In China, the word "young marshal" has become a label for Zhang Xueliang, whether it is spoken in literary and artistic works or from people's mouths, it is full of a kind of respect. However, what is less known is that Zhang Xueliang, who is a "young marshal", has hated others to call him "young marshal" all his life, and even killed people for this.
This is somewhat incomprehensible: Zhang Zuolin is a "big marshal", and Zhang Xueliang is not a "young marshal"? Why didn't he let people bark?
If you want to understand the original reason, you must know the true meaning of the title "young marshal" in that era.
Zhang Xueliang stills
In Zhang Xueliang's time, "Shuai" was not a military rank, people called warlord leaders "Shuai", there was admiration and awe, and over time it became a habit, such as calling Zhang Zuolin (Zi Yu Ting) "Yu Shuai", Wu Peifu (Zi Zi Yu) "Yu Shuai" and so on. This kind of name was very common in newspapers and letters at that time.
Not only that, the so-called Aiwu and Wu simply called "Shuai" for important relatives and relatives who were closely related to the warlord himself, such as calling the uncle of the marshal "uncle", the brother-in-law of the marshal "uncle", the nephew of the marshal "young marshal", and so on.
Miss Zhao Si | stills
The Republic of China advocates ideological emancipation, ordinary people who have the ability also have many wives and concubines, not to mention the warlords who hold heavy troops and dominate the side, warlords have many wives and concubines, and young marshals are born everywhere. In addition to Zhang Xueliang, there were many young marshals who were famous at that time, such as Lu Yuguang, son of the Gui warlord Lu Rongting, and Lu Xiaojia, son of the Anhui warlord Lu Yongxiang.
Being called a young marshal does not mean that Duzi inherited his father's business in politics or led soldiers to fight, and some brothers who spend all day drinking and drinking all day, just like hanging the title of young marshal, live a life of drunken gold fans. If so, the title of "young marshal" has gradually moved down to be used only to refer to underage children, and once the sons have achieved success in their studies and careers, calling the young marshal again is like calling him a milk name, with a taste of ridicule, and it is not disrespectful at all.
That can't be called a young marshal, how did the people around him call Zhang Xueliang at that time?
According to Zhang Xueliang's aide-de-camp, Zhang Xueliang's wife and Miss Zhao Si used to call him "Little Master"; his subordinates called him Zhang Xueliang's official positions at different times, such as: regimental commander, commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, etc.; those who befriended Zhang Xueliang would privately call him "Six Han Masters".
Zhang Xueliang was very disgusted that others called him a young marshal, and in the Northeast Army and Zhang Xueliang's palace, no one dared to call him a young marshal in person. In his view, the identity represented by the "young marshal" is similar to that of the sons and concubines of the ancient officials and eunuchs, relying on power to run amok, and in the fish and meat village, just like Gao Yannei, the son of Gao Qi in the Song Dynasty. Zhang Xueliang loves face and has a high heart, so naturally he does not want to be seen as Zhang Yannei who is feared by everyone in the Marshal's Mansion.
Some people may be curious, if someone really calls the young marshal in person, how will he react?
Zhang Xueliang had a service soldier named Fu De, and once he went into the inner room and asked him to answer the phone, because he was in a hurry, he said: "Sixth young marshal, please answer the phone." “
Zhang Xueliang did not say a word after listening, neither got up to answer the phone, nor did he make any expression, Fu De was very embarrassed and stood at a loss.
Afterwards, an insider warned Fu De:
Don't call him a young marshal in the future, he doesn't like to hear these two words the most.
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Thinking about it now, that service soldier was lucky, if Zhang Xueliang was in a bad mood at that time, maybe how would he be punished.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang was killed in anger
Yang Yuting
It is not unrelated to the fact that Yang often contemptuously calls him "young marshal".
Yang Yuting was Zhang Zuolin's minister, because he was proud of his old qualifications, he did not take the young Zhang Xueliang in his eyes, and often called him a young marshal in a contemptuous tone, which made Zhang very dissatisfied, felt humiliated, and eventually the contradiction intensified, and found an excuse to kill him. Although Yang Yuting was not killed solely because of the matter of calling him "Young Marshal", this was a reason for Zhang Xueliang's prejudice against Yang.
In fact, when referring to Zhang Xueliang, the wenchen warlords of the Zhang father and son rarely use the word "young marshal", one is respect, the other is taboo. Like modern film and television and literary and artistic works, the "young marshal" and "six sons" are called at every turn, obviously without doing a real in-depth understanding.