introduction
During the turbulent times of the Republic of China, countless heroes haojie and bandits appeared on the scene, including some bandits who started but became wizards of warlords in a province, such as Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, who was one of the representatives. However, among the many warlords of the Republic of China, there is a very different existence, that is, the Shandong warlord Zhang Zongchang.
He was a bandit but liked to write poetry, he loved to find his aunt and wife, but he was very generous with women, and he could even tolerate his own women wearing green hats for himself. Zhang Zongchang's life is full of strange things, he has a special feeling for his hometown, Shandong people can be reused under his command, but the people of Shandong under his rule are not happy. Born as a bandit, full of banditry, but he knows how to be flexible, knows how to be a man, and finally is shot at the train station.
In 1881, Zhang Zongchang was born in Laizhou, Shandong, and his father named him "Zongchang" in the hope that he could bring prosperity to the clan. Zhang Zongchang did bring temporary prosperity to his clan in his later career. In the early republic of China, Zhang Zongchang led the army to occupy Shandong and other places, becoming the king of Shandong at that time, although he became a warlord, he became the "dog meat general" in the mouth of the people.
Dog Meat General
In Shandong, there is a poem about oil playing:
"There are also peppercorns and ginger, and Zhang Zongchang is boiled in the pot." Come early, eat some meat, come late, drink some soup! ”
Zhang Zongchang is compared to dog meat in a pot, because his troops are bandits and have no discipline. But in the villages and towns where Zhang Zongchang passed, his subordinates took everything they could take, and all that could not be taken away was burned, even more brutal than the bandits.
In addition, there are often some "good men in the green forest" who come to him, and as a result, his fox friends eat and drink well, but the people of Shandong suffer. Not only was the grain harvested in the territory, but even the grain stored in the homes of the people was robbed. Therefore, the people of Shandong hated this warlord compatriot with itchy teeth.
Three unknown generals
Zhang Zongchang also has a nickname called General Sanzhi, the so-called Sanzhi General, which refers to:
I don't know how many guns, I don't know how many people, I don't know how many wives.
Zhang Zongchang's marriage to a wife can be described as a matter of nature, in his view, powerful and powerful can not lack a wife, so he married 22 aunts and wives in one go, plus the original Yuan Shu'e a total of 23 wives. And he is also very generous to his wife, "other people's wives can share, and their own wives can also take it out and share."
His wife Yuan Shu'e went out to find a mistress because he was fooling around with his sister-in-law, and as a result, Zhang Zongchang did not pay attention to it after he knew it, and he also went out for many days without returning home. The most exaggerated thing is that he also found 5 Belarusians as aunts in one go, often taking 5 White Russian beauties to the market, which is called:
"Glory for the People"
。
Poet General
Don't think that Zhang Zongchang is a big old man, he actually likes to write poetry, leaving many "famous passages". For example, the famous "Daming Lake":
Daming Lake, Ming Lake is large, there are lotus flowers in Daming Lake, and there are toads on the lotus flowers, poking and jumping.
It can be called the originator of Chinese oil poetry.
Of course, although his poems may seem absurd, there are also some chapters that express ambition, such as his "Song of the Great Wind":
"Count the heroes Xi Zhang Zongchang, and the Ande giant whale swallows Fusang."
Quite imposing and heroic, it is no wonder that people are called poet generals.
epilogue
Although Zhang Zongchang was a jerk, he did not defect throughout his life under the temptation of the Japanese Kou, at least indicating that he still had a bottom line in the national righteousness. In fact, most of the warlords in the Republic of China period were like this, even if there was constant internal turmoil, they were unwilling to defect to the Japanese, such as Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang, and others, who may have been warlord landlords who brought calamity to the country and the people at home, but were anti-Japanese activists on the outside. Perhaps it is precisely because of the turbulent situation during the Republic of China period that these vivid and complex characters have been created, and because of them, history will become colorful.