Among Zhang Zuolin's eight sons, this one was the most wild and uninhibited, even more powerful than Zhang Xueliang
As we all know, Zhang Xueliang "loved freedom all his life without restraint", there was nothing he did not dare to do, of course, it also brought him trouble later.
In fact, among Zhang Zuolin's eight sons, Zhang Xueliang is not the most wild and uninhibited, at least his third brother Zhang Xuezeng is more powerful than him.
Zhang Xuezeng was naughty and mischievous since he was a child, he was the only one in the Marshal's Mansion who dared to confront Zhang Zuolin, and when Zhang Zuolin criticized, the other brothers were frightened and did not dare to resist the rules, only Zhang Xuezeng, every time Zhang Zuolin reprimanded him, he had to let Zhang Zuolin tell the reason, where would Zhang Zuolin listen to him, when he encountered him, he would directly slap him, although Zhang Xuezeng did not dare to fight back, but he did not obey, and every time he took Zhang Zuolin to death.
Zhang Xue once found a foreign girlfriend and was ready to get married, but after his mother knew, she resolutely disagreed, saying: "A dignified Chinese, marry a foreign woman, what a system!" ”
Zhang Xue was stubborn, and his mother couldn't do anything with him, so she tied him up and sent him to Tianjin to let his second brother Zhang Xueming deal with it.
Zhang Xueming did not dare to offend this younger brother who was not afraid of heaven, so he handed him over to the eldest brother Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Xueliang was very tolerant of this brother, so he helped him convince Zhang Xuezeng's mother, which was over.
(Photo: Zhang Xuezeng (left) with Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Xueming)
In addition, Zhang Xuezeng also experienced a major event, that is, the Huanggutun incident, when Zhang Zuolin was bombed, Zhang Xuezeng was also in the car, but only suffered a slight injury.
In June 1928, the Northern Expedition was rushing towards Beijing, and Zhang Zuolin announced his withdrawal from Beijing and returned to Fengtian in order to preserve his strength. By this time, he had received the news that the Japanese were ready to assassinate him. Therefore, he made sufficient preparations, in addition to arranging troop protection along the way, he also made enough efforts in time.
Zhang Zuolin announced that he would leave on June 1, and the result was changed to 2 days, but on the 2nd, he did not leave, but the fifth lady left with a group of family members, and he only set off on the 3rd, accompanied by the sixth lady and Zhang Xuezeng.
The journey was relatively smooth, and when he arrived at Shanhaiguan, Wu Junsheng, the overseer of Heilongjiang, waited here to greet Zhang Zuolin.
After Wu Junsheng got into the car, he and Zhang Zuolin talked enthusiastically. At this time, Zhang Xue came in, simply said hello to Wu Junsheng, and ignored him again. Zhang Zuolin felt that he was not polite, so he reprimanded him a few times. Zhang Xuezeng was still that temper and said hello. As a result, you said a word to me, the two of them stood up, and later, Zhang Xuezeng left Zhang Zuolin's No. 10 car and went to the No. 9 car in a huff.
History is such a coincidence, Zhang Xuezeng escaped the disaster because of this quarrel.
After Zhang Xuezeng left, Zhang Zuolin and four other people began to play mahjong, and when the car arrived at the Huanggutun Sandong Bridge, there were suddenly several loud noises, Zhang Zuolin's No. 10 car was blown up, Wu Junsheng was killed on the spot, Zhang Zuolin's throat was also blown out of a large hole, and blood flowed straight out.
Zhang Xuezeng's No. 9 car was also derailed and caught fire, but fortunately he was only slightly injured, crawled out of the carriage, and treated Zhang Zuolin with the military doctor.
At this time, Zhang Zuolin's consciousness was still awake, but he could not speak, Zhang Xue had stopped the bleeding for him while beckoning the people on the car to hurry up.
Later, Qi Enming rushed over, and Zhang Xuezeng and the others carried Zhang Zuolin to the car, took Zhang Zuolin in his arms, and quickly returned to the Marshal's Mansion. Helplessly, Zhang Zuolin was too badly injured and died the next morning.
After Zhang Xueliang returned, Zhang Xueliang told Zhang Xueliang everything that happened in the car, and judged that this was definitely done by the Japanese based on all the abnormal phenomena after leaving Beijing.
Zhang Xueliang listened to the description of the third brother Zhang Xuezeng, and deepened his hatred for the Japanese, and also contributed to the later Northeast Yizhi.
Later, Zhang Xuezeng has been following Zhang Xueliang, after the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was detained, Zhang Xuezeng ran in many directions to rescue the eldest brother. After the rescue was hopeless, Zhang Xue did not want to see Chiang Kai-shek again, so he went abroad in anger, and later settled in the United States and served in the United Nations, where his children also lived in the United States.