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Chapter 541: Abolish the Supervisor and Reduce Troops (Part 1)

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    After Zhang Hanqing gradually settled the situation between the two lakes, the next step was already on the table.  Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan-Guizhou were out of reach (the territories in southern Hunan and western Hunan had not yet been conquered, so Zhang Hanqing used 1 division of new soldiers and Jin Yun'e's brigade to encircle and suppress the center, while training troops, while also serving as a buffer for southwest and southern China).

    Sichuan has inconvenient transportation and is fragmented. It is difficult to achieve success in the short term. However, the direct line guards the heart of the north. It is backed by Gyeonggi and has the populous provinces of Henan and Hebei. It has sufficient troops and is a serious threat to its confidants. It is an important enemy to unify the north.

    Zhang Hanqing decided to march eastward to Anhui where the army was weak, and then take control of Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in order to obtain important financial support in East China.  At this time, the policies put forward by Xu Shiying in Anhui during his administration to oppose bribery, remove supervision and reduce troops, etc. encountered strong obstruction from local warlords, and disputes broke out in Anhui.

    In October 1921, Xu Shiying was appointed in critical situation and served as the seventh governor of Anhui Province.  The year after he took office, he declared the qualifications for the bribery of provincial legislators arranged by Ni Daoxuan and others invalid, and conducted a new election to support the struggle of people from all walks of life in the province against bribery of the third provincial assembly.

    Before Yuan Shikai dissolved the National Assembly (National Assembly) for the first time in 1914 in order to restore the monarchy, the Anhui Provincial Assembly had been dissolved by Ni Sichong, the Beiyang-Anhui clique warlord and the governor of Anhui, setting a precedent for the dissolution of assembly nationwide.

    In 1916, Yuan Jihong's constitutional monarchy failed, the provincial councils were resurrected, and Anhui Province also resumed provincial council activities.

    In the election of the second Provincial Assembly in 1918, Nee manipulated the private party "Public Welfare Maintenance Committee" behind the scenes, so that nine out of ten of the 108 members elected were from Nee's private party.

    In the third provincial council election, the "Public Welfare Maintenance Committee" appointed candidates as usual, openly bought votes, and forged electoral rolls, making the third provincial council members all members of Ni's private party. Therefore, opposition to vote bribery became the basis of the Anhui people's struggle.  main target.

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    Ni¡¯s nephew Ni Daoxang used a huge sum of 400,000 yuan to bribe Premier Jin Yunpeng to appoint Li Zhaozhen as the governor of Anhui.  Because Li Zhaozhen was Ni Sichong's staff and Ni Daoxang's teacher.

    As the news spread, the whole city of Anqing went on strike to reject Li, which soon spread to the entire province.  Li Zhaozhen hid in the provincial department for eight days, but felt that he could not stay any longer, so he announced that he would never stay and left.  After Li Zhaozhen was expelled, the Anhui Association in Beijing put forward the slogan "Anhui people govern Anhui" and proposed that Xu Shiying be appointed as the governor of Anhui.  The Beijing government adopted this opinion.

    Xu Shiying returned to Anhui as governor at the end of October 1921.  He first announced that the qualifications of members of the third provincial assembly were subject to legal resolution, and at the same time claimed that civil affairs, finance, and maintenance of education funds should be made public.  In Anhui at that time, the warlord forces were deeply entangled. If you did not want to join forces with them, you would be in trouble everywhere and it would be difficult to move forward.

    Although Xu Shiying¡¯s statement was welcomed by people from all walks of life, the bribery members were panicking and gathered in Anqing to attack first. They forced the new Chief of Government Affairs Wang Huaichen to convene the provincial assembly, and Wang Huaichen was forced to resign.  Then they bribed the elected members and announced on their own that the third Provincial Congress would be convened on January 19, 1922.

    Xu Shiying responded tit for tat and posted an announcement in the name of the provincial governor, explicitly prohibiting it.  The elected members ignored the bribery and held the meeting as scheduled at 3 pm that day. The provincial government sent the police chief to stop it. The members who were bribed to elect did not accept the persuasion and privately recommended the interim chairman, speaker and deputy speaker.  Xu Shiying also issued a notice declaring that "such free assembly is invalid" and sent a telegram to the President of the Beijing Government, the State Council, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Justice.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????? The two sides refused to give in, and each sent people to Beijing, Tianjin and other places for activities. In an instant, Anhui's political tides were rising one after another, and the storm was raging.

    Xu Shiying offended the remnants of warlords and the minions of hungry eagles and tigers in various counties because of his simultaneous rectification of officialdom. Voices of criticism and slander came from all directions.  In Anqing City, printed materials that maliciously slander Xu Shiying can be seen everywhere.

    Faced with this situation, Xu Shiying responded calmly. On the one hand, he took the opportunity of announcing the relief situation to refute social rumors and false accusations; on the other hand, he continued to promote the anti-bribery movement to expand day by day. From the winter of 1921 to the spring of 1922, several court decisions were made.  The qualifications for the third term of parliament in Wuwei, Tongcheng, Susong, Shucheng, Guangde and other places are invalid.

    At this time, those who bribed elected members fled the wall and went to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningxia, Han and other places to stir up trouble and do everything possible to embarrass Xu Shiying.

    Another tricky thing?? is to implement the major decision of disarmament.

    In February 1922, the Washington Conference, following the Hague Conference, advocated the disarmament of all countries and also called on China to disarm.  Zhang Hanqing, who was far away in Wuchang, was the first to abolish a governor and announced his resignation from his post as patrol envoy to Shaanxi and Gansu and governor of Gansu.

    Then Han Linchun also sent a message to resign as governor of Shaanxi.  Zhang Zuolin, Sun Liechen, and Wu Junsheng also announced their resignations from their respective positions as military governors.

    By this time, all provinces under the Feng Clan had reached civilian governance, and military personnel were under unified control under the headquarters of the People's Army, the Feng Army outside the Pass, the Northeast Frontier Defense Army, and the Northeast Route Guard Army.  Completely abandoning the bad atmosphere of warlords and soldiers intervening in politics in the early Republic of China - what Zhang Zuolin and his son wanted was the "big government" of the country, and the disadvantages of causing trouble in local areas certainly could not occur under their rule.

    ??Moreover, soldiers do not interfere in politics, and equipment and military pay are uniformly distributed by the headquarters. The princes do not have enough strength to form their own system, which indirectly prevents them from supporting troops and self-respect. It is really a clever plan to control the army, and Zhang Zuolin spared no effort to implement it.

    Various provinces have also raised slogans to abolish the governor: Shanxi Governor Yan Xishan also complied with public opinion and changed the governor to military affairs supervisor.  The governors of the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian, and Zhejiang were changed to military governors. Although the soup was changed without changing the medicine, it also showed that warlord rule was unpopular.

    In this climate, the abolition of superintendents and the reduction of troops have become the center of public opinion in Anhui Province.

    At that time, Anhui¡¯s army was the legacy of Ni Sichong and Zhang Xun, and the entire province became dominated by Ni Sichong¡¯s old-style patrol camps.  After Ni Sizhong was named General Anwu by Yuan Shikai, the army was also renamed Anwu Army; the Xuzhou garrison headquarters of Zhang Xundingwu Army was also stationed in northern Anhui.  After Zhang Xun's restoration failed, the Dingwu Army led by Zhang Wensheng, the garrison envoy of Xuzhou, came under the control of Ni Sichong and was renamed the Xin'an Wu Army.

    There are 40 battalions (each battalion is said to have 10,000 soldiers) in the New Military Army, and there are five mixed brigades in the Old Anwu Army.  At that time, Anhui Province had an annual income of more than 8 million, and its military expenditures were the largest, accounting for 3.8 million for the old army and 1.4 million for the new army.  Anhui province is originally barren, and after disasters and droughts, the new and old debts totaled more than 4 million.

    Xu Shiying believed that Anhui Province's finances were too large due to military expenditures, which led to the collapse of all industries. For this reason, he suggested that all the military expenditures of the new army should be borne by the Central |  It shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

    Anhui¡¯s movement to abolish supervision and reduce troops has received full support from people from all walks of life inside and outside the province.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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