During the Three Kingdoms period, the "Taoyuan Three Knots" can be described as familiar. In the chaotic Republic of China period, like-minded people, prostrating their heads and changing posts is also a common thing, Zhang Zuolin is relying on a gang of brothers to lead the army to fight the world, sitting on the famous "Northeast King" throne.
Here's an interesting story about the Republic of China.
Duan Hongye, the son of Duan Qirui, the premier of the State Council at the beginning of the Republic of China, was quite famous in the Republic of China, and even in Tianjin, Duan Hongye's popularity was not lost to his father. Although he is a playboy, he is most famous for his Game of Go. It is said that the national players at that time, such as Wu Xianglin, were not his opponents, and later the Japanese gave him the position of Duan. He was one of the four famous sons of the 1920s, along with Sun Ke, Zhang Xueliang, and Lu Yingjia.
Because of his friendship with Zhang Xueliang, Duan Hongye once asked Duan Qirui for instructions, saying that Zhang Xueliang wanted to worship him and form an alliance brother, and how to reply. But Duan Qirui thought about it for a moment and refused, saying, "His soldiers can worship with you, but his son cannot worship with you." ”
In fact, the reason is very simple, there are three main points:
First, Duan Qirui attaches great importance to the distinction between the inferior and the elderly, and Zhang Zuolin is a rising star, and he believes that he is one generation older than Zhang Zuolin and his subordinates, so he let his children call Zhang Zuolin "Big Brother Zhang". According to his concept, Duan Hongye should be the same generation as Zhang Zuolin, who is one generation older than Zhang Xueliang, and he cannot worship the master.
Second, although the old paragraph talks about principles, it is by no means unprepared, and he has to consider political balance. After experiencing the Zhiwan War and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, the military strength of the Anhui clan has been lost, and duan Qirui can rely on only a group of literati politicians and officials, which can be said to be "unarmed." Just as the Beijing newspaper published a cartoon that year, on the cross frame of the three rifles on the picture, there was a military hat with the words "provisional ruling", which means that Duan Qirui was brought to power by the three major military forces of Feng, Feng, and Zhi. The Feng army was the strongest, and it could not be without the support of Feng Yuxiang and his immediate family, otherwise there was no way to control Zhang; the Nationalist army controlled the Beijing-Han Line, so it could not be without Zhang, otherwise Feng would not be able to control and pose a threat to himself.
Third, Duan Hongye, as his eldest son, had high hopes. He knew that his son was a playboy with the vice of smoking opium, and he didn't want his son to mess around with a bunch of the same boys all day.