In 1908, Zhang Zuolin rose from bandit to government official and was appointed commander of the patrol battalion. Soon, due to the rampant bandits in Inner Mongolia in the Songliao Plain, Xu Shichang, the governor of Fengtian, sent Zhang Zuolin to the Songliao area to suppress the bandits. In the process of suppressing bandits, Zhang Zuolin led his subordinates to be stationed in a village called Zhengjiatun, and his headquarters for suppressing bandits was located in the Zhengjiatun "Fengjudang" business.
Zhang Zuolin, king of the northeast
The owner of "Fengjudang" is a well-known local rich businessman Yu Wendou, like most successful businessmen, Yu Wendou is old and sophisticated, exquisite, coupled with doing business in the northeast, often harassed by bandits, therefore, Yu Wendou also trained a means to deal with the "good man in the green forest". For Zhang Zuolin, who was born in the green forest and became an official, Yu Wendou was even more respectful and greeted in every way.
Moreover, because Zhang Zuolin came to suppress the bandits, Yu Wendou was very favorable to Wendou in public and private, so Yu Wendou did not sit idly by, and after making Zhang Zuolin a friend, Yu Wendou did his best to support Zhang Zuolin in suppressing bandits. For example, in 1909, when Zhang Zuolin was fighting against the Mongol bandits at the Dragon King Temple in Mobei, Zhang Zuolin was in a very unfavorable situation due to the great power of the Mongol bandits and was in urgent need of reinforcements.
Zhang Zuolin
It was precisely by relying on Wen Dou to persuade Wu Junsheng, another commander of the patrol battalion who had an old grudge with Zhang Zuolin, to send troops to the rescue that he finally turned defeat into victory. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin was very grateful to Yu Wendou, who had inserted a knife in both ribs at the critical moment, and after returning to Zhengjiatun, he immediately made an alliance with Yu Wendou and became a brother with a different surname.
In 1913, after decisively defecting to Zhao Erxun, Zhang Zuolin had become one of the top warlords in the three eastern provinces, and Zhang Zuolin, whose power had become increasingly large, returned to Zhengjiatun to reminisce with his old friends. At this time, he heard the name of Yu Wendou's eldest daughter Yu Fengzhi, and knew that this Yu Jiacai daughter who knew everything about qinqi calligraphy and painting, the four books and five classics. From this time on, Zhang Zuolin germinated the idea of marrying Yu Wendou as a child and family.
Yu Fengzhi
Maybe it is really the beauty of the heavens as an adult, when Zhang Zuolin heard about Yu Fengzhi's character and learned, and gave birth to the idea of marrying his children and daughters, there happened to be a fortune teller who was counting the fortunes of Yu's children. On Yu Fengzhi's post, the word "FengFeng" was written impressively, and Zhang Zuolin was overjoyed to see it.
Zhang Zuolin, who has always been superstitious, is very convinced of the arithmetic. Moreover, although he started from scratch and came from a bandit background, the ambitious Zhang Zuolin always regarded the three eastern provinces as his own territory and always had the heart to compete for world domination. So naturally, his eldest son Zhang Xueliang is the "prince", and choosing a wife for the "prince" is naturally very happy, and it is also very beneficial to compete for world domination and the Inheritance of the Zhang family.
Wedding photo of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi
After returning to Fengtian, the cautious Zhang Zuolin invited a local blind man who was proficient in fortune telling to verify the matter. Bao's blind reply was: Zhang Xueliang of the "Gate Tiger" and Yu Fengzhi of "Fengfeng Qianjin", the two people are a pair created by heaven and earth. This time, Zhang Zuolin made up his mind thoroughly, and Zhang Zuolin, who had always paid attention to the "order of his parents", immediately exchanged Gengti with Yu Wendou in accordance with custom. Naturally, Yu Wendou naturally had no intention of opposing this family affair, and the two families were thus married.
However, Zhang Zuolin attached so much importance to Yu Fengzhi, but not only because of the fortune tellers Long Feng and Ming's statement. In fact, when Yu Fengzhi married into the Zhang family, he indeed lived up to his reputation, not only was he considerate and tolerant of her husband, but in the large population and complicated relationship of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, he still handled things steadily, was humble and generous. It has been unanimously praised by everyone in the Marshal's Mansion. Naturally, this also made Zhang Zuolin very satisfied.
The second from the left is Yu Fengzhi
After that, Yu Fengzhi's performance proved the viciousness of Zhang Zuolin's vision, and Yu Fengzhi was humble and cautious when the Zhang family was powerful, falling generously and not falling into the reputation of Zhang Zuolin's parents and daughters-in-law. After the September 18 Incident and even Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment, Yu Fengzhi never had the slightest dislike, she ran in many ways, while trying to rescue her husband, she took care of her three children independently.
After rescuing Zhang Xueliang hopelessly, Yu Fengzhi accompanied the imprisoned Zhang Xueliang to many places and experienced hardships. It was not until 1940 that after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Yu Fengzhi flew to the United States for treatment, and even in the United States, Yu Fengzhi still did not forget her imprisoned husband, who fought in a foreign country and fantasized about one day being reunited. However, the truth is extremely cruel, and after arriving in the United States, the two went their separate ways and never met until their deaths.