Beiyang reactionaries

Weng Jingtang accused Chen Jiongming of lying and accused the Cantonese army of trampling on the law.Soon the General Prosecutor's Office had to stand up and accuse the Guangdong Army of covering up and releasing the suspects.Chen Jiongming, Commander-in-Chief of the Guangdong Army, and Xu Chongzhi, Commander of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, must be questioned by the General Prosecutor's Office.Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi were required to come to the General Prosecutor's Office within one month.

Things are getting out of hand.

It's getting bigger and bigger.

Zhang Taiyan bit the Cantonese army like crazy in the newspaper, saying that Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi and Jiang Zhongzheng were all in the same boat.It even hinted that Tao Chengzhang's case involved high-level Kuomintang officials, which is why the Cantonese Army let Jiang Zhongzheng go.

The spearhead was directed at Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai.Although he didn't mention his name, anyone who reads this newspaper knows that Zhang Taiyan is talking about Sun Yat-sen.It is believed that Sun Yat-sen and Chen Qimei did the assassination of Tao Chengzhang together, so Jiang Zhongzheng was able to flourish in the Kuomintang and occupy a high position in the Guangdong Army. This was Sun Yat-sen's reward to Jiang Zhongzheng.Because of Sun Yat-sen's order, under the current situation, the Cantonese army let him go and sheltered him.

Because the matter is too big and involves too much, it has become the most concerned matter of domestic public opinion.So Duan Xun directly held a cabinet meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter.

Yang Yongtai directly stated that the Guangdong Army must be held accountable, and Chen Jiongming must explain.Xu Qian is the most helpless as the Chief Justice.Because although Xu Qian was not from the Revolutionary Party, after returning to China in [-], he formed the National Communist Association, and finally merged with the Tongmenghui to become the Kuomintang.In his early years, Xu Qian was still a member of the Kuomintang headquarters. During the second revolution, he supported Sun Yat-sen's idea of ​​fighting Yuan by force.

Therefore, it still has a lot to do with the Kuomintang, or it should be said that Xu Qian is a Kuomintang himself.Xu Qian is still a member of the Kuomintang.But now he clearly knows that Duan Xun is attacking Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang, but what can he do.Who let the Guangdong Army pass the handle to the prosecutor's office and to Duan Xun in such a blatant manner.

Just when Xu Qian was having a headache, Duan Xun's voice sounded.

"President Xu, what do you think?"

"I?"

Xu Qian was taken aback.

But Xu Qian quickly said: "Prime Minister, these are all old cases from ten years ago. I don't think there is any need to make a big fuss. There were so many cases at that time, and many of them were unclear. And there were many involved in it." Political assassination between political forces, I don't think it's very useful to get to the bottom of it."

Xu Qian was sloppy.

It is also a small warning to Duan Xun.There are too many forces involved in political assassination, and once it is investigated, whoever is more clean than whoever.Especially during the period between the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were many assassinations of each other.

Although the Beiyang Army doesn't like assassinations, it doesn't mean that there are no assassinations.For example, some leaders of the Hubei Literature Society in the early days, and some big men of the Yunnan Army, behind their deaths are the shadows of the Beiyang government.Later, during the Dharma War, some people wanted to go south to defect to Sun Yat-sen, but they died inexplicably in the middle, and there were also warlords of the Anhui faction behind them.Like the early "Fujian King" Peng Shousong, he died at the hands of Zhang Jingyao.

There have been political assassinations between other alliances and the Restoration Association, within the Kuomintang itself, and even within the Yunnan Army and the Jiangxi Army.Once checked, it will be gone.

Duan Xun was amused.

Duan Xun is not that stupid, he would really go after some historical truth.Duan Xun is a politician, not a scholar.Duan Xun just wanted to use some of the cases in his favor to attack Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang.After completing my own ideas, I will never bring up these old cases.

"Mr. Xu, I don't think you are worthy of your status if you say such things as the chief justice."

Yang Yongtai snorted coldly and directly refuted Xu Qian.

Xu Qian's face was ugly.

The two are very familiar.After the Revolution of [-], both of them became officials in Beijing.At that time Yang Yongtai was very active in politics.And Xu Qian is a powerful figure in the Beijing government. In the legal field, Xu Qian has always been highly regarded by Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui.When Yuan Shikai was there, Xu Qian served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice.After the Second Revolution supported the armed rebellion against Yuan, he was wanted and fled Beijing.But after Duan Qirui took power, Xu Qian was appointed as the deputy minister of justice again.

Later, Xu Qian went south with Sun Yat-sen to protect the Dharma. At that time, both of them were officials in the Dharma-protecting military government in Guangdong.Xu Qian served as the secretary-general of the military government, served as the chief justice of the military government, and also held a high position in the law-protecting military government.And Yang Yongtai is almost going to be the chief financial officer of the military government.Both of them were talents that Sun Yat-sen valued very much.

It's just that Yang Yongtai first took refuge in Lu Rongting, and then Duan Xun.

Xu Qian and the others looked down on Yang Yongtai.

Just a "political bitch".But now with Duan Xun in charge of Beijing, Yang Yongtai has leapt to become the Secretary-General of the State Council, and has become a big man with great power.But Yang Yongtai's words made Xu Qian furious.

However, Yang Yongtai ignored Xu Qian's anger and said directly: "President Xu, you are the Chief Justice. What you have to do is to maintain the justice of the law and support the normal execution of the law, instead of being interfered by so-called politics. Is it political assassination?" Isn’t it murder? Just compromise because some big shots will be involved? Then what do we want the Ministry of Justice to do? At present, the prosecutor’s office is starting to re-investigate Tao Chengzhang’s case, Jiang Zhong is the main suspect. Cantonese army Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi not only cover him , when the General Prosecutor's Office asked Jiang Zhongzheng to be investigated, he released the suspect privately. Chief Xu, I would like to ask what kind of behavior this is. You don't want to be favoritism just because you are a member of the Kuomintang and have friendship with the Guangdong Army Bar."

"you……"

Xu Qian was furious.

He had some sympathy for the Cantonese army and wanted to excuse them.But Xu Qian couldn't bear the crime Yang Yongtai mentioned.As a person who studies law and is responsible for the law, if he is labeled as one who bends the law for personal gain, how can he still be in this business in the future.

"All right."

Listening to their quarrel, Duan Xun patted the table lightly.

Yang Yongtai and Xu Qian both stopped talking immediately.

Duan Xun turned his head to Dai Kan and said, "Prime Minister Dai, what do you think?"

"Chen Jiongming must come to Beijing to explain in person. The Cantonese army willfully sabotaged the inspection of the procuratorate, which is a complete contempt for the country's laws. If it is left unchecked, what is the majesty of the law? If the majesty of the law cannot be maintained, what is the majesty of the government?"

Duan Xun nodded.

Said: "Mr. Xu, your Ministry of Justice must give us and the people of the whole country a clear attitude. If you, as the Chief Justice, do not have a clear attitude towards this kind of blatantly obstructing the investigation of the Prosecutor's Office, then I have reason to suspect you as The responsibility and ability of the Chief Justice. Even we have reasons to doubt whether you, as the Chief Justice, are engaging in favoritism and fraud because of your relationship with the Cantonese Army."

Duan Xun said very seriously.

This is the first time that Duan Xun has said such serious words to a cabinet chief in almost ten months since he came to Beijing.Others also looked at Duan Xun, because everyone knew that Duan Xun's confidence was getting stronger and stronger.

At present, the reorganization of the troops is going smoothly, and Duan Xun's troops are getting stronger and stronger in controlling the surrounding areas of Beijing.After sending Feng Yuxiang to Gansu and Sun Yue to the bandit suppression work, Duan Xun has reorganized the No.15 mixed brigade and the No.16 mixed brigade, the two most powerful of Cao Kun's remaining troops.The army is stable, everything is stable.

Then, using the Disaster Relief Committee, in the past few months, the cabinet organization has been sorted out very well.So Duan Xun's words became more and more confident.If you, Xu Qian, don't want to do it, then just say so.There are not many other talents in Duan Xun's hands, but there are many people who are capable of being the chief justice.Because at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the most educated in China were the graduates of the School of Law and Politics.

Xu Qian was furious.

Xu Qian is an intellectual, not a politician like Yang Yongtai.He is not very attached to the position of Chief Justice. If he feels uncomfortable, he can resign at any time.

But not now.

Because Duan Xun has already said this, if he resigns at this time, then his reputation of favoritism and fraud will really be confirmed.As a scholar, he valued his reputation more than his life.How could he accept such a crime.

So Xu Qian said forcefully: "Chen Jiongming should accept the questioning."

"it is good."

Duan Xun was waiting for this sentence.

Therefore, he said: "Mr. Xu, after the meeting, you demanded that the Cantonese Army must give an explanation in the name of the Chief Justice. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Cantonese Army also served as the commander of the First Army of the Cantonese Army, Chen Jiongming, and the second commander of the Cantonese Army. Xu Chongzhi and Deng Keng, commander of the Third Army of the Cantonese Army, must come to Beijing within a month to accept questioning from the General Prosecutor's Office."

"Yes."

Xu Qian sighed.

Duan Xun really didn't give the Cantonese army a chance to survive.The three main figures of the Guangdong Army, Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi, and Deng Keng, were all called to Beijing.If they leave Guangdong and come to Beijing, can they still leave?

Even if they leave, will the Cantonese Army still be the current Cantonese Army?

Li Jishen's troops have been surrounding the Guangdong Army.What's more, the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong and Lu Gongwang's Zhejiang Army have recently taken refuge in Duan Xun. The situation of the Guangdong Army is already very bad.If the three of them leave the Guangdong Army, what will the Guangdong Army do?

The Cantonese Army was the only military force controlled by Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang.If this army is reorganized by Duan Xun, Sun Yat-sen will no longer have any strength to rely on.

"Director Xu, what if they don't accept the order from the Ministry of Justice?"

Just as Xu Qian felt distressed about the future of the Guangdong Army in his heart, he heard Duan Xun ask himself again.

"this?"

What to do in this situation?