young marshal spring and autumn

This time, the main fighters are not waving their flags and shouting, just thinking about it, but taking real actions.After deciding to march south, the northern warlords withheld taxes, expanded their forces, and seized territory.At this time, newspapers across the country were filled with electrification of the main battle, and the sound of killing and cutting was endless.The Beiyang faction is quite vigorous and vigorous, and there are some people who advocate that Lao Duan should be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition.

Just as the sound of slaughter in the north was earth-shattering, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River suddenly erupted with the sound of peace. On February 1918, 2, Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram to declare independence in Wuxue, and strongly denounced the Civil War as the most unconscious and irrational war.

Feng Yuxiang was previously ordered to "aid Fujian" to Pukou and stop advancing, in order to promote peace between the North and the South.The basis of the peace talks is that Yuezhou should be returned to Hunan, and Jingxiang should be returned to Hubei.In the end, he said that soldiers should obey the president, and the president has always been the sovereign, so the sovereign is to obey the president.There are two ways to his conclusion: "Either strike the troops, or kill Yuxiang to thank the world."

Feng Yuxiang's move was of course an arrangement of the main peace faction, in order to disrupt the main battle party's offensive steps in Hunan, because Wuxue is located between Hubei and Jiangxi, Quan's actions will have a great impact on the main battle faction's first and second routes. Influence.It is said that this was planned by Lu Jianzhang behind the scenes, and Lu also had a plan to raid Anhui and drive away Ni Sichong.Ni was not very popular in Anhui. If Ni was driven away, Lu could replace Ni. In this way, Anhui joined the camp of the three governors of the Yangtze River, and the southern section of Jinpu was under the control of the Zhuhe faction, and the power would be greater.

Duan Qirui was extremely shocked by Feng Yuxiang's sudden reconciliation, so he focused all his anger on Feng Guozhang, determined to carry out a military coup to drive Feng from power.However, since all the troops of the Anhui faction were transferred to the south, there were not enough troops to support his plan, so he sent his confidant and think tank, Xu Shuzheng, to the northeast to find Zhang Zuolin under the pretext of "contacting national defense", in an attempt to persuade Zhang Zuolin to dispatch him. His Fengjun entered the customs to carry out the plan to expel Feng.

The Anhui lineage called war, and the Zhi line called peace, and the two sides made a big fuss about this debate.The Anhui Department said: "Being able to fight can make peace, and war should force peace."Zhizhi said: "Peace is a sign of sincerity, and peace is a means. If the goal cannot be achieved, only by fighting again can we be strong."In fact, the peace faction is dealing with Duan, and the war faction is dealing with Feng.It's not really about peace or war, but a new "war between government and courtyard".

The Beiyang faction had already split when Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, but the split at that time was only against Yuan, or Yuan's betrayal.After the restoration of Zhang Xun, the split of the Beiyang faction became superficial. After the restoration of Zhang Xun, Duan Qirui vowed to crusade against each other, but it was not a real split.

For Feng Guozhang, since Yuan Shikai's death, he began to dream of the Xinhua Palace. However, when his wish came true, he gradually realized that the title of the magnificent government and the president is not an ideal fairyland on earth. The pain he suffered was exactly what Li had suffered in the past.Like Li, he is the stamping machine of the Duan cabinet.

When he approved the resignation of Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's think tank, as the Deputy Minister of the Army on November 11, Xu made troubles in Tianjin and pulled Cao Kun out of the direct four governors to deny it.Zhang Zuolin's organization of the so-called Qin, Jin, Anhui, and Feng Great Alliance was also said to be Xu Shuzheng's plan. This Grand Warlord's Alliance seems to be a reprint of the Warlord's Legion.

The Japanese envoy came to see Feng Guozhang and said in a threatening tone: "The situation in China is facing great difficulties. The cabinet cannot be changed. If there is a change, there will be great chaos."When Duan Qirui was in trouble at home and abroad, his Japanese supporters couldn't wait to jump to the foreground.

At a time when the "controversy between the government and the court" was in full swing, Zhang Zuolin focused his energy on how to deal with Meng Enyuan, the last stumbling block on the Northeast Road.

Zhang Hanqing's Gao Jiren's "Fengqing Bureau" lived up to expectations. There is sufficient evidence to prove that Meng Enyuan also made the same fatal mistake as Feng Delin. He even participated in supporting Zhang Xun's restoration activities!The top-secret information flowed to Zhang Hanqing's Fengjun headquarters like a tide. In an instant, Zhang Hanqing caught the invulnerable Meng Enyuan's braid.

Therefore, Zhang Zuolin sent his confidants to Jilin in secret, and launched the "Expelling Meng Movement" on the grounds of Meng Enyuan's "restoration and rebellion", abuse of the provincial treasury and nepotism.In the name of the people, they called the Beijing government, demanding that Meng Enyuan be held accountable for his crimes, and strongly demanded that he be replaced.The power of the people at this time was far from the "tremendous" mentioned in the telegram, but it was true that everyone shouted at the "restoration" at home and abroad.

Meng was from Zhili, and his in-laws, Lu Jianzhang, were also directly related. Most of Meng's troops belonged to soldiers from Zhili.Duan Qirui, the Prime Minister of the State Council, who is incompatible with the direct lineage of Anhui, has long wanted to get rid of Meng Enyuan.At this time, it is the right time to comply with public opinion and let someone of our own replace Meng Enyuan.So he quickly issued a dismissal order to Meng Enyuan, and at the same time appointed his brave general Chahar Dutong Tian Zhongyu to take over his post.Tanaka Yu is from Funing, Hebei Province. He had been stationed in Changchun before and had a very good relationship with the Japanese.

Meng Enyuan was driven away, but Tian Zhongyu came, this kind of result was unexpected by Zhang Zuolin.He saw very clearly that if Tanaka Yu, who was backed by Duan Qirui and had a close relationship with the Japanese, was appointed as the governor of Jilin, it would undoubtedly become the biggest obstacle for him to unify the three eastern provinces.As the so-called "two evils invade each other, whichever is the lesser", Zhang Zuolin decided that instead of welcoming Tian Zhongyu, it is better to keep Meng Enyuan temporarily.

Meng Enyuan heard some rumors earlier, and sent his secretary Dai Yigao to Feng Guozhang in Beijing to inquire about the truth. Feng said there was no such thing and advised him not to listen to the rumors.But soon the rumors became facts, and he was very annoyed after receiving the order, so he sent a telegram to question the reasons for the cabinet transfer, and he had to reply within three days, otherwise Jilin would declare independence.They also sent Pei Qixun, the brigade commander of the Jilin Mixed Brigade, as the commander-in-chief of the Independence Army. The anti-Meng forces in Jilin were oppressed by force, and the Beijing government was called to withdraw Yi Du's order.

The new warlord Tanaka Yuben was ready to take office, but when he saw the chaotic political situation in Jilin, he lost interest immediately.He felt that he was good in the position of the governor of Chahar, and there was no need to get involved in the chaotic political vortex, so he politely declined the appointment to Duan Qirui.

The Northeast War was about to break out, President Feng Guozhang took it seriously, and the veterans of the Beiyang faction Xu Shichang and Wang Shizhen were also willing to mediate.Feng instructed Wang Zhanyuan and the Beiyang warlords of various provinces to send a joint telegram, requesting that Jilin be maintained as it was on the pretext of being involved in national defense and foreign affairs. In addition to the three governors of the Yangtze River, some governors of the Anhui Province were invited to sign by Wang Zhanyuan.Due to Feng's face and the oppression of the governors of various provinces, Duan ignored the issue of Jilin Yidu: ([-]) the original order was not revoked, and ([-]) it was not implemented.

Afterwards, Meng Enyuan regained the favor of the Beijing government due to his contribution to pacifying the Harbin incident, and stayed in office as he wished and as Zhang Zuolin wished.However, the rift between the two is already there.