Coins decide life and death, and the tiger hall is full of corpses
After the 918 Incident, Shenyang fell, and the Japanese army occupied Zhang Xueliang's residence, the Marshal's Mansion. They rummaged through the entire Marshal's Mansion and found only a silver dollar and a receipt in a locked safe, and nothing else.
Later, this incident was reported by newspapers at home and abroad, and people wondered why Zhang Xueliang locked such an ordinary silver dollar in a safe. It turned out that Zhang Xueliang used this silver dollar to decide whether to kill Yang Yuting.
After Yang Yuting's death, Zhang Xueliang established his military and political position in the northeast, and this silver dollar can be said to have had a decisive impact on Yang Yuting's life and death and Zhang Xueliang's fate.
However, Guo Songling's death made Zhang Xueliang hold a grudge against Yang Yuting. Yang Yuting is a native of Fengtian, he once studied in the artillery department of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and after returning to China, he worked in the Mukden Arsenal.
His military education and ability to please his superiors made him highly used by Zhang Zuolin.
In 1918, Yang Yuting instigated Zhang Zuolin to seize the foreign ** ordered by Beiyang ** in Qinhuangdao, successfully let the Feng army enter Beijing and participated in the military activities of Beiyang **, and since then Zhang Zuolin has been valued in Beiyang**.
Two years later, Yang Yuting instigated the Feng army to help Cao Kun defeat Duan Qirui of the Anhui line, Zhang Zuolin took the opportunity to expand his power and obtained the military and political power in the northeast, Yang Yuting made great contributions, and was appointed by Zhang Zuolin as the chief of staff of the Feng Army General Headquarters.
In Zhang Zuolin's era, Yang Yuting was in an important position and had a lot of power, he was a celebrity in front of Zhang Zuolin, and he was Zhang Zuolin's right-hand man. However, after he climbed to a high position, he began to cultivate and support his own forces in the Northeast Army and exclude dissidents.
Because of Zhang Zuolin's deep trust, other generals of the Northeast Army dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. It was not until 1924 that the influence of the Feng army expanded to the north of the Yangtze River, and Yang Yuting was appointed as the governor of Jiangsu, which aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, the general of the Feng army, who held heavy troops.
Guo Songling was originally an ordinary instructor under Zhang Zuolin, and was recommended by Zhang Xueliang to be reused, in the 1924 Zhifeng War, Guo Songling's troops defeated Wu Peifu, so that the territory of the Feng army successfully expanded, and he became the greatest hero of the war.
However, Guo Songling's outstanding performance aroused Yang Yuting's jealousy. In order to suppress Guo Songling, Yang Yuting repeatedly admonished and slandered in front of Zhang Zuolin, but as a result, Guo Songling's position as deputy commander did not move, but Yang Yuting became the supervisor of Jiangsu, and Guo Songling's heart was very unbalanced.
In 1925, Guo Songling raised the banner of anti-Fengzhou in Luanzhou, and the next day he sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin, which listed several charges against Yang Yuting and asked Zhang Zuolin to deal with Yang Yuting strictly.
In the face of Guo Songling's move, Zhang Zuolin trusted Yang Yuting more, and he sent Yang Yuting to Dalian to ask Japan to send troops to suppress Guo Songling on a series of unequal conditions, and with the help of Japanese forces, Guo Songling finally failed and was executed.
After Guo Songling's death, Yang Yuting became more and more arrogant, believing that no one in the Northeast Army could compete with him; Zhang Xueliang was very sad about Guo Songling's death, and he believed that if Yang Yuting had not provoked it, Guo Songling would not have defected and would not have incurred death, so this incident also became one of the reasons why he got rid of Yang Yuting.
The contradiction between Zhang Xueliang and Yang Yuting has intensified. Zhang Xueliang has always closely watched Yang Yuting's every move, secretly competing with him. In Zhang Xueliang's eyes, Yang Yuting has always regarded himself as the No. 2 person, because of Zhang Zuolin's appreciation, Zhang Xueliang is helpless against him; However, in Yang Yuting's eyes, Zhang Xueliang is just a gentleman who likes to go in and out of dance halls and spend all day drinking.
During the period when Yang Yuting was running the Fengtian Arsenal, he took advantage of his position to embezzle a large amount of funds and sell the equipment that cost a lot of money and was of poor quality to the army. In order to teach Yang Yuting a lesson, Zhang Xueliang decided to open a mortar factory and invited Li Yichun to serve as the factory director.
Li Yichun adhered to Zhang Xueliang's intention and set strict requirements for the management of the arsenal, not only streamlining expenditures but also creating high-quality equipment. However, Yang Yuting did not restrain his evil deeds because of this.
He began to try to control the army by buying, co-opting, and installing cronies, turning it into his own private property. Zhang Xueliang saw through this and guarded against it by secretly ordering his cronies Gao Jiyi and other means.
Although there has always been an open and secret struggle between the two, Yang Yuting has always regarded Zhang Xueliang as a young yellow-haired boy, and he has no restraint in his arrogant and arbitrary behavior. With Zhang Zuolin being killed, Zhang Xueliang faced the problem of how to place Yang Yuting and other positions.
Despite the contradictions between the two, at a critical moment to stabilize the situation, Zhang Xueliang decided to ease his relationship with Yang Yuting. He appointed Yang Yuting to several important positions, but he sternly refused.
Yang Yuting thinks that his status is too high, and there is no suitable position for him except to replace Zhang Zuolin. He received politicians in the mansion all day long, criticized Zhang Xueliang, and showed an invincible posture in the Northeast.
In order to reconcile with him, Zhang Xueliang even took his wife Yu Fengzhi to Yang's mansion, and intended to make his wife and Yang's third aunt sisters. However, Yang Yuting resolutely refused on the grounds of different generations, which made Zhang Xueliang unbearable.
At that time, the Japanese issued a "Manchurian Daily" to conduct public opinion polls, and candidates included Zhang Xueliang and Yang Yuting, among others. Mr. Yang bought a large number of newspapers, wrote his name on the candidate's name, and sent it back in an attempt to show that he was the one he wanted.
No one knew about this matter at first, but later Yang Mansion continued to ** a large number of waste newspapers, and Zhang Xueliang only knew. In addition, Yang Yuting often creates a noisy phenomenon in public, which embarrasses Zhang Xueliang.
After the Northeast Army returned to Shenyang, a council of military commanders was established, and Zhang Xueliang was often absent due to drug abuse, and Yang Yuting sat in the chairman's position. Zhang Xueliang sometimes came to the scene to ask or put forward opinions, and Yang Yuting would say in public: "Little Liuzi, you don't know these things, go home!" ”
Yang Yuting called Zhang Xueliang by his nickname, showing his arrogant and domineering behavior.
At that time, in the Northeast Army, the new and old factions were quite loyal to Zhang Xueliang, but for Gao Jiyi and others of the new faction, Yang Yuting regarded them as a thorn in the side. In order to monopolize the power of the Fengtian police, Yang Yuting asked Zhang Xueliang to transfer Gao Jiyi to the China Eastern Railway Land Bureau as the director, and then installed his cronies to replace the police commissioner.
After the defeat, he made it mandatory for the new police chief to report to him in order to win them over. By the end of 1928, the contradiction between the two was white-hot, and Yang Yuting established the mountain and forest garrison, which made Zhang Xueliang feel like he was on pins and needles.
Zhang Xueliang could tolerate Yang Yuting's previous behaviors, but the establishment of an army made him unacceptable. At this time, the question of where to go in the Northeast exacerbated the contradictions between the two.
Zhang Xueliang advocated cooperation with Nanjing, changing flags and changing flags to complete national reunification; Yang Yuting hoped to use the power of Japan to prevent Zhang Xueliang from cooperating with Nanjing.
In order to obstruct Zhang Xueliang, Yang Yuting instigated his cronies to speak to Zhang Xueliang on the one hand, saying that the real purpose of Nanjing ** was to annex the Northeast, and on the other hand, he colluded with Chang Yinhuai to prevent the southern army from going to the Northeast.
In the end, Zhang Xueliang overcame all difficulties and completed the change of banner in Northeast China. Yang Yuting's dream of relying on Japanese forces to take charge of the Northeast was shattered, and he decided to give Zhang Xueliang a dismissal.
Not long after, it coincided with Yang Yuting's father's birthday, Zhang Xueliang went to Daoxi in person, but was arranged in an ordinary seat far away from Shoutai. Yang Yuting was in the limelight on this day, but Zhang Xueliang suffered a lot.
Yang's father's birthday made Yang Yuting happy, but he didn't know that death was approaching him step by step.
Zhang Xueliang decided whether to kill Yang Yuting, and he decided to toss a coin, with the front side up to indicate that he would kill, and the back side up to indicate that he would not kill. After Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai came to him, he refused their request on the grounds of foreign affairs, and Yang and Chang quarreled with him and handed him a note asking him to sign immediately.
Zhang Xueliang felt furious, remembering Yang Yuting's various misdeeds in the past, he wanted to kill Yang Yuting, but considering his influence in the Northeast, he hesitated.
So he tossed the coin three times, and all of them were face up, and he strengthened his determination to kill Yang Yuting. He gathered some of his henchmen to discuss the matter, and all of them expressed their strong support.
Zhang Xueliang ordered Gao Jiyi to take 6 guards to ambush in the Tiger Hall, and Liu Duoquan led people to guard at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion. He asked Zhang Ruzhou to call Yang Yuting and asked them to come to the Marshal's Mansion to discuss the establishment of the Railway Supervision Office.
After the two arrived, Zhang Xueliang asked Zhang Ruzhou to go to the second floor to get cantaloupe so that he could support himself. After Zhang Xueliang went upstairs, Gao Jiyi rushed out with people, saying that the two of them obstructed the reunification of the country and were sentenced to death.
Yang Yuting was shot dead in the living room before he could say anything, and Chang Yinhuai was also shot while sitting on a chair.
Yang Yuting's wife was upset about his late return and found the warlock Zhang Shenxian to tell his fortune. Zhang Shenxian told her that Yang Yuting was playing mahjong in the Dashuai Mansion and might not be able to come back in the morning, so she didn't have to worry too much.
However, the next morning, the news of Yang Yuting's death came, and the Yang family was very sad. In order to appease Yang Yuting's faction, Zhang Xueliang treated his family members preferentially, set up a memorial service for him, and personally wrote a couplet to express his condolences.
The couplet quoted the allusions of Zhuge Liang tearfully beheading Ma Jian and Zhou Gongdan's punishment of Uncle Guan, expressing Zhang Xueliang's dissatisfaction and regret for Yang Yuting, and at the same time solemn and without losing his identity.
Yang Yuting's death allowed Zhang Xueliang to steadily grasp the military and political power in the Northeast three years before the outbreak of the September 18 Incident.