The last president of Beiyang
On October 6, 1923, Cao Kun was elected as the President of the Republic of China. This was the famous "presidential bribery" in modern history. This so-called "election bribery" will not be reorganized here. , formulated China's first constitution, the "Constitution of the Republic of China", known in history as "Cao Kun's Constitution." On October 10, 1923, the constitution was promulgated and implemented by Cao Kun. This constitution is China's first officially promulgated constitution. Cao Kun After taking office as the president, the real power of the Zhili clique was transferred to Wu Peizi, and the Beijing government pursued its policy of unifying China by force. The Feng clique warlords also tried their best to expand their armaments and prepare to compete with the Zhili clique for central power again in 1924. In September, the second Zhili-Fengtian War finally broke out. On the 23rd, due to the defection of the Zhili Army's 3rd Army Feng Yuxiang, the Zhili Army failed. Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi, Sun Yue and others jointly sent a telegram calling for peace. Launched the "Beijing Coup", overthrew the Zhili Clan regime, occupied Ding Beijing, and placed Cao Wan under house arrest in Zhongnanhai Yanqing Tower. The next wave of power was transferred from the Zhili Clan to the Feng Clan. The ruling government fell into a passive position due to the March 18th Massacre. On April 9, 1926, Feng Yuxiang's subordinate Lu Zhonglin launched a mutiny and surrounded the provisional ruling government. Duan Qirui escaped. At the same time, Lu Zhonglin also released the people who were under house arrest. Cao Kun. In short, in today's impression of historical figures, bribery of the president is a label attached to Cao Yin. If there is a chance, I hope to explore the background of this label with you. In his later years, Cao Kun was... The most positive publicity was that during the Japanese occupation, Japanese and Chinese traitors persuaded Cao Kun to organize and participate in the puppet government, but Cao Kun sternly refused. The above is the story of the four presidents who came out of the small station training. There are also a provisional governor who exercised the power of the president, nine prime ministers, and more than thirty military governors who came out of military training at the station. We cannot present their stories to everyone here one by one. Even for the above four presidents, we also It's just a brief summary of their lives. One regret about our lecture this time is that we don't have time to tell you the story of 's interim power and Prime Minister Duan Qirui. We will choose the appropriate time to tell it to you. Everyone talks about the director of the artillery school where troops were trained at the small station, and Duan, the future leader of the Three Republics. We really don’t know how long it will take to bring together all the generals who came out of the military training at the small station. : One of the Three Heroes of Beiyang, Prime Minister, Wang Shi Cao Kun's former residence in Zhen; Zhao Bingjun, one of the founders of the Chinese police system; ; Tianjin fellow and Jiangxi Governor Li Chuchun; Shandong Governor and Army Minister Jin Yunpeng; the one who died due to the restoration The famous Zhang Xun; the veteran of the small page military training station, Rehe Governor and Army General Jiang Guiti; Hubei Governor and Army Chief Duan Zhigui; Tianjin fellow and Jilin Warlord Meng Enyuan; and Zhang Huaizhi , Wang Zhanyuan , Sun Chuanfang , Chen Guangyuan , Wang Huaiqing , Ni Sichong , etc., etc., too many. The story of the military training at the small station. The influential figures in modern history who emerged from the military training at the small station once left a treacherous past on the land of China. We should not forget it. I hope my lecture can arouse your interest in that period of history. That period of history is also the history that actually happened on this land. Those people are actually our predecessors. I hope We can also truly understand them and remember them. Finally, we still use the commentary of the documentary "Five Avenues" to end our lecture. Dear listeners, thank you for listening to me telling the story of military training at the small station in one month.
