Volume 4 The Battle of Unification Chapter 555 Wang Maoru, the Deputy Commander of the Army
At this time, the famous "Taijiang Massacre" occurred in Fujian.
Due to the continuous outbreak of Sino-Japanese conflicts, the whole country has carried out a strong boycott of Japanese and Japanese products, and all Chinese people do not buy Japanese products in stores. The Chinese workers working at the wharf refused to unload the Japanese goods, and the Japanese slandered them as Japanese goods were robbed, and the Japanese were threatened with their lives. Therefore, in order to teach the Chinese a lesson, the Japanese Fujian Consulate formed a 67-member "death squad," led by Japanese consular police officer Yoshikai Changguchi, and the soldiers entered Fuzhou in two ways to pick quarrels and provoke trouble. The atrocities of the Japanese were met with resistance from the Fujian people and the police, and the police cooperated to capture all the Japanese. Under pressure from the Japanese, Li Houji, the overseer of Fujian, released the Japanese who committed the murder, arousing the anger of the people throughout the country, and suddenly a new round of rallies and marches were set off in support of the Fujian people throughout the country, and more than 400,000 people in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi'an, Shenyang, and Tianjin took to the streets to protest against the shameless arrogance of the Japanese Empire. The Beiyang Government in Beijing also sent a note to Japan, and the Japanese Government had no choice but to send Matsuoka Yoyoshi to Fujian to investigate.
In fact, the Taijiang tragedy was just a test made by the Japanese Army because of its dissatisfaction with the Sino-Japanese conflict in Xinjiang, but it did not expect that it would stir up such a big storm. Wang Maoru immediately reacted, supported the government's decision, demanded an immediate apology from the Japanese, and removed the Japanese consul in Fujian.
But what the people see is. The Sino-Japanese conflict incident handled by General Shangwu forced the Japanese to bow to the Chinese and killed 68 Japanese to apologize, arousing the pride and fanaticism of the people throughout the country. In the Sino-Japanese conflict handled by the Anhui Beiyang government, Japan only sent an investigation team to investigate and did not apologize, so it has always called on Wang Maoru to serve as a central government official. Some people even threatened: "The central government is weak and can be bullied, all because the Anhui system is a Japanese eagle dog, how can the eagle dog bite the owner?" ”
Naturally, Wang Maoru would not listen to such provocative remarks. It's just that after the Anhui officials heard it, it was enough to live all day, and Xu Shuzheng even sent his henchmen to Wang Maoru to gather unity. Wang Maoru naturally didn't think much about it, but criticized Xu Shuzheng, that is, he broke the rules of Beiyang by shooting Lu Jianzhang privately.
Xu Shuzheng was furious when he heard it, and said left and right: "Who does Wang Xiusheng think he is?" The overseers of a place are just relying on their subordinates to make meritorious achievements on the battlefield, so that he has today's achievements, he really thinks that he is a northern martial artist? However, the insider immediately laughed, Xu Shuzheng ridiculed Wang Maoru, who couldn't fight, and all relied on his subordinates. But Xu Shuzheng not only can't fight, but even his subordinates can't fight. There are many contradictions between the Anhui side and Wang Maoru's northeast system. There was a conflict with his direct family again, Xu Shuzheng hurriedly united with Zhang Zuolin of the Northwest Army, and he had no time to take care of Wang Maoru's verbal dispute.
On November 5, 1919, after a snowstorm, Wang Maoru privately appointed Yang Zengxin as the governor of Xinjiang and reported to the Beiyang government. At the same time, because Wang Maoru led the army to fight in Russia several times in the European theater and won glory for the country, Prime Minister Duan Qirui was proposed. President Xu Shichang and all members of the parliament jointly decided to appoint Wang Maoru as the vice minister of the army of the Republic of China, and the power was only under the army chief Jin Yunpeng.
After Wang Maoru received this telegram, he asked suspiciously: "What is Duan Qirui going to do?" ”
Xiong Bingtao said disdainfully: "It's just killing." ”
"Insect carving skills." The corners of Wang Maoru's mouth cracked and sneered.
Yong Xingbao said: "What if the central government orders Xiushuai to go to Beijing to take up a post?" ”
Wang Maoru laughed and said: "I will naturally go to Beijing, but when I lead the troops to level Beijing, not go to the banquet alone." Guan Yun has been a hero for thousands of years, but he admires himself alone, I am not him. Nor do I learn from him. He is a hero of the ages, but you must know that heroes are mostly sacrificed, and he is too proud. That's why he defeated Mai Cheng. I admire Cao Cao very much, Peiyu, do you like that hero of the Three Kingdoms? ”
Yong Xingbao thought about it, made a Peking Opera style and said with a smile: "Jiang Wei is also, Jiang Wei and Jiang Bo of the Central Plains of the Nine Expeditions are here." The crowd burst into laughter.
Wang Maoru naturally expressed his willingness to accept the appointment of himself as vice minister of the army by the central authorities, but he replied: "Our soldiers should defend their families and defend the country, and the War Department can have General Chief Jin and Prime Minister, and I will be stationed in the frontier. "At the same time, he applied again to change the name of the Northeast Frontier Guard, this time to the Wehrmacht. He sent Zhang Kuian south to bribe Jin Yunpeng, at this time Jin Yunpeng was persecuted by Xu Shuzheng, and at the same time was abandoned by Duan Qirui, just a name, the army chief should be holding his breath and angry. Seeing the 50,000 oceans provided to him by Wang Maoru, he thought about it carefully and said with a smile: "The deputy chief of the army is the commander of the national defense forces, so it is feasible." So Jin Yunpeng found President Xu Shichang without Duan Qirui's knowledge and asked the whole team to reform, Xu Shichang also intended to suppress Duan Qirui's Anhui system, so he replied that the reform of the War Department was completely a matter of the army's internal system and did not need to be reported to the Congress for approval. The National Assembly cannot be in charge of everything, the civilian is in charge of the military, and the laymen are in charge of the insiders.
Therefore, Jin Yunpeng announced the reform of the Beiyang Army of the Republic of China, and the whole ** team will be changed into the National Defense Army, and first of all, the Northeast Frontier Army, which is the subordinate unit of the army vice commander, will be changed to all army divisions and regiments of the National Defense Army. The reform of the national army will be handled by Wang Maoru, vice minister of the army, and Wang Maoru, who will assume the post of commander-in-chief of the national defense forces.
Jin Yunpeng lit the Anhui cabinet, and then said that he was sick at home and resolutely did not come out, no matter how Duan Qirui called him, he was forced to go directly to the countryside for the New Year.
Duan Qirui was angry, this Jin Yunpeng actually turned back, how could it be reasonable. Jin Yunpeng said that when he returned to his hometown after illness, the War Department would be in chaos, especially at this time, Wang Maoru was pressing step by step, and his direct line took the opportunity to rise.
In Wuhan, the Fourth Army of the Chinese Intervention Army fought with its own people, and Feng Yuxiang's unit swallowed three of the six mixed brigades and launched an attack on Zhang Zuolin's two mixed brigades, in a vain attempt to annex the entire Fourth Mixed Brigade in one fell swoop.
The two mixed brigades sent by the Northwest Army were the 6th Mixed Brigade and the 12th Mixed Brigade, and the brigade commanders were Zou Fen and Ding Chao respectively. When they heard the gunshots, they immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and alertly saw through Feng Yuxiang's conspiracy, and led the army to fight with Feng Yuxiang's subordinates.
Zhang Zuolin announced that he would severely punish the rebel Feng Yuxiang, and personally led the army south, and now the troops have arrived in Henan. And Feng Yuxiang was not honest, after annexing several two mixed brigades, he suddenly quickly withdrew his troops from Hubei to the west and killed Sichuan, ostensibly threatening to regulate the war in Sichuan and restore the peace of the people in Sichuan, but in fact, in order to avoid fighting with the Northwest Army, and vainly trying to occupy Sichuan. Wu Peifu, who is directly related to Hubei, watched Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zuolin's son Zhang Xueliang fight, but he didn't speak, nor did he express his position, watching the two sides fight together and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
As the northern representative of the peace talks, it was Wang Yitang, the leader of the Anfu system, but the condition for the peace talks in the south was to dissolve the parliament and restore the congress in the first year of the Republic of China. The reason why Wang Yitang is now calling for wind and rain in the government is because he is the speaker of the Anfu National Assembly, and the southern part of the country is to force the Anhui family to force him to resign, how can Wang Yitang agree, so the peace talks reached a deadlock.
Wang Maoru, a powerful man in the north, exerted pressure, Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zuolin in the Central Plains were in constant turmoil, and the direct family took the opportunity to sit big, and in the south, because of the Fujian tragedy caused by the Japanese, the anti-Japanese situation was higher and higher, and the Beiyang government in Beijing was also anxious. At this time, Jin Yunpeng suddenly proposed to resign and resign from the post of army chief, and at the same time President Xu Shichang also resigned. Duan Qirui was shocked, regardless of his identity, he kept Xu Shichang, and said to Xu Shichang: "The public should keep this position for the people of the world." Xu Shichang borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, originally to remind Duan Qirui not to act arbitrarily, and he didn't really want to resign, so he pretended to resign and warned Duan Qirui to continue to serve as the president after assisting him well.
As for Jin Yunpeng, the eldest brother of the Anhui department, it is not easy for him to invite, Duan Qirui is a teacher, Jin Yunpeng is a student, and it is naturally no problem for students to ask the teacher to go out of the mountain, but it is a little difficult for the teacher to bow down and ask the student to go out of the mountain. And Jin Yunpeng has a gap with Prime Minister Gong Xinzhan, and Gong Xinzhan is Duan Qirui's confidant and the biggest reliance in the government.
When Jin Yunpeng was the army commander-in-chief, he was not only angry with the army asking for military salaries, but also by Premier Gong Xinzhan, and by Xu Shuzheng's anger of overthrowing power. Now it just so happens that the whole country is causing chaos to the Anhui government, and it is too late for him to give Gong Xinzhan a stone, since Xu Shuzheng loves to override power, let Xu Shuzheng be the army commander. Of course, if Xu Shuzheng was the army commander-in-chief, Duan Qirui would definitely be happy, but his direct family was not happy, threatening that Xu Shuzheng was not talented enough to be narrow-minded and not enough to take on the big responsibility. Wu Peifu, a direct general, directly telegraphed to express his dissatisfaction with Xu Shuzheng, believing that he could only be a minister, not a general, and that the 300,000 troops in the Northeast would lose to the 100,000 Northeast Army garrison troops.
Wu Peifu's electrification stimulated Xu Shuzheng, and Xu Shuzheng hated him deeply, which also caused a conflict between Zhiwan and Anhui, and Xu Shuzheng had a verbal war with Wu Peifu on the electrification. Wu Peifu can fight verbal battles, he was originally born in Xiucai, and his attainments in Chinese culture are much stronger than Xu Shuzheng's. Others sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, the more intense the conflict between Zhiwan, the more happy everyone was, Wang Maoru said to his subordinates: "It seems that there will be a battle between Zhiwan, but this year it can't be fought, both sides are not prepared, I will add a fire when I have time." ”
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