In 1994, in front of the leaders of the reception office of the Shenyang Municipal Foreign Liaison Office, there were three people standing neatly. They are the driver, the staff in charge of outreach, and the English interpreter.
Today we are going to receive an important guest, and you should arrive at the airport at least half an hour early. Seeing the leader's serious expression and solemn attitude, they knew that the identity of this guest must be very special.
This guest has a deep connection with our Shenyang, can you guess who it is? Seeing their nervous appearance, the leader deliberately relaxed and asked with a smile.
A few people, you look at me, I look at you, according to the meaning of the leader, this guest should have a certain relationship with Shenyang, so who will it be? "Could it be Zhang Xueliang? ”
The person in charge of reception was experienced, and suddenly realized that the important person who had a close relationship with Shenyang was none other than Zhang Xueliang. "If Zhang Xueliang comes back, it won't be our turn to receive him in Shenyang, but this person does have a relationship with Zhang Xueliang, he is Zhang Xueliang's son, called Zhang Lulin. ”
Zhang Xueliang once had a daughter and four sons, of which Zhang Lulin was Zhang Xueliang's second son. Since Zhang Lulin does not know Chinese, he needs to accompany an interpreter when he comes to Shenyang to worship his ancestors. The news came as a shock to the people of the time, and even the leadership was surprised when he received the instructions.
Despite the ill-fated fate of Zhang Xueliang's children, they all tried their best to face and overcome difficulties, showing tenacity.
Zhang Lulin is the child of Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si, and followed Zhang Xueliang to Shenyang in 1994 to worship his ancestors. Although Zhang Xueliang's children have a prominent family background, their personal fate has always seemed insignificant in the face of history.
In the changing times, the Zhang family also experienced three major changes, among which the Huanggutun incident caused Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the Feng army, to be seriously injured, which brought a major blow to the Zhang family and the Northeast Army.
The young young marshal Zhang Xueliang was forced to accept this burden in the face of the huge army left behind by his father and the three northeastern provinces coveted by all parties, although he was still inexperienced. Although he later accepted Chiang Kai-shek's offer and changed course, the Northeast was still in deep trouble.
Three years later, in 1931, Zhang Xueliang's 12-year-old third son, Zhang Luqi, died of tuberculosis. The death of these relatives caused a huge psychological blow to Zhang Xueliang and his wife Yu Fengzhi.
Group photo of Zhang Xueliang, Yu Fengzhi, Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek. Although this time did not have a significant impact on Zhang Xueliang's children, the next two major events completely changed their lives and fate.
On September 18, 1931, Japan had long been eyeing Northeast China and intended to use Northeast China as a base to carry out a full-scale invasion of China. Under the pretext of protecting the rights and interests of the South Manchurian Railway, they launched the September 18 Incident that shocked China and the rest of the world.
In the face of the dual military pressure of the Soviet Union and Japan, Zhang Xueliang considered the weakness of the Northeast Army and hoped to force Japan to withdraw its troops from the Northeast through international cooperation and the diplomatic means of the Kuomintang.
However, contrary to expectations, Japan tested the Northeast Army's determination to resist through the September 18 Incident, so it fully invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces and established the puppet Manchuria**.
Zhang Xueliang led hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops to retreat to North China and Northwest China. At the same time, he was also forced to announce his resignation due to domestic pressure.
In order to ensure the safety of his family and children, Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to go abroad to avoid danger. In view of the changing situation in the country, he returned to China in 1934, but in order to further protect his children from the risk of war and **, he decided to leave several children in England.
However, the outbreak of war put his children in danger as well. His eldest son, Zhang Luxun, was wounded in the German bombing of London, and although he survived, the excessive shock caused him to suffer serious mental problems and eventually died at the age of 37.
The third Xi'an Incident occurred on December 12, 1936, which is often referred to as the Double 12 Incident.
At the critical juncture of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, Chiang Kai-shek adhered to the erroneous proposition of "first securing the interior before attacking the outside world", and not only did not actively deploy troops to fight the Japanese army, but instead ordered Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's troops to encircle and attack the communist army in Yan'an.
Zhang Xueliang was ashamed of the ease with which he gave up Northeast China, and Yang Hucheng advocated a united resistance against Japan, both of whom were deeply dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's approach. They decided to take the form of military advice to force Chiang Kai-shek to change his strategy and unite against Japan.
The occurrence of the Xi'an Incident changed Chiang Kai-shek's position, and through the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, a joint anti-Japanese cooperation was reached. Zhang Xueliang resolutely launched the Xi'an Incident for the reunification of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation, but his efforts were not rewarded accordingly, but he was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for half a century.
During this period, his eldest son Zhang Luxun died in 1954, and his second son Zhang Luxuan died in 1981, and he did not see them for the last time. These changes not only changed the fate of several of his children, but even his eldest daughter Zhang Luying chose to live a low-key life.
And Zhang Lulin, the youngest son born to him and Miss Zhao Si, was even more affected. The only surviving son, Zhang Lulin, was born in Tianjin on November 28, 1930, and after he was born, he has been living with his mother Zhao Yidi, and did not enter the Dashuai Mansion in Shenyang.
With the permission of Chiang Kai-shek, Yu Fengzhi and Zhao Yidi went to Xikou, Zhejiang to take care of Zhao Yidi and his sons Zhang Lulin and Zhang Xueliang, who were imprisoned in seclusion. Zhao Yidi takes care of her young son in Shanghai, traveling frequently between Ningbo and Shanghai.
In contrast, several of Yu Fengzhi's children studying abroad have the ability to live independently, and she has the time and conditions. However, with the expansion of the Japanese army, Shanghai and Zhejiang fell one after another, considering the special identity and the young son Zhang Lulin, Zhao Yidi and his son went to Hong Kong.
Zhao Yidi could not continue to accompany Zhang Xueliang for some reason, and even meeting each other became a luxury. In contrast, Yu Fengzhi has been accompanying Zhang Xueliang through the life of a prisoner.
However, her old illness was getting worse day by day, and under Zhang Xueliang's resolute persuasion, she left the prison and went to the United States to receive her eldest daughter Zhang Luying**. Despite this, she still misses Zhang Xueliang.
Yu Fengzhi knows that Zhang Xueliang is in pain and needs warmth and love. At the same time, he is in poor physical condition and has limited ability to take care of himself, so he needs to be taken care of. If Yu Fengzhi leaves, then Zhao Yidi is the only suitable candidate.
However, Zhao Yidi's son Zhang Lulin is still young and needs his mother's love. Although Yu Fengzhi felt pain, she still told Zhao Yidi about the situation and asked her to make her own choice, because she could not be separated between Zhang Xueliang and her son.
After several days of struggle, she made a final decision.
Zhao Yidi hugged his son tightly in his arms, and his tears couldn't help but fall. She said to her son with tears in her eyes: "Child, as your mother, I have been with you for 10 years.
Soon after, you will be an independent adult. If I leave you now, it will only be a temporary parting. But she couldn't ignore that her husband, Zhang Xueliang, was in extreme pain and difficulty.
If she didn't accompany him and take care of him, she didn't know how long he would last. She couldn't just give up on him. Zhao Yidi knows that once she leaves, she and her son may never see each other again, and may even say goodbye forever.
But she must listen to her inner voice and make decisions. Luckily, her American friend Ijag was also in Hong Kong. At this critical moment, her presence gave Zhao Yidi a lot of support and courage.
The core idea of the new copy is that Zhao Yidi made the difficult decision to accompany and care for her husband when faced with the dual pressures of family and responsibility, even though it meant that she could be separated from her son temporarily or permanently.
For the safety and future of his son, Zhao Yidi hopes that his son Zhang Lulin can be raised in the United States. Therefore, she begged Ijag to take her son to the United States and become his adopted son.
Iag agreed to the request and gave Zhang the family name and English name. Although Zhao Yidi is a little worried about her son's future because of Zhang Xueliang's identity and situation, she hopes that her son can grow up in a safe and healthy environment.
Zhang Lulin was still young when he left his mother, Zhao Yidi, and he didn't know much about his origins. Considering Zhang Xueliang's identity and reality, his adoptive father Yiag did not mention his background to him.
After that, Zhao Yidi has been accompanying Zhang Xueliang, from Guizhou to Chongqing, and then to Taiwan, but because they do not have the right to communicate, Zhao Yidi and Zhang Xueliang have no contact with their son.
However, their hearts have always been concerned about Zhang Lulin, hoping that he can also be well educated and cared for in places far away from them.
In 1956, Chiang Kai-shek finally granted Zhang Xueliang the freedom to communicate and meet visitors. So, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi found their grown up son Zhang Lulin through various means, and at this time Zhang Lulin learned that his real father was the young marshal Zhang Xueliang.
Since then, Zhang has been able to reconnect with her parents and travel freely to Taiwan to visit her father, who is still under house arrest, while his mother, Zhao Yidi, is relatively freer, flying to the United States to visit her children and grandchildren whenever her health allows.
Under the careful guidance of her adoptive father, Ijag, Zhang received a good education in the United States, and eventually entered NASA and became a scientist in the field of astronautics.
In 1990, Zhang Xueliang finally regained his freedom, when he was nearly 90 years old, and the days of losing his freedom for more than half a century finally came to an end, and his youngest son Zhang Lulin was also over sixty years old.
Zhang Xueliang's greatest wish is to return to his roots, but because of his identity and historical reasons, he can't make the trip, and he can't even go to worship his father Zhang Zuolin. He hopes that his grandchildren will help him fulfill his wish.
Zhang Lulin is the only one of Zhang Zuolin's surviving grandchildren, so he decided to take his wife and children to Taiwan to visit his parents for the first time. In 1994, Zhang Lulin flew back to his hometown of Shenyang from the United States and fulfilled his father's wish.
He is not only the son of Zhang Xueliang, but also the grandson of Zhang Zuolin, this time he came to the Dashuai Mausoleum to worship his ancestors, not only to complete the inheritance of the family, but also to mourn his beloved grandfather Zhang Zuolin.
Zhang Lulin's itinerary was simple and solemn, first he came to the Dashuai Mansion, which was built by his grandfather's father, where his grandfather and father lived, although he did not leave his footprints and memories there, but an important part of this place has been deeply integrated into his blood.
Then, he came to the Dashuai Mausoleum, which was the place where Zhang Xueliang and he shared their wishes, and they hoped to pay homage to their grandfather Zhang Zuolin in person. Here, he saw the magnificent cemetery, which covered an area of a staggering 120,000 square meters.
The Great Shuai Mausoleum, after the baptism of wind and rain, is still well preserved, and Zhang Lulin recorded every corner of it with a camera. Although Zhang Xueliang could not come back in person, he hoped to truly record every path and every green tree through images, hoping to bring some relief to him who had been away from Shenyang for more than 60 years.
When Zhang Xueliang saw the video brought back by his youngest son, he couldn't help but cry, and he muttered in a low voice: "It's been decades, it hasn't changed at all, it's still the same, if I haven't seen this, I can't remember it." ”
Although Zhang Xueliang's life was full of tragedy, he was willing to sacrifice his life and freedom in order to force Chiang to unite against Japan, and this determination and courage are always worthy of our admiration.
Zhang Lulin, a descendant of Zhang Xueliang, returned to his hometown not only to satisfy his longing for his hometown, but also because of his father, because of the Xi'an Incident, which completely changed the pattern of China's resistance against Japan and opened the starting point of the all-out War of Resistance.
His father's contributions to the country and the nation will be forever remembered by future generations.