Preface
Presumably, the first thing that many people think of is either his title of "Four Beautiful Men of the Republic of China", or the initiator of the "Xi'an Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries.
In fact, as the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng warlords, Zhang Xueliang has a high status in both the military and political fields. After his father's death, the three eastern provinces became his world, and he was the commander-in-chief of the three eastern provinces.
In his later years, he personally said "The biggest mistake I made in my life was to kill Yang Yuting, before I killed him, I was never superstitious, but now I have to believe these things".
Who is Yang Yuting, even Zhang Xueliang's words reveal awe? What grievances are there between him and Yang Yuting.
So much so that Zhang Xueliang, a famous general who is accustomed to seeing life and death, said such superstitious words in his later years? What happened in the middle...... All kinds of mysteries.
"Northeast Warrior"
Since ancient times, a noble son has been born from a poor family. Although Yang Yuting was born poor, he firmly believes that "my life is up to me", and with his own talent and hard work, he was selected as a talent when he was less than 20 years old.
But as if the heavens were going to play a joke with him, after the middle lift, it was not the Pingbu officialdom that followed, but the news that the Qing government had abolished the imperial examination.
In other words, Yang Yuting is equivalent to taking the test in vain.
After learning that his more than ten years of hard work turned into a phantom, Yang Yuting did not lose heart. Instead, he made a big decision - to cross the ocean and go to the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School to be gilded.
During this time, he got to know Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and other famous figures, with whom he often maintained correspondence through letters, which also laid an important foundation for his future connections.
Needless to say, Yang Yuting's own strength, although he has never been exposed to English, chemistry and other knowledge, but with his diligence and studious day and night, he also performed exceptionally well among a group of Japanese students.
When he was about to graduate, the senior leaders of the Japanese military academy even invited him to stay in Japan and make contributions. Fortunately, Yang Yuting has a warm patriotic heart, and he resolutely chose to return to China and serve the country.
After returning to China, Yang Yuting started from the position of platoon commander. Since then, he has served as the director of the ordnance factory, a member of the national government, and the military affairs supervisor of Jiangsu.
Because of his outstanding ability, he soon won the favor of Zhang Zuolin, the commander-in-chief of the three eastern provinces at that time. Although Zhang Zuolin was born as a bandit, he has always attached great importance to talents.
As a leader who knows people and is good at his duties, after discovering Yang's ability, he supported Yang in one fell swoop and promoted him to chief of staff, despite everyone's opposition.
Fortunately, Yang Yuting is indeed worthy of the big responsibility, and he proved his strength through one thing: in the early days of the Feng system, Zhang Zuolin was not a veritable ruler in the Northeast.
At that time, only Feng Delin could compete with him for the position of power in the three eastern provinces. Just when Zhang Zuolin was worried, it was Yang Yuting who made a plan to help him get rid of this opponent.
Since then, Yang Yuting's name has been completely launched, and he has won the reuse of Zhang Zuolin, not only known as Zhang Zuolin's right-hand man, but even has the title of "Little Zhuge ".
Especially after Zhang Zuolin became the overseer of Fengtian, his status also rose. It can be said that from this point on, the glorious road belonging to Yang Yuting has officially arrived.
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Murderous intent is rising
If Zhang Zuolin had not been killed by the Japanese in 1928, Yang Yuting's status in the Northeast could be said to be below one person and above ten thousand.
However, with that explosion, Yang Yuting's life also went in another direction.
As Zhang Zuolin's eldest son, after his father died, Zhang Xueliang succeeded to the throne smoothly. Zhang Xueliang is indeed very capable, although the situation in the Northeast was unstable at that time, but in order to protect the world and his own interests left by the old marshal.
The top brass of the Northeast Army unanimously supported Zhang Xueliang as the new young marshal. And Zhang Xueliang knew that his foundation was unstable, and if he wanted to support the entire Northeast, he still needed to rely on the help of one person, that is, Yang Yuting, who had status and prestige at that time.
In fact, the contradiction between Zhang and Yang existed from the beginning.
Zhang Xueliang was born as a young master, and Yang Yuting has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world since he was a child, and he looked down on this gentleman from the beginning.
Even after Zhang Xueliang became the new commander-in-chief, Yang Yuting was very dissatisfied with him, and even whenever Zhang Xueliang wanted to promulgate a new policy, several people led by Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai would claim to be people from the past and hold opposite opinions to him.
Even when the army held a high-level meeting, the two were very incompatible. Yang Yuting even said in front of many high-ranking officials: Zhang Xueliang knows a fart. Who can hold on to this face?
According to a servant who had served as an errand in the Young Marshal's Mansion, Yang Yuting was indeed a little arrogant. Especially after Zhang Zuolin's death, Yang Yuting criticized Zhang Xueliang in front of people or in secret.
Therefore, the contradictions between the two continued to accumulate day by day, until a major event happened later, which can be said to have reduced the relationship between the two to a freezing point.
When Zhang Xueliang was willing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek on the matter of changing banners in the Northeast, many senior officials of the Feng Department expressed their support for this, but only Yang Yuting insisted on opposing this matter, and even criticized in public, saying that "Han Qing is just a child, and I can make full decisions about this."
If the previous words were all unscrupulous words under anger, but this time Yang Yuting's words were too rampant.
Just imagine which leader was willing to be refuted by his subordinates like this, and even wanted to make up his mind for himself, which made Zhang Xueliang unable to step down in public.
Death in the "Tiger Hall"!
If the above events were not enough to make Zhang Xueliang murderous, the following incident completely annoyed him.
Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai held important positions during the old marshal's lifetime, not to mention their connections and power, which are even better than this young marshal.
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It can be said that in the early days of Zhang Xueliang's tenure, the power in the Northeast was actually in the hands of the two of them.
With great power in their hands, the two of them are also floating. Even though Zhang Xueliang later intended to ease relations with Yang Yuting, Yang Yuting actually directly rejected the wedding gift prepared by Zhang Xueliang and his wife, isn't this a slap in the face in public?
Later, on the occasion of Zhang Zuolin's death for half a year, it coincided with Yang Yuting's father's birthday, although the relationship between the two was not good, but because of the relationship, Zhang Xueliang still decided to go to Yang's family to celebrate his birthday.
It's just embarrassing that as soon as Zhang Xueliang entered the courtyard gate, only a few guests got up to greet him, while the others sat in their seats and ignored them.
It would be fine if the entourage hadn't reported, but when Zhang Xueliang first came in, an adjutant shouted "The commander-in-chief has arrived."
In any case, Zhang Xueliang also has the title of commander-in-chief, especially the subordinate officials of Chiang Kai-shek, as well as warlords from all walks of life who hold important positions.
But at this moment, Yang Yuting came in, and as soon as he came, all the officials on the field stood up and greeted him, as if Yang Yuting was the leader of the three eastern provinces.
The attitude of everyone completely strengthened Zhang Xueliang's heart to kill Yang Yuting.
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After going back, although Zhang Xueliang had murderous intentions, he still hesitated slightly.
So he took a silver dollar out of his pocket, and wanted to decide the life and death of the two of them by the will of heaven - if he tossed the silver dollar three times and it was face up, the two of them would definitely die.
I don't know if it's luck or providence, but the results have been positive several times. At the same time, this also gave Zhang Xueliang some psychological comfort, and he decided to wait for an opportunity to correct the two on the spot.
Chang
I didn't expect this opportunity to come so quickly: on the third day after the birthday banquet, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai came to Zhang Xueliang to sign because of the Railway Supervision Office.
The two are nominally discussing, but in fact, they only need Zhang Xueliang's signature, which is typical of cutting first and then playing.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang also decided not to bear it anymore, he first left the tiger hall on the grounds that he went upstairs to get something, and then summoned the soldiers who were ambushed nearby to rush into the hall and control the two.
Then, without giving the two a chance to question, he shot them.
The day after their deaths, Zhang Xueliang telegraphed the whole country to inform them of the news, first telling them about their crimes, and then saying that he had persuaded them but did not listen, so he had to deal with them impartially and shoot them to death.
epilogue
Regarding Yang Yuting's shooting, some people say that Yang Yuting's death should not be, if he hadn't died, Zhang Shaoshuai would not have lost the Northeast.
Some people say that it was precisely after Yang Yuting's death that the September 18 Incident and a series of chain reactions that followed.
Even Hu Shi once said: If Yang Yuting does not die, the Northeast will not be easily lost.
Some people even think that Yang Yuting's death was very unjust, because Zhang Xueliang was young and disobeyed the public, and deliberately wanted to kill Yang Yiliwei, which was the biggest stain on his life.
But some people think that Yang Yuting is a cocoon and doesn't know it, he has a very high IQ, but his EQ is too low. In the name of taking the world as his own responsibility, in fact, arrogance ruined him......
may be accustomed to listening to people's gossip, but in his later years, Zhang Xueliang regretted it from time to time, thinking that it was a wrong choice for him to kill Yang Yuting in the Tiger Hall.
So much so that he was especially careful about this inconspicuous silver dollar.
If it weren't for the secret revealed by Zhang Xueliang in a later interview, I'm afraid everyone's curiosity would never be solved.
It is undeniable that Yang Yuting does not know much about leadership, and his talent is the most suitable as a staff officer.
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Because of his long-term superiority, coupled with Zhang Zuolin's reuse of him in the early days, he couldn't find the north, and half of his life and ending were like Nian Qianyao.
Although there are different opinions, people cannot be resurrected after death, even if Yang Yuting was still alive at the time, it is possible that the position of the commander-in-chief of the Northeast will be replaced. Moreover, with his ambition and the arrogance of no one in his eyes later, the future direction of the Northeast is unknown.
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