On December 12, 1936, Chiang Kai-shek and Yang Hucheng detained Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an. The purpose was to force Chiang Kai-shek to stop the civil war and unite with the Communist Party to resist Japan. Chiang Kai-shek hated Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang to the bone. After the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek detained Zhang Xueliang as soon as he returned to Nanjing, and what was surprising was that Chiang Kai-shek did not intend to kill Zhang Xueliang, but put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest for a long time.
Yang Hucheng's ending is that no one in the whole family can live, they are all killed, he has paid so much for China, but it is also very heart-wrenching that he has not been able to have a good ending. Then Zhang Xueliang was just put under house arrest, so why didn't Chiang Kai-shek kill Zhang Xueliang?
It must be said that this has a lot to do with Song Meiling's help. Chiang Kai-shek once sighed at Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, you have harmed the country miserably!" "Also several times murderous. Soong Mei-ling advised Chiang Kai-shek: "Both father and son of the Zhang family are patriotic, his father was killed by the Japanese, just lock him up, don't kill him again." After 1990, Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom and mentioned several times in front of the media: "Madame is my protector." ”
Secondly, during the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek walked away from the ghost gate in a panic and returned to Nanjing safely. This time frightened, although the culprit is Zhang Xueliang, it is also Zhang Xueliang who guarantees his safe and dignified return. It can be said that Zhang Xueliang has a great grace for his reconstruction.