News that the prospecting team was attacked soon spread to the prospecting team's base camp in Yucheng. The person in charge at the base camp quickly contacted Yunnan Chairman Long Yun and asked Long Yun to rescue the prospecting team immediately.
After receiving the news, Long Yun did not dare to neglect. He knew that these prospecting teams were elites selected from the geology colleges of several universities in China. If something went wrong, the president would be furious and he would be left with nothing to eat.
Long Yun immediately ordered all the border guards in the Xiliang area to rush to the scene. Two hours later, when the border guards rushed all the way, they found that the more than 40 mine protection team members who were originally protected had been killed and injured in a mess.
The more than 70 exploration team members also injured more than ten people. If the border guard group had arrived ten minutes later, the entire exploration team would have been wiped out.
The border guard regiment that arrived in time drove away Liu Sitang's team with a burst of gunfire, and rescued the exploration team that was almost wiped out. The leader of the border guard regiment did not dare to neglect and immediately reported the news to the superiors.
"Bang" a tea cup was knocked down and turned into a pile of pieces on the ground. Su Tong was trembling with anger. He used to only know that bandits were rampant in some remote areas of Yunnan and there were many armed forces. In some places, even the local government was helpless.
But now they are so rampant that they dare to openly attack the prospecting team sent by the state and kill the prospecting team members. This is intolerable and it is time to deal with them.
Su Tong immediately called a confidential secretary to draft a telegram, ordering Long Yun to immediately arrest the culprit Liu Sitang and his accomplices and send them to Nanjing for trial without any mistakes.
Long Yun, who was far away in Kunming, Yunnan, was in a dilemma after receiving the telegram. On the one hand, he had the president's strict order, and on the other hand, he was his old subordinates. Long Yun, who was also born as a Yi people, had a generous temperament, and his subordinates were more considerate. Although
Liu Sitang voluntarily left the Yunnan Army, but he was always loyal and wanted to keep his old subordinates.
Long Yun, who was standing in the Yunnan Provincial Government Office Building in Kunming, said to Hu Ying, the deputy general of the former Yunnan Lecture Hall and the school team next to him: "Mr. Ying, no matter what, Liu Sitang is a member of our Yunnan Army. Although he is confused and does it now,
Something was wrong, but we can't ignore it. How about I send another telegram to President Su to plead for mercy?"
This Hu Ying is a veteran of the Yunnan Army. When Long Yun was still a guard beside Tang Jiyao, Hu Ying was the brigade commander of Hu.
He became one of the five brigade commanders of the Yunnan Army. Together with him as brigade commanders were the later chief instructor of Huangpu, the original military and political minister He Yingqin, and later Hu Ying slandered Gu Zhenglun in the dispute between Sun Yat-sen and Tang Jiyao. Sun Yat-sen wanted to
After hearing that Hu Ying was dismissed from the post of brigade commander, he resigned and returned to Yunnan with his family to live. Therefore, Long Yun still respected Hu Ying very much.
Hu Ying thought for a while and asked slowly: "Zhizhou, you are so optimistic about Liu Sitang that you even hesitate to offend the president for it."
Long Yun was stunned for a moment. He understood what Hu Ying meant. Was he willing to offend the president for an old subordinate who committed murder and robbery, or was he to follow the president's order to capture Liu Sitang. Long Yun also calmed down. Now the Yunnan Army is reorganizing the army.
The day is approaching, and it has been stipulated in the documents issued by the central government that once the reorganization begins, all units must serve as soldiers in different places. This means that once the reorganization is completed, the Yunnan Army's units must be immediately dispersed. The troops must be stationed in other places.
Allowing the local garrison to occur is something that Su Tong has repeatedly emphasized in his reorganization order. Therefore, it is not a wise thing to offend Su Tong at this time. But Long Yun himself is also a person of friendship, and for those who are also Yi people,
His old subordinates always wanted to take more care of him. Several of his closest confidants were Yi people. It was with the support of these Yi brothers that he defeated Hu Ruoyu and others and became the king of Yunnan. After he
In his subconscious mind, only subordinates who are also Yi people are the most reliable.
"Of course Liu Sitang must be rescued. Although he has quit our Yunnan Army on his own, since he was once my subordinate, I still have to take care of his affairs. We Yi people have a tradition of snatching brides since ancient times. If you want to come to me
Explain to the president that the president will still be merciful." Long Yun blurted out his words. Although Long Yun learned a lesson after successfully becoming the Yunnan Net, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin came to have a glass of wine to release his military power and conquer the world with him.
The old brothers all assigned high positions and let the Han officers who came from the Yunnan Martial Arts Hall to lead the troops, but in Long Yun's heart he still couldn't bear to part with the middle and lower-level Yi officers.
"My opinion is to immediately send troops to surround Liu Sitang and his stronghold, disarm them, and then send them to Nanjing." Hu Ying shook her head and said: "It has only been a few days since the president took office.
We have had such a big mess in Yunnan for just a few months. What do you want the president to think? And Zhizhou, your temper needs to be changed. I know you usually protect your subordinates, but you protect them all under your wings like this.
The next thing you can do is to harm them. Why did Liu Sitang dare to kill the people from the prospecting team sent by the government so unscrupulously? Didn't he decide that something was wrong and you would definitely come forward to protect him? What a loving mother and a loser, she said.
That’s the truth.”
The Yi people have always been very straight-tempered, especially Long Yun, who has been a soldier for most of his life. If anyone had said this, Long Yun would have slapped him away. But even though Hu Ying's words are true
He was very serious and straightforward, but Long Yun did not dare to lose his temper. Hu Ying was not only a veteran in the Yunnan Army, but also was kind to Long Yun twice. If it hadn't been for Hu Ying, Long Yun would have been
I don’t know where he was tricked, so Long Yun really had to think carefully about Hu Ying’s words.
"Yes, Zhizhou, you have to think carefully this time. President Su is not a vegetarian. Zhizhou, you have to be careful. This matter is our fault in the first place. If you continue to protect Liu Sitang, there will be consequences
It's very serious." The speaker next to him was an old man with white beard and hair. Seeing this old man, Long Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. This is another old man from Yunnan, named Zhou Zhongyue. This old man passed Xieyuan during the reign of Guangxu, but
In the second year, he gave up the imperial examination and went east to study in Japan. After Xinhai, he returned to China and served successively as the director of the Yunnan Education Department, the provincial governor, the director of the civil affairs department, and the director of the internal affairs department. He is an evergreen tree in Yunnan politics and is currently an important figure in Long Yun's staff.
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Long Yun also knew that he had a straightforward temper and was very immature when considering things, so he valued Hu Ying and Zhou Zhongyue very much. Now that he saw that these two main staff members were opposed in unison, he gave up trying to help Liu Sitang.
idea.
Long Yun immediately ordered the border defense regiment to immediately attack the camp where Liu Sitang was entrenched, and all Liu Sitang and others were disarmed and taken to Kunming.
Just when Long Yun just sent out the telegram, news came from the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense that the 27th Army of the former Sichuan Army, which had been reorganized in Sichuan, had been ordered to come to Kunming. Liu Wenhui, commander of the 27th Army, also sent a message
Long Yun sent a telegram. In the telegram, Liu Wenhui also satirized Long Yun and said that the Yi people are easy to plunder, but the national law does not allow it. You, Long Yun, cannot stop the Yi people, so he can do it for you. Now that he, Liu Wenhui, has been ordered to enter Kunming, he will definitely help.
Long Yun governed Yunnan well.
After receiving this telegram, Long Yun was so angry that he was pointing his nose at him and scolding him for being a plunderer. Was it because he supported these old Yi subordinates to plunder? In anger, Long Yun tore up the telegram on the spot.
He sent a telegram and gave an order to the border guard regiment that he must arrest Liu Sitang and others within one day, regardless of life or death.
After receiving Long Yun's strict order, the border defense regiment immediately surrounded Liu Sitang. A burst of mortars knocked out the mob gathered by Liu Sitang. Soon, Liu Sitang's cottage
The white flag was raised.
After learning that Long Yun had arrested the culprit who killed the prospecting team, Su Tong immediately ordered Long Yun to fly the main culprits to Nanjing to be tried by a military court.
This case of killing the prospecting team became a sensation after being publicized in newspapers. Soon, the Nanjing Military Court made a verdict. All thirty-seven people led by Liu Sitang who killed the prospecting team escort were sentenced to death and executed immediately.
A few days later, Su Tong took advantage of the storm and ordered the governors across the country to be swapped. Long Yun was transferred to Heilongjiang Province, thousands of kilometers away from Yunnan, and became the chairman of the provincial government. The chairman of Yunnan Province was replaced by his original position.
Shanxi native emperor Yan Xishan took over.
Su Tongzheng of the Nanjing Presidential Palace and Li Zongren, the current Prime Minister of the State Council, discussed the exchange of provincial governors across the country. Li Zongren smiled and said: "Jianming, you have completely muddied the water in the country. I don't know how many people will have to do this.
I can’t sleep.”
Su Tong shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't help it. Originally, the governors of each province were veterans who had been running their own businesses for decades. Take Yan Xishan, for example. He has been running Shanxi for decades. The power of the central government has no influence on him.
They can't pour water or insert needles. If things go on like this, they will become a kingdom of reading. And this incident in Yunnan has sounded the alarm for us. If Long Yun hadn't indulged his subordinates too much, how could this happen?
I am forced to do something about openly killing the prospecting team."
Su Tongqing said so lightly, but Li Zongren did not dare to think so lightly. Su Tong first used the name of reorganization and nationalization of the army to firmly grasp the army in his hands, and then used the Yunnan Prospecting Team to
In the name of being attacked, Long Yun was transferred to Heilongjiang. Although he was also the chairman of the Provincial Government, his power was deeply rooted in Yunnan, which was far different. And Li Zongren believed that even if Yunnan did not send out a prospecting team, Su Tong would
Another excuse is found.
Now that there has been a major change of governors across the country, the power they had originally managed has naturally disappeared. Su Tong's plans are linked one by one, step by step. This little fellow of his is really amazing.