During the Beiyang period of the Republic of China, the overseers of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Hubei along the Yangtze River belonged to the direct warlord system and were all allies of each other in military and political affairs, so people called them "the three governors of the Yangtze River". The "Three Governors of the Yangtze River" are not fixed three people, but refer to the overseers of the three provinces who are directly related to the warlord system and the three provinces that are allies with each other.
The overseers of the three provinces were:
1. Where is the Jiangsu Overseer?
Jiangsu Overseer Feng Guozhang.
Feng Guozhang is a direct subordinate to Hejian people, for him everyone should know, he is the great-grandfather of the famous cross-talk actor Feng Gong, in 1913 by Yuan Shikai appointed as the governor of Jiangsu. After Yuan Shikai's death in 1916, Feng Guozhang was elected vice president and subsequently ceded the position of overseer to Li Chun.
Li Chun was a native of Tianjin, graduated from the 2nd phase of the Beiyang Wubei Academy, and when Yuan Shikai was training the new army at the small station, he served as a coach, and later served as the commander of the Eleventh Association of the Sixth Town of the Beiyang Army. After the Xinhai Revolution, he successively served as the commander of the Sixth Division of the Army, a lieutenant general of the Army, an envoy and military chief of the Jiangxi Protectorate, and a governor of the Jiangxi Army.
In 1917, after Vice President and Jiangsu Overseer Feng Guozhang entered Beijing as acting president, he was appointed as the Overseer of Jiangsu.
In 1920, at the age of 53, Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu, committed suicide in Nanjing, and was succeeded by his deputy Qi Xieyuan as the overseer of Jiangsu.
Qi Xieyuan was a native of Ninghe, who studied at the Tianjin Beiyang Armed Forces Academy, the Army University, and the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, and successively served as chief of staff of the Sixth Town of the Beiyang Army, commander of the Sixth Division, and guard of Jiangning Town. After Li Chun committed suicide, he served as the overseer of Jiangsu.
2. Who are the Jiangxi Overseers?
In the previous section, it has been mentioned to everyone that Li Chun, one of the "Three Governors of the Yangtze River", was the Governor of Jiangxi before he succeeded Feng Guozhang. After Li Chun was transferred to the Governor of Jiangsu, Chen Guangyuan took over as the Overseer of Jiangxi.
Chen Guangyuan, a native of Tianjin, graduated from the Beiyang Armed Forces Academy, held the posts of general office of the General Affairs Office of the Beiyang Standing Army Military and Political Department, commander of infantry, and commander of the Eighth Association of the Fourth Town of the Beiyang Army; after the Xinhai Revolution, he served as the inspector of the Model Regiment and the Supervision and Training Office of the New Army, the commander of the Twelfth Division of the Army, and the deputy commander of the Beijing-Tianjin Garrison.
In 1922, due to the ineffectiveness of the Second Protector War against Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Cao Kun was dismissed from the post of Overseer. Cai Chengxun, the commander-in-chief of the army, served as the overseer of Jiangxi.
Cai Chengxun was a native of Tianjin, graduated from the Tianjin Beiyang Wubei Academy, and successively served as the commander of the 41st Mixed Association of Zhejiang, the commander of the First Division of the Army, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and the commander of the Beiyang Army.
III. Who are the Hubei Overseers?
Wang Zhanyuan, a native of Shandong, joined the Huai Army in his early years, and later joined Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army, graduated from the first phase of the Beiyang Wubei Academy, and successively served as the commander of the Third Infantry Association of the Second Town of the Beiyang Army, the commander of the Second Town of the Army, and the commander of the Second Division of the Army after the Xinhai Revolution.
Due to Wang Zhanyuan's brutal rule in Hubei, in July 1921, the "Overthrow of the King Movement" was triggered, and Wang Zhanyuan was forced to go to the wilderness. The Governor of Hubei was succeeded by Xiao Yaonan, a native of Hubei.
Xiao Yaonan, a native of Huanggang, Hubei Province, graduated from hubei general Ben Xuetang, first served in the Hubei Standing Army, then served in the Beijing Army and Navy Training Department through the relationship, and a few years later transferred to the third town of Beiyang, closely related to the town commander Cao Kun, successively serving as the third supplementary standard system and the twelfth standard system. After the Xinhai Revolution, he served as colonel and chief of staff of the Ninth Regiment of the Third Division of the Army, chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the Upper Yangtze River Garrison, brigade commander of the Third Mixed Brigade, and commander of the 25th Division of the Army.
In 1921, when the "Overthrowing the King Movement" broke out in Hubei and the Xiang Army intervened, Wang Zhanyuan, the overseer of Hubei, asked Wu Peifu for help, and Wu ordered Xiao Yaonan to lead the 25th Division to the south to reinforce, and Xiao was ordered to go south to say that he would not help the king. Wang Zhanyuan had no choice but to resign, and the Governor of Hubei was succeeded by Xiao Yaonan.
Although Xiao Yaonan is a direct warlord system, he and the direct warlords are in a relationship that is imminent, so he is generally not included in the ranks of the "Three Governors of the Yangtze River".
Those who belong to the "Three Governors of the Yangtze River" should be Feng Guozhang, Li Chun, Wang Zhanyuan, Chen Guangyuan, Qi Xieyuan, and Cai Chengxun.
So, what is the outcome of these "three governors of the Yangtze River"?
The best ones died in Beijing at the age of 60 on December 28, 1919; Chen Guangyuan died in Tianjin on August 16, 1939 at the age of 66; Wang Zhanyuan died in Tianjin on September 15, 1934 at the age of 74; and Cai Chengxun died in Tianjin in 1946 at the age of 75. Li Chun has already mentioned that he committed suicide and is not a good death.
Among these "Overseers", there is another one who cannot die well, he is Qi Xieyuan. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in an all-round way, Qi Xieyuan lost his national character and personality, and not only participated in the formation of the pro-Japanese puppet regime, but also successively served as the chief of the Public Security Department of the puppet North China Provisional Government, the general director of the puppet North China Political Affairs Committee, and the commander-in-chief of the puppet North China Appeasement Army, helping the Japanese invading army to massacre Chinese people. After the victory of the War of Resistance, he was executed in 1946 for adultery at the age of 61.
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