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    1916 arrived, and as expected, Yuan Shikai had a very unhappy year.  His proclaiming himself emperor brought immeasurable consequences.  Not only Sun Yat-sen, Liang Qichao and others resolutely opposed the imperial system, but also the Beiyang generals Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang who started their own business were also deeply dissatisfied. Duan Qirui even directly called Yuan Shikai: "Restore the Congress, abdicate and save yourself." The imperialist powers also continued to express their dissatisfaction.  He issued a warning, which made the "Hong Xian" emperor suffer a lot.

    The greatest threat is the National Defense Army led by Cai E.  On December 25, 2017, Cai E, Tang Jiyao and others announced an uprising in Yunnan, launched a war to protect the country, and launched a crusade against Yuan Shikai, which spread rapidly.  The first person to respond was not the neighboring Guizhou nor the Kuomintang's Guangdong, but the very close Jiangsu, which caused a huge shock within the Beiyang faction.

    Speaking of which, this matter is a bit of a historical coincidence.  Although Cai E was confident in the military, Yunnan was in a remote corner and had less than 20,000 soldiers. Once he rebelled, he would be the enemy of the 100,000 Beiyang Army. Therefore, he specially made a secret agreement with Feng Guozhang, stating that as long as Nanjing takes the lead  If troops are sent to oppose the imperial system, Yunnan will be the first to respond, so as to have the effect of containing each other.

    Feng Guozhang is more cautious and diplomatic on this matter and does not want to express his position easily.  His initial plan was to sit still and wait until Cai E and others started to quarrel with Yuan Shikai, then sit back and watch the success or failure and profit from it.  But Feng Guozhang's two aides thought differently from the mastermind.  These two staff members, one was Feng Guozhang's secretary-general Hu Siyuan, and the other was the confidential secretary Pan Ruohai. They were Kang Youwei's students and confidants, and they were both authentic Qing Dynasty restorationists.  Feng Guozhang agreed with Kang, Hu and Pan.  Since Kang Youwei introduced Hu and Pan behind the scenes, he had great trust in them. During his tenure as Jiangsu Governor, these two secretaries handled all documents and messages on his behalf, and Hu and Pan were responsible for handling public and private seals and seals.

    The predecessor of Kang Youwei's Qing Dynasty restoration faction was the reformist faction during the Reform Movement of 1898. The reformers suffered greatly because of Yuan Shikai's informant, and they often plotted revenge in the future.  Seeing that Feng Guozhang was on both ends and refused to take the lead, Pan Ruohai went behind his back and wrote a telegram to Cai E in Feng Guozhang's name, which read: "Ning has sent troops, I hope you will send them soon."

    This telegram was printed on the official paper of the Jiangsu Military Governor¡¯s Office, and was also stamped with the large seal of the Military Governor¡¯s Office. Pan Ruohai personally sent it to the Shanghai Concession Post Office (then known as the Telegraph Bureau) for issuance.  The telegraph office saw the seal on it and sent the secret message to Kunming, Yunnan without asking whether it was true or false.  When the secret telegram arrived, Cai E was ready to become independent. After reading the fake telegram, he hurriedly swore in accordance with the secret agreement.  On December 25, Cai E declared the independence of Yunnan, and at the same time established the National Defense Army in Kunming, which he personally led to launch an attack on Sichuan.

    After the National Guard Army entered Sichuan, they defeated Cao Kun, Zhang Jingyao and other Beiyang armies. It can be said that they were overwhelming and victorious.  At this time, Cai E did not see Jiangsu sending troops, so he called Feng Guozhang to ask why Feng Guozhang broke his promise, but Feng Guozhang was left confused.

    This incident spread throughout Shanghai, Ningxia, Sichuan and Yunnan, and was a joke for a while.

    At first, Lao Yuan didn¡¯t quite believe that General Cai turned against us.  "Cai E went to Japan to study in his early years. He only borrowed 20 cents from Changsha, Hunan. He borrowed 6 yuan from relatives in Hankou. When he went to Beijing, he generously borrowed 1,000 yuan from Houxiangcheng (named by Lao Yuan)." I consider myself a debt of gratitude to Cai.  Well, as evidenced by what Liang Qichao said at Cai E¡¯s memorial service.  In any case, according to the Chinese people's point of view, Lao Yuan was grateful to General Cai for his deep learning. It is unknown whether General Cai reciprocated the favor during the second revolution, but it is true that he clearly supported himself against Sun Yat-sen.  It's really puzzling that they turned against each other this time.

    "But General Cai is not a person who takes advantage of others and takes advantage of them. Public service is public service and private service is private service. This point can be clearly distinguished.  Cai E "paid three hundred yuan for tuition after arriving in Dongdong, and the rest was used for making friends and charity. When he came out, he walked on his own and never took a car." From this point of view, Cai E has a tendency to use public funds for private benefits.  Consciously.

    Lao Yuan thought it was natural for Cai E to be close to him. Until four days later on the 29th, he still didn't believe that Cai E wanted to go against him. The power supply in Yunnan was a trick of Supervisor Tang Jiyao and Inspector Ren Kecheng. It was a fraud.  Electricity is made of Cai E's tiger skin as a coat.  Therefore, in his telegram condemning the Yunnan National Guard Army, he also separated Tang, Ren, and Cai E: "when Cai E and others were discussing the state system, they gathered senior military officers in Beijing and signed their names first, advocating a constitutional monarchy. Later, he asked for leave to go abroad.  Why go to Yunnan to seek medical treatment and accuse Zhang of being an illusion? Repeated worries should not cause this."

    For Tang and Ren who were confirmed, the punishment was severe: "However, Tang Jiyao and Ren Kecheng have local responsibilities. Regardless of whether this power supply was coerced by others or fabricated by traitors, they cannot always be maintained and they deserve the blame."  , Kaiwu General Tang Jiyao, and Inspector Ren Kecheng were both dismissed from their posts with immediate effect, and their officers and titles and medals were taken away, pending investigation!"

    Of course, making such a big fuss??, Lao Cai cannot be left alone: ??"Cai E's behavior is secretive, and he does not know the suspicions far away. He should be dismissed from his post and seize the official position, and also take away the honorary medal. The local magistrate of the province ordered him to come to Beijing and wait for investigation! This order  ." At this time, Lao Yuan was still thinking about "seeing him again."

    It was not until General Cai personally led the First Army to invade Sichuan and defeated the Communist Party led by Chen Huan that Lao Yuan realized that he had been deceived, but it was too late.

    When Yunnan defeated Yuan, Yuan Shikai planned to mobilize his troops for a southern expedition.  However, due to the lack of troops and the defiance of the frontline generals in fighting, the government troops lost troops and generals and retreated steadily.  The most irritating thing is that one of his own people rebelled. Chen Huan, the Sichuan governor who served as the first line of defense, was originally a die-hard confidant of Lao Yuan, but he gave up Sichuan almost without firing a shot and turned over three lines of electricity to Lao Yuan.

    The first two sentences were written more tactfully and in a gentle tone. They just advised Yuan Shikai to abdicate, but the third sentence made Yuan Shikai furious: "From today on, Sichuan will sever ties with the Yuan family personally.  Anyone who punishes Sichuan affairs in the name of his government will be regarded as invalid by the Sichuan Province." Yuan Shikai never expected that his confidant Chen Huan would "reverse" him, and he was so angry that he shouted that "people's hearts have changed."

    It¡¯s not just Sichuan that wants to change, Lu Rongting of Guangxi also has ideas.

    Although Lu Rongting is the governor of Guangxi, he is not Yuan Shikai's biggest worry.  Firstly, his personal ability is much worse than Cai E's. Secondly, Guangxi has always been barren and cannot be used for anything. Thirdly, there is Long Jiguang, the "barbarian on the Yunnan border", who is guarding Guangdong for Beiyang.

    "However, at this juncture, any disturbance anywhere may have a follower effect, and Lao Yuan dare not ignore it.  But Lao Yuan was also afraid that the enemy was deliberately blowing the news and making himself suspicious of his own people, which would allow the enemy to reap the benefits, so he didn't believe it at first.  But Lu Rongting didn't know what he had in mind. He even sent him a telegram asking for his son Lu Yuxun to return to Guangxi. This needs to be carefully considered.

    At this time, Lu Yuxun was serving as Yuan Shikai's military attache. In fact, he had the same status as Zhang Hanqing's proton.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of the ancient kings appointed the sons of feudal officials with heavy troops to serve as inner court guards. On the surface, they favored and supported them, but in fact they took them as hostages. This is the old plot of the "proton game".  Absolutely no, after Cai E rebelled against Yuan, Lu Rongting sent a telegram to Yuan to ask for leave for Lu Yuxun: "I suddenly feel very ill. Please allow the president to allow my son to return to Guangxi to visit his doctor!"

    "Old Yuan was so sophisticated that he could see through Lu Rongting's intentions at a glance, and of course he would not make things difficult for him.  With surprising generosity, he granted leave at that time and allowed Mr. Lu to return to his hometown to take care of his father.  Zhang Hanqing was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly asked him to find out.

    It is said that although Zhang Hanqing and Lu Yuxun are not familiar with each other, they still have some friendship: firstly, they are both protons, so they will inevitably feel sympathy for each other; secondly, they are both descendants of famous families, so there will inevitably be some care in the future.  The two of them had gotten together several times in Beijing because they were both young people and could talk in some languages.

    At this time, Lu Yuxun had already packed up. When he saw Zhang Hanqing coming, he said straightforwardly: "I originally wanted to send someone to inform Hanqing, but now you have come by yourself, it will save trouble. It is rare that you and I brothers get together by fate.  If I have the chance to come to Guangxi someday, I will definitely entertain you as a landlord."

    Zhang Hanqing said with some worry: "If you go home at this juncture, will the president have any thoughts? Doesn't he suspect that once you go back, brother, something will happen again in the southwest?"

    He just said that. In fact, he was a little upset. If he had known that Lao Yuan would let him go so easily, he should have taken the first step and fled back to the Northeast.  The situation was getting worse day by day. When Lao Yuan wanted Zhang Zuolin to be the "King of Qin", if he continued to stay here, he would really become a pawn of Lao Yuan.  However, if Zhang Zuolin is allowed to follow suit and wants to go back by himself, no matter how stupid Lao Yuan is, he should know what his father and son are planning.

    "Han Qing, you are worrying too much. Let me tell you the truth. The more this time is, the less likely the president will doubt my father's loyalty. Think about it, everyone knows that this is a 'fork in the officialdom', and my father  On the surface, I am testing Lao Yuan's trust, but in fact I am expressing my loyalty to the president! If the president does not trust my father, there is no reason to let me go back; then again, if my father really wants to oppose the president  , and did not dare to blatantly ask me to go back. All he had to do was pay a lot of money and arrange for some Jianghu brothers to help me escape from Beijing secretly." Lu Yuxun was very happy to leave the whirlpool, and he talked a little more.

    ah?  It's obviously a meme about taking advantage of opportunities, but it's actually been interpreted like this. It's really mind-boggling.  Well, as expected, you have to be the first to eat crabs!  Although the risks were high, the rewards were also considerable, and Zhang Hanqing regretted it endlessly.

    However, no one thought that this farewell would actually be an eternal farewell, because a few days later they heard the bad news about him!

    It turned out that Lu Yuxun stopped in Hankou when he returned to Guangxi from Beijing. What was even worse was that he fell ill in Hankou and died within a few days!  Who is the person who caught the knife is unknown in the turbulent situation.  For this reason, Zhang Hanqing was a little scared.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)And he died within a few days!  Who is the person who caught the knife is unknown in the turbulent situation.  For this reason, Zhang Hanqing was a little scared.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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