Years of the Republic of China 1913

Song Jiaoren is the pioneer of constitutionalism. From the beginning to the end, his concept of governing is to implement constitutionalism, and he has been doing this since he became the prime minister.Regarding the riots in several provinces, at first Song Jiaoren always wanted to use political means to solve the problem. On the one hand, he was greatly influenced by the constitutional government, and on the other hand, he was scruples about public opinion and the slander of some shameless literati.But the other party backed down his goodwill and regarded him as weak and deceitful, and even talked about unreasonable conditions with Zheng Fu, and offered such a high price, which immediately enraged Song Jiaoren, who is usually gentle and elegant, and immediately made a decision determined.

That's right, Song Jiaoren is a banner of constitutionalism, but don't forget that he was born as a revolutionary who overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty.It is simply ridiculous that local forces and warlords try to force him to submit in this way.After making the decision, Song Jiaoren immediately rushed to the Ministry of National Defense, summoned Minister of Defense Duan Qirui, Chief of General Staff Wang Shizhen, Deputy Defense Minister Feng Guozhang and others, and proposed a plan to speed up the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, and Zhong Yang sent troops to quell the riots in various places as soon as possible. suggestion.At the same time, in the name of the head of the government, he sent an official Prime Minister's letter to the head of state, President Yuan Shikai, to resolve the issue with strong measures.

"President, Song Dunchu is going all out this time. It's really not easy to force him to this point!" Duan Qirui, the Minister of National Defense in the presidential palace, didn't seem to be nervous at all. On the contrary, he looked relaxed and had a smile on his face. .

"Hehe, President, you didn't see Song Dunchu rushing to the Ministry of National Defense. He was just out of breath." Feng Guozhang laughed from the sidelines.

Yuan Shikai's health has been up and down in recent days.His legs were covered with a blanket, his body was half leaned in the grand teacher's chair, and he closed his eyes slightly and said, "Dun Chu called himself a pioneer of constitutional government. How did he know that running a country is as simple as he imagined? Constitutional government is good, right? But who should be divided, is it possible for some unreasonable guys to talk about constitutionalism and rationale? This time Song Dunchu can make such a decision, it seems that he is not a Confused."

"President, do you mean...?" Feng Guozhang asked hesitantly.

"The meaning of Song Dunchu is the meaning of the old man. It is absolutely intolerable for the local government to resist Zhong Yang's vain attempts to establish the duli kingdom. Song Dunchu is the prime minister of the state, and he is in charge of government affairs. Since he has already made a decision. As the country The head of state should support it. This official letter from the prime minister has been approved by me. Zhiquan and Huafu, how to send troops will be coordinated by your Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff, and you will come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible. "Pin Qing, is there any problem with your General Staff?"

Yuan Shikai asked Wang Shizhen at the side, Wang Shizhen smiled faintly and nodded.

"Returning to the President, the Ministry of National Defense has drafted a plan to transfer the second division, third division, and fifth division to advance respectively, and transfer the first division and sixth division to the second echelon. In case of unexpected events." Duan Qi Rui said immediately, and asked Yuan Shikai to correct this preliminary plan.

"Mobilize five reorganized national defense divisions, with a total of more than [-] people. These troops should be enough to deal with local troops in several provinces." Yuan Shikai nodded, thought for a while and said: "In this way, the Eighth Division of Jiangsu will be transferred from Zhejiang to the south. What do you think of the third division marching into Fujian, Ping Qing?"

"I think it's okay. It is said that after the riots in several provinces, the boundaries of Zhejiang are also a little unstable. The Eighth Division can suppress Zhejiang from Zhejiang. Second, it can also strengthen the strength against Fujian. After all, the terrain in Fujian is complicated, and more troops are good. of."

"Okay! Let's do it like this, Zhiquan, Huafu, after you go back, come up with a specific plan according to this. Then the General Staff will report it to the old man and Song Dunchu."

"Yes!"

Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang hurriedly got up and agreed, and left in a hurry when they saw Yuan Shikai had nothing to say.

"Pin Qing! You did a good job." After Duan and Feng left.Yuan Shikai said this to Wang Shizhen with a smile.

Wang Shizhen didn't show the slightest complacency on her face, instead she shook her head and said, "President Miao praised, some things Shizhen just pushed, the key is that some people have ulterior motives. If they are not trying to preserve their strength and try to resist No matter how powerful I am, Wang Shizhen, I, Wang Shizhen, cannot afford to light the fire of the central government's idea of ​​separatist control of the region."

"That's true." Yuan Shikai nodded, and sighed softly: "Local separatism has always been a national taboo. Back then, the powerful Tang Dynasty was so powerful that it shocked the world, but in the end it died because of the feudal towns? Now that the Republic of China has been established for more than three years, it's time to deal with these people. If you don’t do it now, it will be even more difficult to solve it if the tail is too big. However, this matter is still thanks to Pinqing’s plan, if there is no plan for Pinqing, how could they jump so fast and so suddenly?”

Wang Shizhen didn't answer Yuan Shikai's words, but instead asked: "President, how many people at the beginning will be dealt with in this way?"

"Do the people sent by the minister know the details?"

"Absolutely not!" Wang Shizhen replied firmly.

"I don't know the best, I don't know the best..." Yuan Shikai slowly closed his eyes and said softly, "Then I don't know...."

"Understood!" Wang Shizhen nodded understandingly, and never mentioned it again.

On the second day after Song Jiaoren formally delivered the Prime Minister's official letter to Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai approved the proposal to solve the local warlord problem by strong means.At the same time, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff have come up with a response plan as quickly as possible and submitted it to the Presidential Office and the Prime Minister's Office.

After receiving the plan, Song Jiaoren, who had calmed down, still wanted to make a final effort. He sent a telegram to the local provinces in the name of the prime minister of Zheng Fu, reiterating the original attitude of the government and asking the local government to cooperate with the central government to solve the problem as soon as possible.But these people didn't grasp the last chance he gave them. On the contrary, they all ignored him. Some even took Song Jiaoren's well-intentioned telegram as toilet paper and threw it into the toilet.After waiting for two days, Song Jiaoren didn't even hear a reply. Finally, he gritted his teeth and notified the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff in the name of the Prime Minister to start operations against the provinces where the riots occurred.

The Ministry of National Defense, which had been prepared for a long time, issued an order, and the second division, third division, and fifth division rushed to the rioting provinces at lightning speed. The Eighth Division also divided into two regiments, and Wu Peifu, the deputy division commander, led the troops into Zhejiang, pointing directly at Fujian.

Zhong Yang's tough attitude and sudden actions made those local forces and warlords who had their own way panicked, and quickly mobilized their troops to keep the Zhong Yang National Defense Force out of the province, and they must not be allowed to enter their own territory.At the same time, he hastily sent a telegram to Zheng Fu, saying that the local situation was under control, that Zhong Yang did not need to intervene, and that it could be resolved with their local capabilities, hoping that Zhong Yang would withdraw the order to send troops immediately.In addition, someone sent a telegram to Song Jiaoren in the name of a private person. First, he talked about the friendship and friendship with the revolution of the year, and then made major revisions to the previous requests. That's it.As for other proposed financial support, public compensation, etc., they did not mention a single word, and only asked Zhong Yang to withdraw his troops immediately.

In addition to this, they have not forgotten to use the skillful power of public opinion consistently.Those unscrupulous literati who bought them complained and advocated for local forces and warlords in the newspapers, hyping that Song Jiaoren had changed from a constitutionalist back then to a ducai ruler now, and joined forces with Yuan Shikai, trying to use ducai to eliminate minzhu ideology in vain, and use military The evil means of oppressing innocent people by force, etc., all the newspapers were full of articles criticizing Song Jiaoren and Yuan Shikai all over the sky. Dirty water was poured on the heads of Fu, Song Jiaoren and others desperately.

Song Jiaoren was also prepared for this, he was very familiar with this set of things, and at the same time as the opponent, the government immediately counterattacked, publishing articles in major newspapers to point out the real intentions of the local government and warlords, and He said that zheng fu has made efforts to solve this problem first, but those who tried to split the country did not listen to advice at all, and insisted on going their own way. They simply cut themselves off from the country and the people.In order to maintain the unity and integrity of the country, it is completely reasonable and legal for Zhongyang to send troops. We call on people of insight across the country not to be fooled by some people's disguise.

Similarly, in order to cooperate with Song Jiaoren's actions, Fang Zida's subordinates also started to act intensively.The literati are deeply criticizing and exposing the local forces and warlords in the newspapers, and at the same time, they are investigating the unscrupulous literati who have been bought and sold, using some evidence they already have, such as accepting bribes, extorting bribes, smoking opium, and fighting for power in Hualou Fighting and other things sent several people directly to prison, where they were allowed to taste the consequences of betraying their morality.

Don't look at the arrogance and arrogance of those local forces and warlords in their own territory.In fact, the military power in their hands is not strong. Although some units called patrol battalions and local divisions have thousands of people, they often have less than half of the actual number of soldiers because they are empty and bloody. Hybrid brigade.On weekdays, fighting a war is more like acting. Everyone takes old guns and shoots them into the sky. It is purely to join in the fun of the players.Even if the unlucky ghosts who were accidentally killed were mostly either accidentally fell into a ditch while walking or were crushed to death by bullets falling from the sky, it can be said that none of them were actually shot to death.

No matter how many such troops there are, it is impossible to be an elite National Defense Force opponent.Back then, the Beiyang Army could stop ten with one, not to mention the National Defense Forces, which have been reorganized and equipped with brand-new weapons and equipment?When the National Defense Forces entered several provinces at an extremely fast speed to contact the local warlord forces, the warlord forces that had been the number one in the world just now collapsed at the touch of a finger.

"It's not good! Brothers, run! If you don't run, you will die! They are really fighting!" To be continued. .