Zhang Xueliang is a national hero. Zhang Xueliang's greatest thing is that he could have been the king of the Northeast... The Northeast has an independent capital but no independence. --Li Ao
As an important figure in modern history, Zhang Xueliang's evaluation of him has always been mixed. But it is undeniable that Zhang Xueliang is patriotic enough, and even he himself commented on himself in his later years: "If we Zhang family fathers and sons were not for patriotism, would we have such a fate?" ”
After Zhang Xueliang took over as king of Northeast China in 1928, the foundation of Northeast China was still there, but Zhang Xueliang also did not make a fuss about independence. In 1928, when Chiang Kai-shek's Northern Expedition was already decided, Zhang Xueliang saw that the country had a chance to be reunified, so he immediately announced the "northeast change of banner" and henceforth allegiance to the National Government in Nanjing.
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek had already betrayed the revolution and became a reactionary who defended his rule and suppressed the democratic revolution and the patriotic movement. At the time of the Japanese invasion, they were still unwilling to put aside the civil war to fight against Japan wholeheartedly, so that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng had to launch a military advisory on December 12, 1936, holding Chiang Kai-shek hostage, which directly contributed to the formation of the anti-Japanese national united front, known in history as the "Xi'an Incident".
Since then, Zhang Xueliang has been put under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and has been imprisoned from the age of 36 to the age of 90, spending most of his life in a cage, which is Zhang Xueliang's misfortune. But on the whole, Zhang Xueliang is still very lucky, first of all, he is more meritorious than excessive in history, and he is bound to have a good reputation.
In addition, although Zhang Xueliang's captivity life was not free, at least his life was still worry-free, and he was much luckier than many ordinary people living in the war and even his companion Yang Hucheng at that time. Third, Zhang Xueliang was loyally loved by two women in his life, especially the original match with Fengzhi, and he was even more dead-hearted and deeply in love with Zhang Xueliang.
Yu Fengzhi was born in 1897, and his father Yu Wendou had favor with Zhang Zuolin, so Zhang Zuolin ordered a doll for Zhang Xueliang in order to repay the favor, and the object was Yu Fengzhi. Yu Fengzhi is nearly 4 years older than Zhang Xueliang, and after marrying Zhang Xueliang, zhang Xueliang often refers to Fengzhi as his sister.
Although Yu Fengzhi is beautiful and virtuous, although she knows that Zhang Xueliang does not love herself, she still does her best to take care of Zhang Xueliang's family. On the one hand, it is because she obeys her father's orders of Yu Wendou, and on the other hand, she really loves Zhang Xueliang, a young and well-behaved but kind and chivalrous brother.
Therefore, although Yu Fengzhi knows that Zhang Xueliang is a playboy and still always messes with flowers and grass after marriage, she also swallows all the sadness and sadness into her stomach, and always smiles when facing Zhang Xueliang, gentle and dignified.
Even if Zhang Xueliang brought back a Miss Zhao Si from outside in 1927, Yu Fengzhi was still not ashamed, treating Miss Zhao Si with the same sister, so that Zhang Xue's conscience was both touched and ashamed, so he said to his beloved Miss Zhao Si that he could only have Yu Fengzhi's wife in this life, and if Miss Zhao Si wanted to follow him, she would definitely have no name.
But Zhao Yidi's love for Zhang Xueliang was not inferior to That Fengzhi, so he agreed. Since then, the three of them have lived together, living and dying together with suffering. After the Xi'an Incident in 1936, after Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest, Yu Fengzhi, who was far away in Britain, immediately returned to China to mobilize all relations and forces to save Zhang Xueliang's life, and then began to accompany Zhang Xueliang to live a life of house arrest with the help of Song Meiling, taking care of Zhang Xueliang meticulously.
If her breast cancer had not become more and more serious later, she would not have left Zhang Xueliang at all. But in desperation, Yu Fengzhi could only go to the United States for medical treatment. After countless pains, Yu Fengzhi finally recovered, and then she threw herself into the Wall Street stock market as a woman, and after some fighting, she made a lot of money and had a great right to speak abroad.
In 1964, Zhang Xueliang's "Confession of the Xi'an Incident" was known to Yu Fengzhi, who knew that Zhang Xueliang would never regret launching the "Xi'an Incident", and now the appearance of this "Confession" is likely to be a serious threat to Zhang Xueliang's life, so Yu Fengzhi mobilized his energy abroad to continuously pressure Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly found that Zhang Xueliang, who had been imprisoned for more than 20 years, actually had such a great energy, and suddenly moved his killing heart. Song Meiling presided over the admission of Zhang Xueliang to Christianity, and on the grounds of baptism, Zhang Xueliang divorced Yu Fengzhi, which made Chiang Kai-shek let down his guard and saved Zhang Xueliang's life.
Since then, Yu Fengzhi has lost even a name, but Yu Fengzhi, who has no obligation at all, still loves Zhang Xueliang deeply. In 1990, not only the day of Zhang Xueliang's 90th birthday, but also the day of his complete restoration of freedom, in February, Zhang Xueliang sent a birthday banquet invitation to His wife Yu Fengzhi, who had been separated for 50 years.
At that time, although Yu Fengzhi was already sick in bed and dying, she still cried with joy after seeing Zhang Xueliang's letter, and she got up from the bed with difficulty, wanting to rush to Zhang Xueliang's side immediately to see her former lover who had finally regained her freedom, the husband who haunted her soul.
From 1940, when he went to the United States for medical treatment to Zhang Xueliang's restoration of freedom in 1990, yu Fengzhi relied on the belief of "saving Hanqing (that is, Zhang Xueliang), I will fight until the last breath" to support his continuous struggle in a foreign country.
But now, after Zhang Xueliang came out of the cage and regained her freedom, Yu Fengzhi's hanging breath was suddenly unloaded, and not long after, she said goodbye on March 20. But even though Yu Fengzhi was dead, she still left Zhang Xueliang with many things, such as all the family property that Yu Fengzhi had worked hard in the past 50 years.
Yu Fengzhi was obsessed with her life, although in the end she did not get Zhang Xueliang's tangible love, but her love explained to us what is true love, what is called loyalty and love in life. When Zhang Xueliang later stood in front of Yu Fengzhi's tombstone, he was already more than 90 years old and could not help but shed tears, Yu Fengzhi was the greatest luck in his life.