"Young marshal"Zhang Xueliang, one of the four most beautiful men, died of illness at Straubie Hospital in Honolulu on October 14, 2001, at the age of 101.
After his death, news about his legacy continued to circulate. It is said that he has at least 600 million in cash** and dollars in cash in the Bank of New York, which is surprisingly large.
So, what did he get so much money from **? After all, after losing the territory of the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang lost the nearly 400,000 Northeast Army left by his father Zhang Zuolin, and was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek's father and son for half a century.
During this period, even if there are mountains of gold and silver, they won't spend more and more money, right? However, Zhang Xueliang has no shortage of money to spend in his life, which is mainly due to two people: Zhang Zuolin and Yu Fengzhi.
They created a carefree life for Zhang Xueliang.
In the first half of Zhang Xueliang's life, Zhang Xueliang was able to stand up to Zhang Zuolin, a father like Zhang Zuolin, which really responded to the words of the Chinese people - born to be a rich and noble life.
Zhang Zuolin's starting point is very low, he does not have a strong family background, and his parents are poor farmers. However, with his courage and wisdom, since the First Sino-Japanese War, he has thrown himself into the green forest, and his power has grown day by day.
Later, his strength was even so strong that he was unable to conquer and suppress it, so he could only choose Zhao'an. As soon as it was recognized by the government, Zhang Zuolin had an early place to stand in the northeast.
But far from resting on his laurels, he wanted to be stronger, with more land, more soldiers, and more wealth. To this end, he continued to fight in all directions, and by the time of Yuan Shikai's reign, he had laid the foundation for controlling the northeast region, just waiting for further development.
In 1916, as soon as Yuan Shikai died, the person who pressed on his head was gone, and he quickly conquered other forces in the Northeast like a wild horse, and became a veritable leader of the Beiyang Army and the "King of the Northeast".
More than 10 years later, on June 18, 1927, he also became the fourteenth head of state of Beiyang ** (that is, the supreme ruler of China) and reached the peak of his life. But only a year later, he was blown up by the Japanese.
From the 1894 Sino-Japanese Naval War to the top of the mountain to fight the world, to become the supreme ruler of the country, and then to be killed by the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin worked hard for more than 30 years.
During this period, he left countless fortunes for future generations, especially his successor Zhang Xueliang.
Frontier Bank, which was not originally founded by Zhang Zuolin and his subordinates or supporters, was not initially controlled by the Zhang family. But in 1924, Zhang Zuolin won the control of the Frontier Bank through the victory of the Beiyang warlords and the two families, and expanded and rectified the bank.
Under the leadership of Zhang Xueliang, Frontier Bank has developed rapidly, with business all over Northeast China, and its shareholders are all key members, and its operation is becoming more and more prosperous. However, this prosperity was shattered after the September 18 Incident in 1931, when the Bianye Bank was taken over by the Japanese, and the Zhang family lost this source of wealth.
In addition, Zhang Zuolin has also accumulated a lot of wealth through industry, real estate and antiques. Among them, Zhang Xueliang's former residence is a symbol of the wealth of the Zhang family, this Western-style building in Tianjin, which was purchased by Zhang Zuolin in the name of his fifth wife Zhang Shouyi, and later given to Zhang Xueliang.
Although the exact amount of the Zhang family's wealth is unknown, its value is certainly high.
Zhang Zuolin struggled all his life, but passed away before he could enjoy the beauty of life. Most of the territory in the northeast, an army of nearly 400,000 people and countless wealth inherited by Zhang Xueliang were inherited by Zhang Xueliang.
So, how much wealth did Zhang Zuolin leave to Zhang Xueliang? In October 1926, Chengdu's "Minshi**" estimated the property of more than 70 warlords, local tyrants and wealthy businessmen during the Beiyang period.
Among them, Zhang Zuolin topped the list with assets of 50 million yuan, and the assets of others were more than 30 million. Someone has calculated that according to the current conversion rate, Zhang Zuolin's assets are at least equivalent to today's 1.5 billion yuan.
However, the article of "Mintv**" emphasizes that it is only a "rough statistics", so these data can only be used for reference, and it is not enough to be fully trusted. The data revealed by Zhang Xueliang in his later years may be closer to the actual number of assets of Zhang Zuolin.
He said that including cash, land and various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, Zhang Zuolin left at least 2 assets$500 million. Although this is not very credible, because no one has accurately counted and verified, Zhang Xueliang may not reveal the real data.
Regardless of whether these data reflect the facts, if what Zhang Xueliang said is closer to the truth - Zhang Zuolin left at least 2 assets$500 million, that's a lot of money.
Therefore, the wealth inherited by Zhang Xueliang from Zhang Zuolin should not be less than 2$500 million. However, "it is difficult to fight the country, and it is even more difficult to defend the country", Zhang Xueliang got the territory, army and wealth without hard work, but he couldn't hold it anymore, and lost it one by one.
Zhang Xueliang lost the country laid down by his father, and he lost the army in the Xi'an Incident. The loss of the three northeastern provinces left the Northeast Army with nowhere to stand, and they always dreamed of driving out the Japanese and retaking the Northeast.
However, the Kuomintang stubbornly implemented the "non-resistance policy" and mobilized the Northeast Army to attack the Chinese Communist Party and let the Chinese fight the Chinese. Under these circumstances, the Xi'an Incident broke out, Chiang Kai-shek was controlled, and the domestic situation became extremely tense.
Eventually, the Xi'an Incident ended peacefully, resolving a crisis that could lead to the country's demise. However, Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and the Northeast Army began to fall into civil strife.
The two factions—the Shaozhuang faction and the Senator faction—did not give in to each other, which eventually led to the "22" incident, in which Wang Yizhe was killed and the Northeast Army lost its core leadership. Zhang Xueliang also lost the army left by his father because of this, and all he could control was the inheritance.
Zhang Xueliang did not manage these inheritances himself, but let his friend Iago manage them. Ijag is an American, he formed a deep friendship with Zhang Xueliang, and gradually became Zhang Xueliang's "housekeeper" and representative.
However, after the Xi'an incident, Ijag was in a dilemma, he didn't know whether to cancel the order or bring the plane back home.
During Zhang Xueliang's difficult period, Iag gave him endless support and help. Although Iag also had the opportunity to obtain a lot of wealth, he chose to stick to his morality and help Zhang Xueliang through the difficulties.
In Zhang Xueliang's life, Iag is not only his friend, but also his trust and reliance. After Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, Ijag helped him raise his son and made him an expert in the field of aerospace.
In addition, Iag also handed over Zhang Xueliang's balance and interest to him to take care of himself, and let him manage his own money. With a friend like Iago, Zhang Xueliang's life is even more colorful.
Without Ijag's help and support, Zhang Xueliang's life might have been completely different. After Zhang Xueliang was freed in 1990, he once said: "At that time (before and after the Xi'an Incident), the money in the Northeast was also my money, 100 million silver dollars can't be said, tens of millions of dollars are still there, even if I am imprisoned, those money are also my money!" ”
The inheritance of the original wife: Although they are not born in the same life, they must die in the same hole. Yu Fengzhi, Zhang Xueliang's original wife, expressed her wish to be buried with Zhang Xueliang on the eve of her death.
Although the two have been divorced for many years, she still left all her inheritance to Zhang Xueliang. This inheritance gave Zhang Xueliang the wealth of the rest of his life, up to hundreds of millions of dollars in funds and valuable**, etc., which were enough for him to spend two or three lifetimes.
So, how did Yu Fengzhi have so much money? There is only one answer: business. After coming to the United States in 1940, especially after experiencing a series of poverty and illness, Yu Fengzhi's business talent was completely stimulated.
She learned English with an amazing talent and came to the Wall Street ** trading floor for the first **. On Wall Street, she made a lot of money. Yu Fengzhi's story tells us that women are weak, but mothers are strong.
With her wisdom and courage, she left a valuable legacy for Zhang Xueliang.
At the last moment of her life, the deepest thought in her heart was her ex-husband Zhang Xueliang, but this wish was ultimately not realized. Therefore, she pinned her hopes on the desire to be in the same cave after death.
Yu Fengzhi established her ex-husband as the heir to the estate, and then passed away. That year, Zhang Xueliang was released from Taiwan, but he did not come to the United States until 1991, when he could no longer see Yu Fengzhi.
Zhang Xueliang died in 2001. Although Zhang Xueliang did not love Fengzhi in his life, and may have had love for a while, he got Yu Fengzhi's endless love.
The conclusion is that Zhang Xueliang has his father Zhang Zuolin and capable wife Yu Fengzhi around him, and people may think that he is just a person who will only sit back and enjoy his success, and his ability is not highlighted.
However, Zhang Xueliang does have the ability. If he didn't have the ability, Zhang Zuolin would not have handed over the great country, hundreds of thousands of troops and countless wealth to him, and Yu Fengzhi would not have given up on him.
Zhang Zuolin's love for Zhang Xueliang is a kind of fatherly love and recognition; Yu Fengzhi's unswerving devotion to Zhang Xueliang is a kind of selfless and pure love, and even makes people mistakenly think that Yu Fengzhi is too feudal, sticking to the belief of "marrying a chicken and following a chicken", and has not left the suave Zhang Xueliang.
No matter what, with the company of the two of them, Zhang Xueliang's life is basically carefree.