Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen

Feng defeats Zhang Sheng, Delin enters Beijing When the Northeast was in chaos, something happened in Baoding, the provincial capital of Zhili, which jumped out, because it was all related to Zhang Zuolin, so I had to describe it in a single article: Spring of 1917.Baoding City. Outside the yamen of Cao Kun, the inspecting envoy of Zhiluyu, there was a lot of traffic and drums and music.A few figures in long gowns and mandarin jackets, nodding and bowing, with smiles on their faces, greeted groups of men and women in splendid attire; Stepping forward, shaking like a god, as if trying to catch prey that suddenly appeared.Suddenly, among the visitors appeared a tall, sloppy man, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, with a bare head, a short jacket and a pair of knee-length riding boots on his feet, with his face raised to the sky, carefree Go straight to the Yamen.

··"Stop! Who is it?" The guard blocked the tall man with a big gun. The tall man stood on his feet, looked at the guard with his thick eyes, and smiled coldly. "Who is it? Who am I and need you to check?" After finishing speaking, he straddled his feet and rushed in. A samurai strode up behind him, made a slight stance, raised his hands, lowered his legs, trying to play with him.Unexpectedly, the tall man just waved his hand lightly, "Pa--!," the warrior fell three feet away, and then screamed: "Mother!" Several samurai came in response to the sound and surrounded the man, all of them gearing up.

. . "Huh? Is it a fight or a robbery?" I saw him standing up on his legs, straightening his neck, like a tree stump standing there. "I'm not bragging, your tricks are all tricks played by Lao Tzu when I was a child! Don't say you guys, go, call ten or twenty more, I can't be a good man with both hands!" A man with a fair face in a long gown and a top hat could see that the person was unusual. He hurried over and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, my lord. Today is my lord's 55th birthday. Everyone here is a guest. I'm sorry. Dare I ask?" ..."

"Hmm! That's a bit human." The man stretched his legs and said, "Please send a report, and say that Zhang Xiaokun from Ye County is here to pay respects to the commander in chief!" When the man heard that it was Zhang Zongchang, he was startled.But he hurriedly said: "Please, please! Please drink tea in the living room first, and I will report right away." Zhang Zongchang entered the waiting room, his white face hurried towards the inner house. Cao Kun was waiting for the guests with a happy face. When he heard that Zhang Zongchang was here, he looked like that again, and immediately turned cold: "It's him? Zhang Zongchang! Zhang Zongchang followed Zhang Huaizhi to Jiangxi and Hunan to fight Chen Guangyuan. I heard that He was beaten completely by Chen Guangyuan's younger brother Chen Guangkui, and he ran back to Beijing alone. What are you doing here today?" He frowned, thought for a long time, and said to the visitor: "Zhang Zongchang is homeless. On a happy day, you must come to play and fight. Well, give him 30 taels of silver, and say that I don't have time to see him."

As soon as Cao Kun finished speaking, the chief of staff, Xiong Bingqi, persuaded him: "Marshal, don't do this. That Zhang Zongchang was also the commander of the Third Division of the temporary army, and today he is down and out. Your Excellency should treat him with courtesy. That's it. Wouldn't it increase your prestige! In my opinion, it's a grand reception." Cao Kun is a commander-in-chief, full of idiots, but he still has a heart for fame and reputation.Hearing what the chief of staff said, he immediately changed his words and said repeatedly: "Please, please, please! Please, Master Zhang!"

Zhang Zongchang was led into the small living room, he raised his head suddenly, and saw a man in long gown and mandarin jacket coming out with a smile on his face.Zhang Zongchang had never met Cao Kun, but he knew that Cao Kun was in front of him.In order to understand the hatred of being blocked when he entered the door, he stood carelessly without speaking. "Mr. Xiaokun, come to the humble house, Zhong Shan is full of glory, but the welcome is late, and I still look at Haihan." Zhang Zongchang secretly smiled in his heart. "No wonder people say that Cao Kun is not very good, so he looks like a bear. Not handsome enough!" But he still bowed respectfully.Said: "May the commander-in-chief live a long and boundless life!"

Cao Kun held Zhang Zongchang's hand and came to the living room side by side. Just as he was about to introduce the down-and-out teacher to the early guests, that Zhang Zongchang had already arched his hands and announced the door. "I, Zhang Zongchang, Yexian County, Shandong Province, is now down and out. I heard that the general is celebrating his birthday. I thought about it. They are all from martial arts. Monks don't kiss hats. I have to come to pay respects to the general!" He turned and said to Cao Kun "Marshal Cao, you know that I don't have anyone left, and I'm poor at the moment, so I can't afford generous gifts. Send goose feathers from thousands of miles away to show your heart, and don't think the gift is too thin." unburdened, opened--

It didn't matter that Zhang Zongchang unwrapped the burden, he was so frightened that all the men and women present were stunned and stupefied! Zhang Zongchang took out one by one from the burden, which were pure gold celestial beings, eight of them.The light is shining, and the room is full of gold and brilliance! Cao Kun knew that Zhang Zongchang was a bandit, and he never wanted to associate with him.I just heard that Zhang Zongchang said that they were "hat relatives" and the boss was unhappy, so I was looking for an opportunity to teach him a lesson.As soon as he saw the shining eight golden immortal birthday stars, he was immediately elated: "A generous gift, a generous gift! A few of them are worth more than 100,000 yuan!" Thinking like this, all the anger in his heart disappeared.Immediately arched his hands and came in front of Zhang Zongchang, and said loudly, "Brother Xiaokun, the third brother is angry when you do this. I wanted to send someone to Beijing to find you many years ago, and I wanted to entrust him with a heavy responsibility. I felt that a famous general like you could not be idle. Just because I was so busy that I didn't pull my hand away. I am very happy that you are here, Third Brother. I really don't dare to take such a generous gift!"

"Small things, small things!" Zhang Zongchang said: "I usually want to honor the commander-in-chief, but I haven't had the chance. Today, the commander-in-chief is happy, and the younger brother is just doing his best." -- Zhang Zongchang was defeated in Jiangxi and became a polished teacher. He really has no place to stand.Where did he get a huge sum of money to make eight golden immortals? It turned out that when he led the third army division to Jiangxi, he had not yet received his military salary, and it was deposited with a friend of the Beijing Army Department.When he was defeated and returned to Beijing, the money became his private property.If you take this private property back to Ye County, Shandong, you can

Buying a decent piece of land is enough for Zhang Zongchang to enjoy it for three or five generations.Zhang Zongchang didn't, he wanted to buy a gun and recruit troops. "In these days, if you have a team, you will have everything." Before he found a way, he suddenly learned that Cao Kun was celebrating his birthday in Baoding, and he was moved. "Cao Kun is the leader of the Zhili warlords, and the Zhili forces are today's heroes! If you can vote for him, why worry about making a fortune!" Therefore, Zhang Zongchang took out 200,000 yuan and made eight golden immortals as a stepping stone.Sure enough, the eight golden immortals moved Cao Kun's heart.Zhang Zongchang arched his hands and said: "The commander-in-chief has Xiaokun's skills, just give orders, cut off your head and open your stomach, you will be like a mountain of swords and seas of fire, a cold face is a coward!"

Cao Kun kept Zhang Zongchang, but did not give him a team for a long time, so he had to sit on the bench.Zhang Zongchang is a person who can't sit still. He threw out eight golden immortals and got them back.After thinking about it, he had to go to a friend in Cao Kun's army - Xu Kun (Xingmen). "Brother, I'm lost, you need to help me make up my mind!" Xu Kun was an instructor of the Caohe Officer Education Corps in Cao Kun's army. Although he had little power, he was very upright.He also complained about changing Zhang Zongchang's eight golden immortals for a cold bench.Zhang Zongchang found him, and he said seriously: "Brother Zhang, I'll go and find Marshal Cao. I don't think he will forget you." To be honest, Cao Kun didn't forget Zhang Zongchang, he wanted to allocate a batch of weapons to him, let him organize a division, and become the commander of the division, which would be considered as a thank-you to the eight golden immortals.Wu Peifu found out about this matter before it was actually done.Wu Peifu regarded himself as a Confucian general and advertised himself as an orthodox official representative.He said aggressively to Cao Kun, "I heard that you want to give a gun to Zhang Zongchang who was a bandit? He gave him the gun, and he wants to organize a team. The bandit team is still a bandit. That won't work, and you can't give him a gun." Wu Peifu sent a team to take away all the guns to be given to Zhang Zongchang. Wu Peifu is Cao Kun's "backbone", and Cao never dares to violate what Wu disagrees with.Cao Kun helplessly said to Xu Kun: "Men Xing, it's not that you don't know. Zimeng (Wu Peifu, style name Ziyu) has the final say on the matter of ordnance. Xiaokun had a team under his command back then. It's all right to kill Lan Qianrui for him, but he is alone, so this matter is difficult to handle. " Now that this is a "commander," Xu Kun said, "It's impossible to fight for a day and night to organize a team. Now the official Zhai Lan is doing nothing. Now that this matter can't be done, isn't it in the army at all?" Give Xiaokun a seat, no matter how big or small, it's better to have something to do." Sedge cadmium ring county {Fan Dou. .Cao Kun still shook his head: "Zhang Zongchang's reputation is not very good, no matter what kind of job is given to him, Cao Kun will still shake his head." Zhang Zongchang's reputation is not very good, no matter what kind of errand is given to him, there will always be people in the army who will object , this matter is also difficult. " Xu Kun was taken aback: "So..." "Xiao Kun's kindness, I will never forget it." Cao Kun said: "How about this, he will live in my residence, and when the opportunity arises in the future, I will support him." He said One 71, 11. Zuo Xiao hides the main cauldron like Die, and loses it: yes. ,, Cao Kun said: .Let's do this, he is Xiao Kun's kindness, and I will never forget it. "Xiao Kunkan: da piece".Bafan Wu my mansion ‰ stool Tan Weng Shahe beggar's lungs carved poles and nests; the chief fence and vend Chashan League floating stew star niche Nanreed's eight golden immortals and birthday stars can't be eaten by three or five generations, why? Can only sit for 1 erg} recall 7 to 5 ether burning yelling joy yelling yelling yelling yelling lamb mumbling after hearing Xu Kun's words, Zhang Zongchang jumped up immediately, put his hat on the ground for a while: Xu Kun was a little angry He said: "Cao Kun only regards Zhang Zongchang as a beggar! He can't eat eight golden immortals for three or five generations. How can he just sit at your house and eat!" He felt that this matter was hopeless, so he kept silent. He came back silently and told Zhang Zongchang. Hearing Xu Kun's words, Zhang Zongchang immediately jumped up, threw his hat on the ground, and cursed: "I am Cao Kun's grandma, so he still looks at me coldly! One day I will have horses, don't dig My surname is not Zhang in his ancestral grave in Tianjin. Xu Kun also added fuel to the fire and said: "There is no place to stay here, but there is a place to stay. Didn't you meet Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Shaoshuai a few days ago? I think that man is an honest gentleman, and his father must not be bad. Why don't you go to Kanto!" " "I'll accompany you. The sense of smell is no longer in this ghost place!" Zhang Zuolin was recruiting talents from all over the world in Fengtian. When he heard that Zhang Zongchang was coming, he immediately received him warmly. After a drink, he first gave it to a gendarmerie battalion commander. When Zhang Zongchang heard the appointment, his eyes almost popped out: "Well, do you want me to be the battalion commander? Damn it, I only manage one battalion as a division commander?" "Brother Xiaokun." Xu Kun persuaded: "The eight immortals are only exchanged for one cold bench. As soon as you arrive in Fengtian, you will be a battalion commander or a military police. Don't be too thin if you have a salary. With my brother's ability, this huge Kanto, don't you have a bright future? It's better to have a battalion commander in front of you, riding a horse to find a horse, than guarding an empty house!" Zhang Zongchang thought about it, and felt that Xu Kun's words made sense.He nodded in agreement. "Okay, let's do it first." Zhang Zuolin's official situation is strong, and there are more and more things to do. Political affairs, military affairs, family affairs, and everything are entangled in his mind and body.Just when he was confronting Feng Delin, another scandal happened in the family, which made him not only kill someone, but also lost his concubine-- Zhang Zuolin's original spouse, Zhao Daniu from Erdaogou, had long since passed away, and the second wife married when the Xinmin Mansion was surrendered, after giving birth to two sons, Xueliang and Xueming, was already too old to care about the scene.Zhang Zuolin rose through the ranks and became a warlord, why didn't he want to have a beautiful and talented woman to support him inside and out.At this time, the niece of one of his military supplies chiefs wanted to entrust him with a difficult lawsuit: the woman was Gu Youlan, an elegant name, and she was even more surprisingly beautiful.Ms. Gu's cousin and fiancé, Wang Zhihong, was arrested by the head of the Zhang Department, Guo Songling, on suspicion of "redness".He was originally a company commander of the Guo Department, a top student at the Beijing Army Academy, and was arrested when he entered the lecture hall for further study after becoming a company commander.Zhang Zuolin didn't intend to ask these things at first, but when he saw that the woman was very good-looking, he was moved to "take advantage of the fire and rob". "Oh! Chihua, this question must be punished. I'm afraid I can't say anything." Zhang Zuolin refused to intercede, and Miss Gu wept. "My cousin was really wronged. If Master Zhang can rescue him, Youlan, I will spare no effort to repay Master Zhang." Zhang Zuolin was looking forward to such an attitude from Ms. Zhang, and when she heard her take the initiative to speak out, he deliberately asked with a cold face: "Why do you not hesitate at all?" The girl said: "Even if the family goes bankrupt!" Zhang Zuolin shook his head. "Your family..." The girl's uncle, the head of the department, had a clear mind and hurriedly said, "Marshal, please don't worry, I will make my little niece satisfy the marshal." "Well then, let Director Gu take care of this matter." Zhang Zuolin made a pun, and Ms. Gu suspected that she was letting his cousin's affairs be taken care of by her uncle, so she nodded and agreed. Three days later, Gu Youlan was still not released, and Gu Youlan became anxious.Busy to find uncle to ask.Uncle said to him: "You Lan, the commander-in-chief's requirements are high!" "What condition?" You Lan asked. "He will release you only if you agree to marry him." "Ah...!?" Ms. Gu was so frightened that she almost fainted.After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, return to your life, I am willing to be his concubine. But there is one thing, since I am married to him, I beg him not to kill Wang Zhihong in the future." Zhang Zuolin agreed verbally.Afterwards, while arguing that the Ming media was getting married, Guo Songling asked Guo Songling to release Wang Zhihong and send him back to the martial arts hall.However, he secretly instructed the director of the Martial Arts Hall: Wang Zhihong is not allowed to go out, meet friends, or communicate with each other. All contacts must be strictly investigated, and any flaws must be reported immediately. That Gu Youlan reluctantly married Zhang Zuolin, but she couldn't forget Cousin Wang in her heart. She was depressed and seriously ill.Helpless, I secretly wrote a letter to my cousin, persuading me with a thousand words of infatuation, and finally said, "Oath to each other, only the next life will come true." Of course, this letter was secretly investigated and reported to Zhang Zuolin at any time.Zhang Zuolin was very angry. He immediately ordered the Military Judiciary Department to send someone to "shoot Wang Zhihong on the spot", and sent a special report after the sentence. On the other hand, he found Gu Youlan, beat him hard, and sent him to a dark room. When Gu Youlan saw that her cousin had been killed, she didn't want to live anymore.Since then, the water and rice have not been taken in, and no matter who says or persuades, he will not change his attitude.In the end, this flowery and passionate woman had to go to Dabei Nunnery to become a nun, and she went there by guarding the blue lantern, but she lived her whole life... What worries Zhang Zuolin the most is naturally his relationship with Feng Delin.Lao Zhang doesn't want to be with him --------------------------------------------one Fight a war, especially don't want to fight a war with him in Fengtian.The site is Zhang Zuolin's base, the center of the regime's military power.When wars are fought, destruction is naturally inevitable. Even if Zhang Zuolin won, his center would be destroyed. Zhang Zuolin didn't want to fight this battle in Fengtian City.After all, Fengtian started a war-- Feng Delin instigated rebellion, and after repeated failures in lobbying, he did not give up. Relying on his old relationship with Duan Qirui, he racked his brains and fabricated charges such as embezzlement, selling officials, running the army to harm the people, and embezzling military pay, etc., and sued Zhang Zuolin to the State Council and the Ministry of the Army. One statement, and stated that "If Zhang is not severely punished, I will cut off Liaoxi and become independent. After the 99 report was sent out, it has been a long time since I heard about Duan Qirui. --, so he couldn't wait to lead three elite regiments to the outside of Fengtian City, putting on an offensive posture; at the same time, he publicized everywhere that the troops from Jilin and Heilongjiang were coming to support him. Zhang Zuolin did not show weakness, and immediately sent people around to inquire.It turned out that Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces had no intention of supporting Lao Feng at all.He is relieved.After discussing with his confidants, he decided to deal with Feng Delin with both soft and hard methods: on the one hand, he dispatched troops to secretly monitor Lao Feng's hometown Guangning, and on the other hand, he gave Feng Delin some reassurance and expressed friendship. Zhang Zuolin raised 200,000 yuan from the Military Supplies Office and said to Yang Yuting: "Linge, this friendship is only for you to do the work. You send this money to Lao Feng, just say it is to comfort him, don't mention anything else. See how he behaves." Yang Yuting took 200,000 yuan to see Feng Delin, which created an illusion for him. He thought that the Beijing government put pressure on Zhang Zuolin, so he did so.So, I took a look at the bank note and said, "The money has been delivered, and I will accept it. Thank you for me. However, this can only be regarded as a small expression of the surname Zhang, and the conditions I proposed last time are still not in the slightest." Less. Since you're here on his behalf, let's talk about it." Yang Yuting knew it well, and said calmly: "Mr. Feng, I think it's better to reconcile the matter between the two of you. To be honest, Yu Shuai has also felt bad since you two had a disagreement. He has treated me many times. It reveals that he wants to retreat bravely and return to the fields. Do you see this? He is not feeling well for a few days, and he will recover in a few days, can you talk about it again?" Feng Delin sneered and said, "Why not. So I'll just wait for him for a few more days." Feng Delin waited for seven or eight days in a row, but Zhang Zuolin didn't show anything. He thought Zhang Zuolin was "soft" and didn't dare to see him. , he's about to attack.So, like an ultimatum, he wrote a note to Zhang Zuolin, saying: "Within three days, the Ministry of Finance will allocate 500,000 yuan for the expansion of the 28th Division. If you fail to pay within the time limit, action will be taken." Zhang Zuolin read the note, threw it on the ground, and cursed: "Fuck me, show me a battle table! Want to rob my Finance Office? Well, come and try if you can." He immediately ordered The head of the first regiment of the guard said: "You personally led two companies to the Finance Department and put on police uniforms. Any accidents in the Finance Department should be reported at any time." He also issued an order to the troops stationed outside the city such as Beidaying and Hunhe Fort to "establish martial law." Strengthen the security at all crossings. If Feng Jun is going to the city, he must get stuck and report in time." After everything was arranged, Zhang Zuolin called Yang Yuting again and said: "It seems that we are going to tear our faces. This tearing is not a long-term The sores hurt the eyes and hurt the bones." "I think it's the same thing." Yang Yuting said: "Old Feng is both self-defeating and bullying too much. You have to show him some strength." "You make more arrangements in the team, this time I will fight. Do you want to fight? Let's talk about it." "Don't worry, Fengtian City has to be our world!" "In the past few days, pay more attention to the affairs in the Finance Department. If something goes wrong, you just have to deal with it boldly. Even if it breaks the sky, I will take care of it." Feng Delin's three-day deadline passed, and Zhang Zuolin didn't respond to his demand for money. He panicked: let's let it go, and feel that it's not good for face; if you start a fight like this, it may not be worth Zhang Zuolin.Where to go? He had no claim for a while.After all, Feng Delin is not an idiot, he has a team under him, and he is also a very important figure in this white mountain and black water.After thinking for a long time, he decided to make a tentative attack.He found Zhou Qixiong, the brigade commander who lived in the Forbidden City, and said to him: "You take a company to the Finance Department, and ask the director Wang Shuhan to allocate 500,000 yuan, otherwise, he will ask for trouble." Zhou Qixiong selected a company of soldiers and marched into the finance hall in a brazen manner.But seeing the finance hall was quiet, there were two policemen standing guard at the gate.The policeman saluted him respectfully as he entered.Zhou Qixiong knew that there was no resistance, so he went to the director.As a result, all the offices were empty, and three or two clerks were listlessly guarding their desks. When asked the director? They just said, "I've gone to a meeting." They didn't know where to go for the meeting.Zhou Qixiong had no idea. Just at this moment, someone shouted suddenly: "Soldiers are robbing the Finance Office, soldiers are here to rob the Finance Office!"In a blink of an eye, groups of soldiers rushed out from all directions in the yard, armed with live ammunition, and they were menacing; machine guns were set up on the surrounding roofs, forming an encircling formation, and Zhou Qixiong couldn't fly out even if he wanted to. An officer stood in the courtyard and said: "We are ordered to suppress the mutiny. Who is the leader? Stand up quickly, and the rest will surrender." Zhou Qixiong was dumbfounded. Surrounded by soldiers, he didn't dare to make a move. While ordering his troops to retreat, he walked out pretendingly calmly and said, "Presumptuous, I was ordered by the commander of the 28th Division to perform official duties. Who will do it?" mutiny?" "This is under the jurisdiction of the General's Office. We don't care whose orders you obey, you should obediently disarm and follow us to see the commander. Otherwise, we will take action!" Zhou Qixiong was still "vigorous as a cow" and said: "So what if you see Zhang Zuolin? Just go!" But he still had to order his troops to "put down the weapons first." At this time, the whole city was under martial law, except for the patrolling soldiers.Only then did Zhang Zuolin's guards come out.When the head of the regiment saw Zhou Qixiong, he said with a smile: "So it was Brigadier Zhou who had mutinied? Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Although Zhou Qixiong was not taken to the general's office, the company was disarmed. Feng Delin took a sap from Zhang Zuolin, but softened; his team outside the city knew that the Finance Department had been disarmed, and began to fight among themselves.Feng Delin was a little scared: "If the troubles continue, I will not be able to stand on Fengtian, so I might as well wait and see." Feng Delin stabilized, but Zhang Zuolin attacked.He wants to take this opportunity to drive Lao Feng out of Fengtian City go. Zhang Zuolin had always been in cahoots with the Japanese, and this time he also wanted to use the influence of the Japanese in order to deal a major blow to Feng Delin.Therefore, he made up reasons, saying "Feng Delin created chaos in Fengtian City, which has affected the safety of Chinese and foreign residents' lives and properties. This general promises not to use force in the city, and the Japanese side is requested to cooperate" and so on.Yang Yuting was sent to meet the Japanese consul Kimura. The Japanese are very happy about the confrontation between Zhang and Feng in Fengtian City. They want to take advantage of the fire to rob one side and benefit from it.Seeing that the powerful Zhang Zuolin was about to make a move, he immediately said: "We appreciate General Zhang's attitude very much and are willing to strongly support it." With the support of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin's attitude became even tougher.He decided to smear Feng Delin in the public opinion first, then squeeze him out, and take the opportunity to finally eat him.Within a few days, various newspapers in Fengtian successively published important news, most of which were in the same tone, saying: "Mr. Feng Delin of the 28th Division suddenly sent troops to the provincial capital, threatened General Zhang Zuolin with various unreasonable demands, and then looted the Finance Department. There is a crisis of war within the army, and people are panicking. In order to protect the lives and properties of Japanese overseas Chinese, the Japanese Consulate has expressed to General Zhang that it fully supports him in quelling the operation, and warned Commander Feng that there should be no more deviant actions, otherwise, the consequences will be at your own risk." and so on.Soon, Fengtian business circles and celebrities jointly issued an appeal in the newspaper: "Master Feng, please withdraw the troops, don't use Fengtian City as a battlefield, and resolve internal differences through negotiation, so as to avoid the death and injury of many residents from the disaster of war" and other words. During the period of civil strife in Northeast China, the situation in the whole country was correspondingly calm. Yuan Shikai died, the imperial system was no longer implemented, the movement to protect the country was also depressed, and Li Yuanhong was appointed as the new president.News and public opinion naturally calmed down accordingly.Some reporters felt sleepy and wanted to find something to do.Seeing a fire in the Northeast, one after another became interested.As a result, newspapers in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places competed to publish "Fengtian News" one after another. Naturally, they each showed their abilities and made full use of them; , the city was surrounded repeatedly inside and outside the city, and a vicious battle was about to start." Others said: "General Zhang has reached a secret agreement with the Japanese garrison and will jointly fight against Feng..." The public opinion on the war was overwhelming, and for a while It made Feng Delin dizzy and didn't know how to advance or retreat. When bullying jujube skills, Zhang Zuolin was high-profile and generous, and sent a telegram to the Beijing government under the banner of "peace the incident and calm the people", requesting that personnel be sent to resolve the war crisis.And said, "The matter is imminent, and the situation is intensifying, causing international intervention and negotiation. I cannot take responsibility for this." At this time, the Beijing government was already in the transition from calm to restless. Li Yuanhong's presidential palace and Duan Qirui's State Council gradually appeared in the same bed with different dreams.For the sake of power, the "fight between government and courtyard" has become clear, but because of the new power, no one wants to tear face first, but no one relaxes the open and secret fight.Therefore, neither the president nor the prime minister has the leisure time to patronize Fengtian.Who will resolve the conflict between Fengtian and Fengtian? After repeated deliberations, I think there are three candidates: Duan Zhigui, Zhang Xiluan and Zhao Erxun.However, Duan Zhigui has long been notorious for his activities on the issue of the monarchy, and he has been lurking somewhere; when Zhang Xiluan heard that he went to Fengtian to resolve the conflict, he shook his head and said: "Fengtian is heartbroken. I have learned about Zhang Zuolin. They How to fight, go fight them, I have to save my life for a few more days. Please send Gao Ming." Now only Zhao Erxun is left, and Duan Qirui has no choice but to go to the door to ask for a general. "Mr. Zhao, you are a man of high morals, and you were once the savior of the Northeast. You are the one to mediate the dispute between Zhang and Feng, so I have to take a trip. Of course, these two people have their own selfishness, and it is difficult to mediate. What should I do? I can't just watch them fight. Please don't say no to Mr. Zhao." Since Zhao Erxun was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the curator of the Cleaning Office, although he received a salary of one thousand yuan in cash every month, it was a boring job, and he liked to wear a top hat all his life.Duan Qirui flattered him so much, although he said verbally: "Both Zhang and Feng are arrogant people, and may not be able to achieve a real reconciliation." But he finally said: "I will do my best. As long as I'm afraid I can't do it alone, should I let Meng Enyuan from Jilin and Bi Guifang from Heilongjiang also participate?" Of course the old man agreed.In this way, Zhao Erxun went to Fengtian as an "imperial envoy". When Zhao Erxun, Meng Enyuan, and Bi Guifang came to Fengtian, Zhang Zuolin received them warmly and with a high attitude. He obeyed their arrangements and never asked for any conditions; Conditions are also increasing.Zhao Erxun didn't want to be one-sided, and flattered both sides as a peacemaker; Meng and Bi, of course, muddled along and laughed happily.Therefore, negotiations are almost without substance.Feng Delin saw that it was hopeless to fight for military power, it was difficult to fight for territory, and it was meaningless to fight for the economy. As a result, he proposed dreamily to become governor.I thought: the military strength is comparable to that of Zhang Zuolin, if he can also be the governor of the province, he can grasp the administrative power, have the right to arrange personnel, and then deal with Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin remained calm, but secretly dispatched troops to deploy heavy troops behind the Forbidden City and in front of the Drum Tower in the city, and ordered Zou Fen's brigade stationed in Xinmin to immediately go to Goubangzi and Luyangyi to block the Guangning gate; Wu Junsheng and Zhang Jinghui's troops quickly moved to Guangning West and Guangning North to fully surround Feng Delin's lair and ancestral graves. Just when Feng Delin was eager to compete for the governor's seat, his hometown sent an urgent report: "Guangning has been surrounded by heavy troops, please return to Guangning to take charge of military affairs!" Feng Delin was immediately dizzy, and he sat limply on the bed. "I'm finished! I'm finished, I didn't expect to be in such a miserable situation!?" After being paralyzed for a long time, he put on his military uniform and went to find Zhao Erxun overnight. "Zhang Zuolin is too aggressive, I have to beat him once. Please forgive me, Mr. Zhao." Zhao Erxun waved his hand and said, "Mr. Feng, don't talk about who is forcing who. I am very clear about the situation in front of me. It is impossible to beat you, so don't act rashly. You don't have to worry, I'm in Fengtian, and Zhang Zuolin won't make a big fuss. What should I do? In my opinion, I have to ask Premier Duan for instructions." Feng Delin still had self-knowledge, so he could only swallow his anger. Two days later, Zhang Zuolin received a telegram from Duan Qirui. The telegram read: Immediately transfer Feng Delin to Beijing to report on his work. Sending the telegram to Zhang Zuolin was already a great support for Zhang.Zhang Zuolin is sure to win.And Feng Delin's debriefing is actually to give him a decent step down.Therefore, even the treacherous Zhao Erxun saw this telegram and said repeatedly: "Okay!" Zhang Zuolin was satisfied at this moment, and he made many wishes to Feng Delin, such as two or eight divisions would not move, the land would be stationed, and there would be no shortage of salary. As a reward with generous gifts, Feng Delin had no choice but to withdraw his troops back to Ji Yu in desperation. Return to the original line of defense, and then go to Beijing alone to report on his duties.Duan Qirui gave him face back, and said: Niao Mao summoned him immediately, encouraged him a lot, and still ordered him to be the commander of the 28th Division and the assistant of Fengtian Military Affairs, but asked him to stay in Beijing temporarily , waiting for new tasks. Fengtian calmed down, but it was still temporary.Zhang Zuolin has not yet been satisfied.He is unwilling to eat the twenty-eighth division...