"Game of Thrones": The warlords of the Republic of China are already very humiliating, so why should they be announced by electricity?
In ordinary life, two children fight, and the losing party is beaten to the ground to find teeth, and will not easily admit that they have lost. If you lose, you have to admit that this is a very humiliating thing.
Zooming in to the warlord melee of the Republic of China, the synonym for admitting defeat is "Shimono". Shimono is already very humiliated, but the warlords of the Republic of China are different, and they still have to electrify the whole country and tell the people of the world that they are going to the wilderness. Why? This article will tell you about the power game of the Republic of China.
Figure | Beiyang warlord division map
During the Republic of China period, there were two types of warlords, namely the Beiyang warlord (1912-1926) and the new warlord (1926-1949). Whether it is a Beiyang warlord or a new warlord, the use of electricity in the field is consistent.
First of all, let's talk about the power to go to the field during the Beiyang warlord period. Beiyang warlords are divided into direct, Feng, and Anhui clans, and around the "presidential throne" of the Beiyang government, they constantly attack each other, and it is also common to electrify the wilderness.
Picture | Duan Qirui
Duan Qirui, the leader of the Anhui warlords, has had three experiences of energizing the wilderness:
In 1918, at the end of the presidency of Feng Guozhang, the leader of the warlords directly under his command, Duan Qirui agreed to send a telegram to the wilderness;
In 1920, the Anhui clan was defeated by the Zhifeng Union, and Duan Qirui was forced to electrify the wilderness;
After the "March 18" massacre in 1926, Duan Qirui was forced to electrify the wilderness;
Through Duan Qirui's path to the field, you can see the doorway here. The first time he went to the field, Duan Qirui was not ready and did not have the strength to fight with his direct family. Therefore, Duan Qirui used the method of electrifying the wilderness and continued to manipulate the regime behind the scenes by manipulating the AnFu clan.
As for the last two times, it is purely for self-preservation, where can it still manage the shameful things that are not shameful. After Duan Qirui went to the wilderness, instead of being settled by the National Government, he died well. Duan Qirui's ending is also the end of the various warlords in Beiyang after they are electrified and dismissed: they will step down with dignity and will not be liquidated politically.
In the period of the new warlords, the warlords of all walks of life still maintained a tacit understanding: to electrify the wilderness is to concede defeat, and Chiang Kai-shek will take care of the situation and will not deliberately create trouble.
Picture | Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan
In November 1930, the Central Plains War, marked by Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang's electrification of Xiaye, officially ended the Central Plains War, which lasted more than seven months. After Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang went to the wilderness, Chiang Kai-shek really did not cause them much trouble, and on the surface he still said the past.
Figure | a map of the Sichuan warlords dividing their territory
The energies of the various warlords in Sichuan are more to give each other a way to live, and they can see each other again in the future. The composition of the warlords in Sichuan is very mixed, and it is roughly divided into factions such as the Armed Forces Department, the Kuomintang Department, the Accelerated Department, the Baoding Department, and the Officer Department.
Liu Hangchen, a subordinate of the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang, summed up three things to be done by the victorious side of the Sichuan warlords:
First, visit the parents of the defeated generals and settle them down;
Second, sending a telegram to appease the losers will not kill them all;
Third, go into the city to appease the people and give them favors;
The premise of these three things is that the side that concedes defeat must be electrified and go to the field. Otherwise, the losing side will end up miserable. The Sichuan warlords are a faction of their own, and all the warlords are fighting for control of Sichuan, and they are not going to break the can and break the can, leaving a hole for the Dian, Qian, Xiang, and Gui armies.
Pictured | Wang Jialie
The leader of the Qian army here, Wang Jialie, is very representative, during the Zunyi Campaign, Wang Jialie was suspended by Chiang Kai-shek, and then forced to electrify the wilderness. After Wang Jialie lost the military and political power in Guizhou, he no longer had an advantage in the power struggle of the Republic of China. Despite this, Wang Jialie still became a lieutenant general in the national army.
From a comprehensive point of view, "electrifying the wilderness" is an important game rule in the power game of the Republic of China. If you obey, you will be able to live in a chaotic world; if you do not obey, I am afraid that you will not even be able to save your life.