On October 1, the 17th year of the Republic of China, the county magistrates' meeting of the 31 counties of the two provinces was held as scheduled. As Wu Xiaoliang expected, the county magistrates took a wait-and-see attitude, and only a few people stood on the side of the provincial government, including the county magistrate Wang who had been talking in the Jixia School Palace. Wang County's real name is Wang Jinwei is a person from Huaiyin, Jiangsu, who was also selected to join, and served as the magistrate of Changle County for five years, and has been suppressed by the local gentry of Changle, and Zhu Wusheng is no different, and he is a puppet, just like the wooden clay sculpture enshrined in the temple.

Since the beginning of the Republic of China, governments at all levels from the province to the county have been redundant and stacked beds and houses, and the situation should have been cleared up a long time ago, but Chairman Wu Rong said that there are two major obstacles to the county, one is inferior. The second is warlords. These two major obstacles hang like sharp swords over the heads of the lowly at all times, and they will be cut down at any time. ”

County Magistrate Wang's words were echoed by the county magistrates at both ends of the rat, and it was already the consensus of those of them who had no foundation that the county magistrate was difficult, but if they wanted them to fall to Wu Xiaoliang Provincial Government with a clear banner, they had to observe it carefully, because once they took a wrong step, they could incur a situation from which they could never recover. But Wang Jinwei is a broken heart, he is not a local, he has no foundation in Changle, and he is subject to governance everywhere, but he has no ties because of this. He didn't want to continue this dark day, so he simply voted for Chairman Wu, the provincial capital, and let it go.

Wu Xiaoliang immediately assured: "The provincial government will give full support to local governance, and if you want money to give money, you want people to leave, and whoever dares to stand in the way of the provincial government's reform will face the end of being shattered." A iron-blooded remark silenced the county magistrates who were chattering at the scene, for fear that they would be unlucky enough to block the reform. Wu Xiaoliang saw that the scene was cold, and immediately smiled:

"You speak freely, you don't have to be restrained, this meeting will implement two things, one is to cut the county and save the county. The second is land reform. Although the resistance and difficulties are raised, the provincial government will back you up, and you will be free to do it. ”

Several county magistrates headed by Wang Jinwei immediately expressed their obedience, and at the same time raised various practical difficulties, which Wu Xiaoliang asked people to write down one by one.

"After the meeting, you go to Deputy Secretary-General Li, and he will be fully responsible for supporting you."

The conference was prepared for a total of 10 days, with the county magistrates raising specific issues, and on the first day there were only some general speeches, which rarely touched on practical issues. Only a few people, including Wang Jinwei, the magistrate of Changle County, raised some suggestions and difficulties. Zhu Wusheng, the magistrate of Linzi County, was disappointed with the situation on the first day of the conference, and the atmosphere of the meeting was completely different from what he had imagined. The enthusiastic meeting he was looking forward to became a meeting of the rats on both sides. He complained in disappointment after the meeting: "No wonder Chairman Wu said that these county magistrates who ride on the wall are not enough to rely on, and I am really angry." ”

On October 2, the conference was adjourned for three days, but it was destined to be an unquiet day, and the "Qilu Daily" broke a news that shook the entire Shandong Province. Zhang Zongchang's cousin bought Tongchangle and Linzi merchants to sell moldy rice at high prices and low prices to use the provincial government student soldiers as military rations, and publicly urged Zhang Zongchang to deal with the matter and punish the lawless. As soon as this news came out, all walks of life in the province were in an uproar, and Zhang Zongchang was suddenly placed on the cusp of the storm.

Zhang Zongchang flatly denied this, issued a telegram stating that this was a false accusation, and asked the provincial government to investigate and rectify the "Qilu Daily" that spread rumors and cause trouble, and investigate the relevant responsible persons.

On the 2nd, the "Qilu Daily" fought back, publishing a photo of one of Zhang Zongchang's own family brothers, as well as a confession, in which Zhang Zongchang and his cousin explained how they secretly made trouble, and even all kinds of private and unspeakable things of the Zhang family. Zhang Zongchangyang's conspiracy was exposed in broad daylight, and the fierce news of such a secret conspiracy in the secret room immediately caught everyone's attention, and at the same time, all walks of life were also shocked. Out of hatred for the warlords and disdain for the rulers' absurdity, the people's public opinion condemned the Jiaodong Zhang clan overwhelmingly, and an undercurrent of rebellion against Zhang and Zhang in the entire Shandong Province was gradually pouring into the front of the stage from behind the scenes.

On the same day, Han Fuyu of Tai'an sent a telegram, strongly condemning Zhang Zongchang's act of selling moldy rice to patriotic student soldiers, and threatened that if he did not hand over the murderer to punish the lawless, his troops would point the sword at Jiaodong to uphold justice for the patriotic students, and at the same time promised to donate 50,000 catties of rice to the student soldiers for military rations.

Han Fuyu's high-profile appearance immediately won the appreciation and support of all walks of life, and redeemed his previous negative image in one fell swoop.

Zhang Zongchang was not to be outdone, and flatly denied the accusations made by the "Qilu Daily", stating that his brother was kidnapped, and the whole incident was a conspiracy against him, and shouted that Lao Zhang was afraid that everyone would be bold if he had the ability, and it was not the master who just moved his mouth and did not do it.

Suddenly, the scolding battle lit by the "Qilu Daily" was transferred to the two camps of Han and Zhang, but the protagonist of the incident, Linzi Provincial Government, was ignored by all walks of life, as if he had become an outsider.

On the third day, an accident escalated the entire war and entered the stage of armed conflict. The armies of Han and Zhang were misfired in Gaomi, and Zhang Zongchang seemed to have been prepared, and the troops of the entire two brigades defeated Han Fuyu's troops in one fell swoop, and the troops pointed directly at Zhucheng. The defenders of Zhucheng had only one regiment of troops, and they were completely annihilated after a little resistance, and Zhang Zongchang's army took Yishui all the way and Mengyin approached Xintai, the eastern gateway of Tai'an.

Han Fuyu immediately panicked, and hurriedly transferred the main force of the army deployed on the border of Shandong, Henan and Suzhou back to the division for reinforcements, and directly inserted Zhang Zongchang's forward troops from Teng County and Cao County. In just two days, the entire Lunan was turned into a pot of porridge. The rear road of the two brigades that went out to Xintai was cut off, and Zhang Zongchang immediately sent two additional brigades of men and horses to reinforce and start a major battle with the main force of Han Fuyu's Hui division in Mengyin County. The two sides fought for a day and a night, and the two brigades of Zhangbu retreated to Yishui for a little repair.

Lunan was beaten into a pot of porridge, and the Linzi Provincial Government and County Magistrates' Conference had to be postponed, and the county magistrates were in chaos, and it was difficult for the county magistrates to make the trip even if they wanted to return to the administrative office, so they had to stay in Linzi and wait for the war to be clear and reopen the county magistrates' conference.

On 5 October, Wu Xiaoliang sent a telegram opposing his own people beating his own people, and it was the vast number of poor people who suffered from the brothers' wall, hoping that the two sides would calm down and immediately cease fighting, and at the same time urge Zhang Zongchang to hand over the criminals and punish the lawless.

Han and Zhang ignored Wu Xiaoliang's telegram, and continued to fight fiercely between Mengyin and Yishui after a day of repair. In order to escape the war, a large number of fugitives went north to Laiwu and Boshan.

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