In his later years, Zhang Xueliang looked back on his life and commented that he was "no regrets in life, just a good woman".
Zhang Xueliang's relationship with women has always been very good, and when he was young, in addition to his legal wife, he had many girlfriends.
One of these girlfriends made Zhang Xueliang pregnant for more than 70 years, and until he was old, he still chanted: "If she weren't a bastard, I would have married her." ”
This special girlfriend is Tang Yiying.
1. Famous women
Although Tang Yiying takes "Tang" as her surname, she is actually from the Manchu Tatara clan with a red flag.
Her fourth aunt was Guangxu's concubine, and her fifth aunt was Concubine Jin, and Tang Yiying was a real noble girl at that time.
When Tang Yiying was a child, Guangxu and Cixi had passed away, and the head of the palace was Xiao Puyi, and Concubine Jin, who had been crowned imperial concubine.
At that time, Puyi was still a child, and everything in the palace was basically decided by Concubine Jin, and with this relationship, Tang Yiying became a permanent resident of the Forbidden City.
The fifth aunt Jin was widowed and lonely, and she was happy to keep her smart niece by her side.
The first on the right is Tang Yiying, and in the middle is Concubine Jin
Since he often enters the palace, he has the opportunity to become playmates with Puyi. Tang Yiying and Puyi are similar in age, and the two often play together, play and play, and play the friendship of childhood sweethearts.
At that time, Pu Yi's younger brother Pu Jie was also a frequent visitor to the palace, and he was Pu Yi's little heel.
Tang Yiying, naturally, prefers Puyi, who is older and more stable, and does not look at Pu Jie, a little fart child who is 3 years younger than herself.
As the children grew older, Tang Yiying and Puyi gradually fell in love, and at the same time, the adults also saw the thoughts of the boys and girls.
Concubine Jin had the idea of giving her niece to Puyi as empress.
But when it came to Puyi's concubine selection pass, Concubine Jin suddenly changed.
At that time, the situation changed, and Concubine Jin realized that Puyi had lost power, and there was no point in letting her niece be such a queen.
In this way, in 1918, Concubine Jin took charge and married her 14-year-old niece to Pu Jie.
Pu Yi and Pu Jie
Tang Yiying was naturally reluctant to this affair, firstly, the person she liked was Puyi, and secondly, she was already looking forward to her career as a queen. Falling from the queen to the princess, Tang Yiying felt very uncomfortable. This also laid hidden dangers for her and Pu Jie's unhappy marriage in the future. But that's an afterthought.
Just when in Beijing, when the skinny and 11-year-old Pu Jie went to Tang Yiying's house with a group of entourage to get engaged, in the cold northeast, 17-year-old Zhang Xueliang had grown into a young man and began to practice with his father in the army.
At this time, Tang Yiying and Zhang Xueliang did not know each other.
Second, in a dull and boring marriage, the husband and wife chase stars together
There are often such bridges in TV series, where a rich lady in feudal society bravely stands up and says no in the face of an arranged marriage, and strongly asks to marry true love.
However, this bridge is purely made up by modern people, and although Tang Yiying opposes the marriage with Pu Jie, she still accepts it.
In Beijing in 1924, 20-year-old Tang Yiying and 17-year-old Pu Jie got married.
20-year-old Tang Yiying, like a blooming rose, delicate, lively and cute, keen to accept new culture and new things; And 17-year-old Pu Jie, introverted, thin and small, Sven. Such a husband and wife combination will naturally not be harmonious.
Just when Tang Yiying and his wife entered a backwater marriage, in the vast northeast land, 23-year-old Zhang Xueliang had already completed his studies at the military academy, led the army to fight heroically in Shanhaiguan, and had already trained into a mature general and became the commander-in-chief of the garrison in the Jingyu region.
At this time, Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun army was invincible on the battlefield, and the news of Feng's victory came frequently. As a result, Zhang Xueliang, a young and handsome young handsome, became a frequent visitor on the front page of the newspaper.
Countless big girls and daughters-in-law across the country, looking at the handsome photos of the young handsome in the newspaper, biting their fingers and laughing obsessively, treating him as their dream lover, and even fantasizing that it would be good if they had a romantic date with the young handsome.
And Tang Yiying, who has become the former princess of the Qing Dynasty, is also one of these female fans.
Look at the weak husband sitting in front of the desk, and then look at the young handsome in the newspaper wearing a military costume, Tang Yiying is not angry, how can he marry such a person.
In order to alleviate her irritable mood, Tang Yiying officially joined Zhang Xueliang's fan group, paying attention to the idol's every move all day like other fans.
At that time, the means of communication were limited, and fans could only follow stars through radio broadcasts and newspapers, as well as offline, three channels.
Therefore, Tang Yiying searched for news about idols in various newspapers every day, carefully cut them out, made them into newspaper clippings, and read them every day.
Interestingly, as a husband, Pu Jie not only has no disgust at all at all at his wife's star-chasing behavior, but also joins the star-chasing team.
However, the reason why Pu Jie worships Zhang Xueliang is different from Tang Yiying.
At that time, Puyi had been driven out of the palace by Feng Yuxiang, and the surveillance of the nationalist army shrouded the former Qing imperial family, and the former Qing forces were weak.
Pu Jie was deeply aware of the importance of the barrel of the gun, and the reason why the royal family had fallen to such a point was not because it could not be defeated.
Therefore, the civilized Pu Jie began to worship force and became interested in military schools, and Zhang Xueliang, who had made great achievements at a young age, became the object of Pu Jie's worship.
He especially wanted to be like Zhang Xueliang, galloping across the frontier, having his own soldiers and horses, and one day breaking out a new situation for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
However, how could Pu Jie have expected that his future star-chasing behavior would provide his wife with convenient conditions for cheating?
3. Find true love in an arranged marriage
At noon one day in the spring of 1926, Tang Yiying and Pu Jie came to the Beijing Hotel for dinner. The loveless royal life is too boring, and it is good to come out and breathe.
Before the meal was finished, suddenly, Tang Yiying said to Pu Jie happily: "Look at the young man on the table over there, isn't it Zhang Xueliang!" ”
Pu Jie fixed his eyes on it, it was really the idol Zhang Xueliang, and the little couple was very excited for a while.
In this way, Tang Yiying and Pu Jie had a small offline idol meeting, and under the support of Tang Yiying, Pu Jie invited Zhang Xueliang on the spot, and must go to the house as a guest the next day.
Zhang Xueliang, who likes to make friends everywhere, agreed.
The next day, Zhang Xueliang came as scheduled, and Pu Jie received the idol warmly and thoughtfully.
When the guest and host were halfway through the chat, Tang Yiying walked into the living room with a playful look on her face holding a thick book.
"Commander Zhang, look at this, I've been collecting it for a long time." Tang Yiying said drippingly, shoving the newspaper clipping book into Zhang Xueliang's arms.
In the newspaper clippings, there are all kinds of reports by Zhang Xueliang, one by one, neatly pasted on the ground, and under each newspaper clipping, the date and description are marked in neat small letters.
Zhang Xueliang was stunned, he had never seen such a beautiful newspaper clipping.
At the same time, Zhang Xueliang, who is a veteran of the love scene, also instantly understood the intention of this former Qing princess.
Isn't this a blatant show of love? At this time, the function of newspaper clippings and confession letters is the same.
However, Zhang Xueliang still eats this set, this carefully collected newspaper clipping, doesn't it represent Tang Yiying's fiery love for herself, she is so infatuated with herself, and she is a delicate and cute woman, how can she resist the temptation?
According to Zhang Xueliang's later recollection, the two were tacit and found an opportunity, so they hid in Pu Jie's bedroom and had a zero-distance contact.
After that, the two carried Pu Jie on their backs and sparked love.
At that time, Zhang Xueliang's popularity with women was very prosperous, and the frequency of changing girlfriends was very high.
But Tang Yiying was very good at using means, and soon made Zhang Xueliang dependent on her.
She can speak well, her emotional intelligence is still very high, and she often tells Zhang Xueliang about the secrets of the Qing Palace.
Anyway, she has been living with Concubine Jin in the palace since she was a child, and it is a piece of cake to tell the secrets of the palace.
Zhang Xueliang listened with relish every time.
Tang Yiying can also write poetry and paint, and her creative level is very good at the table.
To say that at the beginning, Zhang Xueliang and Tang Yiying's relationship was passionate, and later, as the two got to know each other, Zhang Xueliang really fell in love with Tang Yiying.
However, this relationship ended with Zhang Xueliang's farewell without saying goodbye.
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang explained to this matter: If she were not a bastard, I would have married her.
Zhang Xueliang blamed the breakup of the two on Tang Yiying's deception. The two have been dating for a long time, and Zhang Xueliang found that this talented woman's paintings and poems have been modified by professionals, and all the things she does to him are also playing with him. He thought that Tang Yiying didn't love him so much.
However, this is just the reason given by Zhang Xueliang, as for whether it is the real reason, we do not know.
Pu Jie and Tang Yiying
However, Qi Yun believes that Zhang Xueliang's departure is likely to have something to do with Pu Jie.
While Zhang Xueliang and Tang Yiying secretly communicated, Pu Jie regarded Zhang Xueliang as an idol, sincerely asked him questions, and tried to ask him to help him enter the military academy to study, and the friendship between Pu Jie and Zhang Xueliang was deepening day by day.
Zhang Xueliang is still a polite and honest person, Zhang Xueliang had a rule when he found his girlfriend, all the wives of his subordinates in the army, even if they are beautiful, he will not provoke.
In other words, Zhang Xueliang still has certain rules for finding women, and he is not a mad person.
With the closeness of his relationship with Pu Jie, his relationship with Tang Yiying is bound to make him feel embarrassed and uncomfortable.
There is one thing that also reflects Zhang Xueliang's emotions from the side.
Zhang Xueliang recounted in his memoirs: Once, when Pu Jie went to visit him, he couldn't help it, so he confessed to Pu Jie about his relationship with Tang Yiying. Pu Jie was stunned for a moment, and then as if relieved, he said calmly: "I don't care, she doesn't look for you, she will also find someone else." ”
When Zhang Xueliang confessed to Pu Jie, he had already unilaterally broken off with Tang Yiying. After that, he and Pu Jie still got along as before.
Fourth, the second boyfriend Lu Xiaojia
After Zhang Xueliang unilaterally ended the relationship with Tang Yiying, Tang Yiying looked like she could afford to put it down, without depression or entanglement.
Since a relationship is over, let's start the next one, the handsome and attractive men in the world are not the only ones who are handsome.
At that time, it was rumored that the "four sons of the Republic of China", Zhang Xueliang was one of them, and Lu Xiaojia, the son of the warlord Lu Yongxiang, was also one of them.
Tang Yiying's second relationship in marriage was with Lu Xiaojia.
It was 1931, Pu Yi planned the restoration with the help of the Japanese, Pu Jie studied at the Japanese military school, Pu Jie's father Zaifeng, with a large family to live in Tianjin.
In the mansion of Pujie in Beijing, only Tang Yiying was left alone.
Speaking of this, I have to say that in addition to the stain of Tang Yiying's marital infidelity, she is indeed a woman with national blood and iron bones.
At that time, the entire imperial family represented by Pu Yi was committed to the Japanese and defected to the Japanese forces, and even the military school where Pu Jie went was a Japanese military school.
But Tang Yiying, a weak woman, openly opposed the entire former Qing imperial family, she said that she would resolutely resist Japan, oppose the puppet Manchurian Empire, and never be a puppet of the Japanese.
Insisting that one stay alone in Beijing was her protest.
It was also during this time that Tang Yiying, who was alone, caught up with the warlord son Lu Xiaojia.
The two enjoyed a sweet life without restraint.
I don't know if Tang Yiying was out of revenge, she actually took advantage of Lu Xiaojia's power to personally lead people to Prince Alcohol's mansion in Beijing and pulled away more than a dozen truckloads of valuables.
Prince Alcohol's mansion, which is the home of her father-in-law Zaifeng.
In broad daylight, Tang Yiying pulled away a huge amount of materials as if moving her own things.
Zaifeng, who was in Tianjin, was so angry when he heard the news, but he was angry and angry, he really couldn't afford to provoke Lu Xiaojia, so he had to admit it.
Tang Yiying and Lu Xiaojia sold their belongings and moved to Shanghai, squandering the huge amount of money for enjoyment.
At this time, Tang Yiying had already put her lover on the table, and there was no way to maintain the husband and wife relationship between her and Pu Jie.
Immediately afterwards, with the help of the Japanese, Tang Yiying and Pu Jie divorced.
It is a pity that Tang Yiying, who has legally resumed her singleness, did not usher in the right result of cultivating with Lu Xiaojia.
Before the money obtained from Prince Alcohol's mansion was spent, Lu Xiaojia rolled up the rest of the money and ran.
Lu Xiaojia himself is a swinger, he and Tang Yiying are together, of course, they are not going to get married.
From Tang Yiying's point of view, she probably just regards Lu Xiaojia as a partner to relieve loneliness, after all, she has loved a true hero like Zhang Xueliang who has both manly charm and can gallop across the frontier, how can a swinger like Lu Xiaojia become her husband?
Therefore, the breakup of the two is an inevitable end.
Fifth, love and play, return to peace
After recovering single, Tang Yiying seems to have a new understanding of love, marriage, and life.
I have loved presumptuously, I have played willfully, I have been bound by an arranged marriage, and I have gained freedom on my own, this life is worth it.
After that, Tang Yiying looked down on the love between men and women and devoted a lot of energy to painting.
After careful study and hard practice, the art of painting, which was once criticized by Zhang Xueliang, has made rapid progress.
Tang Yiying actually won a place in the art world.
One of her paintings, "The Jade Tower," depicting palace architecture, was shown at Asia Week in New York and sold for an estimated $4,000-$6,000.
Part of "Clear Jade Tower"
On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang Yiying left for Hong Kong, and later, she taught painting at the Oriental Language School of the University of Hong Kong, and spent her peaceful and fulfilling old age.
It is said that until the last moment of her life, Tang Yiying was still obsessed with "Han Qing" in her mouth, holding a photo of Zhang Xueliang in her hand.
Perhaps, in Tang Yiying's heart, Zhang Xueliang has always been her true love.
However, a love affair in which the man withdrew halfway, a woman with a character like Tang Yiying did not disdain to entangle and force.
6. Write at the end
Tang Yiying's life is truly legendary.
She came from a Manchu Baqi feudal family, trained as a quasi-empress, and was persecuted by arranged marriages.
She could not prevent the family marriage, but had the audacity to "pursue love" in a formal marriage.
She loved fiercely, played presumptuously, and she taunted people and things with cynicism.
She also has firm beliefs and strong blood, even if the entire former Qing imperial family chooses to flatter the sun and live a scrupulous life, she must insist on standing and resisting Japan.
She is affectionate to Zhang Xueliang to death, but she is unwilling to give up her dignity for love.
Tang Yiying's life has lived so wonderfully, she can be called a strange woman of the Republic of China.
Tang Yiying's self-portrait
References: "The Biography of Zhang Xueliang", "The Legend of the Talented Woman of the Republic of China", "The Four Sons of the Republic of China", "The Affair of the Republic of China"