Zhang Zuolin was born as a poor peasant and mixed in the green forest, but he rose to become the king of the Northeast, and finally died of Japanese explosives; Zhang Xueliang, who took over the Northeast after his father's death, and the "Northeast Banner" and "Xi'an Incident" profoundly influenced the course of Chinese history, and was later imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for most of his life. The father and son of the Zhang family have left their mark on history in different ways, but later generations have paid little attention to the relationship between the father and son. Zhang Xueliang, as Zhang Zuolin's eldest son, had the idea of shooting at his father when he was a child. In his later years, Zhang Xueliang, who regained his freedom, said with emotion, "My father is better than me", why is all this? 01 If you have a gun in your hand.
It all started with Zhang Xueliang's mother, Zhao Chungui. Zhao Chungui's family is a small landowner in the local area. Why did she marry Zhang Zuolin, there are different opinions. Some say that Zhang Zuolin saved Zhao Chungui's father, and some say that Zhao Chungui's father fell in love with Zhang Zuolin at a glance, and he will definitely soar in the future. It is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. The only thing that can be determined is that Zhang Zuolin was just a veterinarian in the countryside at that time, and Zhao Chungui married him, which can be regarded as a lower marriage. 
When the two first got married, the relationship was still good. Zhao Chungui successively gave birth to Zhang Zuolin's daughter Zhang Shoufang, sons Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Xueming. Later, Zhang Zuolin went to become a bandit, and since then he has risen all the way, and finally controlled the entire Northeast. A small veterinarian back then has now become the king of the Northeast. As Zhang Zuolin's status continues to rise, he marries more and more wives. First the second aunt, then the third aunt. There are more wives and more entertainment, and Zhang Zuolin slowly began to lose his home, or he had too many homes to go back to. Zhang Xueliang lived with his mother, and in Zhang Xueliang's memories, "When I was a child, my father came back after dark, and the rooster crowed and went out." According to what we say now, Zhang Xueliang's childhood lacked the participation of his father. Naturally, the relationship between him and his father is not very harmonious. Although in that era, it was common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. But as a woman, Zhao Chungui's heart still can't get over this hurdle. Every time I recall the time when I accompanied Zhang Zuolin to flee around, I think of the hardships and sins I suffered with him, and then I look at the current Zhang Zuolin who keeps taking concubines and lingering in the gentle countryside of the newcomers, but he leaves his wife behind. Despair, loneliness, anger and helplessness all came to Zhao Chungui's heart. She sometimes complained to Zhang Xueliang's grandmother: "You said that he was in Mukden, Fengtian and Xinmin are so close, catch up with a sunny day, stand on the tower of Fengtian, and you can see Xinmin's earthen wall without a telescope." He won't come back, does he think I'm old."
After Zhang Zuolin made his career, he also asked Zhao Chungui's mother and son to move to Xinmin's mansion. But Zhao Chungui really didn't want to look up and see those aunts and wives, so he refused Zhang Zuolin's request. Zhang Zuolin saw that Zhao Chungui refused, and he was angry, so he thought that she didn't know what to do. Zhang Zuolin, who crawled out of the pile of dead people all the way, has thought about Zhao Chungui's sadness, and he will not know the bitterness and pain behind "seeing the newcomer laughing, and hearing the old man cry". In Zhang Xueliang's memories, his mother Zhao Chungui later became in a very bad mood. My mother, who was always smiling, suddenly became moody and sometimes unreasonable. The resentment in Zhao Chungui's heart had no place to spread, but could only be sprinkled on their sisters and brothers. Zhang Xueliang also saw his mother crying secretly several times. Slowly, Zhang Xueliang knew the reason for the change in his mother - because of their father. Subtly, Zhang Xueliang also had a little more resentment towards his estranged father. In order to punish Zhao Chungui for his refusal, Zhang Zuolin deliberately cut off the family's monthly money, just to make Zhao Chungui soften. Zhao Chungui is also a strong character, she resolutely did not go to see Zhang Zuolin, but sent her son Zhang Xueliang to ask his father for money. There is a constant cold war between the parents, and they are constantly fighting, but the children caught in the middle are the innocent victims. Every time he asked his father for money, Zhang Xueliang's resentment towards his father increased by one point. At a young age, he could not understand the complex relationship between men and women, he only saw his father and his aunts and wives living in a spacious and bright mansion, eating big fish and meat, while he and his sister and brother still lived in Xinmin's small house. He would simply think that his father was not good to us. Zhao Chungui's mood is getting worse and worse, and his body is getting thinner and thinner. Zhao Chungui finally fell ill, and she couldn't afford to get sick for this disease. Seeing that his mother's illness was not improving, Zhang Xueliang went to Mukden again. After Zhang Xueliang entered the Marshal Mansion in Fengtian, Zhang Zuolin was furious about something. Seeing his father's anger, Zhang Xueliang was a little scared, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "Dad, Mom is dying, go and see her" Zhang Zuolin, who was angry, listened to it and subconsciously thought that this was Zhao Chungui's trick. He said to Zhang Xueliang without looking back: "Get out!" Leave me alone! On this day, Zhang Xueliang walked away crying. At that moment, he thought to himself that if he had a gun in his hand, he would definitely shoot this cold-blooded father. After Zhang Zuolin was angry, he still sent his second aunt to Xinmin to see the situation. When the second aunt arrived in Xinmin, she was startled when she saw Zhao Chungui's angry appearance, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin. At this time, Zhang Zuolin still thought that this was misinformation. In the end, Zhao Chungui left, and she was only 38 years old this year. When Zhang Zuolin heard the news, he hurried back from Mukden. At this moment, he finally remembered the years when Zhao Chungui had accompanied him in life and death and hardship, and he finally realized that he owed this woman too much. Zhao Chungui's funeral was very grand, Fengtian was the size of **, Zhang Zuolin's brothers, and officers came, and even the consuls and ** of Japan, **United States, and these countries also rushed to Xinmin. At the time of the burial, it was Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Zuoxiang, Tang Yulin and other Zhang Zuolin's cronies who carried the coffin for Zhao Chungui. Zhang Zuolin seems to want to compensate Zhao Chungui with a grand funeral. After the funeral, Zhang Zuolin looked at Zhang Xueliang, who was silent, and said a word: "Little Liuzi (Zhang Xueliang's nickname), you remember, you will bury me here after I die" At this moment, the sad Zhang Xueliang found that his father still had a little human touch. 02 rebellious little six sons.
After the death of his mother, Zhang Xueliang's sister and brother followed Zhang Zuolin back to Fengtian. Zhang Zuolin also knew that he had too little company for his children, and he tried his best to compensate for it when he felt guilty. He invited the best teachers for the children and provided the best conditions, especially the eldest son Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zuolin spent a lot of thought. 
Zhang Zuolin has invited a lot of teachers to Zhang Xueliang, four books and five classics, poems and songs, Zhang Xueliang is a little older, and he invited a special English teacher to learn Xi English. When many boys are in adolescence, there will be a time when they will be against their fathers at every turn. Zhang Xueliang was originally dissatisfied with his father's debt to his mother, and with the arrival of adolescent rebellion, Zhang Xueliang went against his old father everywhere. Whatever Zhang Zuolin asked him to do, he didn't do it; Whatever Zhang Zuolin didn't let him do, he not only had to do it, but also did it with great fanfare. Zhang Xueliang was disgusted with everything his father arranged for him, and he looked down on his fathers. In his eyes, these are too earthy; Zhang Xueliang also didn't want to listen to Zhang Zuolin's life experience, in his heart, these should have been swept into the garbage bag of history a long time ago. What does Zhang Xueliang like? Under the introduction of Zhou Dawen, he often participated in the activities of the ** Teaching Youth Association at that time. Here, he was exposed to the European and American way of life, influenced by Western culture, where he learned tennis, golf, and even learned to fly an airplane. Many years later, Zhang Xueliang recalled this past and said that "he was influenced by Western teachers and friends more than his own teachers and friends", which was so new that Zhang Xueliang was too attractive. In contrast, he grew more and more tired of everything his father had arranged for him. But "the arm can't twist the thigh", Zhang Zuolin is by Zhang Xueliang in some small things. But in some major matters, Zhang Zuolin did not give an inch. For example, Zhang Xueliang's marriage, he arranged a candidate for Zhang Xueliang's wife early on-Yu Fengzhi; For example, Zhang Xueliang's life path, how can he study medicine? The three eastern provinces that my old Zhang worked so hard to build are still waiting for you to inherit! 
In the end, Zhang Xueliang married Yu Fengzhi according to Zhang Zuolin's arrangement; According to his father's arrangement, he embarked on the road of military service. The relationship between the two fathers and sons is very delicate, and Zhang Xueliang's feelings for his father are also very complicated, with both hatred and admiration. Every time Zhang Xueliang resists, he is establishing his own identity and establishing his own worldview; He is confident and wants to control every step of his life. If there is confrontation between father and son, there will naturally be reconciliation. It's just that for Zhang Xueliang, the reconciliation between him and his father was too cruel. In June 1928, Zhang Zuolin was seriously injured in the bombing of Huanggutun and died soon at the age of 53. This year, Zhang Xueliang was 27 years old. Without allowing too much thought, Zhang Xueliang was pushed into the position of his father. It wasn't until he really became the master of the Northeast Army that Zhang Xueliang understood that his father was not easy. In order to stabilize the situation and control the army, Zhang Xueliang had to learn from Zhang Zuolin Xi. Zhang Xueliang imitated everything about Zhang Zuolin, and he kept recalling, how did his father manage people? How does the father balance the competing interests of his subordinates? How did my father deal with Tsarist Russia and Japan? Through reminiscences, he continued to imitate, continued to learn Xi, and even tried his best to get closer to his father in the tone of his words. At this moment, Zhang Xueliang is working hard to become another Zhang Zuolin. Maybe he didn't realize that he had inadvertently reconciled with his father. 03 He's better than me.
After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang insisted on sending Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, despite the dissuasion of his subordinates. As a result, he never came back, and Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by Lao Jiang for most of his life. During his long imprisonment career, Zhang Xueliang started from Xikou and traveled to many places: Huangshan, Pingxiang, Chenzhou, Hsinchu, Keelung, etc. In this seemingly wealthy, but actually painful cage, Zhang Xueliang has a lot of time to review his life. Perhaps at this time, Zhang Xueliang slowly discovered the power of his father Zhang Zuolin. Both father and son are soldiers, and in Zhang Xueliang's memories, his father Zhang Zuolin not only rides a horse well, but also has great marksmanship. Zhang Xueliang said: "(Father) showed the soldiers, using copper or iron signs, 100 meters away, with guns, you hit it, just sound it on the spot." And he took the loaded gun, and took one, and took one, and took one, and took one."
Although Zhang Zuolin has not read any books, in Zhang Xueliang's memories, Zhang Zuolin has an unusual sensitivity to new things. For example, Zhang Zuolin strongly advocated that the Northeast Army should build an air force, which was already very advanced in China at that time, and other generals who had attended military schools and stayed abroad may not be able to see this step, but Zhang Zuolin, who was born in a reckless background, saw the key at a glance. The Northeast Air Force developed rapidly under Zhang Zuolin's hands, with more than 300 planes and a total of five aviation units in its heyday. The arsenals in the Northeast can even manufacture their own aircraft, and the Northeast Army has also set up its own aviation school to train pilots. Both father and son have been in charge of the three eastern provinces, and Zhang Xueliang particularly admires Zhang Zuolin's super leadership and ruling ability. Within the Northeast Army, in fact, there are many hills, and Zhang Zuolin is the youngest in the leadership and the least qualified. But Zhang Zuolin can always sit firmly in the first place, and most people are loyal to him. So much so that after Zhang Zuolin died, someone wanted to arch Zhang Zuoxiang to preside over the overall situation. However, Zhang Zuoxiang respectfully helped Zhang Xueliang to the throne of the boss of the Northeast Army and became the new generation of "Northeast King". In Zhang Xueliang's view, his father Zhang Zuolin "has the ability to rule people." This is innate, those people can be said to be reckless heroes, but they all obey him" The Japanese are a topic that Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang can't get around. And how to deal with the Japanese is what Zhang Zuolin admires most about his son. Zhang Xueliang said in an interview in his later years, "My father is better than me, he copes with the Japanese and copes well. I can't, I don't have the ability. He's very good at both hard and soft. So the Japanese hated him so much that he didn't fall for them. That's how hard it is. I admire my father very, very much" Indeed, if Zhang Xueliang had half of his father's courage and courage in dealing with the Japanese, there would not have been hundreds of thousands of Northeast troops giving up the three eastern provinces. In the end, all of this came together, and it became a sentence in Zhang Xueliang's mouth, "My father is better than me", but it is Zhang Xueliang's heartfelt words after the vicissitudes of life. From the disdain of his youth, to the unconsciously imitated everywhere when he was young, and then to the admiration and envy of his old age, Zhang Xueliang's attitude towards his father Zhang Zuolin continued to rise. The person is still the same person, but Zhang Xueliang's environment has changed, the people and events he has to deal with have changed, and his state of mind has also changed. He once ignored his father's everything, and suddenly found that these were not all wrong, and even some of them were heights that he could never reachHe had opposed his father's arrangements, but later he found them not bad;He used to think that his father was old-fashioned, but when he came to power, he knew that it was difficult for his father to start from scratch, and he knew that it was not easy for his father to manage people;And the dominance and insight of my father have not learned a few points. If you put aside the historical identity of the Zhang family's father and son, you may find that they are just an ordinary father and son. The relationship between their father and son is very similar to that between you and me. Zhang Xueliang's rebellion in the past, isn't it the restlessness and growth of you and me in adolescence?Zhang Xueliang's later awakening, isn't it the experience of you and me after reaching middle age?