Chapter 117: Overseer Zhu Qinglan

Heilongjiang overseer Zhu Qinglan, Ziqiao, Ziqiao, Ziqiao. Shaoxing Qianqing Qinwang Village people. Father Jintang, a tour of Shandong, is a famous criminal master in Licheng County, and Qinglan was born in office. He lost his father at the age of 6 and his mother at the age of 14. At the age of 17, he worked for the management of the Yellow River. Later, he went to the Northeast with his friends, and joined the subordinates of Zhao Erxun, the governor of the three eastern provinces, and was deeply appreciated, and successively served as the commander of the three battalions, Phoenix, Andong Zhi County, and the camp office of the three eastern provinces. Zhu Qinglan served as the commander of the third battalion in Shengjing in 1903, adhered to the national righteousness, and resisted the Qing court for Pan Bingrong, the sentinel who killed the American spy, and was dismissed from his post and retained.

In 1907 (the 33rd year of Guangxu), he served as the second standard commander of the army infantry team. In the same year, he entered the Army General Academy Research Institute and served as a counselor of the Training Office.

In the first year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty (1909), Zhao Erxun was transferred to the governor of Sichuan, and then entered Sichuan, served as the Sichuan patrol policeman, and the 33rd mixed into the co-unification, and was promoted to the 17th town of the army. Xinhai Wuchang Uprising, in response**, announced**, was promoted to the deputy governor of the Sichuan Han Military Government. Later, due to the mutiny of the patrol team and the opposition of the Sichuan soldiers, he had to leave Sichuan.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), he served as the chief of staff of the Heilongjiang Supervision Office, and in 1912, he was hired by Yuan Shikai as a military adviser to the provisional president. After October 1913, he was reappointed as the Protector Envoy and the Acting Chief of Civil Affairs, the Patrol Envoy, and the General of Heilongjiang Province. Zhu Qinglan served as the overseer and patrol envoy of Heilongjiang, reorganized the army, consolidated the border defense, and recovered the navigation rights of Heilongjiang occupied by Tsarist Russia. However, the Qinglan sailed to the Songhua River and was seized by Russian warships, and it was only after many efforts that it was released.

Although he served as the superintendent of Heilongjiang Province, he did not have much power and army in his hands, and the military power of Heilongjiang Province was in the hands of Xu Lanzhou, commander of the First Division of the Heilongjiang Army.

Xu Lanzhou has been running Heilongjiang for 20 years, and the army is his people, and Zhu Qinglan's appointment as the overseer is to share his power, which makes Xu Lanzhou extremely dissatisfied in his heart, so he repeatedly sent his subordinates to Zhu Qinglan to disobey Zhu Qinglan, and interfered in the administration of the government, wantonly installed his own people, and the two fought happily in the military and political circles. Because Xu Lanzhou has been operating locally for a long time, Zhu Qinglan has gradually lost control over the government, and for the military circles, he has long been out of control.

Zhu Qinglan did not have many soldiers in his hands, in addition to the police in Hei Province, there were also some soldiers of the patrol battalion who were dissatisfied with Xu Lanzhou. However, in the early years of the Republic of China, the police and fire brigade were reorganized, and the patrol battalion was originally the old army, and many of the weapons in their hands were single-handed, so this was also the reason why Zhu Qinglan was excluded. He was very surprised by the sudden appearance of the 17th Mixed Brigade. The responsibility of the 17th Mixed Brigade was to defend the border and force the Hulunbuir Autonomous Government to return, so this unit was not under the management of the Heilongjiang Army. Zhu Qinglan was interested in recruiting this unit, and after listening to the inquiries of his subordinates, the 17th Mixed Brigade had 6,000 or 7,000 people, and its establishment far exceeded the scale of the mixed brigade, and he was even more pleased, because the 1st Division of the Heilongjiang Army was only 7,000 people, and as long as the 17th Mixed Brigade was recruited, he could completely reverse the situation of being squeezed out by Xu Lanzhou in the province.

That night, Zhu Qinglan thought that Wang Maoru would come to visit him, and he couldn't wait left and right, so he asked people to inquire, and knew that the 17th Mixed Brigade lived outside the city, and all the generals also lived outside the city, and only Wang Maoru's family lived in a hotel in the city because of the turbulence. Zhu Qinglan said: "This Wang Xiusheng didn't come to visit, what was the idea?" Chief of Staff Jiang Dengxuan said: "According to his subordinates, Wang Xiusheng is most likely unsure of who to turn to. I heard that Yingshun escorted all the way, Yingshun is Xu Lanzhou's person, and he must have given Wang Xiusheng a lot of ideas along the way. ”

"Yingshun, this mad dog." Zhu Qinglan said angrily.

Jiang Dengxuan said with a smile: "However, Wang Xiusheng is not such a confused person, you might as well wait for a while." ”

Zhu Qinglan stroked his beard and said, "Wait first, wait first." ”

Early the next morning, Wang Maoru took Gai Tianjiu, Ren Yuanxing, Li Delin and others to the Heilongjiang Overseer's Mansion early in the morning to pay a visit. Zhu Qinglan smiled at Jiang Dengxuan, and said in his heart that he still chose to support the Overseer's Mansion, and Chief of Staff Jiang Dengxuan also nodded in relief.

Wang Maoru gave a military salute: "Wang Maoru, commander of the 17th Mixed Brigade under his subordinates, please give instructions from the overseer." Behind him, a row of officers in black uniforms saluted together, neatly and uniformly, and even Gai Tianjiu, who had never paid attention to military etiquette, saluted very seriously, after all, this was a visit to the Overseer, a prince.

Zhu Qinglan laughed and said, hurriedly came up to hold Wang Maoru's hands, and said: "Why does Xiusheng need to be so polite, come, come, guard the border pass, hard work, hard work." ”

Wang Maoru shook his head and said, "Compared to the two years that the Overseer has been stationed in the Northland, how can his subordinates be called hard. ”

Zhu Qinglan said: "Sit, sit, let's make a long story short, it is not easy for Xiusheng to recover Hulunbuir, especially at this time. ”

Wang Maoru said: "Now that Russia occupies Outer Mongolia, the next step is to occupy our northeast, and Hulunbuir is held by rebels, and our department is determined to defend the country and will not allow the Russians to take an inch of land from our Chinese hands with the will to die." However, Hulunbuir is vast and sparsely populated, and most of them are Mongolians, so our department is ready to take root in northern Xinjiang and guard the national defense of the motherland. However, the rebels were mostly cavalry, and it was hoped that the Overseers would make it easier for them to support some cavalry. ”

Zhu Qinglan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Xiusheng doesn't know, although I am the overseer, but the army in the province cannot be transferred lightly. And fighting against the rebels is really not the right time and place. He pinched his beard and thought for a long time, and asked Jiang Dengxuan, the chief of staff on the side: "Super Six, what do you think?" What cavalry team would be willing? ”

Jiang Dengxuan thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid the patrol battalions in the province are reluctant to move. ”

Zhu Qinglan said: "That's it, it doesn't matter if I have one more cavalry here or one less, it just so happens that this kid Shang Yuanqing is shouting for war every day, so I'll give it to you." ”

"Marshal, this is your own soldier." Jiang Dengxuan said hurriedly.

Zhu Qinglan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Heroes are useless, the sword is not out of the sheath, the hero is short of breath, Shang Yuanqing has followed me for many years, from Fengtian to Sichuan, and then to Heilongjiang, and he can't become a talent under my wings." Then he said to Wang Maoru: "This cavalry company is useless to me, Shang Yuanqing is a good fighter, although he has not gone to a military school, but he is Zhang Fei's ability in the army." Hopefully, in your hands, there is something available. ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for the training of the younger generation by the Overseers, now in the future, if the Overseers have instructions, their subordinates should never give up." ”

Zhu Qinglan said: "Hehe, have a good rest, I don't know how the barracks are pressed?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "The subordinates are ready to go to Ganjingzi City in Gannan County after visiting the Overseer today, and the subordinates have ordered people to set up a temporary military camp in Ganjingzi City in advance, and strive to recover Hulunbuir in the spring of next year." ”

"Okay, okay." Hearing Wang Maoru say that he would go north directly without stopping, he naturally didn't have time to visit Xu Lanzhou, and he also firmly stated that he would not lean on him.

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