Chapter 200: Aftershocks

The official residence of the leader of Nanjing

"What? Ma Bufang is dead? ”

"Yes, chairman, according to the news from the Qinghai intelligence station, Ma Bufang committed suicide in despair after being surrounded by Su Tong's men and horses in Xining City last night," Dai Li, director of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, replied in a low voice while respectfully standing at the chairman's desk.

"Su Tong, he is too lawless, no matter what Ma Bufang says, he is also a second-level general of our national government, what right does he have as the chairman of a local government to force the chairman of another local government to death"

The chairman of the committee was really angry this time. originally thought that Su Tong was just going to teach Ma Bufang a lesson, but he never thought that he would force Ma Bufang to death. This made the chairman of the committee feel very bad, and since the Republic of China, there has been very little precedent in China in which the current chairman of one province was forced to death by the chairman of another province.

Su Tong can be regarded as a precedent for the national government this time, because in the domestic warlord melee in the twenties and thirties, the various warlords sang and I appeared, and everyone moved hundreds of thousands of millions of troops to fight in full swing and the earth was shaken. However, in a big battle, there were not many casualties, and it was remarkable to have a few thousand people killed.

There is a strange phenomenon during the warlord melee period, after the warlord is defeated by others, the captured general or head can even sit with the defeated warlord and drink a lot of meat and call him brothers, and in the end, the captured generals will generally be released after taking over the military power. Many defeated warlords went to Tianjin and Shanghai to do business or to be fools, and some even went to the Buddhist hall to recite scriptures. Wu Peifu, for example, is a clear example. Of course, like Sun Chuanfang killing Shi Congbin, this is just a very rare example.

Even after Chairman Jiang fought with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan during the Central Plains War, although Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan were defeated, the chairman did not kill them all, and then both of them obeyed the dispatch of the chairman.

The reason for this is that the warlords are not personal enmity between each other in the first place, and there is no ideological antagonism. Most of it is just a pure struggle for power. After disintegrating the opponent's army, the goal is basically achieved. In the thoughts of each warlord, it is not necessary to eliminate the other party's **, because he may not have such a day, which also means to leave a way out for himself, and this is also an unspoken rule between various warlords in this era

And now our Chief Su has broken this unspoken rule, no matter now or in the future, those who break the unspoken rules will always be excluded by their peers, and the current Chief Su is no exception.

"Send a report to Chahar, severely reprimand him, and order the local government of Chahar to maintain local order in Qinghai and wait for the central government to deal with it." Chairman Tie Qing gave an order to the staff officer in the attendant room on the side.

The city of Xining in Qinghai was broken by the Chahar army in less than a day, and then the news that Ma Bufang was forced to commit suicide soon spread throughout the country, and the warlords everywhere were amazed by the strong combat power of the Chahar army, and at the same time, they were also secretly frightened by Su Tong's cruelty. Secretly, they also started some small actions.

Subsequently, the domestic media also published the news in the newspapers, and condemned the Chahar government for sending troops to Qinghai without the orders of the central government, in the name of seeking justice for businessmen, and killing the chairman of a province.

Some newspapers commented that even if Ma Bufang was guilty, he could not be convicted without a court trial, and that the Chahar government had trampled on the country's laws by killing people without a court trial.

Youth Daily commented that now that Ma Bufang is dead, and some of his family members are missing, it is the responsibility of the Chahar government to find them back and appease them.

The late Chinese great thinker Mr. Lu Xun once said that smearing the opponent's nose with white ash is the easiest way to win.

Everyone in China has a strong desire to express and lead, this kind of ** comes from the yearning for the upper class of the identity society, from the desire for fame, as well as the potential imperial consciousness and savior psychology: that is, I am the world, with the constitution of heaven in my mouth, to help the world and save the people, it is my duty to do it, if it is really a savior, it is easy to do, great mercy, great benevolence and bravery. The problem is also mixed with the psychology of villains: selfish, dark, arbitrary, the party is the same and disagrees, fabricates accusations, and clamps down on people's hearts.

Therefore, they do everything possible to discredit each other and touch each other's noses for the great people they are not capable of defeating. In the end, learn from public opinion to reach the top

These days, newspapers everywhere have taken the opportunity to criticize the Chahar government for doing so.

All of the above comments reached the ears of Chief Su who was far away in Chita, which cooled down a lot after Chief Su took Qinghai.

'I'll wipe it, buddy killed Ma Bufang, that's to eliminate harm for the people, why do you blame me one by one? ’

The little depressed Chief Su couldn't help but complain to Bai Chongxi in the office: "Brother Jiansheng, you said that I killed the scourge of Ma Bufang, and the newspapers across the country didn't praise me, why are they all accusations?" ”

Bai Chongxi sat at a table, took a slow sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Who made you break the rules?" All our Chinese people pay attention to a truth that everything is left behind and it is good to see each other in the future. Just like the last time you captured Ningxia, drove away Ma Hongkui, and drove all his troops to build the railway, did anyone jump out and say you? No, but you not only robbed Ma Bufang's territory this time, but also killed him, which is the bottom line of those big shots, which is why so many people criticize you. ”

Oh, that's the so-called unspoken rule of this era. Su Tong, who understood, couldn't help but suddenly realize.

It turned out that the buddy had touched their sore spot, no wonder so many people were making irresponsible remarks about the buddy, now how can the buddy resolve this matter? Although buddy is not afraid of this, this image is not good after all. Su Tong thought for a long time and turned his heart sideways, and said in his heart, "You can touch the white ash, won't buddy touch the white ash?" ’

A few days later, the mouthpiece of the Chahar government, the Chahar Daily, took the lead in revealing Ma Bufang's various crimes: bullying men and women, killing people and setting fires, encroaching on civilian land, and so on, among which one crime of seizing his niece was the most eye-catching. The cause was the complaint of Ma Bufang's fifth aunt, Tai Ma Yuelan. Ma Yuelan is the daughter of Ma Bufang's cousin Ma Bulong, the year before last, Ma Bufang met his niece Ma Bulan's beauty, wanted to take her as a concubine, and threatened Ma Bulong and his wife: "If you don't give her to me, I want your family to live!" In this way, Ma Yuelan became the plaything of her uncle Ma Bufang.

After Ma Bufang married Ma Bulan, he was not allowed to contact any man, and was often beaten by Ma Bufang, while his parents and younger siblings avoided it. Unexpectedly, Ma Bufang targeted Ma Yuelan's mother and her two younger sisters again, asking her to write a letter to invite them to come to Ma Bufang's apartment to "live together". Ma Yuelan couldn't bear the shame of being ravaged by mother and daughter and sisters, and categorically refused, so Ma Bufang tried her best to torture her.

After Ma Bufang was killed this time, Chahar did not embarrass his family, and Ma Bulan was finally reunited with his parents. After Ma Bufang's death, Ma Bulan's family had no worries, so she shook out Ma Bufang's ugly crimes one by one. Ma Bufang often went to the streets of Xining and Lanzhou to hunt for beauty, and when he saw a beautiful woman, he secretly caught her in a closed truck that followed him and sent her back to the Xining Mansion. He also raised a group of "nursing sisters" in his mansion, not only to drink human milk on them every day, but also to do his best.

After these things were shaken out, there was a great uproar in public opinion across the country, and the newspapers were full of headlines such as "The horseshoe fragrance is fragrant when the flowers return, and the merry general is too ridiculous", "There are many beauties in the harem, and the niece is full of Chen". The "Supervisory Commissioners of the National Government" also wrote to the government one after another on charges of "lawlessness and heinous crimes" and "forced marriage and persecution of overseas Chinese", saying that not killing people like Ma Bufang is not enough to make the people angry, and not killing them is not enough to uphold the people's hearts. The Chahar government's move can be described as very gratifying.

The Chahar Daily took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, saying that bandits and bullies like Ma Bufang, who brought disaster to the country and the people, could become the chairman of a province. It can be seen that the central government is so mediocre that even a scum like Ma Bufang can become the chairman of the province, and after he has done such a thing that is inferior to a beast, not only does he ignore it, but after the Chahar government corrects the law, he blames it as such a scum, which is really ridiculous.

For a while, the national government was caught off guard by Su Tong's hook, and its eyes were full of gold stars, and the mouthpiece of the national government, the National Daily, was also speechless for a while.

In the chairman's bedroom at night, Mrs. Jiang sat on the sofa in a fuchsia silk nightgown and drank coffee with a dignified expression, and said to the chairman in a slightly reproachful tone: "Darling, you have done too little consideration in this matter. Who is Ma Bufang? He's a bandit bully, a demon who should be killed a thousand times. I heard that during his reign in Qinghai, he not only designed to harm the schoolgirls, robbed some women of the people, but also extended his claws to the wives and daughters of the poor people. He once killed three people in order to seize a pair of beautiful sisters at the same time. Such people are really heinous and unspeakable. You actually stand up for such a person, I think you are really dizzy."

The chairman sitting on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Madam, don't I want to take the opportunity to knock Su Jianming?" He sent troops to occupy Qinghai without authorization and did not ask me, the chairman of the NPC Committee, for instructions, which was too indifferent to the central government. ”

"You" Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but say with some hatred: "He Su Tong has seized some territory, but look at it, what kind of territory is it." They are all sparsely populated and barren places, and if he can manage those places well, it will also be a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. Since he didn't touch our interests, why did you bother to do it? ”

"Alas" The chairman sighed, shook his head helplessly and said: "Forget it, ignore him, Mrs. It's not early, let's rest" After speaking, he and Mrs. went to rest hand in hand