Zhang Mingqi's ability to reach the position of governor of Guangxi has a lot to do with Cen Chunxuan, who has served as Cen Chunxuan's staff. In April 1903, Cen Chunxuan acted as the Governor of Liangguang, and Zhang Mingqi was appointed as the chief copywriter, who was also in charge of the Liangguang School Affairs Office, and then in charge of the Military Training Office.

In May, the people of Guangxi rose up, Cen Chunxuan entered the Gui Governor to suppress it, Zhang Mingqi accompanied him, the prime minister of the Liangguang camp office, and served as the staff of Li Jingxi, the governor of Guangxi.

After receiving Li Jingxi's guarantee, Zhang Mingqi was appointed as a member of Guangxi Taiping Sishun Daoist, and the following year Cen Chunxuan recommended Zhang Mingqi to act as the political envoy of Guangxi. In December 1906, he was appointed political envoy of Guangxi, acting governor of Guangxi, and in 1907, he was appointed governor of Guangxi. In Guangxi, he commanded Admiral Long Jiguang and General Lu Rongting to suppress the popular rebellion, and on the other hand, he vigorously implemented the "New Deal." The government and the opposition were quite famous.

In 1910, Zhang Mingqi became acting governor of Liangguang. In April 1911, Fu Qi, the general of Guangzhou, was assassinated, and the Qing court appointed Zhang Mingqi as the governor of Liangguang and the general of Guangzhou. At this time, he obtained the information that the League was about to hold an uprising in Guangzhou, consulted with Li Zhun and others, and sent a large number of detectives to the defense camp into the city and implement martial law. On April 12, the Guangzhou Uprising broke out, Huang Xing led a team to break through the Supervision Office, Zhang Mingqi abandoned his father, wife and concubine, fled over the wall and over the house to the Water Division Office, and commanded the Qing army to counterattack.

After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, among the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang, 43 revolutionaries were killed by Zhang Mingqi's order, including Lin Juemin and Yu Yunji. After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, the Guangdong revolutionaries rose up, and Zhang Mingqi saw that the army's morale was shaken and the situation was irreparable, so he was forced to declare the independence of Guangdong on November 5, and at the suggestion of the gentleman, Zhang Mingqi was elected as the temporary governor. Unwilling to take up the post, he absconded to the Shamian Concession and soon fled to Japan via Hong Kong.

After Yuan Shikai came to power, Zhang Mingqi returned to Beijing to live in idleness and was named a senior adviser. In October 1913, he was appointed as the chief of civil affairs of Guangxi, and he would handle Guangxi's military affairs. In July 1915, he was reappointed as the Patrol Envoy of Guangdong. At the end of the same year, he learned that Yuan Shikai had the ambition to be the emperor, so he persuaded Long Jiguang, the overseer of Guangdong, to enter and was awarded the title of first-class uncle.

After the outbreak of the Protectorate War, Zhang Mingqi broke away from politics and lived in seclusion in the French Concession of Shanghai. After the establishment of the Kuomintang regime in Nanjing, he moved to the Tianjin Concession. December 1937. Zhang Mingqi participated in the Chinese Buddhist Association initiated by the traitor Wang Yitang and others. In March 1942, he served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the puppet North China Political Affairs Committee. In March 1945, he and Wang Yitang, Yin Rugeng and others initiated the "Yiyou Festival" to pray for "victory in the Greater East Asian War".

Zhang Mingqi's transformation from a scholar to a feudal official has a lot to do with his good speculative drilling. He is a person without discipline, Cen Chunxuan is the key to his career, and he can climb to the position of governor of Guangxi completely depends on Cen Chunxuan, but in 1907, after Cen Chunxuan got out of class because of "PS photos", he did not hesitate to take refuge in Yixuan. completely betrayed Cen Chunxuan.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were many factions in the officialdom, and the struggle was fierce. Later, it evolved into two main factions, namely the faction headed by Prince Qing and Yuan Shikai, the chief minister of military aircraft, and the faction headed by Qu Hongji and Cen Chunxuan, the ministers of military aircraft.

In history, as soon as Cen Chunxuan's big tree fell, Zhang Mingqi had no support. But he is a person who is good at drilling, good at spotting opportunities, and good at seizing opportunities. When he was also a staff member of Li Jingxi in Guangxi, the two got along well, and Li Jingxi belonged to the Yixuan and Yuan Shikai factions, and he secretly maintained a relationship with Li Jingxi. When Cen Chunxuan fell, he immediately voted for Yixuan.

Chen Hao and Cen Chunxuan did not deal with each other in Guangxi, and the two competed with each other. It stands to reason that Zhang Mingqi should not wait to see him. In fact, on the contrary, seeing that Cen Chunxuan was unlucky when he fought with Chen Hao, Zhang Mingqi fell in love with Chen Hao, an upstart in the imperial court, and when the governor Zhang Renjun asked him to assist Chen Hao in suppressing the bandits, he decided to give his full support.

Such an undisciplined person, Chen Hao was also careful when talking to him, and he didn't want to be remembered by this villain. Although Zhang Mingqi's character is problematic. However, his attitude is the best now, and the combat effectiveness of the Guangxi patrol battalion is not weak, and if he can fully support him in "suppressing bandits," he will be more sure that he will repel the joint attack of the three companies.

When Chen Hao and Zhang Mingqi were wrong, two generals walked into the living room. Zhang Mingqi got up and introduced to Chen Hao: "Brother Baxian, come and introduce you to my two capable generals, this is Long Jiguang, the current Youjiang Daoyin of Guangxi, he will lead his 4,000 troops to fight with you." ”

"This is Lu Rongting, the commander of the patrol battalion, who has just returned from suppressing the revolutionary party, and he will also go with you. These two are both people who can fight, and Lord Chen is even more famous in the world, and the three of you will definitely succeed if you work together. ”

Chen Hao was shocked, both of them were big names who had been warlords, Lu Rongting later served as the overseer of Guangxi, and Long Jiguang also controlled Guangdong for a period of time. At present, it is not the most beautiful time for the two, they are still only second-rate officers under Zhang Mingqi, but I didn't expect Zhang Mingqi to send these two great gods to listen to his command.

Chen Hao is very self-aware, his level has reached level 46, and the commander has 81 points, which is estimated to be not as high as these two. Although these two people are not famous generals, they are future warlords, and there is nothing to say about the commander over 80. If they are willing to do their best to help, their 8,000-strong troops can exert strong combat effectiveness, and it should be no problem to cooperate with Chen Hao's three divisions to repel the attacks of the three families.

Chen Hao believed that Long Jiguang would try his best to strive for military merit, but Lu Rongting would definitely not do his best, because Lu Rongting was secretly involved in the revolutionary party. In 1906, Lu Rongting went to Tokyo to inspect the military, met with Sun Yat-sen, and secretly joined the revolutionary party. He had just suppressed the Zhennanguan uprising organized by the revolutionary party, and the imperial court rewarded him with the title of "Brave Baturu", and he would soon be appointed as the chief soldier. But these are all manifestations, and the truth is that he was ready to rebel with the revolutionary party, but the revolutionary party could not fully trust him. At the critical moment of the revolutionary party, he pretended to let his troops retreat with heavy casualties, and protected the revolutionary party to retreat to Vietnam with minor casualties

Lu Rongting was not trusted by the revolutionary party, but he could still sacrifice the imperial army under his command to protect the revolutionary party, Chen Hao led him to suppress the revolutionary party, he would do his best. Since Lu Rongting came in, Chen Hao has been thinking about how to make Lu Rongting work hard, and his attention has always been on Lu Rongting.

"Haha! I have long heard of the two generals, and it is really gratifying to congratulate Commander Lu for his great achievements in suppressing the bandits this time. ”

After Chen Hao greeted the two, Long Jiguang did not speak, and Lu Rongting said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Thank you Lord Admiral for your praise." ”

After the banquet, Chen Hao took the initiative to propose: "Commander Lu has returned triumphantly this time, I am very curious about the hundred battles of the lions under him, I wonder if I can bother Commander Lu to take me to the barracks for a look?" ”

"Why not?" Zhang Mingqi said happily: "Ganqing, you take Lord Chen to your patrol camp to have a look, Lord Chen is the first general of my Great Qing Kingdom, if he can give you a few words, he will definitely benefit immensely." ”

Lu Rongting showed a reluctant look, but he didn't want to save Zhang Mingqi's face, so he had to get up and respond: "Obey!" ”

Chen Hao rode a horse and followed Lu Rongting to the military camp outside the city, neither of them spoke much, and after walking for a while, Chen Hao suddenly hit his horse and walked away. He whispered to Lu Rongting: "Lord Lu did not hesitate to sacrifice his subordinates and saved many revolutionary comrades, I really admire it!" ”

Lu Rongting's face changed greatly, but he quickly regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "My lord said that I was too careless this time, which caused the bandits to flee to Annan, which is a great shame. ”

Chen Hao smiled noncommittally and said: "What the hell is going on, Commander Lu should know in his heart, speaking of which, my visit to Guangxi this time is also to suppress the chaotic party, and it is normal for you not to believe me." ”

Lu Rongting frowned and said, "What do you mean, my lord?" The lower officials were ignorant and couldn't understand. ”

Chen Hao smiled slightly: "Commander Lu is a loyal and good general of the imperial court on the surface, but secretly he met with Sun Wen and tried to rebel with the bandits. I am the admiral of the imperial court, why can't I be the same as Lord Lu? Commander Lu can think about it carefully, if I have malicious intentions towards you, I will not say these words in private, but in front of Lord Zhang. ”

Lu Rongting's face changed greatly, if he was told these words by another stranger, he would not hesitate to shoot him down. But this strange person in front of him is different, he is the official governor of the Nanyang Naval Division, a member of the imperial court, and his position is still above him. At this time, the most secret thing in his heart was exposed in person, so he couldn't help but continue to be calm, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "My lord, let me understand your words, and first explain to the lower officials why my lord came to suppress the revolutionary party bandits this time!" ”

Chen Hao said lightly: "It's very simple, what I suppressed was not the real revolutionary comrades at all, but some forces that tried to target me. You might as well tell Lu Dutong that I have secretly developed two divisions in Guizhou, and that revolutionary comrades such as Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin, and Xu Xueqiu have rushed over to take command, and Mr. Sun Yat-sen may also go. ”

"Due to the leaked news, some strangers who have grievances with me have united and organized 100,000 troops to go to Guizhou to exterminate them. My subordinates were not strong enough, so they entered Guangxi under the banner of suppressing the bandits, but in fact it was to deal with those strangers with bad intentions. ”

Lu Rongting's so-called understanding is actually implying that if Chen Hao wants him to believe, he must first explain why he suppressed the revolutionary party. Chen Hao patiently explained, told about the rescue of the members of the Restoration Society, and also moved out the great god Sun Yat-sen. He will want to control Guangxi in the future, and Lu Rongting, the future warlord of Guangxi, can have a good relationship, so he will be so patient.

After Chen Hao's painstaking explanation, Lu Rongting's expression finally eased, and he said lightly: "If what the adults say belongs, the lower officials will do their best when they fight." (To be continued......)