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Editor| ancient wonders
Yuan Shikai was born in 1859, as the son of a large local family in Henan, he has behaved differently from others since he was a child.
Yuan Shikai not only did not particularly care about the imperial examination articles, but also liked the art of war very much. He spent a lot of money to collect various martial arts, and after learning them, he said: "The three armies must not seize the marshal." If I can master 100,000 elite soldiers in my hands, I can run amok in the world! At the age of 13, he also wrote the poem "Ohno Dragon Fang Sting, Zhongyuan Deer Is Fat".
It can be said that he is a natural chaotic hero!
Compared with Yuan Shikai, who was born into a large family, Zhang Zuolin is more like a hero of grass and recklessness. Because Zhang Zuolin was born very low, and once went up the mountain to become a local grass cursive. But with these resources, he eventually became a warlord.
1. Yuan Shikai initially seized power, and Zhang Zuolin tried the first risk
Yuan Shikai took the formal route, and he quickly joined the Qing army at that time by virtue of his family connections. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in a state of turmoil, which gave him a good opportunity to display his talents.
Especially before the Battle of Jia-Wu, Yuan Shikai led his troops into Korea to quell the chaos and used thunderous means to drive away the Japanese who wanted to blend in at that time. After that, he won military merit and soon became a major member of the Qing army. In addition, he later actively advocated the training of a new type of army, and then he became the head of the Beiyang army, thus becoming a big man at that time.
And Zhang Zuolin's rise to the point of appearing more tortuous. After taking a few steps slower, he had to be restrained by Yuan Shikai.
Their first head-on "confrontation" was around the time when Yuan Shikai had just taken office as interim president.
At this time, Yuan Shikai first seized power, and what worried him most was the warlord leaders who were entrenched in various places. These warlord leaders have their own turf and may be rebellious at any time and anywhere. Yuan Shikai must stabilize them, preferably to weaken or eliminate them, and Zhang Zuolin is such a warlord.
At this time, Zhang Zuolin had become the commander of a division in the northeast through his groping and fighting in the northeast.
Due to the chaotic situation at that time, he was already quite a division commander with an army. Therefore, Yuan Shikai's first thought was to "ascend and secretly descend" Zhang Zuolin, transfer him to another place after he was promoted, and then without the support of the local people, Zhang Zuolin could be manipulated at will, thus strengthening his control over the northeast.
Yuan Shikai then ordered Zhang Zuolin to lead his troops to Mongolia.
For Zhang Zuolin, this order was completely an unsettling order. Zhang Zuolin, a local of Dongben. With a division, he could dominate the local area. But if he took so many people to Mongolia, who would take care of him?
Mongolia's land was barren, and where did he get his military salary?
2. Soft and hard and skillful response, thick and subtle response
So he didn't want to go at all.
However, at that time, Yuan Shikai was already the de facto interim president, and he had a large number of elite troops in his hands. If he did not respect Yuan Shikai's orders, would he be attacked by Yuan Shikai's army?
At this time, if you are an ordinary person, most of them are looking for a reason to prevaricate and want to pass the pass in confusion.
And Zhang Zuolin showed the side of the chaotic tyrant, he directly chose to be tough: "Treat each other with important positions such as envoys and generals, and cage means can be used on others, but it is absolutely impossible to use it on me Zhang Zuolin!" This can be said to show his reckless nature.
But Yuan Shikai really ate his set.
Because Yuan Shikai had just taken power at that time, although his troops had advantages over other groups, they were not superior enough to be consumed at will. Once his military strength is depleted in the war, there is a high probability that the South will soon overthrow him, and he does not dare to use troops easily.
However, Zhang Zuolin did not dare to be 100% sure, so he expressed his uncompromising determination to Yuan Shikai on the one hand, and spent a lot of money to bribe people around Yuan on the other hand, and also expressed support for the constitutional monarchy.
This is also a strategy for him to take a detour. Because Yuan Shikai wanted to be emperor in his heart, but he was afraid that the republican party would block him. Zhang Zuolin stood up to express his strong opposition to the republic and made a posture of being on the united front with Yuan Shikai, which also allowed Yuan Shikai to see Zhang Zuolin's "useful" side.
After all, there are so many warlords that he can't finish fighting for a while and a half, so it is his top priority to earn more warlords to stand on his side.
However, Yuan Shikai still felt unreliable, and asked Zhao Erxun and others who had seen Zhang Zuolin to understand Zhang Zuolin's specific situation. These people have been given money by Zhang, and what they call Zhang Zuolin has become an image: short-sighted, rude, greedy for money and lustful.
Therefore, they all suggested to Yuan Shikai that as long as they were given enough interests to induce, they could firmly control this warlord who had milk and was a mother, and there was no need to make a big fuss for him.
Although Yuan Shikai was skeptical after listening to it, he couldn't help but relax his vigilance.
3. Yuan Shikai set up a banquet at the Hongmen Gate to test his guts, and Zhang Zuolin borrowed wine to save his life
But he himself was also an extremely good at hiding, and he was not completely at ease with this Zhang Ren, who had risen from the grass, and simply gave Zhang Zuolin a problem: he asked Zhang Zuolin to come to Beijing to report for duty and talk to him about important frontier politics.
This matter can test Zhang Zuolin's wisdom and courage.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying of the Hongmen Banquet, if this Zhang Zuolin stayed in Fengtian, Yuan Shikai could not harm him; but if he went to Beijing, it would be difficult to say.
But if he didn't even dare to go to Beijing to report for duty, then Yuan Shikai would inevitably have to doubt his sincerity. Zhang Zuolin is worthy of being a generation of grass heroes, but he still has the courage to go.
But he made sufficient preparations, not only brought a lot of gifts to Yuan Shikai, but even the people around Yuan Shikai were raced by him with a lot of silver. In order to match the image created for him by Zhao Erxun and others before, he also deliberately led his men to spend the day and wine in the Bada Hutong, giving the local people a feeling that bandits had come.
After meeting Yuan Shikai, he directly knelt down to Yuan Shikai, as if to meet the emperor.
Yuan Shikai was very impressed in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be very disgusted: "Now that it is the Republic of China, don't do this kind of big gift again." ”
However, Zhang Zuolin said angrily, "I only knew that there was an emperor in the former Qing Dynasty, and now I only know that there is a great president." The salutations are different, but the actual role is the same. These words really spoke to Yuan Shikai's heart.
However, Yuan Shikai is still sitting in danger. Although Yuan Shikai is not tall, he has high power techniques. Legend has it that when Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, saw him in his early years, he trembled because he could not stand his momentum. It was precisely because of this that he did not believe that Zhang Zuolin could still lie under his aura at this time.
However, Yuan Shikai, who has been in the official field for a long time, still has a set of words, and he pretends to be concerned about Zhang Zuolin's life, but in fact, he asks him truthfully: "When you come to Beijing, are you still used to it with your brothers?" ”
As soon as he said this, Zhang Zuolin's eyebrows fluttered and danced, only to drop his mouth on The Harazi replied: "The brothers have not seen the great world, and now they are busy looking for fun!" The women in this city are just different, and the brothers can't stand up straight..."
Zhang Zuolin's answer was similar to what his men did in the capital. Yuan Shikai listened to it and looked like a man understood, and laughed with Zhang Zuolin. This time, the "Hongmen Feast" is over.
After Zhang Zuolin returned, he still grabbed land everywhere.
By 1915, Yuan Shikai's plan to claim the title of emperor had been carried out in secret. At this time, he very much needed the support of powerful warlords like Zhang Zuolin, at least these warlords could not stab them in the back. Therefore, he was summoned again, on the one hand, to envelop him, and on the other hand, to further test Zhang Zuolin.
4. The power trick is a sinister dilemma, and the tyrant has smiled slyly
This time, he took a very formal posture and invited Zhang Zuolin to his office to talk, but he gave Zhang Zuolin a proposition.
After chatting with Zhang Zuolin for a while, he asked Zhang Zuolin, "The land is vast, which place do you want?" Do you want an army or a territory? This question can be said to be a question of the heart.
Whether it is the answer that he wants territory or an army, in the hearts of Yuan Shikai, who has the heart of an emperor, it is basically an impression that his sins are damned.
So, how did Zhang Zuolin skillfully cope with it and easily resolve Yuan Shikai's proposition?
In fact, Zhang Zuolin did not know that Yuan Shikai was a real lord of male guessing. Even if he had performed very well in the previous few times, Yuan Shikai would not really trust him, and he might stick out his fangs at any time and anywhere. This is what the ancients said about accompanying the king as accompanying the tiger.
Therefore, as soon as he entered the door of Yuan Shikai's office, he was already possessed by the "drama essence".
He stared directly at the gold and silver treasure in Yuan Shikai's office, and even when he spoke, he couldn't help but stare. Even some of Yuan Shikai's words, he pretended not to hear them, and stared at those golden shining things with one mind.
After Yuan Shikai asked this sentence, he was also stunned, staring at the gold and silver utensils in front of him, as if a money fan had not heard Yuan Shikai's question.
Yuan Shikai saw that he was so ugly, and in the end he couldn't do it. This sending proposition ended with Zhang Zuolin not answering.
After Zhang Zuolin went out, Yuan Shikai sent him a large amount of gold and silver treasures, hoping to satisfy his desires and control Zhang Zuolin.
In ancient times, Cao Cao and Liu Bei Qingmei boiled wine on heroes, and this dialogue between Zhang Zuolin and Yuan Shikai can be called a copy of the hero of Qingmei boiling wine. Although Yuan Shikai also knew that Zhang Zuolin was definitely a tyrant in the world, he was so short-sighted that he could not resist even the temptation of a little gold and silver treasure.
Yuan Shikai estimated that he also despised him too much in his heart, and some Cao Cao asked Liu Bei the taste of "husband is also afraid of thunder".
So despite still doubts in his heart, he was eventually let go.
However, with the experience of sending propositions this time, Zhang Zuolin also completely understood yuan shikai's terrible points. After that, he was as sloppy as possible, and he tried not to see Yuan Shikai as much as possible, and when he saw Yuan Shikai, he pretended to be crazy and stupid.
Fortunately, Yuan Shikai said that the emperor failed and died early, otherwise it is estimated that the two tyrants will have to act sooner or later.