On the territory of Shandong, there are two generations of "Shandong kings" who are very famous, one is Han who took office in 1930, and the other is Zhang Zongchang, who was earlier than Han.
Surprisingly, the two Shandong kings did not end well.
Han Fuyu was shot by Chiang Kai-shek in January 1938, and Zhang Zongchang died before him, assassinated in 1932.
What I want to introduce today is the first king of Shandong, Zhang Zongchang.
Like many warlords during the Republic of China, Zhang Zongchang used endless means to grasp the military and the economy, and he also relied on his military power and political power to live a corrupt life.
The most striking thing about him is that he doesn't know three things, one of which is that he doesn't know how many aunts he has.
Zhang Zongchang, who enjoyed the blessings of all the people, finally died at the Jinan Railway Station because he did not listen to the dissuasion.
When the news of his death reached Zhang Xueliang's ears, Zhang Xueliang only said one sentence, and it was difficult to persuade the damn ghost with good words.
So, why did Zhang Zongchang die, and how did his death relate to his excesses.
In 1881, Zhang Zongchang was born in Ye County, Shandong, and his family was very poor, in order to survive, he could only follow his fellow villagers in Shandong to the Northeast to live.
Zhang Zongchang, who had just arrived in the Northeast, devoted himself to the Middle East Railway to make a living, and with the weight and righteousness of Shandong people, Zhang Zongchang gradually became famous in the local area.
This recognition not only came from the Chinese, but also from the Russians, so Zhang Zongchang also learned standard Russian from his interactions with the Russians.
Zhang Zongchang, who was restless, even went to Siberia to pan for gold, where he not only learned skills, but also honed his marksmanship.
In the Northeast, Zhang Zongchang has been working for more than 10 years, and a group of fellow villagers and Northeast people with the same temper have gathered around him.
When the news of the Wuchang uprising was reported through the Russian newspapers, Zhang Zongchang's mind also became active, and he was ready to return to China to seek development.
Under the recommendation of the revolutionaries, Zhang Zongchang began his journey as a warlord in China.
Before Zhang Zongchang defected to Zhang Zuolin in 1921, Zhang Zongchang's resume can be described as very rich, jumping back and forth between major warlords, which was even more bumpy than the three-surnamed family slave Lu Bu.
first followed Hu Ying, the governor of Shandong, and later went to Shanghai, where he became the head of the regiment under Chen Qimei.
Then, in July 1913, he surrendered to Feng Guozhang in the battle against the Beiyang Army, and became a direct member of his family.
Under Feng Guozhang, he mixed into the position of chief of the guard, but in the 1918 Dharma Protection Movement, Zhang Zongchang joined Zhang Huaizhi's disciples.
At this time, Zhang Zongchang had not stopped, and after the troops were exhausted in Jiangxi, he took refuge in Cao Kun.
Here, Zhang Zongchang's bandit aura cannot be integrated into the various warlords, and in the eyes of other generals, Zhang Zongchang is just a bandit who has no combat ability and has bad military discipline.
In 1921, Zhang Zongchang could no longer stand the exclusion and suppression of other generals, so he turned back to the Northeast and officially took refuge in Zhang Zuolin.
Although he had to start from scratch under Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin, who was also a bandit, was very optimistic about Zhang Zongchang.
Of course, the generals of the Feng Department also have very strong opinions on Zhang Zongchang, which Zhang Zuolin has to consider.
In the end, Zhang Zongchang only got a battalion commander in Zhang Zuolin's hands, but this was enough for Zhang Zongchang to turn over.
His former subordinates and bandit brothers heard that Zhang Zongchang had returned to the Northeast and defected to him one after another.
What Zhang Zuolin didn't expect was that Zhang Zongchang's subordinates actually appeared Russian White Guards.
These foundations were accumulated by Zhang Zongchang when he traveled to Siberia.
Under Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zongchang did play an important role. On the occasion of the Second Zhifeng War, Zhang Zongchang took the lead in attacking, representing the Northeast Army to directly attack Tianjin.
Moreover, with a pitiful 30,000 troops in his hands, he succeeded in expanding the army to 100,000 people.
His growth added a lot of strength to the Northeast Army, and also made Zhang Zongchang qualified to call other veterans of the Banfeng department.
Faced with the situation that Zhili and the Jiangsu Supervisor were taken away by others, although Zhang Zongchang was annoyed, he still readily agreed to the arrangement of serving as the Shandong Governor.
In April 1925, Zhang Zongchang officially took office as the superintendent of Shandong, and his three-year cholera in Shandong officially began.
In order to support his goal of raising an army in captivity, Zhang Zongchang created and invented more than 50 kinds of taxes in Shandong, imposing a heavy burden on the people of Shandong.
In addition, Zhang Zhongchang is also obsessed with women, and all the women he likes are included in his house.
So much so that Zhang Zongchang didn't know how many aunts he had, in order to distinguish each aunt and wife, he did not call each aunt by name, but numbered them uniformly, and learned from the emperor to turn over the cards every night.
Zhang Zongchang's actions in Shandong made him arrogant and selfless.
In October 1927, Zhang Zongchang defeated Feng Yuxiang and captured one of the generals opposite, Zheng Jinsheng.
The proud and complacent Zhang Zongchang did not listen to the dissuasion of the generals and insisted on shooting Zheng Jinsheng.
It was also this killing that laid the groundwork for Zhang Zongchang's final hatred of the northwest.
The Northern Expedition of the Four factions that began in April 1928 made Zhang Zongchang finally have to withdraw from Shandong, which also ended his career as the king of Shandong.
In addition, Zhang Zuolin was killed, and Zhang Zongchang could no longer stay in China, so he could only travel to Japan and wait for the opportunity to rise again.
Zhang Zongchang, who thought that the opportunity had come, returned to China in September 1932.
was fooled by Han Fuyu, who he had just met, Zhang Zongchang ran from Beiping to Jinan alone, and even Zhang Xueliang's admonition to him turned a deaf ear.
Han Fuyu, who had evil intentions, arranged for Zheng Jinsheng's son Zheng Jicheng to plan the time and place in advance, and with the help of the opportunity to complete Zhang Zhang's return to Beiping through negotiations, Zhang Zongchang was assassinated at Jinan Railway Station.
Zhang Zongchang's death was set on September 3, 1932, at the age of 51.
Afterwards, Zheng Jicheng also became a national hero for assassinating Zhang Zongchang, and was finally saved from death.
Of course, Zhang Zongchang is not useless, because under the auspices of Zhang Zongchang, the "God of Poetry", Shandong University was born during his tenure.