Duan Fang was killed in Zizhong, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and Zhao Erfeng saw that he had entered a desperate situation, so he surrendered to soft power.
The surrender agreed to preserve his life and property. This agreement is the Sichuan Independence Treaty.
At that time, he also had thirteen battalions of patrol troops and thousands of guards in Chengdu, and the reason why he wanted to hand over power was that he saw that the situation in the whole Sichuan Baolu was really uncontrollable, and the reinforcements he invited from neighboring provinces were delayed, and the reinforcements were blocked by the comrades west of Yazhou, and he felt that he was firmly holding Chengdu and became a turtle in an urn.
Consider first handing over the Sichuan provincial government to the right, and wait for an opportunity to seek another comeback.
But within a few days of Zhao handing over the regime, he had some regrets. He learned that the Qing government in beijing had not collapsed, and that qinchuan was still in the hands of the Qing army for eight hundred miles.
On October 18, a mutiny took place in Chengdu. The mutiny was originally caused by Zhao Erfeng's secret support and encouragement. In order to make the restoration plot successful, on the second day of the mutiny, he did not consult all parties, and simply posted a notice of "governor's ministry" to settle the rebels, as if he were still the governor.
Although Zhao Erfeng's actions made Yin Changheng (Pu Dianjun resigned) and Luo Lun suspicious, they were not necessarily necessary to kill him. Yin et al. still wanted to raise enough money for Zhao's jingbian as soon as possible, so that he could leave Chengbu early and return to his Ya'an, and everything would be fine.
At the beginning of the winter month of the lunar calendar, a small man named Zeng Bichen came to the military government late at night and said that Zhao Erfeng was ordering troops to be transferred everywhere. After Yin Changheng received his secret report, he was shocked, and then decided to take urgent and decisive measures: immediately capture and kill Zhao Erfeng.
The informant was named Zeng Bichen, the younger brother of zeng black donkey on Tuqiao Street in Shuangliu County. The two brothers originally lived in Hexin Village in the Ear Rock of the Jinma River, and their families were farmers.
The black donkey runs a silk business in the towns of Rub ErYan and Huangshui River Tuqiao in his spare time.
In the last years of Guangxu, a great flood turned Hexin Village into Zeguo, and the black donkey brothers became homeless, so the black donkey took advantage of his business contacts to live in Tuqiao Lin surname Silk Line, and later mixed in the robe brother world.
Because of his thick and capable nature, he was valued by the boss of a silk shop at the foot of the Tuqiao Bridge, so he became a merchant (agent) in the silk row, and later won the favor of the boss, was recruited as a son-in-law, and became the heir of the silk shop's property.
In a few years, zeng black donkey changed from a homeless man who was devastated by the flood to a rich, powerful, and moralistic young boss on Tuqiao Street, and within two years, he was embraced by the robe brother society of Tuqiao as the helmsman of "Dezigong".
After the two brothers broke up a few years ago, Zeng Bichen went to the countryside of Rub Eryan and ate rice as a maid, and in the years of exile in the countryside, Zeng Bichen practiced red light teaching and practiced boxing and martial arts in the area of Sanjiangkou and Jiangyuan Town on the other side of the Jinma River. Later, he robbed tombs, stole cattle, etc., and once had the nickname of "once peeled cattle".
In that year of Xinhai, when the road protection affairs were together, the parties from all sides had frequent exchanges, and Zeng Bichen was invited by his brother to come to the Tuqiao Bridge and do something on his dock. Zeng Bichen, under the protection of his brother in disguise, was installed on the dock as a small steward.
Soon, Zeng Black Donkey executed Wang Ermazi of Shuangliu ZhiXian in the official car, and his reputation spread far and wide, and he attracted eight parties to celebrate the daily hanging of red cannons, becoming a famous hero.
In this matter, Zeng Bichen was envious, and secretly made a great wish, one day, he would also imitate his brother, hoping to become famous in one fell swoop.
At the beginning of the winter month of the lunar calendar that year, the "enlightenment" in Chengdu was only ten days. Yin Changheng though
As the governor of the Sichuan military government, everything is complicated. Order in the city can still be maintained, but the outskirts of the city are still chaotic, looting money and robbing people, and it happens from time to time.
At dusk on the first day of the winter month, Zeng Bichen walked to the outside of the tuqiao field, and in the twilight of the night, he saw a Benguan in the form of Ghoshha (Manchu, an errand official who delivered documents), riding a short clerical horse and following several followers. Looking at the outfit is like going somewhere to deliver documents, when it is dark, the look is tired and busy again.
Zeng Bichen took a closer look, this poor official was somewhat familiar, judging that most of them were from the Overseer's Court, and rushed forward to greet him, smiling and saying, "General Master, are you tired today?" Please stay at our place! What's the rush? It's getting dark. "Ghosh saw the boy's diligent, talking and clever, looking at the follow-up, but also a little tired, thinking about it, tomorrow I always have to go to all parts of the South Road to cast papers, and it doesn't hurt to spend a night here, but I promised to enter with zeng."
Ghoshal and his entourage were warmly entertained, placed in a lodging place set up at the public mouth, treated with hospitality, drunk and full, and then entered the smoke house to swallow the clouds. Ghoshal and others deeply felt the "benevolence" of Zeng Bichen, of course, there was no need to be vigilant. Late at night, taking advantage of the opportunity when they were drunk and asleep, they ordered the little old man who served them to quietly open the Ghoshkha bag to retrieve it, and saw that the bag was full of letters and letters, and when they read the paper, they all informed the patrol troops stationed in the south road, asking them to preserve their strength, wait for the Province of Kerijin, jointly destroy the comrade army, retake Sichuan politics, and discuss the rewards for merits and deeds.
What's more, there was also a handwritten letter from Fu Huafeng, the minister of border affairs in Sichuan and Yunnan, and Fengshan, commander of the South Road Patrol Army, to Zhao Erfeng.
One said that he had led a heavy army to Yazhou, was on the way to the march, and the front station had arrived in Qiongzhou. Zeng Bichen read the letter and decided that Zhao Erfeng was secretly dispatching troops and dispatching generals, ke ri would be in Chengdu, and then destroy the remaining comrades' army and regain control of Sichuan politics.
Zeng Bichen secretly thought: This is a good opportunity for me to compete for the top, and I must not sit back and lose it! Despite the tiredness of the day, after packing up the letter, he beckoned a companion and entered the city at night. Seeing that the city gate had long been closed, he became famous and eager, so he climbed the city wall with his companions and went straight to the imperial military government, claiming that there were major secrets and asking to meet with Governor Yin.
Governor Yin Changheng heard the report and immediately summoned Zeng Bichen and his party.
At this time, Yin knew that the secret situation was like fire, and it was a matter of survival, so he held an emergency military meeting overnight, and decided that if he did not kill Zhao Erfeng as soon as possible, and waited for Fu Huafeng and Fengshan to arrive, It would be difficult for Chengdu to be saved.
A decision was made that night: Peng Guanglie's Second Division (then stationed in Shuangliu) was quickly dispatched to attack Qiongya to block Fu Huafeng and Fengshan's eastward advance; Tao Zekun, the former guard officer of Zhao Erfeng (who later rebelled with the Brotherhood of elders) and the current head of the escort regiment of the Governor's Palace, acted overnight and cooperated with the outside of the governor's deployment.
The next day, after a burst of gunfire, Zhao Erfeng was captured in the South Garden of Tuoyuan Street, and was escorted by Tao Zekun to the Imperial City Military Government, and after Yin Changheng personally presided over the trial, under the side steps of the Mingyuan Building, he immediately pronounced the verdict of the owl and showed the public. At that time, the onlookers were in the market, and the whole city was excited, clapping their hands and applauding.
The execution of Zhao Erfeng was a great good thing that Yin Changheng did to the people of Sichuan when he was in charge of the Sichuan military government.
In June of the following year, he was squeezed out by Yuan Shikai and surrendered to power, and was transferred west to Tibet. The authority of the Sichuan military government was transferred to Hu Jingyi, a member of Yuan Shikai.