At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, if you want to say who has the final say in the northeast region, it must be Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast!
Zhang Zuolin, a native of Haicheng, Mukden (present-day Liaoning Province) in Northeast China, was poor since childhood, participated in the Sino-Japanese War, and then threw himself into the green forest, becoming a famous bandit in the northeast, and his power was so great that the Qing government at that time also had a headache.
Later, under the appeasement of the Qing government, Zhang Zuolin surrendered to the imperial court, and assisted the Qing court in eliminating Du Li's third-class bandit forces, and later eliminated the trouble, and because of his battle merits, he was promoted to the commander (brigade commander) of the front road of the Fengtian Patrol Battalion, and took charge of the 5th Mabu Battalion.
In 1911, when the Wuchang Uprising broke out, Zhang Zuolin led troops to storm Fengtian City to arrest the revolutionaries, and Zhao Ersun, who was then the governor of the three eastern provinces, ordered him to concurrently serve as the commander of the Central Road Patrol Battalion, commanding 15 battalions.
In 1912, the first year of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin was appointed by the Qing court as the minister of military training outside the Guanwai because of his meritorious efforts in suppressing the revolutionaries, and was named as the commander of the 24th town, and also served as the general office of the Fengtian Patrol Battalion, from which Zhang Zuolin began to control the military and political power in Mukden.
After Yuan Shikai became provisional president, he changed the patrol battalion to the army and appointed Zhang Zuolin as the commander of the 27th Division of the Republic of China Army.
However, Yuan Shikai was not at ease with Zhang Zuolin, so he sent his henchman Duan Zhigui to Xuantian to serve as an envoy to Fengtian and a general of Zhenwushang to control the three eastern provinces, and Zhang Zuolin's hopes of dominating the three northeastern provinces were in vain.
Zhang Zuolin was worthy of being the hero of the time, and he engaged in public opinion of "serving the people and serving the people" in Fengtian and expelled Duan Zhigui, and Yuan Shikai knew that Zhang Zuolin had become a climate and was difficult to control, so he could only appoint him as the general Shengwu to supervise the military affairs of Fengtian and the envoy of the Fengtian Patrol.
After Yuan Shikai died, Zhang Zuolin completely lost control and became the king of the Northeast!
During the Great War of Zhifeng, Zhang Zuolin declared the independence of the three northeastern provinces with the support of Japan, won the Second Battle of Zhifeng, and entered the Generalissimo of the Beiping Army and Navy, exercising ruling power on behalf of the Republic of China and becoming the supreme ruler of the country.
In 1928, due to the unfavorable war, Zhang Zuolin withdrew from Beiping and returned to the northeast by special train, but on the way, he was blown up by the Japanese!
As for the evaluation of Zhang Zuolin, it is generally believed that he was a reactionary warlord who suppressed the revolutionary movement and slaughtered revolutionaries, he had a total of 8 sons, in addition to the young marshal Zhang Xueliang, who was very familiar to everyone, he also had a son, who eventually embarked on a completely different path from his father, devoted himself to the revolution, and was awarded the title of founding major general at the founding of New China.
He is Zhang Zuolin's fourth son, Zhang Xuesi!
Zhang Xuesi, born in 1916, is Zhang Zuolin's fourth son, Zhang Xueliang's younger brother, and his mother is Zhang Zuolin's fourth room Mrs. Xu!
When Zhang Zuolin died, Zhang Xuesi was only 12 years old, and although he was the son of the famous King of Northeast China, Zhang Xuesi was not a greedy and arrogant and extravagant son, but a progressive youth who pursued ideological progress and actively participated in the revolution.
He was influenced by patriotic revolutionary ideas since he was a child, and after the 918 incident, Zhang Xuesi studied at Peiping Private Huiwen Middle School and actively participated in the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement!
In 1933, when he was only seventeen years old, Zhang Xuesi joined the Anti-Imperialist League and joined the Communist Party of China, and the party organization sent him to the special agent brigade of the 67th Army of the Northeast Army in Langfang to do troop transport work.
In September 1933, under the recommendation of his brother Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xuesi studied in the 10th preparatory class of the Nanjing Central Military Academy.
After the outbreak of the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xuesi was implicated and arrested by the Kuomintang authorities, but was released shortly after!
After graduating in early 1937, he served as a trainee platoon commander and captain staff officer in the 53rd Army of the Northeast Army, during which time the Party Central Committee ordered Zhang Xuesi to secretly spy on the generals of the Northeast Army in various places and actively rescue Zhang Xueliang.
In 1938, Zhang Xuesi left the Northeast Army and came to Yan'an!
During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Xuesi came to the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, served as chief of staff of the headquarters of the Central Hebei Military Region, and participated in the anti-"sweeps" in the spring and autumn of 1941.
In 1943, Zhang Xuesi was appointed deputy chief of staff and chief of the operations section of the Central Hebei Military Region and chief of staff of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Xuesi served as chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Government, commander of the Liaoning Military Region, vice chairman of the Northeast Administrative Commission and director of the Liaodong Office.
At that time, the head of the Northeast Bureau, Peng Zhen, Lin Feng, and others had suggested that Zhang Xuesi continue to live in Zhang Zuolin's mansion and his childhood home, but Zhang Xuesi flatly refused, because he wanted to completely cut off the feudal marshal's mansion, and the marshal's mansion should be returned to the people.
During his work in Shenyang, Zhang Xuesi never went to his home close at hand, and he didn't even take his wife Xie Xueping!
In April 1949, Zhang Xuesi was commissioned to establish the Naval School and served as the deputy director of the Andong Naval Academy.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Xuesi was the vice president and deputy political commissar of the Dalian Naval School and deputy chief of staff of the Navy.
When he was conferred the title in 1955, Zhang Xuesi was awarded the rank of major general.
But due to Zhang Xuesi's special identity, he eventually suffered persecution!
During the Cultural Revolution, Lin Biao and others arrested Zhang Xuesi on "trumped-up" charges.
In the process of seizing power, the Lin Biao clique wanted to develop its own power in the navy, so it was very dissatisfied with Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Xuesi, and other naval leaders who were unwilling to join the Lin Biao clique, and began to accuse Zhang Xuesi and others on network charges.
In 1967, Lin Biao and others created the "July 20" incident in Wuhan, and Zhang Xuesi was finally arrested and imprisoned by the Lin Biao clique.
In 1970, Zhang Xuesi fell ill in prison, his condition worsened, Premier Zhou Enlai was very anxious when he learned about it, and immediately ordered the hospital to treat Zhang Xuesi as soon as possible, but due to the obstruction of Li Zuopeng and others, Zhang Xuesi could not get timely treatment.
On May 29, 1970, Zhang Xuesi passed away with hatred!
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Military Commission and the Party Committee of the Navy completely rehabilitated Zhang Xuesi and restored his reputation!
In the fall of 1984, Zhang Xuesi's wife Xie Xueping revisited Shenyang and entered the mansion of Marshal Zhang Zuolin, where Zhang Xuesi lived, for the first time, and at this time, General Zhang Xuesi had passed away for 14 years!