Beiyang reactionaries

because of fear.

What are you afraid of?

Fear of rough meddling in local affairs will cause resistance from these military leaders.Those local warlords all have troops in their hands.If you arbitrarily remove them from the post of military governor, and they directly lead troops to resist, it will be a war.The Beijing government is not a fool, how could it be so reckless.The Beijing government has always been cautious about meddling in the affairs of local provinces.

If there is an exception, it is the time of the second revolution.Yuan Shikai directly dismissed Hu Hanmin as the governor of Guangdong, Bai Wenwei as the governor of Anhui, and Li Liejun as the governor of Jiangxi.What happened, the result is that these people are all against each other.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing can only be used in special times.Liu Xianshi couldn't figure it out, even if Duan Qirui wanted to intervene in Guizhou's affairs, it would be impossible for him to be dismissed directly from the position of military governor, so rude.

"how come?"

"General, it's true. Beijing just issued an order. Not only us in Guizhou, the Beijing government also dismissed Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, and appointed Fu Liangzuo as the governor of Hunan, and Tan Yankai as the governor of Hunan."

"Tan Yankai was also dismissed?"

"Yes."

Liu Xianshi stroked his mustache, walked out of the shock at the beginning, slowly returned to normal, and sneered: "Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) is trying to wipe us down by force. He really thinks we are It's made of mud."

Liu Xianshi figured it out immediately.

The second revolution, this is exactly the same as what Yuan Shikai did during the second revolution.Moreover, compared to that time, the Beiyang Army was more powerful and controlled more provinces. Duan Qirui was more confident than Yuan Shikai at that time.

What is Duan Qirui going to do?You can figure it out once you think about it.

At present, there are only two forces that Duan Qirui most wants to eliminate.One is Sun Yat-sen, who called for the protection of the law in Guangdong, and the other is Lu Rongting, who served as the patrol envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi.Of these two people, Sun Yat-sen has fame and charisma, and Tang Jiyao has an army and strength.As long as these two forces are dealt with, then Duan Qirui's military pacification will basically be completed.

And if you want to pacify the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, Hunan and Guizhou are good places.In particular, Hunan can directly clamp Guangdong and Guangxi.Also controlling Guizhou can threaten Guangxi and Lu Rongting's lair.

No wonder Duan Qirui would rather disrupt normal procedures than replace the governors in Guizhou and Hunan.

Thinking of this, Liu Xianshi became much calmer.Looking at He Yingqin below, Liu Xianshi didn't know what to say.At this time, Liu Xianshi thought of Yuan Zuming again. Now that Duan Qirui appointed Yuan Zuming as the governor of Guizhou, how would he choose?

Liu Xianshi couldn't grasp it.

Since Yuan Zuming could betray Wang Wenhua for the position of the commander of the Qian army, he could also betray the Qian army for the position of the governor of Guizhou.This person is unreliable, Liu Xianshi immediately thought of it.

So Liu Xianshi said: "Jingzhi (He Yingqin), Guoyan (Wang Wenhua) is not here now, you can't watch Guoyan's hard work go to waste. If you don't pay attention at this moment, then the troops will listen to Dingqing ( Yuan Zuming). At that time, no one will look good."

"I know what to do, my lord."

He Yingqin understood what Liu Xianshi meant.

At this moment, since Wang Wenhua is not here, He Yingqin is obliged to help Wang Wenhua contact those officers directly related to Wang Wenhua.Contact them to unite and wait for Wang Wenhua to return to Guizhou.

But He Yingqin also has his own troubles.

That is, He Yingqin's promotion speed is too fast, which is too fast for people to react.After all, He Yingqin had just graduated from the Non-commissioned Officer Academy last year and had just returned to Guizhou.He has been a senior general and senior official in Guizhou for a year.

In the army, such people are ostracized.Many generals of the Qian army who fought on the battlefield looked down on He Yingqin, the "airborne soldier".He Yingqin was also very distressed to contact those officers.

"Go then."

"Yes."

He Yingqin just came to inform Liu Xianshi.Duan Qirui's order was not sent directly to Liu Xianshi, but to the provincial government and Yuan Zuming.He Yingqin is the director of the Guizhou Police Department, so the news is still very fast.

"Brother, what should I do now?"

After He Yingqin left, Liu Xianqian was very nervous.

Liu Xianshi's current position in Guizhou is already unstable. Now that Duan Qirui has intervened, and even dismissed Liu Xianshi from the position of military governor, how could Liu Xianqian not be nervous.Liu Xianqian is capable. When he served as the observation envoy in western Yunnan and the supervisor of the frontier defense in Yunnan and Guizhou, he achieved very good results.

But this is China, and this is Guizhou.

Liu Xianqian is Liu Xianshi's younger brother, no matter whether he is capable or not, if Liu Xianshi falls, then the people who come after him will definitely not use Liu Xianqian.There are plenty of talents in China, how could they use the fallen brother Liu Xianshi.

In other words, the fates of Liu Xianqian and Liu Xianshi are linked together.

"The situation is good."

"Brother, why do you..."

Liu Xianqian was very nervous, but Liu Xianshi was smiling.Seeing that Liu Xianqian didn't understand, Liu Xianshi smiled and said, "It's really beyond my power to fight against Duan Xun alone. Now Duan Qirui puts on chariots and horses, and wants to fight directly. At that time, whether it is Sun Yat-sen, Lu Rongting, or Tang Jiyao That’s right, there’s also that Tan Yankai, they won’t let it go. This battle must be fought, so we will have a chance.”

fight?

Liu Xianshi is really not afraid.

Anyway, if it goes on like this now, sooner or later he will be screwed down.It's better to fight a war, and you will have a chance instead.Although his own strength is weak, there are at least 6000 Guizhou guerrilla troops and some local militia groups that can be controlled.Moreover, Liu Xianshi and the constitutionalists in Guizhou have always been political allies, and the strength of these people should not be underestimated.Maybe both the north and the south will win over themselves, and their way out lies in this war.

So Liu Xianshi was very happy.

"Then what do we do?"

"Wait and see. Whether it's Yuan Zuming or Guoyan (Wang Wenhua), whoever wants to be the warlord can let whoever wants to be the warlord. Let's not stand up. Ruyuan (Liu Xianqian), start raising funds for me from now on, and take good care of the troops in your hands." It is the most important. Only in this way can we take the initiative in future wars."

"I see."

"Also, send someone to my hometown (Xingyi). Remember, my hometown is our last place. As long as we have Xingyi, relying on Tang Jiyao to the west and Lu Rongting to the east, we will have no problem. In My hometown recruited the militia for me, and that was our last capital."

"Yes."

125 War Preparations

Duan Qirui made a sudden move and replaced the governors of two provinces at once.It seemed serious, but neither Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, nor Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, made much action.

Neither of them showed much resistance.

Liu Xianshi deliberately took a step back, wanting to take a closer look at the development of the situation, and wait for the northern army and the southern army to fight.Of course, looking at it another way, Liu Xianshi is too weak to have the qualifications and courage to resist Duan Qirui.Liu Xianshi not only had to consider the attitude of Yuan Zuming, the governor of Guizhou appointed by Duan Qirui, but also the attitude of the Beiyang Army, especially Duan Xun.With the little army controlled by Liu Xianshi, he really didn't have the guts to be the leader.

Although Duan Qirui appointed Yuan Zuming as the governor of Guizhou, Yuan Zuming did not enter Guiyang blindly.On the contrary, he has been in Qianxi, neither accepting the post of warlord nor rejecting the post of warlord.Yuan Zuming did not dare to enter Guiyang, after all, Guiyang is the place where Liu Xianshi has been operating for many years.

Tan Yankai on the other side is slightly different.

In current China, the supreme leader of a province is the warlord.Although the full name of the warlord is military affairs supervisor, it is in charge of military affairs.But in every province now, the warlord controls everything, and the warlord's words are the laws of a province, and the military and government are all under the jurisdiction of the warlord.Although the governor is the top leader of the government affairs department, but at present, the governors of all provinces in China are almost all young daughters-in-law. Many things cannot be decided by themselves, and they all depend on the face of the warlord.

For the provincial government, the two most important positions are finance and police.However, most of the provinces' finances and police are not under the control of the governor, they are all the people of the warlord.Just like Dai Kan, the governor of Guizhou, is considered to be relatively strong among the current Chinese governors.However, the director of the Guizhou Finance Department is Liu Xianshi, and the director of the Police Department is Wang Wenhua, and Dai Kan can't command them.It can be seen more in other provinces.

Duan Qirui dismissed Tan Yankai from the position of military governor and made him the governor of Hunan.Although Tan Yankai is known as "Grandma Tan", she also has a temper.After all, Tan Yankai served as the governor of Hunan after the Xinhai Year, and later served as the governor of Hunan.Tan Yankai in Hunan dare not say that he can cover the sky with one hand, he is also a person who can affect the whole land of Hunan by stomping his feet.

How can you be happy to be dismissed from office like this.

He wanted to resist.

So he immediately asked Lu Rongting for help.Lu Rongting knew that Hunan was the gateway to Guangdong and Guangxi. Once Hunan was controlled by Duan Qirui's troops, Guangdong and Guangxi would be directly under the vanguard of the Beiyang Army.

Therefore, Lu Rongting immediately sent a telegram to Feng Guozhang, asking Feng Guozhang to try to withdraw the order to withdraw and replace the governor of Hunan, maintain the status quo in Hunan, and proposed to designate Hunan as a north-south military buffer zone to maintain peace between the north and the south.After Feng Guozhang received the telegram, he handed the telegram to Duan Qirui, trying to persuade Duan Qirui.However, after reading the telegram, Duan Qirui said, "Today, literati cannot use soldiers, which has become a common practice in all countries. It is appropriate to specialize in civil affairs for military planning, Hunan Province planning, and nunnery planning."