Chapter 178: Transactions (Asking for Subscriptions, Monthly Passes, Asking for Various!! ）

Han Fuqu finally died, and he really responded to that sentence, it is still possible to live as a sin in the sky, but not to live as a sin. Han Fuyu's execution sounded the alarm to the warlords of the Kuomintang army, in order to preserve the power of the lineage, those who passively avoid the war must be punished as they deserve!

After Han Fuqu's death, the media mouthpieces of the Nationalist Government reported on the incident in large pages, and at the same time announced Han Fuqu's serious crimes. In fact, in Chen Feng's opinion, if the grudge between Han Fuqu and Lao Jiang is put aside, Han Fuqu will not be guilty to death.

Although this person passively avoided the war at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he did not defect to the Japanese army in the end, but saved more than 100,000 elites in Shandong. In addition, Han Fuqu's rule of Lu was far from being as unbearable as the Nationalist Government said, from September 1930, the State Council of the Kuomintang government decided to reorganize the Shandong Provincial Government, and appointed Han Fuyu as a member of the Shandong Provincial Government and chairman of the government, until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Han Fuyu ruled in Shandong for 7 years. During this period, Han Fuyu adopted a series of governance and reform measures in the political, economic, military, cultural, educational, and social customs, which gradually stabilized his rule in Shandong, and at the same time gradually stabilized the political situation in Shandong.

In terms of internal political theory, Han Fuyu believes that the way to govern is to pay first attention to officials, and only by winning people and ruling can we be politically clear. In order to clarify the rule of officials, Han Fuyu successively promulgated many "seeking treatment" regulations, formulated a strict civil service system, and also used various training methods to improve the administrative ability of civil servants. He made it mandatory for government personnel to wear the same cloth clothing as soldiers, and punished them harshly for drug use. If discovered, they will be dismissed from their posts or shot. He was particularly disgusted with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and specially set up a "senior detective team" to select young people who had graduated from high school as team members to conduct overt and covert visits to various departments, cities, and counties, and regularly report directly to him. Officials found to have embezzled and accepted bribes were immediately arrested and dealt with by military law. After some governance, Shandong under the rule of Han Fuyu was still full of corruption and bribery. Extremely dark. However, it has indeed made great changes from the past, and has formed a unique political atmosphere in Shandong. During the reign of Lu, he often sat in court to try cases in the name of the chairman of Shandong Province and the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army. Sometimes he also made private visits and encountered lawsuits. Summary hearing. The case was decided on the spot.

Han Fuqu attaches great importance to education. This is different from other warlords. Against public opinion, he appointed Mr. Ho Sze Yuen as the Director of Education, and never defaulted on education funds. Moreover, it has increased every year, so that Shandong's education has been greatly developed. In addition to the large increase in the number of classes in the original school, many primary and secondary schools have been added, and a medical college, eight rural normal schools and four vocational schools have been added, as well as the National Shandong University and Shandong Provincial Drama School. The number of students in school increased from more than 500,000 in 1929 to more than 100,000 in 1933. For this point, Han Fuqu can be said to have contributed a lot.

In addition, Han Fuqu also made certain achievements in the field of drug control; Shandong was originally a place where tobacco and drugs were rampant, and Japanese imperialism used Qingdao and Jinan as bases to sell a large amount of drugs in Shandong, and even penetrated deep into the vast rural areas. After Han Fuyu became the ruler of Lu, he vigorously and resolutely banned smoking and drugs. Opium addicts are imprisoned and forced to undergo drug rehabilitation, those who refuse to change their ways are shot, and drug traffickers are shot regardless of the number of drug traffickers. Han killed a lot of people in Shandong, and most of them were bandits and tobacco dealers.

In terms of military governance, Han Fuyu, as a warlord, has always advocated force, and even more so after ruling Shandong. In order to suppress the people's resistance and resist the infiltration of Chiang Kai-shek's power, Han Fuyu desperately expanded the army, and by the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he had more than 100,000 regular troops and 12,000 militia troops. Han Fuyu not only tried every means to expand his military strength, but also trained his army strictly, greatly enhancing the combat effectiveness of his army.

After the "18 September" incident, the national contradictions between China and Japan intensified day by day, and Han Fuqu knew very well that he could not get involved with the Japanese, otherwise he would be speechless. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese invading army caused the Lugou Bridge Incident and launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. In order to express his renunciation with Japan, the ROK took resolute measures to restrict the evacuation of Japanese consulate personnel and overseas Chinese on the same day. As a result, Han Fuyu's attitude changed markedly, expressing his "resoluteness" against Japan, actively resisting the war, resolutely opposing the Japanese propositions such as "autonomy in North China," and rejecting the temptation of the Japanese to hold official positions. After the Japanese army launched an attack on Shandong, Han Fuyu resisted at the beginning, and carried out relatively large battles or battles such as the night attack on Sangyuan Station, the bloody battle of Dezhou, the defense of Linyi, the Jiyang encounter, the battle of Tuxiao River, the battle of Jinan, the Dajiangkou blockade battle, the peripheral battle with Taierzhuang, and the night attack on Dawenkou, which inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army and caused heavy losses to his own troops. It's just that the Nationalist Government's killing intent to kill the warlords that seeped out of their bones made Han Fuqu feel afraid, and preserving his strength was Han Fuqu's consistent practice, so there were those things that followed.

Looking at the 10 major crimes listed by the Nationalist Government for Han Fuqu, apart from disobeying orders, retreating without authorization, and standing still, and supporting troops to protect themselves are completely established, it can be said that some of the other eight articles can barely be established, while others cannot be established at all. Moreover, these are the common problems of all warlords in this era, whether it is Zhang Xueliang of the Northeast Army or Feng Yuxiang of the Northwest Army, or Yan Xishan of the Jin Sui Army, He Jian of the Hunan Army, Liu Xiang of the Sichuan Army, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the Gui Army, and others, they can randomly pull out a person who has not done anything to collect civilian guns, undermine judicial independence, collect and withhold state taxes without authorization, undermine the tax system, embezzle national defense funds, and disrupt finance. The reason why warlords are warlords is because they are heaven and earth in their territory, and they have the final say in everything, so if Han Fuqu didn't have those dirty things with Lao Jiang, he wouldn't have ended up like this at all.

But then again, the things that Han Fuqu did when the Japanese army attacked Shandong were indeed shameful enough, and it is no wonder that Lao Jiang had to put such a big effort into putting him to death.

After the Japanese captured Pingjin, they quickly moved south along the Jinpu Road and occupied Dezhou in October 1937. Han Fuyu assumed the responsibility of not allowing the Japanese army to cross the Yellow River, and he also spoke in a high-sounding manner. What is the "duty to protect the family and the country", but in fact, in order to preserve its strength and passively avoid war. On the one hand, he ordered the military and government organs to move south, and on the other hand, he transported his dependents and household goods to western Henan, and at the same time transported ammunition, supplies, and other military supplies, as well as hospitals, banks, repair shops, wounded and sick people, and the dependents of officials and assistants to Nanyang and other places in Henan.

Li Zongren was very dissatisfied with Han's approach. When Han's train transporting supplies passed through Xuzhou, Li Zongren ordered it to be intercepted, but it was not completed; Li also complained to Chiang Kai-shek about Han, but he could not stop it. At the same time, Li also sent a telegram to Han and asked: "The rear of the Third Army in West Africa." Why are supplies being sent there? After reading it, Han criticized a few arrogant words on Lee's telegram: "Now is the all-out war of resistance." What a separation! ”

After approaching the north bank of the Yellow River, the Japanese army quickly occupied Queshan and opened fire on Jinan, and the shells fell directly on the commercial port and station. The situation in Jinan suddenly became tense. But. After the Japanese army reached the north bank of the Yellow River. He did not cross the river immediately, but remained immobile until December 22. The Japanese army and the ROK army actually confronted each other across the river for more than a month, and the Japanese army did not cross the river, and the ROK army did not go to the river to meet the battle. Why did this wonderful phenomenon occur? It turns out that both sides have their own wishful thinking. As far as the Japanese side is concerned, they still have illusions about Han and always expect Han to come out and become a traitor. As far as the South Korean side is concerned, preserving strength is the creed he pursued all his life, which is the fundamental reason why he confronted the Japanese army but did not fight.

On the night of December 22, more than 1,000 Japanese troops crossed the Yellow River from Jiyangmentaizi. Han Fuyu immediately ordered Sun Tongxuan's 20th Division to stay behind Jiji, and the rest of the armies retreated in the direction of Tai'an and Yanzhou. During the retreat, in the name of the "scorched earth war of resistance", Han burned and looted in Jinan, and the four major banks of China, communications, Shanghai, and the mainland, as well as all flour companies, major yarn mills and their major warehouses, were looted. On the night of the 24th, in the chaos of Jinan, Han Fuyu took a luxury streamlined bulletproof car, quietly drove out from the West Gate, and went around the commercial port to Baimashan Station in the southwest of the city. After arriving at Baimashan Station, immediately transfer to the steel armored car that has been prepared here, and go straight to Tai'an. When Chiang Kai-shek heard of this, he immediately sent a telegram to Han, ordering him not to abandon Jinan. However, Han Fuyu has already arrived in Tai'an. In the early morning of the 27th, Sun Tongxuan's division withdrew without firing a single shot, and the Japanese army occupied Jinan and pursued Tai'an. On the 28th, Han Fuyu learned that the Japanese army was pursuing, so he continued to flee. Chiang Kai-shek sent another urgent telegram, asking Han to defend Tai'an. But Han has already withdrawn to Jining. Due to the withdrawal of the South Korean army to Jining, Yanzhou and other important towns on the Jinpu line did not leave the main force to garrison, causing the opening of the north gate of Xuzhou, so the Xuzhou side was extremely panicked. Li Zongren immediately called and asked Han why he gave up Tai'an. Han criticized Li's telegram: "Nanjing has been lost, why should you keep Tai'an? The staff of the General Staff Office also sent a shot at Li in this batch, and Li was even more annoyed. Later, Li Zongren forwarded two telegrams sent to him by Han Fuyu, "All-out War of Resistance, how to divide each other" and "Nanjing has been lost, He Shou Tai'an" to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he could not command Han.

As Han Fuyu retreated all the way, did not resist, and sat back and watched the loss of the country, as a result, within a few days, the Japanese army occupied Tai'an, Qufu, Yanzhou, and Jining one after another, and most of Shandong fell into the hands of the enemy. In January 1938, Qingdao fell. Since then, tens of millions of Shandong people have fallen into the abyss of disaster.

Regardless of whether Han Fuqu should die or not, now he is finally dead, with seven shots in his body and two shots in the head, which can be regarded as retribution. Han Fuqu's death was still a great deterrent to the warlords of the Nationalist Government, and although everyone was in danger for a while, when they were fighting against Japan, they were no longer as cowering and stealing as before, and the atmosphere in the army was also boosted.

However, these have little to do with Chen Feng, he asked someone to send some money to Han Fuqu's family to show condolences, after all, Han Fuqu ended up like this, and he also made a push in it, maybe he didn't seduce Han Fuqu The final outcome would be like this, but now after all, he still introduced Han Fuqu into the Longtan Tiger's Den, and finally died because of it, and it is also appropriate to send some money to his family.

Lao Jiang's trick of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys has been played, and although the next two or three days are in meetings, they are actually all talking about it, and there is not much practical stuff. Maybe only Li Zongren's idea of the Battle of Xuzhou is still of some value, but seeing the lack of interest of others, Chen Feng knew that Li Zongren's hard work was going to be in vain.

Sure enough, after two days of arguing, Li Zongren's operational plan did not yield any results, and in order to entrap this Gui bigwig, Lao Jiang deliberately transferred two divisions from the combat sequence of the Central Army to the Fifth Theater, which was far from meeting Li Zongren's requirements.

On the evening of February 28, on the night when Han Fuqu was corrected, Chen Feng had a long talk with Lao Jiang at the invitation of Lao Jiang at the place where Lao Jiang was staying, and this time only the two of them were present, and no one knew what they talked about, anyway, the next day the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin received Lao Jiang's dictation that the Central Army would form 10-15 Japanese armament divisions in a short period of time, and at the same time form a field heavy artillery division and a heavy mortar division. (To be continued......)