It is hard to imagine that a "general of non-resistance" who held an army of 300,000 and lost the three northeastern provinces and the national hero who promoted the anti-Japanese war line of national reunification during the Xi'an Incident are the same person.
He is a national hero in the eyes of the world, and his merits are in the future; The famous historian Tang Degang believes that if Zhang Xueliang had half the cunning of Yan Xishan, history might be different.
Anyway, among Zhang Zuolin's 8 sons, he is only optimistic about his eldest son Zhang Xueliang, thinking that Zhang Xueliang should not be a cowardly person, so why didn't he resist and lose the three northeastern provinces?
Zhang Xueliang mentioned the motherland in the United States in his later years, burst into tears, he said that he loved the motherland, but since he regained his freedom, he did not return to China until his death, his hundreds of millions of inheritance, let alone donated to the motherland, his children did not get a penny, he actually donated all his inheritance to the United States.
What kind of person is Zhang Xueliang, patriotic, so why didn't he return to China for life? And why donate your inheritance to the United States?
Let's ask, how much time is there in a person's life? Zhang Xueliang, who was born with a golden soup spoon, died at the age of 101, of which 54 years were spent in captivity.
In 1936, the 35-year-old Zhang Xueliang and General Yang Hucheng "admonished" Chiang Kai-shek to launch the Xi'an Incident that shocked China and the rest of the world, and promoted the national anti-Japanese reunification line, which was the most brilliant and dazzling moment in his life, and it was also the reason why later generations could not hate him after he lost the three northeastern provinces.
At that time, General Yang Hucheng already had the intention of killing Chiang, but Zhang Xueliang personally escorted Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing after the Xi'an Incident.
This captivity, is half a century, when he escorted Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, he was still a high-spirited young general, in Taiwan's long prison career, he stayed up until Chiang Ching-kuo died, ** after coming to power before regaining his freedom, at this time Zhang Xueliang was already a 90-year-old man.
From the age of 36 to 90, he has been imprisoned, although there are countless materials to prove that Zhang Xueliang's living standard is still very good during the captivity, but a living person, especially a general, has been detained for half a century, who can understand that this half century of imprisonment has completely wiped out all Zhang Xueliang's hopes.
In 1991, after regaining his freedom, Zhang Xueliang chose to return to the United States to settle down, where his ex-wife Yu Fengzhi worked hard for him to build a considerable amount of wealth.
As early as during Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment, his wife Yu Fengzhi was treated in the United States for breast cancer, during this period, Yu Fengzhi, who was born as a businessman, made a lot of money on Wall Street with his keen sense of smell as a businessman, and was once known as the "God of Gambling on Wall Street".
But when it comes to the reason why she is crazy to make money, it is very moving, Yu Fengzhi is bent on rescuing the imprisoned Zhang Xueliang, so she is crazy about making money, and wants to put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek through American congressmen to release Zhang Xueliang, but this move aroused Chiang Kai-shek's murderous intentions, and later, under the persuasion of Song Meiling, Zhang Xueliang divorced Yu Fengzhi and broke off the relationship, and married Zhao Yidi, a fourth lady who had accompanied him for 35 years.
In 1964, 63-year-old Zhang Xueliang and 52-year-old Zhao Yidi officially got married, which was Zhao Yidi's history and the saddest scene in Yu Feng's life.
But after the divorce, Yu Fengzhi thought that after Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom, he also needed money to live, so when Yu Fengzhi died in 1990, he left all the money he made to Zhang Xueliang.
The world is praising the romantic love between Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si, but few people know that Zhang Xueliang's wife has been running for him all her life with deep affection.
In 1991, the 90-year-old Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom, in front of Fengzhi's tombstone, he was sad and guilty, even though he had been divorced for 30 years, Yu Fengzhi's tombstone still regarded himself as Mrs. Zhang, and left a place for Zhang Xueliang next to her tomb.
However, Zhang Xueliang finally failed her and was buried with Zhao Yidi, who had been with him for most of his life. During his settlement in the United States, many people, including the president of Northeastern University, persuaded him to return to China several times, but Zhang Xueliang refused them one by one.
In his later years, he still lived in the United States, and when he mentioned the motherland, he always burst into tears, he said that he loved the motherland, but why didn't he go home to see it?
Zhang Xueliang said that he knew too much about the secrets of the Kuomintang, and if he returned to China rashly, Taiwan would certainly not give up, so in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he had no choice but to settle in the United States. However, in fact, Zhang Xueliang's refusal to return to China is not only because of the current situation, but also because of the pain he can't face.
On June 4, 1928, the Japanese carefully planned the Huanggutun Incident and killed Zhang Zuolin on the train, and the 28-year-old Zhang Xueliang was ordered to become the commander of the Northeast, holding the 300,000 troops left to him by his father, and became the object of countless forces.
The Japanese and Zhang Xueliang have a grudge against his father, he naturally will not be biased towards Japan, but he still chose the wrong person, he chose Nanjing, mistrusted Chiang Kai-shek, in the 918 incident, failed to accurately judge the current situation, listened to Chiang Kai-shek's military order not to resist, resulting in the fall of the Northeast, enslaved by the Japanese for 14 years, this is the pain of the people of the Northeast, but also the pain that Zhang Xueliang can not heal in his life.
Since then, Zhang Xueliang has become a "general of non-resistance", but this shame does not have a large amount of credit from Chiang Kai-shek, if it were not for Chiang Kai-shek's always thinking that "if you want to conquer the outside world, you must first settle the inside", ignore the invasion of our country, the Japanese people, and the Communist Party that is bent on resisting Japan, and do not give the order of "non-resistance", maybe many tragedies in the northeast would not have been staged.
Perhaps in order to make up for the mistakes in the Northeast, there was the Xi'an Incident that shocked China and foreign countries, and later Zhang Xueliang was even more generous in the suffering of our party, many times generous, in 1930, he also sent 100,000 francs to the Mao Anying brothers to study in the Soviet Union.
Zhang Xueliang had his father Zhang Zuolin in the first half of his life, and his ex-wife Yu Fengzhi left him an inheritance in the United States in the second half of his life, and he himself also had a businessman talent beyond ordinary people.
Zhang Xueliang was born at the top of the pyramid, he did not work hard for his livelihood, but he suffered from emotional torment all his life, he was ashamed of his ex-wife Yu Fengzhi, ashamed of his parents and fellow villagers in the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang spent a lot of money for himself in the United States to choose the cemetery facing the Northeast, if it is a coincidence, it is too far-fetched.
All this shows that he is full of infinite attachment to the motherland and the Northeast.
But such a person who is full of infinite regrets for the motherland donated all his hundreds of millions of inheritance to Columbia University in the United States, leaving nothing for the motherland! Why is that?
Among Zhang Xueliang's astonishing inheritance, there are the funds accumulated by his father Zhang Zuolin in the early days, the family business that his ex-wife Yu Fengzhi worked hard for him, and the wealth accumulated by relying on the potential investment of businessmen.
It is worth noting that Zhang Xueliang's legacy is not only about money and priceless cultural relics, but also about a lot of history that has never been made public** There are records of his correspondence with Taiwanese generals during his time in Taiwan, as well as many internal documents of the Kuomintang.
Zhang Xueliang believes that once these unknown historical materials are made public, it will inevitably have a certain impact, donate to our country, and worry that the Taiwan leader will not stop and donate to Taiwan! He didn't want to, Taiwan is very beautiful, but he has been imprisoned in this beautiful place for half a century, and the place is in the United States, so he shouldn't be happy.
If he leaves the inheritance to his children, he is worried that he will involve his children in unnecessary troubles and cause certain twists and turns in his children's peaceful life.
After thinking about it, Zhang Xueliang finally asked his friend to deposit all his inheritance in Columbia University in the United States, many well-known figures in my country have studied here, and Columbia University also attaches great importance to Zhang Xueliang's legacy, and on October 21, 1996, he specially handled the "Yi Di Study" to display Zhang Xueliang's archives.
These materials include Zhang Xueliang's notes, documents, manuscripts, artworks, and real-time newspapers.
In the modern history of our country, Zhang Xueliang has a prominent reputation, mixed reviews, some people think that the Xi'an Incident was a meritorious achievement, and some people always remember that he once faced the trampling of the Japanese army, did nothing, and lost the Northeast.
But no matter what, Zhang Xueliang took 54 years of his life because of the Xi'an incident, and the price is not small. The past has long been immersed in the long river of history, clear and extinction, right and wrong, history has its own decision, but it is undeniable that there is a strong stroke of Zhang Xueliang in history, and there is a place for him among the well-known celebrities.