On January 10, 1929, two "bang" shots were heard in the Tiger Hall of the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Liaoning Province.
Under Zhang Xueliang's instruction, the Tiger Hall of the Marshal's Mansion rushed in 6 police officers, came up and held Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai down, and before they could speak, they were shot and killed by the police officers.
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang regretted killing Yang Yuting.
But when Yang Yuting was shot, Zhang Xueliang thought that it was the will of God.
Who is Yang Yuting? Why did Zhang Xueliang make such a sigh?
Yang Yuting
Sudden and great changes, the son inherits the father's business through ups and downs
In June 1928, Zhang Zuolin at this time was already very powerful, and he had already had the desire to hegemonize, and in the face of Japan's repeated invitations to co-rule, Zhang Zuolin has always been opposed, and Japan looked at the increasingly powerful and uncontrolled Zhang Zuolin, thinking that he had become a scourge and could no longer stay, and loaded Zhang Zuolin's train back to Shenyang with explosives, and blew Zhang Zuolin to death on the way.
After Zhang Xueliang learned the news, he secretly returned to Shenyang from the front line and fully took over the armed forces of the three eastern provinces, and only then did he mourn the outside world.
Chang
Zhang Zuolin had become the commander-in-chief of the land, sea and air before his death, simply put, he was the last "soil emperor" of the last dynasty, and it was understandable that the emperor died and the eldest son inherited the throne, but this was not the case.
Zhang Zuolin is a bandit, and his subordinates are all fierce generals, and they only recognize strength. Although Zhang Zuolin also trained Zhang Xueliang as a successor before, Zhang Xueliang did not make any achievements to impress after all, coupled with Zhang Zuolin's lack of clear last words, which made Zhang Xueliang's inheritance questioned.
In other words, there are two people in the army who are expected to replace Zhang Zuolin at this time, one is Zhang Zuoxiang and the other is Yang Yuting.
Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Zuolin's brothers were born and died together, and they had a reputation and achievements, and it was well deserved for him to take over the post of commander-in-chief.
Zhang Zuoxiang film and television drama image
But Zhang Zuoxiang is a very shrewd person, he knows the truth of "shooting the first bird", and he has no ambition, he just wants to live a stable life at the moment, and then he tries his best to assist Zhang Xueliang.
Then there is only one Yang Yuting left, Zhang Zuolin before his death, Yang Yuting was Zhang Zuolin's right arm, helping Zhang Zuolin realize his ambitions and making Zhang Zuolin a real "Northeast King". Such a meritorious minister, why did Zhang Xueliang kill the killer?
Yang Yuting film and television drama image
Fierce general Yang Yuting
Yang Yuting, formerly known as Yang Yuting, was born in 1885, he was brilliant since he was a child, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 16, and after the imperial examination was abolished, he studied in Japan, and met Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Fu Zuoyi and others during his studies.
After graduating from the Japanese Army Academy, he returned to Japan and entered the military circle, and was quickly promoted from platoon commander and company commander to director of the ordnance factory. Coming from a full-brand military academy, he is well versed in the way of governing the army, and the troops he leads are disciplined and well-armed, which also attracted Zhang Zuolin's attention to him.
Yang Yuting Zhang Xueliang film and television drama image
At this time, although Zhang Zuolin was the governor of the province, his strength was not strong, and his troops were scattered, backward in equipment, and insufficient ammunition. Zhang Zuolin knew that to have confidence, he must expand the army to sit in the first position of Big Brother, so he thought of Yang Yuting and promoted him to be a staff officer.
At that time, Yang Yuting got news from his classmate Xu Shuzheng that the arms bought by the direct government borrowed 40 million yuan from Japan were stranded in Qingdao.
Yang Yuting's action impressed Zhang Zuolin, and since then, Yang Yuting has become the core figure of the Fengji family.
Capable people are generally arrogant, and Yang Yuting is no exception.
Yang Yuting and Zhang Zuolin film and television drama images
After helping Zhang Zuolin rob the arms and become a high-ranking member of the Fengjie department, Yang Yuting, who was a young man, began to float, in the back, he kept "small movements", and Zhang Zuolin cherished talents, for Yang Yuting he also turned a blind eye, as long as it was harmless, he would not pursue it.
However, Zhang Zuolin's indulgence made Yang Yuting more blatant, and at the suggestion of his classmate Xu Shuzheng, Yang Yuting risked 3.7 million yuan in military expenses and recruited troops in private.
Seeing that this was a move to establish himself as king, Zhang Zuolin would never allow it, and then removed Xu Shuzheng from his post, and transferred Yang Yuting from the core of the Fengjie and exiled him to a remote place to give him an idle position.
Zhang Zuolin film and television drama image
After being transferred, Yang Yuting found that he was nothing without Zhang Zuolin, had no position, and everything was empty talk.
Fortunately, Yang Yuting's luck was good, and then the Fengji and Anhui families had many battles, and Zhang Zuolin firmly believed that Yang Yuting was the only talent to manage the army, so he asked Yang Yuting again to come out of the mountain and reuse Yang Yuting.
With the lessons of the past, Yang Yuting converged a lot, implemented Zhang Zuolin's policy very thoroughly, and helped Zhang Zuolin become bigger and stronger in the northeast and become the real "king of the northeast".
On the eve of the Huanggutun incident, Japan repeatedly sent people to persuade Zhang Zuolin to realize "neighborly co-governance", while Yang Yuting believed that Japan was assimilating in disguise, and suggested that Zhang Zuolin must not hand over the three eastern provinces.
Yang Yuting film and television drama image
Inflated ambitions
Yang Yuting can govern the army internally and deal well externally, why would such a capable general incur the killing moves of the next Northeast King?
After Zhang Zuolin died, Yang Yuting's mind became a little more alive.
And Zhang Xueliang knew that it was difficult to convince the public if he did nothing, and Zhang Zuoxiang had made it clear to him that he wanted to assist him, but for Yang Yuting, Zhang Xueliang thought that he could not control such a person.
Yang Yuting film and television drama image
Once, Zhang Xueliang tempted Yang Yuting and said: "This position is not good, I can't do it, or you can do it."
Yang Yuting: "Tell me this, you are not in good health, I will make a lot of money for you, come up with ideas or something, better than anything."
Yang Yuting's words were beautiful, but his actions made Zhang Xueliang very dissatisfied.
Since Zhang Xueliang took over the affairs, he was a little unable to arrange Yang Yuting, did not know how to arrange him, and his position remained unchanged.
And Yang Yuting has always regarded himself as the "regent", Zhang Xueliang wants to implement the new policy, Yang Yuting is very faceless opposition, pointing out various deficiencies in the policy, even if Zhang Xueliang has already made a document, he has to re-overturn and review again.
Zhang Xueliang film and television drama image
Yang Yuting's approach undoubtedly annoyed Zhang Xueliang, and what made Zhang Xueliang even more unacceptable was that Yang Yuting never called him "big marshal or young marshal", and people before and after him were always called "six sons, six sons", which was undoubtedly a contempt for his status and rights.
If Yang Yuting's small actions are all for the sake of the overall situation of the Northeast, then in the matter of "Northeast Yizhi" is the public's face to Zhang Xueliang.
For the sake of the future of Northeast China, Zhang Xueliang thought for a long time and decided to accept Chiang Kai-shek's proposal and merge Northeast China into the Nationalist Government headed by Chiang Kai-shek. When the two sides signed the group photo, Yang Yuting did not give Zhang Xueliang a face, and directly threw away and refused to take a group photo. His approach did not put Zhang Xueliang in his eyes at all, and inevitably let outsiders see a joke.
Yang Yuting film and television drama image
Although Zhang Xueliang's anger towards Yang Yuting was crowded in his chest, he had not yet killed Yang Yuting.
And Yang Yuting did not know himself, did not put Zhang Xueliang in his eyes, in his opinion, Zhang Xueliang has always been a son brother who has not yet grown Qi, and it is also Yang Yuting's underestimation of the enemy, which led to his death later.
Yang Yuting dares to be so arrogant all the time, in addition to his own strength, he also has a very strong helper. This person's name was Changyin Huai, and he was the governor of Heilongjiang Province, and the war-ready highway built at that time was under Chang Yinhuai's jurisdiction.
After Zhang Xueliang took the throne, he repeatedly hinted that he would take back the jurisdiction of this road, but Chang Yinhuai ignored it. Zhang Xueliang had not yet taken the initiative to find Chang Yinhuai's trouble, but he came to the door with Yang Yuting.
Yang Yuting
In 1929, Yang Yuting cooperated with Chang Yinhuai to find Zhang Xueliang to discuss affairs, and according to the situation of internal and external troubles at that time, he proposed to set up the post of war-ready highway governor, which could better defend against foreign enemies in the event of war, and the choice of governor was Chang Yinhuai.
Zhang Xueliang did not refuse, but only pushed that the matter should be reported to the Nanjing government, and after discussion, it was decided before the two were willing to give up.
After the two left, Zhang Xueliang dropped the things on the table, he knew that the suggestion was good, but from Zhang Xueliang's point of view, he should have been the one who gave the order, but now he was restrained by everything, but he couldn't help Yang Yuting.
Chang
When Zhang Zuolin was alive, the Japanese knew that Yang Yuting was a powerful person, and did not harm their good deeds, getting rid of Yang Yuting, Zhang Xueliang was much easier to deal with for them, so the Japanese also deliberately wanted to provoke the relationship between Yang Yuting and Zhang Xueliang.
When they learned that the young marshal's decisions were often overturned by Yang Yuting, Japan sent someone to send Zhang Xueliang a book about the rebellion of the Tokukangchuan family in Japan, implying that Yang Yuting was in danger of being replaced and should be eliminated as soon as possible.
Japan's trick of dissociation is good, Zhang Xue's conscience is moved, but he is still a little hesitant to kill Yang Yuting.
Chang
After taking over the affairs of the northeast, Zhang Xueliang felt powerless in many places, and the depression was depressed, and he accidentally began to smoke a lot of cigarettes, and since then he has been out of control.
Once the subordinate asked Zhang Xueliang to approve the documents, but he didn't find anyone, Yang Yuting found the marshal mansion directly after he knew it, and shouted when he entered the door, "Little Liuzi, what are you like now?" I used to be able to follow the steps, but now I am lazy like this? ”
Zhang Xueliang is irrefutable, after knowing that Zhang Xueliang smoked big cigarettes, Yang Yuting took the initiative to find a Western doctor for Zhang Xueliang, as long as he injected smoking cessation injections, he did not need to rely on big cigarettes.
Chang
At first, Zhang Xueliang was still very grateful, but over time he discovered the mystery, he did not need to smoke a lot, but he became more and more dependent on smoking cessation injections, that is because the direct injection into the skin is morphine, which makes people more dependent.
Moreover, Western medicine would look at the documents on the table every time he used Zhang Xueliang, which had to make Zhang Xueliang doubt Yang Yuting's intentions.
Yang Yuting
Urge the fuse
On January 7, 1929, Yang Yuting's father's birthday, Yang Yuting held a banquet for his father to celebrate, Zhang Xueliang also received an invitation, he didn't want to go, but thought that he couldn't make too much trouble with Yang Yuting, so he took his wife Yu Fengzhi to go, and also hoped that Yang Yuting could see his sincerity.
When Zhang Xueliang entered Yang Yuting's courtyard, many people had already gathered in the courtyard, but when Zhang Xueliang entered, there were no imaginary stars holding the moon, and no one welcomed them.
If Zhang Xueliang was still the original Xiaoliuzi at this moment, he wouldn't care about these at all, but now he is the king of the northeast, and he is so despised.
Soon after Zhang Xueliang arrived, Yang Yuting came, and as soon as Yang Yuting appeared, he was surrounded by people, and the sycophants continued to sycophant, as if Yang Yuting was the king of the northeast. This phenomenon made Zhang Xueliang unacceptable and inspired his killing intent.
Zhang Xueliang's film and television image
After the birthday banquet, Zhang Xueliang was trapped in the room for a day and a night without sleeping, and he was hesitant to kill Yang Yuting, unwilling not to kill him, and afraid of doing something wrong if he killed him.
In the end, he decided to hand it over to the heavens, and he took a coin and said to his wife Yu Fengzhi: "I toss the coin three times, and if all three times are head-up, then kill him." ”
Zhang Xueliang tossed three times in a row, and the coin went up three times. The husband and wife were amazed, Zhang Xueliang still couldn't make up his mind, decided to toss again, if this time the coin turned up three times, then kill Yang Yuting. The results were strikingly similar, three times in reverse.
Zhang Xueliang put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, and said: "Kill!" ”
Police officers
Then he summoned the chief guard overnight and held a secret meeting to set up. Three days later, the guards passed on Zhang Xueliang's order and summoned Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai to the Tiger Hall of the Grand Marshal's Mansion to discuss matters.
The two people who received the notice arrived at the Tiger Hall without any defense, and as soon as they sat down, they were held down by the guards who rushed in from all directions, and without saying a word, they were directly killed.
Yang Yuting shot the scene
After the successful assassination, Zhang Xueliang summoned Zhang Zuoxiang and his ministers to come to the government to discuss the matter, and took the killing of Yang Yuting and others on multiple charges, such as "embezzlement of money and dereliction of duty, misfortune, conspiracy, and sabotage of unity" as an explanation, and gave grace and power to Yang Yuting's subordinates to stabilize the army's heart.
And Yang Yuting himself is a person who believes in divination, after Zhang Zuolin's death, he once asked someone to divination, and the master just said "go away" without a clue. Yang Yuting didn't feel anything special, so he didn't pay attention to it.
At this time, looking at Zhang Xueliang's assassination, he really responded to the master's words "Yang Chang left."
Yang Yuting
For the incident of Zhang Xueliang killing Yang Yuting, the Fengji department is also full of various voices, some people think that Zhang Xueliang's measurement is too small, can not tolerate people, kill people by impulse, how will the troops be fierce generals in the future?
Moreover, Yang Yuting's talent can govern the army internally and socialize externally, and with Yang Yuting here, Japan cannot get any benefits from the northeast.
Some people also think that Yang Yuting is to blame, and it is a taboo to cross the line.
Yang Yuting
epilogue
In 1931, with the intensification of Japan's war of aggression against China, the Japanese army occupied Shenyang and ransacked the marshal's mansion, and the once brilliant Northeast Army was defeated and lost its former glory.
Zhang Xueliang was also retaliated by Chiang Kai-shek after the "Xi'an Incident" and remained imprisoned in prison, until after the death of Chiang Kai-shek's son, Zhang Xueliang was able to see the light of day.
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang faced an interview with the media, he said that the thing he regretted the most in his life was to kill Yang Yuting, and when he was young, he impulsively only cared about his own feelings, but he did not expect that after Yang Yuting's death, the end of the northeast would become so miserable.
History has passed, and the outcome cannot be changed. Even if he didn't kill Yang Yuting at that time, with Yang Yuting's talent, he couldn't stop the pace of historical development.
The rings of time are promoting the development of history, and everyone's merits and deeds can only be evaluated in a specific era, and we must look at history dialectically from the perspective of development.