Death of Zhang Zongchang
In 1932, in Beiping, Zhang Xueliang asked him to marry a brother
Zhang Zongchang
Go to the auspicious garden to watch the play, when the newly appointed "Earth Emperor" of Shandong
Han Fuyu
, also with the "social lady" Ji Ganqing in the south box.
Halfway through the play, Zhang Zongchang suddenly got up and came to the South Box, and Ji Ganqing hurriedly got up to give way for him.
Zhang Zongchang glanced at the famous "social lady" and turned his head to say a word to Han Fuyu in a teasing tone.
Han Fuyu did not respond after listening, but continued to watch the play.
But just a few days later, when he came to Jinan Station to take a train, he was suddenly shot on the spot by people sent by Han Fuyu. Zhang Zongchang couldn't believe until his death that he would lose his life because of a casual sentence.
So, what exactly did Zhang Zongchang say that would make Han Fuyu take his life?
"Three Unknown Generals"
Speaking of Zhang Zongchang, the first thing everyone thinks of is him
"The Great Poet"
Identity.
Zhang Zongchang has written many "famous poems", the most famous of which is the poem "Asking for Rain":
The Jade Emperor's grandfather is also surnamed Zhang, why is it difficult for Zhang Zongchang?
It won't rain for three days, first pick up the Dragon Emperor Temple, and then bombard your mother with cannons.
Just by reading this poem, I also know that Zhang Zongchang is a vulgar and extravagant person, and he is very informal. A figure like him probably never expected that one day he would be shot in public.
The assassin who assassinated Zhang Zongchang did not leave immediately after completing the assassination, but stood quietly waiting for the police to arrive, and then calmly surrendered himself to the police:
"My name is Zheng Jicheng, the son of Zheng Jinsheng, who was killed by Zhang Zongchang, and I killed him today to avenge my father and to eliminate the harm to Shandong!"
Zheng Jinsheng
After listening to his self-introduction, the people in the station gave him warm applause, and even some people deliberately stepped down from the train, just to stand in front of Zheng Jicheng and give him a thumbs up and praise:
"You're such a big hero!"
When Zhang Zongchang's secretary Xu Xiaolou reported the reward of 50 pieces of ocean and asked someone to carry Zhang Zongchang's body away, there were many onlookers, but all of them were indifferent, and the crowd continued to spread
"There's more to die for"
and
"500 oceans don't lift"
Shouting.
This is no wonder that the people of Shandong are so indifferent, when Zhang Zongchang was in charge of the Shandong region, he was notorious and was given many derogatory nicknames such as "Dog Meat General" and "Mixed World Demon King", and there were no people in the entire Shandong region who did not hate him.
Zhang Zongchang is a native of Ye County, Shandong Province, born into poverty, and when he was young, he wandered for a long time in order to earn a living, and should have been the one who best understood the situation of the poor people. In order to change their fate, most people will first choose to study or do business, but Zhang Zongchang has taken a sword and taken the side, falling into the grass in the northeast region and becoming a bandit who is a disaster for the neighbors.
In 1921, Zhang Zongchang defected to the Warlord Zhang Zuolin and led his troops through most of China. In 1925, he led the army to occupy Shandong, became the chairman of Shandong Province at that time, and began to dominate Shandong.
The life of the people of Shandong has also begun.
Zhang Zongchang has a nickname
"Three don't know"
Because of him
"I don't know how many soldiers there are, I don't know how much money there is, I don't know how many aunts and wives there are."
。
"I don't know how many soldiers there are" refers to Zhang Zongchang's years in Shandong, and often a large number of bandits joined.
At first, the bandits who came to join Zhang Zongchang were only those who knew him well in the early years, and Zhang Zongchang happily left them behind and arranged for them to take official positions in Shandong. Later, the matter spread farther and farther, and the bandits and gangsters all heard about Zhang Zongchang's behavior, so they ran to him one after another, and Zhang Zongchang did not refuse, and all of them stayed. For a time, Shandong officials were called
"Commanders walk all over the streets, and there are as many staff officers as dogs"
Zhang Zongchang (middle)
Zhang Zongchang expanded his army unchecked, resulting in his army often being "more officers than soldiers" and "more soldiers than guns". These bandits used to wander in the past, where they could honestly work for the people in one place, these bandits were sometimes soldiers, and sometimes they turned into bandits, resulting in a very unstable number of troops in Zhang Zongchang's army.
"I don't know how much money there is", which refers to Zhang Zongchang's like to issue money indiscriminately.
Wherever he went, he used his printing machine to indiscriminately issue money, and if the local people did not want to use his money, Zhang Zongchang would use force to persecute the people. But as soon as he left with the army, the banknotes became waste paper, the people's property was lost, and Zhang Zongchang made a fierce profit.
In addition to the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, Zhang Zongchang's taxes collected in Shandong are also unprecedented.
There are more than 60 kinds of official names in the tax projects set up by Zhang Zongchang alone, and most of the reasons for collecting taxes are incredible, such as chickens donating dogs to donate tea, salt taxes and tooth taxes, livestock slaughter taxes, which make the people of Shandong miserable.
"I don't know how many aunts and wives there are", referring to Zhang Zongchang who has married many aunts.
In addition to china's aunts, he also has many aunts from Russia and Ukraine, and some people ridicule his aunts and wives for forming an international column.
It can be said that among the entire Beiyang warlords at that time, Zhang Zongchang was the worst example among them.
Drunken gaffes, which leads to the disaster of killing
However, Zhang Zongchang's good days in Shandong did not last long.
In 1928, during the Second Northern Expedition, the Beiyang warlords were defeated by the National Revolutionary Army, and Feng Yuxiang's army also attacked from the north to the south. Zhang Zongchang was forced to retreat and could only retreat again and again until he reached Luan (
luán
State.
Zhang Zongchang originally wanted to go from Shanhaiguan to the northeast and rest before planning to develop, but Zhang Xueliang knew that Zhang Zongchang's army discipline was extremely poor, so he refused his request to enter the customs.
Forced to be helpless, in the end Zhang Zongchang could only flee to Japan. The Japanese were worried that there was no way to contact the Chinese warlords, and Zhang Zongchang, who had entered Japanese territory, gave them a good opportunity. Zhang Zongchang was profligate in Shandong, and after coming to Japan, he could not change this habit, so the key officials of the Japanese government kept coming to visit him and send him money gifts from time to time.
Zhang Zongchang, of course, knew the intentions of the Japanese, and he did not really want to turn to Japan, so he had to send people back to China for help.
Zhang Xueliang still remembered his old feelings, and in 1932, together with Wu Peifu and others, he invited Zhang Zongchang back to Beiping. Zhang Xueliang also proposed that he provide Zhang Zongchang with 80,000 yuan of living expenses every month.
Photo | casual photos of Zhang Zongchang (first from left) and Zhang Xueliang (second from left).
But the money was still not enough for Zhang Zongchang. He couldn't help but remember the glorious days in Shandong before, when he escaped, he also left a large amount of deposits in Jinan, and Zhang Zongchang wanted to find a way to summon the old ministry and take the deposits back by the way.
Just in July of this year, the current chairman of Shandong, Han Fuyu, came to Beiping to attend the meeting. Zhang Zongchang, who lived in Beiping, learned of it and specially set up a banquet to entertain him. When Han Zhang saw it, he felt that he knew each other and hated it late. Under the witness of Shi Yousan, an old friend of the former Northwest Army,
Zhang Zongchang, Han Fuyu, Zhang Xueliang and others "righteously knotted Jinlan" in Beiping, and Han Fuyu also recognized Zhang Zongchang's mother as a dry bride.
Throughout the banquet, the atmosphere was beyond imagination.
Han Fuyu said that he would welcome Zhang Zongchang back to Shandong at any time, and Zhang Zongchang also said with emotion that he had not returned for so many years, and he did not know what the situation of his ancestral tomb was now. Han Fuyu comforted Zhang Zongchang a few words, saying that when he returned to Jinan, as the host, Han Fuyu would definitely use baotu spring water to invite Zhang Zongchang to drink.
It may be that the atmosphere of the banquet is too harmonious, giving Zhang Zongchang the wrong feeling. He was probably drunk too, and some of his speeches were not brainy, and he actually reached out and put his hand on Han Fuyu's shoulder and said in a thick Shandong accent:
"My old subordinates are scattered in Shandong, but as soon as I go back to say hello, I can immediately form a team."
This sentence was like a thunderbolt, and it instantly woke up a somewhat drunken Han Fuyu. As the current chairman of Shandong, he was of course well aware of Zhang Zongchang's forces in Shandong before, and he also knew that Zhang Zongchang actually had nearly 20,000 troops left in Shandong when he fled.
Zhang Zongchang would not want to make a comeback in Shandong and make a comeback, right?
Han Fuyu had to be vigilant.
When he returned to his quarters, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Good you Zhang Zongchang, since you took the lead in threatening me, then don't blame me for not being affectionate. Han Fuyu's killing intent surged in his heart, and the brotherhood that had just been worshipped seemed to be extinguished in a moment.
Tragic death in Jinan
Soon after, Zhang Xueliang came forward and invited several brothers who had just worshipped to watch the play in the auspicious garden of Beiping. At first, it was only half seen in a box play for everyone, and Zhang Zongchang suddenly left his box and came to Han Fuyu's box.
Photo | Zhang Zongchang (center) and Zhang Xueliang (right)
At that time, Han Fuyu was accompanied by his second aunt Taiji Ganqing.
She thought that Zhang Zongchang had something important to say to Han Fuyu, so she sensibly got up and gave Zhang Zongchang a seat.
Zhang Zongchang looked at her before she left the box, sat down in the seat she had given, and did not forget to turn his head and joke with Han Fuyu:
"You see, you've topped your nest in Shandong, and you've also topped your wife's nest."
Han Fuyu listened to the alarm bell in his heart, felt that Zhang Zongchang had something to say, and felt more and more that this person wanted to snatch the territory of Shandong back from his hands. However, he was full of murderous anger in his heart, but on the surface he did not show it, and laughed with Zhang Zongchang.
After a few days, Han Fuyu returned to Jinan and entrusted Shi Yousan to invite Zhang Zongchang to go south, and said
Willing to let Zhang Zongchang gather the old ministry in Shandong.
Zhang Zongchang's mother was the first to express her opposition to Zhang Zongchang's going, and when she saw that she could not persuade Zhang Zongchang, she asked someone to inform Zhang Xueliang. When Zhang Xueliang heard this, he also resolutely opposed it, but no one could convince Zhang Zongchang, who had already made up his mind.
He knew that his mother did not agree, so he took only a few people and set off, and did not even say goodbye to his mother before leaving. When he was found to be leaving, Zhang's mother rushed to Zhang Xueliang for help, and Zhang Xueliang took an emergency telegram to ask the ministry to go down and stop him, but it was still a step too late, and Zhang Zongchang had already left by train.
On the other hand, Han Fuyu found the son of Zheng Jinsheng, who had been killed by Zhang Zongchang to vent his anger.
Zheng Jicheng
。 Zheng Jicheng is actually Zheng Jinsheng's dry son, but his intention to avenge Zheng Jinsheng is true.
In order to make the assassination plan foolproof, Han Fuyu also asked Shi Yousan to find an opportunity to take away the gun on Zhang Zongchang's body.
Shi Yousan told Zhang Zongchang that he liked his gun, and Zhang Zongchang casually gave the gun to Shi Yousan. When Han Fuyu learned about it, he informed jinan's military and political dignitaries to go to the railway station, on the one hand, to make them witnesses who showed that they had nothing to do with the assassination, and on the other hand, to paralyze Zhang Zongchang.
Zhang Zongchang arrived at the train station at about 6 p.m. on September 3, 1932. Everything went well on the trip, and Zhang Zongchang was in a good mood, and when he boarded the train, he said goodbye to the people who came to see him off. Immediately after that, the opening scene happened.
The picture | Jinan Railway Station during the Republic of China period
Zheng Jicheng shouted
"Kill you bastard"
When he rushed out, the first shot he fired was actually Zhang Zongchang dodging it. However, the killer arranged by Han Fuyu was not only Zheng Jicheng, but also another killer who followed him to the car and chased Zhang Zongchang all the way to the car.
In a panic, Zhang Zongchang went to touch the gun, but it turned out to be empty. Only then did he suddenly remember that the gun had been given to Shi Yousan. Zhang Zongchang looked up in despair, and Zheng Jicheng, who had been waiting behind the pillar for a long time, raised the gun in his hand, and Zhang Zongchang knew that he was already a dead man.
Moments later, accompanied by several continuous gunshots, Zhang Zongchang fell in a pool of blood, and the blood stained the railway red.
The Owl falls
Although Zheng Jicheng, who killed people, was imprisoned in the court, he has become a hero in the hearts of all the fathers and fellow villagers in Shandong, and everyone has come to visit and comfort them.
Everyone was petitioning for him, hoping to save him from the death penalty. And this is precisely the reason why Han Fuyu chose Zheng Jicheng as a killer.
Soon after, the Nanjing government, under the compulsion of public opinion, sent a pardon to Zheng Jicheng.
Zheng Jicheng walked out of the detention center in a bright and upright manner.
After Zhang Zongchang's death, the Shandong authorities wanted to buy him a coffin, but the local coffin shop that heard the news refused to sell it, and finally Han Fuyu, who killed him, came forward to buy the coffin, which decently arranged the aftermath for Zhang Zongchang.
A generation of tyrants, just like this, came to an end.
As a Shandong Haoqiang, after his death, no one even cried out for him, which shows his position in people's hearts.