After receiving the bad news from Hankou, Lu Rongting, who was in pain of losing his son, immediately summoned more than 20 important generals under his command who were closest and most trusted under his command, and began Guangxi's anti-Yuan road with the poisonous oath of "if there is any disobedience, drink bullets and die".

Who did it exactly? This has become an unsolved historical mystery. At the time, many people thought that just like Song Jiaoren, Lu Yuxun was also assassinated by Yuan's order. But this is unreasonable, because it is counterproductive to Yuan's plans, and the time when these two people die is when he needs stability the most.

In that year, after Song Jiaoren was assassinated, on his deathbed, he sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai and said: "President Fu Ji is open-minded, fair, and strives to protect the rights of the people, so that the country can have an incorruptible constitution, although the day of death, the year of life." Judging from his last words, Song Jiaoren did not regard Yuan Shikai as the mastermind behind the scenes. And Yuan Shikai was stunned when he heard his death and said: "... The Kuomintang lost Song Lianchu, and there was a big mastermind missing, and it was more difficult to speak in the future. The implication is that Song Jiaoren can at least speak (communicate) and deal much better than the party members of other countries.

Zhang Hanqing believed in the principle that whoever benefited was the most suspicious, and he immediately locked up the Kuomintang, and it was not that they could not do this kind of indiscriminate thing, and no one wanted the situation to be chaotic more than them, and they were good at winning in chaos. ---- the death of Song Jiaoren, Sun Yat-sen lost one of the most prestigious people in the party, established his supreme position, and could also blame Yuan Shikai, thus raising the banner of the "second revolution". Otherwise, where is the excuse to provoke the Kuomintang members who are already preparing to divide the executive and legislative powers with Yuan Shikai?

As for Lu Yuxun himself, he has no influence in politics, but when he dies at this juncture, Yuan Shikai is the first suspect. Not only did he fall into the notoriety of killing the sons of his subordinates, but also successfully made Guangxi follow the pace of Guangdong and Yunnan to turn against Yuan, which can be described as a clever move with a very low cost.

From a political point of view, Yuan Shikai did not need to do such a thing. As Lu Yuxun judged, if he wants to prevent Lu Rongting from turning back, he can completely refuse Lu Yuxun's departure, why do he need to do things absolutely and force Lu Rongting to turn his face? This is not a judgment that normal people can make, let alone Yuan Shikai, who is the number one hero of the Republic of China.

Among the anti-Yuan crowd, Cai Yi's character can guarantee that he will not use this kind of indiscriminate tricks. From the fact that he was brave and brave, he knew that he had never worried about Lu Rongting at all, and it could only be known from the fact that he attacked Sichuan and Hunan without stabilizing Yunnan. In addition, only the Kuomintang has benefited the most.

However, no matter how clumsy the practice of blaming himself is, Lao Yuan can't say it. Lu Yuxun's death made him very passive, no matter what words he used to distinguish it, he looked very pale, and he had set his back on this pot. Guangdong, Guangdong, Yunnan, and Sichuan are connected and go straight down to Hunan, and the situation in the southwest is no longer under control. For the first time since proclaiming himself emperor, Lao Yuan found himself at a dead end.

When you're in a bad mood, even folklore is an eyesore. At that time, just after the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival was approaching. The streets and alleys of Beijing are filled with all kinds of Lantern Festivals. The sound of selling Lantern Festival also came and went, endlessly. One day, Yuan Shikai passed by the street on a "dragon chariot" and heard the hawker "selling Lantern Festival!" Sell Lantern Festival" shouted that it was very ominous. Isn't this calling me Yuan Shikai "Yuan Elimination"? So, it was strictly ordered to change its name to Tangyuan, thinking that it was avoided.

But this alone is not useful, where the power reaches, the tangyuan can replace the Lantern Festival, but the south is still called the "Lantern Festival", and Emperor Hongxian is helpless. When he was embattled, Yuan Shikai thought of Zhang Zuolin, who showed loyalty to him, and he asked Zhang Zuolin to send troops to Hunan, and promised to make him a prince and a marquis in the future. This is Yuan Shikai's last straw.

In February, Yuan Shikai summoned Zhang Zuolin to Beijing to discuss the issue of the southern expedition. For this reason, there is no shortage of visionaries in his staff, and he persuaded Yuan Shikai to say: "Zhang Zuolin has wolf ambitions and has always been known as a strongman in the Northeast. If he takes advantage of the opportunity to gain power again, he will not be able to lose his tail in the future, and it will be troublesome to deal with him. ”

Yuan Shikai stroked his beard and sighed: "Tigers can love people, wolves can also bite people, how can I not know Zhang Zuolin's character?" Why did Jilin and Heilongjiang in the three northeastern provinces have already set the candidates for governors, but only Fengtian has been shelved for several years and has not been decided? Aren't you afraid that his family will be dominant? But to deal with the tiger of Cai Yi, you need to drive Zhang Zuolin, the wolf. ”

In fact, Zhang Hanqing and Gao Jiyi, who was doing spy work, kept informing Zhang Zuolin, who was far away in Fengtian, about the big and small things in Beijing. With a complete grasp of the general direction of history, Zhang Hanqing accurately predicted all the steps of Yuan Shikai, and informed Zhang Zuolin of the analysis and countermeasures uninterruptedly. So much so that Zhang Zuolin was outside the border, but he knew better than anyone in China at that time every subsequent step of the center, and he dealt with it very decently.

This made him deeply impressed by his eldest son Zhang Hanqing, and he was very worried about the safety of his eldest son---- father and son had already unified their understanding before, and they both decided to take full advantage of this turmoil. Of course, the more this is the case, the more important Zhang Hanqing's proton value is. There is a case of Cai Yi's successful escape, and there is also a lesson from Lu Yuxun's past, and Yuan Shikai has also increased his precautions, of course, nominally to properly protect his safety.

If he really wants to leave Beijing, Zhang Hanqing actually has some methods, but the disadvantages of doing so are even greater: first, he could have waited peacefully until the moment of the old Yuan's funeral in June without the risk of life at all, and second, he did not reap any benefits, Zhang Zuolin will also be forced to bear the anger of Yuan Shikai---- the Beiyang system is still full of strength in Beijing and outside the Guan, and with any order, Zhang Zuolin believes that whether it is Feng Delin in the same city or Jilin generals Meng Enyuan and Rehe who are facing each other across the province, Jiang Gui will not hesitate to give him a knife.

After reaping enough benefits, he will be extra vigilant against Zhang Hanqing with Yuan's alertness. How to escape safely at the right time under this kind of heaven and earth net will seriously test Zhang Hanqing's wisdom.

In this case, if Zhang Zuolin opposes the Southern Expedition, all the previous disguises and integrity will be gone, Zhang Hanqing will still be killed, and the negative impact on his own forces outside the border is unknown; But if he agrees to be dispatched, Zhang Zuolin's previous efforts will come to naught, and his starting 27th Division will be used as a precursor to charge into battle, making wedding clothes for others in vain. Not only that, the previous father and son set to make a show to the old Yuan Emperor will become a veritable "royalist", according to Zhang Hanqing's previous repeated analysis of the future of Beiyang, this is not a good sign---- he has always thought that Yuan Shikai will fail, Beiyang will split, Lao Zhang wants to hear Xiao Zhang's judgment of the situation.

I don't know what Zhang Hanqing wants to do and hearing about Lu Yuxun's death, Zhang Zuolin is still a little nervous. On the one hand, he was ready to delay under the pretext of hasty preparations, and on the other hand, he also went to Beijing to present to Lao Yuan in person according to Zhang Hanqing's wishes, so as to dispel his suspicions about himself. Although the soldiers and horses have not moved, the commanders of the three armies have come in person, which is enough to show their loyalty to the president, right?

Zhang Zuolin came to Beijing this time and brought a battalion of guards with him, under the pretext that the situation in the capital was tense. In fact, he had another idea: if Zhang Hanqing couldn't return to Feng as soon as possible, he would leave some more people next to him for safety. Only in troubled times can we truly appreciate the support of the father and son soldiers in battle.

Same as last time, Wang Yitang is sitting.

Looking at Zhang Hanqing's sly smile, Zhang Zuolin said seriously: "You may already know about my visit to Beijing this time. The President and Emperor are about to send me to Hunan to exterminate the Yunnan bandits, which are thousands of miles away, and you need to take care of yourself in the future. ”

Zhang Hanqing said: "Hunan is too far away, and I heard that it is humid and stuffy, and my father often lives in the cold land of Northeast China, but I am afraid that I am not used to it." Moreover, although the son has never fought, he still understands the principle of 'the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first'. I wonder how my father is preparing for this? Now the 27th Division is still wearing thick cotton jackets, right? I heard that Hunan is already wearing only one long-sleeved shirt, and I'm afraid that this military uniform will not be easy to raise in the short term, right? "It's not good for a father to ask for food directly, so as a son, he naturally has to talk about it in a timely manner.