Zhang Xueliang, known as the head of the "First Four Princes", his grace and outstanding talent have made him famous at home and abroad. His charm not only attracted domestic ladies and noblewomen, but even foreign ladies fell in love with him.
Among them, the daughter of Italian Mussolini, Ida, is one of them. In the late 20s and early 30s of the last century, Zhang Xueliang was at the peak of his life, and his influence and power reached its peak.
At the same time, Mussolini also made remarkable achievements in Italy. Mussolini showed a united, powerful, orderly and efficient side in the economic and military construction of the country, winning the cult of backward countries.
Zhang Xueliang was very interested in the development and culture of Italy, and even when Zhang Zuolin was alive, the Northeast Army purchased many Italians, including tanks and aircraft.
So, how did Zhang Xueliang and Mussolini's daughter Aida meet and fall in love? Let's take a look.
It is said that Ida's husband Ziano once served as the commander of the Italian Eastern Expeditionary Force, in charge of the Italian Lease Zone in Tianjin, China. It was Mussolini who valued his performance very much, in order to gild him and use it in the country in the future.
Tianjin's Italian Lease area is bustling and romantic, with Ida and her husband Ciano once living there. And Zhang Xueliang also regarded Tianjin as his "back garden" and often lived there.
It was at a banquet that Zhang Xueliang and Aida met. Ida is romantic by nature and is deeply fascinated by Zhang Xueliang's graceful demeanor and wealth and prominence. Zhang Xueliang was also full of admiration for Mussolini, so he was very attentive to Aida.
In order to please her, Zhang Xueliang personally piloted a small plane to fly Aida to Beijing, allowing her to enjoy the Great Wall and the Forbidden City under the blue sky and white clouds, which made her happy.
Zhang Xueliang's journey of "showing love in the air" instantly became a "lace news" that attracted attention at home and abroad. Romances such as Mussolini and Ziano may have been indifferent, but for Chiang Kai-shek, who had been trying to establish a relationship with Mussolini, it undoubtedly made him jealous, and even harshly criticized Zhang Xueliang's actions that could have a negative impact on Sino-Italian friendship.
The whole country was in an uproar, Zhang Xueliang was unbearable, and began to deliberately avoid Aida. Soon after, Ziano was transferred to Shanghai by Mussolini, and Aida reluctantly went with him.
And Zhang Xueliang was forced to go to the field due to the 918 Incident, and also chose to go to Shanghai, and took this opportunity to "quit drugs". Zhang Xueliang's "drug rehabilitation" in Shanghai was a secret, and no one disturbed him.
However, Aida is an Italian princess, and the Italian intelligence agency is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and soon found out that Zhang Xueliang was in the American hospital where he was rehabilitating from drugs. Aida often came to visit Zhang Xueliang secretly, although he did not know it.
Later, it was the American doctor who told Zhang Xueliang that a Western lady often came to visit him secretly, asked him about his drug rehabilitation, and expressed his appreciation for her hot feelings.
Zhang Xueliang knew that it was Aida when he heard it, and he felt warm in his heart.
After Zhang Xueliang successfully quit drugs, he was warmly invited by Aida to go on vacation to Italy. Under the careful arrangement of Aida, the frustrated Zhang Xueliang felt the glory of the VIP and the affection of his lover, and spent a short good time.
However, this warm time was ruthlessly shattered by international relations. As we all know, Italy, which pursued aggression and expansion, formed an alliance with Japan and Germany. Despite Ida's dissuasion, Mussolini announced his recognition of the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1934.
This was a huge blow to Zhang Xueliang, so he angrily severed contact with Aida and even returned the years of correspondence between the two. Later, Zhang Xueliang launched the Xi'an Incident that shocked China and the rest of the world, and was placed under house arrest, and Aida disappeared after the fall of Mussolini.