Speaking of Zhang Zuolin, the "King of the Northeast" who called for wind and rain in the three eastern provinces, he was really a legend. From a bandit in the green forest to a heavy soldier, Zhang Zuolin has experienced a lot along the way.
According to statistics, Zhang Zuolin at that time had an army of 350,000, second only to Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek. The huge army is the key factor for Zhang Zuolin to compete for power in troubled times, but at the same time, how to feed this huge army is also a difficult problem he always has to face.
Compared with others, Zhang Zuolin has no family support and no warlord support, how can he support an army of 350,000! Some people say that he obtained huge wealth by scraping the ground, but in fact, the source of his military expenditure is not here, but all depends on his "good way of making money".
It is not false that Zhang Zuolin was born in a poor family, but don't forget his former fortune. Earlier, Zhang Zuolin also served in the Qing government, and he could barely change his family situation.
With a lot of kung fu, Zhang Zuolin can be regarded as having a firm foothold in the army. At this time, he often followed his boss to fight bandits, and every time he succeeded in suppressing bandits, he would receive a lot of money. Gradually, Zhang Zuolin began to take charge of himself and led his troops out to suppress bandits alone, which also made his wealth accumulate more and more.
However, the ambitious Zhang Zuolin decisively established his own military power after realizing that the Qing government was already in a state of drift.
At that time, he had been entrenched in the Northeast for a long time, and in addition to him, he also had a competitor, that is, Feng Linge. This person is also quite powerful, and the two can't help each other.
Coincidentally, at this time, the strong invasion of the Japanese invaders made Zhang Zuolin have other thoughts. He wants to secure the position of the king of the Northeast through Japan's support, and it just so happens that Japan also wants to support domestic puppets to control the situation.
The two sides can be said to hit it off! It's just that how could Feng Linge give up this big fat piece of Japan? He also frequently made overtures in front of the Japanese. It can only be said that in the end, it was Zhang Zuolin who was a good chess player and won the favor of the Japanese in this competition.
With the support of the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin gradually established his own Feng warlord. At this time, Zhang Zuolin seems to have become a veritable king of the Northeast, even if he is Japanese, he has to weigh again and again in front of him.
Speaking of which, I can't help but sigh at Zhang Zuolin's way of making money! As early as when his purse was just bulging, he had already set up an arsenal of his own. After years of hard work, the scale of this arsenal is already extremely huge.
In addition to equipping his own army, the weapons produced in the arsenal will also be sold at high prices to other warlord forces that do not threaten him. In troubled times, the value of weapons and equipment is self-evident, and the wealth obtained by Zhang Zuolin has been piled up with several mountains of gold just through the arsenal.
With enough weapons, Zhang Zuolin had no worries and began to continuously improve his military strength. It is even equipped with a navy and air force, demonstrating extremely strong military capabilities.
Backed by sheer military prowess, this allowed him to occupy more and more territory in the warlord melee. In this way, more and more wealth is gained.
To everyone's surprise, even though Zhang Zuolin's wealth has accumulated to a certain stage, he has never stopped accumulating wealth. No, when he initially grasped the power of the Northeast, he built a special "casino" in his mansion.
Seeing this, Zhang Zuolin's purpose is already very obvious, he just wants to earn another ill-gotten wealth through gambling. The crowd facing this casino is also extremely interesting, some may be ordinary rich people, but more often, it is those who have ulterior motives to get close to Zhang Zuolin.
In order to curry favor with Zhang Zuolin and achieve their goals, they will make Zhang Zuolin happy by losing money. On this night, as the chips in front of the gamblers gradually decreased, it meant that the possibility of success increased.
Zhang Zuolin did not have the slightest shame for his behavior, but also made a public statement in the casino: "As long as you step into this gambling game, you must lose all your money before you can leave." ”
From this point of view, this casino is actually a bully game, but both parties involved in gambling have ulterior motives. It has to be said that this casino did provide him with a steady stream of money and also contributed greatly to feeding his army.
While earning national money, Zhang Zuolin is also constantly taking money out of the pockets of the Japanese.
The strategic location of the Northeast region is self-evident, and the Japanese invaders are naturally aware of it. If they want to enter the country, they must use the Northeast as a springboard.
At the very beginning, this is what they meant by supporting Zhang Zuolin. It's just that in the later period, Zhang Zuolin has become more and more disobedient to Japan's orders, which makes the Japanese very annoyed. But at this time, they couldn't tear their faces with Zhang Zuolin, so they had to maintain a kind of peace between the two sides.
In order to make the connection between the two sides closer, the Japanese also established a joint company with Zhang Zuolin. For example, Zhang Zuolin once invested with the Japanese chaebol Okura Kihachiro to create a Xingfa company.
Zhang Zuolin is very optimistic about the future of this company, and even directly bought 4 million hectares of land. These lands were like money printing machines, providing Zhang Zuolin with a lot of money.
Another point that is particularly important is that the Northeast region is already rich in products, and the grain output can be compared with the Jiangnan region. There are countless kinds of mineral resources, and as for timber and ginseng, these natural resources can be sold directly, not to mention.
With the blessing of abundant resources, Zhang Zuolin wants to feed an army of 350,000 can't be said to be too simple, anyway, there is not much pressure.
As we all know, Zhang Zuolin's son Zhang Xueliang is his designated heir. But his son is not good at business, which also makes Zhang Zuolin distressed. By chance, he found Yu Fengzhi, who was born in a business family, and decisively asked for this woman for his son.
Zhang Zuolin's step is really correct, and Yu Fengzhi is really a genius in business. Since marrying Zhang Xueliang, Yu Fengzhi has taken over most of the Zhang family's property. Under her care, the Zhang family's wealth accumulation has reached a new level.
Even if Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned in Taiwan later, Yu Fengzhi still broke out of a different world on Wall Street, leaving a lot of property for Zhang Xueliang.
In this way, Zhang Zuolin is really prescient! chose a good daughter-in-law for his son early, so that the glory and wealth of the Zhang family could continue to be delayed.
It's just a pity that after the invasion of the Japanese invaders, part of Zhang Zuolin's huge family property was unceremoniously seized by the Japanese invaders, and the other part was donated to Columbia University in the United States by Zhang Xueliang in his later years.
We have no way to comment on his actions. However, judging from Zhang Zuolin's means of accumulating money, it can explain why he was able to occupy the mountain when the warlords were chaotic.
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