Zhang Xueliang looked at the backs of Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai, and he was furious. After some thought, he took out a silver dollar and threw it three times in a row, all on the head.
He looked at the scene in front of him and thought that this silver dollar was wrong, and after careful consideration, he said: "If it is wrong for me not to do this, you will throw me the opposite." ”
Unexpectedly, this time the silver dollar was thrown twice in a row, and it was the opposite. Zhang Xueliang, who was apprehensive in his heart, asked his wife to see the results of the third throw, and looking at his wife's tearful face, he asked: "What are you crying about?" ”
"I know you're going to kill."
Sure enough, at night, two gunshots were heard in the tiger court, and then a dark blanket wrapped around the two corpses hurried away.
Later, in his later years, Zhang Xueliang confided in an interview that he regretted the decision he made at that time, and also said, "I was not superstitious before killing him, but I had to believe after killing him." ”
Why did Zhang Xueliang say these words? What kind of grudge does he have with Yang Yuting?
The infinite scenery of "Little Zhuge "
Speaking of Yang Yuting, he is full of meridians, and he has been called a prodigy by the people around him since he was a child.
He was admitted to Xiucai at the age of only 16, and according to his talent, he may become an official in the future. However, the imperial examination system was suddenly abolished, and his family sent him to study abroad at the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School in Japan, and his life changed completely since then.
During his study abroad, he met Duan Qirui's confidant, Xu Shuzheng, and the relationship between the two was very deep.
After returning to China, Yang Yuting was appreciated by Zhang Zuolin during the service period, and after he took office, he put the military discipline in order very well, and Zhang Zuolin entrusted him with a heavy responsibility after seeing it.
Until 1918, the direct line of the Beiyang government and the Anhui family at that time were fighting openly and secretly, and his friend Xu Shuzheng came to the door in order to increase the fighting chips of the Anhui faction: "Let's cooperate." ”
Yang Yuting did not immediately agree, he thought for a moment and said: "Then we can't help for nothing, right?" I heard that Feng Guozhang borrowed 40 million from Japan to buy a lot of arms, and we will also get some at that time, right? ”
Xu Shuzheng made a promise to divide Yang Yuting into some equipment, so the two hit it off, and Xu Shuzheng directly got the certificate to extract the arms, and then Zhang Zuolin sent someone to intercept the weapons in Qinhuangdao.
Zhang Zuolin, who obtained the arms, couldn't help but feel joy descending from the sky, and with these equipment, he directly armed 7 mixed brigades, and the warlords of the Fengjie system jumped up because of this leap and became the third largest force directly under the Beiyang government and the Anhui lineage.
Zhang Zuolin felt that Yang Yuting was a lucky star sent to him by heaven, and he trusted Yang Yuting even more, almost obeying his strategy.
Under Zhang Zuolin's indulgence, Yang Yuting also got carried away in the vortex of power.
Yang Yuting was unwilling to live under the people, and under Xu Shuzheng's advocacy, they secretly embezzled 3.7 million yuan of funds distributed to the Fengjun army and created an army.
However, in the end, paper could not contain the fire, and the well-informed Zhang Zuolin still discovered this matter,
After Zhang Zuolin summoned Yang Yuting, he said angrily: "I think I treat you well, why did you still form an army behind my back." Subsequently, in the name of "colluding with others and establishing an independent army", Yang Yuting was dismissed.
But later, the staff officers around Zhang Zuolin were not as good as Yang Yuting, and after much thought, he invited Yang Yuting to resume his post again.
After his reinstatement, Yang Yuting still won Zhang Zuolin's favor, and during his tenure, factories in the three eastern provinces developed rapidly, pushing Zhang Zuolin's military development to a new height.
He also reformed the army and established a new type of army, and under his training, the combat effectiveness of the army soared.
Yang Yuting can be described as infinite scenery at this time, but with Zhang Zuolin's death, his scenery is not usual.
The grudges of old and new generals
In 1928, after the Japanese failed to win over Zhang Xueliang, they planted a bomb near Huanggutun and killed him in a fit of rage.
At this time, Yang Yuting and Zhang Xueliang were fighting in Hebei, and they rushed back immediately after hearing the news.
At this time, who would replace Zhang Zuolin became a problem, Yang Yuting did not hesitate to show that he supported Zhang Xueliang's succession, and finally after everyone's discussion at the meeting, Zhang Xueliang was elected the king of Northeast China.
After being elected, Zhang Xueliang did not trust Yang Yuting, a confidant left by his father, and he and Yang Yuting accumulated a lot of grudges.
When Zhang Zuolin was still there, Yang Yuting could be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, when Zhang Zuolin was dealing with official business, Yang Yuting read important things to him, and after Zhang Zuolin finished speaking, Yang Yuting wrote it down and executed, and in the later stage, these things were corrected by Yang Yuting alone.
This also led to Yang Yuting becoming more arrogant and domineering, and his relationship with his colleagues was very poor, especially with Guo Songling.
Guo Songling is Zhang Xueliang's teacher, and the relationship between the two people is strong, and Zhang Xueliang even said: "I am Maochen, and Maochen is equal to me."
Guo Songling believes that his identity is not bad, and he is often not used to what Yang Yuting does, so the two are incompatible and look at each other unfavorably.
During the second direct battle, Yang Yuting also stepped in sideways, causing Guo Songling's idea to fail.
Later, after the war, Guo Songling was not satisfied with Zhang Zuolin's reward for himself, he thought that he should get more according to the credit, but seeing Yang Yuting was promoted, he was not angry in his heart and led his army to rebel in the name of "the general is old, only favors Yang Yuting and these villains, now he should inherit his father's business, let us do it".
Zhang Zuolin was furious when he learned of Guo Songling's rebellion and immediately summoned an army to attack him.
After this battle, the Fengjun army suffered heavy losses and Guo Songling's soldiers were defeated and captured, Zhang Zuolin issued an order to "put the Guo couple in ruins".
However, the narrow-minded Yang Yuting was worried that Zhang Xueliang would save Guo Songling, and he was worried that he would dream more than night, so he immediately shot Zhang Zuolin immediately.
Zhang Xueliang remembered hating him when he knew that his teacher's death was done by Yang Yuting.
Later, when the news of Zhang Zuolin's death came, Zhang Xueliang hurried back, and seeing the turmoil, he sent a telegram asking Yang Yuting to immediately return to Mukden to help him succeed to the throne.
And Yang Yuting did not rush back immediately after receiving the telegram, but first went to inspect Zhang Xueliang's troops, and even hit the idea of the army, and Zhang Xueliang was afraid of him after knowing it.
After Zhang Xueliang succeeded to the throne as King of Northeast China, although he did not entrust Yang Yuting with heavy responsibilities, he also treated him with courtesy.
But Yang Yuting did not restrain his domineering, he became more domineering, he often regarded himself as an elder, teaching Zhang Xueliang in public.
Yang Yuting decided on all government affairs by himself, and did not report to Zhang Xueliang, and if Zhang Xueliang raised a different opinion, he would ignore it.
In Yang Yuting's opinion, Zhang Xueliang is just a son brother who can play, just because he has a good father, so he has never put Zhang Xueliang in his eyes.
Especially later, after Zhang Xueliang was infected with opium, he got carried away all day. Yang Yuting became more and more arrogant after knowing this, and when facing Zhang Xueliang's teaching, he always said arrogantly: "Young man, you come over, I have something to say to you", completely without the respect and humility of superiors and subordinates.
Zhang Xueliang could only endure Yang Yuting's behavior in the face of his actions, knowing that he had just taken power and needed the support of veterans. So Zhang Xueliang's wife wanted to exchange posts with Yang Yuting's wife, intending that the two could worship the handle, but Yang Yuting refused: "I think my father and I are friends, and I am different from your generation." So I disagree. ”
After Yang Yuting's mother's birthday, Zhang Xueliang personally attended, generally speaking, this situation can be said to be a special honor for subordinates, but Yang Yuting did the opposite. He thought in his heart that Zhang Xueliang was just a junior, and after Zhang Xueliang's arrival, he not only did not welcome him warmly, but even snubbed him very much, and even called him in front of everyone at the banquet: "This is the sixth son of my family." ”
Zhang Xueliang's impatience with Yang Yuting became more and more, but Yang Yuting did not realize that he was walking towards the abyss of death step by step, and he began to stretch out his hand in government affairs.
At that time, Zhang Xueliang was faced with whether to return to China for reunification or cooperate with the Japanese, but Zhang Xueliang hated that the Japanese had killed his father, and he would rather die than cooperate with the enemy.
After Yang Yuting knew it, he had a different opinion. He felt that he could unify with the government, but he had to give us some benefits. We should eat both ends before we become national heroes who change their banners, Yang Yuting believes that we should put the interests of the military first.
Zhang Xueliang did not want this, and he had already made up his mind to announce the change of banner.
On December 29, 1928, when the representatives of the two sides took a group photo, Yang Yuting did not give any face, and directly turned around and left, which made Zhang Xueliang have murderous intentions for him.
After Zhang Xueliang was in charge of the northeast, he saw that the funds were now tight, so he decided to lay off employees, Yang Yuting felt that he could allocate funds from the railway, and Chang Yinhuai, who was in charge of railway management, immediately agreed after hearing this.
Zhang Xueliang was very dissatisfied when he heard this, because not long ago he thought that the railway could allocate some money to alleviate the current lack of funds, Chang Yinhuai cried to him and said: "Marshal, it's not that I don't agree, now the railway has no money to allocate." ”
He didn't expect Chang Yinhuai to agree to Yang Yuting's request so cheerfully, and he couldn't help but plant seeds of doubt in his heart: Does Yang Yuting want to replace me, now that my subordinates are listening to him, does he also want to go down?
Once the seeds are watered with unsatisfactory moisture, they will slowly grow and grow.
Sure enough, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai quietly bought guns behind their backs, and Chang Yinhuai bought 20,000 guns from Heilongjiang, and later, when he crossed the clear road for the guns, he also asked the section chief who handled it for him at that time not to tell Zhang Xueliang.
However, they did not expect that the person who had just said yes turned around and told Zhang Xueliang the news: "Do you know about Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai buying guns today?" ”
When Zhang Xueliang heard these words, he had a feeling of dust in his heart: Sure enough, the two of them were a gang, and they wanted to rebel.
Tiger Court was killed on the spot
Until January 10, 1929, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai came to the Shuai Mansion again.
When Yang Yuting saw Zhang Xueliang, he immediately said: "I request the establishment of a railway supervisor's office, and when it is established, it will be managed by Chang Yinhuai." ”
After listening to this, Zhang Xueliang frowned and said: "Let's talk about this matter later, it is not established for the time being." ”
After hearing this, Yang Yuting took out a piece of paper with dissatisfaction: "I have already thought about it, this is an official document, you just need to sign it." ”
Zhang Xueliang said that looking at Yang Yuting aggressively, he secretly thought in his heart: "Now that the two of them have united to persecute me, they don't listen to my opinions at all, it seems that the two of them can't stay." ”
Zhang Xue's conscience was surging with an undercurrent, but his face was as usual and said: "Let's talk about it after dinner, you two will eat here today." ”
Yang and Chang were very displeased when they heard this, so they said to go back to eat and come back to discuss in the evening.
After they left, Zhang Xueliang could no longer contain his anger, and after throwing silver dollars six times, he ordered his men to talk.
The two came to the marshal's mansion after eating, listening to the footsteps, but when they looked up, they saw Gao Jiyi and several soldiers holding guns, Gao Jiyi said coldly: "On the order of the chief, you two intend to obstruct the reunification of the country, give you death, and execute it immediately!" After saying this, after two gunshots, the two people closed their eyes unwillingly.
Later, after Yang Yuting's death, within a few years, the "918" incident occurred in the northeast, and Zhang Xueliang, who recalled this incident in his later years, fell into remorse every time...