The marriage system that was once practiced in our country is not the monogamous system that is now practiced, in ancient China, even during the Xinhai Revolution, as long as a man had enough money or status, then he could have many wives. For example, the famous King of the Northeast, Zhang Zuolin, had six wives in his lifetime.
These six wives bore him eight sons and six daughters, the old Zhang family can also be regarded as a prosperous person, and Zhang Zuolin's eight sons also have their own strengths and weaknesses when they grow up, and have produced a lot of talents, including the famous young marshal Zhang Xueliang, as well as the founding major general Zhang Xuesi and the gourmet Zhang Xueming. Zhang Zuolin, as the king of the Northeast, has a lofty position, so what will be the fate of his daughters?
Logically speaking, as Zhang Zuolin's daughter, then the people they marry must be the right door, so Zhang Zuolin's daughters, married life should also be relatively happy. But in fact, it is true that the door is right, but if you want to say that the marriage is happy, it is not necessarily.
Zhang Zuolin's eldest daughter, named Zhang Shoufang, was born to Zhang Zuolin's first wife and Zhang Xueliang's sister. When Zhang Shoufang was born, Zhang Zuolin was still just an ordinary person, still at the bottom of the society, and did not achieve any achievements, after Zhang Shoufang was born, Zhang Zuolin also loved this daughter, when Zhang Shoufang was young, Zhang Zuolin can be said to be a qualified father, but because Zhang Zuolin did not have a trace at that time, so in the first half of Zhang Shoufang's life, he also suffered a lot with his father.
When Zhang Shoufang grew up, Zhang Zuolin already had a certain status, but at the same time, he also had greater ambitions, at this time Zhang Zuolin was no longer satisfied with the father-daughter affection, the joy of heaven, in the chaotic era, Zhang Zuolin had his own ambitions, he was determined to achieve his own career.
In ancient China, if a person wants to achieve a career, then it is inevitable that it is not possible to fight alone, the best choice is to have their own allies, if you want to have your own friends, there is a very practical way, that is, to marry, if two people with very powerful power, become the children's relatives, then, the relationship between them will be more solid, and with the help of each other, so that they can get better development, which is why the ancient big families like to marry.
Although Zhang Zuolin loved Zhang Shoufang from a young age, in order to achieve his own hegemony, in Zhang Shoufang's marriage, Zhang Zuolin did not consider the happiness of his daughter, but in order to consolidate his own power, he married his daughter Zhang Shoufang to Bao Yucai, the son of the Heilongjiang Overseer at that time. However, although her husband Bao Yucai was born in a rich family, he was an unlearned person, and even often lingered in fireworks places, such a person was not worthy of Zhang Shoufang at all. Therefore, after marriage, Zhang Shoufang's married life is not happy.
Even after the 918 incident, Zhang Shoufang's husband Bao Yucai filed for divorce from Zhang Shoufang, and if Zhang Shoufang agreed at this time, then the rest of her life may have a different life. However, Zhang Shoufang, who grew up in the environment of feudal thought, insisted on the principle of starting from one end in her heart and was not willing to divorce Bao Yucai. But since then, the relationship between the husband and wife has become strange, although Zhang Shoufang's life has given birth to children for her husband. But she never felt the slightest love from her husband, and in the end, Zhang Shoufang was depressed in this marriage.
Although zhang Shoufang's unhappiness in marriage is related to the personal character of her husband Bao Yucai, his father Zhang Zuolin also has an unshirkable responsibility.
Zhang Zuolin's second daughter was named Zhang Huaiying, who was born to Zhang Zuolin's second wife, and in 1921, Zhang Zuolin was appointed as the economic envoy of Mongolia, but the situation in Inner Mongolia was very chaotic at that time. Zhang Zuolin's Mongolian frontier made this position, which was actually equivalent to a nominal position, and in order to consolidate his position, Zhang Zuolin decided to win over the Mongol princes and nobles. Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Zuolin married his second daughter Zhang Huaiying to Bao Bu, the son of Prince Dalkhan.
If you look at the identity and status of Baobu alone, Zhang Huaiying can also be regarded as marrying into a rich family, but this Son of Prince Dahlhan Baobu is different from ordinary people, Baobu suffers from dementia, mental retardation, and has no ability to take care of himself. As for the situation of The Bag Cloth, Zhang Zuolin could not fail to understand, but in order to consolidate his position, Zhang Zuolin still did not hesitate to marry his second daughter Zhang Huaiying to such a person. In the marriage with Baobu, there is no doubt that Zhang Huaiying is not happy.
When Zhang Zuolin decided to marry his second daughter Zhang Huaiying to Baobu, Zhang Zuolin's second wife, Zhang Huaiying's mother, pleaded bitterly with Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin's son, Zhang Xueliang, also raised objections to his father. However, at this time, Zhang Zuolin had been overwhelmed by the desire for power, and he did not care about his daughter's feelings at all, nor did he care about the mood of his wife and son.
If the misfortune of Zhang Zuolin's eldest daughter Zhang Shoufang's marriage has a certain relationship with her husband, then the misfortune of Zhang Zuolin's second daughter Zhang Huaiying can definitely be said to be caused by Zhang Zuolin. But unlike the eldest sister Zhang Shoufang, Zhang Huai was heroic in changing his fate, after the Huanggutun incident, Zhang Huaiying decisively chose to divorce Bao Bu, came to Shanghai alone, and then married her second husband Chen Youtao, after the reform and opening up, Zhang Huaiying, who was single again, came to Tianjin and lived with his sister Zhang Huaiqing until the end of his life.
Zhang Zuolin's third daughter, named Zhang Huaiqing, was also born to his second wife, and she and Zhang Huaiying were biological sisters. Perhaps by the trick of fate, the sisters bore striking similarities in marriage. Zhang Huaiying is married to a demented child, while Zhang Huaiqing's husband is a psychopath. So why would Zhang Zuolin marry his third daughter to a mentally ill person?
Zhang Huaiqing's husband is named Zhang Mengsuo, this name may be few people know, but Zhang Mengsuo's father is a big name, he is In the Republic of China period to choose the restoration of Zhang Xun, although Zhang Xun restoration only lasted for a few days, but can be successfully restored during the revolutionary period, indicating that Zhang Xun still has his own strength, in fact, Zhang Xun's braid army is indeed famous, if he did not choose the road of restoration, then in that era, Zhang Xun can certainly become a generation of tyrants.
At that time, Zhang Zuolin was precisely to make friends with Zhang Xun that he married his third daughter to his son Zhang Mengsuo. Becoming husband and wife with a mentally ill person, Zhang Huaiqing's married life can be imagined. Zhang Huaiqing also made a similar choice to his sister Zhang Huaiying, after the 918 incident, Zhang Huaiqing chose to divorce Zhang Mengsuo, came to Tianjin alone, and met her second husband. However, Zhang Huaiqing's second husband was only an ordinary person, so he did not bring Zhang Huaiqing a happy married life.
Zhang Zuolin's fourth daughter was named Zhang Huaiyi, who was born to Zhang Zuolin's fourth wife, also in order to consolidate his own power, Zhang Zuolin married his fourth daughter Zhang Huaiyi to Zhao Tianci, the son of the former governor of Northeast China. However, compared with his three sisters, Zhang Huaiyi's married life can be said to be very happy.
Zhao Tianci did not learn nothing like other children of the family, but was diligent in learning from an early age, and through his continuous efforts, Zhao Tianci was admitted to a doctorate and later even served at the United Nations Headquarters. No matter where Zhao Tianqi went, his wife Zhang Huaiyi chose to follow her husband and never abandon her. Zhang Huaiyi and Zhao Tianci eventually became an enviable pair of immortal couples, and they spent their lives hand in hand with each other.
Zhang Zuolin's fifth daughter was named Zhang Huaixi, who was also born to his fourth wife. However, Zhang Huaixi's fate was not as fortunate as that of his sister Zhang Huaiyi, and in order to consolidate his power, Zhang Zuolin decided to marry his fifth daughter Zhang Huaixi to Jin Yunpeng, the son of the former premier of the Beiyang government.
However, although the two were successfully engaged, later because of the political differences between Zhang Zuolin and the other family, the two families finally dissolved the marriage contract, so Zhang Huaixi did not eventually become a relative. But after experiencing this incident, Zhang Huaixi has been completely disappointed in marriage, and she does not want to be a tool in the hands of others, so Zhang Huaixi decided to spend her life alone and no longer marry others. Eventually, Zhang Huaixi came to the United States with her mother and settled down, spending the rest of her life in the United States.
Zhang Zuolin's sixth daughter was named Zhang Huaimin, who was born to Zhang Zuolin's sixth wife, and unlike the five sisters, Zhang Huaimin was the only one of Zhang Zuolin's many daughters who was not influenced by her father in marriage. Because just when Zhang Huaimin was four years old, the Huanggutun Incident occurred, and his father Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese because he was unwilling to cooperate with the Japanese.
After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Huaimin's mother and daughter had no one to rely on, but because of this, Zhang Huaimin was able to fully grasp his life. Zhang Huaimin was very angry, and when he went to school, Zhang Huaimin studied at Fu Jen University and achieved very good results. Later, Zhang Huaimin, with his charm, married the grandson of Zhai Wenxuan, the former governor of Liaoning Province. Later, in 1948, a year before the founding of New China, Zhang Huaixi's family came to Taiwan with her mother to live, and after coming to Taiwan, Zhang Huaimin served as a professor at a university in Taiwan, dedicating her life to education.
As Zhang Zuolin's daughters, most of them have unhappy marriages, and from today's point of view, Zhang Zuolin's practice of sacrificing his daughter's happiness for his own interests is reprehensible. However, if you think about it in the era at that time, then did Zhang Zuolin really do something wrong?
You know, in the long history of our country, there is a long period of time, the status of women and men are actually very different, or it can be said that in front of men, women have no status at all. In ancient China, there was a saying that a woman had three from four virtues, and the so-called three subordinates, the meaning of which is that the unmarried follows the father, the husband marries the husband, and the husband dies from the son. To put it simply, a woman should listen to her father from birth, if she is married, she should listen to her husband, and if her husband dies, then she should listen to her son.
That is, a woman does not have the right to choose freely from birth. Over thousands of years, this idea has become ingrained. Even since the founding of New China, the status of women has been greatly improved. But even in the day we are now in, in the eyes of some parents, a daughter's marriage should obey the so-called parent's order, the word of the matchmaker.
Therefore, the tragedy of Zhang Zuolin's daughters is only the normal situation of women's tragic marriages in their time, and in the era in which they live, there are many women who have the same or even more miserable fate as them. The tragic fate of Zhang Zuolin's daughters, although zhang Zuolin single-handedly caused, is actually the inevitable result of being a woman in that era.