Chapter 292: The two sides unite
readx; With the passing of the assassination incident, public opinion not only did not stop, but became more and more sensational, and under the beating of the Nationalist Army and Beiyang, public opinion about the assassination in various localities gradually tended to point the spearhead at the revolutionaries. The pen is interesting and the pavilion www.biquge.info which makes Sun Wen and Huang Xing and others very angry.
Since his family knows his own affairs, Sun Wen naturally knew that the assassination time was not done by themselves, and at first he was even worried that Chen Qimei did it, but after asking in person, Chen Qimei patted his chest and said that he didn't do it himself, and bluntly said that he wanted to kill Chen Jingyun, but he didn't have enough strength on his hands. After the Nationalist Army marched into Shanghai, Chen Qimei's dream of being the governor of Shanghai was completely shattered, not to mention, after the Nationalist Army captured Shanghai, because Chen Jingyun planned to move the headquarters of the Nationalist Army to Shanghai to command the war in southern Jiangsu nearby, for Chen Jingyun's personal safety and in order to eliminate the influence of Chen Qimei and other revolutionaries in Shanghai, the troops of the Nationalist Army stationed in Shanghai and Chen Cai's Military Investigation Bureau cooperated together, almost turning Shanghai upside down, and purging a large number of so-called criminals, that is, the Qinggang elements, With the cooperation of the army and the secret services, the Qing Gang, which was extremely active in Shanghai in history, completely collapsed almost overnight, and the Nationalist Army would not talk to these leaders of the Qing Gang, but directly sent troops to arrest people, and those who dared to resist were directly shot.
In the face of the state's violent machine, these so-called gangs with huge power are not mentioned, and Chen Jingyun didn't even pay much attention to them, and the Qinggang that left many traces in Chinese history disappeared.
And the Green Gang is Chen Qimei's life, these things add up to make Chen Qimei devour Chen Jingyun alive, and she also thought about assassinating Chen Jingyun, but now Chen Qimei is just a lonely person, and she doesn't have the ability to launch an assassination operation.
Chen Qimei personally denied that he planned the assassination, and Sun Wen had to believe it. But he didn't expect that the public opinion of this assassination incident would slowly point the finger at himself, and it was not a single surname incident, but the Beiyang Army and the National Army were both saying the same point of view, that is, the assassination time was initiated by the revolutionaries, intending to take control of the central power after murdering Yuan Shikai and Chen Jingyun.
On 10 April, the Ministry of Justice of the Southeast Xuanfu Embassy issued a statement claiming that the truth had been ascertained about the assassination of Chen Jingyun, and that the gunman who was killed on the spot was a member of the Shanghai Youth Gang, who had come to Fuzhou to assassinate Chen Jingyun on Chen Qimei's orders. And it was regarded as giving a lot of human and physical evidence, which shocked the reporters present, originally they thought it was Yuan Shikai's person, but they didn't expect the results of the public investigation of the National Army to be Chen Qimei, a revolutionary.
The relationship between Chen Qimei and Sun Wen is known even to children, and saying that Chen Qimei did it is equivalent to saying that Sun Wen did it. That night, after Sun Wen learned of the public report of the National Army, he called Chen Qimei in front of him: "Did you do this?" ”
Don't say it's not, even Chen Qimei won't admit it: "I swear to God, I really didn't do this!" I don't know the assassin who assassinated Chen Jingyun. ”
When Sun Wen heard Chen Qimei's categorical denial, he was also a little puzzled: "Why did Chen Jingyun do this?" ”
The Nationalist Army's public statement that the assassination was carried out by the revolutionaries immediately caused a sensation in public opinion, and almost all newspapers were printed outside the number. Let a group of revolutionaries stand up one after another to defend themselves, saying that the assassination had nothing to do with the Kuomintang, and that our revolutionary party is no longer the underground party that only knew about assassination and riots in the past, and now we are the largest party in the country with an upright and upright position, and it is impossible for us to do such dirty things!
For a time, there were all kinds of remarks from all sides, some saying that the revolutionaries were the masterminds of the assassination, and some saying that the revolutionaries were not the masterminds of the assassination.
However, on October 12, Beiyang also publicly published its report on the assassination of Yuan Shikai: according to investigations, the two people who died on the spot were both members of the Kuomintang, and the one who absconded and was captured for many days was also a Kuomintang, and all three of them were members of the League. At the same time, we also found Chen Qimei's handwritten letter to the Assassins and a remittance draft.
After the Nationalist Army, Beiyang publicly announced that the assassination time was done by Chen Qimei and by the revolutionaries! For a while, the whole country was in a commotion, if the Nationalist Army said or the Beiyang side said that the revolutionaries were the masterminds, the people of the country were afraid that less than two or three percent of the people believed it, but the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army maintained the same argument, all of which were so-called by the revolutionaries, so the credibility immediately soared to more than seven or eight layers.
Because the contradiction between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army is made public, everyone knows that the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army are the enemies of life and death, and sooner or later there will be a decisive battle of life and death. Therefore, there could be no such thing as a union between the two, and the contradiction between the two was much greater than the contradiction between Beiyang and the revolutionaries.
And such two forces say that the revolutionaries did it, so many people have to believe it, if you think of the series of assassination deeds of the revolutionaries last year and before last year, then more people believe it, after all, the revolutionaries are in the hearts of the people, but they have a glorious tradition of assassinating military and political leaders, not only killing the enemy but also the people inside, for them the legitimate means can not get what they want, then it is a normal thing to use assassination, And Chen Qimei, the mastermind of the National Army and Beiyang, also killed Tao Chengzhang by assassination last year.
For a while, newspapers around the country were accusing the revolutionaries and scolding them for assassinating important leaders of the country for their own selfish interests, you must know that Yuan Shikai is still the legitimate president of China, and this assassination of the president is no different from treason.
When Beiyang also announced the results of the investigation, Sun Wen almost couldn't stand up when he heard it, so he shouted and asked Chen Qimei on the spot: "You say, did you do this, you said no, then why does everyone say that you did it?" ”
Chen Qimei was extremely aggrieved in her heart!
Although he said again and again that he didn't do it himself, not only did outsiders not believe it, but now even Sun Wen and Huang Xing didn't believe it, in the face of Sun Wen's questioning, Chen Qimei wanted to cry without tears: "It's really not me!" ”
Although Chen Qimei repeatedly defended herself, saying that she did not do it herself, Sun Wen, Huang Xing, and others quickly made a painful decision, and the next day announced that Chen Qimei would be dismissed from all positions in the Kuomintang and cut off from the party. Sun Wen, Song Jiaoren and others should consider the revolutionary party, whether it was Chen Qimei or not Chen Qimei planned this assassination is no longer important, the important thing is that the whole country believes that Chen Qimei did it, even if they believe it in their hearts, but in order to protect the reputation of the Kuomintang and the revolutionary party, Sun Wen and others must dissociate themselves from Chen Qimei, relieve the serious pressure of public opinion they are facing, and repeatedly argue that this matter has nothing to do with the Kuomintang but Sun Wen and others.
However, Sun Wen's move is that there are no three hundred taels of silver here in you, if he insists on keeping Chen Qimei and saying that Chen Qimei is not the mastermind, then it will make people believe that the Kuomintang is innocent, but Sun Wen just dismissed Chen Qimei from all positions, isn't this just admitting that Chen Qimei did it.
In this way, instead of getting better, things have worsened.
The situation went in the direction set step by step, Chen Jingyun's mood was much better, he had no psychological pressure on the matter of framing the revolutionaries, and for the sake of the overall interests of the national army, framing a Chen Qimei was nothing. It's just that Chen Jingyun didn't expect Yuan Shikai to cooperate with him like this, you must know that the two sides have not passed through the gas, let alone contacted, but in this matter, Yuan Shikai and Chen Jingyun have a very tacit understanding, and the cooperation is quite good, so that the revolutionaries are dumb and can't say it.
As for why Yuan Shikai did this, Chen Jingyun can probably guess it, it is nothing more than seeing that Chen Jingyun wants to send troops to Jiangxi and Anhui, after all, both sides know about the assassination, and everyone knows that it was not the revolutionaries who did it.
The reason why Yuan Shikai cooperated so much with the public opinion propaganda of the National Army was naturally not for the interests of the National Army, but for the interests of Beiyang itself. The Military Intelligence Department has received information that the troops of the Beiyang Army in Chuzhou and Bengbu have been frequently moved, not only that, but also in contact with several division commanders under Bai Wenwei, trying to trap these troops and throw themselves into Beiyang.
"How are the troops preparing now?" Chen Jingyun asked Yuan Fang, public opinion propaganda is in place, so the rest of the matter is military action, after all, it took so much effort in the early stage just to find an excuse to send troops to Jiangxi.
Yuan Fangdao: "Now that the troops have entered the predetermined area, the relevant logistics materials have been fully prepared!" ”
Chen Jingyun said: "That's good, not only the troops involved in the operation must be prepared, but also the Third Division in Guangzhou and the troops in southern Jiangsu must also prepare to guard against the movements of the Gui Army and the Beiyang Army!" ”
Although the situation is going in the predetermined direction, the necessary precautions are needed, and no one can guarantee that the Beiyang Army will definitely choose to march into Anhui like the Nationalist Army, in case they take advantage of the Nationalist Army's strength in southern Jiangsu to relax its vigilance and suddenly cross the Yangtze River to the south, and the Nationalist Army is not fully prepared, it will be a big trouble.
Everything must be considered first, and the worst must be planned first, especially in war, and the need for defeat before war is a matter that every military commander must consider.
The National Army is ready, just waiting for the last step.
On April 14, after many days of public opinion, the Nationalist Army issued a telegram: announcing a crusade against the revolutionaries, claiming that the complete elimination of the revolutionaries was the only way to maintain domestic peace!
As soon as the National Army's crusade telegram came out, the situation in the country was once again in turmoil! At the same time, they also kept their eyes wide open to see how the Nationalist Army would march into Jiangxi and Anhui, wanting to know how the other warlords in the south would respond to this, and even more so how the Beiyang Army would respond to this!
The first great war of 1913 broke out not between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army, but between the Nationalist Army and the revolutionaries!