Beiyang reactionaries

Misappropriating educational funds, suppressing public opinion, suppressing the development of new learning, suppressing student movements, and so on.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The letter of appeal from Chen Xinyuan, Anhui councilors, and delegations from Anhui immediately attracted everyone's attention to Anhui.Everyone already understood at this time that the previous series of events were not accidental at all, but were instigated by someone behind the scenes.Otherwise, how could things have slowly fermented to this point.

Lu Tiaoyuan was furious.

Lu Tiaoyuan was 54 years old and served as the prefect of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty.After the Revolution of [-], he began to serve as the observation envoy of southern Henan, the chief of civil affairs in Hubei, and the patrol envoy of Shaanxi.When Duan Qirui was in power, he took refuge in Duan Qirui and became one of the generals of the Anfu Department.He served as Governor of Anhui in January last year and began to partner with Anhui Governor Ni Sichong.Everyone is an Anhui warlord, so the cooperation is pretty good.Ni Sichong has been in poor health recently, so the political affairs in Anhui were handed over to Lu Tiaoyuan.

Therefore, Lu Tiaoyuan, the governor of Anhui, is not weak in Anhui.

After various groups in Anhui asked Lu Tiaoyuan to step down, the Anhui students who had originally disliked Lu Tiaoyuan started to make trouble.When students make trouble, those teachers are also behind it.Because Lu Tiaoyuan has been the governor of Anhui for more than a year, and half of the time he has not been paid.With the teacher's acquiescence and support, the students in Anhui became more and more troublesome.Lu Tiaoyuan was angry and directly asked the police to suppress the students.

On April 1920, 4, Lu Tiaoyuan even ordered many students and educational figures to be wanted, and dismissed Liu Xiping, Lu Zhongnong and other principals who supported the student movement, which was a very tough response.

This poked the hornet's nest.

There were already very sharp conflicts in the Anhui area, but with Lu Tiaoyuan's tough methods, they became more and more intense.The local gentry in Anhui united against Lu Tiaoyuan, while newspapers across the country condemned Lu Tiaoyuan overwhelmingly.

But soon the spearhead began to point at Ni Sichong, the governor of Anhui.

The past events of Ni Sichong have also been brought up repeatedly by the media, including how Ni Sichong's relatives and friends staking land in Anhui, have been exposed.Slowly, the calls for the resignation of the Anhui governor Ni Sichong are getting louder and louder.

On April 1920, 4, major groups in Anhui jointly issued a call to "expel Ni Sichong".Ask the Beijing government to remove Ni Sichong from the post of Governor of Anhui, and ask the Beijing government to remove Lu Tiaoyuan from the post of Governor of Anhui.

A sensation in the whole country.

Ni Sichong is much more vigorous than Lu Tiaoyuan.

After all, he has led troops to fight for many years, and he has seen a lot of dead people on the battlefield, so he is also ruthless.After the major organizations in Anhui issued a call to "expel Ni Sichong", Ni Sichong quickly found the relevant person.

police?

Ni Sichong directly transferred troops.

Ni Sichong's Anwu Army is notorious in Anhui, because the difference in military discipline is the highest among the Beiyang Army, and Zhang Xun's troops and Zhang Jingyao's troops are all "bandit" troops.Ni Sichong dispatched troops into Anqing, and began to search and arrest individuals and groups participating in the campaign.

Anqing is so noisy.

What celebrity, what group.Usually, if you have some money and contacts, everyone will give you face.But after really angering a warlord like Ni Sichong, they can do whatever they want.

Within a few days, Ni Sichong arrested more than 200 people.

On April 1920, 4, students from various schools in Anqing marched and demanded that the provincial government release those arrested.However, Ni Sichong once again sent troops to suppress, killing and injuring more than 19 people, and arresting more than 200 people, leading to the "400 Incident" that shocked the whole country.

For a while, Ni Sichong was shouted and killed all over the country.

Ni Sichong instantly became the center of national public criticism.Soon President Xu Shichang and interim Prime Minister Wang Chonghui came out to express their views, accusing Ni Sichong of suppressing students in this way.

Both Xu Shichang and Wang Chonghui came out, Cao Kun, the patrol envoy of Zhilu and Henan, and Zhang Zuolin, the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, also came out to criticize Ni Ci.

In an instant, Ni Sichong became the villain that everyone pointed out.

"What do you think?"

Anhui.

Ni Sichong's things made Duan Xun in Wuchang unable to sit still.Send telegrams to Ni Si Chong several times, asking him to deal with it calmly.But facing the current situation, Ni Sichong can be described as aggressive.

Can't listen to others at all.

"There must be someone behind the scenes to fuel the flames."

Yang Yongtai spoke.

Then he said: "General, the strength of the Anhui army is average. Regardless of whether it was in the period of protecting the country or protecting the law, the performance of the Anhui army was relatively poor. But Anhui is still relatively important. Especially for Jiangsu, Anhui is a It is very important. At present, the contradiction between Jiangsu and Zhejiang is getting bigger and bigger. Once Anhui is also involved, the threat to Jiangsu is too great. And if we mess up Anhui and replace it with an obedient one, it will be very detrimental to us.”

"You mean Cao Kun?"

"General, only Cao Kun has the power to disrupt Anhui. Cao Kun currently controls the Beijing government. Once things in Anhui get bigger and bigger, he can justifiably remove Ni Sichong from his position as the governor of Anhui."

Beijing government.

No matter how weak, no matter how chaotic, he is the current central government in China, and he has righteousness in his hands.If Anhui continues to be chaotic like this, and Ni Sichong continues to suppress the student movement in Anhui in this way, it will really arouse the condemnation of public opinion across the country.

At this time, the Beijing government took advantage of the opportunity to remove Ni Sichong from the post of Anhui Governor, and Duan Xun really had no choice.

Now Ni Sichong can be said to be reviled by thousands of people. At this time, Duan Xun came out to protect Ni Sichong's position as the governor of Anhui.Then Duan Xun's reputation accumulated over the years will be completely ruined, and the Anhui people will definitely confuse himself with Ni Sichong.

This is also very unfavorable to Duan Xun.

"And general, some of Ni Sichong's subordinates must have joined Cao Kun."

"How to say?"

"General, it's easy to remove Ni Sichong from the position of Governor of Anhui, but it is very difficult for someone to take over the position of Governor of Anhui. The Beijing government dismissed Ni Sichong from the position of Governor of Anhui. With the current pressure of public opinion, it is not easy for us to interfere. But the Beijing government wants Who is appointed as the governor of Anhui depends on the opinion of the general and the governor of Zhejiang, Lu Yongxiang. Cao Kun can't directly send one of his own troops to go south into Anhui. But if he sends someone to take over as the governor of Anhui, then a polished commander can do it What. So the most likely situation is that someone from Anhui has defected to Cao Kun."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Indeed it should be.Only in this way can Cao Kun dare to launch such a momentum.It seems that Cao Kun is going to start attacking the Anhui warlords.

"Brother Changqing (Yang Yongtai), what do you think we should do?"

"General, we are already a step behind in this matter. Everyone in Anhui is calling for Ni Sichong to be beaten. From the political, business, and academic circles, Ni Sichong is going to be fired. It is not so easy for us to intervene in the current situation. We Now we should wait and see what happens, as long as Cao Kun’s people are not allowed to serve as the governor of Anhui, then it will be fine.”

"That's too passive."

Duan Xun frowned.

Could it be that he just watched a piece of land in the Anhui Department be taken away by Cao Kun?

Although the strength of the Anhui army is mediocre, no matter what, Anhui is also a territory that the Anhui Department has operated for many years.If Anhui falls into the hands of Cao Kun, then the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will not be safe in the future.

"General, this is the information I just received."

Just when everyone was having a headache about Anhui, Lang Boyu handed Duan Xun a piece of information.Lang Boyu is the director of Duan Xun's secretariat. He just received a telegram from the telegraph room and immediately handed it over to Duan Xun in front of him.

Duan Xun accepted the information from Lang Boyu, just glanced at it, and could only smile wryly.Pass the information to the people below to see. On April 1920, 4, Ma Lianjia, the commander of the Anqing garrison, issued a telegram requesting that the Anhui governor Ni Si rush down to the field.

It is believed that since Ni Sichong supervised Anhui, Anhui's political chaos and people's livelihood were difficult, all of which were related to Ni Sichong's improper administration.Moreover, Ni Sichong and Lu Tiaoyuan's provincial government embezzled and embezzled education funds, and did not pay school teachers salaries for several months.

"General, it seems that Ma Lianjia has defected to Cao Kun."

"kindness."

"General, I think we should send someone to contact Ma Lianjia immediately. This person is probably only seeking refuge with Cao Kun for the position of the governor of Anhui, and he may not necessarily work for Cao Kun. Anyway, Ma Lianjia is a general of the Anhui Department. There are many advantages to living with him."