Zang Shiyi was a highly appreciated official among the Warlords of the Feng clan, zhang Xueliang, who later occupied Northeast China after the September 18 Incident. Zang Shiyi chose to coexist with the northeast at that time and did not retreat, and was later captured by the Japanese and imprisoned, where the Japanese tried to assimilate Zang Shiyi. And at this time, his mother poisoned him in the name of bringing him food, and wanted to poison him.
Through this extreme way to save his son's reputation, but did not expect that at that time, Zang Shiyi was still relatively dignified, in order to resist the Japanese chose to go on hunger strike, so he did not die, but later Zang Shiyi's psychological defense line gradually collapsed and chose to cooperate with the Japanese.
Therefore, after being released from prison, he served as a senior official in the puppet Manchu regime established in Japan. At this time, his mother chose to hang herself because she could not stand the fact that her son had become a traitor.
First, Zhang Xueliang's confidant
Northeast refers to the three provinces in the northeast of China combined, called the northeast region, the northeast region of the soil is very fertile, is a rich and rich place, so this in the last century during the War of Resistance Against Japan became the land that Japan wanted to compete for, people who know a little history will know that the northeast region has been controlled by the hands of the Warlords of the Feng clan at that time.
The leader of the Fengzhi warlords was named Zhang Zuolin, and there was a very famous officer in the ranks of the Fengzhi warlords, named Zhang Zang Shiyi. He was born in the northeast region at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was born in a family where his father and mother were farmers, and the peasants in that period meant oppression and exploitation from many sides, so the situation of his family from an early age was very poor.
This made him even more determined to get ahead, so he used all the opportunities he could use to study and study, and later he was admitted to a military school, and because his grades were very good, he got an opportunity to study in Japan at public expense, so he went to Japan to study for two years.
After returning to China, he had been following a very famous official named Sun Liecheng among the Warlords of the Fengzhi clan at that time, in fact, his position in the Feng clan team was not very high, but later because of Zhang Zuolin's death, his status in the Feng clan army rose, especially by Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Zuolin's death was entirely due to the Japanese conspiracy, they arranged an explosion, wanted to kill Zhang Zuolin, and in fact Zhang Zuolin was indeed killed in the explosion, but because Zhang Zuolin was rushed to the hospital at that time, and there were heavy guards around, the Japanese could not immediately determine Zhang Zuolin's death or death.
At this time, Zang Shiyi stood up and felt that the news of Zhang Zuolin's death should be suppressed first, and on the other hand, he secretly summoned Zhang Xueliang to return to the northeast as soon as possible, which would reduce the turmoil in the northeast region.
Because once the Japanese knew that Zhang Zuolin was dead and Zhang Xueliang was not in the northeast, and the Fengzhi warlords were in a state of leaderlessness, then they would immediately launch an attack on the Fengzhi warlords, so later Zhang Xueliang hurried back to the northeast and successfully took over all the power in Zhang Zuolin's hands without the Japanese knowing, and they announced the cause of Zhang Zuolin's death.
I have to say that Zang Shiyi handled this matter very well, so he has been appreciated by Zhang Xueliang since then. As a result, his position in the Fengzhi army became higher and higher, and Zang Shiyi was mainly responsible for some financial and civilian work, but during the period of his tenure, he always adhered to the principle of honesty and integrity, and he rented two small broken houses to live in.
2. Fall into the hands of the Japanese
Then there was the September 18 Incident, when Zhang Xueliang was not in the northeast, and Zang Shiyi, as a senior general of the Fengzhi warlords, insisted on not retreating, so he was arrested by the Japanese, and then imprisoned, they coerced and seduced Zang Shiyi in the hope that he could cooperate with the Japanese to establish a puppet regime in the northeast region.
However, Zang Shiyi was very dignified at that time, determined not to join the Japanese, and in order to show his will to start a hunger strike, his mother was also a very righteous person, knowing that his son was captured by the Japanese and sent to prison, afraid that his son would be assimilated by the Japanese.
So his mother took the opportunity to send food to Zang Shiyi, in fact, he was poisoned in his lunch box, there is an old Chinese saying that tiger poison does not eat children, but in order to save his son's reputation, his mother can only do this, but did not expect that at that time Zang Shiyi was still on hunger strike, so he did not eat, and he survived. Zang Shiyi was already on hunger strike, so he had to endure hunger physiologically.
And in his heart, like the Japanese constantly pressured him, using interests to tempt him to threaten him with death, this situation lasted for more than three months, and finally Zang Shiyi's psychology almost collapsed, and the Japanese seized this opportunity to find the senior Japanese general at the time to make Zang Shiyi believe in their cooperative attitude, so since then Zang Shiyi has been completely transformed into a traitor.
Third, the identity of a traitor
In fact, Zang Shiyi also tried his best to resist, but in the end he was assimilated by the Japanese, and it can be said that Zang Shiyi's will was not so firm. After becoming a traitor, Zang Shiyi had no worries at all, but began to shake off his arms, help the Japanese establish a puppet regime to occupy the northeast region, and constantly bargain with the Japanese, hoping to win himself a higher official position.
He even went to Japan to visit the Emperor of Japan and expressed his loyalty to them. Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty captured by Japan at that time, attempted to manipulate him into establishing a puppet Manchu Republic. Zang Shiyi played a great role in this, and after the establishment of the puppet Manchu regime, he became the highest-ranking official and minister in the puppet Manchu regime.
He even signed an agreement with Wang Jingwei on behalf of the puppet Manchu regime, intending to divide China equally. However, with the joint efforts of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the puppet Manchu regime was eliminated, and after that, both the emperors in the puppet Manchu regime and Zang Shiyi, a high-ranking minister, were arrested and put into the war criminals management center to spend the rest of their lives.
4. Summary
Everyone has their own different life, at different points in time have their own different choices, for example, Zang Shiyi when the Japanese first occupied the northeast he chose not to retreat, perhaps at that time, he believed in his own will, wanted to be a Backbone Chinese general.
However, he did not expect that after being imprisoned for several months, he really could not resist the temptation and everyone would naturally feel very sorry for their lives, so he chose to cooperate with the Japanese. Since then, Zang Shiyi has become a veritable traitor, and his mother chose to hang herself because she could not accept it.