The Morality of the Beiyang Era (Seventy-Five): A gentleman would rather be silent than dry, and would rather be clumsy than clever.
On July 26, 1999, the dust of the Zhiwan War was settled, but the two sides of Zhifeng, which were the victorious parties, gradually revealed a rift. First of all, Zhang Zuolin, the "King of the Northeast", bragged about the role played by the Warlords of the Feng clan in the Dingding War between the two sides of Zhiwan, and did not talk about Xu Shuzheng's embarrassment at the "Hongmen Banquet" set up by Tuanhe, and fled back to the Fengjun garrison on the pretext of being respectful. In the "Hengji German Army Clothing Village", Zhang Zuolin talked about Wu Peifu, who had worked hard and made great achievements, but said contemptuously: "What I am cooperating with is Cao Jingluo, Wu Peifu is a small division commander, there are dozens of division commanders in the whole country, and I also have several under me." In fact, Wu Peifu was a general among the Beiyang warlords who could fight hard battles as early as the Yuan War, and he was also deeply impressed by Cai Yi, the bearer of the Defending Army, and before the outbreak of the Zhiwan War, he had declared that he was "fighting for the national personality."
However, when Wu Peifu led the Zhi army to victory in the Zhiwan War, he sighed and said: "This war is not enough to say, it is the most painful thing." All this is imitating Cai Yi, but he is helplessly despised by Zhang Zuolin. Wu Peifu believed that he had won victories on the battlefield and should have more say in the temple, but he did not expect that this was his subjective fantasy, because Zhang Zuolin never put him under the spot. At the "Parade Envoy Meeting" of Jin Yunpeng and Zhang Luo, the head of the cabinet, Zhang Zuolin, the envoy of the three giants of the Beiyang warlords, Zhang Zuolin, the envoy of The Three Provinces of the Beiyang Warlords, Cao Kun, and Wang Zhanyuan, the envoy of the Two Lakes, did not discuss Wu Peifu's proposal to "convene a national congress" at all, but instead shared the loot directly after the war between the two sides. Jin Yunpeng once said sadly, "This is simply a matter of revolutionizing our lives!" ”
Although Xu Shichang did not attend the meeting, he also despised Wu Peifu like Zhang Zuolin, believing that Wu was "humble in his position and exaggerated in his words." Zhang Zuolin once asked Cao Kun in person: "Third brother, have you seen Wu Ziyu's electricity?" I didn't know anything beforehand, and if the third brother agreed with his proposal, I would send a telegram to oppose it! Cao Kun hurriedly expressed his disapproval, advised Zhang Zuolin not to get angry, and said that he would be responsible for asking Wu Peifu to revoke this claim." Cao Kun first sent a telegram, stating that "the electricity sent by Wu Peifu should be withdrawn without consent." Then he summoned Wu Peifu to Tianjin to talk in person. On August 3 of that year, wu Peifu arrived in Tianjin, and Cao Kun advised him to "express less opinion" and warned him: "We have just finished this battle, do we have to fight a second battle!" ”
In the end, wu Peifu understood the world's affairs and was not as simple as he thought. He withdrew the Third Division of the Beiyang Army, his concubine, to Luoyang to show that he "did not ask about the government." The next day, Wu Peifu took an ordinary passenger train to Zhengzhou, and also announced his proposition, that is, "do not be a overseer, do not fight a civil war, do not interfere in politics, and do not disturb the people." However, as he sighed, the Zhiwan War is the "most painful thing", after all, the Zhiwan warlords who belong to the same vein fought hard, and the robes that were once brothers and sisters completely tore their faces, and since then Wu Peifu, who has been training troops in Luoyang, has actually seen that the Beiyang Clique, which was once monolithic, has long fallen apart, and the future temple dispute will be a struggle and consumption of strength, and his temple ambitions have become an unattainable utopia.