There was no expression on Wang Hengyue's face: "Cai E is warning Tang Jiyao. I think that with Cai E's appearance, Tang Jiyao will not act rashly at this time, but this way, Yunnan will also be prepared."
"Anyway, Sichuan and Yunnan will have a war sooner or later. Everyone knows this very well." Wang Qinglu didn't care much: "In this case, there is nothing to worry about."
Heng Yue nodded: "Is there anything else?"
"The position of the Governor of Xiang has been changed again, to Chan Yanxun."
Wang Yuyue held her chin and remained silent.
The position of Hunan Governor is really too sensitive.
Tang Xiongming, the original governor of Hunan, was replaced by Duan Qirui as the investigation envoy of Guangdong.
Why didn't Duan Qirui retain Tang Yaming as the Hunan military governor and instead appointed him as the Guangdong investigation envoy?
It turned out that two days before Duan Qirui presented the list of provincial governors, something big happened in Hunan, and Tang Yaming fled every day. When Hunan became independent, the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army was in western Hunan, and the Anwu Army's Ni Yu Forbidden Division was in Yuezhou.
Tang Duoming directly commanded a mixed brigade of the Beiyang Army, led by brigade commander Che Zhen, stationed near Changsha. At this time, part of the Guangxi Army had arrived in Hengyang and Baoqing. Lu Rongting used the national defense army to protect Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi
As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he moved from Guangdong to Hunan in early August and stationed in Hengzhou. Inside Hunan, Zhao Hengti and others had formed two divisions of the Hunan Army, and part of the civilian army in western Hunan also moved to Changsha to form a division. This was a tense situation.
In this situation, Yuan Jun and the National Guard Army cannot live in peace, and conflicts may arise at any time.
Tang Yaming's situation is somewhat the same as that of Chen Huan in Chengdu. He can neither command and be stationed in western Hunan.
The Yuan army in northern Hunan could not command the militia in Hunan and the guest armies in Guangxi and Guangdong. The worst thing was that the Hunan people hated this murderous butcher Tang, so the militia from all walks of life besieged Changsha, and the Kuomintang wanted to use pistols
The news of the bomb attack on Tang spread throughout Changsha City. Late at night on July 4th, Tang Yaming left Changsha surrounded by enemies.
After Tang Yaming left, the Hunan Army had established three divisions. The division commanders were Chen Fuchu, Zhao Hengti, and Chen Zhongxun. Zeng Jiwu temporarily replaced the Hunan Governor as the First Army Commander of the Hunan Army, and Long Zhang temporarily replaced the Hunan Civil Affairs Chief. Later, Cheng Qian served as the Hunan Protector.
The Commander-in-Chief of the National Army moved from Yunnan to Hunan in name, and his troops were renamed as the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army. The departure of Tang Yaming did not alleviate the smell of gunpowder in Hunan, so all walks of life in Hunan elected Liu Renxi, who was in his seventies, as the governor of Hunan.
Why push him?
Because Liu Renxi once served as a vassal in Guangxi and had a close relationship with the Gui army Lu Rongting, he wanted to use Liu Renxi's relationship to obtain the assistance of the Gui army to resist the Beiyang army.
Lu Rongting supported this action in Hunan because the Gui Army did not want the Beiyang Army to enter Hunan in large numbers. The Hunan issue of the Beiyang Army aroused opposition from the Hunan people, the Yunnan Army, and the Gui Army. Other party figures such as Xiong Xiling, Fan Yuanlian, etc. hoped to transfer Cai E back to Hunan.
In Hunan, the Kuomintang people hoped that Huang Xing, who had just returned from the United States, would serve as the governor. However, neither Cai E nor Huang had any intention of becoming the governor of Hunan. Huang Xing recommended Tan Yanhui to replace him. Tan Yanhui was very popular in all parties.
But the relationship with the Beiyang system is not deep enough.
Duan Qirui also understood that if he forcefully sent troops from the north to Hunan, it would definitely lead to a war. Duan felt that the time was not yet ripe for the use of troops. Therefore, on July 16, he reassigned Liu Renxi as the governor of Hunan and ordered the Sixth Division to be sent from western Hunan.
The 7th Division was transferred back to Jiangxi, the 7th Division was transferred from Sichuan to Luoyang, and the 3rd Division was also transferred back to Yuezhou from Sichuan.
Duan Qirui's original plan... was to send Cao Zhen, commander of the Third Division, to succeed Chen Huan as the governor of Hunan. However, Duan himself felt that his foundation in Beijing was not yet stable, and he had to rely on a reliable Beiyang general by his side to strengthen it.
Due to his own position, he chose Cao Zun. Cao Zun has always given people the impression of being an "honest man", so Duan transferred Cao Zun to his immediate line of governor. At the same time, he transferred the third division that returned to Yuezhou in July back to the north in batches.
This does not mean that Duan Qirui completely gave up on Hunan, because he placed another chess piece in Hunan. He sent his close relative Wu Guangxin to lead the 3rd Brigade of the Northern Army to defend Yuezhou. This was of course an attempt to ambush Wu as the future governor of Hunan.
Plan. No one should know anything about the affairs of the world unless they have already done something. The news that Duan Qirui had appointed Wu Guangxin as the governor of Hunan immediately spread throughout Hunan. Of course, it aroused fierce opposition from the whole province, and even publicly declared that in order to resist the North
Army. Don’t hesitate to fight.
Only then did Duan Qirui understand Hunan's toughness, so on August 3, he ordered Chan Yankai to be reassigned as Hunan Governor and Superintendent of the Army.
In Duan Qirui's order, Chan Yankai was appointed as the provincial governor and the temporary governor, which meant that another governor would be sent in the future. Therefore, Duan's telegrams to Tan during this period all called Tan Yanhui the governor!
Tan Yankai was anti-Yuan, and he was very popular in Hunan. After the failure of Guichou's second [revolution], he assumed all responsibilities in Hunan. Yuan Shikai transferred him and Zhao Hengti to Beijing. Zhao Hengti was imprisoned, and he was also under house arrest.
This experience made him even more popular in Hunan.
The people of Hunan are very sensitive to the position of governor of Hunan, which was caused by Tang Yaming's excessive killings. The people of Hunan and even the Southwest National Guard Army are particularly determined to oppose the Beiyang Army's re-entry into Hunan. However, the Beiyang Army stayed in Yue
The state was a fait accompli, so there was a tacit understanding at that time. As long as the Northern Army did not cross Dongting Lake, it seemed that the two sides could coexist peacefully.
Wang Pingyue has always attached great importance to Hunan.
If everything goes well in the future and proceeds according to his own vision, then sooner or later he will have to face the Hunan issue like Duan Qirui.
Wang Qinglu knew what the Overseer was thinking: "Overseer, we can't reach Hunan at the moment. We need to stabilize the West first."
Wang Hengyue nodded: "Where is Beijing?"
"Li Yuanhong feels uncomfortable sitting in that position." Wang Qinglu shook his head when he said this: "He became a founding father of the Republic of China during the Wuchang Uprising, and after Yuan Shikai failed to proclaim himself emperor, he inexplicably sat on the throne of the president.
After he took over as president, he changed from not asking questions to asking more questions, and from asking questions to asking more questions. He believed that small things can be ignored, but big things must be dealt with. This was intolerable to Duan Qirui.
Duan Qirui was already suffering from the troubles given to him by the Congress, which prevented him from acting arbitrarily. In addition, Li Yuanhong always restrained him when things happened, which made him feel very unbearable. He sometimes complained to his cronies, "I want to
He came here to stamp and sign, not to put pressure on my head."
Wang Hengyue smiled: "The matter between them has nothing to do with me, but there is one thing between them that they completely stand on the same position, and that is disarmament and the abolition of governors!"
During Yuan Shikai's time, he had instructed Li Yuanhong to advocate the division of military and civilian rule in each province, and the abolition of governors and reduction of troops. Yuan Shikai hoped to test whether this would work in each province. As long as the provinces did not firmly oppose it, he meant to first divide the governors and civil affairs
The two positions of chief were separated, and then the troops were reduced. All provincial governors were abolished, and all provincial armies were directly subordinate to the [Central] Central Committee, transforming the situation of warlord separatism in each province into a situation of [central] centralization. Of course, this plan could not achieve success in all provinces.
The support of the warlords was, but this was a trend. Intelligent people all over the country supported the plan to abolish the governor and reduce the army. Although this plan was not yet completed, Li Yuanhong gained a false reputation because of it.
During the period of protecting the country and overthrowing Yuan, due to the war, both the north and the south tried to expand their armies. No one could count the number of armies in the country, because if the number of people was investigated, it was for the purpose of expansion, so naturally they would exaggerate as much as possible. But Yuan Shikai
After his death, when the country returned to peace, the top priority was demobilization. Reducing the size of the army was the first step to demobilization, but it was an extremely difficult problem.
After Yuan Shikai's death, Duan Qirui tried every means to bring Beiyang forces into the southwest, which created an even more chaotic situation.
For example, in Sichuan and Hunan provinces, especially in Sichuan and Hunan provinces:!
It is very obvious that Sichuan belongs to Wang Hengyue's power, and force will definitely not work. However, if the disarmament and the abolition of governors are adopted, then if Wang Hengyue continues to resist strongly, it will also have a great impact on his prestige.
It's just that Duan Qirui, who was born in the military, thought a little too simply. Not only Wang Hengyue, but also any of the soldiers who were stationed in various places were willing to dismantle the army and abolish the governor?
At this point, the big and small warlords have exactly the same attitude as Wang Hengyue. Duan Qirui is simply unable to achieve his goal of disarmament and abolishing governors!
The whole country is only peaceful and unified on the surface. In fact, the southwestern provinces, whether it is Wang Hengyue's Sichuan, Tang Jiyao's Yunnan, or Liu Xianshi's Guizhou, still adopt a seemingly distant attitude toward Beijing, continue to control taxes, and expand the army.
Not only are the provinces unwilling to obey the central government, but even the Progressive Party, which usually uses a pen as a weapon, also wants to establish a military force in the southwest. This ambition can be seen from Liang Qichao's letter to his followers: "We all
Those who claim to be moderates once had no real basis, but they only used their empty fists to shout on behalf of others, so they were hijacked by others wherever they went and exploited by others at all times."
The Progressive Party actually has no organization. It only has some power in Sichuan and Guizhou through the relationship between Liang Qichao and Cai E, and also has some power in Guangdong and Guangxi through the relationship between Cen Chunxuan and Lu Rongting.
Liang Qichao really wanted to turn Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan into the base areas of the Progressive Party, establish a military base, and turn the Progressive Party into a powerful and base-based party in order to strive for greater power in the [Central] Central Committee.
It is a pity that the warlords in these places are willing to let a few penmen enter their territory? The "ideal" of Liang Qichao and the Progressive Party can only remain in the ideal stage.
"However, we still have to do it." Wang Hengyue pondered for a moment: "These pens sometimes have great destructive power, even much more powerful than cannons and machine guns."
"Yes, as far as I know, the progressive parties in Sichuan have begun to be active, and they have published articles in newspapers that are unfavorable to us. Some measures should be taken."
Wang Hengyue sneered: "Then let's use newspapers to fight back first!"!