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Preamble:
At 7 o'clock in the evening of January 10, 1929, two gunshots suddenly rang out in the conference room of the Tiger Hall of the Dashuai Mansion where Zhang Xueliang lived.
Soon after, a news that was enough to change the situation in the Northeast was quickly spread, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai were dead, and since then Zhang Xueliang has removed the last obstacle and completely mastered the Northeast Army.
But in an interview in his later years, Zhang Xueliang regretted the most regrettable thing in his life, which was to shoot Yang Yuting. There are even rumors that Yang Yuting's death was not Zhang Xueliang's own wish, but the will of God.
So what happened between Zhang Xueliang and Yang Yuting back then that made Zhang Xueliang make this decision that is enough to regret for the rest of his life? What happened at that time to make Zhang Xueliang feel that Yang Yuting's death was providential?
Inherit the king of the Northeast
At 5:30 a.m. on June 4, 1928, Zhang Zuolin, the "King of the Northeast", was sitting in his special train preparing to return to Shenyang.
But just as the train passed through the Sandong Bridge, a loud noise suddenly came, and a granite pier in the middle of the Sandong Bridge suddenly burst into flames.
The steel rails and bridges on the bridge were blown up, and Zhang Zuolin's special carriage was also torn apart, and there was only one chassis left at that time. This was the Huanggutun incident that shocked China and the rest of the world at that time.
Zhang Xueliang was inspecting the troops in Luanzhou at the time of the incident, and when he received the news of his father's attack, he immediately contacted Yang Yuting, who was stationed nearby, hoping that he could temporarily take charge of Fengtian.
But who would have thought that Yang Yuting said arrogantly: I can listen to your father's words, but you are not qualified enough, and we have different views and practices.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang didn't have time to think about it at all, and when he saw that Yang Yuting was unwilling to take over Fengtian, he didn't force it, turned around and returned to the Shuaifu, and began to deal with the mess left by Zhang Zuolin.
On June 23, Zhang Xueliang presided over a joint military-civilian meeting of the three eastern provinces to prepare to determine the new commander.
It stands to reason that as Zhang Zuolin's son, Zhang Xueliang sat in this position at that time and didn't need to have any meetings at all, but at that time, in addition to Zhang Zuolin, there were two people who were also eligible to compete for the position, they were Zhang Zuolin's two sworn brothers, Zhang Zuoxiang and Yang Yuting.
At that time, the Northeast Army could be divided into two camps, one was the "non-commissioned officer faction" headed by Yang Yuting and had studied at the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and the other was the "veteran faction" headed by Zhang Zuoxiang who had been following Zhang Zuolin in the early years.
At the beginning of the meeting, someone suggested that Zhang Zuoxiang serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army at that time, and Zhang Zuoxiang hurriedly shirked after hearing this, saying that it was the right way for his son to inherit his father's business, and he fully supported Zhang Xueliang to take the position.
And with Zhang Zuoxiang's support, Zhang Xueliang almost won the battle, so Yang Yuting had to pinch his nose and say that he was willing to support Zhang Xueliang.
Although he verbally expressed his support, Yang Yuting didn't take Zhang Xueliang to heart at all, and whenever Zhang Xueliang asked him about something, Yang Yuting would say impatiently: "You don't understand, don't mix it up." On weekdays, when I saw Zhang Xueliang, I didn't call him the commander-in-chief, but called "Little Liuzi" one by one.
Zhang Xueliang could still endure these silently, but what Yang Yuting did after that became more and more excessive, and even made him gradually murderous.
Give an inch and take a mile
After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang began to plan to "change the flag", at that time, warlords from all sides sent people to the northeast to discuss, when Tang Shengzhi sent Liu Xing, Bai Chongxi sent Ye Qi to Shenyang successively.
At that time, the two of them were going to find Yang Yuting to probe Zhang Xueliang's tone first, but who would have thought that Yang Yuting would pat his chest directly after learning about their coming, saying that he could call the shots about things outside the border, and Zhang Xueliang was a child and didn't need to pay attention to him.
Soon after, Zhang Xueliang met Liu Xing on the street, and he was surprised and asked what the other party was doing here. Liu Xing didn't know the contradiction between Zhang Yang and the two, so he told the previous things and the plate, and Zhang Xueliang knew that Yang Yuting actually negotiated secretly with the local warlord behind his back.
The next day, he found Yang Yuting and asked him what he meant, and Yang Yuting said: You and I can go separately, you take your central route and I take my local route.
Hearing this, Zhang Xueliang was almost not angry, and Yang Yuting's words almost put the Northeast split on the bright side. And he naturally will not agree with the other party's approach.
In the end, at the request of Zhang Xueliang, the Northeast changed its flag and announced its obedience to the leadership of the Kuomintang, although Yang Yuting did not publicly say anything after learning the news.
However, in the Shenyang area, after the original "Zhangjiaqi" was replaced with the flag of the national government, only the flag at the door of Yang Yuting's house did not change.
It can be seen that without Zhang Zuolin's deterrence, Yang Yuting's ambition has been undoubtedly exposed. And an incident that happened after that made Zhang Xueliang murderous to him.
On January 5, 1929, Yang Yuting celebrated his mother's birthday in the Yang Mansion, and the veterans and officials in the Northeast came to congratulate him on his birthday. Zhang Xueliang also took his original wife Yu Fengzhi to the scene to congratulate.
After Zhang Xueliang came to the Yang Mansion, the adjutant immediately shouted: "The commander-in-chief has arrived!" At that time, in addition to the warlords of the Feng family, there were also representatives sent by Bai Chongxi, Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek.
According to Zhang Xueliang's identity at the time, these people should have stood up to greet him, but after the adjutant shouted, except for a few people at the scene who nodded and signaled, they actually ignored him.
And at this time, Yang Yuting came to the door, everyone's faces immediately changed, and they got up to congratulate each other, Yang Yuting didn't shake hands after seeing Zhang Xueliang, but just pointed to the house casually: "Find a place to rest, eat and leave." ”
After returning to the Shuai Mansion that night, Zhang Xueliang was furious, and even Yu Fengzhi said to him: Where do you think you look like the master of the Northeast? Yang Yuting is the real master of the Northeast, look at his virtue, does he still have you in his eyes?
Bloodstained Tiger Hall
Although Yang Yuting had already become the first of the Feng warlords at that time, he still wanted to increase his power, so he began to promote his cronies, and Chang Yinhuai was one of them.
As Yang Yuting's right-hand man, Chang Yinhuai was concurrently serving as the chairman of the Fengtian Transportation Committee and the chairman of Heilongjiang at that time. It stands to reason that Chang Yinhuai has reached this point at the top, but Yang Yuting feels that it is not enough.
On January 10, 1929, Yang Yuting took Chang Yinhuai to the Marshal's Mansion to ask for the establishment of the so-called "Northeast Railway Supervision Office", and requested that the post of Northeast Railway Supervision Office be appointed to Chang Yinhuai.
Zhang Zuolin listened to Yang Yuting's misty request and his lungs were about to explode, he Chang Yinhuai was not enough to hold two positions, did this Yang Yuting want him to be all the officials in the Northeast?
However, he didn't attack on the spot, but politely refused to try to appease the two, but who would have thought that Yang Yuting wouldn't eat this set at all, he said to Zhang Xueliang: "Don't bite the words with me, say those are useless, sign quickly!" ”
Even Chang Yinhuai, who was on the side, yelled at Zhang Xueliang: Hurry up and sign!
Seeing this, Zhang Xueliang forcibly suppressed his anger, excused himself that it was too late and asked them to come back tonight, and it was not too late to sign after eating.
Hearing this, the two agreed, and then left the Shuai Mansion without looking back.
After the two left, Zhang Xueliang was so angry that he broke the teacup in his hand, and Yu Fengzhi hurriedly came to the living room to ask him why he was so angry after hearing the movement.
After Zhang Xueliang told what happened just now, he said: "They deceive people too much! ”
However, although he was extremely angry, but because of the friendship between the two families, he was still a little undecided, it is said that at that time, Zhang Xueliang took out a piece of silver dollar for divination, and silently thought in his heart, if the silver dollar was thrown three times in a row, it was positive, that is, God asked me to kill these two people.
As a result, he threw three times in a row, and it was really all positive, and at this time, Zhang Xueliang no longer had the kindness of a woman, so he immediately called the chief of the guard over and arranged a plan for the night with him.
After dinner, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai really came to Shuai's Mansion again, and after the two sat down in the Tiger Hall, they waited for a long time and didn't see Zhang Xueliang's figure, Yang Yuting couldn't help but be a little angry and shouted: "Little Liuzi, Little Liuzi!" ”
Zhang Xueliang hurriedly came out of the house to say hello, and after receiving a signal from the head of the guard: "The front yard has been processed." Zhang Xueliang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out that there was an unwritten rule in the Shuaifu at that time, that is, pistols and other weapons must be unloaded, and the entourage could not be brought into the Shuaifu.
After Zhang Xueliang and the two of them exchanged pleasantries, he asked the guard to go upstairs to get two watermelons to quench his thirst, and after a while, the guard came back empty-handed, saying that his wife was taking a bath upstairs, and she asked Zhang Xueliang to get it himself.
Hearing this, Zhang Xueliang went up to the second floor, and soon after he went upstairs, the chief guard led people to the Tiger Hall, and before Yang and Chang could react, the guards rushed up and pressed them on the table.
Then he said loudly: "On the orders of the chief: Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai obstruct the reunification of the country, and they will be executed immediately, and they will be executed immediately." Immediately, there was a lot of gunfire in the Tiger Hall, and the news of Yang and Chang's deaths was spread the next day.
Regarding the killing of Yang Yuting, Zhang Xueliang has always been annoyed in his later years, thinking that Yang Yuting should not be killed and cannot be killed. And Hu Shi also once said such a sentence: "Yang Yuting does not die, and the Northeast is not lost." ”
However, there are two sides to everything, from Zhang Xueliang's point of view, Yang Yuting's achievements are high, and there is even a faint tendency to seize power, and he is forced to kill Yang Yuting.
However, after Yang Yuting's death, the situation in the Northeast for the relations between all parties was indeed more difficult, and Zhang Xueliang did not have enough means to deal with this situation, so that it caused all kinds of evil consequences later.
After the 918 Incident, the Northeast Army withdrew from the Northeast without firing a single shot; After that, Zhang Xueliang was detained by Chiang Kai-shek for half his life because of the Xi'an Incident, and it can be said that all kinds of bad things have found Zhang Xueliang since Yang Yuting's death.
It's no wonder that many people later thought that Zhang Xueliang's killing of Yang Yuting was a stupid move, but then again, could Yang Yuting not die, and he could turn the situation around the time by himself? I'm afraid it's hard to say.
Reference: Zhang Xueliang's turning point from "A Dou" to "Young Marshal": Killing Yang Yuting_Flip Book Party_The Paper