"Dean, hurry up and get an idea! Is it to reduce the number of people or to reduce the luggage? If you don't say anything, it's really too late, and no one will be able to leave at that time. ”
On December 8, 1949, Zhu Jiaye, vice president of the Kuomintang Executive Yuan, was anxiously shouting at a man.
No matter what Zhu Jiaye said, the man didn't move at all, guarding the two boxes beside him, like a miser.
This person is none other than Yan Xishan, the leader of the Shanxi warlords known as the "Emperor of the Soil".
When fleeing for their lives, the plane was overweight and the crowd could not get out.
And Yan Xishan, who was willing to leave behind his life and death brothers, also brought two boxes of gold.
Why did Yan Xishan fall into such a situation? What will happen to him, who is greedy for money?
Yan Xishan
Shanxi overseers, powerful in all directions
Throughout the 38 years that Yan Xishan ruled Shanxi, there were frequent wars and warlords in China, and the people everywhere complained and complained, and everywhere they looked, they were devastated.
Only this place in Shanxi, which has maintained a peaceful life for a long time, has not been invaded by the great war, nor has it been baptized by artillery fire, and it is a rare place of peace.
It is no exaggeration to say that a large part of the credit for Shanxi's situation is due to Yan Xishan.
How did this Earth Emperor do it? How capable is he?
In 1902, Yan Xishan, who was only 19 years old, made a life-changing decision - to abandon business and join the army.
After a great escape, the father and son of the Yan family, who were on the edge of the sword, realized that the livelihood of lending money and collecting interest and speculating would not last long.
owes a lot of money, loses several lifetimes of family wealth, and is chased and killed by the main family, and has no peaceful life.
If you want to live the old days of eating and drinking without worry, it is obviously impossible to just be an idle rich man.
At present, new and old contradictions are emerging in society, and the only safe way to survive is to join the army.
You can live in peace and enrich yourself, so why not?
With this in mind, Yan Xishan was admitted to the Shanxi Military Academy, and his military career began from there.
The following year, with the financial assistance of his stepmother, Yan Xishan, who excelled in his studies, was able to go to Japan for exchange and study.
Yan Xishan, who had traveled across the ocean and came into contact with new ideas, completely changed his appearance, and the seeds of revolution were buried in his heart, so he turned around and joined the League and became the first batch of members.
The 22-year-old Yan Xishan came into contact with all the core figures in the Kuomintang leadership circle, which shows that his ability is not ordinary.
In 1909, Yan Xishan successfully completed his studies in Japan, returned to his hometown in Shanxi, and became a colonel.
Yan Xishan, who is ambitious, is not willing to stick to this, he has greater desires.
In the past two years, Yan Xishan has made a lot of friends with wine and meat under the banner of "Great Qing Standard", and at the same time, he has used the springboard of the League to contact the members of the Shanxi New Army.
At that time, the whole country was surrounded by the tide of revolutionary ideas, and young people with lofty ideals and people with lofty ideals all over the country were gearing up, waiting for a perfect opportunity.
In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out in the artillery fire, and Yan Xishan took the lead in the Taiyuan uprising by virtue of his identity.
After a long period of hypocrisy and grievance, he provided convenience, and after the governor of Shanxi was killed, Yan Xishan successfully became the new governor of Shanxi.
However, Shanxi is too close to the imperial city, and the Shanxi army will definitely become the object of the Qing army's "sacrifice flag".
Yan Xishan could only order his troops to divide into two routes and march in the opposite direction from the north to the south, thus forming an encirclement of the Qing army.
Of course, Yan Xishan will not be slaughtered by others, he is very smart and knows how to use Sun Yat-sen's resources.
When facing danger, he decisively sent a distress signal to Sun Yat-sen.
Strictly speaking, Yan Xishan is not from Sun Yat-sen's side, he belongs to the neutral faction.