The only son of Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, who served the United States for 50 years, finally could not call his father's name
The young marshal Zhang Xueliang, a prominent figure in the Republic of China period, the world's evaluation of him was mixed, a loud noise from Huanggutun, his father Zhang Zuolin was bombed to death, and when the political situation was uncertain, he succeeded to the throne of the commander of the security of the three eastern provinces, and after brief consideration, announced the "Northeast Yizhi", which formally promoted China at that time to unify and made great contributions to the reunification of the country.
Three years later, in the "918" incident, his policy of non-resistance caused the fertile land of the northeast to fall, and tens of millions of people in the northeast fell under the iron heel of the Japanese army, at this time Zhang Xueliang was spurned by the people of the whole country, and he did not expect that the Xi'an Incident he single-handedly created many years later promoted the establishment of the national united anti-Japanese front and made great contributions to the anti-Japanese opposition.
After this incident, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression he traveled to many places and was imprisoned in several places, from 1946 he came to Taiwan, and for decades afterwards he lived a life of restricted personal freedom in Taiwan, thanks to the company of a confidant with a red face, Zhao Yidi, who accompanied him, which made him have a lot more fun in the boring life.
Zhang Xueliang had three wives in his life, the original wife Yu Fengzhi gave birth to three sons and a daughter and four children for him, the second wife Gu Ruiyu and the two had no heirs, and Zhao Yidi, who spent his old age with him, gave birth to a son for him, during the War of Resistance, Yu Fengzhi went to the United States for treatment, and since then the two have not met, Zhang Xueliang is only accompanied by Zhao Yidi.
Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for a full 52 years, and when he regained his freedom in 1988, he was already an old man in his 90s, and most of his sons had died long ago, and the only one alive was Zhang Lulin, who was born to Zhao Yidi.
Zhang Lulin was born in 1930, in 1940 at the age of ten, he came to the United States under the arrangement of his mother, where he had a new life and study environment and new friends, he always remembered his parents, after many efforts, he only came to Taiwan in 1956 to meet them, until his father moved to Hawaii after getting free, and the family had the opportunity to reunite.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang was old, Zhang Lulin on behalf of his father several times back to his hometown of Shenyang Province, instead of his father to pay homage to his grandfather Zhang Zuolin, he had returned to China many times in 1994, 1995, 2005, but Zhang Lulin lived in the United States since childhood, and later became an American aviation expert, serving the United States for 50 years, at this time he could only speak English and not Chinese, that is, even his father Zhang Xueliang's name could not be said, and when he returned to the motherland to worship his ancestors, he could only communicate with people in English.