After the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China was established, and after Dr. Sun Yat-sen stepped down as the provisional president of the Republic of China, the successor president was Yuan Shikai.
After Yuan Shikai's blatant sacrifice of Kong, his ambition to restore the imperial system was exposed, and he died in the midst of a lot of insults from the chinese people, and the old China opened a chaotic situation of warlord division.
Warlords everywhere occupied one side and competed with each other for territory, just like the rich landlords in feudal society. Most of these warlords were from banditry, especially Zhang Zuolin, a warlord in the three eastern provinces.
Zhang Zuolin fought all his life, was assassinated by the Japanese in his old age, and died on the train, and his son Zhang Xueliang inherited his father's family business. I wanted to show my ambitions, but who knew but I was imprisoned for a lifetime.
First, the northeast is easy to style
Zhang Xueliang's mother was Zhang Zuolin's wife, and after his mother's death, the young Zhang Xueliang was taken care of by his sister.
At the age of sixteen, Zhang Xueliang began to serve in his father's army, and his superior family situation made him naturally inferior, fond of fun, like a clumsy brother. However, although Zhang Xueliang is stubborn and difficult to manage, he is not sloppy in his studies, and his grades have always been excellent.
After Zhang Xueliang graduated, he was promoted to major general of the army, and most people thought that Zhang Xueliang would come to assist his father, but Zhang Zuolin had an accident and was assassinated.
At this time, the entire Northeast Army lacked a leader, so Zhang Xueliang took over the post of commander-in-chief of his father's Northeast Military Region, and Zhang Xueliang was only twenty-eight years old.
After Chiang Kai-shek came to power,
The Kuomintang government no longer allowed local warlords to occupy the mountains as kings, so the warlords of the whole country were integrated by Chiang Kai-shek and all were incorporated into the Kuomintang troops.
On December 29, 1928, Zhang Xueliang publicly sent a telegram saying that, on the grounds of following the Three People's Principles, the Northeast Military Region would belong to the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, and the national flag of the Beiyang Government would be changed to the Kuomintang Qingtian White Sun Flag.
After Zhang Xueliang issued a nationwide telegram, the era of rule by the Beiyang government was officially declared over, and the Northern Expedition War also came to an end, and the situation of superficial unification of various places was completed from then on.
After the northeast was changed, Zhang Xueliang and his troops were all under the management of the Kuomintang, which also laid the groundwork for Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment later.
Second, force Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan
After the outbreak of the September 18 Incident, in the face of the continuous provocations of the Japanese army, the Nationalist government did not make a strategic approach to this, and Chiang Kai-shek publicly issued a statement to avoid conflict with the Japanese army and wait for a fair international judgment.
Zhang Xueliang coincided with Chiang Kai-shek, adhering to the policy of non-resistance and pinning all his hopes on international organizations in an attempt to obtain a fair verdict.
After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's repeated requests for help, the International ordered the Japanese army to withdraw from China, but the Japanese side ignored it and continued to carry out aggression in China.
Zhang Xueliang obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders and repeatedly backed down, giving the Japanese army the courage to continue its aggressive attack, and it was precisely because of this behavior that posterity had a negative evaluation of Zhang Xueliang.
The situation in the country was unclear, and continuing to survive in a posture of resignation could only be swallowed up, so Zhang Xueliang decided to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to abandon the policy of non-resistance. In 1936, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Xi'an to inspect.
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan, but Jiang was very angry and angry and rebuked the two, and Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng failed in persuasion.
On December 12, Zhang Yang and his men launched a military advisory to force Chiang Kai-shek to change the original policy of non-resistance and jointly plan the anti-Japanese plan, which was the Xi'an Incident that shocked China and foreign countries.
Chiang Kai-shek was a man of vengeance, and the two exhortations had already made him angry and embarrassed, let alone another military advice, so after he was relieved of his difficulties, Chiang Kai-shek pondered ordering the imprisonment of Zhang Xueliang and the execution of Yang Hucheng.
3. Imprisoned for the rest of his life
Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for fifty years, and even though the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated to Taiwan after the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek still forcibly took Zhang Xueliang away, and did not have the slightest intention of releasing Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang was forced to be imprisoned and traveled in many places, and it was not until after Chiang Ching-kuo's death that Zhang Xueliang was released.
During his imprisonment, Zhang Xueliang's only lover ran for him many times, and his wife Yu Fengzhi ran east and west to clear the relationship for her husband, and the operation of one person was bound to be exhausted, and Jiang Shiyun was also helped by Yu Fengzhi. Zhang Xueliang was about twenty years older than Jiang Shiyun, and because of his father's work contacts with Zhang Xueliang, Jiang Shiyun became acquainted with Zhang Xueliang.
When the young woman was impressed by the handsome young marshal, Jiang Shiyun, who had just opened his heart, wanted to confess his heart to Zhang Xueliang, but when he saw him, he found that the young marshal not only had a wife Yu Fengzhi, but also the fourth young lady Zhao Yidi, who conceived a child for him.
Jiang Shiyun could not bear to be a blind lover, so she chose to leave and quit.
After going abroad, Jiang Shiyun became acquainted with her husband Bei Zuyi, and the two soon got married. Since going abroad, Jiang Shiyun has never seen Zhang Xueliang until he learns the news of his imprisonment.
Her bitter affection made her want to help Zhang Xueliang, and after obtaining her husband's consent, Jiang Shiyun continued to work with Yu Fengzhi to unblock the relationship between the top level of the Kuomintang.
Many days of running east and west were in vain, Zhang Xueliang was also taken to the court to stand trial, Jiang Shiyun tried his best to win the opportunity to observe the court, but Zhang Xueliang did not look at Jiang Shiyun under the stage from beginning to end.
It wasn't until the judge announced his ten-year imprisonment that Zhang Xueliang silently stared at Jiang Shiyun, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.
After being released by Chiang Ching-kuo, Zhang Xueliang was already a dying old man, and the first person Zhang Xueliang saw after regaining his freedom was not Zhao Yidi, but Jiang Shiyun.
After Zhang Xueliang arrived in New York, Jiang Shiyun arranged a place for him to live, and Zhang Xueliang spent a comfortable three months with Jiang Shiyun in New York. I thought that I would see each other again in the future, but who knew that it became a farewell again, until I passed away, Zhang Xueliang and Jiang Shiyun did not see each other again.
epilogue:
The first half of his life went smoothly, the second half of his life was tormented, when the spirited young marshal was imprisoned, even the most beloved Miss Zhao Yidi could not do anything, except for his wife Yu Fengzhi, Jiang Shiyun was the only one who was willing to run for him.
In the last three months of his time with Jiang Shiyun, Zhang Xueliang lived a very comfortable life, perhaps a yin and yang mistake, although he had feelings, he did not become a family member.
The most powerless moment in this life is the glance in the courtroom, they are in front of each other, but they can't say anything, they can only look at each other powerlessly.
Even if he was a spirited young marshal at the beginning, he could not escape the shackles of the political situation, and perhaps putting each other in his heart was the most appropriate ending of this relationship.