Wang Hengyue's Northern Expedition made Yanjing Political Axe have to deal with it with all his might, which made a person see hope:

Zhang Zuolin!

After Xu Shuzheng was proud of the northwest, he was called the "king of the northwest", which made Zhang Zuolin, the veritable "king of the northeast", very unhappy. Xu Shuzheng has made a lot of great contributions in the Duan system, but his disadvantage is that he is a big man, and he will bring a lot of troubles to the Duan system all the time. After the withdrawal of Mongolia, his northwest border envoy did a good job, and the people in Yanjing who didn't like Xu Shuzheng were all asked to let him go to the northwest to develop, but Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng department, was unhappy.

Zhang Zuolin has long been the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, but in fact he did not unify the three eastern provinces, in October of the 6th year of the Republic of China, he had entered Jilin, and wanted to drive away the Jilin overseer Meng Enyuan, Meng Enyuan was older than him, and his qualifications were older than him, and he refused to buy his account. So he telegraphed Yan Jing Zhengax to choose one of his subordinates, Wu Junsheng or Sun Liechen, to be appointed as the Northeast Border Envoy, to show that his status was in the Border Envoy.

In dealing with Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, he and Xu Shuzheng have the same interests. Meng Enyuan's son-in-law is Lu Chengwu, and Lu Chengwu's father is Lu Jianzhang, who was killed by Xu Shuzheng on trumped-up charges. Long before he went to Outer Mongolia, he secretly instigated Sun Liechen to lead the 27th Division to move to Changchun and set up a patrol branch office in the three eastern provinces in Changchun. The next step was to drive Meng Enyuan away and replace him. Zhang Zuolin of course agreed with this plan, and he instructed He Shouren, a gentry from Jilin, to accuse Meng Enyuan of eight major crimes, including arson, and the destruction of the people, to the Yanjing political axe and the inspection envoys of the three eastern provinces.

Zhang Zuolin himself also accused Meng Enyuan of recruiting troops and buying horses, which made Jilin's paper money low and the people unhappy, and asked to remove Meng Enyuan and replace him with Sun Liechen. On the other hand, he hinted at Meng Enyuan and told him to resign himself, and Zhang was willing to promote Meng as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier.

At this time, it was still Qian Nengxun who was the premier of the state, and Xu Shuzheng instructed Gong Xinzhan to raise the issue of removing the Jilin overseers at the State Council.

Of course, Meng Enyuan refused to show weakness, he ordered the garrison of the Middle East Road to be transferred back to Changchun and Harbin for fortification, and transferred Gao Shifu, the commander of the first division of the Jilin Army, to lead the troops back to Changchun for fortification, and instructed all groups in Jilin to send a telegram to oppose the change of the overseers, and also instructed all the officers in Jilin to jointly ask Yanjing Zhengaxe: Is there any change of the superintendents?

In June of the 8th year, Chen Guangyuan, who was directly related to him, was launched, led by Cao Kun, Wang Zhanyuan, Li Chun, and Chen Guangyuan jointly sent a telegram to the political axe, saying that the issue of Jilin supervising the army was related to diplomacy and national defense, and should not be hastily changed. The State Council replied to agree.

However, Duan wanted to win over Zhang Zuolin, of course, it was inconvenient to refuse Zhang's request.

Therefore, Yanjing Zhengaxe invited two veterans from the Northeast - Zhao Erxun and Zhang Xiluan, both of whom were Zhang Zuolin's mentors, and invited them to mediate outside the customs, Zhang Zuolin said that he was very relaxed, he said: "I have no personal grudges against Meng Enyuan, but I just convey the opinions of Jilin citizens to the central government." ”

Subsequently, the Yenching State Council, proposed by Acting Premier Gong Xinzhan, approved the transfer of Meng Enyuan as General Enwei, with Heilongjiang Overseer Bao Guiqing succeeding Jilin Overseer and Sun Liechen succeeding Heilongjiang Overseer. It turned out that Bao Guiqing was relatively peaceful and had no military power, so transferring him to Jilin could reduce the irritation and ease the resistance of the Jilin soldiers. At the same time, Xue Songnian, a military attache in the presidential palace, was sent to Changchun to persuade Meng Enyuan not to resist and recognize and protect his status and property. Zhang Zuolin also sent someone to signal to Gao Shiwei that he was willing to accept Gao as a protégé to show that he was not visible. However, Gao is Meng Enyuan's nephew, and the relationship between uncle and nephew is always close.

The Jilin side seems to be very tough, led by Gao Shifu, and all the officers in Jilin jointly sent a telegram asking Yanjing Zhengaxe to withdraw the order to change the Jilin overseer, and to give Yanjing Zhengaxe a reply within 48 hours.

After this ultimatum, Gong Xinzhan replied to Gao Shiwei and others in the name of the State Council:

"President Feng Da Yu, with diplomatic urgency, Meng Du has served as a border pass for a long time, has a lot of experience, and has another borrowing from Beijing, not moving to the left, Meng Du is a member of the country, and the president of this university knows well. The state has set up officials, there is no difference between internal and external, and there is no difference between internal and external importance, and it is one for the country. I hope that there will be no misunderstanding caused by Meng Du's transfer. ”

At the same time, Gong Xinzhan sent a telegram to Meng Enyuan, saying: "The head of state is always in favor of him, and he should borrow money after arriving in Beijing." ”

These are official words!

Therefore, Meng Enyuan also replied in official language, and his telegram to Yanjing Zhengaxe said: "All groups gather at the station to block the departure from afar. If you want to go, you can't do it, please ask for instructions. He publicly announced the transfer of his post and said: "If I leave Jilin, the 60 battalions of Jilin troops will not agree, and I can't help but have some worries about this. ”

In order to ease the situation, he ordered Bao Guiqing to postpone his arrival, and sent Jilin Governor Guo Zongxi and the regent to supervise the army, Guo Zongxi did not dare to accept this task, so Meng Enyuan said proudly: "Obey the order to hand over and send the seal to Governor Guo, when will it be done?" ”

Zhang Zuolin thought that Yanjing's political axe was too weak, so he was so angry that he wanted to transfer the Feng army back to Feng to deal with Lao Meng.

Bao Guiqing came up with a compromise solution, suggesting that Yanjing Zheng Axe transfer Meng Enyuan to lead the 1st Division of Gao Shiwei and the 1st Brigade of the Ji Army into the customs, temporarily stationed on the Zhilu border, and be responsible for suppressing bandits in the name of Meng Enyuan as the commander-in-chief. This can also be regarded as a two-pence proposition, although the territory has become Zhang Zuolin's territory, the army is still Meng Enyuan's capital. Although this method is a middle way without a way, Zhang Zuolin refused to give way to Fengtian when he entered the customs, and at the same time, Cao Kun's direct subordinates refused to draw out the defense area and did not welcome it.

Therefore, Bao Guiqing's method will not work.

Since Gao Shiwei did not hand over the protégé post to Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin of course regarded him as a thorn in his side, and he could not force Meng to step down without removing Gao, so he reported to Yanjing Political Axe, "Gao Shiwei organized the Dharma Protector Political Axe, which is consistent with the Southwest, please order the political axe to be defeated!" ”

Since Zhang Zuolin had turned his face, he had to work hard to the end, so he decided to use force and sent Sun Liechen, commander of the 27th Division, as the commander-in-chief of the South Road of the three eastern provinces, and Wu Junsheng, commander of the 29th Division, as the commander-in-chief of the North Road, to attack Jilin by two routes, north and south. Sun Liechen set up a headquarters in Kaiyuan, and his vanguard drove to Huaide, only 30 miles away from the Ji army defending the twin cities.

Wu Junsheng's troops also advanced south from Daben, separated by about 100 miles from the Ji army defending Nong'an. At this time, Jilin also deployed resistance, and Gao Shifu proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief of the thief army in Nong'an, and issued a document on the crusade against Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin repeatedly urged Yanjing to order a crusade against Meng Enyuan.

At this time, everyone knew that the Northeast issue was already in the clutches of the Lord, and he regarded the Northeast as its forbidden fruit, and it conspired to support a force, and regarded Zhang Zuolin as a good object, so he sided with Zhang Zuolin on the left in the dispute between Zhang and Meng.

The two armies of Fengji were tense and the war was about to break out, and the Yue army suddenly came forward to prevent the Ji army from requisitioning vehicles in Kuanchengzi, which caused a conflict. The army transferred five battalions from the Sino-Korean border to Jilin and put forward three demands: (1) the Chinese army withdrew 30 miles from Changchun; (2) Yilan and Kaiyuan were turned into commercial ports. (3) He said that he had the right to run tap water in Yilan.

The envoy to Yanjing went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to warn Chen Zheng about the Jilin issue. Internal affairs involve foreign affairs, so Yanjing Zheng Axe made up his mind to remove Meng Enyuan, and issued two orders in a row:

(1) Condemn Meng Enyuan for disobeying orders and calling for troops, inviting foreign interference, and Meng Enyuan for causing the accident in a hasty manner, and must not escape the blame; (2) Gao Shiwei disobeyed the order and was immediately removed from his post for investigation.

Chengming, the commander of the first brigade of the high department, surrendered without a fight, and before the battle of Fengji began, the Ji army was defeated, and Gao Shifu led his troops to retreat to Nong'an. On July 28, Meng Enyuan went to Changchun and had a long-distance telephone call with Zhang Zuolin, and he said:

"I'm a sixty-year-old person, my fame and fortune are very weak, I have seen too much, and now I have convinced Gao Shifu." Then he telegraphed and urged, "Brother Ting Jiu will come to Changchun to take up his post, and I am responsible for ordering Gao Shiwei to handle the explanation." ”

Bao Guiqing was summoned to Changchun to agree with Meng Enyuan to protect Meng Enyuan's safe exit, not to investigate Gao Shifu's past, and not to recover the 1.2 million yuan of military expenses raised by the Ji army. Subsequently, Meng and Bao went to Jilin City to hold a handover ceremony.

Jilin fell into the hands of Zhang Zuolin in this way. Jilin soldiers sent a joint telegram saying that the previous anti-Zhang declaration was forged by annihilating people.

Then Gao Shifu asked Zhang Zuolin in writing to ask for guilt, and there was a sentence "Meng Du who gave birth to me, and Meng Du who destroyed me".

Zhang replied to Gao as a "young man of promise". Yanjing Zhengaxe instructed Zhang to investigate and deal with Gao, and Zhang dismissed the case in an understatement tone: "Zha Gao's blame is deserved, and he can still repent, so he should be exempted, and the commanders of the brigades and regiments under his command will all be dismissed." ”

When Meng Enyuan passed by Fengtian, Zhang Zuolin set up a banquet to suppress him. After Meng Enyuan arrived in Tianjin, the Jilin issue was completely resolved.

Later, Zhang Zuolin promoted the commander of the 54th Brigade of the 27th Division, Zhang Zuo successively served as the commander of the 27th Division, and Zhang Huanxiang was promoted to the commander of the 19th Mixed Brigade.

The Northeast has completely fallen into the hands of Zhang Zuolin.

At this time, the whole of China seems to be divided into three parts, one is the Yanjing political axe, the other is the national revolutionary political axe, and the other is the "Northeast King" who obeys the Yanjing political axe in the north, but is actually in the northeast: Zhang Zuolin!

And Zhang Zuolin became the king of the Northeast, but it is also what Wang Hengyue is willing to see!

Zhang Zuolin has a strong influence in the northeast, and once he joins the war, it will bring great obstacles to the Northern Expedition.

But now Zhang Zuolin is temporarily only satisfied with his position as the king of the Northeast!

(To be continued)