Beiyang reactionaries

On March 1917, 3, Tang Jiyao issued a statement in Kunming.

He admitted that he was ineffective in supervising the Yunnan opium issue, and admitted that he was somewhat negligent in managing his family, but refused to admit that the newspaper said that he was the general backstage of Yunnan opium.It means that this is a slander against oneself, which is something made out of nothing.Moreover, he promised to remove Tang Jiyu from all positions, and promised that he would strengthen the supervision of opium in Yunnan to prevent similar things from happening again.

At the same time, Duan Qirui was criticized for meddling in local affairs.

He even refused to admit Duan Qirui's appointment of Duan Xun as the supervisor of the Southwest Smoking Ban, believing that such a position was unfounded.Criticize Duan Qirui's appointment as provoking Sichuan-Yunnan conflicts and local wars.Following Tang Jiyao's statement, Lu Rongting, the inspector of Guangdong and Guangxi, also issued a statement soon, also opposing Duan Qirui's wanton interference in local affairs.He also refused to recognize Duan Xun's position as the anti-smoking supervisor in Southwest China appointed by Duan Qirui.He believes that the provinces can be responsible for the smoking ban, and Duan Xun, the supervisor of the Southwest Smoke Ban, is not needed.

Responses are quick.

After Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting opposed Duan Qirui's appointment of Duan Xun as the supervisor of the Southwest Smoking Ban, Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, also jumped out and opposed the appointment.It is believed that Duan Qirui's appointment of Duan Xun as the anti-smoking supervisor in the Southwest is a blatant interference in the internal affairs of the Southwest provinces.

These people all expressed their views, and of course no one was left behind.That is Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, who also euphemistically stated that Duan Qirui's approach was wrong.All provinces in the Southwest have their own anti-smoking departments, and it is entirely possible for each province to manage each province.There is no need to appoint a so-called southwest smoking ban supervisor.

Four people representing the five provinces jointly opposed it.

why?

Because Duan Qirui appointed the Southwest Anti-smoking Supervision Office, the provinces under its jurisdiction are Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Hunan, plus Sichuan controlled by Duan Xun.Although it's just a smoking ban supervisor, everyone is smart and understands what Duan Qirui means.Duan Qirui has been eyeing the southwestern provinces for a long time, and now he uses this as an excuse to intervene in the internal affairs of the southwestern provinces.

How could these people be satisfied.Therefore, they all avoided the matter of Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu, because Tang Jiyu was now being manipulated. He was an undoubted opium dealer in Yunnan, and he was currently the target of public opinion bombardment. This was something that could not be washed away.So they all avoided this topic and came directly for Duan Xun's appointment.

No one thought of it.

Duan Qirui's appointment had just been announced, and all the warlords in the southwestern provinces jumped out and strongly opposed the appointment, refusing to recognize Duan Qirui's appointment.

At this time, even President Li Yuanhong also stood up to oppose Duan Qirui's appointment.It is believed that Duan Qirui's behavior is not conducive to the stability of the political situation, and Duan Qirui's appointment did not pass the Congress and did not get his own consent, which is against the rules and violates the constitution.Therefore, he directly expressed his opposition to Duan Qirui's appointment of Duan Xun as the supervisor of the Southwest Smoking Ban, saying that this appointment is invalid.With regard to the matter in Yunnan, Li Yuanhong believed that it was all right to dismiss Tang Jiyao from his position, and there was no need to ask Tang Jiyao to give up his position as the military governor.

But with Li Yuanhong's statement, public opinion immediately exploded.

The warlords of the Beiyang Army came forward one after another to accuse Li Yuanhong of protecting the opium dealers.If time just stays in the present, then everyone will think that these warlords of the Beiyang Army are really pioneers in the smoking ban.All of them are righteous and awe-inspiring, and China must ban smoking, and China must ban smoking.Opium harms the country and the people, and smoking ban is a good thing that benefits the country and the people.Whoever opposes the ban on smoking is a sinner of the country and a nation.Each of them is a local official who is completely for the country and the people.

You, Li Yuanhong, and the Southwest warlords are very smart. They both avoided the topic of opium, and only focused on Duan Qirui's appointment of Duan Xun as the anti-smoking supervisor in the Southwest.And the Beiyang Army is not a fool. They directly bypassed this topic and concentrated their firepower on the issue of opium.Then he stood up and criticized Li Yuanhong as the president for not setting an example and instead covering up opium dealers.Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu, the brothers of the Tang family, are the biggest opium dealers in the Southwest, and they must be eradicated.If the president even wants to shield opium dealers like Tang Jiyao and Tang Jyu, then what hope is there for this country.

Eighteen provincial governors.

Regardless of the Beiyang Army's warlords, even Shanxi Governor Yan Xishan, Shaanxi Governor Chen Shufan, Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin and other generals attached to the Beiyang Army also stood up to accuse Li Yuanhong.The appointment of Duan Qirui caused violent turmoil, and the whole of China was shaken.

Actually?

In fact, more than half of these righteous and righteous warlords of the Beiyang Army are themselves addicts and smoke opium.But who cares about that at this time, stand up and criticize Li Yuanhong all at once.

Li Yuanhong was also caught off guard.

Because this incident caused a conflict between the Beiyang Army and the Southern Warlords, the confrontation between the two sides suddenly became serious.

The Southwest Warlords opposed Duan Qirui's appointment, and the Southwest Warlords united against Duan Qirui's meddling in the affairs of the Southwest provinces.At the same time, Li Yuanhong cooperated with the governors of the central and southwestern provinces to fight against Duan Qirui.

Of course Duan Qirui couldn't bear it.

Therefore, the governors of the Beiyang Army were encouraged to unite to accuse Li Yuanhong and the governors of the southwestern provinces.Criticism of the flood of opium in China is due to the reasons of the southwestern provinces, and it is the reason of Li Yuanhong.The already tense dispute between the government and the court has become even more acute at this time.

noisily.

When the whole country was buzzing and the dispute between government and court became more and more intense, on March 1917, 3, Duan Xun announced in Chengdu that he would accept the post of Supervisor of the Southwest Smoking Ban.He even directly stated that he would be responsible for this position, strictly supervise the smoking ban in the five provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi, not allow opium to be planted in the southwestern provinces, and opium merchants in the southwestern provinces are not allowed.

When Duan Xun accepted the appointment, the entire southwestern province was blown up.

Opium is a trivial matter at this time.It's a complete confrontation between the North and the South.The warlords of the Beiyang Army gathered, and everyone headed for the capital, ready to put pressure on Li Yuanhong face to face.On the other hand, the troops of the Beiyang Army went south and gathered in the Lianghu area, putting pressure on the southern provinces.

The southern provinces are also actively preparing for war.

The War to Protect the Nation was less than a year old, and the whole country was once again shrouded in a cloud of war.

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"General Deng, I have conflicts with Tang Jiyao. But don't forget, I am also from Yunnan. And I am from the League. Do you think I will help your Beiyang Army?"

Wu Ding.

Yu Enyang stared at Deng Hanxiang coldly, with a very bad expression.

Yu Enyang is not a reckless man, although he is a fierce general of the Yunnan Army, he is not a reckless man who only knows how to rush and fight.Yu Enyang is a general who is good at fighting and has made many military exploits since the year of Xinhai.He is a famous general of the Yunnan Army, he is absolutely capable of both civil and military skills, and he will weigh everything he does.That's why he endured it and stayed in Wuding peacefully for more than a month.

why?

Because Yu Enyang knew Tang Jiyao's power better than anyone else, and would not fight Tang Jiyao impulsively.What Yu Enyang was mainly doing during this time was mainly rectifying the fourth division of the Yunnan Army.There are too many traces of Tang Jiyao in this army, and Yu Enyang has been eliminating Tang Jiyao's influence during this time.No matter how he chooses in the future, Yu Enyang knows that the Fourth Division of the Dian Army is his capital.Only by firmly grasping the fourth division can we have enough chips to choose.

and so on.

Yu Enyang has been waiting for Tang Jiyao to have a problem.Yu Enyang has always been watching Tang Jiyao and Gu Pinzhen's affairs with cold eyes to see what will happen to them.As long as they fight among themselves, Yu Enyang will take action.Just like on the battlefield, Yu Enyang was waiting for an opportunity, a chance to kill himself with one blow.Yu Enyang is a man, and he will never forget the shame Tang Jiyao gave himself.So he is like a wolf watching his prey, waiting for his opportunity.

But the opportunity he was waiting for was not the Beiyang Army or Duan Xun.

No matter how you say it, Yu Enyang is from the Revolutionary Party, and no matter how you say it, he is also from Yunnan.He had conflicts with Tang Jiyao, it was between him and Tang Jiyao, it was Yunnan's own internal affairs.But the Beiyang Army intervened, Duan Xun intervened, this was not what Yu Enyang wanted to see.

"General Yu, we have only one request, and that is to eradicate opium in Yunnan. Since we, General Duan, are in charge of the anti-smoking supervision in Southwest China, we will do our best. This is our purpose."

"Hahaha."

Hearing Deng Hanxiang's words, Yu Enyang laughed out loud.

Then he said to Deng Hanxiang: "General Deng, everyone is sensible. It's okay to coax children like this. Do you think I will believe it? Tang Jiyao has always been eyeing Sichuan. Does Duan Xun have no idea about our Yunnan? You Tell me today that you have no ambitions for Yunnan, and you still want me to believe it?"

Yu Enyang is a soldier.

I can't stand people like Deng Hanxiang the most, who talk black into white and white into black with their lips.Everyone is not a fool. Tang Jiyao has always wanted to control Sichuan and Guizhou and complete his Southwest plan.

As Tang Jiyao's closest comrade-in-arms, Yu Enyang certainly understood this point clearly.

Therefore, although Yu Enyang has never met Duan Xun, he never believed what Duan Xun said about opium every day.Now that Duan Xun is in the position of Sichuan Governor, even if he really opposes opium, he will not be so high-profile.Nor will it just hold on to Yunnan.

It is obvious that he has ambitions for Yunnan.

Even if Duan Xun really has no ambitions for Yunnan, but the Beiyang Army and the Beiyang government have no ambitions for Yunnan?Duan Qirui has been seeking unification by force, mainly to destroy the Southwest Warlords. How could he have no ambitions for Yunnan.

As long as Duan Xun's troops enter Yunnan, Yunnan will have no choice but to do anything.

Deng Hanxiang didn't feel the slightest sense of embarrassment when he heard Yu Enyang's words.Instead, he smiled and said: "General Yu, since you are quick to talk, I will open the window to speak brightly. We are very interested in Yunnan, but only interested. The Yunnan army is powerful, and the current situation is so complicated. We But it’s not that stupid, really annexing Yunnan. And we don’t have that kind of strength to annex Yunnan, and we don’t have that kind of strength to defeat the Yunnan army at once. But we don’t like Tang Jiyao very much, because Tang Jiyao’s ambition is too big, which greatly affects my security in Sichuan. Therefore, we need to change someone to manage Yunnan, and we don’t want Yunnan to threaten us too much in Sichuan.”

"Are you preparing to..."

"Gu Pinzhen, General Gu. We have already made a verbal agreement with General Gu. This time we have only one target, and that is Tang Jiyao. Expel Tang Jiyao and burn the opium that Tang Jiyao's troops depended on for survival. During this process, General Gu and his troops Don't interfere, and we will support General Gu to become the governor of Yunnan in the future."

Yu Enyang's eyelids twitched, and he quickly steadied himself and said, "General Deng, how can I believe what you say?"

If Gu Pinzhen decides to cooperate with Duan Xun, then things will be really unpredictable.The troops that Gu Pinzhen can influence in the Yunnan Army are not just a single star, but a large number of troops.Maybe once Gu Pinzhen decided to stand by, people like Huang Yucheng, Zhang Zizhen, and Ye Quan would choose to sit on the sidelines, as would a large number of young generals of the Yunnan Army.If so, Tang Jiyao's situation will be very difficult.

But Yu Enyang couldn't believe it.