China during the Republic of China period was the era when the impact of both old and new ideas was most intense. At that time, women had gone to school and seen the world proud, and many women ran to the progressive areas at that time in order to escape the marriage contract, although there were new ideas, but the old ideas were still entrenched in people's minds, that is, it was better to learn well than to marry.
At that time, many female students, although they learned advanced knowledge and entered the brain with advanced ideas, still believed in the old set of ideas, Zhang Shouyi was one of them.
She was originally an outstanding student representative, but she turned around and became Zhang Zuolin's aunt, what kind of story does she have in her?
Excellent student becomes aunt wife
Before telling the story of Zhang Shouyi, there is one person who must be mentioned, he is Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast.
Zhang Zuolin was born in 1875, born in a poor peasant family, did not go to school, and participated in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Naval Battle.
Later, when he returned to his hometown to devote himself to the green forest, his power gradually expanded, and the Qing government was already weakening at that time, and it was unable to deal with the various forces that sprung up in the country, so it had to recruit them, and Zhang Zuolin, who was recruited, had a reasonable identity and began to encircle and suppress other bandit forces.
As his influence grew, after the victory of the Second Zhifeng War, Zhang Zuolin entered Beijing and became the de facto ruler of the Republic of China. During this period, he killed Comrade Li Dazhao, carried out a bloody massacre, and then returned to the northeast due to the unfavorable war on the front line.
Zhang Zuolin as the "king of the northeast", naturally also has a king-like harem, he married a total of six wives in his life, the eldest wife Zhao Chungui was born well, married to him in his early 20s, gave birth to a daughter and two men for him, but unfortunately his health is not good, she did not accompany Zhang Zuolin for a long time and died.
Zhang Zuolin's other wives are also mostly beautiful and knowledgeable. Probably because he received less education, Zhang Zuolin liked cultured girls very much.
Although Zhang Zuolin was born in the countryside and had little education, he understood the importance of education very well, and after he gained power, he used his own money to run a teacher training college, and this school was still among the top in the ranking of China's major universities at that time.
Since then, Zhang Zuolin has been more interested in the importance of education, and once he finds that someone has embezzled education funds, he will be severely punished, which also makes schools in the northeast see hope for revitalizing China.
For this reason, the major universities in the northeast have great respect for Zhang Zuolin, and the school will basically invite Zhang Zuolin for important activities, and Zhang Zuolin will not resign, which has a love at first sight between him and Shou Yi.
Shou Yi was an outstanding student representative of this event, and her energetic posture and nightingale-like voice made the focus of the audience pay attention to her, and Zhang Zuolin was no exception.
This girl made his heart move, and after listening to the speech, he appreciated the talent of this girl. After the end of the activity, Zhang Zuolin immediately asked his men to inquire about the girl's situation.
The principal understood what he meant, so he immediately reported to Zhang Zuolin, this girl named ShouYi, from a declining aristocratic family, her father died early, it was her mother who raised her with hard work, and also sent her to school, because of her excellent grades, she was admitted to the school, and she studied very hard during the school.
Zhang Zuolin was very happy after learning about the situation, and immediately went to propose to Shouyi's mother, wanting to marry Shouyi, Zhang Zuolin was rich and powerful, and directly made 1,000 oceans as a bride price, which was converted into almost four or five hundred thousand now.
Originally, Shouyi's mother did not agree very much, Zhang Zuolin was more than 40 years old at the time, and his daughter was only 18 years old, but Shouyi's brain was very clear.
She knew that in that era of war and chaos, even if she studied well, it was difficult to find a suitable job to support herself, so it was better to find a rich man who could ensure that she and her mother had no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, so she agreed to the marriage.
Zhang Zuolin and Shouyi are married, Zhang Zuolin is 41 years old and Shou Yi is 18 years old.
Socially small people
ShouYi changed her name to Zhang Shouyi after marrying Zhang Zuolin, and after she married into Zhang Mansion, she needed to face interpersonal relationships that were countless times more complicated than the school.
At that time, Zhang Zuolin had already married four wives, she was the fifth, but after she married in, the eldest wife had died of illness, and the third wife could not stand Zhang Zuolin's tyrannical temper and complicated environment and cut her hair to become a nun, so at that time there was only the second wife Lu Shouxuan and the fourth wife Xu Pengyang in the family.
This second wife Lu Shouxuan and Zhang Shouyi are not too different, but also from the family of Scholars Xiangmendi, she is empathetic, gentle and considerate, and Zhang Shouyi, who has gone to school, has a lot of common language, and the two get along very happily.
The fourth wife was different from the origin of the two of them, she was born in a poor family, originally dependent on her mother, but because of her good looks, she was snatched into the home by Zhang Zuolin, and the two gave birth to two men and two women.
Although the birth is not as good as the second wife and the fifth wife, this does not prevent several people from getting along happily.
After Zhang Shouyi married into the Zhang family, he quickly gained the favor of Zhang Zuolin, he often took her to meet the dignitaries and dignitaries, increase her insight, she herself is also very smart, it can be said that she is in the hall and down to the kitchen.
So Zhang Zuolin slowly handed over important matters in the palace to her, and she also handled it very well, with the rise of Zhang Zuolin's status, Zhang Shouyi saw more and more people, and the well-informed Zhang Shouyi became more and more clever, often helping Zhang Zuolin to entertain guests, so all the dignitaries in the capital knew that Zhang Zuolin had a clever and clever "Xiannei Helper" around him.
Such a beautiful day could have been passed on, but as the Japanese ambition to annex Tohoku increased, such a beautiful day would come to an end.
In the face of danger, he was ordered
In 1928, a train was running on the track leading to the northeast, and when the train was driving to Huanggutun, suddenly, with a loud noise, the power of the explosives directly blew the train in half, and Zhang Zuolin on the train was also seriously injured.
On the way back to Shenyang, Zhang Zuolin woke up slowly, and the aide-de-camp next to him told him that the explosion was not made of ordinary explosives, but a huge explosive owned by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and that the explosion had occurred while passing through the Japanese South Manchuria Railway section, and that it must have been done by the Japanese.
Zhang Zuolin was furious, but he himself knew very well that he was too badly injured to survive, so he explained the aftermath to Zhang Shouyi and asked her to call Zhang Xueliang back to take charge of Fengjun. After explaining the matter, Zhang Zuolin closed his eyes forever.
Zhang Shouyi was filled with grief and indignation, and at this time, the Japanese officer who inquired about the news went to Zhang Mansion on the pretext of visiting a sick person to investigate Zhang Zuolin's situation. Although Zhang Shouyi was angry in her heart, she knew that the matter was important and could not let the Japanese know the real situation.
So she deliberately dressed brightly and used her own hearty laughter to paralyze the Japanese who came to listen to the news, so that they thought that Zhang Zuolin was fine, did not dare to act rashly, and bought time for Zhang Xueliang's return.
Afterwards, the Japanese who knew the truth of the matter angrily believed that Zhang Shouyi was a cunning woman.
summary
At that time, it seemed that it was indeed better to learn than to marry, but Zhang Shouyi did not give up promoting himself after marrying Zhang Zuolin, making himself an indispensable person to Zhang Zuolin, and using his wisdom to turn the tide in the great waves of politics, laying the foundation for Zhang Xueliang's later governance.
Zhang Zuolin can be said to be Zhang Shouyi's guide, and Zhang Shouyi is his solid backing.