The Republic of Heroes

On October 17, 31, the county governors' meeting of the [-] counties in Liangdao was held as scheduled.Just as Wu Xiaoliang expected, the county magistrates all took a wait-and-see attitude, and there were only a few people who took a clear stand on the side of the provincial government, including the county magistrate Wang who had made a big fuss in the Jixia Academy.County magistrate Wang, whose real name is Wang Jinwei, is from Huaiyin, Jiangsu Province. He was also selected for office. He also served as the county magistrate of Changle for five years. He has been suppressed by the local gentry in Changle.

"On behalf of the Changle County Government, I firmly support the provincial government's decision to abolish Daocun County. Since the founding of the Republic of China, Shen Ke has been redundant at all levels of government from the province to the county. It is time to clarify the situation, but Chairman Wu Rongrong , There are two major resistances in Daocun County that must be eliminated, one is the soil, and the other is the warlords. These two major resistances are always hanging over the humble officials like sharp swords, and they will be cut down at any time."

County magistrate Wang’s speech has been echoed by the county magistrates at both ends of the rat. It is the consensus of those without foundation that the county magistrate is difficult to be a magistrate, but if they want to make a clear-cut fall to Wu Xiaoliang’s provincial government, they need to observe carefully One step, because a wrong step may lead to a situation beyond redemption.However, Wang Jinwei is determined to do everything he can. He is not a local, has no foundation in Changle, and is subject to governance everywhere, but because of this, he has no ties.He didn't want to continue this kind of gloomy life, so he simply voted for Chairman Wu of the provincial capital.

Wu Xiaoliang immediately promised: "The provincial government will definitely give full support in local governance. If you ask for money, give money, and ask for people to give people, whoever dares to stand in the way of the provincial government's reform will face the end of being smashed to pieces." The iron-blooded remarks silenced the chattering county magistrates, for fear that they would be the unlucky ones who blocked the reform. Whether Chairman Wu can defeat Han Zhang and the two marshals said that it is still easy to win the district and county magistrates.Seeing that Wu Xiaoliang was cold, he immediately smiled and said:

"Everyone speak freely, don't be restrained. There are two things to be implemented in this meeting. One is to cut roads and save counties. The other is land reform. You can raise resistance and difficulties, and the provincial government will back you up. Feel free to do anything."

Several county magistrates headed by Wang Jinwei immediately expressed their obedience, and at the same time raised various practical difficulties, and Wu Xiaoliang made people write them down one by one.

"After the meeting, you go to Deputy Secretary-General Li, and he will be fully responsible for supporting you."

The conference was planned for a total of ten days, and the county magistrates made speeches to raise specific issues. On the first day, only some general speeches were made and few practical issues were involved.Only a few people such as Wang Jinwei, the magistrate of Changle County, put forward some suggestions and difficulties.Linzi County Magistrate Zhu Wusheng was disappointed with the situation on the first day of the meeting. The atmosphere of the meeting was completely different from what he had imagined.The enthusiastic meeting he was looking forward to became a lookout meeting for those with both ends of the head.After the meeting, he complained in disappointment: "No wonder Chairman Wu said that these county magistrates who are sitting on the fence are not enough to rely on. I am really angry."

The meeting was adjourned for three days on October [-], but it was destined to be an uneasy day. On that day, "Qilu Daily" broke a news that shocked the entire Shandong Province.Zhang Zongchang's cousin bribed Changle and Linzi merchants to sell moldy rice at a high price and sell it at a low price, and used the provincial government student soldiers as military rations. He publicly urged Zhang Zongchang to deal with the matter as soon as possible and punish the lawbreakers.As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar from all walks of life in the province, and Zhang Zongchang was suddenly placed in dire straits, on the cusp of the storm.

Zhang Zongchang categorically denied this, and sent a telegram stating that this was a frame-up, and asked the provincial government to investigate and rectify the "Qilu Daily" that spread the rumors and investigate the relevant persons responsible.

On the second day, "Qilu Daily" launched a counterattack, publishing a photo of a brother of Zhang Zongchang's family, as well as a confession, which listed Zhang Zongchang and his cousin's various methods of secretly making troubles, and even the Zhang family's various secrets. unspeakable things.Zhang Zongchang's deeds of yin and yang were exposed in broad daylight. The news that such a secret conspiracy was in a secret room immediately caught everyone's attention, and at the same time everyone from all walks of life were also surprised by it.Out of hatred for the warlords and contempt for the licentiousness of the rulers, the public opinion overwhelmingly condemned the Zhang family in Jiaodong, and an undercurrent of destabilization and driving Zhang in the entire Shandong Province was gradually coming out from behind the scenes.

On the same day, Taian Han Fuju issued a telegram, strongly condemning Zhang Zongchang's behavior of selling moldy rice to patriotic student soldiers, and threatened that if the murderer was not handed over to punish the wrongdoers, his troops would point their swords at Jiaodong to uphold justice for the patriotic students, and promised to donate for free Fifty thousand catties of rice were given to the student soldiers as military rations.

Han Fuju's high-profile appearance immediately won the appreciation and support of all walks of life, and restored the previous negative image in one fell swoop.

Not to be outdone, Zhang Zongchang categorically denied the accusation from "Qilu Daily", declaring that his brother was kidnapped and the whole incident was a conspiracy against him. It's not man.

All of a sudden, the scolding battle ignited by the "Qilu Daily" shifted between the two camps of Han and Zhang, but the protagonist of the incident, Linzi Provincial Government, was ignored by all walks of life, as if he had become an outsider.

On the third day, an accident escalated the entire scolding war and entered the stage of armed conflict.The armies of Han and Zhang went off in Gaomi. Zhang Zongchang seemed to have been prepared. The troops of the two brigades defeated Han Fuju's troops in one fell swoop, and the troops pointed directly at Zhucheng.The Zhucheng defenders had only one regiment of troops, and they were wiped out after a little resistance. Zhang Zongchang's army took Yishui and Mengyin all the way to Xintai, the eastern gateway of Tai'an.

Han Fuju immediately panicked, and hurriedly dispatched the main force of the army stationed on the border of Shandong, Henan and the Soviet Union to return to the army for reinforcements. From Teng County and Cao County, they went straight to the back of Zhang Zongchang's forward troops.In just two days, the whole of Lunan was turned into a pot of porridge.The two brigades who went to Xintai were cut off from the rear, and Zhang Zongchang immediately sent two more brigades to reinforce them, and started a battle with the main force of Han Fuju's returning army in Mengyin County.The two sides fought for a day and a night, but there was no winner. The two brigades of Zhangbu retreated to Yishui for a little repair.

In southern Shandong, the meeting of county chiefs had to be postponed, and even if the county chiefs wanted to go back to the government, they had no choice but to stay in Linzi and wait for the war to clear up before reconvening the county chiefs meeting.

On October [-]th, Wu Xiaoliang issued a telegram against his own people beating up his own people. The poor people who suffered from the brotherly war are the poor people. He hoped that the two sides would calm down and stop the war immediately. At the same time, the provincial government urged Zhang Zongchang to hand over the criminals and punish the lawbreakers.

Both Han and Zhang ignored Wu Xiaoliang's power-on, and continued the fierce battle between Mengyin and Yishui after a day of recuperation.In order to escape the war, a large number of fugitives went north to Laiwu and Boshan.