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Chapter 244: Getting involved in Jiang Province

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    While Zhang Zuolin was still eyeing Feng Delin, Zhang Hanqing was already looking at Jilin and Heilongjiang.

    If the People's Party wants to become the People's Party of China, rather than a local party located in a corner of Fengtian, these two provinces must win over it.  Based on historical experience, there is now a good opportunity.  He wanted to rely on Northeast China to change the future situation, but he felt that time was running out.  And his ambitious "father" Zhang Zuolin was unable to go north because he was competing with Feng Delin for supremacy in Fengtian.

    Based on the situation in the northeastern provinces, the father and son believed that Jilin Meng Enyuan was very wary of them. His men were huddled together and it was difficult to make a move in their eagerness. Inadvertently, Meng and Feng teamed up to deal with them, and they stole the chicken but lost the rice.  Moreover, Jilin's economic conditions are second only to Fengtian, while Heilongjiang is relatively weak. In terms of size, it is not difficult for Fengtian to eat and digest it.  In addition, there is internal strife in the Black Province, which is relatively easy.

    Even so, the father and son have been thinking about it for a long time, thinking that it is not enough to do it directly, and it is better to control Jiang Province through the hands of others.  The two of them stared at Xu Lanzhou at the same time so they hit it off and discussed a "borrowing chicken to lay eggs" method, that is, to control Heilongjiang Province through Xu Lanzhou, and start with Heilongjiang, which is easier to solve.

    Xu Lanzhou, commander of the Army's First Division stationed in Heilongjiang, was named Zhitian and was born in Balizhuang, Nangong.  He studied Confucianism and martial arts when he was young, and joined the army as a young man. He was later recommended to study at the Hunan Military Academy, and after graduation he joined the Beiyang Army.  In the third year of the Republic of China, Xu Lanzhou served as Army Lieutenant General and Division Commander. Together with Zhang Zuolin, Feng Delin, and Jilin Meng Enyuan, he dominated the three eastern provinces and was the most powerful figure in the military circles of Heilongjiang Province.

    Xu Lanzhou had a close personal relationship with Zhang Zuolin. When he was the division commander, he was ambitious and always wanted to seize the military and political power of Heilongjiang Province. He was called the "Zhang Zuolin" of Heilongjiang Province.  Zhang Zuolin also strongly supported Xu Lanzhou's behavior of squeezing out the powerful figures in Heilongjiang Province. After the promise was fulfilled, he recommended him to be the governor of Heilongjiang and promised to provide financial assistance. He assured Xu Lanzhou: "If Jiang Province needs funds, I can provide them with them."  Japan¡¯s 3 million yuan foreign debt will be repaid later, so I can use it first for you.¡±

    After Li Yuanhong succeeded as president, Bi Guifang, the "Russian expert" who had served as the governor of Heilongjiang Province, took office again and became the governor and governor of Heilongjiang Province.  Bi Guifang was originally a bannerman but later became a Zhili citizen. She was a diplomat and served as an attach¨¦ at the Qing embassy in Russia.  This Bi Guifang who left and returned made Xu Lanzhou very jealous, thinking: "I have worked hard and just squeezed out Zhen'an Right General Zhu Qinglan to get a position as a military assistant, but you are sitting back and enjoying the results and dictating to me. You can't be so cheap."  about you!"

    The opportunity came!  Bi Guifang was known to be afraid of his wife. In order to make his wife happy, he held a banquet for guests on the occasion of her birthday.  Xu Lanzhou sent his cronies Li Jinglin and others to deliberately make a fuss and shout at the banquet, causing a conflict between Bi Guifang and the officers.  Yingshun, commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and Ba Ying'e, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, were also dissatisfied with Bi Guifang. They conspired with Xu Lanzhou's confidant Ren Guodong and said: "We plan to ask Commander Xu to come out as the governor. What do you think?"

    Ren Guodong, who had already received the instruction, readily agreed and made a wish that if Xu Lanzhou was appointed as the governor of Heilongjiang and Bi Guifang was driven away, Ba Ying'e could be promoted to division commander, and Ying Shun could concurrently serve as the garrison envoy.  The two parties hit it off immediately at the wine table.

    When the military governors declared independence one after another to express their support for Duan Qirui, Heilongjiang Military Affairs Supervisor Xu Lanzhou also declared independence. He was not against the Central Committee, but against Governor Bi.  Because Governor Bi made a political mistake at this time: he advocated wait-and-see and was not eager to declare independence. This was inevitably considered by Duan Qirui to be leaning towards Li Yuanhong.

    Xu Lanzhou felt that he had found a good opportunity and asked Bi Guifang to resign as warlord.  Bi Guifang negotiated with him and was willing to give up the position of governor and stay as governor, but Xu Banzhou wanted to be the governor as well to bargain.  Relying on his military power, he ordered Yingshun and others to lead troops to the military governor's office to ask Bi Guifang to "relinquish talents".

    Bi Guifang is called the military governor, but he has no soldiers.  Under pressure, Bi proposed to stay as governor, but Xu Lanzhou refused. Not only did Bi Guifang give up all her posts, but she was also given 24 hours to leave the country.

    Bi Guifang had no choice but to wait for the central government's approval, so he issued a notice to step down, recommending Xu as an agent. The news said: "Agent Xu is smart and courageous, has a thorough understanding of the border areas, can actually help the country in difficult times, and is the pillar of the country."  After all the positions were handed over to Xu Lanzhou, he angrily resigned and returned to Beijing.

    Xu Lanzhou may have felt embarrassed that he got what he wanted, so he also called and said: "Administrator Bi was so humble that he resigned from his post with great pride. He adopted the skill of Qing Ai and retained him, but failed to resign. He has to accept his shortcomings for the time being."

    Forgetting everything, he proclaimed himself the governor of Heilongjiang before being appointed by the Beijing government.  Later, he broke his promise and promoted his close friend Guodong to the position of division commander. Yingshun and Yingshun, who were eyeing this position eagerly,The forehead was left hanging aside.

    After being tricked, Ying and Ba became extremely angry, and they began to turn their guns against Xu Lanzhou.  For a time, the smell of violence in Heilongjiang was strong, and war was about to break out.

    Duan Qirui's cabinet was indifferent to the dispute between Bi and Xu, and had no intention of defending it. However, he did not like to cause trouble, so he called Xu to Beijing for a talk.  Xu Lanzhou called back and said: "There are two clan members in Heilongjiang, Yingshun and Ba Ying'e, and they must stay here to exterminate the bandits." He was unwilling to give up the positions of governor and provincial governor, so he sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin, hoping to get Zhang Zuolin.  s help.

    At this time, Zhang Zuolin was quietly observing the changes in the current situation. Seeing the chaos in the political situation in Heilongjiang, Zhang Zuolin was secretly happy.  However, he is still in a stalemate with Feng Delin of the 28th Division and is powerless.  Just as he was about to politely refuse, Zhang Hanqing said: "A cattle hunt across the mountains is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This is a good opportunity to increase your sense of presence. My father and Deputy Feng can't compete with each other now, so it would be a good idea to open the situation from the black province."

    After waking up the dreamer, Zhang Zuolin decided to use the method of "seizing power in chaos" to win Heilongjiang in one fell swoop.  He sent his crony Sun Liechen to rush to Jiang Province in the name of mediating the dispute between the two factions to win over both parties in order to pave the way for a smooth seizure of power.

    After Sun Liechen arrived in Jiang Province, he met Yingshun and Xu Lanzhou successively.  Both Yingshun and Sun Liechen were trained in the martial arts halls of the three eastern provinces.  Overjoyed to meet his old classmates, Yingshun told Sun Liechen everything about Heilongjiang Province.

    Sun Liechen's trip was not in vain. Both sides of the confrontation in Heilongjiang actually expressed their willingness to obey Zhang Zuolin's arrangements. This made Sun Liechen both surprised and delighted. He happily returned to Fengtian to return his orders.  Upon hearing the good news, Zhang Zuolin immediately sent a telegram to his power partner Duan Qirui, a powerful figure in the Beijing government, recommending his son and daughter-in-law Bao Guiqing, director of the Central Army Lecture Hall, to take over as the governor of Heilongjiang Province.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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