Chapter 17 Chapter 17 People who play with fire often set themselves on fire

Xu Shichang, who sits on the presidency, advertises "government by doing nothing."In fact, he really insisted on "doing nothing" - doing nothing.He hastily used power and maneuvers, swayed horizontally and horizontally, relying on Anhui today, and joining forces tomorrow, with only one purpose, to stay in his position firmly.What does the ruler of the country do, and what does he do for the people? He doesn't think too much about it.He mostly thinks about his "literary governance", he wants to leave his "literary name 990" in history. Therefore, he squeezes out all the time and energy available to him on his "Wan Qingfeng Poetry Club".

Wanqing Tiao Poetry Club has already produced many excellent works due to its continuous singing. He has already asked his poet friends to compile a "Wanqingji Poetry Collection"; his "Politics of the Three Eastern Provinces" has also been published; He also arranged for people to revise the "Government Book of Tuigangtang"; "Biography of the Great Qing Jifu Sages" including famous officials, famous generals, teachers and Confucian scholars, high scholars, virtuous talents, loyalty, filial friends and martyrs, etc. People are compiling the "Great Qing Jifu Documentary Evidence". They have collected 4180 kinds of books in the twelve prefectures and six states, copied the preface and postscript, and added notes.It is said that this is a good book that can supplement the history, art and literature.At the critical juncture when the Zhifeng and Fengtian two troops were deployed, he also issued an order to add the "Xinyuan History" edited by Ke Shaozhi to the twenty-four histories and become the twenty-five histories. On October 9, 1920, he drew up an order to imitate the "Siku Quanshu".He brought Zhu Qiqian, the general representative who presided over the North-South Peace Conference, to him, and told him face to face, "You will preside over this matter." Zhu Qiqian carefully calculated the manpower and financial resources, and felt that he was unable to do what he wanted, so he temporarily put the meeting aside... and he Xu Shichang himself is also actively compiling books such as "Picking Pearl Records", "Couples of Bamboo General", and "Tengshu Liyan".He really wants to be Kuanggu's "Wen Guozhu"!

However, Xu Shichang is impossible. Domestic factional disputes do not allow him to sit down to "police"; the national defense situation is in chaos, and he is not allowed to sit down to "police". . At the Paris Peace Conference, the Chinese representatives did not dare to sign the peace treaty with Germany due to the fierce opposition of the Chinese people.In this way, the Japanese occupation of Shandong has not changed in the slightest.In January 1920, the Japanese government put aside the Paris Peace Conference and proposed to negotiate directly with the Chinese government.What are you negotiating for? Don’t you still think about inheriting all the rights of China’s Shandong and Jiaozhou Bay from the Germans.

Regarding the Japanese negotiations, Xu Shichang only smiled indifferently, and he didn't want to pay attention to him-with the backing of Britain and the United States, Xu Shichang was not afraid of the Japanese.Earlier, Duan Qirui restrained him, and Duan was pro-Japanese.Now, Duan Qirui has been far away from the political arena, and he has made no mistakes. What will the Japanese do, and dare to do? For the current situation, Xu Shichang specially appointed Yan Huiqing, a student studying in the United States and a lover of beauty, to replace the foreign minister. From now on, It is relying on the diplomacy of Britain and the United States.

The opportunity came. In 1921, the United States wanted to compete for hegemony in the Pacific and the Far East, so it decided to hold a Washington Conference and invite China to participate.Xu Shichang suddenly became excited. He approached the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yan Huiqing, and said affectionately by his nickname: "Junren, Wilson (President of the United States) is going to hold a Washington meeting. Far East Expansion. This is very beneficial to us!" Yan Huiqing, 45 years old, was born in Shanghai. The geographical environment gave him a very calculating mentality.After graduating from Tongwenguan, he went to study at the University of Virginia in the United States and experienced everything in the so-called "civilized world" firsthand. Even the moon felt that the United States was bright and round.After returning to China, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and gradually climbed to the positions of deputy minister and chief minister. He had the same mentality of worshiping beauty as Xu Shichang, but he always felt "useless".Hearing Xu Shichang's introduction, he was naturally happy and asked, "What are we going to do?"

"We have received an invitation to attend the meeting as an official representative." Xu Shichang said very excitedly: "That's why I asked you to come. You should quickly form a team and leave as soon as possible." Yan Huiqing was naturally excited too.However, he has some doubts about Xu Shichang's character. He feels that he is too old-fashioned, too lacking in strength, and too lacking in assertion.When dealing with him, sometimes I feel uneasy.Therefore, he wanted to ask for clarification before going to work. "President, I guess that this meeting in Washington will inevitably extend its tentacles to the Far East. Of course China will become the target of the West. We should have a clear attitude. What do you think?"

"I've thought about it, eight words, you remember: return me to the East, cure my old illness!" After a pause, he said: "Of course, it is not easy to achieve this goal. So, you have to remember Live: At the Washington Conference, we will finally have to look at the United Kingdom and rely on it!" Yan Huiqing understood and was relieved.He smiled easily and said, "President, just received a note from the Japanese government. They still made direct representations and put forward eight proposals. I'm about to report to you." "Initiate separate negotiations again?" Xu Shichang was a little impatient. "We do not negotiate any issues with the Japanese. We did not sign the Paris Peace Conference. After all, we are the victorious country. We will never give up what the victorious country should enjoy. This Washington meeting will definitely have a clear statement that is beneficial to us. "Xu Shichang is very confident, because he has contacted the special envoy of US President Wilson and the British Minister Zhu Erdian. These Western overlords have expressed their attitudes to him and support China's recovery of Shandong and Jiaozhou Bay. Therefore, he has a strong waist.Yan Huiqing is a person who is afraid that Xu Shichang's attitude towards Japan will not be tough, and he is afraid that he will compromise with Japan.

In that way, he went to Washington and did not speak boldly.Now that the President has taken a tough attitude towards Japan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will naturally become more courageous. "We can't make concessions to the Japanese. We don't need to negotiate with them alone. Japan is a member of the Allied Powers, and we China is also a member of the Allied Powers; Japan is the victor, and we China are also the victors. We are both victors and we start from the defeated country-- Why did the Germans reclaim the lost land and give it to you Japanese? It is unreasonable!" Probably because Yan Huiqing felt that he had talked too much, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at the president.

Xu Shichang nodded and smiled frequently. He knew in his heart that it was very inappropriate for the foreign minister to preach to the president.Could it be that the President doesn’t understand this? He still needs his subordinates to admonish him? However, at this moment Xu Shichang felt that Yan Huiqing didn’t talk much, and he spoke in a very measured manner. He must treat the Japanese according to this “principle”. The night is already very deep.Beijing's early winter nights are so cold again; these days, the wind blowing from beyond the Great Wall is getting tighter day by day; Covering the sky, it is diffuse, and the capital seems to be wrapped in a veil.

The presidential palace is also cold. The President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs talked late at night, and Yan Huiqing just left.When Xu Shichang sent him out, he reminded him again and again: "After arriving in the United States, you go to see President Wilson first, tell him our opinion, and ask him to understand." Yan Huiqing nodded in agreement, and suddenly remembered another thing. "President, if Wilson asks us anything, like..." Xu Shichang waved his hand to stop him before he finished speaking. "The United States will not have aggressive ambitions against us." He said this, feeling a little uneasy, and then said: "For our long-term interests, if the Americans have any demands, we can and should agree to them. "

What exactly does the president mean by "somewhat"? He didn't make it clear. Of course, "should promise" is just a generalization.For the foreign minister, although it feels a little ambiguous.But enough.Therefore, Yan Huiqing only nodded "understanding" and left. Xu Shichang slept soundly that night. Xu Shichang was very optimistic about the Washington meeting, but the result disappointed him greatly. The Washington Conference lasted for nearly three months from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922. In the end, nine representatives from the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands and China attended the meeting. China signed three treaties: 1. The United States, Britain, Japan and France "Quarter Pact" to replace the "British-Japanese Alliance"; 2. Britain, the United States, France, Japan, and Italy Convention", which recognizes China's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and declares that the door will be opened in China and all countries will have "equal opportunities". At the Washington Conference, the United Kingdom and the United States put pressure on Japan, and finally forced Japan to reach an agreement to return Qingdao to China and China to redeem the Jiaoji Railway.On the surface, it seems that the long-pending Jiaodong issue has been resolved. However, under the terms of "China's Open Door" and "Equal Opportunities for All Countries in China", the "Nine-Power Pact" divided China's interests at once. China has been controlled by eight countries.Probably this is Xu Shichang's confession of Yan Huiqing's "can" and "should agree" to the "some demands" of the United States, Britain and other countries.Xu Shichang also euphemistically called "using barbarians to control barbarians", but in fact it was "replacing violence with violence", thus losing more sovereignty of China! After Wu Peifu quickly transferred his troops scattered in Hunan and Hubei to the suburbs of Beijing, he did not directly announce what he would do to the Feng army. While conducting extensive military training, he even sent a telegram to challenge the cabinet, exposing the Liang cabinet for "collusion with Japan" All kinds of crimes, and issued an order to the people of the whole country: "Anyone who dares to take Liang Shiyi to borrow Japanese money and jointly manage the railway is a public enemy of the whole country, and all Chinese people should punish him together." Liang's cabinet is required to step down within seven days On the other hand, Wu Peifu asked Cao Kun to "convene a military meeting immediately to study the issue of confrontation." Cao Kun, the direct leader in Baoding, was in a state of confusion. He had been frowning for a long time on how to resolve the relationship between Zhifeng and Feng. They fight.What's more, in a real war, it's hard to determine who will win and who will win? It's not worth hurting the peace.However, Wu Peifu disagreed, "It is the Fengjun who occupied our territory, what's wrong with asking them out?" Cao Kun had no choice but to hold a military meeting in Baoding, appointing Wu Peifu as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Guorong as the commander-in-chief of the East Road , Wang Chengbin was the commander of the West Road, Feng Yuxiang was the commander of the rear, and immediately began military operations.Zhang Zuolin was imprisoned under orders, and Wu Peifu tried to fight him off, but of course he wouldn't accept that.Therefore, he called his own army the "Zhenwei Army", appointed himself the commander-in-chief, and Sun Liechen was the deputy commander-in-chief. In the name of "Gongwei Jingshi", he drove 150,000 troops into the pass, and sent another 50,000 troops to prepare. The two armies gathered in Zhili, and the flames of war were imminent, and the people of Zhili were panicked.When the news reached Beijing, Xu Shichang was very anxious. He asked Fengjun to enter the customs, just to show Zhicao a little color, to suppress their arrogance, and not to embarrass the president.Zhi and Feng will fight again, what will happen to the country? At this moment, foreigners hurriedly joined in. In the name of "diplomatic corps", they issued three warnings to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in succession, and also put on a stance to join the war Mode. The third warning document issued on April 20 (1922) forcefully stated: Due to the transfer of troops from various provinces in China, the diplomatic corps considers that the attention of the Chinese government should be drawn to the note dated August 30, 1921 from this mission to the Minister-General.The note reads: "The diplomatic corps hereby warns the Chinese government: Any losses suffered by outsiders, no matter whether they are caused by the actions of the army or because of their renunciation of responsibility, must be the responsibility of the senior military officers in the jurisdiction. All countries must insist Please ask the Chinese government to order the higher-level military management to take responsibility for it alone."Waiting for the reason, in order to declare this attitude again, please check accordingly. Yan Huiqing took these warnings to go to Prime Minister Liang Shiyi. Liang Shiyi was being scolded by Wu Peifu into anger and didn't want to be a director, so he dragged Yan Huiqing to see Xu Shichang. Xu Shichang was already overwhelmed, but now that foreigners came to join in the fun, he was even more panicked.Holding the "warning" from the diplomatic corps in his hand, he kept asking: "What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?" Liang Shiyi bowed his head and remained silent, while Yan Huiqing did not look panic-stricken. He said slowly: "The diplomatic corps' inspection is just for fear of harming their interests. In fact, it is just moaning for nothing. It is not yet a foregone conclusion whether the Chinese will fight or not. No matter where it hurts the foreigners. I think the top priority is to directly serve the two families. Of course, there is no benefit to such a confrontation. If they can all withdraw their troops, they can naturally settle the dispute." Yan Huiqing stopped talking at this point.He knew that, if he went any further, he would blame the president for sending troops into the customs. Yan Huiqing didn't say anything, but Xu Shichang "listened" and understood.Now, he also regrets a little, thinking that it was not a good move to transfer Fengjun into the pass.However, the situation is what it is today, and it is useless to regret it, we have to find a way to "relieve the emergency".He frowned and pondered for a while, then said, "I'm the only one who came forward to ask everyone to retreat." Yan Huiqing nodded.Liang Shiyi also nodded.On the same day, an order issued in the name of the "big president" was announced throughout the country.Its text is: Recently, the troops in Zhili, Fengtian and other places have been transferred, and then in the Kinki area, people are panicked, people are in turmoil, and food is rushing.The merchants appealed, expressing their sorrow in desperation.According to Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin and others' telegrams stating the transfer of troops, they are deeply angry.The country raises soldiers, so it defends the people, not to disturb them.Since the political situation has not been unified over the past year, there are many deficiencies in the common government, and the people's livelihood has been hurt for a long time, and they are trying to save them. Why are they hurting endlessly? The president of this country has poor morals and can't do anything for the country and the people. Welfare, while Qi's wish for peace is unswerving for a long time.The visiting envoys and others have been proclaiming for a long time, and they are the pillars of the country. They should know what to do. Guan, the small one is also the local public security department.To read the misery of the people and to repay the loyalty of the country, there is a right way to go. How can we wait for the military to meet each other? A special order is issued that each will transfer the army in the near future. Where the two sides approach the place, they will all retreat.As for the important affairs of the country, we can do our best to present them in a realistic way, so as to achieve the right result.It is hopeful that all the associations will help each other and lay the foundation of the state! This order. After the president's "troop withdrawal" order was issued, Wu Peifu only smiled lightly, then threw it away as waste paper, and continued to make his military deployment. Zhang Zuolin was very unhappy.He thought, my transfer of troops was based on orders, and it had nothing to do with me whether the capital was "fearful and turbulent". Wu Peifu was responsible for the "meeting soldiers".Without Wu Peifu's "transfer of troops", how could your president have ordered me to "defend the capital"? It's good now, indiscriminately, each hit 40 big boards, and ordered me to withdraw the army, I can't withdraw. Not only did Zhang Zuo not withdraw his troops, but he also sent a telegram in the form of a declaration of war in a reasonable and restrained manner: he stole state affairs disputes and had not resolved them for several years. Regardless of the battle of Hengyang the year before last, we can take advantage of the victory to promote unification, or else, if the group is united and does not destroy itself, it can also become the situation of the thirteen continents of the Americas.It's just one person who hindered the overall situation, and it has become more and more serious today. If this stalemate persists, not only the businessmen and people of the whole country will suffer from it, even if the business of outsiders stops, they will also suffer huge losses.The reason why Zuolin forbears and keeps silent is that he sincerely does not want to make ordinary selfish people use excuses to slander him.Unexpectedly, because of this competition, he was slandered for no reason, so he planned to transfer all the domestic Fengjun back.President Nai Meng sent Chief Bao to Feng Wanliu, and Governor Cao came in person, also to defend Beijing and Tianjin and make it clear that they cannot be withdrawn.But the garrison's chamber of commerce kept the telegrams coming one after another. As a last resort, they began to enter the customs to change defenses, increase the army as appropriate, and conspire with Cao envoy for unification.Also, at the Washington Conference, there was a situation where China and Communications were crowded together. The voices of joint management became louder, and the bullying and danger of the country became more serious. Zuolin did not hesitate to use huge sums of money to help them.Therefore, those who sacrifice everything to maintain the country will be innocent if they ask themselves.If the reunification is indefinite, Shenzhou Lu Shen can stand and wait, because on the one hand, it is the guarantee of the capital, and on the other hand, it promotes the unification.Anyone with flesh and blood, seeing the crisis of the situation and the frequent occurrence of grief and chaos, how should they get rid of their prejudices and work together to rescue them.It is Wu Peifu who is cunning and successful, bringing disaster to the country, obsessed with profit and wealth, capricious, suppressing the soldiers of Hengyang, acting in disorder, causing prestige and inkstone, enthusiastic insect friends, determined the spirit of Chrysostomy, filled with the spirit of the cold soul. Kuang, cutting off the money of the railway is just like the rampage of robbers.If you despise diplomacy, you will rob salt money, and if you don't care about the country, you will bribe and sell copper mountains.Chasing the king's envoys in Jing and Xiang, the first to destroy the Beiyang group, defrauding all parties of money, and agitating the overall situation.Occupying Luoyang, willing to serve as a stalk in the Central Plains, and engaging in troops in Hunan and Hubei, is obviously a plot to cannibalize.Forced to cooperate with the Central Committee and the Jiaotong Bank, plundered the blood of the people, donated to the Wuhan Chamber of Commerce, and exhausted the fat of the market.The living beings in charcoal are more serious than trespassing and devotion. The crime of being strong is more than that of Ann and Shi Erfu.Seeking only profit, doing all kinds of evil, a monster who destroys peace, and a traitor who hinders unification.What the heavens and the earth cannot tolerate, what the gods and men are angry with.Zuolin did his part, he was jealous like a vengeful, and he was patient and forgiving again, but he wanted a peaceful reunification, and he didn't want to meet each other with war.Unexpectedly, Cao envoy Yang Dian and Wu's Ma Dian persecuted him one after another. He was willing to be the leader of the army and came before declaring war.After the matter is decided, all the unified measures should be accompanied by the president and the military and civilian chiefs of the provinces, and then hold a meeting with the elderly and political celebrities in the country to discuss the referendum.As the master of Lin Bennen's conscience, he made a declaration with sincerity, and dared not have the ambition to fight for power and profit.There is absolutely no prejudice of one person, one party.Empress Dowager, let's learn from blood worries together.Zuolin does not dare to bully the world with one person, so he can learn from others and learn from others! After the power-on of Fengjun was sent out, Wu Peifu happened to find an excuse. He knew that the main force of Fengjun was on the western front, so he went to Changxindian to take command. Straight to the beginning of the war. The Fengjun on the western front was Zhang Jinghui's first division. When the direct army attacked, he ordered the artillery regiment to bombard them fiercely.In an instant, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the sound of cannons shook the sky.Although the Zhijun suffered heavy casualties, they had no intention of retreating.At this moment, Zhang Zuolin sent two additional mixed brigades to help.The Zhi army was attacked from left and right, lost sight of the front and lost the rear, and there was a sudden chaos. When Wu Peifu saw the chaos in the army, he felt that there was no hope of victory, so he quickly withdrew from his position and retreated to Zhuozhou to hold on.The Feng army occupied Liangxiang. After some adjustments to the Zhijun army that had retreated to Zhuozhou, Wu Peifu ordered Wang Chengbin, commander of the West Road, to lead his troops to attack Changxindian head-on, but he personally led the army to attack Fengjun's ordnance concentration center-Sanjiadian from the side. Knowing that Wu Peifu would attack him, Zhang Zuolin, in addition to ensuring that the positions of the original participating troops remained unchanged, dispatched Zou Fen's division to reinforce the three stores.After the Zhijun's sneak attack was successful, the Fengjun launched a two-sided attack, and the Zhijun retreated without a fight.After Wu Peifu withdrew from the main battlefield, he actively cooperated with the West Route Army and launched a pincer attack again. Although Zhang Jinghui fought back vigorously, he was defeated steadily due to heavy casualties and lack of reinforcements.In the end, we had to withdraw to the Marco Polo Bridge. Fengjun East is led by Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling. Most of the mid-level officers are from military training schools. The soldiers have also undergone rigorous training and have strong combat effectiveness.After the war, they occupied Dacheng, Qingxian, Baxian and other places successively.Later, in a tough battle, Zhang Xueliang was injured, and the army did not make any further progress. In addition, Zhang Zuolin's troops did not fight well, and gradually lost their positions, and the troops gradually collapsed. Finally, Changxindian fell. Changxindian fell, and the Feng army was defeated like a mountain, and retreated to Shanhaiguan one after another.Zhang Zuolin personally went to Luofa to supervise the battle, and ordered the supervising team to stop it with machine guns. Although more than ten regiment and battalion commanders who were weak in attack were killed, Luofa was still occupied by the enemy.Zhang Zuolin led the defeated army down the Luan River, and finally retreated to Shanhaiguan—however, his troops were depleted. After seven days of fighting, the first Zhifeng War ended with the defeat of Fengjun.Zhang Zuolin had been preparing for this war for more than a year, and concentrated his troops on 200,000 troops.When he withdrew the remnants of the defeated soldiers to Shanhaiguan, and when they were incorporated, Zhang Zuolin was extremely depressed, feeling that he was at the end of his rope and his family was ruined. After the Zhifeng war kicked off, Xu Shichang believed that Fengzhang would win with eighty-nine points.Zhang Zuolin's 200,000 soldiers and horses have been prepared for a long time, well-trained, well-equipped, and the concentration of troops can't stop anyone.For this reason, Xu Shichang couldn't wait to hold a family-style and quite grand banquet to wish Feng Zhang's victory--with Feng Zhang's victory, Wu Peifu would no longer be arrogant and domineering in front of him.Xu Shichang had had enough of Wu Peifu's anger, and he hoped Zhang Zuolin would eliminate Wu Peifu. .Even if it can't be eliminated, it will greatly kill his vigor! However, just as he was toasting, the news of Feng Zhang's failure came.At first he didn't believe it, but when the news was confirmed, the white marble wine glass he took from the Forbidden City suddenly fell to the ground and shattered, and he also collapsed on the Taishi's chair—Wu Peifu won again!Wu Peifu wins, what kind of situation will his president face? Xu Shichang went from panic to confusion, and then from confusion to sobriety... That night, Xu Shichang fell ill and developed a high fever.The burning made him dizzy, and he talked a lot of nonsense—he scolded Zhang Zuolin as a useless thing, a big bandit who only knew how to rob his house, "Give you such a good condition, you enter the customs with the sword above, and you will be paid every month." You have enough military pay, and you can stay wherever the site is favorable. Why do you still fail? Where is your courage? An emperor who can't be supported!" He pleaded with Wu Peifu, saying that he did not let Zhang Zuolin enter Guan, he entered the customs because he had no law in his eyes and made his own decisions, "I have always been kind to Shanshuai and Ziyu, and I have relied heavily on them. I appointed all your officials. If you don't pay attention to you, you will have yours." Today?" Later, he finally explained why he had to be locked up by Fengjun and why he secretly provided food to Fengjun... Fortunately, Xu Shichang was surrounded by his family and cronies this night, no matter what Xu Shichang said , They will only be surprised, they will only stick out their tongues secretly, and no one will spread the word. At dawn the next day, Xu Shichang woke up. He had forgotten most of what happened last night, except for the news of "straight victory and defeat".He was still in shock, and with his slightly red and swollen eyes, he asked his cousin Xu Shizhang and Secretary-General Wu Jisun to be called, "Tell them: there is an urgent matter. It is urgent!" When Wu Jisun and Xu Shizhang came to him one after another, Xu Shichang was a little at a loss Ask out loud: "Do you know? Do you know? The situation is broken, do you know?" This kind of nonsensical question made the two of them speechless, and neither of them knew how to answer? "Could it be that you are all deaf and blind, and you don't know anything?" Xu Shichang was furious: "Let me tell you, Zhang Zuolin lost, a big defeat! Wu Peifu won, a big victory!" The two who had just been summoned breathed a sigh of relief.Wu Jisun leaned back and thought to himself: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. When two armies confront each other, one army always wins and the other loses. What's so strange?" But he didn't dare to say that, and he didn't know what to say. He simply took out his cigarette , went to smoke without saying a word. Xu Shizhang has always been following orders, and his mind is on grasping the railway and money. Who wins and who loses? This kind of thing happens a lot, and it's not surprising. "You have raised so many troops. Why do you keep them if you don't fight? The army is only useful when there is a war. What's the point of winning or losing? As long as you don't hit the city of Beijing or the presidential palace, what does it matter to you?" However, he just Thinking about it this way, I didn't dare to say it because I couldn't figure out what kind of medicine my cousin contained in the gourd, so it was better not to speak. Xu Shichang couldn't stay silent. He stared at his still red and swollen eyes and said, "What should we do? Things have come to this, what do you think we should do?" His tone seemed as if Xu Shizhang and Wu Jisun had started this war.Now, the two of them must come up with a way to clean up the mess or bear the responsibility for the war disaster. Xu and Wu were not in a hurry, but they were both in confusion: "Is the president asking for advice or blaming him? This war was fought between Zhi and Feng. What does it matter to us who wins and who loses? We didn't participate in the war." It was your order to go to the Northeast, but only to send a letter, so why blame us?" Therefore, the two listened to Xu Shichang's words with their left ears, but their right ears flew away, and they pretended not to hear them. Still silent. "Speak! Speak! What should we do in this situation?" It seemed that Xu Shichang would not stop until he forced words from these two people.After questioning, he also sent that provocative gaze over, as if forcing them to speak. Wu Jisun is a resourceful person, and he can still come up with one or two tricks at a critical moment.He knew that, to a certain extent, this battle between Feng and Feng was provoked by Xu Shichang, and it was caused by Xu Shichang's introduction of the Feng army into the pass.Feng Jun was defeated, whether it was Cao Kun or Wu Peifu, the debt had to be settled, and the president should pay it back.Therefore, Wu Jisun thought about the best way, which is to ask Xu Shichang to go down the field! However, Wu Jisun shook his head: "Xu Shichang can't do it. The president is hard-earned, and he is self-willed and mercenary. Before seeing the coffin, Xu Shichang was I won’t cry!” Thinking of this, the Secretary-General glanced at Xu Shizhang with a sly look, and at the same time gave him a smile of unknown state of mind. Xu Shizhang is also a "sensible person". He knows his cousin better and knows his character. No matter how big things happen, he will not admit defeat.The entry of Zhang Zuolin's army was "ordered" by the president, and the president should bear the responsibility.Xu Shizhang shook his head, "He won't admit it!" He wanted to use an excuse to put the blame on Zhang Zuolin and let the president issue some order.But he shook his head again, knowing that Zhang Zuolin would not agree to that, "Maybe that red beard will regroup and fight the president again." In the luxurious living room, facing a pair of silent eyes, the silence is suffocating. Xu Shichang was so anxious that his back was already sweating.He looked at the two subordinates who kept their mouths tight, and became angry: he threw away his felt hat, opened his chest, stared at his eyes, spit at the mouth, and said angrily: "You are all silent, as if you are all It's okay, I'm the only one who can't escape the guilt, and I must come up with a solution to solve the urgent task! Well, I will take a solution, I have decided: it was you two who were dealing with the relationship between Cao Wu and Zhang; go to the northeast to transfer troops to Guan Yes, it’s still the two of you, so of course you, Wu Jisun and Xu Shizhang, are the ones who started this war, and you are the chief culprits, and only by killing both of you can the situation be calmed down, and it will be considered a thank you to the world!” "Ah--?" Both of them were surprised at the same time. Wu Jisun was dumbfounded, he thought Xu Shichang would do that. Xu Shizhang was also stunned, and he also felt that his cousin would do that.He knelt down on the ground, crawled in front of Xu Shichang, cried loudly and said, "Fifth brother, fifth brother! You can't do that. Your autograph letter is still in Zhang Zuolin's hand, and he will announce it. If you kill us, the Chinese will Scold you. I have an idea, listen to me." Xu Shichang turned his back and remained silent. Xu Shizhang also said: "Fifth brother, in the future Wu Ziyu will attack you, and he will only use the excuse of being imprisoned by the army to cause war disasters. Now that Zhang Zuolin is defeated, why don't you issue an order to remove Zhang Zuolin from all positions. Remove Zhang Zuolin, The contradictions will naturally ease, and the situation will naturally subside..." Xu Shichang stopped talking.Wu Jisun took the opportunity to say: "Ju Shuai, there is only one way now. Zhang Zuolin will regroup after he quits the customs. A dismissal order does not put much pressure on him, but it does work on Wu Peifu. He will understand your intentions. Only This is the only way to go straight." Xu Shichang has no strategy, and only listens to others' orders in difficult situations.Although he felt that the opinions of the two of them were not a perfect solution, there was no other way.Just take one step at a time and talk about it one step at a time, let it go, and kill the head tomorrow and then explain what will happen tomorrow.He was silent for a while, then shook his hands and said, "Go, go. You all go!" Soon, Xu Shichang issued four orders in the name of the president: Disband the current cabinet and compile Liang Shiyi. The limited Feng army will withdraw from the customs immediately. Cancellation of Zhang Zuolin's concurrent post, pending investigation. Wu Junsheng was appointed as the governor of Fengtian, and Yuan Jinkai was appointed governor of Fengtian.