Chapter 210 To Be A Traitor Or Not To Be A Traitor
Most of the big bosses in Beiyang live in the concessions in Beijing or Tianjin. They are very bored after being idle, so they often walk around and talk about the situation at home and abroad.
Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Xu Shichang, Jin Yunpeng, Sun Chuanfang, Tang Shaoyi, etc. of the Beiyang Government are all famous big shots. They also received a letter from Wang Jiuling, and at the same time, their former subordinates also came to visit them.
Everyone was polite at first, and then slowly mentioned Wang Jiuling's letter.
In Cao Kun's Mansion in the Tianjin Concession, Wu Peifu was chatting with Cao Kun, and there were several subordinates who had resigned sitting next to him.
Wu Peifu said: "I heard that many former Beiyang military and political officials who are idle recently have received letters from Wang Jiuling, chairman of Xikang Province. I wonder if Kun Shuai knows about it?" Several others also became energetic when they heard that business was about it. They are
I came here just to hear the opinions of my former senior officers.
Cao Kun said: "I also received it. I never thought that we would be in this situation today, threatened by a small warlord. When we were soldiers and fed, this kid was still in our mother's belly?"
Wu Peifu said: "What does Kun Shuai mean?"
Cao Kun said: "Go! Although his letter is full of threats, which makes people uncomfortable, but now we are like featherless phoenixes, not as good as chickens! We can't fight him, not to mention what he said is very reasonable. This Fu Yi
Weren't we dragged to Manchuria to be the puppet emperor? There are also a large group of officials from the former Qing Dynasty. If we don't leave, I guess if the Japanese really come over, they will definitely take advantage of us if we stay. Over the years, the Japanese
They have called me countless times. If we don't agree to be traitors, it doesn't matter how old we are, but our family will probably suffer, especially the children are still young. If the Japanese really attack us and we leave, we will probably leave.
Now, I don’t have time to do many things, not to mention that if I move to another place, I have to spend a lot of money to buy a house and land. Instead of doing this, I might as well accept the suggestion of the guy from Xikang. At least they will give me a free house and land, and I can still do business.
Support, although I, Cao Kun, have a bad reputation, I also know that I am Chinese and will not be a traitor!"
Wu Peifu said: "We admire Commander Kun for his understanding of righteousness. Even if Commander Kun goes there, Ziyu should also go there with his whole family."
Others also agreed that they would take their whole family to Xikang
Cao Kun said: "You guys should inform each other and tell our old subordinates to be upright Chinese and to be dogs for others. The final result will be that the good birds will be hidden, and the cunning rabbits will die and be cooked by the lackeys. If you want to leave,
If you leave now, I estimate that Wang Jiuling will soon kill the people who stay. It is better to leave early, so as not to be killed as a traitor and harm his family."
Cao Kun's words soon reached the direct warlords, big and small, through letters, etc., and orally, and these people each had their own plans.
On January 18, 1933, various groups in Shanghai warned Duan Qirui and Wu Peifu not to be exploited by the Japanese. On January 21, under Chiang Kai-shek's repeated invitations, Duan Qirui quietly left Tianjin to escape from the Japanese.
Sphere of Influence: On the 22nd, Chiang Kai-shek ordered all officers above the major general level to come to Nanjing Pukou Station to greet him. Chiang himself, dressed in military uniform, waited at the Xiaguan Pier. When he saw Duan Qirui, he boarded the ship and saluted, and on January 24th, Duan Qirui moved to Shanghai.
, living in the residence of Chen Tiaoyuan, President of the Military Senate, No. 1487 Xiafei Road, French Concession. On May 21, Duan Qirui and others asked his old relatives to stop the imposters in North China. A reporter came to interview him. He replied sonorously: "Japan's atrocities
, has reached the point where our emotions cannot be understood and our country can only work together with one heart and one mind to save itself. As the saying goes: 'It is better to seek help from others than from yourself.' The whole country is actively preparing for war and working together to cope with it. Even if there are ten Japans, why should we be afraid?"
In the spring of 1934, Duan Qirui suffered a gastric ulcer attack, which caused gastric bleeding. He was sent to the hospital. After treatment, he temporarily recovered. On March 11, he was elected as the chairman of the "Kalachakra Dharma Assembly". On July 17, he was invited by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Lushan Mountain to escape the summer heat.
After returning to Shanghai on September 9, his health deteriorated. His family advised him to eat meat to enhance nutrition, but he refused: "You can die, but you can't eat meat."
Although Wang Jiuling knew that he would not defect to the Japanese, he still wrote to him, hoping that he could tell his former subordinates to come to Wang Jiuling's jurisdiction in Xikang
Although Duan Qirui was in poor health at this time, after receiving Wang Jiuling's letter, he still asked people to write letters to his subordinates according to his instructions and signed his name himself.
At the same time, in order to avoid suspicion, Duan Qirui also forwarded the letter to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek read the letter Wang Jiuling sent to Duan Qirui, and then read the letter from Wang Jiuling to others that Dai Li had intercepted before.
On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek was happy that these Beiyang guys were always causing trouble and being dissatisfied with the government, but he could not go too far. After all, they were not openly traitors. If they were dealt with now, it would make these people completely turn to the Japanese. But now
With Wang Jiuling taking action, it seems that Wang Jiuling means that if these people from Beiyang don't go to Xikang, Wang Jiuling will treat them as traitors. Based on Wang Jiuling's past style, it is estimated that there will be a killing spree by then. If these people leave by then
Or if they are killed, the Nationalist Government can take over North China more quickly. If it weren't for these old Beiyang people who always make trouble, the Kuomintang would have taken over North China long ago.
Dai Li also calculated that Wang Jiuling sent more than 10,000 letters, but later he checked and found that each family sent three letters with the same content. It is estimated that more than 5,000 military and political officials from the former government and the former government received Wang Jiuling's letter.
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While Lao Jiang was happy, he was also worried. Wang Jiuling's power was already able to compete with the central government. If these remnants of the Beiyang government were summoned to his men again, and they rebelled, I'm afraid the National Government would be in danger. This was Wang Jiuling's threat to Nanjing.
Bigger than the Communist Party, which is why he is now preparing for war and has switched to defense against Mao Zedong. Lao Jiang is really worried that Wang Jiuling will take advantage of the situation when he and Mao Zedong are losing both sides.
He didn't care whether he wanted to or not. Wang Jiuling's prestige now far surpassed that of Chiang Kai-shek in China and even in the world. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly asked Wang Jiuling to send troops to suppress the Communists, but Wang Jiuling refused to agree. Now he has trained hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and these soldiers are in
He was tempered in the killings in Jiaozhi. At the same time, many officers of the Xikang Army were sent to Chahar to fight against the Japanese. It can be said that Wang Jiuling now has many soldiers and generals, and he is elite. It can be said that he has always been a truly elite army.
Moreover, the warlords around Xikang are now following Wang Jiuling. If Wang Jiuling gets the support of Old Beiyang again, he will probably dominate the country immediately, and no one can stop him.
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