Volume 4 The Battle of Unification Chapter 672 The Struggle for the Ownership of Shanghai
Feng Yuxiang didn't expect that just because of his own questioning words, Xiushuai's guards would react so much, and even he who had always been suspicious suspected that Wang Maoru was deliberately setting a trap to shoot himself, but if you think about it carefully, there is no need for people to shoot yourself, it is only a misunderstanding, and he is almost used to it. However, he still said stiffly: "Xiushuai, is this how you treat your subordinates?" The subordinates just verbally collided with you, so there's no need for that, right? ”
Wang Maoru waved his hand, Li Ziqi put away the gun, and Wang Maoru said: "Whether Xu Shuzheng is guilty or not, that is in the past tense, let me ask you, have you ever killed someone before?" ”
"Killed." Feng Yuxiang said.
Wang Maoru nodded: "I remember the Luanzhou Mutiny, and you also killed your colleagues, didn't you?" What are their sins that you need to do with them? Will their descendants look for you? ”
"...... then"
Wang Maoru waved his hand and said: "I won't say much about my past mistakes, he probably won't appear in front of you again in this life, so you should treat him as dead." Xu Shuzheng, naturally, there is a military court to try him, not me to decide his life and death. Feng Yuxiang was about to refute, but looking at the cold looks of the guards around Wang Maoru, he turned his head and said nothing.
Lu Chengwu was about to continue begging, but Feng Yuxiang kicked him and said angrily: "Come with me, don't be ashamed, go." Lu Chengwu cried and left.
After they left, Feng Yinbin said: "Feng Huanzhang is really rude, he actually yelled at Xiushuai......"
Wang Maoru laughed and said, "It's okay to do something, that's how he is." Wang Maoru said he didn't care. But Feng Yinbin kept it in mind, as if he had a natural hostility towards this Feng Yuxiang, and he could always suppress Feng Yuxiang by finding a way.
As for Xu Shuzheng's trial, he was finally acquitted because of Lu Yongxiang's big package, and then Wang Maoru decided to let Xu Shuzheng go to the Western Regions to endure hardships, and he directly ordered that Xu Shuzheng be appointed as the head of the 280th Regiment of the 94th Brigade of the 33rd Division of the White Tiger Regiment, and a Beiyang general was demoted to the head of the colonel of the National Defense Army. Xu Shuzheng couldn't refuse yet. Once he refused, he became a deserter, and in the western days in prison, Xu Shuzheng was really familiar with the management regulations of the National Defense Force and the laws of military law. The punishment imposed by the Defence Force for desertion is unusually severe. Xu Shuzheng had to go to the Western Regions and became one of the more than 400 regiment commanders under Wang Maoru. However, Xu Shuzheng then became a busy man, leading the 280th Regiment to fight fiercely with the Soviet Russian guerrillas in the Western Regions, and eliminated a large number of ethnic ** elements in the Western Regions who rebelled against China, so that his reputation in the second half of his life was reversed.
After the Supreme Court completed the trial of Lu Yongxiang's innocence, the final work of the battle for Zhejiang also came to an end, but the question of the ownership of the governor of Zhejiang and Shanghai has become a national problem. Whether Shanghai will become a provincial-level unit or continue to belong to Jiangsu has always been the center of discussion. Two years ago, the ignition point was detonated because of the ownership of Shanghai, and the conflict between Zhiwan and Anhui gradually turned into the battle of Zhiwan.
Zhang Jian, the governor of Jiangsu, went to Beijing on behalf of the Jiangsu gentry to strongly demand that Shanghai County return to Jiangsu, while the Songhu-born officials headed by Gu Weijun demanded that Shanghai be divided into municipalities directly under the central government. The controversy between the Soviet faction and the Shanghai faction officials also attracted the attention of other officials. In particular, Shanghai had to become a separate city directly under the central government after the establishment of the Republic of China because of the concession. However, if it continues to be a city directly under the jurisdiction of Shanghai. This will have a strong impact on Qingdao, Xiamen, Tianjin and Guangzhou, which also have many concessions.
President Xu Shichang, Premier Jin Yunpeng, and Army Chief Wang Maoru held urgent discussions and listened to opinions extensively. Xu Shichang supported the return of Shanghai to Jiangsu, and Jin Yunpeng was a good person to support Shanghai to become a city directly under the central government, so Wang Maoru's third vote became the top priority.
Gu Weijun, as a native of Shanghai and Wang Maoru's brother-in-law, is for Shanghai to become a city directly under the central government. He stayed at Wang Maoru's home every day, and Zhang Qian and other Jiangsu officials took the lead in accepting the reorganization of the National Defense Army when the National Defense Army went south, and Jiangsu people took the lead in accepting the reorganization of the National Defense Army, and petitioned Wang Maoru every day. Wang Maoru had no choice but to live in the army yamen and did not dare to go home, and this controversy became the last remaining problem of the Battle of Zhejiang, which also caused Wang Maoru to be embarrassed.
In the end, Wang Maoru took into account the huge connections and power of the Jiangsu officials, and decided to temporarily return Shanghai County to Jiangsu in the vote of the three, and henceforth cancel the title of Songhu Protector and Town Guard Envoy in Shanghai. However, in the years that followed, Shanghainese officials fought and fought several times, and finally made Shanghai the second prefecture directly under the central government after Beijing and Changchun. (Ten years after the Republic of China, the Republic of China implemented an eight-level classification, that is, provinces, counties, cities, towns, villages, and tun, and only state-level direct jurisdiction was allowed in the areas directly under the national government except for the provinces, so the Greater Beijing area was collectively referred to as Youzhou and Zhong
The heart of Beijing is still called Beijing, the Changchun area is called Changhuaizhou, the Shanghai area is called Songhuzhou, and its central city is Shanghai. )
The post of governor of Zhejiang Province was finally held by You Shuen, a native of Zhejiang, You Shuen was the last Jinshi of the imperial examination, and the champion of that session was Zhang Jian, and the last place was You Shuen. Therefore, You Shuen has always been only a small official in Beijing, and then an official all over the country. His last term as a county magistrate was in Heishan County, Liaoning Province. Later, the Qing Dynasty was gone, and he became the magistrate of Baoding County, and was later transferred to Beijing as the deputy mayor of Beijing. Now that he has become the governor of Zhejiang, it is really a green smoke from his ancestors.
The reorganization of the Zhejiang Army of the National Defense Army was also carried out in an orderly manner, and only 60,000 remnants of the defeated Zhejiang Army were defeated after the defeat of the defeated 80,000 Zhejiang Army, and then the Zhejiang Army was divided into four parts, most of which were reorganized into the 36th Division.
It's just that at the beginning of the formation of the 36th Division, it was formed based on the A Division, with a total strength of 18,000 people, and other establishments remained unchanged, consisting of 103 Brigades, 104 Brigades, and 105 Brigades, respectively, and the Zhejiang Army was composed of 103 Brigades, 104 Brigades, and 105 Brigades, and the Zhejiang Army was only the general of the defeated army, and the highest officer continued to hold the position of regiment commander, and the brigade commander and division commander were all from the National Defense Army, among which the commander of the 36th Division was Liu Zhida, who was known as the white-character general, and the three brigade commanders were also from the National Defense Army, namely Shi Deshan, Luo Guang, and Ai Qingyang. In addition to being reorganized into the 36th Division of the National Defense Force, the rest of the soldiers became the Zhejiang Provincial and Shanghai Police and the Armed Police, namely the Third Brigade of the Jiangsu Armed Police (stationed in Shanghai), the Second Brigade of the First Brigade of the Zhejiang Armed Police, and some soldiers were sent home to farm, and those who had no land at home and needed to divide the land were directly sent to the Western Regions Tun Army.
Xia Weimin was transferred to the 22nd Brigade of the Ghost Car Regiment as the brigade commander, Zhang Zaiyang served as the commander of the 97th Brigade of the Ghost Car Regiment, and Yang Huazhao served as the commander of the new 95th Brigade of the White Tiger Regiment. Xia Chao, the former chief of police, made the greatest contribution in the battle of Zhejiang, and quickly assisted in stabilizing Zhejiang after the war, and Wang Maoru entrusted him with important responsibilities and transferred to Beijing to serve as the mayor of Beijing. Xia Chao made the most correct decision at the right time and achieved the greatest achievement. However, Xia Chao has since left the military and has never commanded any armed forces since then. Lu Yongxiang's deputy, Yang Yuxun, served as the county magistrate of Shanghai after the war subsided, because he had been campaigning for the reorganization of the Zhejiang army during the Battle of Zhejiang.
The battle of Zhejiang subsided, compared with the battle of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in history (Jiangsu direct line Zhejiang and Anhui) This war lasted longer, but the disaster caused was smaller, and the reason why the war lasted so long was due to the sudden winter rain. In the face of absolute strength, although Zhejiang resisted, it still could not stop the footsteps of the national defense forces. The rolling torrent of bullying history made it impossible for anyone to resist, Wang Maoru stood on top of this torrent and controlled the direction of the flood. Dominating the whole country is not only Wang Maoru's private affair, but also the voice and expectation of all officers and men of the National Defense Force. Wang Maoru can only control the way and speed of unification, but he cannot stop the situation of national reunification.
In fact, the battle of Zhejiang was doomed from the very beginning, and Lu Yongxiang's initial hope was only to support the army and self-respect to create a good way for himself in the future, not really wanting to compete for the king and hegemony, but he was bewitched in some subsequent behaviors, and thought that he could really reverse the tide. This is like some overindulgent men, who can chase after seeing beautiful women, but physiologically they can't chase them. Lu Yongxiang's thoughts exceeded his own strength, which led to his miserable whiteness.
It was a decision made long ago to fight Lu Yongxiang, the richer the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the more the heart of resistance will be, and the more barren the land of the northwest, the stronger the heart of resistance will be. Wang Maoru used troops against Zhejiang, and the Zhejiang army first did not want to confront, but wanted to rely on resistance to obtain greater capital.
Wang Maoru also knew that if he negotiated with Lu Yongxiang, who was sitting on a rich land, he did not know how many harsh conditions he would put forward, and the longer it took to prolong it, the more detrimental it would be to his own unification of the whole country. Now he has taught Lu Yongxiang a lesson, recovered the rich lands of Jiangsu and Shanghai, and finally consolidated his own territory.
First of all, Qinghai and Ningxia provinces in the northwest expressed their willingness to accept the reorganization of the central government, but the composition of the armed forces of the ethnic minorities in the northwest is complex, with the armies of the Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui, Han, and Uyghur nationalities, and each ethnic group still has its own beliefs, so the reorganization of the minority armies is not so easy. In the later period, because of the problem of competing for the number of troops, they actually attacked each other, Wang Maoru was furious and ordered a strict investigation. In the later period, Wang Mao ordered that the national armed forces should not form a separate army, but should be integrated into the whole army, so as to prevent the emergence of national forces and cut off the idea of any ethnic minority building an army alone.