Zhang Xueliang has more controversies than his father Zhang Zuolin, who abandoned the northeast without firing a shot and pushed Zhang Xueliang to the cusp of the storm, and carried a lot of infamy.
However, after that, in order to promote the kuomintang and the communists to unite against Japan, Zhang Xueliang joined forces with Yang Hucheng to launch the "Xi'an Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries. This has also become one of the few shining points in Zhang Xueliang's career.
After this, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by President Jiang, ending his short political career. Although he saved his life, he also lost his freedom.
Zhang Xueliang is unfortunate, but Zhang Xueliang is also lucky. He was lucky enough to live to be 100 years old, and he didn't die until 2001.
But before he died, he donated hundreds of millions of his assets to the United States. So the question is, since China has risen, why doesn't Zhang Xueliang leave his property to China?
Zhang Xueliang's highlight moment
Zhang Xueliang, as the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, has had an aura bonus since he was a child. After Zhang Zuolin died in the "Huanggutun" incident, Zhang Xueliang carried the banner of the northeast.
At that time, the Japanese army was brewing friction, and the Northeast Army was the first to bear the brunt. At that time, the Japanese army was well armed and arrogant.
President Jiang, who is internal, has been implementing the proposition that "outside the country must first be inside". Forced by the pressure of the situation, Zhang Xueliang always wanted to do his best to maintain, preserve his living strength, and reduce friction as much as possible.
Even in the 9.18 incident, the Northeast Army was still enduring it. Zhang Xueliang misread the situation, and forbearance and compromise could not be exchanged for peace at all, but would only further encourage the arrogance of the enemy.
Since the 9.18 incident, Zhang Xueliang has been in private contact with President Jiang on how to face the provocation of the Japanese army. From his later actions, it can be known that no matter what the reason, Zhang Xueliang still chose not to resist.
Hundreds of thousands of Northeast Troops fired a single shot and let go of the fertile Northeast region. This enabled the Japanese army to have a springboard for invading Guannei, and also brought more than ten years of miserable life to the people outside Guanxi. This has also become a pain that Zhang Xueliang's heart can never erase.
In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China in an all-round way. Zhang Xueliang has endured too many insults in the past few years. He was more anxious about resisting Japan and for recovering rivers and mountains.
"Stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan" became the mainstream voice of that era. Zhang Xueliang's proposal to resist Japan by the united generals also received great attention from the CPC Central Committee.
However, President Jiang's intention of "outside must first be inside" is very persistent, and after several times of persuasion without results, Zhang Xueliang decided to play hard.
On December 12, 1936, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng secretly launched the "Xi'an Incident" in Xi'an, and they led the soldiers to rush to Principal Jiang's bedroom and captured Principal Jiang alive in the subsequent search, and the Xi'an Incident achieved initial success.
On December 25 of the same year, President Jiang accepted the idea of "stopping the civil war and uniting with the Communists to resist Japan", and the "Xi'an Incident" was resolved peacefully.
However, on December 26, Zhang Xueliang had the feeling of "bearing the guilt of Jingjing" and voluntarily escorted President Jiang back to Nanjing. Obviously, he overestimated Principal Jiang's heart and courage.
As soon as the plane arrived in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned and imprisoned, and President Jiang took into account that more than half a million Northeast Troops could only choose to temporarily imprison him.
Since then, Zhang Xueliang's highlight moment has also come to an abrupt end. On December 31, 1936, Zhang Xueliang was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason, thus beginning a decades-long prison life.
Where did Zhang Xueliang's money come from?
Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for more than fifty years, where did his money come from? At that time, communication was not developed, and it was a non-existent thing to make money while imprisoning.
Zhang Zuolin had been painstakingly operating in the northeast for so many years, and had set up many companies and factories, although he suffered different degrees of damage during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he always had some savings.
Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom in 1988, and in addition to his savings, most of his property came from Yu Fengzhi. When everyone envied the love between Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi, they did not know that Yu Fengzhi was the best person for Zhang Xueliang.
After Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, Yu Fengzhi ran around, even if he was imprisoned together. But this small wish was also rejected by Principal Jiang.
Later, Yu Fengzhi had breast cancer, and she had to go to the United States for treatment, and it was this opportunity that gave Yu Fengzhi the opportunity to make money in the United States.
Yu Fengzhi was originally the daughter of the rich merchant Yu Wendou, and from an early age, he was fascinated by business, and Zhang Zuolin chose Yu Fengzhi as his daughter-in-law, which was also a place he liked.
When his condition improved, Yu Fengzhi stayed in the United States to make money, and through business and stocks, Yu Fengzhi made a considerable amount of property.
Yu Fengzhi decorated her house in the United States into the appearance of her hometown in northeast China, and waited for Zhang Xueliang for more than fifty years, and finally did not wait for Zhang Xueliang.
Yu Fengzhi has always believed that Zhang Xueliang's divorce from her was forced, and she personally never admitted the so-called divorce, and Yu Fengzhi's greatest wish before her death was to be buried with Zhang Xueliang. Even after her death, The signature on Yu Fengzhi's tombstone was "Zhang Yu Fengzhi" (张于凤至).
Why did Zhang Xueliang donate his property to the United States?
Zhang Xueliang later went to live in the United States, and before he died, he chose to donate all his inheritance to Columbia University.
The obvious reason is relatively easy to understand, Zhang Xueliang's children have the ability to earn money alone to support their families, and some of Zhang Xueliang's information and secrets, not allowing their children to contact, is the greatest protection for them.
In addition, as an academic organization, Columbia University's internal "Department of Sinology" has cultivated many literary figures, such as Hu Shi, Xu Zhimo and others who are alumni of Columbia University. Columbia University is inextricably linked to Han culture, so some of Zhang Xueliang's archival relics can be passed on here.
In addition, Columbia University at that time also promised to set up a special venue for Zhang Xueliang to preserve these cultural relics and materials of zhang, which also had great attraction for Zhang Xueliang.
The most important point is still a sentence said by Zhao Yidi. Mr. Zhang had considered donating the money to China, but relations between the Taiwan authorities and the mainland were still a bit strained.
Zhang Xueliang has been imprisoned for so long that he has long lost the courage of that year, and he is worried that if he is involved in the dispute again, the happiness of the second half of his life will be completely lost. That's why I chose to find a compromise way to do it.
postscript
This money is still a bit of a pity, but Zhang Xueliang, who is older, still thinks more about his own thoughtfulness, so he will take such a method.
Perhaps after so many years of closure, Zhang Xueliang no longer has the sharpness of the past, so he chose a compromise plan. Perhaps at the time of his death, the one who could not let go of his heart was not Yu Fengzhi, nor Zhao Yidi, but those ordinary people in the northeast.