As Sun Yuanqi said, Li Yuanhong's support for Yuan Shikai so strongly will naturally not be voluntary labor, his condition is very simple, that is, let Yuan Shikai help kill someone. Kill whom? Zhang Zhenwu, former deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and adviser to the Department of Military Affairs of the Hubei Military Government.

Zhang Zhenwu, the word Chunshan, Chunsan, renamed Zhushan, was born in Luotian, Hubei Province in the third year of Guangxu (1877). He studied law and politics at Waseda University in Japan at his own expense. In 1905, he joined the League, and later joined the Gongjin Association, was one of the first rebels of the Wuchang Uprising, and was respected as the father of the Republic, and Sun Wu and Jiang Yiwu were called the "Xinhai Three Warriors". Such a revolutionary hero, why did Li Yuanhong raise the butcher's knife?

If you want to talk about the contradiction between Zhang Zhenwu and Li Yuanhong, you can't help but go back to the time of the Wuchang Uprising.

After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen was far overseas, Huang Xing and others were reluctant to come, while local revolutionary leaders such as Liu Gong, Sun Wu, and Jiang Yiwu were afraid that there would be internal power struggles between the Literary Society and the Communist Party, so they were reluctant to come forward. After thinking about it, everyone thought of Li Yuanhong, who was the 21st Mixed Association of the Hubei New Army at that time.

Li Yuanhong, who was found to be the governor, was initially reluctant to give in, which caused great dissatisfaction among many revolutionaries, including Zhang Zhenwu. He said to the people around him: "Now that Li Yuanhong is unwilling to approve of the revolution and is not promoted by his comrades, it is not yet public, why don't you behead him for public display, so as to raise the prestige of the revolutionary army and make a group of Qing ministers loyal to foreign races emboldened?" There is no impermeable wall in the world, and these words were later known to Li Yuanhong, which planted a bad cause for the contradictions between the two in the future.

Later, Hanyang was lost. The war in Wuchang is tight. Seeing that the situation was critical, Li Yuanhong didn't bother to inform the others, so he privately packed his luggage and prepared to leave. As a result, he was bumped into and sued Zhang Zhenwu. Zhang Zhenwu immediately led people to the Governor's Mansion to block Li Yuanhong and ridiculed him. In the end, Li Yuanhong was equipped with two "guards" and instructed them: "I will hand over the governor to the two of you, if the governor leaves Wuchang one step, I will ask the two of you!" ”

Later, Li Yuanhong left Wuchang with the support of Sun Wu and others, and handed over the matter of defending the city to Liu Gong and Zhang Zhenwu before leaving. Zhang Zhenwu complained about this: "Li Yuanhong is the governor. But they cowered so much, and fled before they fought, leaving us to fight to the death. It's better to take this opportunity. Let's use another merit to replace that wreck! On the grounds that "the enemy is currently in the present, it is inconvenient to change the commander easily", which reluctantly stopped Zhang Zhenwu. After Li Yuanhong learned about it. More grudges.

Who knew that the Xinhai Revolution succeeded in an incredible form. Li Yuanhong, who was forced to become the governor of Hubei, was not only unscathed, but also became the vice president of the Republic of China, a position he could never have dreamed of in the former Qing Dynasty. How many times did he dream back at midnight, Li Yuanhong felt that creation made people, and he felt a lot of emotion: it seems that twisted melons are sometimes very sweet!

Despite all the hardships, Li Yuanhong still hated the revolutionaries very much, and greatly excluded them, and he wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. Especially Zhang Zhenwu. It is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.

In other words, Zhang Zhenwu is indeed very arrogant. After the success of the revolution, he knew that he had a bad relationship with Li Yuanhong. On the pretext of purchasing weapons, he took the initiative to apply for development in Shanghai. Li Yuanhong was eager for him to leave, and when he saw this, he pushed the boat and gave him a large sum of money to purchase ordnance. As soon as Zhang Zhenwu arrived in Shanghai, he made friends with celebrities from all walks of life, propagated himself as a revolutionary father, and disdained Li Yuanhong in his words and deeds, and from time to time slandered him.

Zhang Zhenwu, who was addicted to the pleasure of squandering public funds, did not care about the purchase of ordnance, resulting in the purchased ordnance being very unsuitable. Annoyed, Li Yuanhong sent someone to check the accounts and telegraphed Li Pingshu, the governor of Shanghai, to monitor his movements. Zhang Zhenwu is not a vegetarian, he immediately returned to Hubei from Shanghai, and when he saw Li Yuanhong, he slapped his pistol on the table: "You are a person who has been forced to serve as the governor, what qualifications do you have to check my accounts?" "The attitude is extremely domineering. Li Yuanhong could only apologize repeatedly, but he was more determined in his heart to get rid of Zhang Zhenwu.

At first, Li Yuanhong didn't want to kill people, after all, the crime of killing the Shouyi Father was too bad. So he and Yuan Shikai joined forces and successively transferred 16 people, including Sun Wu, Jiang Yiwu, Liu Gong, Zhang Zhenwu, and Cai Jimin, to Beijing in two batches to serve as generals in the General's Mansion and advisers to the Presidential Palace.

But Zhang Zhenwu is not a master of peace, and being a powerless consultant can't satisfy him at all, and he complained to Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai more than once: "Could it be that we Hubei people can only be consultants?" Unable to bear his whining and complaining, Yuan Shikai had no choice but to appoint him as a Mongolian reclamation envoy. But this reclamation envoy is really cold, up and down, inside and out, Zhang Zhenwu is such a bare-bones commander. After staying in the capital for ten days and half a month, Zhang Zhenwu felt annoyed, so he returned to Wuhan without saying goodbye.

Li Yuanhong was very angry at Zhang Zhenwu's departure and return, but what really made him want to kill was Zhang Zhenwu's next move.

After Zhang Zhenwu returned to Wuhan, he set up a Mongolian reclamation office in Hankou and demanded 1,000 yuan a month from Li Yuanhong, claiming that he would recruit a town of soldiers to go to Mongolia for his post. He is not talking about it, but he is really recruiting troops, and he is also actively strengthening the strength of the general corps. The regiment was composed of veterans of the Wuchang Uprising and revolutionaries, and was a descendant of Zhang Zhenwu. On the other hand, he also contacted and agitated everywhere, such as Feng Sihongbu of the aid Hubei and Jiangxi Army, Zhang Guoquan, commander of Xiangyang Prefecture, Zhu Zhiliu, Jiang Guangguo, Teng Yagang, and others, the backbone of the former Literary Society. Everything is like a plot to overthrow the Hubei military government.

Is it tolerable or unbearable! Li Yuanhong, nicknamed "Li Bodhisattva", couldn't help it, and finally made up his mind to kill Zhang Zhenwu. But he didn't want to do it himself, and of course he couldn't do it in Hubei. After all, Hubei is Zhang Zhenwu's hometown, and with the armament of the school regiment, it is easy to cause chaos. So he and Yuan Shikai reached this deal.

In July, the League finally joined hands with the Republican Party to submit a bill to the Senate on the implementation of a purely party cabinet. However, Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian and even Yang Yongtai all believed that they should support the Republican Party and voted against the bill.

Because in their opinion. For a long time, the New China Party will not only be unable to fight the League that is about to be reorganized and merged, but also the Republican Party, which has a strong background, if it supports the implementation of a purely political party cabinet. It is tantamount to taking the initiative to remove oneself from the central power. In the case of a mixed-party cabinet, the New China Party, as the third largest party in the Senate, can occupy two or three seats in the cabinet. Why bother destroying your future?

With the Republican Party and the New China Party joining forces, the League can only hate defeat.

After the Senate finished handling the bill of the Alliance, Yuan Shikai also began to repay the favor and take care of Zhang Zhenwu's affairs.

First of all, Yuan Shikai used the reason of discussing the Mongolian reclamation matter. He earnestly telegraphed Zhang Zhenwu to enter Beijing again. Zhang Zhenwu had a lesson from the past, and he was afraid that he would be hung up again after entering Beijing, so he was reluctant to push back. But this time it was strange. Yuan Shikai agreed to any conditions for the commission, even if some conditions were deliberately difficult, Yuan Shikai also said that everything was easy to discuss. And Li Yuanhong also instigated on the side and gave 4,000 yuan for the journey. patted his chest and said, "If my brother is not happy in Beijing." You can also go back to Wuchang, my brother must be waiting for you! Seeing that the president and vice president were so enthusiastic, Zhang Zhenwu had no choice but to go north by car.

Before going north, Zhang Zhenwu also had a bad premonition, so he explained to his cronie Fang Wei, who was the head of the Hubei General Corps at the time: "Xu Chu, the so-called courtesy and diligence are either treacherous or theft, and this time the president and vice president are so gracious, I am afraid that there must be an attempt behind it." I want to be bad for Zhang! So before I go, I have some things to explain to you. ”

Fang Wei immediately looked a little anxious: "Then what are you still doing north?" We have people in Hubei who have guns, and the governor under the bed doesn't dare to mess around. Wait until the time is right. We contacted our comrades to raise their righteousness again, overthrow that Li Bodhisattva, and make you the governor. Isn't it far better than going north and throwing yourself into the net? ”

Zhang Zhenwu waved his hand: "Xu Chu, you are still too young, you don't know what it means to be warm." Now that the president and vice president are taking turns, if Zhang does not know how to raise his position, he will immediately be charged with unruliness and sabotage of the republic, and he will be dismissed from his post at least and punished at worst. In this case, it is better to go north to find out what kind of heart Yuan and Li are. And Zhang thinks that he has some mistakes in his daily life, but after all, he is the first righteous father, and they don't dare to do anything to me, at most, they will put him under house arrest for an idle job. The key is still you!

Li Huangpi has long regarded the Hubei General School Corps, which is responsible for the reception of Yu Guanzuo, as Kou Yun, but only for the sake of Zhang and other heroes of the first righteousness, he does not dare to blatantly dismantle and suppress them. Once Zhang has a mistake in Beijing, Li Huangpi will inevitably take the opportunity to take action against the generals. Therefore, after I got on the bus, you immediately led the school regiment to move in the direction of Xiangyang and Yunyang. Commander Zhang Zhibing (Zhang Guoquan) of the Xiangyang Military and Political Sub-Prefecture had some friendship with me, and he had three associations under him, and he was quite dissatisfied with Li Huangpi's taking advantage of the reorganization and dismantling of the army to eliminate dissidents. If you join forces, you can make Li Huangpi throw a rat trap. ”

Fang Weidao: "Subordinates understand! The subordinates must bring the troops, work together with Commander Zhang, and wait for the minister to come back! ”

Zhang Zhenwu continued: "The army is the foundation of Zhang's life and comeback, as long as your team does not disperse, Zhang will have the confidence to speak." If the president really wants to appoint me as a Mongolian envoy, then he will trouble you to lead the team north. The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, and when Zhang Qian and Fu Jiezi made meritorious contributions to foreign lands, Mongolia is so big, you and I join forces to create a career, isn't it far better than being under the bed under the hands of the governor? But if the president has other thoughts, Li Huangpi will sing and harmonize with him again, but I am afraid that Xiangyang is not a place to live! ”

Fang Wei hurriedly asked, "What should I do?" ”

Zhang Zhenwu said: "If it really comes to that point, the best policy is to take the initiative to convey sincerity to Sun Baixi and ask to send troops into Hubei to overthrow Li Huangpi." Sun Baixi has served as a student envoy in Hubei for many years, and his benevolence is very wide; Now that he is in charge of Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places, and exempts the people from land endowments, the people in central Hubei are envious, and this has a mass foundation for entering Hubei. What's more, Yunyang borders Sichuan and Shaanxi; Looking around Hubei, only Sun Baixi's strength has just called out Yuan Xiangcheng and Li Huangpi. If Sun Baixi sends troops into Hubei, you will be the heroes of the restoration of Hubei Province!

"The middle strategy is to surrender to Sun Baixi and lead his troops to retreat into Sichuan or Shaanxi. Li Huangpi naturally didn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, you can sit back and relax. Moreover, the strength of Sichuan and Shaanxi has always been insufficient, and Sun Baixi is also generous to others, and you can also be an assistant and deputy assistant after you surrender. It's just that most of Sun Baixi's generals are his students, and I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to go up in the future.

"The next strategy is to support troops in Xiangyang and stand on their own, if Li Huangpi sends troops to attack, you will meet with them. This is to bet on the combat strength of Zhang Zhibing's subordinates and how determined Li Huangpi is. If you are not careful, the jade will be burned, so this strategy is not recommended for you to use. (To be continued.) )