Among the warlords of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan has always been known for his "shrewdness", and he has been in charge of Shanxi for 38 years.
However, the shrewd Yan Xishan also has times when he is played, such as the following two stories.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Yan Xishan became the governor of Shanxi, but Yuan Shikai was very uneasy about Yan Xishan and guarded against him in everything. How shrewd Yan Xishan was, naturally he also saw Yuan Shikai's worries, so he tried his best to curry favor and show loyalty to Yuan Shikai on different occasions many times.
One day, Yuan Shikai called and said that one of the elders of his family wanted to play in Shanxi for a few days. As soon as Yan Xishan heard this, he thought that the opportunity for performance had come, and he made meticulous preparations.
After Yuan Shikai's relatives arrived, Yan Xishan put down his work and accompanied him throughout the whole process, not only taking good care of his diet and living, but also vigorously saying yuan shikai's good words in front of this guest, saying that he resolutely obeyed Yuan Shikai's command. His performance was quickly responded to, and Yuan Shikai made several phone calls to express his gratitude, and repeatedly advised him not to spend too much money, which made Yan Xishan's heart blossom.
Soon after Yuan Shikai's relatives left, Yuan Shikai's attitude toward Yan Xishan changed drastically, and even the tone of his speech changed, and he also began to talk to him about Beijing, hoping that he would be able to take good care of him in Shanxi. This shows that Yuan Shikai has already regarded Yan Xishan as a confidant, which makes Yan Xishan very excited.
One day, Yuan Shikai called Yan Xishan, hoping that his father would come to Beijing to play in return for the friendship of his elders who had visited Shanxi last time. Yuan Shikai personally invited Yan Xishan, who was naturally flattered, and immediately arranged for his father and stepmother to go to Beijing.
After the two old people arrived in Beijing, Yuan Shikai personally visited the door, not only arranged for them to play around, but also arranged a small courtyard for them in Beijing, where the two old people enjoyed such treatment, in the capital in and out of the people to manage, eat and wear someone to accompany, they lived here with peace of mind.
A few days later, Yan Xishan felt that the time was almost up, so he sent someone to Beijing to try to get his parents back, but he didn't pick them up several times, but they didn't make it, and he realized that he was played by Yuan Shikai!
Yuan Shikai's trick is too yin, nominally inviting Yan Xishan's parents to come to Beijing to play, in fact, it is to detain the two old people, you Yan Xishan as long as there is a little disobedience, then you look at it! Yan Xishan was remorseful in his heart, but there was no way but to be more careful with Yuan Shikai.
This time, Yan Xishan lost someone, and there was also an experience of breaking the wealth, which also made him very upset.
In 1929, due to successive years of conquest, Yan Xishan's financial resources were a bit stretched. One day, Liang Shichuan, the director of the camp in Beijing, presented him with a secret report: No. 7 Mutton Hutong in Beijing's West Fourth Arch Building was once the residence of a prince, and there was treasure buried underground. The secret report said that a Qing court eunuch had revealed the news to him, which was absolutely accurate.
After Yan Xishan saw the secret report, he immediately called back, asked Liang Juchuan to keep the secret, and sent the eunuch, and then he personally arranged for personnel to go to Beijing immediately and buy the property at all costs.
In order not to let this treasure fall aside, Yan Xishan did not hesitate at all about the huge amount of 30,000 yuan that yan Xishan opened to the owner, and directly took the money to transfer the house, and it was done on the same day.
After becoming a homeowner, Yan Xishan began to hire people to dig treasures. However, after working for more than a month, nothing was dug up, and the whole mutton alley was full of muddy water. The local people stopped doing it, and they asked what Yan Xishan's family was doing.
Yan Xishan was not dead hearted, he found someone to check it out, this alley did have Wang Ye lived, but there is no treasure here, is it next door? Therefore, he spent a huge amount of money to buy the No. 8 courtyard and continued to excavate, but finally did not dig anything.
At this time, Yan Xishan realized that he must have been tricked by that little eunuch! However, he couldn't find the little eunuch anymore, because at that time he had instructed Liang Juchuan to give the little eunuch some money so that he could go as far as he could go!
The story of Yan Xishan being deceived into digging up treasures soon spread and became a hot topic in the streets and alleys, and Yan Xishan was very depressed and seriously ill.
History Inn Author: Desert Sand