Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, is known to everyone, and he is also a prominent figure in the Chinese political arena during the period from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. In his early years, he started his family by collecting protection fees from villagers, and later survived between the cracks between Japan and Russia (when Japan and Russia successively invaded the vast northeast of the mainland), and his power also began to grow barbarically at this time.
Gradually, Zhang Zuolin's name disappeared, and even the emperor wanted to appease him. Zhang Zuolin finally found a thigh to rely on, and in order to legitimize his troops, he simply defected to the royal family.
In this generation of northeast kings, Zhang Zuolin is no longer a rogue bandit in the eyes of others, he has a new identity, and has become an official army of honor and integrity.
It can be said that this is an important node in the whitewashing and regularization of Zhang Zuolin's troops.
However, at that time, the Qing Dynasty had reached the point of dying. Even if Zhang Zuolin's fresh blood vein was injected into the Qing court, it would not save their fate.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zuolin returned to the northeast, and at this moment, Zhang Zuolin seemed to have become a leader in the northeast. No one in Tohoku dared to compete with him, and even the Japanese wanted to use him to serve Japan.
However, Zhang Zuolin was not willing to be a traitor, so he sang double reeds to the Japanese and pretended to be grandchildren; in short, he would not sell the motherland for Japan's co-optation.
The Japanese think that Zhang Zuolin is an old slippery head and cannot be used for himself. Simply, they had the idea of assassinating Zhang Zuolin.
In June 1928, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese at the Huanggutun Railway Station at the age of 54. At this point, a generation of northeast kings fell.
Before Zhang Zuolin died, he left eight sons, so what was the fate of his eight sons?
Let's first talk about Zhang Zuolin's eight sons, they are: Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xueming, Zhang Xuezeng, Zhang Xuesi, Zhang Xuesen, Zhang Xuejun, Zhang Xueying, and Zhang Xuequan.
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001)
Zhang Xueliang was the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, and also the son that Zhang Zuolin valued most, and after Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Zuolin's former troops reached Zhang Xueliang's hands.
Later, he helped Chiang Kai-shek defeat Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan during the Great War in the Central Plains, and had the opportunity to call Chiang Kai-shek a brother.
When the 918 Incident occurred, Zhang Shaoshuai was criticized by the world for not resisting the Japanese army. The Japanese began to occupy the northeast in an all-round way, and Zhang Xueliang retreated to Xi'an.
In Xi'an, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the Xi'an Incident, prompting cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
It was also because of the Xi'an Incident that Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek. It can be said that Zhang Xueliang has withdrawn from the political stage of history since the Xi'an Incident and died in the United States in 2001.
Zhang Xueming (1908-1983)
He is the second son of Zhang Zuolin and the younger brother of Zhang Xueliang's mother. In 1929, when his brother Zhang Xueliang was calling the wind and rain in the political arena, Zhang Xueming served as the chief of the Tianjin Municipal Police and the mayor of Tianjin.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1943, he passively accepted the post of a member of the Military Commission of the Wang Jingwei regime, but after the War of Resistance Against Japan, he did not accept the disposition.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy director of the Tianjin Municipal Construction Bureau and died in Beijing on April 9, 1983.
Zhang Xuezeng (1911-)
Zhang Xue was zhang Zuolin's third son, and when the Huanggutun incident occurred, he was the only one among Zhang Zuolin's sons to accompany his father. It's just that when Zhang Zuolin's carriage exploded, he was not by Zhang Zuolin's side, but went to other carriages.
As a result, he also escaped.
After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xue went to Japan and the United Kingdom to study. Finally, he settled in the United States.
Zhang Xuesi (1916-1970)
Zhang Xuesi was the fourth son of Zhang Zuolin, a major general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and participated in the struggle to create and consolidate the base areas in the north and south and in famous battles such as sibao Linjiang.
After the founding of New China, he was awarded the rank of major general. Died in 1970.
Zhang Xuesen (1920-1995)
Zhang Zuolin's fifth son, settled in the United States, and Zhang Xueliang went to him in his later years. He died in Beijing in 1995.
Zhang Xuejun, Zhang Xueying
Zhang Zuolin's sixth son, Zhang Xuejun and Zhang Xueying, are not well-known, and the situation is unknown. I won't go into much detail.
Zhang Xuequan (1925-1996)
Zhang Zuolin was only 4 years old when he died, lived in Tianjin after liberation, and worked in Tianjin No. 55 Middle School. He died in Tianjin in 1996.