In 1994, Zhang Lulin, who had been away from his hometown for 54 years, replaced Zhang Xueliang and

"Homesickness is a shallow strait, I am at this end, and the mainland is at that end. ”

However, with the passage of time, those old people who cannot return to their homeland, they can only pin their hopes on their children, hoping that they can take themselves back to their hometown in the future, so as to comfort their homesickness.

The one we're going to talk about today has a lot of origins. This person's mother is Ms. Zhao Yidi, who is known as Miss Zhao Si. His father is Zhang Xueliang, who is very influential in modern history.

And he is Zhang Xueliang's fourth son - Zhang Lulin. It wasn't until 1994 that Zhang Lulin returned to his homeland, but at this time he no longer spoke his native language.

Zhang Lulin has three other elder brothers, who were born to Zhang Xueliang's original partner Yu Fengzhi:The eldest brother Zhang Luxun, the second brother Zhang Luyu, and the third brother Zhang Luqi. For various reasons, these three people were unable to fulfill their father's wish to return home.

Zhang Xueliang has four sons, they are: the eldest son Zhang Luxun, the second son Zhang Luyu, the third son Zhang Luqi, and the fourth son Zhang Lulin. However, these four were unable to fulfill their father's wish to return to their hometown on behalf of their father due to various reasons.

The eldest brother has always been calm and calm, but during his time in England, he was unfortunately attacked by German air raids, which caused a great impact on his spirit, and his life has changed dramatically since then.

The second brother was a free-spirited smoker, and this lifestyle eventually led him to suffer from lung disease and die early.

The third brother was infected with tuberculosis at the age of ten, and despite all the hardships he went through, he failed to overcome the disease and died of illness.

As a result, this strong sense of homecoming was pinned on the shoulders of Zhang Xueliang's youngest son, Zhang Lulin.

In November 1930, Zhang Lulin was born in Tianjin. He is the youngest son of Zhang Xueliang and the only son of Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi. At this time, less than a year was left before the Japanese invaded the three northeastern provinces. This also makes us understand how difficult Zhang Lulin will face after he is born.

In 1936, the Xi'an Incident broke out, and Chiang Kai-shek was treacherous after the peaceful settlement of the incident, and he threw Zhang Xueliang into prison. The once prominent Zhangjia family in Northeast China has since fallen into great turmoil.

Hearing the news of Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment, his wife Zhao Yidi was so anxious that she couldn't wait to take the young Zhang Lulin to accompany Zhang Xueliang immediately. However, due to various reasons, her wish could not be realized, and she could only take her children to Hong Kong to settle down.

In 1940, Zhang Xueliang was transferred to Yangmingdong, Guizhou, a humid and stuffy place hidden deep in the mountains. There are a lot of mosquitoes here, which is not a good environment for Zhang Xueliang from the northeast.

Every day, Zhang Xueliang had to endure interrogations by Kuomintang agents, and this physical and mental torture made his physical condition deteriorate.

After Zhao Yidi, who was far away in Hong Kong, heard the news, he decided to go to Guizhou to take care of Zhang Xueliang, but if he wanted to go, he couldn't take his young son Zhang Lulin with him that day, because Zhang Lulin was only a ten-year-old child at this time, how could he withstand the harsh conditions of the prison place.

However, Zhang Lulin can't not take care of her, so who should she entrust to？At this time, Zhao Yidi thought of the Englishman Ijag and his wife.

In his early years, Iag served as a quartermaster in the Northeast Army, and was favored by Zhang Zuolin because of his talent. It is precisely because of his close contacts with the Zhang family that he was more valued during Zhang Xueliang's reign.

In 1940, Zhao Yidi took his young son Zhang Lulin and found the Iago couple who were settling in the United States at the moment.

The Ijag couple, who were deeply loved by the two generations of the Zhang family, were also extremely angry at Chiang Kai-shek's treachery. At the same time, they deeply admired Zhao Yidi's loyalty, and in the face of Zhao Yidi's request, they agreed without hesitation.

At the time of parting, the young Zhang Lulin held her mother's hand and cried bitterly, and Zhao Yidi was also in tears at the momentEventually, however, he relented and boarded a ship bound for China.

Since this day, Zhang Lulin has started his life in a foreign country, thousands of miles away from his parents.

In view of Zhang Xueliang's special political status at that time, Zhang Lulin's life was extremely dangerous. Before Zhao Yidi sent him back to China, she repeatedly warned the Ijag couple that they must strictly guard the secret of Zhang Lulin's true identity.

To ensure the child's safety, Ijag came up with an ingenious plan. He changed Zhang Lulin's name to "Kerr" and taught him to learn Xi English, stipulating that Chinese should not be used in daily communication. At the same time, he also asked him to change his name to "Mr. and Mrs. Ijag".Mom and Dad".

However, Zhang Lulin's yellow and black hair still attracted unnecessary attention in the United States. From time to time, unidentified people came to the door and asked about the origin of the child.

In desperation, Ijag had no choice but to stage a scene with his wife arguing over the child, claiming that it was his "romantic debt" during his time in China. This remark gradually calmed down the suspicion of the outside world.

To further ensure Zhang's safety, after completing his primary education, the Ijagers decided to move their family to a more inclusive and open Los Angeles.

Later, under the careful care and careful training of Mr. and Mrs. Iago, Zhang Lulin was successfully admitted to California Aerospace University with excellent results.

After he graduated, he successfully entered the work of the California Space Administration and became an aerospace expert.

At this time, Zhang Lulin, who has grown up, misses most in his heart is still the distant parents and the land of his hometown, and every time he dreams back late at night, tears always wet his eyes.

Here in the United States, Lulin Zhang thrives;On the other side, the imprisoned Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi have endless thoughts about their son.

Due to their long-term isolation, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi were unable to get in touch with the Iyag couple or learn about their son, Zhang Lulin.

Therefore, for their son Zhang Lulin, it can only be used"No news".to describe. Still, they are looking forward to the day when they will be reunited with their son.

Mother's love is great, in the days when Zhao Yidi parted with her son, she was tormented by thoughts all the time. Especially after the devastating fire in the Chinese community in San Francisco in 1952, her worries reached the extreme.

Zhao Yidi's heart was always shrouded in worry, and he couldn't let go of the burden in his heart. However, there was nothing else she could do. Even when Zhang Xueliang is in prison, the Taiwan authorities have never slackened their surveillance of him. In this case, Zhao Yidi's longing for her son became more and more intense, and she was always worried about his safety, looking forward to meeting again one day.

In 1954, in order to find out whether Zhang Xueliang's thinking had changed since he was imprisoned for more than 20 years, Song Meiling sent a teacher to use teaching English as a gimmick to spy on the news.

However, in the process of getting along with Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, this teacher actually became good friends with Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi.

In the spring of 1955,Zhao Yidi received Dong Xianguang and his wife. Their arrival rekindled the light for Zhao Yidi's flame of hope, which had faded away.

After a few simple words of greeting, Zhao Yidi began to talk about her son Zhang Lulin, who had been separated for 15 years. She pleaded with Mr. and Mrs. Dong to help her find her foster son in the United States after she left for the United States.

Faced with such an expectant mother, Dong Xianguang and his wife did not hesitate, they agreed to Zhao Yidi's request.

Then they asked Zhao Yidi for Zhang Lulin's address in the United States, but this simple request was like an insurmountable gap for Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, who had been imprisoned for 10 years and completely lost their freedom of communication with the outside world.

They were unable to provide a specific address for Ms. Zhang in the United States.

In desperation, Zhao Yidi could only give the mailing address between himself and the Ijag couple when he lived in Hong Kong before 1940:309 Green Avenue, San Francisco Bay Area, USA。She hopes that this clue will be helpful to Dong Xianguang and his wife in their search.

According to this only clue, Dong Xianguang and his wife began a difficult search. They finally found Zhang Lulin's current address and promptly told the good news to Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, who were far away in Taiwan.

At the same time, Dong Xianguang and his wife also went to Los Angeles in person and met Zhang Lulin, who had grown up.

After learning the news, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi's hearts were full of joy. Their eagerness to see their children has become the only thing they can expect in life.

Dong Xianguang knew the difficult situation of his friends Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, and he worked tirelessly to lobby Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling, hoping to help them realize this dream.

After a year of waiting,In 1956, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi finally got their wish, and they met their child Zhang Lulin.

When relatives meet, it is naturally very touching!

In 1959, at this time, the national ** also released Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment, but he was still restricted from moving. In the summer of the following year, Zhao Yidi went to the United States alone to visit relatives.

At this time, his son Zhang Lulin was also married, and his wife was a Chinese girl he met when he was a student at the University of California, named Chen Shuzhen, who was the niece of the Cantonese warlord Chen Jitang.

On July 4, 1964, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi officially held their wedding, and Zhao Yidi, who was far away in the United States, was also very happy after learning the news of his parents' marriage, and wrote a letter to congratulate his parents.

In 1990, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi won the freedom of life, at this time they were old and helpless, so they chose to go to their son Zhang Lulin in the United States, and then applied to the United States Immigration Bureau to apply for a long-term residence green card.

It didn't take long for the application to be approvedThe couple also successfully received the U.S. green card, and since this day, Zhang Xueliang and his wife have lived with Zhang Lulin and shared the joy of family.

In the time Zhang Lulin spent with his father Zhang Xueliang, he found that Zhang Xueliang's eyes would always burst with excitement when he recalled the past, talked about his homeland and remembered his deceased, but this light would gradually fade and be replaced by a trace of sadness and depth.

In 1993, when Zhang Lulin expressed his desire to return to his motherland to visit his father Zhang Xueliang, he immediately received Zhang Xueliang's support, and even Zhang Xueliang urged his son to leave as soon as possible.

On the eve of the upcoming departure, Zhang Xueliang held his son's hand tightly and instructed again:"I can't help myself now, and I can't go back in person, but you must take my place to see our former residence in Shenyang and your grandfather's empty tomb outside Fushun City.

In May 1994, after a year of preparation, Zhang Lulin finally took his wife to embark on the road back to his hometown.

In May 1994, after a year of preparation, Zhang Lulin finally embarked on the return journey to her hometown with her wife.

When his plane slowly landed at the Beijing airport, Zhang Lulin was still apprehensive in his heart, he didn't know much about the motherland, he had been away from here for too long, and he was worried that the people of the motherland would treat him like an outsider.

However, he soon found out that he had made a mistake, and the director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau not only came to greet him in person this time, but also arranged for him to stay in a four-star hotel, and during the air show on the second day, the staff also allowed him to enter the satellite exhibition hall, which was not open to the public.

All this made Zhang Lulin, who had been in a foreign country for a long time, feel the warmth of home, and he was also sincerely pleased with the achievements of the motherland's aerospace industry.

After Zhang Lulin participated in the Beijing Air Show, he went non-stop to the place that has always been haunted by his dreamsNortheast.

After 54 years, Zhang Lulin once again set foot on the land of the Northeast, but he was 64 years old at this time, but he couldn't cry, he missed this land too much. Zhang Lulin's first stop in the Northeast was to go to the Zhang Xueliang Memorial Hall, which has been converted into a memorial hall."The Marshal's Mansion".

Looking at the grass and trees, tables and chairs in front of him, Zhang Lulin couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, he rubbed the utensils here, and at the same time talked to his entourage about his past time in the Shuaifu.

After that, Zhang Lulin went to Marshal Lin, which was the resting place of his grandfather Zhang Zuolin, and it was also a place frequently mentioned in Zhang Xueliang's letters in previous years.

Before leaving Marshal Lin, Marshal Lin looked at the tombstone, he couldn't help but think of his grandfather, his father Zhang Xueliang, and remembered the scenes of the past, and couldn't help but tears also emerged, choking in his throat.

Suddenly, Zhang Lulin straightened her waist and shouted in a straight voice

"I'm coming to see you on behalf of your son!”

As a son, Zhang Xueliang's biggest regret is that he was unable to return to his hometown in person, clean the cemetery for his father Zhang Zuolin, and light a stick of incense.

Zhang Lulin deeply engraved this regret in his heart, and when he returned to the Northeast this time, he carefully photographed every inch of Marshal Lin's grass and trees, and planned to bring it back to the United States to show his father, which can be regarded as fulfilling a wish of his father.

This trip to the Northeast is not only a revisit to the old place for Zhang Lulin, but also a lot of old people. When the news of Zhang Lulin's return came out, many old subordinates of the Northeast Army, as well as Zhang Xueliang's old friends and relatives came to meet him.

They sat together, tasting simple Northeast dishes, reminiscing about the past, and talking about the current situation, each with a sincere smile on their faces.

After returning to the United States, Zhang Lulin told Zhang Xueliang in detail what he had seen and heard in the Northeast, so that Zhang Xueliang's longing for his hometown could be comforted.

Zhang Xueliang was also very emotional after hearing his son's words, and then wrote down the two sentences "The crane has a dream of returning home, and the cloud has no heart" and sent it to the old department of the Northeast Army, which shows General Zhang Xueliang's attachment to his homeland.

He wanted to go back to his hometown so much, but why didn't he go in the end?

In his later years, someone once asked Zhang Xueliang:Do you want to go back to your hometown in the Northeast?

At that time, Zhang Xueliang was very firm, saying that he dreamed of going back to his hometown in the Northeast and seeing the mountains and rivers there. He even said that his biggest dream is to hope that he can return to his roots in another hundred years.

Of course, New China also attached great importance to Zhang Xueliang and warmly invited him to attend major meetings on many occasions. In order to ensure that he could attend these meetings in person, he even sent his adjutant Lu Zheng to the United States to meet himThe president of Northeastern University, his hometown, joined forces with 100 celebrities to write a joint letter urging him to return to China to participate in the grand event.

However, it is regrettable that Zhang Xueliang politely declined.

That day, he clearly said that he wanted to return to China, but why did he refuse?

Although he said that when he was released by Taiwan, he ostensibly promised that he could return to the mainland, but this was by no means sincere; after all, Zhang Xueliang was not an ordinary person, he had served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang in the past, and he knew too much information about the Kuomintang, so how could Taiwan allow him to go back easily?

Somewhat different from his father Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xueliang has deep apologies and guilt for the Northeast. As Zhang Zuolin's son, he did not take a tough attitude towards the outside world like his father.

When the Japanese invaded, Zhang Xueliang finally chose to obey Chiang Kai-shek's order to "not resist", which also led to the rapid fall of the three eastern provinces, almost giving up the country's land, and countless people lost their homes because of his "non-resistance" order!He thinks that he is shameless to face his parents and fellow villagers in his hometown.

This is a scar in Zhang Xue's conscience that can never be unraveled, and I am afraid that he will pass away with this regret and guilt.

Home and country seem to be gone in the end of Zhang Xueliang's life. In the Northeast, his home was gone as early as when he ordered "no resistance", and now he has no face to go back to the Northeast;Guo, he is obviously a Chinese, but he has completed the last part of his life in the United States.

The home is gone, and the country cannot be returned. I think Zhang Xueliang is a pity, no one would want to return to his roots after his death, and this young marshal is the same.