On the last day of 1925, the republic of China newspaper published a news:
On December 30, Xu Shuzheng was shot dead in Langfang.
After the news came out, the whole country was shocked, the politicians of the Republic of China expressed disbelief, and Duan Qirui, the interim consul (head of state) of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, wept bitterly and shouted: "Break my humerus." ”
Who is Xu Shuzheng?
Xu Shuzheng was a warlord of Anhui, a native of Liquan Village, Xiao County, Xuzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province (present-day Anhui Province) on November 11, 1880 (October 9, 1880).
In 1901, he went to Shandong to join the army and met Duan Qirui in Yuan Shikai's new army.
Since then, Xu Shuzheng has begun to follow Duan Qirui wholeheartedly and become his chief think tank.
The Qing Emperor abdicated, Yuan Shikai died, the heroes separated, and the world was in chaos.
Among the princes, Anhui, Wisdom, and Feng are strong.
Xu Shuzheng, as a powerful cadre of Duan Qirui's Anhui warlords, showed his skills on the political stage of the Republic of China.
After fierce struggle, Anhui unified the direct line, defeated Feng Guozhang's direct line, and in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), Duan Qirui finally ascended to the throne of the ruling (president).
Duan Qirui's ambitions for the Central Plains, Xu Shuzheng's death for Xu Shuzheng, contributed to Duan Qirui's heartache.
Xu Shuzheng's death caused a sensation throughout the country, and another reason was that in October 1919 he led an army from Outer Mongolia as a border envoy to the northwest of the Republic of China, forcing The Leaders of Outer Mongolia to sign an agreement to withdraw the Declaration of Independence of Outer Mongolia.
Since Outer Mongolia had declared independence at that time, Xu Shuzheng's move to recover millions of square kilometers of Territory in China was regarded by the people of the whole country as the contemporary Yue Fei, and Sun Yat-sen was praised as "Yue Fei of the same era". Class Ultra".
Not only is he a national hero but also a popular figure of Duan Qirui, the head of the Republic of China, who dares to risk the shame of the world to kill Xu Shuzheng?
The person who killed Xu Shuzheng was named Lu Chengwu, and the reason why he wanted to kill Xu Shuzheng was to avenge his father, because Xu Shuzheng killed his father Lu Jianzhang seven years ago.
Butcher Lu Jianzhang
Lu Jianzhang (1862-1918), a native of Luwafang Village, Licang Town, MengXian County, Anhui Province, graduated from Tianjin Beiyang Wubei School.
In the twentieth year of Qing Guangxu (1895), he defected to Yuan Shikai and became his right-hand man.
In 1912, he was appointed staff officer of the bodyguard army of Yuan Shikai's presidential palace and commander of the right wing reserve army.
In the spring of 1914, Bailang led the rebels from Henan into Shaanxi, and Lu Jianzhang led the Seventh Division to "suppress bandits".
Lu Jianzhang thundered in Shaanxi and quickly suppressed the rebel army.
As a result, Lu Jianzhang was reused, and in 1915 he was promoted to a mighty general, in charge of shaanxi military affairs, and became the supreme emperor there.
During Lu Jianzhang's reign in Shaanxi, he practiced repressive rule, suppressed freedom of speech, hunted down and massacred revolutionary party members, raped, raped, and committed various crimes.
Therefore, the Shaanxi people gave Lu Jianzhang a nickname - Lu Tufu.
During his reign, pornography, gambling, and drugs were rampant, taxes were excessive, and the people suffered terribly.
He sold precious cultural relics such as "Saruz" and "Fist Hair" in "Zhaoling Six Horses" to American cultural predators for 240,000 silver dollars.
In December 1915, Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, and Lu Yongli was made a first-class earl.
During his stay in Shaanxi, Lu Jianzhang committed many unjust acts, aroused public indignation, continued anti-Lu movements, and Lu Lu's actions continued one after another, and many assassinations against Lu occurred.
In June 1915, Lantian Tangfangling He Dewu and other locals were oppressed and surrounded the county seat.
In early 1916, the Shaanxi Democratic Party launched an anti-land uprising, which was suppressed.
In March 1916, Guo Jian, Geng Zhi, and Gao Jun launched an uprising against Lu Jianzhang as a protector of the northwest capital.
The rebel army was invincible, conquering more than ten counties, which made Lu Jianzhang terrified.
Lu Jianzhang was in a state of confusion on all sides, and Chen Shufan, a defender of southern Shaanxi, stabbed Lu Jianzhang in the back, and Lu Jianzhang was finally driven out by the Shaanxi people.
Why did Xu Shuzheng kill Lu Jianzhang?
In June 1916, the thief Yuan Shikai died of illness, and Lu Jianzhang went to find the commander of the braid, Zhang Xun, and soon defected to the warlord leader Feng Guozhang.
In 1917, the warlord Feng Guozhang was inaugurated as the acting president of the Republic of China, and Lu Jianzhang was the supreme military adviser and a core member of the direct warlord.
With xu Shuzheng's support, Duan Qirui was determined to unify China by force.
As a direct strategist, Lu Jianzhang was tit-for-tat, hoping to win over the Anhui generals and disrupt the Anhui offensive.
In 1918, Lu Jianzhang, as a direct think tank, sang a battle scene with Xu Shuzheng, inciting Feng Yuxiang and others to oppose Duan Qirui's southward dispatch of troops, causing Xu Shuzheng's strong dissatisfaction.
During this period, Xu Shuzheng repeatedly heard reports from his subordinates that Lu Jianzhang and the Anhui generals were "secretly colluding and instigating."
This prompted Xu Shuzheng to make up his mind to get rid of Lu Jianzhang.
On June 14, 1918, Lu Jianzhang received a call from Xu Shuzheng asking him to go to Tianjin for a meeting.
Lu Jianzhang came to Tianjin defenselessly and was shot and killed by Xu Shuzheng.
Before killing Lu Jianzhang, Xu Shuzheng did not discuss anything with him, even Duan Qirui did not know.
Lu Jianzhang's killing caused a sensation throughout the country, and the Beiyang gangsters were particularly shocked and whispered.
Because the warlords of the Republic of China have reached a consensus, no matter how they fight, they will not kill all of them, they will kill indiscriminately, xu Shuzheng is doing this, it is equivalent to a bad brain.
But Xu Shuzheng leaned on The Great Tree Duan Qirui and killed Lu Jianzhang, and he was not prosecuted.
But at that time, there was a person who gritted his teeth at Xu Shuzheng's hatred, this person was not someone else, but General Feng Yuxiang.
Xu Shuzheng was killed
Why would Feng Yuxiang be so sad about Lu Jianzhang's death, because Lu Jianzhang was his uncle.
At first, though, the two didn't know each other.
When Lu Jianzhang was serving as Xietong, Feng Yuxiang was his soldier.
After Feng Yuxiang became a company commander with his own ability, he was favored by Lu Jianzhang.
In order to win him over, Lu Jianzhang married his niece to Feng Yuxiang.
In this way, Lu Jianzhang became Uncle Feng, Feng Yuxiang's fate was completely changed, and his growth began to go smoothly.
That is to say, Lu Jianzhang is a noble person in Feng Yuxiang's life, and he has the goodwill to know him.
Therefore, Feng Yuxiang wrote down the account and waited for the opportunity to retaliate.
The effort paid off and the opportunity finally came.
On December 19, 1925, Xu Shuzheng went abroad to inspect and return to China.
Why is the opportunity finally coming?
Due to the disastrous defeat of the Anhui clan after the Battle of Songwan in July 1920, Duan Qirui also resigned as the chancellor of Beiyang Province.
In 1924, although Duan Qirui became the head of the Beiyang government, he was completely operated independently by Feng Yuxiang.
Because Feng Yuxiang was already a big move at this time, he launched the Beijing Incident in October of that year, imprisoning the warlords and President Cao Kun.
At this time, Duan Qirui had become a fierce tiger in the sky and had no strength.
However, Feng Yuxiang had more than 100,000 mercenaries under his command, and his power was in full swing.
At this time, if you don't kill Xu Shuzheng, when will you have to wait?
Feng Yuxiang wanted to kill Xu Shuzheng not only because of his old vendetta seven years ago, but also because of another important reason, that is, Xu Shuzheng posed a real threat to him.
Xu Shuzheng is resourceful and is Duan Qirui's little Zhuge Ge.
Rumor has it that Xu Shuzheng had returned from this inspection, and that his main task was to consolidate power for Duan Qirui and persuade Sun Chuanfang, a warlord directly under him who intended to fight Feng, to turn the samurai into jade silk and jointly deal with Sun Yat-sen's practices against Feng Yuxiang.
Xu Shuzheng met Duan Qirui after returning to China. On the afternoon of December 29, Xu Shuzheng left for Tianjin from Beijing.
When Feng Yuxiang learned the news, he ordered his subordinate Lu Zhonglin to arrest Xu Shuzheng and shoot him.
At about 2:00 a.m. on December 30, Xu Shuzheng's train stopped in Langfang, and Xu Shuzheng, wearing pajamas, was "invited" to get off the train and was taken into Zhangying, where he was shot.
At the same time, Lu Zhonglin asked Lu Jianzhang's son Lu Chengwu to appear in Langfang according to prior arrangements, and told the media reporter that Xu Shu was killed by himself, but the truth was still disclosed by major newspapers.
Although Duan Qirui was saddened by Xu Shuzheng's death, he had no choice.
Xu Shuzheng, the hero who recovered Mongolia, bid farewell to the stage of history, which made people sigh endlessly.