During the beiyang warlord period, warlords in various parts of our country were everywhere, "if there are soldiers, they are the king of grass heads", and all sides are in a scuffle, causing indelible losses to the country and the nation, but these warlords also have distinct personalities and have left a deep imprint on history, of which Zhang Zuolin, the king of northeast China, is undoubtedly one of the most distinctive personalities. "Heaven has sent a great task to Si Ye, and he must first suffer his heart, strain his bones, and starve his body." Although Zhang Zuolin was later honored as the "King of Northeast China" and the last "head of state" of the Beiyang period, his early experience was very depressed.
When Zhang Zuolin was young, because his family was poor, he went around begging for a living at a young age. As a result, once, Zhang Zuolin was almost starved to death on the side of the road because he did not find a job and had no money to eat. In the end, there was a widow surnamed Sun, who saw that Zhang Zuolin was pitiful and kindly took him in, and if there was no gift from Sun Zuolin at that time, there might not have been a later Zhang Zuolin. It can be said that sun widows are to Zhang Zuolin as drifting mothers are to Han Xin.
Zhang Zuolin, born in 1875 in Majiafang Village, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province (now Haicheng, Liaoning Province), 5 brothers and sisters, although the family is poor, but the family is also reunited, life can be considered to be able to live. One day when Zhang Zuolin was 13 years old, Zhang Zuolin's father, Zhang Youcai, somehow got into a fight with a gambler and was killed by the gambler.
At that time, Zhang Zuolin and his second brother Zhang Zuofu saw the tragic death of their father, became angry, sought revenge on the gambler, and killed the gambler in the process of fighting. Afterwards, his second brother took the initiative to bear the guilt and was imprisoned for it. In this situation, the Zhang family could not live in the local area, and Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to take his wife and sister to Zhen'an County to join his grandfather.
But in the era at that time, an extra mouth was also a great burden for the family. Even if Grandpa's family was willing to take in Zhang Zuolin and a few of them, life was really not good. "The children of the poor have long been homemakers", Zhang Zuolin understands the difficulties of his grandfather's family, so he began to wander around at a young age, working to support his family.
Zhang Zuolin was young at that time and had no craftsmanship, so he could only work for short-term jobs everywhere and learn art everywhere. In the past few years, Zhang Zuolin has worked as a carpenter, sold buns, and studied veterinary medicine, as long as he can survive, he will do it. Although Zhang Zuolin did everything, after all, he did not learn anything, he could only wander around, where there was food to eat. For a while, Zhang Zuolin wandered to Yingkou, Liaoning, but unfortunately his luck was too bad, he did not find a job for several days, and naturally there was no food to eat.
Just when Zhang Zuolin was dying of hunger, Zhang Zuolin suddenly found that there was a family nearby who was cooking for short-term workers. Therefore, the hungry Zhang Zuolin had the courage to pretend to be a short-term worker and mixed in, and received a meal, but it was not discovered. Zhang Zuolin mixed with food for a few days, but "where in the world is there an impermeable wall", Zhang Zuolin was eventually discovered by the master's family.
Seeing this small man who mixed food and drink, the host family was really furious and beat Zhang Zuolin hard. After Zhang Zuolin was beaten, the family's widow Sun saw the teenage child and was moved by compassion and allowed him to come to receive a meal every day. Because of this meal, Zhang Zuolin solved the temporary livelihood. As the saying goes, "The grace of the dripping water of the people should be repaid by the spring", Zhang Zuolin recognized the widow of sun as a dry wife.
After Zhang Zuolin left Sun's widow's house, he participated in the Battle of Jiawu, later joined the "Green Forest", and then was recruited to join the new army, got Yuan Shikai's weight, and finally became the "King of Northeast China" step by step. After the development of Zhang Zuolin, he did not forget the benefactor Sun Widow of that year.
After Zhang Zuolin became the "King of northeast China" in Fengtian, he deliberately returned to Yingkou and found the widow of Sun who gave him a meal, still treated him with the attitude of treating his mother, helped the widow's family to buy land, real estate, etc., and since then, he has also frequently interacted with the Sun family.
However, his widow, the widow, died within a few years of happiness. After the death of Sun Widow, her sons immediately contacted Zhang Zuolin, although the situation was tense at that time, and the Second Zhifeng War was about to start, but Zhang Zuolin put down the affairs in his hands and immediately led people to Sun Widow's house.
After arriving, Zhang Zuolin did not simply pose, but personally took care of the aftermath of the widow of the "dry mother" Sun. Zhang Zuolin found someone to help Sun Widow find a piece of feng shui treasure land, and the scenery and scenery carried out a big funeral, and on the day of the funeral, it caused a sensation in the surrounding ten miles and eight townships. On the tombstone of Sun Widow, Zhang Zuolin also put his name together with Sun Widow's children. The ancients said that "the old age is sent to the end", Zhang Zuolin carved his name on the tombstone of the widow of The Sun, which shows that he has a deep affection for the mother and child of the widow of the sun.
Although Zhang Zuolin, as a warlord in the old times, mutilated Li Dazhao and other revolutionary martyrs, from his act of repaying the favor of Sun's widow, we can also see that he still has a warm side in his heart.