The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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The Royal Clan Socialist Party formed by spn Liangbi and other young factions brazenly launched a mutiny in Beijing in an attempt to eliminate the State Cabinet headed by Yuan Shikai and restore the one-party situation in the Royal Cabinet.

On that day, the imperial guards quickly occupied the streets and alleys of Beijing, claiming to hang Yuan Shikai and other cabinet members on the four gates of the city.

The mutiny of the imperial guards frightened Yuan Shikai so that he did not dare to return to his residence, so he hid in Yikuang's Prince Qing's Mansion for refuge. As the iron hat king, Yikuang could freely enter and leave the Forbidden City. official confrontation.Empress Longyu was so frightened that she quickly summoned Liangbi, the leader of the Zongsha Party, into the palace, and then she cursed her head and face.

Liangbi left the Forbidden City, and quickly withdrew from Beijing with the imperial guards. The mutiny finally disappeared. Yuan Shikai realized that Liangbi was the only resistance to the Qing emperor's abdication. At that time, Nanjing liaison officer Wang Jingwei lurked in Beijing , Yuan Shikai knew that the Revolutionary Party was good at assassination.

So a few days later, with the cooperation of Yuan Shikai, the Beijing Revolutionary Party threw a bomb at Liangbi. Liangbi was not killed on the spot, but he had exhausted more air and less air, and died two days later. [

When Liangbi died, Empress Longyu was so frightened that she turned pale, and hurriedly held an imperial meeting to discuss the Qing emperor's abdication.

However, on that day, only Yuan Shikai's representative, Zhao Bingjun, was present. Empress Longyu was so frightened that she even asked Zhao Bingjun to tell Yuan Shikai that they would agree to any conditions, and that it was important to save the lives of her mother and her son.

Until February 2, the Qing court finally issued the abdication edict.

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In mid-January, Jiang Yu and others saw that the situation in the country was chaotic, and the Qing court had not abdicated for a long time. At this time, after three months of action, they had almost digested Anhui and Northern Jiangsu, and they were able to continue to expand their territory.

Taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the country, it is a good time to expand the territory.

Expansion to the south is obviously unwise. Nanjing established a provisional government. If it sends troops to fight, it will obviously be criticized by public opinion. Expansion to the north will not only grab territory, but also force the Qing emperor to abdicate in the Northern Expedition.

After a period of secret planning, Jiang Yu, Jiang Fangzhen and other warlord leaders of the Renaissance Army set their eyes on the "golden zone" at the junction of Shandong, Henan, and northern Jiangsu.

It is the most important cotton-producing area in China today, and it is also the most important cotton-producing area. Xinjiang and other places have not yet grown cotton on a large scale. Although there are some, there are basically none that are distributed to East China as commodities.

As long as it controls this cotton-producing area, it is tantamount to directly monopolizing the supply of local raw materials for China's textile industry, and can reap a lot of benefits.

Seeing that there was a bargain to be made, Jiang Yu immediately ordered Yang Hongfei to lead the first division to launch an encroaching attack on Shandong.

The troops of the first division were divided into two groups, one of which was to attack along Zaozhuang, Linyi, and Rizhao, all the way to Heze, and then to attack Jining, Tai'an, and Laiwu.

At the same time, in view of the need for external expansion, after discussions between Jiang Yu, Jiang Fangzhen and others, the third infantry division of the revival army was expanded to consolidate the rear defense force, and three additional agricultural reclamation corps were expanded to meet contingencies.

On January 1, the First Division invaded Shandong. At this time, Shandong's defense was weak. Although there was the Fifth Beiyang Town, there was only one Xie's troops, and the other Xie was transferred out of Shandong to suppress the revolutionary party.

In Jinan, there was only one bid by Wu Dingyuan, and the rest basically had no new troops, only some old troops and regiments in places with low combat effectiveness.

Furthermore, the fifth town has been caught in civil strife at this time. Due to the coercion of the revolutionary party, Sun Baoqi, the governor of Shandong, once declared Shandong's independence. As a result, Zhang Guangjian and Wu Bingxiang, who were soon dispatched by Yuan Shikai, joined forces with the Beiyang army of the fifth town to cancel Shandong's independence. .

Shandong, as a province where Yuan Shikai's influence is deeply rooted, is obviously not so easy to become independent. After only thirteen days of independence, Shandong announced the cancellation of independence.

Sun Baoqi offended people when he became independent, and he offended people when he abolished independence. When the two parties were not pleased, he simply quit and ran away with money.

The First Division of the Revival Army captured Zaozhuang and Linyi very quickly, and the Left Army also conquered Heze overnight with lightning speed, and then quickly occupied the counties around Heze, Pei County, Feng County, Shan County, Wucheng County, Jinxiang County have conquered. [

As soon as the county seat was laid down in the front, the armed police, police, medical team, propaganda team, and administrative personnel arrived behind, and then quickly started work.

Relief materials such as food and cotton clothes were sent to various counties through convoys to cooperate with the development of administrative work.

The sudden onset of the flames of war made the Shandong people caught in it fearful, but when the battle was over, they saw in disbelief that the army that came from northern Jiangsu had committed no crimes against the common people.

Wearing Zanxin's tough military uniforms, they walk neatly, with confidence and determination on their faces, and they are the most energetic army that ordinary people have ever seen.

This army does not have the rotten atmosphere of the old army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the domineering style of the Beiyang army. They are always so kind when they talk to the common people, and they are always so fair when they buy and sell.

In just a moment, the hearts of the common people surged with unprecedented love for this army.

Because they firmly believe that this army is an army that protects the common people, and an army that stands in the same camp as the common people.

Coupled with the relief supplies that were shipped in succession later, the common people have completely accepted the local government established by the Lianghuai Administration, and the work of the local government has been carried out smoothly with the cooperation of the common people.

Through these policies, Jiang Yu began to quickly digest the new territory it occupied.

Zhang Xun, commander of the braided army entrenched in Heze, fled again this time.

Zhang Xun was a loyal member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. During the Revolution of [-], he fought stubbornly and was named the governor of Liangjiang by the Manchu Qing.

At that time, the revival army was fighting in northern Jiangsu and had no time to pay attention to Zhang Xun, which allowed Zhang Xun to run to Heze smoothly.

This time the revival army launched an attack on Heze, and the braided army tried to fight back. However, within 10 minutes of the fight, they were scared away by the fierce artillery fire of the revival army and fled.

At this time, Zhang Xun had no territory, like a bereaved dog, he couldn't afford to lose, once the braided army in his hand was wiped out, he would be no shit.

So Zhang Xun ran all the way to Dezhou again. Yuan Shikai had nothing to do with Zhang Xun for a while. At this time, Shandong's military strength was a bit too empty.

The revival army's attack on Shandong was far beyond Yuan Shikai's expectations.

Obviously, the Nanjing Revolutionary Party would not have the guts to dare the Northern Expedition. They did not dare to touch the beards of the Beiyang Army. To put it bluntly, the top leaders of the Revolutionary Party are just a group of opportunists. Desperately.

The Wuchang Revolutionary Army is at odds with Nanjing. Although Wuchang is better, its own strength is not strong.Furthermore, it is relatively far away from Shandong, and it is definitely not the Wuchang Revolutionary Army that attacked Shandong this time.

Seeing that Shandong was about to become unstable again, Yuan Shikai wanted to scold his mother a little bit, so he hurriedly sent someone to investigate.

The investigation soon came to fruition, and Yuan Shikai soon learned that the army attacking Shandong this time was the revival army occupying Anhui and northern Jiangsu.

"Father, this revival army is very strange. After the uprising broke out in Wuchang, they responded the next day, and quickly captured the entire Anhui and northern Jiangsu. They also killed Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui. But then they I only sent a mild telegram, and there was no sound after that. At that time, the Wuchang Revolutionary Army was more powerful, so we couldn’t spare time to control them. Then they not only did not compete for the posts of Anhui Governor and Jiangsu Governor, but also He didn’t even attend the Nanjing government elections, but he set up a Lianghuai Administration, which is not in the same line with the Nanjing Revolutionary Party, and it is not all the same with the Wuchang Revolutionary Army.” Yuan Keding said to Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai thought for a while, and said: "I remember it. Not long ago, the Lianghuai Administration issued a decree on agricultural reform in Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and as a result, there was a big debate in the newspapers." [

As he spoke, Yuan Shikai was startled suddenly, and asked, "What happened afterwards?"

Because the city of Beijing is very dangerous, if you accidentally lose everything, Yuan Shikai has no energy to pay attention to Jiang Yu, the leader of the warlord who is not happy.

"Afterwards, nothing happened." Yuan Keding didn't understand why, so Yuan Shikai couldn't help but gasped, clapping his hands and saying, "Amazing, amazing!"

"Father, what's so great about it?" Yuan Keding asked in bewilderment.

"Think about it, if Dad promulgates the same decree now, those big landlords will not turn against me? I am afraid that there will be chaos everywhere, but the Lianghuai Administrative Bureau has not caused any trouble. What does this mean? It means Their control over the place has reached a terrifying level." Yuan Shikai walked back and forth, and then asked Yuan Keding after a while, "What is the background of Jiang Yu?"

"I heard that he is very young, less than 20 years old. He just came back from Germany at the beginning of Gengxu."

Yuan Shikai frowned and said, "Why haven't I heard of such a number one person before?"

"Father, he went abroad after the Japan-Russia Northeast War in Otomi (1905), but he first went to England, was admitted to Cambridge University, and then went to France half a year later, where he made a name for himself. Ding Wei (1907) went to Germany again at the beginning of the year, and was admitted to the German Army University. He stayed in Germany for three years, but the boy did not find out what he did in Germany. The Jiangbei Patrol Battalion is in command."

"Then what is this kid going to do this time?" Yuan Shikai was puzzled, and called Shandong without saying a word in advance.

Yuan Shikai naturally didn't know what Jiang Yu was going to do, because Yuan Shikai had qualitative thinking in his mind. China has long been a system of a small central government and a large society, with very little control over the local government.But what follows is that the warlords only need to make trouble at the upper level to fight for the territory. As long as the upper level is unified, then the locality will naturally be under the rule.

However, Jiang Yu completely abandoned this model and began to strengthen local control, thus embracing a route where the local government encircled the central government.

To put it bluntly, it means constantly encroaching on the territory. When the territory becomes large enough, it can suppress the central government.

Yuan Shikai would not have thought of this for a while. His fixed thinking would not allow him to react so quickly, so he was naturally puzzled.

"No matter what, there is no room for loss in Shandong." How could Yuan Shikai run away when he saw the lamb in his mouth? Once Shandong is in chaos, the Nanjing Revolutionary Party will make progress, and it will not be so easy to suppress at that time.

At this time, Empress Longyu drafted the abdication edict, but at this time the imperial guards mutinied again, and Yuan Shikai, who had no choice but to humbly beg Feng Guozhang for peace.

Feng Guozhang once frantically suppressed the revolutionary army on the front line in Hankou, and even went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother Longyu, and asked the Queen Mother Longyu to allocate him 300 million taels, so that he could put down the revolutionary army alone.

Yuan Shikai did not want to destroy the revolutionary army at that time, but to use the revolutionary army to blackmail the Qing court. Feng Guozhang's plan made him break out in a cold sweat, and then he sent Duan Qirui to the front line of Wuchang, took down Feng Guozhang's command, and let Feng Guozhang When he arrived in Chahar, he became the governor.

Feng Guozhang was drawn by Yuan Shikai on the front line in Hankou, and he was depressed. After returning to Beijing, he did not go to Chahar to take up the post. He went back to his house and had a falling out with Yuan Shikai.

At this time, Yuan Shikai asked Yuan Keding to come to the door to beg for peace, which gave Feng Guozhang enough face, and Feng Guozhang felt at ease.

Feng Guozhang is Liangbi's sworn brother, known as Feng Manzi, and he is an acceptable figure for the imperial guards.It's just that Feng Guozhang was hesitant, and Yuan Shikai had no choice but to go out in person, go to Feng Guozhang's mansion, and say to him: Do you know where the hero Xiang Yu was defeated?

Although Feng Guozhang was emotionally loyal to the Qing court, it was absolutely impossible to die for the Qing court, so he stepped forward and went to the barracks of the Imperial Guards. He climbed onto the high platform and read aloud the "Preferential Treatment Policy for Royal Family Members" reached by the North-South Agreement, However, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard said that the imperial court was gone, and the Imperial Guard would definitely be disbanded, so it was better to fight to the death.

Feng Guozhang immediately assured that the imperial guards will always exist, and all treatment will remain the same.He also said that if Feng could not be trusted, two representatives could be sent to follow him day and night, and if Feng could not do so, Feng's head could be taken on the spot.

A mutiny was once again eliminated.

On February 2, the Qing government issued an abdication edict, and the Manchu Dynasty, which had ruled China for nearly 12 years, ended its life and went to bed.

The revival army began to attack Shandong in mid-January, and extended its hand to Shangqiu, Henan without encountering any resistance.

The restlessness of the revival army gave Yuan Shikai an excuse to transfer the imperial guards. On February 2, only three days after the Manchu Qing issued the edict of abdication, Yuan Shikai transferred the imperial guards to Shandong to suppress the revival army.

For Yuan Shikai, the order was indeed in the word "advance and suppression". Obviously, Yuan Shikai had not taken the revival army seriously.

In his opinion, using the Imperial Guards to deal with the revival army is already a bit overkill, but the presence of the Imperial Guards outside Beijing has always made Yuan Shikai feel like a stick in his throat.

Chapter 1 arrives!