The true biography of Yaqiao, the first chivalrous king of the Republic of China

Chapter 20 Three Sharp Swords Unsheathed at Any Time
Like all dictatorships, the Kuomintang is calm on the surface but turbulent under the water, vying for power and profit;The reason is simple, because there is no generally accepted rules of the game, who has the obligation to abide by the rules?Therefore, the winner does not fight, and the loser refuses to accept.If there were rules, referees, rewards and punishments, fairness, justness, and openness like the Olympic Games, everyone would be convinced whether they win or lose, and there would be no market for "stumbling blocks" and "killing hands" behind the scenes.The failure of the Kuomintang lies in its own internal friction.

In the later period of the Northern Expedition, the Kuomintang had two governments.One was the Wuhan Nationalist Government established first, which officially began operations on February 1927, 2, with Wang Jingwei as the core; the other was the Nanjing Nationalist Government established later, with Chiang Kai-shek as the center.Everyone knows that power grows out of the barrel of a gun.Both Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek used power as a personal bargaining chip to win over subordinates and attack opponents.

On March 1927, 3, Chen Tiaoyuan saw that Sun Chuanfang's defeat was set, so he took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek and was appointed as the commander of the No.4 Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army.Wuhu, Anqing and other places were recovered by the Northern Expedition one after another without bloodshed.

On March 3, Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangzuo Army, arrived in Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, by boat.In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Moruo, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Northern Expedition Army, rushed over from Wuhan and sent the letter of appointment and seal of the "Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of Anhui Province" of the Wuhan Nationalist Government.

Li Zongren is a sensible person, he doesn't want to be caught between Wang and Jiang, and they don't like each other.So, he explained: "I was born in the army, and I only know how to lead troops to fight. Politics is not my specialty, so please choose someone else."

Guo Moruo repeatedly persuaded Li Zongren to refuse.Because they were old friends, Li Zongren saw that it was getting late, so he kept him for dinner.The two of them drank Jiannanchun and punched for fun.Guo Moruo is eloquent and has a lot of energy; Li Zongren is also good at drinking, and he is also good at punching.However, that night, he missed on purpose, lost consecutive battles, and got drunk.When he sobered up, Guo Moruo had already returned to Wuhan with the letter of appointment and the seal.Li Zongren rejoiced secretly: "Moruo is too bookish after all. If he leaves the letter of appointment and the seal, I will be drunk for nothing!"

Coincidentally, the next day, Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly boarded the "Chutong" warship from Jiujiang and arrived in Anqing.

After meeting, greet a little.Chiang Kai-shek said: "Brother, I have heard that you don't appreciate Wuhan's style of work and don't accept their appointment. Well, well done. But I can't let you suffer." He took out an official document from his bag paper, handed it to Li Zongren, and said, "Let me appoint you as the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government."

After receiving the warrant, Li Zongren said some words of thanks, "However, Commander-in-Chief, I have neither interest nor time for local administration. Now that the remnants of the warlords have not been eliminated, you asked me to be the provincial chairman and lead the troops. Go to the front to fight?"

"Hugging the grass and hitting the rabbit, don't delay!" Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and said, "Delin, do you think this is good? Now is the critical moment of the Northern Expedition. You are charging at the front line, and it is difficult for you to take part in Anhui affairs. You are too busy. If you come, you can find someone to act as a temporary agent!"

Li Zongren is simple and honest, but he understands in his heart: Chiang Kai-shek is so generous this time, insisting on accepting this "sweet date" by himself, the purpose is to draw a clear line between himself and Wang Jingwei.In times of chaos, who knows which cloud will rain?If you accept it hastily, you will definitely offend Wang Jingwei, and you will have endless troubles.So, he filled Chiang Kai-shek with clear tea and said with some embarrassment: "Commander Chiang, who do you think I can find as an agent? I don't have enough manpower in the headquarters. Taking a step back, in his position It’s time to find his own government. If I’m asked to represent someone else and something goes wrong, how can I take responsibility for it?”

The two pushed back and forth, to no avail.Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of tea, leaned forward, and asked, "Then, who do you think should govern Anhui?"

"If the commander-in-chief doesn't have a suitable candidate for the time being, I would like to ask, can I temporarily appoint Chen Tiaoyuan, the commander of the 37th Army, to do it? He was originally based in Anhui, and he also has the original team under him. I think, let him He will be very happy to be the chairman of Anhui Province."

"That's fine, that's fine." Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and nodded.

However, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek's appointment was announced, it immediately aroused firm opposition from the Anhui people.

Chen Tiaoyuan has been stationed in Anhui for many years, extortionate and extortionate, harming Jianghuai, he has many properties in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places, with more than 2000 million private properties, and the public is very angry.Unexpectedly, when the Northern Expeditionary Army came, he played a "hat-trick" and transformed himself into a "parent officer" in Anhui. On January 1, he withheld military pay for two months. The cavalry regiment stationed in Wuhu couldn't bear it anymore. They fired their guns first, and then other troops responded. More than a thousand officers and soldiers flocked to bustling streets and wealthy communities. They robbed things and beat people they saw, causing a lot of restlessness and causing more than 3 million yuan in losses.The next day, these soldiers and bandits put the looted things on the street again, sold them at a low price, and ate, drank and gambled with the proceeds.After receiving the report, Chen Tiaoyuan turned the major incident into a minor one. He only dismissed the cavalry regiment commander on the grounds that he had no way to lead the troops.

On April 4, in the name of raising 4 yuan for the Northern Expedition, he dispatched more than 10 officers and soldiers with live ammunition to kidnap the president of the Wuhu Chamber of Commerce, the president of the bank, and the heads of various people's organizations. . At 40 am on the 5th, troops were sent to surround the chamber of commerce.The citizens of Wuhu were deeply shocked and outraged. Shops went on strike one after another. 11 citizens held a meeting to expel Chen at Taikoo Wharf and telegraphed the whole country: "If he is allowed to occupy Anhui again and do these bad things, it will not only be a disgrace to Anhui, but also a national revolution. It is a great disgrace to the army. From today onwards, the people of Anhui are at odds with him and formally declare war on him. If they do not deal with this counter-revolutionary strictly, they will use his blood to wash away the shame of Anhui..." and solemnly demanded: "First, investigate and deal with Chen Tiaoyuan (A) Disarm Chen Tiaoyuan; (B) Dismiss all positions; (C) Confiscate Chen Tiaoyuan’s property; (D) Punish party members. Second, call Li Zongren to take office in the near future. Third, take back the Wuhu Concession.”

Due to strong opposition from people from all walks of life, Chen Tiaoyuan knew he was wrong, so he left Wuhu on a warship in desperation.However, the people in Anhui couldn't bear it anymore, and there was a wave of expelling Chen from all over the country.The Anhui villagers in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places resorted to rallies, demonstrations, petitions, newspapers and magazines to denounce the corrupt official Chen Tiaoyuan verbally and in writing, causing a lot of trouble in the city.

However, Wang Yaqiao, who has always liked to show his face to fight against injustices, did not move, and seemed not very interested in it.Some of the fellow villagers were puzzled, and some discussed privately: "The strong dragon can't overwhelm the local snake. Lao Jiu's family is all in Anhui. How dare he offend Chen Da fool?"

In fact, Wang Yaqiao hated Chen Tiaoyuan so much that he had long wanted to drive him out of Anhui.However, Chen Tiaoyuan is a greedy hungry wolf, and he will harm the local people wherever he goes.He secretly made up his mind to destroy Chen Tiaoyuan, not only to avenge the brothers who died in Shuikou Town, but also to completely eliminate the culprit who harmed the people, and to knock the mountain and shake the tiger, and cut off Chiang Kai-shek's wings.Therefore, when others talked about Chen Tiaoyuan, Wang Yaqiao either walked away with excuses or said nothing.And behind his back, he has formed three special agent teams except for Chen Aiwan.The first team, with Wang Yaqiao as the captain, including He Shouding and Zhang Wennong, was in charge of Shanghai films; the second team was in charge of Zhang Songlin (known as Fatty Zhang), with Wu Hongtai, Xuan Jimin, Wang Qianting, Niu Anru and others in charge of Nanjing films; Zhu Qiuyan was the captain of the third team, in charge of the Anqing film.The three special service teams are only responsible to Wang Yaqiao, and they fight on their own, without communicating with each other.

Chen Tiaoyuan was in the open, and the spy team was in the dark. Three big nets were quietly opened, watching Chen Tiaoyuan's every move.The bullet of revenge may "open the scoop" of Chen Tiaoyuan's big head at any time...

(End of this chapter)