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    When Duan Qirui heard that Zhang Zuolin had fallen out, for fear of causing other trouble, he quickly asked Xu Shuzheng to see Zhang to apologize and promised to return the money in a short period of time.  In order to comfort Zhang Zuolin, Beijing issued a letter of appointment on August 24. Zhang Jinghui, the former commander of the 53rd Brigade of the 27th Division under Zhang Zuolin, was appointed as the commander of the newly established 16th Division by Fengjun. The people under his jurisdiction were Yu Zhen and Ding Chao.  Two newly formed brigades of recruits.

    In the same year, the "Anfu Congress" under the control of the Anhui clique elected Xu Shichang as president with an absolute advantage, becoming the third president of Beiyang.

    Such an investigation result completely places the responsibility on Xu Shuzheng.  Since Xu Shuzheng had made mistakes in the first place, he had to admit his mistakes to Zhang Zuolin on the military expenditures, and had to take the blame for the assassination of Lu Jianzhang. Zhang Zuolin also made full use of his acting talent, and became furious in the name of "colluding with foreign aid and creating internal party members".  Yang Yuting is going to be shot.

    Naturally, the generals in the army tried to dissuade him one after another. Although Zhang Hanqing did not have a good relationship with Yang Yuting, he always appreciated Yang's talents. He believed that talents were rare and tried his best to dissuade him.  Zhang Zuolin originally regarded Yang Yuting as Zhuge and his "think tank" and had always relied on him, so naturally he wanted to give this great favor to Naizi.

    Yang Yuting was deeply grateful for the young marshal's help, but felt ashamed to face Zhang Zuolin, so he worked in Jingtu Temple Hutong, Andingmen, Beijing, and his life was provided by Li Jingming, a giant businessman in Beijing and Tianjin.

    Therefore, when Zhang Zuolin came out of seclusion this time, he gained not only the real needs but also the strength, becoming the biggest winner of each faction.  Internally, Zhang Hanqing took over all Yang Yuting's forces. Zhang Hanqing simply asked Mi Chunlin to take over the Shenyang Arsenal - the logistics department was already inextricably linked with it; it was time for Zhang Zuoxiang, the chief of staff of the Fengjun Army, to take over.  , this is the best reward for veterans who focus on the overall situation.  From this point of view, Zhang Hanqing is the biggest winner in the Feng family.

    Turning back, Zhang Zuolin reached out to Jilin again.  As long as Meng Enyuan was still in Jilin, Zhang Zuolin's military orders could not flow smoothly in Jilin, which made Zhang Zuolin feel like a stuck in his throat.  Across Jilin, control of Heilongjiang is not so easy, right?  Moreover, there is no room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!  If we want to take the three eastern provinces completely into our own hands, we must expel Meng Enyuan from Jilin.  So Zhang Zuolin started his second attempt.

    Now he has the designation of 5 divisions: the original 27th Division, Ji Jinchun 28th Division, Wu Junsheng 29th Division, Han Linchun 1st Division, and the newly adapted Zhang Jinghui 16th Division.  There are 7 brigades reorganized from the Jie munitions and the newly built mixed brigades after Yijun Song Jiuling surrendered, totaling a huge army of 5 divisions and 8 brigades.  Of course, Zhang Hanqing's Guard Division will not be counted in the official combat army sequence.

    With so many armies, it is no longer possible to manage them as before, so the establishment of new military institutions is inevitable.  There are existing examples of Zhang Hanqing's military committee, and Zhang Zuolin was not polite and picked them up at his fingertips.  He announced that the armies of Fenghui and Heilongjiang provinces would be unified and called Fengjun - this was also a sign of the formal formation of the Fengtian clique, and he himself served as the commander-in-chief of Fengjun.

    This is legal, because he is the patrol envoy of the three northeastern provinces and the military governor of Fengtian officially appointed by the government of the Republic of China. In theory, he is in charge of all armies, large and small, in the northeast.

    Naturally, Jilin, which lies between Fenghei and Fenghei, is definitely his next target. He has been staring at this place for a long time.

    Jilin is not as important as Fengtian outside the pass, and its population is only half that of Fengtian, so there are not many troops stationed there. The only two brigades with combat effectiveness are the Jilin Mixed Brigade and the Jilin Second Mixed Brigade.  Under such advantageous conditions, Zhang Zuolin's life would be in vain if he could not come up with the idea of ??embezzling Jilin.

    Jilin Governor Meng Enyuan, whose courtesy name was Shucun, was from Shuangqiaohe Town in the southern suburbs of Tianjin.  He trained at a small station and enlisted in the army. In 1904, he was appointed as the commander of the Jilin patrol army and became prosperous at the same time as Zhang Zuolin.  In the second year of the Republic of China, Chen Zhaochang, the governor of Jilin, was expelled and he gained military and political power in Jilin Province.  When the governor's army was in trouble, he was promoted to be the leader because he was the oldest, and everyone respected him as Brother Meng.  He is also similar to Bi Guan, he can write the character "tiger", and the internal affairs of supervising the department are left to his son-in-law Lu Chengwu (his father was the first director of the "Capital Law Enforcement Division" during Yuan Shikai's time, later the governor of Shaanxi, and was just elected  Lu Jianzhang was shot dead), and foreign affairs were handed over to his nephew and chief of staff of the Supervisory Office, Gao Shibi.

    His life experience is also quite legendary.  Due to a poor family and the early death of his parents, he became an orphan and lived on the streets since he was a child.  By chance, Meng Enyuan became a tea server at the "Ye Laixiang" brothel in Tianjin.  Seeing him carrying a big copper teapot from morning to night, shuttling between the rooms upstairs and downstairs, making tea and pouring water, and being busy, a naughty prostitute gave him the nickname "Big Brother"  teapot".

    Yuan Shikai, who was training at Tianjin Station at that time, was a frequent customer of "Tuberose".  Meng Enyuan quickly became familiar with him.  Once, while making tea for Yuan Shikai, he revealed to Yuan his idea of ??joining the army. Seeing that he was flexible, resourceful and physically strong, Yuan Shikai agreed to his request.  In 1896, Empress Dowager Cixi came to Tianjin to inspect YuanKai's new army.  Cixi was supported by eunuchs and walked in front, followed closely by Yuan Shikai.  During the review, one of Cixi's jewel-encrusted hairpins fell off her head.  The eunuch didn't see Cixi. Meng Enyuan, who served as Yuan Shikai's bodyguard, had quick eyes and quick hands and picked up the hairpin.

    After the review, Cixi was going back to her room to rest.  Meng Enyuan ran forward in three steps and two steps at a time, knelt at Cixi's feet holding the hairpin in both hands, and said loudly: "When the phoenix hairpin falls to the ground, return to Foshan." Cixi was very happy after hearing Meng Enyuan's sweet words.  After Meng left, Cixi asked Yuan Shikai: "Who was holding the hairpin just now?" Yuan answered truthfully.  Cixi said: "Now that every officer in the New Army is so shrewd, it shows that Lord Yuan has trained his troops well." Before Cixi returned to Beijing from Tianjin, she said to Yuan Shikai: "That man surnamed Meng can do something big." Yuan Shikai saw that Meng Enyuan was under attack  Cixi regarded Meng Enyuan so highly and gained face for herself. After returning to the small station, she immediately named Meng Enyuan as the standard bearer.  After Meng Enyuan picked up the hairpin, he got the nickname "General Picking Up the Hairpin".

    Meng Enyuan led troops in battles, often leading the charge, commanding flexibly, and winning every time, so step by step he climbed to the positions of commander, commander-in-chief, and commander-in-chief of Nanyang Town, Henan Province.  Yuan Shikai admired Meng Enyuan very much. After taking office as president, he appointed him as the governor of Jilin.  The nephew Gao Shibi served as the brigade commander of Jilin's second mixed brigade; his close confidant Pei Qixun served as the brigade commander of Jilin's mixed brigade and managed Jilin like an iron barrel.  He was stationed in Jilin for twelve years, and his influence spread throughout the province. He had considerable influence in the three eastern provinces, and his position was not easy to shake. He was known as "Jilin Zhang Zuolin".

    In addition to military power, he also owned a large area of ??land in Mengsu, Daxin, Futian Village and Qinghe Farm in the Hanzhi District today. He also invested in and operated flour, cotton yarn and other industrial and commercial enterprises in Tianjin. He can be regarded as the richest and most powerful person in southeast Tianjin.  One family.

    His son and daughter-in-law, Lu Jianzhang, who had just been killed, had served as the commander of the security forces of Yuan Shikai's presidential palace and the governor of Shaanxi. He was highly trusted and was the backbone of the direct line.  It can be said that there is strength from the outside and strong support from within.  Neither Zhang Zuolin nor Feng Delin from the province could exclude him, let alone get involved in Jilin.  He observed for a long time but couldn't find an opportunity to make a move.

    Just when Zhang Zuolin was worried, the opportunity came.

    The veteran Meng Enyuan would not willingly support Zhang Zuolin as the patrol envoy to the three eastern provinces. He saw Zhang Zuolin's power extending to the three provinces year by year, and his heart was filled with tension and fear.  In particular, Zhang Zuolin ascended to the high position of the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and took full control of the military and horse power of the three provinces. In name alone, he could eat him to death, not to mention the astonishingly large number of troops, which made him feel even more imminent.  threats.  In panic, he resorted to a foolish move and used the method of issuing banknotes indiscriminately to expand his army and prepare for war to deal with Zhang Zuolin.

    But Jilin is not as good as Fengtian.  Thanks to Xiao Zhang's efforts, Fengtian has achieved financial stability and economic prosperity, with agricultural production increasing year after year and industrial strength doubling.  He has considerable experience in making personal money, but his ability to control finances is still quite lacking.  As a result, Jilin's money law was in chaos and people were panicked. Zhang Zuolin once again had his pigtails in his hands.

    Zhang Zuolin took the opportunity to send a telegram to Xu Shichang, the president of the Beijing government, in the name of the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, accusing Meng Enyuan of mishandling Jilin's finances, abusing military expenditures, and watching the nuisance caused by barbarian bandits, and requested that Meng Enyuan be dealt with.  At the same time, he also mobilized social forces to instigate the anti-Bangladesh forces in Jilin to take action.

    Jilin Provincial Senator Yu Guiliang was the vanguard of Zhang Zuolin, who first impeached Meng Enyuan for causing military harm to the people; Jilin businessman He Shouren accused Meng Enyuan of eight major crimes as a "citizen".  Based on this, Zhang Zuolin sent a representative to Beijing to petition, demanding that Meng Enyuan be removed from office and investigated. He confessed to the Beijing government: "I, Mr. Zhang, have no personal grudge against Meng Enyuan. I am just conveying the opinions of Jilin citizens to the central government."  Expressed determination to eliminate Meng Enyuan.

    At that time, Zhang Zuolin's power in the Northeast was getting stronger. In order to win over Zhang Zuolin, the Beijing government had no choice but to prepare to remove Meng Enyuan from office, although he was also defending, pointing out that this was Zhang Zuolin's conspiracy.

    But the counselors of the Anhui Clique are worried that once this giant completely takes over the three eastern provinces, there will be no force in the north that can restrain its growth, and it will be a huge threat to the Anhui Clique.  So he expressed to Zhang Zuolin in the name of President Xu Shichang: If he appoints his close confidant Sun Liechen as the governor of Jilin according to his request, he will be strongly resented by the soldiers and civilians of Jilin, or it will cause new troubles.  Therefore, the Beijing government had no choice but to make a compromise and planned to transfer Bao Guiqing, who was relatively weak in the Feng clan, to Jilin, and arrange Sun Liechen to Jiang Province.

    This purpose is to isolate the connection between Feng and Hei provinces, use the opportunity to cultivate new local forces to split the Feng clique, and use Bao's power to contain the development of the Feng clique.  The idea is good, but it is too idealistic - Zhang Zuolin was able to lead troops in Fengtian to "protect" Bao Guiqing when he took office, overwhelming Xu Lanzhou, Yingshun, Ba Ying'e and other powerful factions. Now that he is so powerful, he will be restrained by Bao Guiqing.  ?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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