论湖广总督张之洞与继任总督赵尔巽之冲突

The conflict between Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Erxun who is Successor of the Governor of Huguang

光绪三十三年(1907)七月湖广总督张之洞奉旨进京并任军机大臣前后,继任总督的人选问题颇费周折。尽管张之洞中意的继任者是吕海寰,但继任湖广总督的却是赵尔巽。张之洞本希望继任总督能"萧规曹随",以便继续对湖北施加影响。后因赵尔巽在湖北军政和财政领域频繁安插亲信,张之洞对其日益不满,故借机上奏将其调离。张、赵冲突的背后是张之洞对经营了近二十年的湖北大本营这一政治资源的重视及控制,其根源在于晚清以降的地方主义。

In July of thirty-third year of Guangxu, after Governor Zhang Zhidong entered Beijing and became Minister of Military Aircraft, the selection of the new governor of Huguang was tortuous. Zhang Zhidong’s preferred successor was Lv Haihuan, but it was Zhao Erxun in the end. Zhang Zhidong hopes the successor will follow in his footsteps, who will continue to exert influence in Hubei. Because Zhao Erxun frequently placed close relatives in Hubei military and political and financial fields, Zhang Zhidong became increasingly dissatisfied with them, so he took the opportunity to transfer Zhao Erxun from the governor of Huguang. Behind the conflict between Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Erxun is that Zhang Zhidong’s concern, control and influence on the Hubei which is the base camp has operated for nearly 20 years.The influence of localism in the late Qing Dynasty.