好政府主义·好人政府·外交系——1920年代初北京政治生态一瞥

Good Governmentism, Good People’s Government and Department of Diplomacy—A quick glance of the political ecology of Beijing in the early 1920s

"好人政府"是外交系登上政治舞台初期的一幕演出,也是其政治生涯当中重要的一页。自由派知识分子将实现"好政府主义"的希望寄托在外交系身上,外交系却由于自身固有的软弱,在政治上无法摆脱吴佩孚的影响,沦为直系洛派操纵北京政局的一个工具,最终导致"好人政府"成为各方抨击的对象而倒台。可以说,作为北洋时期中国政坛上的一个特殊群体,外交系的政治性格通过"好人政府"得到了充分的展现。标榜"独立"却深深地卷入了政争,自诩"超然"却成为多方攻击的目标,这种看似矛盾的现象,实际上正是1920年代初北京政治生态的反映。

As a special group in Chinese political circle, the political character of Department of Diplomacy was fully shown through 'Good Governmentism'. It flaunted 'independence' but was deeply involved into the war; it boasted 'aloofness' but was attached by many. This seemingly contradictory phenomenon was actually the inflection of the political ecology of Beijng in the early 1920s.