。如今一妾一毛率先生出一个女儿，总算给张勋平添了一些安慰。曹夫人着人送信前方，又因张勋匆忙转移，信未送到。徐世昌把信传来了，张勋十分欣喜。本想跑回北京，亲自抱抱自己的女儿，怎奈军务紧急，无法脱身，只好急忙差人，带上给小毛的厚赠和给女儿的见面礼去北京。这都是张勋的家事，不必赘述。 张勋顾不得家事，他有重任在肩，要反袁世凯。可是，就在于式枚的檄文稿拟好不久，山东省内竟发生了巨大的变化：山东全省进行布防，济南去兖州的铁路被切断，山东主力军队田中玉的第五师进入战斗准备，目标便对准兖州。张勋惊慌了：“这是怎么回事，难道我的密谋被人透露出去了?” ——一点不假，于式枚的檄文稿被田中玉骗到手了。田中玉是袁世凯的心腹，檄文到手之后，他便连夜派人去北京，交给袁世凯。袁世凯对张勋是有警惕的，但他并没有想到张勋会组织这么多人讨伐他，尤其是其中还包括了刚刚任职直隶民政长(即省长)的冯国璋。“好啊，你们都要谋反了!我就是那么好反的吗?” 袁世凯想发兵讨伐。可是，他又觉得为时太早，甚至小题大做：这些人毕竟是我的同僚，相煎太急了，岂不给革命党帮了忙。”这么一想，他改变了主张。首先给冯国璋一个高帽子戴上，佯装不知他参预此谋，只要他“做好防堵，以保京师安全”，另方面通知山东，做出积极反应——这才出现全省布防，铁路中断的事情。 袁世凯先发制人，密派内务部总长田文烈、总统府秘书阮忠枢会同山东省民政长(省长)周自齐一同赴兖州。 这里，还得说一段插曲。 张勋的谋伐袁世凯一事，不光被田中玉探了密，南京的革命党黄兴也知道了。黄兴即派一位能言善辩的说客张鸿遏赶往兖州。 张鸿遏一副文人打扮，长衫、礼帽，戴一副金边眼镜。一见张勋：便着实地称颂了人一一番，然后说：“张大帅有意讨袁，实是大义秉然甚为黄总长钦佩(南京临时政府成立时，黄兴为陆军总长），并愿大力相助。” 张勋一见革命党派人来找他，心中便有老大的不高兴，听说黄兴要“大力相助”，更加气愤。“我有甚'秉然'之举?袁世凯是我同僚，我有甚意讨他?关你们何事?” 张沤遏见张勋不承认反袁这件事，先是一惊，觉得消息“不可靠”，怕张勋一怒杀了他；慢慢想想，觉得张勋是在假装正经“大清朝的忠臣，都会弄一副假面具戴上。骨子里不一定是那么事。”于是又说：“张大帅如果不要黄总长什么相助，我们自然不会勉强。不过，人们到想和向张大帅借点方便。” “甚方便?”张勋问。 “可否借给我们一条道，以便我们北上。” “不借!” “张大帅，革命军的势力你也是知道的，北伐人们不会中止。” “那好么，你们从人兖州打过去了，算我无能，敞路给偿们。告诉你们黄总长，除了打，路我是不借的！” 张鸿遏也不示弱。我也说句大胆地话：“革命党的北伐，是一定会成功的!” 赶走了南京的代表，迎来了袁世凯的“钦差”，张勋心里警惕起来：“这个时候，他们赶来做甚? 阮忠枢已是张勋的老熟人，又似乎是这次兖州之行的“首席代表”。进入高墙大院之后，他十分活跃，显得同张勋十分亲近。 “大帅”他总是以尊敬的口吻这样称呼张勋。“大总统人前面后常说，将来做他顶梁柱的，非你莫属。以后无论国家何去何从，大总统身边唯一不可少的，当是你。” “斗公，咱们算是老相识了，”张勋不想同他转弯子说话，他想赶快打发走他们。“大总统让三位来兖州，必有重大任务，你们就直说了吧。” 田文烈揉了一下喧胖的下巴，笑笑说：“来看看大帅，有没有需要我为你效劳的地方?” “不敢、不敢。”张勋对他拱了拱手。 周自齐说：“大帅莅临山东，早该前来拜望。今天来迟，还请大帅恕罪。” 张勋望了望这位山东的行政官长，暗自笑了。“你不是来看望我的，山东全省布防，你防的就是我。你是来刺探虚实还差不多。”但他还是不动声色地说：“给山东黎民添麻烦了，向民政长大人谢罪。” 阮忠枢老奸巨滑，张勋那副凌人之势，他感到了情绪对立之重，若是(对他反袁问题)开门见山解劝，怕顶牛不好收场。想了想，转个方向说道：“大帅，实不瞒你，有件事大总统心里不安，务必想同你说开，免得节外生枝，伤了和气……” 不待他说完，张勋便寒起脸来。”我和大总统没有什么节里节外的事。我张某人从不干问心有愧的事。” 大帅你误会了不是?阮忠枢说：“天下谁人不知你张大帅是袁大总统的亲兄弟!天变地变，你们的亲密关系也不会变。我说的节外生枝，是一些下流小辈，无中生有，中伤害人!”停了停，他又说：“比如，最近京中就有流言，说大帅已经联络了青岛的某某，直隶的某某，天津的某某，要共同反大总统；并且又说，已经由广西某进士草拟了檄文，急待发表等等……” 张勋本来还很平静，一听阮忠枢含而不露地揭开“秘事”中惊了。啊?袁世凯全知道了。怪不得山东作了布防，形势不妙呀!”但他表面却还假装镇静。 阮忠枢又说：“流言蜚语。纯属流言蜚语!大总统绝不信其真。小人之口，不可不防!大总统让在下速来兖州面见大帅，并说：正如大帅不知此事，切不可再提；若大帅已知此事，切不可放在心上。大总统不介意，盼大帅也万不可在意。，大总统还说，他已派人去彻查，发现流言制造人，一定送请大帅处理。” 张勋明白了，此事有人出卖了，袁世凯已做了准备，不可再举了。于是，也随和着说：“纯属谣言。我张某人与大总统隔阂再大，也绝不会起来反他。你告诉大总统，我不相信有此事，我不会干此事。” ——张勋实在是没有绝对把握反掉袁，何况，他的军械、薪饷还得袁世凯给。所以，讨袁之事便销声匿迹，不再重提。 不知是水土的关系还是精神的作用，张勋在砖墙围裹的院子里病了，病得几天不起床。他的身边随侍把军中的郎中叫来，诊了诊，又没有断定是什么病。兖州城小，并无良医，随侍跑到孔子的府上把曲阜的“圣医”孔祥吾请来。 这位圣医一副龙钟老态，耳目都失去了大半功能。坐在张勋床前，静了静神，要张勋伸出一只手。张勋对孔圣人尊崇得五体投地，对于圣医，自然别眼相待。一边伸手，一边说：“这几天，只觉头晕目眩，四肢无力，什么东西也不想吃，只怕是…… 孔祥吾听不见，但他从仅有的视线中却看出了张勋在叙说病情。忙摇着头，说：“请大帅不必自述。你患的是什么病，情理上自然一现无余，待我切切便知道了。 张勋敛口点头，佩服圣医高明。 孔祥吾闭着眼睛，屏住呼吸，苍老的指头压在张勋的手脖上，寸关尺——尺关寸地按了半天，轻舒了一口气，笑了。 “大帅的病不重，只需一剂汤药即可痊愈。”“请圣医开来。” 孔祥吾从自己马褡里取出文房四宝，背过脸去，颤颤微微地写了阵子，又规规矩矩地卷成卷，封好。然后说：“明早展方，依方办事即可。”又说：“切不可自作主张。” 张勋想问详情，圣医早背身站起，颤颤走出，再不一语。 第二天，张勋急忙令人将药方打开，上边并不是药名，却是两句诗。张勋搭眼瞅瞅，都还认得，是这样两句： 下国卧龙空寤主，中原得鹿不因人。字认得，是什么意思?他却猜不透。他把参谋长万绳杖找来，把字 拿给他看。 万绳杖对文墨虽精，却不懂药方。眯着眼看了半天说：“大约是说用点'龙'骨、'鹿'茸之类的药，服了就好了吧。” “什么龙骨、鹿茸?根本不是这么回事!”张勋发怒道：“速去曲阜，把那个孔什么医给我拿下!” 就在这时候，人报：北京十万火急急电!”张勋接过电报，锁着眉看起来——由于事急，他顾不得抓医生了…… 张勋拒绝了黄兴“借路”的要求，黄兴便派冷通冷御秋率革命军北上。革命军越过淮河，抵达徐州，马不停蹄又北上利国峄、韩庄，打进了山东省。 鲁南是第五师田中玉的阵地，田中玉急派旅长方玉普前往御敌。那知方旅是一支乌合之众，不堪一击，不到韩庄即被围困。田告急北京，袁世凯电令张勋“率队支援”。 张勋拿着电报，呆了—— “支援?方玉普是田中玉的人，田中玉是袁世凯人。袁世凯……”张勋一想到袁世凯，气就不打一处来，“我不讨伐他就算讲交情了，我去援他，不干!”他把电报扔到一边，又躺倒床上。“他躺了半天，觉得不妥。 “山东果然被革命党占领了，我向哪里去?再向北，向北京?那岂不是等于去北京请罪。”张勋懂得，外任官不经诏进京，那是有“谋反”罪的，何况率领队伍进京!不向北向哪里去呢?回南京，做梦吗?”想到这里，他猛然间感到他和袁世凯“是一块土上的人，休戚相关，存亡与共!” 张勋不再犹豫，即命张文生“率队前往支援!” 张勋的援军开到韩庄之后，分阵布开，向革命军冲杀过去。被困的方玉普部一见援军到了，士气大振，便由内向外反攻。内外夹击，革命军又无后援，渐渐不支，即退兵徐州，固守城防。 方玉普部脱险了，张勋为袁世凯立了一大功。可是，张文生对此事却产生了迷惑。 那一天，他从前线回到兖州，汇报完了前方情况之后，对张勋说：“大帅，咱们怎么该去救方玉普呢? 张勋望了望他，反问一句：“咱们怎么不该救方玉普呢? “你知道吗，”张文生说：“当初向袁世凯报密说咱们声讨他的，不是别人，就是方玉普的师长田中玉。是他设计诳骗了咱们的檄文稿，才使袁世凯先下手的。” Zhang Xun smiled. “连袁世凯我都不反了，并且听从了他的命令，何况透露消息的田中玉!”“这为什么?” 张勋摇着头，说：“你不懂，你不懂。” 张文生仍然投给他一双不解的目光。 袁世凯固然不是好人，”张勋说：“可是，袁世凯同革命党相比，我们的头号敌人还应该是国民党而不是袁世凯!” 张文生不再言语了。他没有“相比”过，所以他没有分出“头号”、“二号”。张勋“相比”了，张勋分出了，所以在关键时刻张勋能毫不犹豫地出兵援方而不是“借路”给革命党的黄兴。 张勋援方取胜的消息报到北京，大总统袁世凯本来该笑的脸上却没有一丝乐意，反而紧紧地锁起了眉头。 54岁的袁世凯，从革命党手中夺了大总统位子之后，一夜间就变得多疑起来。他觉得身边的许多人脸膛都变了，眼不是眼，鼻不是鼻，都是些獠牙青面。对张勋，他更疑忌：“他还有这么强的兵力，竟可以打败革命党?他害怕了，他想“能打败革命党的张勋肯定也能打倒我袁世凯!'她想起了张勋不剪辫子，想起了于式枚为张勋起草的讨伐他的那个檄文，“张勋是个不可不防的人。” 袁世凯又把徐世昌找到面前，亲切地呼着他的雅号，重提收回张勋两江总督和南洋大臣两颗印信的问题。 比袁世凯大四岁的徐世昌，微锁眉宇思索阵子，说：“张勋新打败了革命党，正在兴奋之极，现在去收印，是不是会……”徐世昌想起了不久前的兖州之行，想起了张勋那副孤傲而略带杀气的面孔，他感到此事困难。 袁世凯自有袁世凯的用意。望着徐世昌这副慎微的样子，又说：“张勋太自用了，说不定新政要毁在他手里。” 徐世昌明白，袁世凯说的“新政”就是他的总统大权。徐世昌还是微微一笑，说：“此事容卜五(徐世昌字卜五)再思索一番，然后再定如何?” 袁世凯虽急不可待，但徐世昌顾虑重重，他也只好点头应允。徐世昌，也算得老奸巨滑了，无论他在过去的署兵部左侍郎，还是东三省总督、邮传部尚书兼津浦铁路督办大臣，还是现在袁政府中的军咨大臣，他都谨小慎微，讲究个八面光的办事。如今，听从袁世凯之命再去兖州收印，事难办成，还会得罪张勋；不听从袁的命令，又会伤了和袁的感情，他左右为难起来。 徐世昌毕竟是饱经风霜的人，又有一个名正言顺的进士功底，能够在山重水复的境界走入柳暗花明。进退维谷了一夜，他想到冯国璋。“只有把他搬出来了，袁项城是能听进他的话的。不过，徐世昌还是又为自己留一步退路，他没有直接去找冯国璋，而是先找到冯国璋的幕僚胡嗣瑗，以坦诚之态对他说明袁世凯要收张勋印的事。然后说：“初公(胡嗣瑗，字晴初)，项城此念，似偏激了些。你我同僚，辫帅也是与项城相处二十年了，诸事还是以和为贵。何况，目下百废待兴，有一膀臂总比树一敌人好。我为此事颇不安呀! “项城太刚愎自用了。”胡嗣瑗点着头，说：“不知阁下有什么具体想法?” “这些年来，我头上虽顶着'军咨大臣，的帽子，却早避居青岛了。”徐世昌说：“若不是考虑诸多关系，我也不想多管闲事。俗话说得好：不在其位，不谋其政。谁让咱们是同僚，还有一个为社稷的共同心愿呢。所以，我想请初公能在华甫公(冯国璋、字华甫)面前多美言几句，请华甫公去劝劝项城，对张勋还是高抬贵手。何况，韩庄之役张部实在为他立了功劳。” 胡嗣瑗是甲辰科进士，徐世昌是壬午科进士。胡比徐晚了二十多年，他自应十分尊敬他，何况，袁、张目下还是属于“兄弟阋墙白之事，自然应该和解。他对徐世昌说：“阁下之见，甚为妥当。我马上即将尊意转告华再。 " 胡嗣瑗将徐世昌之托转告冯国璋，冯国璋本来就心向张勋，自然不同意袁的收印举动。便急忙去见袁世凯，总算把袁世凯说服了，暂不收印。可是，袁世凯还是余怒不消地说：“印可以不收，饷械接济是必须中断的。” 冯国璋笑了：“何必如此斤斤计较呢?大不了国库入一笔账。养下一支亲军，难道他还会不听指挥?说真话，革命军逼紧韩庄，不是张勋出兵，局面不知如何呢。我看一切照旧，饷械不减。” “他要再叛我呢?”袁世凯心有余悸。 “好办。冯国璋说：“何时反叛，何时除之!有什么可怕的?”袁世凯默不作