Zhang Xueliang is a very important figure in Chinese history. He was the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, the Grand Marshal of the Northeast, and during Zhang Zuolin's lifetime, Zhang Xueliang was designated as the heir, so he was called the Young Marshal. Zhang Xueliang's contribution to modern history is very large, but sometimes, many people have a lot of criticism of Zhang Xueliang, because after the Japanese launched the 918 Incident, Zhang Xueliang chose the policy of non-resistance and led to the fall of the three northeastern provinces.
Then in 1936, the Japanese army became more and more powerful, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng felt the fall of the country and the suffering of the people, launched a military advisory in Xi'an, Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped by two generals, and the Xi'an Incident led to the second anti-Japanese cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, making great contributions to future victories. But then Zhang Xueliang was captured by Chiang Kai-shek and imprisoned for 52 years.
Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest for a total of 52 years, and his freedom was finally restored in 1990, the year after Chiang Ching-kuo's death. At this time, Zhang Xueliang was 89 years old, and later he and his wife Zhao Yidi came to live in the United States. Many Chinese and foreign journalists contacted them and wanted to interview them about how they lived during their re-imprisonment and their judgments about the future form. A reporter interviewed Zhang Xueliang, and he asked Zhang Xueliang, who is the person you admire the most in your life? The young marshal said there were 3.
The first is Zhang Xueliang's father, Zhang Zuolin
Zhang Zuolin was a veritable king of the Northeast, although he was born in Cao mang, he had always led the Northeast Army between Tsarist Russia and the Japanese, and he did not fall behind from the left and right, and once became the supreme leader of the Beiyang government. When Zhang Zuolin was alive, the Japanese did not dare to venture in. After the Huanggutun Incident, Zhang Zuolin was killed in a conspiracy by the Japanese, and then officially began the strategic deployment of aggression against northeast China. It can be said that if Zhang Zuolin was still alive, the Japanese would not dare to invade the three northeastern provinces. Zhang Xueliang has been greatly influenced by his father since childhood, although Zhang Xueliang is sometimes naughty and disobedient, but he has great respect for his father Zhang Zuolin.
The second is Premier Zhou
Zhang Xueliang said that the reason why he admired Premier Zhou was that almost everyone asked Zhang Xueliang to kill Chiang Kai-shek during the Xi'an Incident, and only Premier Zhou called to make Zhang Xueliang think of the people of the whole country first, because once Chiang Kai-shek died, the country would fall into turmoil, and the joint resistance to Japan would be a fool's dream. Therefore, in the end, Zhang Xueliang did not kill Chiang Kai-shek, but was also influenced by Premier Zhou.
The third is the President
The chairman waved Fang Wei to lead the Chinese people to the final victory, not only repelling the invasion of foreign enemies, but also reversing the occupation under extremely unfavorable circumstances. Therefore, Zhang Xueliang is also full of admiration for the chairman.