Chapter 240: The Northeast is Initially Determined
To kill or not to kill, only between Chen Wenqiang's thoughts. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the compound of the Governor's Office, there were nearly 100 officers and generals, but they were silent.
There is nothing more speechless than the muzzle of a black hole, no surprise is not unexpected, and there is no more frightening than Chen Wenqiang's sudden change of face.
Sun Liechen was half-kneeling on the ground, clutching his stomach, trembling with pain, and next to him was vomited dirt. This Zhang Zuolin's cronies wanted to rush over to reason with Chen Wenqiang, but they were punched by Chen Wenqiang and collapsed to the ground.
Zhang Zuolin's face turned white, and Chen Wenqiang exposed the piles and piles of collusion with the Japanese in public, just like standing in the spotlight without clothes, and everyone had nothing to hide. He didn't dare to move, because he knew that Chen Wenqiang was waiting for him to move, and then kill him and the men behind him.
"It's the Republic of China, and everyone may not know about the new law." Chen Wenqiang walked up the steps, looked at everyone condescendingly, and said Lang Lang: "Private property is inviolable, and it is not connected, which is modeled after the regulations of democratic countries. But there is one exception, and that is treason. ”
His voice suddenly became cold, and word by word burst out of his mouth, striking everyone's hearts.
"Whoever commits treason shall have his property confiscated and his family members exiled." Chen Wenqiang pursed the corners of his mouth coldly and stared at Zhang Zuolin fiercely, "I have sent cavalry to Xixiaowatun (now Haicheng City, Liaoning Province) in Majiafang Village, Jiazhangsi Township, Haicheng County to arrest Zhang Zuolin's family. ”
Zhang Zuolin swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his throat sounded, beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead, looking at Chen Wenqiang, his lips were open, and he wanted to say something.
Chen Wenqiang did not give him a chance. continued to say sharply: "Traitors, traitors, traitors, such as Qin Hui, Zhang Hongfan, Wu Sangui and others, have been stinking for 10,000 years!" Zhang Zuolin colluded with the Japanese and betrayed national interests. Not killing is not enough to warn the world, and not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao. ”
There was no sign or foreshadowing at all, Zhang Zuolin, Feng Delin, Wu Junsheng and others were completely confused by Chen Wenqiang's kindness and warmth during this time, and the officers of the department came to accept the promotion. Everyone is at least a colonel and brigade commander of a mixed brigade, and Zhang Zuolin will be a major general and division commander because he is the commander of the two-way patrol battalion.
And the more unexpected it is, the heavier the psychological blow to people, causing people to lose most of their normal thinking intelligence. In the eyes of Zhang, Feng, Wu and others, there are soldiers in their hands. The initial decision of the Northeast is the time to win them over and appease them. Unexpectedly, this was a Hongmen banquet, and Chen Wenqiang dared to attack Zhang Zuolin, who had the most troops.
"I think that a little soldier in my hand is capital, so I have to get used to your stinky problem, so I have to coax you and caress you?" Chen Wenqiang sneered for a while, "Don't say it's your little people, even what about Yuan Datou." Holding a strong army, there are several provinces. Fight him until he surrenders, and until he submits. If you want to be a bandit, well, whoever has this mind will be completely wiped out, the family property will be confiscated, and the family members will be exiled; Run away if you lose. See where you can go? China is huge, but there is no place for such scum. ran to the concession, ran to a foreign country, and Lao Tzu also sent a team of killers to pick his head back. ”
It's ruthless enough, it's really a kill. Leave no way out! Feng, Wu and others intuitively felt a chill in their backs, and wanted to intercede for Zhang Zuolin, but they also swallowed the words back.
"I, I, I'm guilty." Zhang Zuolin gritted his teeth, fell to his knees, and was finally subdued by Chen Wenqiang's momentum and ruthlessness, "Please raise your noble hand, let go of my family, let go - let go of my brothers." ”
"Spare your brother?" Chen Wenqiang asked disdainfully and sarcastically.
Zhang Zuolin blinked, and suddenly realized that this was inappropriate, as if he was risking his life to buy it, so that his subordinates would appreciate his righteousness, and maybe in the future-
"I colluded with the Japanese, and the matter was kept secret, and no outsiders knew about it." Zhang Zuolin hurriedly changed his words and said, "Even my subordinates don't know. ”
Chen Wenqiang snorted coldly, and his sharp gaze slowly swept over the faces of the generals behind Zhang Zuolin, like a cold sword piercing everyone's hearts.
"Chen, Lord Chen." Sun Liechen finally recovered from the blow of a heavy punch, stood up with difficulty, and said: "Commander Zhang was confused for a while when he communicated with the Japanese, and he had doubts about the provisional government. Thinking that under the leadership of Zhang, he captured and killed the giant bandit Du Lishan, and pursued the Meng bandit Yashi, Baiyin Dacheng, etc., which was also meritorious to the country and the people, and asked Lord Chen to open up the net and give Commander Zhang a chance to make amends. ”
Chen Wenqiang squinted his eyes and stared at Sun Liechen coldly, this guy didn't fall into the well, he was almost knocked unconscious by his own punch, and he dared to intercede, he was a man.
Sun Liechen felt a chill in his heart, but with his feelings for Zhang Zuolin and with righteousness, he stiffened.
"Lord Chen, please give Commander Zhang a chance." Zhang Zuoxiang took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Commander Zhang made a mistake for a while, and he usually has a small skill, please forgive me." ”
Many people think that Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Zuolin are brothers, but they are not. Zhang Zuoxiang is a native of Yixian County, Jinzhou, and Zhang Zuolin is a native of Haicheng County, Fengtian. They are just a coincidence in name, and there is no clan relationship. However, because they have become brothers in the alliance twice, and they are both important people in the Kanto region, people who don't know the details are so conjecturing and misinformation.
Although he wanted to kill Zhang Zuolin, Chen Wenqiang was not ready to kill, and there were several people under Zhang Zuolin that he wanted to use. And Zhang Zuoxiang, who is loyal and has a sense of justice, and Sun Liechen, who is brave and good at fighting, are on his list. The two interceded together, which shows that they have a deep relationship with Zhang Zuolin, and it also changed Chen Wenqiang's mind.
But it is inappropriate to leave Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast, and Chen Wenqiang also has to find a step down for the generous statement just now. His expression was cold, and when he turned around, he secretly gave Xu Shichang a look.
Xu Shichang has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and immediately understood, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Zhang Zuolin colluded with the Japanese and plotted to betray the country, and he should be punished for his crimes." Speaking of which, he was still promoted by me, and I cannot shirk the sin of negligence. ”
This sentiment is said quietly, and it is really clever.
Chen Wenqiang hurriedly arched his hand and said with a wry smile: "Governor Xu is serious, Zhang Zuolin's collusion with the Japanese is a recent matter, and Governor Xu doesn't know about it, so what's the crime?" After a pause, he turned to stare at Zhang Zuolin, frowning, as if he was thinking. After making a choice, he said in a deep voice: "Remove Zhang Zuolin from all his positions and temporarily detain him, how to deal with it?" It will be decided after collegiality. ”
Zhang Zuolin was like being amnestied, listening to Chen Wenqiang's tone, this life was saved today. What about later. There is a great possibility of turning around.
Chen Wenqiang waved his hand, and the two soldiers stepped forward and escorted Zhang Zuolin away, and everyone in the courtyard breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's make it a fixed number!" Chen Wenqiang walked up to Yao Yuping and whispered a few more words to him.
Yao Yuping was stunned for a moment, but quickly returned to normal, took a few steps forward, and read aloud the establishment and chief officers of the troops under the military regions of the three eastern provinces.
Feng Delin, Jilin Garrison mixed into the second brigade. Major General Brigade Commander; Wu Junsheng, Liaoning Garrison Mixed Second Brigade, Major General Brigade Commander; Zhang Zuoxiang, the Heilongjiang garrison mixed into the second brigade, major general brigade commander; Sun Liechen, the third brigade of the Liaoning garrison mixed into a major general......
After the shock and coercion, it is the promotion and award. There have been improvements in the number of troops and official positions, and there have also been changes in the structure of the armed forces. Military police were added to each unit, and a number of staff officers were inserted.
After the power of thunder, it was slowly planned to transform the old army. This process will be long-term and something that cannot be rushed.
Another move to purge the army was to expand the Fengtian Lecture Hall and rename it the Northeast Lecture Hall. Jiang Baili, who returned from studying in Japan and Germany, will serve as the principal, and will successively select outstanding officers for training. After the situation is stabilized, it is necessary to open a general school class and purge middle and high-ranking officers. At the same time, the Northeast Lecture Hall opened another army primary school. Recruit young intellectuals to study and enrich the troops.
Expanding, stuffing, and learning ...... This series of means was put into display, and the original patrol battalion, which was concentrated in Mukden, was initially rectified. After being selected and inspected, a large number of people's armed forces were incorporated into various departments in companies and platoons and became fresh blood. Originally, the old, weak, sick and wounded in the various departments were laid off, or each was granted 50 acres of land, or entered the patrol police station, or worked in the newly built invalids farm, without worrying about food and clothing.
Chen Wenqiang tried his best to be personally involved in all matters, and kept abreast of the psychological dynamics of Feng, Wu and others at any time. Several times pierced the bottom of the heart with both soft and hard, Feng, Wu and others did not say that they were convinced, and they did not dare to make any changes, and they were extremely afraid of Chen Wenqiang.
The separation of the military and the government and the separation of the army and the police were the principles of the Provisional Government, and this move was also vigorously promoted in the provinces of Guangfu. After observation and testing, Chen Wenqiang appointed Yang Yuting as the Fengtian Patrol Policeman. Yang Yuting studied in Japan, and belonged to the foreign student faction in the Northeast Army, similar to Jiang Baili, who was quite squeezed out by the old soldiers in the Northeast. But he is very talented, but he is a little narrow-minded.
No one is perfect, Chen Wenqiang is not harsh on the employment, but he still admonished Yang Yuting before he was appointed.
With all his efforts to stabilize the situation in the Northeast, Chen Wenqiang was not very worried about the outbreak of war with the Beiyang Army. The great victory of Hubei undoubtedly dispelled the idea of many people wanting to attach themselves to the Yuan family, and the prestige of the provisional government greatly increased, which also brought a lot of convenience to Chen Wenqiang.
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Now it should be regarded as a civil war, and aside from ideals and beliefs, people still have to stand on the side of the strong.
Of course, to stabilize the situation in the Northeast so quickly, Xu Shichang, Xiliang, and Zengqi cooperated and assisted. The prestige of the two supreme governors of Northeast China is still very useful.
Under the orders of Xu Shichang and Xiliang, the banks of the three eastern provinces announced that they would be merged into the United Bank and accepted the exchange of the old for the new, which removed the obstacles to the circulation of the bank's banknotes in the northeast. The three million taels of silver from the banks of the three eastern provinces became a new round of reserves for the issuance of banknotes by the United Bank.
At the same time, Zengqi served as the chairman of the Northeast Development and Construction Committee, and began to measure the land, straighten out the official documents, and prepare for the remote wasteland or wasteland forcibly occupied by the official landlords to settle the banner people, and prepare for immigration to the Northeast.
Although the finances are not abundant, the development and construction of the three eastern provinces are still on the agenda of the day. What worries the Japanese most is that the Americans' Knox plan seems to be being adopted by the Provisional Government, and the authorities of the three eastern provinces are negotiating with the Americans the "Jinai Railway Loan Agreement," which the German side has also endorsed.
The Japanese consul general in Mukden, Kentaro Ochiai, could not sit still, and the pro-Japanese Zhang Zuolin was imprisoned, leaving him without a strong reinforcement. The Zongshe Party is also being arrested and attacked, and even the Empress Dowager Longyu asked Duanfang to bring out an edict, ordering the Zongshe Party to be disbanded and not to endanger the Manchurians. The situation in the Northeast has stabilized rapidly, and the Japanese have almost lost the possibility of intervening.
Chen Wenqiang is a strong guy, and he has a bad attitude towards the Japanese, and Kentaro Ochiai has heard of it for a long time. But he had to do something to obstruct the construction of the Jinai Railway. In the construction of railways, the United States and Germany have little influence in the Northeast, and the key lies in the attitude of the Chinese government, that is, the current authorities in the Northeast.
The road was built by a consortium from the United States and contracted by the British Bowling Company, and was managed by a joint venture company of China, the United States and the United Kingdom. The construction of the Kim-Ai Railway seems to have been no secret, and the Japanese were confident that the British would withdraw from it, since British policy in the Far East was based on the Anglo-Japanese alliance. But the road company doesn't matter, and the Chinese government has to veto the plan.
Kentaro Ochiai went to visit Chen Wenqiang, that is, to pay a visit, because Chen Wenqiang ignored him at all, and he didn't have time to pay attention to him.
In the Northeast, it is impossible not to deal with Japan and Russia. In this regard, Chen Wenqiang did not take any action because he wanted to have a more thorough understanding of the current movements between Japan and Russia and to increase his strength as much as possible.
The so-called Knox plan is unlikely to succeed, and Chen Wenqiang's offer is to release a smokescreen to test the attitude of Japan and Russia.
The urgent matter that needs to be solved now is the Anbong Railway, and the Anshan Iron and Steel Resources Bank will be seized by the Japanese.
Anbong Railway (Dandong to Shenyang) is a light railway built by the Japanese army without authorization during the Russo-Japanese War, with a total length of 261 kilometers, which started in 1904 and was completed in 1905.
After the war, Japan was granted the privilege of converting the road into a standard railway and continuing to operate for 15 years in the Sino-Japanese "Conference on the Matters of the Three Eastern Provinces". The Qing government opposed the merger of the Anbong Railway into the Manchurian Railway, but the Japanese Manchurian Railway Company still followed the instructions of the Japanese government and began to rebuild it, and had already forcibly started construction, and planned to officially open to traffic in November 1911. If the railway is completed, it can be connected to the Korean railway through the Yalu River Bridge, connecting the Korean colony with northeastern China, and has extremely important military value.
Use force to stop the Japanese? Chen Wenqiang thought about it repeatedly, believing that this was the next policy, and it was easy to create an excuse for the Japanese and cause chaos in the northeast. When it was competing with the Beiyang system, the timing was obviously wrong.
There is still a way, and no matter whether or not it can stop the Japanese from building roads, it will also increase the difficulties for the Japanese and use this to deal a blow to the Japanese. The resistance of the weak, even if the strength is not enough, must be felt by the opponent. Otherwise, they will only gain inches and their greed will swell. (To be continued.) )