Chapter 238: Parting Ways
On December 4, 1911, when the "Provincial Delegates Conference" was underway in Wuchang, Shanghai, not wanting to lag behind Hubei, seized the opportunity to take the lead and invited representatives of various provinces to hold a meeting in the name of Chen Qimei (Shanghai), Tang Shouqian (Zhejiang), and Cheng Dequan (Jiangsu).
Tang Shouqian (1856-1917), formerly known as Zhen, was born in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang. An industrialist and political activist in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, he was the leader of the constitutionalist faction in the late Qing Dynasty, and became famous for fighting for the right of way and building railways. His last words, "Jingli is a villain, and greed for fame is not a Jasic" can be described as a portrayal of his life, and his contribution to the development of China's modernization will remain in the annals of history forever.
Cheng Dequan (1860-1930), the word is pure, called Xuelou, Benliang, Yunyang, Sichuan (now Chongqing) native.
He was born in Liao Gongsheng, in the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), he entered the three surnames of the deputy capital of Wenge as an errand boy. In the sixteenth year of Guangxu (1890), he entered the country and returned to work. In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1898), Cheng Dequan went to Heilongjiang to enter the deputy capital of Shoushan Curtain. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900), Tsarist Russia invaded the Northeast, and was ordered to go to the former enemy to supervise the team, actively prepare for the war, and later served as the general office of the Heilongjiang Battalion Office. The following year, he was promoted to the governor of Zhili Prefecture. In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu (1903), he was promoted to a Taoist, rewarded with the title of deputy capital, and acted as the deputy capital of Qiqihar. In the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), he was promoted to general of Heilongjiang. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1909), he was appointed governor of Fengtian. In the first year of Xuantong (1910), he was transferred to the governor of Jiangsu and participated in the preparation of the constitution. On November 1, the second year of Xuantong (1911), Cheng Dequan was promoted to the military and political government of Jiangsu. The governor of the prefecture became the first Qing Dynasty feudal official to participate in the revolution.
Present at the meeting were representatives of various provinces studying in Shanghai: Shen Enfu, Yu Huancheng, Zhu Baokang, Lin Changmin, Ma Liang, Wang Zhao, Ouyang Zhensheng, Ju Zheng, Tao Fengji, Wu Jingqian, Liu Xingjia, Zhao Xuechen, and others.
Cheng Dequan, Governor of Jiangsu, Tang Shouqian, Governor of Zhejiang, Chen Qimei, Governor of Shanghai, and famous democratic revolutionaries Zhang Taiyan and Cai Yuanpei were also invited to attend the meeting.
The meeting decided: Nanjing is tentatively designated as a provisional government. The seat of the prefecture. In order to unify the military command, the meeting elected Huang Xing as the provisional government. Generalissimo, Li Yuanhong was elected deputy marshal.
Li Yuanhong's election is what Mr. Zhang Taiyan strives for, "Mr. Li is the most difficult figure, and he must not be disappointed." Now that the Generalissimo has been chosen, a deputy marshal is requested and Mr. Lai is to be elected. ”
As a result, Li Yuanhong was elected deputy marshal.
Upon receiving the news that the delegates from Shanghai had met and made a resolution, the delegates at the meeting in Hankow were very dissatisfied. Okay, Shanghai will keep a person, just as a liaison person for the purpose of staying behind and "liaison". How could he have changed his body, held a meeting, and made such an important resolution on his own.
The delegates in Hankow immediately called Shanghai to demand that the resolution taken be annulled.
Li Yuanhong immediately called the governors of all provinces: "...... According to the telegram, the deputies of the 14 provinces in Shanghai have elected Huang Xing as generalissimo and Yuan Hong as deputy marshal, and the circumstances are very fragmented. ”
Zhu Rui, the commander of the Zhejiang army, also disagreed, saying that Huang Xing had lost the battle in Wuhan and could not convince the public. Within the revolutionary party, there were also those who opposed Huang Xing and promoted Li Yuanhong.
For example, Zhang Taiyan said that Huang Xing had been appointed by Li Governor as the commander of Hanyang in Wuchang, and he was not allowed to use the general as the commander-in-chief, and strongly advocated that Li Yuanhong be the generalissimo and Huang Xing should be the deputy marshal.
Chen Qimei, Song Jiaoren and others couldn't wait to push Huang Xing out as the generalissimo. The leadership of the government is in the hands. It is also too hasty to rush into chaos, and it should be opposed by all sides.
In the end, Huang Xing himself was embarrassed and made it clear that he had no intention of becoming the generalissimo, but recommended Li Yuanhong as the generalissimo.
Although the generalissimo of the Shanghai side was frustrated, they proposed a provisional government. The resolution of the government to be located in Nanjing was still recognized by all parties.
Because, after the loss of Hankou and Hanyang, Wuchang has become a dangerous city. Is the house placed in a dangerous city? Neither can the Holy Land of Shouyi.
And since the Provisional Government. The seat of the government became Nanjing, according to the military administration of Hubei. According to the government's own logic, the "provincial congresses" should naturally be placed in Nanjing. So the representatives of the provinces in Hubei and Shanghai all rushed to Nanjing, Hubei military and political affairs. The government temporarily implements the central government. The responsibilities of the government, of course, do not exist.
So there was a resolution that the representatives of the provinces of Nanjing elected Li Yuanhong as the generalissimo and Huang Xing as the deputy marshal.
The people are still those two people, the position of the principal and deputy has changed, Li Yuanhong was satisfied, and called back and said: "Yuanhong Fusi, the generalissimo was originally the organization of the provisional government. The government is an urgent policy, Huang Junke is strong and talented, self-sufficient wins the generalissimo's death, but he is humble and does not live, and repeatedly pushes Yuan Hong to be lacking. Kang Hong's talent is mediocre, dare to take on this important task? However, the survey telegram contained that the bitter and handsome were not in the provisional government. When the government is in office, he will be replaced by a deputy marshal. Since this is clearly written, Kang Hong Shishun, on behalf of the princes, accepted the name of the generalissimo, that is, appointed the deputy marshal to perform all the duties of the generalissimo. ”
It turns out that Li Yuanhong is also a person with a strong desire for power, and he has now opened his posture and won higher power. He really wants to be this generalissimo, but he wants to be a generalissimo again, and he doesn't want to leave his own one-third of an acre. Even if it is in vain, it is necessary to grasp this generalissimo in his hands and entrust Deputy Marshal Huang Xingdai to perform the duties of generalissimo himself.
Huang Xing also has a temper! If you let you be a deputy, you don't do it, and you don't care about what you are right, and treat others as fools?
Li Yuanhong and Huang Xing were not in Nanjing for a long time, and the southern provinces were still unled. Fortunately, Mr. Nakayama returned to Japan soon after, and this problem was finally solved.
Later, there was also a dispute between the north and the south over the location of the negotiation, and Hubei also did not fight for Shanghai.
Due to the loss of dominance, the Nanjing Provisional Government. When the government was formed, except for Li Yuanhong, who was named vice president, none of the other leaders and fathers were reused.
As mentioned earlier, Cai Jimin, Jiang Yiwu, Zhang Zhenwu, Wu Zhaolin, and Wu Xinghan were in the provisional government. There is no name on the list.
Sun Wu went to Shanghai to carry out activities and wanted to find himself a position as deputy military minister, but no one paid attention to him and he was extremely disappointed.
Preparation for the establishment of the Provisional Government. At that time, Mr. Zhongshan had just returned from overseas and did not know much about the domestic situation, so Huang Xing had the final say on the personnel arrangements.
At that time, Liu Chengyu, a member of the Hubei parliament, suggested to Sun Yat-sen: "It is advisable to pet the generals of Wuchang, and do not make resentment." ”
However, Huang Xing had prejudices against the Shouyi Zhugong and refused to recommend it, and Mr. Zhongshan did not pay attention to it.
During this period, Yu Youren paid a special visit to Huang Xing and proposed that the comrades of Wuchang Shouyi should be considered, but Huang Xing insisted on going his own way.
The revolutionaries in Wuhan, of course, were dissatisfied and satirized the Nanjing Provisional Government. The government is: "The defeated will flee from the office, and they will be complicit." ”
At that time, there were also some Hubei officers in Nanjing, such as Tang Keming from Hubei, Shi Xingchuan, a newcomer from Yangxin, and Xia Zhankui from Yinggang.
On the Provisional Regime. People who were dissatisfied with the government gathered around Sun Shi.
Liu Chengyu, a member of the Hubei legislature, contacted these frustrated party members and politicians, and at the end of January 1912, he established a democratic society in Shanghai, raising the banner of confrontation with the League.
So many people reminded that Mr. Zhongshan failed to attract attention, and Huang Xing understood the situation, but he was stubborn. The revolution is still a long way from success, and the revolutionary camp is split for these temporary positions that have today and not necessarily tomorrow.
There is no major difference between the Democratic Society and the League in terms of program, demands, and goals, but as long as one side is in the position, the other side will mostly oppose it, so-called, opposition for the sake of opposition.
It can be described as. Before the country was laid, he was in a hurry to sit on the country. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and the party has already been divided by the struggle for power, which is really lamentable.
At that time, Huang Kan, a native of Hubei, was the manager of Shanghai's "Minsheng Daily", so "Minsheng Daily" became the mouthpiece of the Minsheng Society. The attack on the League has become a major feature of this daily newspaper.
For example, as soon as the Minshe was founded, the newspaper published Liu Yao's article, which pointed out: "China is the China of the Chinese, not the China of the League. In addition to the success of these two monarchs, the people will not be ......."
The credit for the founding of the Republic of China was attributed to Li Yuanhong and Yuan Shikai.
The League's newspaper could not help but fight back, which further exacerbated the contradictions between the two political parties.
In addition to Sun Wu and Liu Chengyu, the founders of the Minshe also included Li Yuanhong, Lan Tianwei, Tan Yanhong, Wang Zhengting, Zhu Rui, Zhang Zhenwu, Wu Jingheng, Ning Tiaoyuan, and Sun Faxu.
The people of the People's Republic of China elected Wu Zhihui as the director general.
Wu Zhihui (March 23, 1865 - October 30, 1953), known as Jingheng and Zhihui, was a modern Chinese thinker, politician, educator, calligrapher, academician of Academia Sinica, and winner of the honorary title of "World Centennial Cultural and Academic Great Man" of the United Nations. Born in the area of Xueyan Bridge in Wujin, Jiangsu.
The person in charge of the civil society should be Sun Wu, the most active person should belong to Sun Faxu, and Li Yuanhong is the backing.
Soon, Sun Wu returned to Hubei with Liu Chengyu, Tang Keming, Shi Xingchuan and others to set up a branch in Wuchang. Li Yuanhong was elected as the chairman of the board of directors, and Yang Dart was openly parted ways with the alliance in Hubei.
Li Yuanhong allocated 30,000 yuan as financial support.
Hubei's participation in the Nanjing Senate included Liu Chengyu, Shi Gongjiu, and Zhang Bolie. Shi and Zhang were members of the Old Alliance, but they were both dissatisfied with Huang Xing's domineering and fell to Sun Wu's side. The two of them became the agents of the People's Society in Nanjing, and through them, Hubei would soon know what was going on in Nanjing.
As a result, internal friction and infighting became a big nightmare for the revolutionaries in the south.
Hubei and Nanjing Provisional Government. The antagonism between the prefectures is mainly manifested in the following aspects. One is that in terms of military power, the Generalissimo was originally in the Provisional Government. When there is no president in the government, he will act as president. It stands to reason that with a great president, this generalissimo does not exist. However, Li Yuanhong did not care about this, and still exercised the post of generalissimo if necessary, although this generalissimo really had no power and authority.
The second is on the financial side. Nanjing Provisional Government. The government can be described as penniless, Hubei military and political. Although the life of the government is not easy, because it is the holy place of Shouyi, it has received more sponsorship from all parties. In addition, Li Yuanhong has good management and financial management, and the situation is much better than that in Nanjing. For example, last time, Huang Xing lost the battle and left, and opened his mouth to Li Yuanhong, although Li Yuanhong was also difficult at that time, he still took away 200,000 yuan to Huang Xing at once. But this was at that time, and now, Hubei will not support Nanjing financially no matter what. Although, over there in Nanjing, there is a special need.