"The second report is to report the merchants, whatever kind of business they are engaged in, as long as they are very large, and the list of all the people, their addresses and their properties, the more detailed the better. We must unite them and form corresponding associations, and only by uniting them can they fight with those foreign businessmen abroad. In the past, when we were in the civil war, we needed them to support us to go to the civil war, but now that we are not fighting among ourselves, their civil war must also be stopped, and we will join forces to fight with those foreign merchants. ”

This time, the six of them could only smile bitterly, they used to be big eaters, and let the province fight with the other provinces, but now they want to let them learn from themselves and unite, and they are really a son of heaven and a courtier.

The roar of aircraft engines came from the river outside the "buzzing" Yellow Crane Tower, and four "Jiang Feng" seaplanes swept over the river outside the building, and dozens of similar planes occupied the sky densely in the sky in the distance. This is the air force that Wu Peifu arranged to prepare for stationed in Chongqing. With this kind of seaplane, the banks of the Yangtze River are basically pinched in their hands. At this moment, they flew by, undoubtedly showing their strength to the six warlords.

In March 1923, after the victory of the Southwest War, the southwestern warlords bowed their heads, marking the basic end of the civil war in China, but this paragraph did not include the northeast, which was located around the storm circle of the Far East, and the northeast became the focus of attention of both the north and the south and the Beiyang government for a while.

As early as December 1922, a large-scale war between White Russia and Soviet Russia took place in the area of Tengda in the Far East, the Battle of Tengda. In the face of a large-scale war between Soviet Russia, Belarus, and Japan at any time, out of strategic needs, the Beiyang government in the north decided to hand over a new high-power radio station and confidential personnel to Zhang Huzi for use.

About two months later, when Zhao Yun ordered the reorganization of the ministries, Wang Huaiqing, known as the "toilet general", was ordered to reorganize the military material forces in North China and Northeast China. At this time, a large number of old-style armed forces have entered and occupied the area of Tangshan and Shanhaiguan, but in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops, good snuff, horseback riding, greedy officials, and very low military and political talents, Wang Huaiqing, who is stupid and stupid, can't handle it, although he has Yan Laoxi's help, but Wang Huaiqing, who has never commanded so many troops, is still busy. In a hurry, Wang Huaiqing learned that there was a high-power radio station at Zhang Huzi's place, and hurriedly called Zhang Huzi and asked him to dispatch the radio station and confidential personnel to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible. Zhang Huzi considered that there were no more than five such radio stations in China, and for the sake of his own consideration, without radio stations, it would be impossible to communicate and command the newly reorganized Northeast Army, and besides, the entire Northern Beiyang Army still had two similar high-power radio stations, so he immediately called back and hoped that the radio stations would not be transferred. And Wang Huaiqing, who was ordered by Zhao Yunjun, had just commanded hundreds of thousands of people in a majestic manner, and no one had come to stir his tiger whiskers, and when he saw that Zhang Huzi dared to jump out and disobey his will, he immediately called twice to continue urging, and sternly reprimanded Zhang Huzi for blocking the radio station and hindering his command of the battle. Seeing this situation, Zhang Huzi hurriedly dispatched radio stations and confidential personnel to prepare to send them to Wang Huaiqing. Unexpectedly, after the beginning of spring, the Japanese army was preparing to attack the Soviet troops entrenched in the Far East on a large scale, and with this excuse, Zhang Huzi, who was already reluctant to hand over the radio station, had a new excuse, and the radio station could not be handed in.

But this excuse may be a good reason for others, but it doesn't work here for Wang Huaiqing.

Wang Huaiqing enlisted in the army at the age of fifteen, was promoted to the rank of general manager in 1893, and went to the northeast with Nie Shicheng in 1894 to inspect the Sino-Russian border. And who is Nie Shicheng? It was in Goryeo that he killed the Japanese general Fu Gang Sanzao, won one of the few victories of the Qing army, and was awarded the commander of Zhili for his merits. In 1907, Xu Shichang, who was then the president, was the governor of the three eastern provinces, and he telegraphed Yuan Shikai to transfer the king to the northeast, and appointed him as the governor of the three eastern provinces to camp the middle army, and also the commander of the middle road of the army, and then transferred the commander of the five roads of the Huai army, stationed in Fengtianchang Tufu, and became Xu Shichang's right-hand man in the three eastern provinces, so Wang Huaiqing's control of the northeast was still deep-rooted before Zhang Huzi, and this sentence is not an exaggeration to describe Wang Huaiqing's power in the northeast. Of course, Wang Huaiqing knew about the movement of the Japanese army in Goryeo and the Far East, and it was precisely because he knew the reason for this that he was not worried that the Japanese army would attack the northeast at this time. So this bearded man thought he was a good reason, and it became "contempt" for Wang Huaiqing, the official.

Subsequently, Wang Huaiqing repeatedly accused Zhang Huzi in public of "unreasonably occupying the radio station and disobeying orders". But Zhang Huzi is also a prince, a warlord all the way, and he can't cure his crimes with just a radio station.

And in March, the civil war in China, which had been going on for more than ten years, suddenly calmed down, and Zhang Huzi became the last warlord leader to bounce.

The situation in Lushun and Dalian has been brewing, and as time approaches, it is almost at the critical point of the outbreak. Huaxia will go to war with Japan at any time, but Zhang Huzi's attitude at this time has become **. It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's that his territory is too close to the Japanese-controlled Goryeo and the Japanese army in the Far East. As long as there is a war, his territory will definitely be impacted. And afterwards, it is worth discussing whether he can become a warlord all the way. After all, "false way to cut down the enemy" is also a well-known strategy, even if it is another trick to "divert the tiger from the mountain" and let Zhang Huzi be stationed in Goryeo, he will not be able to resist. Of course, all this was built on the basis of China's victory, but judging from China's foreign wars in the past 50 years, the hope of such victory is very slim. If the war is defeated, the Northeast will become the place where the first wave will be attacked, and this kind of loss-making business, of course, Zhang Huzi is unwilling to do it.

In view of Zhang Huzi's resistant attitude, the Jixian County Government invited Zhang Huzi to Jixian County in mid-March 1923 to discuss various matters. Zhang Huzi also had the heart to woo him, and the bigwigs of the "court" listened to the movement and went happily.

On March 23, early in the morning, Liang Shiyi, an old friend of Zhang Huzi and then premier, invited him to go boating on Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace.

The First Zhifeng War originated from Wu Peifu's "Fallen Liang" cabinet, which prompted the war with Zhang Huzi. At that time, Liang Shiyi resigned, President Xu Shichang only approved leave, and Liang also wanted to see a period, so he half-pushed and half-asked for leave to go to Tianjin. Although Wu Peifu won the Zhifeng War, he was later driven to the south by the Beiyang Army from the north, so

Liang Shiyi came back in a grand manner and continued to serve as the premier.

The list of Liang Ge before the Zhibong War is as follows:

Foreign Minister Yen Hui Khanh

Minister of the Interior, Gao Lingfei

Treasurer Zhang Arc

Army Chief Bao Guiqing

Navy Chief Li Dingxin

Attorney General Wang Chonghui

Director of Education Huang Yanpei

Qi Yaoshan, the chief of agriculture and commerce

Chief of Transportation, Ye Gongqiu

In the Liang Pavilion, Bao Guiqing and Qi Yaoshan belonged to the Feng faction, Gao Lingfei belonged to the direct line, Yan Huiqing and Wang Chonghui belonged to the Anglo-American faction and were close to the direct line, Zhang Arc belonged to the new transportation department of the pro-Japanese faction, Ye Gongqiu belonged to the old transportation department, and Li Dingxin and Huang Yanpei did not belong to it. It was a mixed cabinet of the two departments and the old and the old transportation department, and the old and new factions of the transportation department were divided and merged. Due to the defeat of the Feng department, the army chief was one of the "three kings", Wang Chengbin, who was more qualified. The chief of agriculture and commerce was served by the budget-conscious Yan Laoxi, and it was precisely because he was able to enter the cabinet and did not accept his military power that Yan Laoxi went to Jixian County to take up this position, and his team was nominally handed over to Wang Huaiqing to manage.

Back then, although Zhang Huzi was defeated, now it seems that the situation is similar to before he left, but there are no people of his own in the cabinet. And the premier in front of him, Liang Shiyi, is so "enthusiastic", which just sets his words. So Zhang Huzi had a lot of fun this time. The two were boating in the lake and had a picnic, which was quite enjoyable. But when he returned in the afternoon, he was astonished to see that the road leading to his dwelling was heavily guarded, and the old cook, who had followed him for many years, looked at him with tears in his eyes, and was surrounded by warriors he did not know. His guards all withdrew, raided the residence, and in the room on the second floor, Liang Shiyi looked at him embarrassedly, and then pouted at the head of the security department. The Minister of Security then issued a telegram from his superiors, announcing that he had been removed from his posts as the Governor of Mukden and the Patrol Envoy of the Three Eastern Provinces, and immediately put him under house arrest.

As a matter of fact, on the evening of 22 March, the Jixian County Government telegraphed to the descendants of Wang Huaiqing, the "Admiral of the Nine Gates of the Qing Court," and they were ready to take action.

In view of the fact that Zhang Huzi has a strong personality, has participated in foreign wars, and has also made achievements on the road of eliminating troubles and safeguarding national unity, the telegram stresses that the influence of non-proliferation should be achieved as much as possible, so that everyone in all walks of life will not be in danger. Specifically, the method of first removing and replacing guards and then placing them under house arrest on the spot was adopted. But how? The Jixian government held a cabinet meeting overnight, presided over by Xu Shichang, and drafted several sets of plans, but they were not approved, and finally Liang Shiyi volunteered to invite Zhang Huzi to swim in the lake and then send someone to raid the residence. Objectively speaking, Liang Shiyi proposed this proposal, firstly, based on years of friendship, hoping to be happy and reminisce about the old days before the old man was beaten into the "cold palace"; The second is also to avoid Zhang Huzi from being harmed, if it is soft, it will turn into an assassination or a strong attack at any time. As Prime Minister, this is his job, and he cannot be blamed for betraying his friends.

After Zhang Huzi was placed under house arrest, Wang Youlin, the head of the guard squad guarding Zhang Huzi at the time, recalled: "I took a guard squad to take care of him. After Zhang Huzi heard the notice of his handling on the second floor, he was very excited. Because the executors were all his old friends in the Beiyang Army, it was inconvenient for him to explain it because of his face. In the first few days, he ate very little and often lost his temper. I had a low position and was only in charge of guarding, so I said to him, General, we don't know your problem, and our superiors have sent us here with three tasks, one is to protect your safety, the second is to take care of your life, and the third is to restrict your freedom and not go down to the second floor. If you have any opinions, you can report them to the cabinet, but you can't lose your temper and skip meals, which will affect your health. ”