After Wang Hengyue left, Pu Dianjun, the new governor of the "Han Sichuan Military and Political Axe", insisted on holding a military parade within a few days of taking office, regardless of dissuasion!

At 9 a.m. on December 8, 1911, the military parade was held as scheduled outside the Chengdu East School.

Like the information Wang Hengyue got before, there was a mutiny in the middle of the parade, and the governor Pu Dianjun and the deputy governor Zhu Qinglan, who were standing on the review stand, fled in a hurry. Rebels swarmed out of the school grounds and looted in all directions in the city.

"At one time, there were thieves everywhere, and all the plants and trees were soldiers. They have been robbed again and again, again and again, and some have even been robbed five or six times. "Splendid Chengdu has become a barbaric world."

Revolutionary revolution, what is the difference between those who are defending the road under the banner of revolution, what old officers, and bandits? What brought Chengdu was not the joy after the victory, but a tragedy.

At this moment, Wei Shunzhi and Jiang Naiyao, together with a large number of officers, gathered more than 1,500 soldiers and rushed into the Chengdu Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, Yinyuan Bureau and other places in the name of chaos, and almost looted all the machines and materials in these places!

Subsequently, the soldiers carrying these supplies left Chengdu from the east gate, and under the help of Ma Xiao and Wu Qianlong, they moved to Rong County.

In the Chengdu loss statistics afterwards, it was recorded that the Chengdu Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, the Silver Dollar Bureau and other places suffered heavy losses, and they almost became empty rooms. Silver dollars and materials are counted, but those machines, which have been easily accumulated by generations of hard work, have now disappeared in an instant

As the Minister of Military Affairs, Yin Changheng broke through from the chaos and went to the New Army garrison in Phoenix Mountain, gathered hundreds of new troops, and made a generous statement, tears rained down: "The whole Sichuan survives, in this move, as long as the army obeys the order, Changheng is willing to be a pioneer, regardless of life and death!" ”

And he drew his saber and cut off a tree, "if any cowers down, so is the tree."

The soldiers were deeply moved and willing to serve the dead. So, Yin Changheng led the student army to carry horses and guns and entered Chengdu to quell the riots. This year, Yin Changheng was 27 years old.

The "comrade army" of the Brotherhood of Elders also entered the city in a big way, hunting and killing rebellious soldiers everywhere, and there was a bloody storm in Chengdu for a while.

At the most urgent time in Chengdu, people remembered the abdicated governor Zhao Erfeng, who after all had great prestige and had at his disposal the 3,000 patrol troops that served as his guard. As a result, the merchants and the people knelt down one after another, calling for the maintenance of law and order.

At first, Zhao Erfeng was afraid that it would be inconvenient to intervene on suspicion, and the gentry were stubbornly invited, and his heart was very sad; I also heard that the army was constantly harassing, and if we did not rush to find a solution, I did not know how far the situation would develop.

As a result, Zhao Erfeng issued a proclamation, demanding that all rebellious soldiers must return to the camp immediately, and they will not be blamed for the past, otherwise they will be punished by military law. The proclamation was signed "Retired Governor of Sichuan, now Minister of Sichuan-Yunnan Frontier Affairs", and there was no seal, only a "seal" was drawn with a red pen.

On the night of the mutiny, the three forces in Chengdu, the leaders of the Alliance, the Baolu Movement, and the officers of the garrison, held three meetings to discuss how their gangs could get more benefits from the aftermath.

The next day, the factions met in the Imperial City to the public court. Yin Changheng, who had the strongest strength and the thickest waist, was elected as the governor, while Luo Lun, vice chairman of the Sichuan Consultative Bureau and boss of the Elders' Association, served as the deputy governor. Dong Xiuwu of the League was appointed Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the General Political Department.

Zhao Erfeng's proclamation at the moment of crisis brought him great trouble. Some rumors with ulterior motives say that he planned this mutiny behind the scenes, in order to restore him to his post.

In this regard, the angry Zhao Erfeng wrote a "False Question" to defend himself: "When the contemptible person is in power, what can not be done, rather than destroying it later, if you don't give in first." ”

The revolutionaries decided to solve Zhao Erfeng, the biggest threat to them in Chengdu!

The biggest reason for Zhao Erfeng's execution was that he had instigated the December 8 mutiny. But none of the evidence shows that Zhao Erfeng is trying to regain the power he gave away himself, and on the contrary, the evidence is almost always directed at those who accused, tried, and executed him.

The two most likely to launch a mutiny, Yin Changheng, a 27-year-old young military officer, and Luo Lun, 34, vice chairman of the Sichuan Consultative Bureau and boss of the Elders' Association, sat on the throne of the governor and deputy governor as they wished. However, Zhao Erfeng, who was armed and secluded in the deep courtyard of the Governor's Palace, made them feel a great threat. Moreover, they really need to do one thing, in this era when the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of life, and the hard are afraid of cheating, to stand up for themselves!

The border guards, still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, under the leadership of Fu Huafeng, the Sichuan-Yunnan Frontier Minister, were advancing towards Chengdu. Some people accuse that it was Zhao Erfeng who secretly ordered this old subordinate to return to Chengdu.

And when the deputy governor of the Shu army and political axe in Yucheng was in Xia, he also brought his troops to the west, coveting the anointed land of Chengdu. The Governor and the Deputy Governor, who had not yet sat in the hot seats, felt a great threat, and in these years, anyone could be overthrown at any time and be placed on a conviction charge. And the usurper is most afraid of the same kind of usurper.

They were determined to borrow Zhao Erfeng's head to make themselves sit more steadily. And Zhao Erfeng's still ubiquitous strength and influence make them dare not use force directly.

So, Yin Changheng went to see Zhao Erfeng alone, in the name of the juniors to ask the elders for advice. The humble junior consulted a lot about administrative issues, and then said:

"There are so many guards around the marshal, it will cause unnecessary doubts and associations among others, it is better to hand over these 3,000 people to the military and political axes to take over, and then order to remain in place in the name of the military and political axes to protect the marshal, so that the rumors can be eliminated."

Zhao Erfeng, who had experienced countless ups and downs, would actually believe it, or say that it didn't matter, and handed over the command of the 3,000 guards with an order.

This self-righteous move by the plotters also proves that their accusations against Zhao Erfeng's plot to restore are nothing more than a "revolutionary" strategy and a lie.

The guards were transferred out of the governor's palace and assembled at Nanyuan, Chengdu, drinking wine in large bowls and eating large pieces of meat, unaware that another force had surrounded them and brought them into the range of artillery. If they dare to do their duty, they will be utterly destroyed.

Another force quietly surrounded the Doge's Palace in the early hours of the morning. Battalion commander Tao Zekun, who was appointed as the leader of the death squad and was responsible for the key capture of Zhao, will gain the position of a regiment commander and a name he did not expect.

Yin Changheng personally took cover, and he entered through the main entrance to persuade the remaining guards to lay down their arms, while Tao Zekun climbed through the back wall into the inner courtyard and stormed into Zhao Erfeng's bedroom. Yin Changheng told the old marshal that for his safety, he would still go to the military and political axe together.

Four soldiers rushed up, lifted the old marshal, and dragged him to the military and political axe.

This is the outwitting of Zhao Erfeng that is talked about by the "revolutionaries".

During the whole process, Tao Zekun only hacked to death one of the guards who tried to resist, and some wild histories said that it was just a waiting girl.

After Yin Changheng completed this operation, he said that he was completely "forced" to kill the old chief. The people who persecuted him included people from the League and the "Comrade Army", as well as "gentlemen" like Pu Dianjun. The motive of the comrade army wanting to kill Zhao Erfeng was just that the rebellion was unsuccessful.

"Cover my first also, cut down Zhao and my first ambition, the first merit is not rewarded, the first ambition is rewarded, so what can I do?"

And Pu Dianjun and others persecuted Yin Changheng because they themselves were "persecuted" by the "scholars": "If you don't kill Zhao Erfeng, the army and the people will have nothing to do!" ”

Yin Changheng then "helplessly" and dragged on for a few days, but he couldn't drag it out anymore before he started.

In this flawed defense, it can at least be seen that the young man who ordered Zhao Erfeng's head to be cut off did not really believe that the old man should be killed.

In the face of the soldiers who suddenly broke in, Zhao Erfeng was very calm, walked to the bottom of the stairs, and asked Yin Changheng: "Can you live together?" ”

Yin Changheng sighed and said, "Since this is not my intention, I should speak to the gentry." ”

However, everyone's opinion is: "Erfeng slaughtered the Sichuan people, the Sichuan people died hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and millions died in the chaos. ”

Zhao Erfeng finally became the biggest scapegoat for this catastrophe!

In fact, when it comes to personal relationships, Zhao Erfeng and his brother, Zhao Erxun, the former governor of Sichuan, are all Yin Changheng's benefactors.

After Yin Changheng returned to China from studying abroad, he first worked as an instructor at a military academy in Guangxi, but was removed from the list for being too radical.

Zhao Erxun was eclectic and appointed him as the chief of the compilation section of the Sichuan Supervision and Training Office and the coach of the Sichuan Lecture and Martial Arts Hall. In 1910, at the inauguration ceremony of the 17th town of the New Army, he actually refuted Zhao Erxun who came to deliver a congratulatory speech on the spot, but Zhao Erxun thought that he was a talent and was very important, and Yin Changheng became the soul of the New Army since then.

When Zhao Erxun left office, he recommended his successor governor, his brother Zhao Erfeng. After Zhao Erfeng took office, he immediately appointed Yin Changheng as the acting general office of the army primary school, providing an important base for Yin Changheng's development in the new army.

He never imagined that he would die at the hands of this young officer who had been trained and trusted so much.

Although Yin Changheng is young, his methods are extremely old and spicy. He relied on the strength of Sichuan officers and cooperated with Luo Lun, the frustrated vice chairman of the Advisory Bureau, one used the power of the military and the other used the power of the underworld, and finally succeeded in driving out Pu Dianjun and Zhu Qinglan and seizing power. And Zhao Erfeng's head has also become a step for them to consolidate their power and exalt their prestige.

Zhao Erfeng's head, hung on a long pole, paraded through the streets of Chengdu was not so much a reckoning with the "reactionary old bureaucracy" as a warning from the new regime to all potential enemies, and such enemies were often comrades and brothers with whom they might compete!

Therefore, this is also the most important reason why Wang Hengyue is resolutely unwilling to stay in Chengdu and resolutely unwilling to cooperate with this "revolutionary party".

Working with these people, God knows which day, his head will be hung on the city tower like Zhao Erfeng!

(To be continued)