Nowadays, when it comes to warlords in the Republic of China period, I am afraid that the first thing that comes to mind is Zhang Zuolin, who is known as the "King of northeast China", as the most dazzling warlord in the Republic of China period, Zhang Zuolin's life can be described as standing tall in the sky, but what is less known is that Zhang Zuolin is only afraid of his daughter Zhang Shoufang, what is going on? Is there anything wrong with him? In fact, the reason is simple.
Speaking of Zhang Shoufang, we have to mention Zhang Zuolin's first wife, Zhao Chungui.
Zhao Chungui is a native of Zhao Jia Miao Village, Heishan County, she was born in a wealthy local family, because she was the second eldest in the family, she was also known as Zhao Eryou, Zhang Zuolin had not yet made a career, he had wandered around to make a living, often came and went around the Zhao Family Temple Village, for the Second Miss of the Zhao Family, Zhao Chungui, he also heard a lot.
Zhang Zuolin walked the streets and alleys for so many years, can speak the tao, Miss Zhao Er alone liked him, at that time Zhang Zuolin can be described as poor and white, no little wealth, but Miss Zhao Er was in love with him, and later, the two married.
His father-in-law saw that although Zhang Zuolin was poor now, he was also a material that could be made, in addition, he did not want his daughter to suffer, so he paid for it and set up an insurance group in the local area, that is, to protect the surrounding villages, and then collected a certain amount of protection fees.
Zhang Zuolin did live up to expectations, and it didn't take long for his business to develop to more than 20 villages around him, and just when his career gradually improved, the family also became happy, Zhao Chungui first gave birth to a daughter Zhang Shoufang, then gave birth to a son Zhang Xueliang, and then she gave birth to a son Zhang Xueming.
In 1902, Zhang Zuolin responded to the call of the Qing government and was transformed into a pipe belt, that is, what we call a battalion commander, from a private insurance group to a civil servant who ate state meals, which was the beginning of Zhang Zuolin's development.
A few years later, Zhang Zuolin was promoted one after another, and by 1907, he was already a brigade commander.
It is said that men become bad when they have money, Zhang Zuolin does not seem to have escaped this law, his promotion to more and more officials, he sees more and more women, so his feelings for his wife Zhao Chungui are not as good as they were at the beginning.
In that period, there was such an unspoken rule, as if who married more wives, it also showed that his ability was great, Zhang Zuolin was born in a good man in the green forest, and his heart was not as rigid as some readers, so he married several aunts and wives in succession.
Which woman would like to share a husband with another woman? I'm afraid there is none, Zhao Chungui is very angry about Zhang Zuolin's approach, but she is helpless, out of sight, not upset. Zhao Chungui took her 3 children to live in her hometown.
Ancient saying: The wife of the chaff does not go to the church, and Zhao Chungui, as the wife who once suffered with Zhang Zuolin, she has been unable to understand what her husband has done, and soon, she slowly fell ill.
During her illness, it was always her daughter Zhang Shoufang who took care of her, and Zhang Shoufang once told Zhang Zuolin the news, and Zhang Zuolin thought that maybe Zhao Chunguimeng himself, so he never went to visit.
Not long after, Zhao Chungui was seriously ill, Zhang Shoufang once again told Zhang Zuolin the news, Zhang Zuolin still did not take it seriously, soon, Zhao Chungui died of illness, learned the news of Zhao Chungui's death, Zhang Zuolin regretted it very much, he and Zhao Chungui husband and wife for decades, there are still feelings, and now Zhao Chungui's last wish is only to see him, he did not agree.
After Zhao Chungui's death, Zhang Shoufang and his younger brother Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueming, came to the Shuai Mansion, Zhang Shoufang was very angry about her father's approach, and then saw her father's other aunts and wives living like a fish, her heart was very angry.
Every time in the Marshal's Mansion, only Zhang Shoufang dared to be tough with Zhang Zuolin, and no one else spoke, and the reason why Zhang Zuolin was afraid of Zhang Shoufang every time was that he knew in his heart that he owed too much to his wife Zhao Chungui and Zhang Shoufang's sisters and brothers.
Zhang Xueliang made mistakes when he was a child, and every time Zhang Zuolin wanted to hit him, Zhang Shoufang stood up, making Zhang Zuolin helpless.
After all, it was a girl, Zhang Shoufang was going to get married after all, and later, Zhang Zuolin made the decision for her and married her to Bao Guiqing's son Bao Yinglin, who was the head of the army at that time, and this marriage looked more like a political marriage.
First married to the Bao family, Zhang Shoufang's life is still quite good, in 1928, after Zhang Zuolin's death, her life was not good, when Zhang Zuolin was there, the Bao family gave three points, and now Zhang Zuolin died, Zhang Shoufang was left out in the cold.
Zhang Shoufang, who was more grumpy, could not stand this kind of snub, so she went back to her brother Zhang Xueliang, and since then, she has not been married, and she has gone through the rest of her life alone.