Chapter 16 Chapter 16 He Shouldn't Introduce Fengjun

The Paris Peace Treaty failed, the "May 4th" student movement suddenly broke out, and the situation in China has undergone earth-shaking changes.Xu Shichang's civil governance could no longer continue, and the southern military government also saw the danger of the country.The representatives of the North and the South resumed the peace talks under the pretext of "unifying the outside world".Zhu Qiqian led the northern delegation to meet Xu Shichang at the presidential palace before leaving, hoping that the president would give him a "bottom" so that the negotiations could achieve "effects."

Xu Shichang looked tired, with a thin face, listless, and even his eyes were a little dull.He sat on the grand teacher's chair, half closed his eyes, and after listening to Zhu Qiqian's "asking for instructions".He only moved his body slightly, and said weakly: "Gui Xin, the current situation is very serious, and it is not easy for the peace talks to be resumed. If there is a need to back down, do what you can. Peaceful reunification is the top priority!" "It is estimated that the most troublesome issue may still be the Congress (Anfu Congress)." Zhu Qiqian said: "If the South wants to insist, we have to consider Hefei's mood."

When Zhu Qiqian mentioned Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang immediately frowned—yes, the South always believed that the Anfu Congress was illegal, and they only recognized the Congress that was declared dissolved by Li Yuanhong.Duan Qirui's only sustenance at the moment is the Anfu Congress; what's more, the Anfu Congress has been abolished, dissolved and no longer exists, what about the president elected by this Congress? Xu Shichang also does not agree to this.However, the recent situation has made the President very angry: Duan Qirui not only disrespected him as the President, but also made things difficult for him; Discriminate against him.Xu Shichang had long wanted to cut their power with excuses.However, Duan Qirui is a colossus and a powerful figure after all, and Xu Shichang cannot cut his power.He furrowed his brows for a long time before he said helplessly: "If we talk about the issue of the Congress, we should try to avoid it and talk about it after peaceful reunification. Other issues are easy to discuss."

When Zhu Qiqian was leaving, Xu Shichang chased him again and said: "When you arrive in Shanghai, you should meet with Shaochuan in private first. We are brothers, and we have worked together for many years. How can there be no consensus? Just say I greet him In the future, many major national affairs will depend on him." Zhu Qiqian nodded, but he muttered in his heart: "Tang Shaoyi is neither the mentality of Fengtian governor nor the mentality of Yuan Shikai's prime minister, but he is planning to be different. , I want to have a big position." However, Zhu Qiqian still said: "I will tell Shaochuan what Shuai Ju said. I think..."

"Do your best and obey the destiny." The Shanghai peace talks resumed.The representatives of the two parties also pretended to jointly call the Chinese envoy in Paris, asking him to refuse to sign the "peace treaty".Zhu Qiqian also met with Tang Shaoyi alone.However, nothing helped the difficulties of unification.Southern representatives concluded with eight specific demands: 1. Refusal to sign the Paris Peace Treaty; 2. Abolish all secret agreements between China and Japan; 3. Cancellation of the participating troops or the National Defense Forces; 4. Replacement of disreputable warlords;

5. Declare that the Republic of China's order to dissolve the Congress is invalid; 6. The political affairs meeting of the peace conference election group supervises the implementation of the peace conference; 7. The peace conference will expeditiously sort out and decide to put forward each case; 8. The north agrees to the above seven items, that is, the peace conference will recognize Xu Shichang as the interim president. After getting these eight conditions, Zhu Qiqian became worried-the problem he expected happened.Obviously, the fifth of the eight conditions is unacceptable.Zhu Qiqian didn't need to ask the president for instructions anymore, so he went to see Tang Shaoyi with the purpose of refusing this item.

It was a gloomy afternoon, and Zhu Qiqian sat next to Tang Shaoyi, holding a cup of fragrant tea and said first: "Young Master, I think all the items proposed by the South are acceptable. But the fifth item is about the order to dissolve the Congress. Not included for the time being? After the peaceful reunification, discuss and interview again." Tang Shaoyi smiled, "The chief (Zhu Qiqian served as the chief of internal affairs of Yuan Shikai's government) said that the order to dissolve the National Assembly should not be included in the peace discussion, because that It was Zhang Shaoxuan who was eager for restoration and forced Huangpi (Li Yuanhong) to do that. Since the restoration has been overthrown, the dissolution of the National Assembly naturally no longer exists. However, the case has not been overturned, and some people even used the newly formed National Assembly to spread rumors and deceive them. This is The country cannot tolerate it. This is also an act of rectifying the source. Therefore, this item must be included."

Tang Shaoyi rejected Zhu Qiqian's request.This is what Zhu Qiqian expected.Therefore, he only smiled faintly, but said in a firm tone: "Ju Shuai also has his difficulties. He can't refute Hefei too much. If that happens, there will be a big misfortune. In order to ease the atmosphere, the South should mention this matter carefully." item." Tang Shaoyi told Zhu Qiqian from the bottom of her heart that she had a bad impression that he was collecting too much money.Followed Xu Shichang to the Northeast, when he served as the supervisor of the Mongolian Affairs Bureau, he paid thousands of dollars a month, but he was greedy; he became the chief of Yuan's internal affairs, especially when he was the director of the Yuan's Imperial Ceremony Preparation Office, he pocketed four million yuan! Xu Shichang said, "Xiangcheng has given me a lot of blessings!" When Zhu Qiqian insisted on the terms of the peace negotiation, Tang Shaoyi did not budge. "Since the chief has said it, I have no choice but to do so. In this way, I will announce my resignation tomorrow."

The peace talks could not go on, and the representatives from the north and the south broke up unhappy with "resignation" as a way out. The peace talks resumed on May 9th, and broke down again on May 13th. We have mentioned the participating army several times in the previous article. What happened to the participating army? What about its consequences? Let us elaborate-- After Xu Shichang became the president, Duan Qirui and his Anfu Congress thought that he would be the representative of the Anhui faction and act for Duan Qirui.Unexpectedly, this old Hanlin was devoted to "literary and literary works" and always wanted to be slick in all directions and to be able to do everything from one side to the other. Duan Qirui felt that he was an "emperor who couldn't be supported", which was a bit in the way.Therefore, he retreated and resigned from the positions of prime minister and chief of the army.However, he arranged for his confidant Jin Yunpeng to be the prime minister, and the real power is still in his own hands.As for himself, he used China's participation in World War I as an excuse to prepare a "participating army" not under the leadership of the president, prime minister, and chief of the army, and he himself served as the supreme commander of the participating army-the war supervisor.Duan Qirui's participating army consisted of three well-managed and well-equipped divisions, and guarded key areas: the first division, Qu Tongfeng, was stationed in Beiyuan, Beijing; the second division, Ma Liang, was stationed in Jinan, Shandong; the third division, Chen Wenyun, Stationed in Nanyuan, Beijing-this is not to participate in the European War, but to control the capital.Duan Qirui's waist was still stiff.Not only did the participating armies oppose it for the south, but the direct army in the north even opposed it.At this time, Feng Guozhang had died of illness, and the immediate leaders were Cao Kun and Wu Peifu.After the formation of the participating army, they frequently conducted confrontation exercises and joint combat shootings in Shijingshan in the western suburbs of Beijing and Tangshan in the north of Beijing.This means that the two base areas of the direct line - Baoding and Luoyang - should be taken over.

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu are not peaceful "fools", not to mention the contradiction between Zhiwan and Anhui has not been a day.As a result, the Zhijun Army, which had already marched south to Hunan, hurried northward under the leadership of Wu Peifu.After Hubei and Henan quickly stationed troops in Zhili, and quickly adjusted their deployment, Cao Kun sat in Baoding, his hometown, and Wu Peifu served as the front-line commander of the Zhili Army.The two armies confront each other, and the flames of war are imminent! Xu Shichang, who was anxious, watched the tension between the Zhiwan and Wan families, and felt even more uneasy.He knew that he had no control over the Zhiwan and Anhui families, and at the same time, it would be of no benefit to him if he lost or won.Judging from the current military strength, once the war starts, Cao Wu has very little chance of winning.Xu Shichang took a peek at the general situation and knew that once the war broke out, he would join forces to fight against Anhui, and the war would expand to the entire north.

Although Xu Shichang did nothing, he wanted to do something; although he was unable to influence any of the Zhiwan families, he still wanted to put some pressure on both.So, on the eve of the upcoming war between Zhiwan and Anhui, he suddenly made two decisions: 1. Exemption from the posts of Xu Shuzheng, the chief general of the Anhui Department, as the Northwest Frontier Envoy and Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier Defense Force: 2. Removed Wu Peifu, the chief general of the direct line, from the position of division commander of the 3rd division, and took away his rank of lieutenant general in the army, and handed it over to the Ministry of the Army for punishment according to law; Both Cui Jiu, Lian, Xiao, and Xiao will hold back three points because of fear, so that his president can continue to work. Xu Shichang was wrong, he thought too highly of himself.How did he know that his order was like a dead letter in the eyes of the Zhiwan leader: as his Northwest Frontier Envoy and Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier Defense Forces, Wu Peifu will continue to be the commander of his third division, and Cao Kun will still be his northern overlord in Baoding. And the prelude to the Zhiwan War is still gradually opened-- Wu Peifu, 48 years old, has already been arrogant and supercilious because he has won consecutive battles year after year.Looking at Duan Qirui's three participating divisions, he sneered and said: "A group of mobs commanded by a group of scholars are really vulnerable in actual combat!" The two formations entered Baoding, their hometown, and Zhuo County in the suburbs of Beijing with lightning speed, waiting for work and preparing for a decisive battle.Duan Qirui divided his troops into two groups: one was the West Road, Duan Zhiquan was the commander-in-chief and had three divisions under his command. Commanding the army, the main force is Ma Liang's Second Division of the participating army. The goal is to go northward from Jinan along the Jinpu Railway and take Tianjin directly as the assisting direction of the battle. On June 20, 1920, the deployment of the Anhui Army was completed, and it was fully advanced on the same day: the first division of the participating army was on the west side of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, and the Sixteenth Army Division was on the east side of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway. trend.Unexpectedly, due to the lack of actual combat experience in the formation of these two armies, shortly after traveling south, self-intersection occurred, and they were unable to advance for a long time.At the same time, there was a rare downpour, and the entire lineup was in chaos. After the Zhijun discovered this situation, they sent a mixed brigade to harass. The brigade went deep into Zhuo County and laid an ambush near Gaobeidian Station.The next morning, the Anhui army continued to move south and was ambushed.After the battle started, the Anhui army was completely unaware of the situation of the Zhijun army, and mistakenly thought that the main force of the Zhijun army was blocking it, so they put up a decisive battle posture, and even the artillery entered the position. As soon as the direct army made contact, they all withdrew from their positions.The next morning, when Xiaosheng's Anhui army wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, they could not find the target to attack, so they dared not go there. They had to build fortifications on the spot and put on a defensive posture to prepare for the big battle. When the prelude to the war kicked off, Wu Peifu used his brains. He wanted to use the power of Fengzhang in the Northeast to restrain the Anhui section a little, so that he could win the battle quickly and win a complete victory.Wu Peifu knew that Zhang Zuolin had been interested in someone for a long time, but he couldn't find a reason, and he was afraid of Duan Qirui's obstruction.Now that there is a letter to arrive and another big gift, Zhang Zuolin will definitely send troops.Therefore, Wu Peifu wrote a long letter and sent a close friend to Shenyang overnight. At this time, Zhang Zuolin was full-fledged. He was not only the military governor and governor of Fengtian, but also served as the tour envoy of the three eastern provinces two years ago. He seemed to have become the king of the Northeast.As soon as Wu Peifu's letter arrived, he immediately sent two brigades out of the customs. The soldiers went straight to Zhuo County from Tianjin and inserted themselves behind the Anhui army, forming a pincer attack. Taking advantage of the hesitation of the Anhui Army, Wu Peifu quickly advanced the main force.Six days later, after the deployment of the Zhi and Feng armies was completed, Wu immediately ordered the Zhi army to blow the "truce" order across the board.Liu Xun, the commander-in-chief of the Anhui Army, was confused at once: Wu Ziyu (Wu Peifu's style name is Ziyu) has an army of 50,000, and he has just been fully equipped in Wuhan. -- Here is a related matter. Liu Xun's 16th Division of the Army is slightly inferior to the participating army in the Anhui family, and his immediate boss Duan Zhigui is a bit harsh on him. He did not enjoy the due treatment.This time, because of insufficient equipment, he wanted to be a reserve team, but in the end, he became the main force.In this way, mentally, this Anhui army is a bit war-weary.Wu Peifu blew the "truce" call, Liu Xun was puzzled for a while, and he also hoped for a truce.So he ordered the troops to blow the truce. Both sides of the confrontation issued an order to "cease the war". Of course, there was no battle to fight. The officers and soldiers on their respective positions walked out of the trenches and moved freely. At this time, Wu Peifu's messenger hurried to the Sixteenth Division to meet Liu Xun.The visitor took out Wu Peifu's autographed letter, presented him with a generous gift, and promised to "provide enough rations and salary" to Liu Xun.Liu Xun frowned and thought for a while, and finally said to Wu Peifu's messenger: "From now on, I am willing to listen to General Ziyu's orders and carry out a counterattack on the battlefield!" Liu Xun's problem was solved, and the territory east of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway no longer belonged to Duan Qirui's Anhui Army.Wu Peifu was relieved. He quickly assembled the army in the area west of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, and then suddenly launched an attack on the West Road General Army of the Anhui Army.The Anhui army was defeated, the commander-in-chief Duan Zhigui fled in a hurry, and the remnants were in chaos. The three divisions of the Anhui Army on the western front had lost two, and Qu Tongfeng's first division also retreated to Beiyuan, a suburb of Beijing.At this moment, Wu Peifu has a high profile and no longer attacks, but wants to negotiate with Qu Tongfeng.Due to the situation, Qu Tongfeng had to go directly to the army headquarters in Gaobeidian.As a result, as soon as he arrived at Gaobeidian, he was detained by Wu Peifu and placed under house arrest.The division commander was detained, and the troops were disarmed and dismissed. The West Road was defeated, and the main force of the Anhui Army's East Road had never even arrived in Tianjin, so they turned around and returned south, still returning to Jinan. The Zhiwan War ended with Duan Qirui's defeat.Duan Qirui sent a telegram to take the blame and resigned, and fled to "squatting idle" in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin. The Anhui clique was defeated, and Duan Qirui went to Tianjin to work as an "apartment". Xu Shichang, the great president, immediately fell between the two major forces of Zhi and Feng.It's time for Xu Shichang to send Cao Kun a "look".Therefore, on the one hand, the Anfu Congress was disbanded, and sixteen people including Xu Shuzheng, a key member of the Anfu Congress, were convicted and arrested; on the other hand, Jin Yunpeng, who was related to Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin, was still drawn out to form a cabinet.However, since this Jin Yunpeng is also Duan Qirui's confidant, both parties don't trust him, plus Zhang Jiansheng, Xu Shichang intends to confide in him. As a result, Zhang Zuolin's confidant Liang Shiyi is pulled out to form a cabinet to replace Jin cabinet. Liang Shiyi was a capable man in the Beiyang era. Guangxu Jiawu (1894) was a Jinshi, and Guimao (1903) was a special section of economics, ranking fourth in the imperial examination. He served as the general office of the Guangzhou Electricity Bureau. The Bureau is the Minister of Posts and Communications in Yuan Shikai's cabinet. After the Republic of China, he was a minister and secretary of the government. He was a figure whom Xu Shichang admired very much.Let Liang Shiyi be the prime minister, and Xu Shichang fully agrees.However, everyone also knows that Liang Shiyi is Duan Qirui's confidant, and Duan's three cabinet formations have won the most help from Liang Shiyi.How can such a prime minister balance the relationship between all parties? Sure enough, as soon as the Liang cabinet opened, it pardoned the crimes of 16 people including Xu Shuzheng from the Anfu family. Wu Peifu, who claimed to be victorious, was already very dissatisfied with Zhang's recommendation of Liang Shiyi to form a cabinet.He knew Liang Shiyi well, knew that he was Duan Qirui's confidant, Liang Shiyi relied on Duan even more than Jin Yunpeng. "When this person comes to power, he will inevitably repeat Duan Qirui's tricks, and he will not be able to do good things." Liang Shiyi pardoned all the backbones of the Anhui Clan, and Wu Peifu was furious from dissatisfaction. As a result, he poured all his anger on Xu Shichang He believed that Xu Shichang employed people improperly and preferred to listen to Feng Zhang's opinion.On the one hand, he scolded Xu Shichang as a "veteran of the Five Dynasties" and called him "Mr. Donghai"; Xu Shichang, who wanted to "govern by culture" in the midst of contradictions, did appear and expand, and he was worried that "governance by culture" would not work.At the end of the Zhiwan War, Xu Shichang knew that Wu Peifu would give him problems, so he wanted to turn his emotions towards Feng, hoping that Zhang Zuolin would give him a hand.In addition to listening to Zhang's opinion to let Liang Shiyi form a cabinet, he also secretly promised Zhang Zuolin that the Fengjun who entered the pass during the Zhiwan war could stay in the pass, and from January 1921, he would subsidize Fengjun's military expenses by 50,000 yuan per month.Unexpectedly, Xu Shichang's calculations were not well planned. Wu Peifu refused to accept him, exposed him, and sang "Hold the National Assembly, Election of Another President" for the first time.At the same time, Wu Peifu also actively expanded his sphere of influence. Xu Shichang has been frowning for several days: "Why can't he always be quiet?" I don't know if he is blaming others or himself? Why shouldn't a 64-year-old live peacefully? Yesterday In the middle of the night, he suddenly blamed himself: "Why did you come out of Hui County to be the president? If you didn't come out, you would still live in that village, with straw sandals and straw socks. Now, it's not like poetry, painting, swords, etc." Have you achieved it? It’s good now, I really can’t learn calligraphy or painting, and I’m full of worries!” However, Xu Shichang turned over on the bed, and immediately felt that “the president still deserves—even for a day!” It is the business of future generations not to leave a name, and the merits and demerits are also for future generations to judge. In the future, he must have a place in the ranking of China's kings and landlords.Xu Shichang is proficient in Chinese history. Whether it was the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, or the Ming and Qing Dynasties as recently as yesterday, there have been almost every generation of emperors who have been in power for less than a year, or even less than a month. There are three in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, four in the Western Han Dynasty, There were actually eight emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the three hundred and sixty years from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui Dynasty, there were thirty monarchs who ruled for less than a year. Among the emperors who had successive titles in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were also nineteen emperors whose reign titles were less than a year. Didn’t they all have all of them? seat".Xu Shichang is still happy about this! However, what makes him most happy is the considerable financial enjoyment of the president: the 1.5 million yuan "opening" fee for the president's inauguration does not count. The president's monthly salary of 30,000 yuan, communication and office expenses of 40,000 yuan per month, and tobacco and alcohol subsidies of 60,000 yuan per month are indispensable.It is said that this money was exclusively provided by Beijing Chongwenmen taxation.In the second year of Xu Shichang's presidency (that is, 1920), the National Tobacco and Alcohol Affairs Administration separated from the Ministry of Finance. Xu Shichang sent his confidant Zhang Shouling as the supervisor. RMB rose to 60,000 yuan; in addition to the monthly salary, the president also has secret activity fees, "favor fees" for internal and external debts, which are taken from the government's household expenses... Who can calculate it? Careful people We can all see clearly that after Xu Shichang became the president, the private residences in Tianjin have expanded day by day, the stocks and bank deposits of Tianjin companies have increased day by day, and the fields in Hui County have also increased day by day. rich man.Can it work without the position of president? Therefore, Xu Shichang still loves the position of president very much, and he will do everything possible to hold it steady! Xu Shichang has no strength in his hands, and he is able to send Tengda by strength.Just like a vine, if there is a big tree to climb, it can be taller than the big tree; without the big tree, it will always shrink to the ground.Xu Shichang came to power by relying on the Anfu Congress of the Anhui Clan. The Anfu Clan was defeated. Duan Qirui and the Anfu Congress were like felled trees. , Still trying to force him to step down.Xu Shichang couldn't calm down even if he wanted to. What to do? The biggest problem is dealing with Wu Peifu. It was late at night, and Xu Shichang was still pacing in his house, thinking while pacing, he wanted to come up with the most active and effective way to deal with Wu Peifu—how difficult! After all, Wu Peifu is a powerful faction with 50,000 troops under him , identity, language and even intimidation can't hurt him, unless it is strength! The dinner brought by the dining room was brought back almost as it was; the "nourishing" brought by the inner house was also cooled on the table of the Eight Immortals; the attendant made him a cup of tea, and he held it in his hand, just holding it The water was cold but let it go again.Just as he was putting down the teacup, he suddenly made a decision: "Come here!" A servant hurried in. "The Great President..." "Send it quickly, let the director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau come to see me immediately." The attendant replied "Yes!" and backed out. The director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau is Xu Shichang's cousin Xu Shizhang, a "Little Zhuge" of the Xu family, and Xu Shichang trusts and relies on him.In order to be able to keep him in the middle of Beijing often, besides making him the director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau, he was also appointed as the deputy director of the Ministry of Communications.In this way, as the deputy chief, Beijing has a place. Xu Shizhang came in.He stood in front of the big president and called out "Fifth Brother" softly.Xu Shichang pointed to a chair and said, "Sit down." Xu Shizhang sat down and looked at Xu Shilu suspiciously, but he muttered uneasy in his heart... It turned out that Xu Shizhang had received a considerable amount of foreign money two days earlier, and he was afraid that his cousin would find out and investigate the matter . How could Xu Shichang have the heart to ask such a thing.After the cousin sat down, he couldn't wait to say: "Shizhang, there is something urgent I want you to do." "What's the matter?" Xu Shizhang asked anxiously. "You go to Fengtian." "Go to Fengtian?" "Yes." Xu Shichang stood up, sighed deeply, and then said slowly: "Wu Ziyu is becoming more and more outrageous. He even threatened to reconvene the National Assembly and choose the president. It's his. It's unreasonable!" After a pause, he added: "The deception is too much! I have no choice but to take this step." "Please Feng Junguan?" Xu Shizhang showed a look of surprise - he knew that the relationship between Zhifeng and Feng was already very tense, and Zhang Zuolin was looking for an opportunity to enter the customs to fight Wu Peifu.If you use the presidential decree to ask others to shut down, wouldn't it be "invite" to a big battle! He wanted to express this opinion to his cousin.When he turned to look at his cousin, he fell silent again.He couldn't persuade him, he was under Wu Peifu's anger, if he didn't lead Fengjun into the customs, he would be squeezed out. "It has to be like this." He said: "Please ask the soldiers to guard against accidents after passing through." Xu Shichang nodded, sighed again, and said, "Please entrust Zhang to enter the customs. Although it is not the best policy, this is the only way to do it. This breath is hard to swallow! We have to take one step at a time." Xu Shizhang knew that the matter was irreversible, so he could only ask, "When are you going to leave?" "Let's go tonight." Xu Shichang said: "I have prepared the secret documents. You must pack lightly and do not leak any information." Xu Shizhang received the documents and letters, and was about to withdraw, when Xu Shichang chased after him and said, "You told Zhang Zuolin that I can help you generously with respect to military expenditures. Asking others to shut him down is mainly to protect the capital and serve as a restraint. There is no other intention." He also said, "How about letting Shixiang accompany you?" Xu Shizhang agreed one by one, and then withdrew. Seeing Xu Shizhang disappear into the night, Xu Shichang breathed a sigh of relief.After the war in Zhiwan, Zhang Zuolin received some soldiers and armaments from Xu Shuzheng's border guards, built additional divisions and brigades, and appointed Zhang Jinghui as the commander of Chahar, but it was much worse than Wu Peifu's expansion of three divisions with one victory.Moreover, the armaments of the three divisions of Wu Shouwan were not distributed to Feng Zhang.Zhang Zuolin felt unbalanced: "It was you, Wu Yuyu, who invited me to cheer for you. I am not in Zhuo County to help you, how can you go so smoothly? If you win, the benefits should be shared equally." Zhang Zuolin not only failed to get the winning prize, but once the war was over , the Zhi army pulled out its formation, trying to force Zhang Zuolin's two brigades back to the northeast.Zhang Zuolin was annoyed: "Damn it, Wu Ziyu is too deceitful!" 47-year-old Zhang Zuolin, after occupying the Northeast, his desire for power has exploded and his ambitions are expanding day by day.Most of the remnants of the defeated Anhui faction attached Feng. In May, Xu Shichang appointed him as the economic envoy of Mongolia and Xinjiang, and the Rechasui three special zones were under his control, which was enough for him.However, Zhang Zuolin was still resentful and wanted to enter the customs. At this juncture, Xu Shichang's cousin Xu Shizhang came to Fengtian.He also came with Wu Jisun (Shixiang), Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace. Zhang Zuolin entertained him warmly and personally toasted and served tea.When the wine was in full swing, Zhang Zuolin said, "You two come here, there must be something important. Please tell me, Zhang Yuting only has one thing in mind for the President: Loyalty!" Xu Shizhang took out Xu Shichang's letter and military transfer documents, and handed them to Zhang Zuolin respectfully, and then said: "The President's intention is to ask Yushuai to serve as the guard of the capital, for the purpose of restraining the starting point. Please don't misunderstand Yushuai." Wu Jisun also took the opportunity to say: "Yu Shuai knows the president well. The president wants him to govern the country smoothly, and he is afraid of another war. Therefore, he is prepared to do some things to plan for a rainy day." Hearing the confession of the two "imperial envoys", Zhang Zuolin smiled secretly: "You two counselors have come to lie to me, Redbeard, why are you using it to restrain, and who is restrained? What is planning for a rainy day? When you become the president, the whole world, is it possible that the king Tu, which one of the soldiers and horsemen in China is not your subject? Anyone's army can defend the capital, not to mention there is no world war, why transfer me?" He is a man, he knows what kind of relationship is involved in territory, power, money, and official position, "President Xu used my power to contain Wu Peifu, don't let Wu overthrow him!" In normal times, Zhang Zuolin They will first think of preserving their strength and not getting involved in wars.It's different now, he's looking for faults to take revenge on Wu Peifu. When the "imperial order" came, he could completely show off his teachers and people, and really go to "defend the capital", so that he could compete with Wu Peifu again.Therefore, he straightforwardly said to Xu and Wu, "Zhang Yuting gave his family and life to the country long ago, and I obey the president a thousand times. Please report it to the president. I accept the order and immediately send troops to defend the capital. "In just a few days, Zhang Zuolin's Feng army was enslaved and stationed in Beijing and Tianjin, forming a confrontation with the Zhi army. After the war in Zhiwan, Wu Peifu was proud and arrogant, not to mention the president.Due to the situation, Xu Shichang had to look highly on the direct lineage, so he appointed Cao Kun as the patrol envoy to Zhilu and Henan, with Wu Peifu as the deputy envoy; at the same time, Li Chun, the backbone of the direct lineage, was appointed as the patrol envoy to Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi, with Qi Xieyuan as the deputy envoy; The direct brigade commanders Wang Chengbin, Yan Xiangwen, Xiao Yaonan, Cao Ying, Zhang Fulai, etc. were promoted to division commanders.General Zhi's family was favored, and Wu Peifu's plan to "elect another president" was hindered. He moved his troops to Luoyang and devoted himself to training. He wanted to use Luoyang as a base to establish his own center, and then, like Duan Qirui, use force to unify China. Wu Peifu's abacus had just turned the corner, and Zhang Zuolin's army had already rolled into their base camp-Zhili.When the information arrived in Luoyang, he immediately ordered: "The whole army returns to the north!" -- A new battle has begun.