<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Feng Guozhang is the founder of the direct line of the Beiyang warlords, in which Feng Guozhang is a veteran-level figure, and Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang are known as the "Three Masters of Beiyang". </h1>
However, this Yuan Shikai's right-hand man, the elder of the Beiyang department, lost all his power a few years after Yuan Shikai's death, and even the official to the vice president did not have much real power, and withdrew from the political stage early.
In the Beiyang Three Jie, Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui were dragons and tigers, respectively, and Feng Guozhang only dropped the nickname of "dog".
This shows that compared with Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang is obviously one level lower.
Since Wang Shizhen withdrew from politics in 1918, Feng Guozhang's main opponent was Duan Qirui.
Compared with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang's sense of political smell is too low, the pattern is too small, and he is too bookish.
This doomed Feng Guozhang was not Duan Qirui's opponent.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > political sense of smell is insensitive</h1>
After the Wuchang Uprising broke out, Yuan Shikai, as his boss, gave Feng Guozhang a note telling him to "walk slowly and look slowly." ”
Yuan Shikai's meaning could not be more obvious, that is, to let Feng Guozhang grind and chirp, slowly march, do not take a shot at the Wuchang revolutionary party, and watch from the sidelines.
However, Feng Guozhang was unable to grasp the spirit of Yuan Shikai's instructions, and personally went to Beijing to entrust the people to play a song to Empress Longyu, saying that as long as 4 million taels of silver were allocated, the rebellion could be put down.
Moreover, Feng Guozhang also fought with real knives and guns, and in order to kill the revolutionary party and cut off their retreat, Feng Guozhang ordered that the houses and shops on both sides of the street be burned.
However, after Feng Guozhang won the battle, he did not make a good effort, which made Yuan Shikai angry and scolded Feng Guozhang at home as an idiot.
As a result, Feng Guozhang made a wedding dress for others, and Duan Qirui, who had not yet made any achievements, quickly arrived in Hankou and took over Feng Guozhang's command of the Beiyang Army.
If it is said that Duan Qirui did not do anything, it is not in line with the facts, Duan Qirui did one thing, that is, to negotiate with the revolutionary party behind the back of the Qing court. Feng Guozhang fought the front line, but the merits and benefits were all obtained by Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > pattern is small and rat-eyed</h1>
Feng Guozhang also has a weakness that the pattern is small and the rat's eyes are bright.
Objectively speaking, the Beiyang warlords have no faith, they all come for fame and fortune.
People with a big pattern will only use fame and fortune to win others before they become famous.
And people with small patterns are insatiable before they are in power, greedy for small profits, and make their reputations stink.
Before becoming president, Feng Guozhang fell into a notorious reputation for greed for money, using bonds to buy opium from overseas merchants in Shanghai and making ill-gotten gains in the name of pharmaceuticals.
So much so that when Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang had a conflict, he used this as a handle to attack Feng Guozhang for having a "money fetish".
When Feng Guozhang was in power, he would only amass wealth by any means.
Feng Guozhang has more than 3,000 mu of land in hejian and Fucheng, Xingji and other places in his hometown; he co-founded a salt reclamation company with Zhang Xiao in Jiangsu. 700,000 mu of land was purchased; there are more than 1,000 houses in Shijing Village, Tianjin and Beijing; 3 gold mines in Zhili Jiashan, Zunhua and Xinglong; 10 qianzhuang and silver numbers in Nanjing, Beijing and Tianjin; and a large number of stocks and deposits in China Huiye Bank and "North Fourth Bank".
Despite this, Feng Guozhang was still greedy and insufficient.
When he saw the fish in the Forbidden City, beihai, middle and south seas, he also salivated and started the idea of fish.
In order to turn the fish into money, Feng Guozhang signed a contract with the fish merchant and sold the fish in the pond for 80,000 yuan.
To this end, some people also wrote a couplet mockingly saying: "Prime Minister Tanglin cut wood, and the Fuehrer sells fish in the South China Sea!" (When Feng Guozhang was in Jinmen, he once cut down ancient trees in the area of his hometown of Tanglin and sold them.)
People who are greedy for money are stingy, and Feng Guozhang is also the same for his own horse boy and his immediate family leader Cao Kun.
In July 1917, Zhang Xun's restoration failed.
In August, Feng Guozhang was appointed acting president, and the post of vice president was vacant. Cao Kun has always been interested in serving, but Feng Guozhang is reluctant to do so.
At this point, Duan Qirui, the warlord of the Anhui clan, was bigger than Feng Guozhang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Duan Qirui is known as the Six Prime Ministers. The so-called six noes, he was a clean and honest official all his life, and his creed as a man was "no smoking, no drinking, no prostitution, no gambling, no greed, and no occupation." </h1>
Liang Qichao commented on Duan Qirui: "His shortcomings are inevitable, but he ignores his own interests and has the courage to be responsible for the country, and no one in the country is afraid that no one can compare." ”
Feng Guozhang was reluctant to hold the post of vice president, Duan Qirui was willing to do so.
When he co-opted Cao Kun, he offered the condition of vice president, so that Cao Kun and Duan Qirui began to get close and began to be estranged from Feng Guozhang.
Cao Kun abandoned Feng Guozhang, causing Feng Guozhang to lose an arm, and the blow to him was fatal.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > big things and small things are confused</h1>
Feng Guozhang was confused about such a major matter as the suppression of the Kuomintang, nor did he understand the "small matter" of handling government affairs.
When he was vice president and acting president, he didn't even bother to review the documents, and when he saw the mountains of documents, his head was big.
In order to complete the task, he thought of a high move.
That is, let the secretary put the documents that need to be approved on the day on a large table, leaving only three words between the documents, and then Feng Guozhang did not look at it, only wrote the three words "Du Du Feng" on each gap, even if it was finished.
Therefore, Feng Guozhang has made a lot of jokes.
Once, the new Saibeiguan supervisor Lin Tuo approached Feng Guozhang before taking office and thanked him for his support.
Feng Guozhang was confused, and his heart said who is this person, how I don't know, how can I not remember.
Lin Zhi also wondered, "Three days ago, you appointed me to be the superintendent of Saibeiguan."
Feng Guozhang woke up like a dream: "Oh, three days ago, when I was on my lunch break, someone took a few documents for me to stamp, and there may be your letter of appointment." This shows how confused Feng is.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > without a clear mind and Duan Qirui fighting method, it will certainly not be able to gain the upper hand. </h1>
At that time, the warlords were inseparable, and if they wanted to unify China, they must "unify by force", and Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Cao Kun and others all adhered to military unification. Only in this way can the warlords expand their territory and maximize their interests.
However, when Feng Guozhang was the president, he opposed everyone and advocated "peaceful reunification", that is, maintaining the status quo of warlord division in the southwestern provinces in exchange for their recognition of the central government in Beijing and maintaining only the nominal unity of China.
Feng Guozhang's idea obviously did not work, it was Gou An.
Therefore, his policy was not only opposed by Duan Qirui, but also the direct tycoon Cao Kun also held the "Tianjin Conference" in December 1917, saying that he would not implement Feng Guozhang's "peace and reunification" policy and would continue to use troops against the south.
At the same time, Duan Qirui, who resigned on November 22, instructed his subordinates Xu Shuzheng to collude with the warlord Zhang Zuolin to echo and send troops into the customs to force Feng Guozhang.
Although Feng Guozhang had fifteenth and sixteenth divisions, he was obviously unable to deal with the Feng army.
As a result, Feng Guozhang was isolated in Beijing, becoming a lonely and bare-knuckle commander.
On March 23, the seventh year of the Republic of China (1918), Feng Guozhang had to compromise with the Anhui clan and let Duan Qirui come back and serve as the premier of the state.
After Duan Qirui made a comeback, he instructed the "Anfu Club" headed by his close confidant Wang Yitang to bribe politicians, manipulate the parliamentary elections, and oust Feng from power.
Soon, Feng Guozhang left Beijing and returned to his hometown hejian and withdrew from the stage of history.
On December 28, 1919, Feng Guozhang died suddenly of illness at the age of 60.