Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, on September 1917, 9, the Battle of Xuzhou, which attracted the attention of the whole country, finally started.

Before the start, Zhang Zuolin slapped the table at the meeting of senior generals within the Feng Faction and made up his mind: "The victory or defeat of this battle depends on who owns the country. I hope that all ministries will unite and work together, otherwise we will have a way to escape back to the outside of the pass. . .”

It's a pity that Zhang Zuolin is not a traveler, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned the four words "sincere and united" first, and secondly, he shouldn't have mentioned the way of fleeing back to the outside of the customs.In history, those who shouted for sincere unity ended up tossing themselves to death first, and those who left a way out would eventually find that they had no way out.

But what kind of person is Zhang Zuolin? It is not a fuel-efficient lamp to be able to stand out in the Northeast beard and finally get the highest throne in the Republic of China.So this side has made up its mind to fight, and the other side has not forgotten to send people to negotiate with the Nanjing National Government for peaceful reunification. According to Zhang Laojiang's own intention, it is to take the opportunity to confuse the idiots in the south, and to take over for Zhang Zongchang and Sun Liechen. Down the offensive as a cover.

It can be said that such peace talks were insincere from the very beginning, but within the Nanjing Nationalist Government, the Guangfu Society represented by Zhang Taiyan thought they saw a hope.

On September 9, at the meeting of the two houses in Nanjing, Zhang Taiyan delivered a famous speech "How to Seek Unity in Checks and Balances" as the vice chairman of the National Government and the head of the Overwatch Council: "Our National Government has been the Republic of China until today. It is a very democratic government. The decision-making and implementation of our two houses fully reflect our democratic will. But why do we still feel that this government is undemocratic? What is the problem? We have been puzzled. Only now do we know why we feel that our government is undemocratic. In the final analysis, there is only one reason. The military has too much power and has already surpassed the government. I have no opinion on the military committee in Wuhan, but I am full of worries. From now on Looking at it, the military committee led by Wang Zhenyu is still working hard to maintain the authority of the national government. There is nothing wrong with it. But if one day, Wang Zhenyu's personal thinking changes, or the top decision-maker of the military committee changes, will our democracy still be able to survive? Continuing on, whether our national government can still be a democratic government is what I am most worried about. Therefore, we should strive for the initiative in the next peaceful reunification negotiations between the North and the South, unite the northern army and the southern army, A balanced ecological environment is formed in our military system. Only in this way can the army and military groups not be above the government. At this time, our national government can be successfully upgraded to the central government on the premise of completing the reunification of the motherland. , and China can become more democratic and prosperous..."

After Sun Wen was forced to take medical leave, the political situation within the National Socialist Party, which was called a political party but was actually an alliance, changed a lot.First of all, the Tongmeng faction, which was originally the leader, split. The faction headed by Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi chose to stand firmly on Sun Wen's side, known as the "Sun Wen faction".However, Xiong Kewu, Cheng Qian and others who originally belonged to Huang Xing's family chose to join Wang Longzhong. This family was called "Huang Xing's family" according to its origin.The most direct result of the split of the Tongmeng faction was the strong rise of Zhang Taiyan's Guangfu faction and Xiong Xiling's and Liang Qichao's Progressive Party factions within the National Government. These two factions originally fought against the enemy together under the strong suppression of the Tongmeng faction, but After Wang Zhenyu took action to attack and divide the alliance, they split for power instead. This was not expected when Wang Zhenyu decided to drive Sun Wen away.

Well now, Zhang Taiyan, who holds the power of civil affairs and government supervision, publicly put forward the political slogan of forming a coalition government in Nanjing, with the idea of ​​merging the Fengjun and the Youth Army to form the national army.Not to mention, once such an idea comes out, there is really a big market in all walks of life in Nanjing. After all, in everyone's opinion, it is better not to fight the civil war.

In Wuhan, on almost the same day, Wang Zhenyu, who had become accustomed to being a hands-off shopkeeper, was bringing his four sons, 12-year-old Shen Quan, five-year-old Wang Jingye, and Wang Jingwen and Wang Jingwu, who were just able to trot.In fact, Wang Zhenyu has another child, the daughter Wang Siyun who was born at the end of May, and he will be satisfied with drinking milk and sleeping every day.

Wang Zhenyu is busy with many things on weekdays and rarely has time for parent-child interaction with his children. Finally, he arranged such a day to take his four children to visit the newly completed Wuhan National Zoo. Opposition voices appeared in Nanjing again.

Wang Zhenyu was very upset about this. In fact, there is nothing wrong with opposing him. As a political figure, Wang Zhenyu still has a bit of guts.But Zhang Taiyan should never have disgusted Wang Zhenyu when he was with the child, he was really upset.

"Secretary Chen, send a telegram to my uncle. Recently, our national government's corruption has become more and more serious, and we need to be punished. Let's set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption, appoint Chen Jiongming as the director, and divide the picketing power of the Civil Affairs Committee. Just give it to this department. In addition, arrange for our representatives to initiate a proposal against Nationalist government officials holding positions under the National Assembly. I think the director of the Overwatch Council can give it to Xie Chi or Zou Lu from Sun Wen’s department, and send someone else Go to Shanghai to meet Sun Wen, and let him rest in peace for a year."

"Dad, why didn't that tiger stand up?" Wang Jingye's immature childish voice quickly pulled Wang Zhenyu back to his father's role.

"Silly boy, because the tiger also takes a nap." Wang Zhenyu said to his son very lovingly. . .

Wang Zhenyu's easy few words immediately dealt a heavy blow to the Guangfu Society, which had just made a splash in Nanjing, and had to hand over the personnel and supervision rights of the Nationalist Government.And the "Sun Wen Department" that had been silent for more than a month also unexpectedly gained two important positions. At this time, even Hu Hanmin couldn't understand what Wang Zhenyu was up to.

It seems that heroes cherish each other, or it may be because of a mutual understanding. Just when Zhang Taiyan was feeling very uncomfortable, Zhang Zuolin stepped forward unceremoniously. On September 9, after almost a week of tepid negotiations on the peaceful reunification of the North and the South held in Shanghai, a major change suddenly occurred.Yang Yuting, the representative of the North, suddenly pointed out that the Beijing government is the only legal central government of the Republic of China.In order to promote the peaceful reunification of the North and the South, the local government of the Nanjing Nationalist Government should be abolished.At the same time, the youth army, an illegal armed force, was disbanded, and the southern provinces waited for the central government to accept it.The representatives from the South headed by Wang Zhengting were immediately dumbfounded. What's going on? Wasn't it fine yesterday?Why did it suddenly change today?Wang Zhengting had no choice but to report the matter to Nanjing and Wuhan after continuous questioning to no avail.

Zhang Taiyan, who was convening a meeting of colleagues from the Guangfu Society at his official residence at that time, heard the news, and angrily scolded Zhang Zuolin for being shameless and hopeless for suicide.I was so excited that my heart almost stopped beating.

After Wang Zhenyu learned the news, he smiled very lightly and said: "Send a telegram and tell the whole country that Zhang Zuolin is the one who broke the peace. Let the boys on the front line prepare to fight, and let the brothers fight harder. Don't let Feng Jun always think that only people from the Northeast are men, and people who only talk harshly and love to play with their personalities are generally bad, so they should be cleaned up."

On September 9, in Beijing, Zhang Zuolin announced that because the Southern Nationalist Government refused peace and reunification, under the order of President Xu Shichang, the status of the regional government of the Southern Nationalist Government will be revoked from now on, and it will be regarded as a rebellion from now on. , the youth army is a rebel army.

However, the day before, Wang Zhenyu sent a telegram: "Who is Zhang Zuolin? There are a dozen people who robbed houses in the Northeast and stole the vital resources of the residents of the country. The people are like grass, and they want to steal the country. If such a scourge is allowed to spread, our country will surely die." Death. Therefore, Wen Zheng is now responsible for the rise and fall of the world with the body of a man, and raises his troops to fight for the people and the country."

Zhang Zuolin saw Wang Zhenyu's telegram, although he was exposed to others, he was not angry. He just followed Yuan Shikai's tone and replied to Wang Zhenyu alone after issuing the crusade order: Since the beginning of the year, the left is rebellion, and the right is making trouble. Since the beginning of the Republic of China, there has never been a day of peace and peace with the country. Yuting is now located in the center, and it is the livelihood of the people of the world. It is absolutely forbidden for this generation to continue to make trouble. Wait for our army to break the bandits. On this day, set Xiao Xiao as the leader of this thief to thank the world."

After Wang Zhenyu saw this call, he didn’t need Chen Bulei anymore, so he wrote a reply in person: “Zhang Zuolin, male, Han nationality, aged 42, from Xixiaowatun, Majiafang Village, Jiazhangsi Township, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province, whose baby name is Laopida He is four feet eight inches tall (1 meters), and has been a disaster in the Northeast for many years. Recently, he fled to the Zhilu area to continue committing crimes. Those who are arrested will be rewarded with one million yuan. Today..."

Seeing the telegram written by Wang Zhenyu, Chen Bulei, who couldn't laugh or cry, wanted to persuade his commander-in-chief not to send such a telegram.

Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said, "Just send it like this, this is God's reply..."

Sure enough, when Zhang Zuolin saw the power-up, he was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it, and cursed: "Damn it, this Wang Zhenyu is so worthless, is there such a thing as hurtful? Is he playing according to the rules? Damn, you dare to arrest me, Laozi, Laozi..." It took me a long time before Zhang Zuolin yelled loudly again: "Go, give me a reward of 30 yuan, I want this Wang Zhenyu's head... .”

This level of verbal war can be regarded as unprecedented, but everyone's minds are still focused on the entire battlefield, just kidding, this is really a decisive battle that will determine China's destiny and future. . .