Zhang Zuolin was the commander of the warlords of the Feng clan at that time, and also the real ruler of the northeast region, and he fought with the Japanese before his death, so that the Japanese could only covet the northeast region but did not dare to occupy the northeast region. Zhang Xueliang, as Zhang Zuolin's son, received more education than Zhang Zuolin since he was a child, so he also did better than Zhang Zuolin in patriotism.
He joined Chiang Kai-shek's government army with his troops, but he made a wrong strategic judgment of the Japanese, believing that the Japanese did not dare to conquer the northeast, so the non-resistance order issued led to the instant fall of the northeast region, and he was also saddled with the insult of traitor. However, in the "Xi'an Incident" that occurred on December 12, 1936, because Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng jointly planned and launched a military advisory, Chiang Kai-shek was imprisoned and forced to unite with the Communists to resist Japan, and since then the two parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have begun the second joint anti-Japanese resistance.
Chiang Kai-shek, who returned to Nanjing, imprisoned Zhang Xueliang in a fit of rage, and this imprisonment was more than half a century, so some people will ask Zhang Xueliang how much he spent during his imprisonment. After the "Xi'an Incident", the brotherly relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang, who were friends of the Eight Worships, was completely cold.
Zhang Xueliang was not only a subordinate of Chiang Kai-shek, but also a brother of Chiang Kai-shek, but after the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident", the relationship between the two was no longer the same as before. However, Zhang Xueliang still decided to personally send Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, and as soon as the plane arrived in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek imprisoned Zhang Xueliang.
Chiang Kai-shek's imprisonment of Zhang Xueliang, apart from restricting Zhang Xueliang's power and freedom, did not have much impact on other aspects, and he also tried his best to meet Zhang Xueliang's demands. Zhang Xueliang's family has good living conditions, spending money from an early age, and there are more than 200 service personnel during his imprisonment. Of course, these people not only served Zhang Xueliang's life, but also imprisoned and monitored him.
During his imprisonment, as long as Zhang Xueliang was accompanied by someone around him, he could basically see anyone he wanted. During his imprisonment, Zhang Xueliang studied the history of the Ming Dynasty for a period of time and read many books, but there were also many doubts, so he asked experts who studied the history of the Ming Dynasty to answer questions accompanied by others.
Zhang Xueliang also studied Buddhism for a while, so he was accompanied to the temple to burn incense and chant. Zhang Xueliang wanted to play tennis, so Chiang Kai-shek took money to build him a tennis court, and also found a few people who could play tennis to accompany Zhang Xueliang to play tennis. Zhang Xueliang still wanted to fish, so Chiang Kai-shek asked his agent Liu Yiguang to accompany him fishing.
After the full liberation of the mainland, the Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan in a rout, and Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment residence was also changed to a villa in Taiwan. So how much does it cost to imprison Zhang Xueliang? According to relevant records, Chiang Kai-shek once said that all the expenses of imprisoning Zhang Xueliang for one year were enough for the owners of a Kuomintang regiment at that time to spend a year.
At that time, there were about 1500 people in a regiment of the Kuomintang, whose food, clothing, weapons and ammunition cost about two million silver dollars to three million silver dollars a year. Chiang Kai-shek imprisoned Zhang Xueliang for about 50 years, and the total amount of money was about 130 million silver dollars, which would be a huge amount of money if it were put into the present. Imagine if Chiang Kai-shek had put this money into military struggles or the building of the people's livelihood, he would have been able to do a lot of things that would benefit the country.
So did Chiang Kai-shek have any thoughts of killing Zhang Xueliang during his imprisonment? In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek killed Yang Hucheng when he led the Kuomintang to defeat Taiwan, and Zhang Xueliang was also one of the targets of Chiang Kai-shek's plan to kill. However, this practice was prevented by Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Soong Mei Ling, and Zhang Xueliang was eventually able to survive.
So why did Chiang Kai-shek provide Zhang Xueliang with such a luxurious environment? Some people think that this is the meaning of Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek is also a last resort, and some people think that Chiang Kai-shek cares about the feelings between brothers, so they treat him well.
For a person who has no rights and freedoms, what is the use of the best living environment? Zhang Xueliang was favored by Zhang Zuolin since he was a child, and after Zhang Zuolin's death, he succeeded the northeast region as the "King of the Northeast", even if Chiang Kai-shek arranged a luxurious living environment Zhang Xueliang was not happy.
Summary: So what does Zhang Xueliang think about Chiang Kai-shek's imprisonment? After Chiang Kai-shek's death, Soong Mei-ling took the imprisoned Zhang Xueliang to see Chiang Kai-shek for the last time, and Zhang Xueliang also gave Chiang Kai-shek a pair of ties, which was enough to see the deep friendship between the two. Although Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek had different opinions on the major policies of the state, this did not affect the brotherhood between the two in the slightest.
Later generations also said that Zhang Xueliang was mixed, some people said that his policy of non-resistance caused us to lose the northeast region, and some people said that Chiang Kai-shek should not imprison Zhang Xueliang, but should let him lead the troops to participate in the War of Resistance. Zhang Xueliang suddenly changed from a general in the northeast to a prisoner, and how did he spend his time in captivity? What's going on in the outside world? We don't know anything about that.