Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for half a century because of the Xi incident, and it was already a year when he regained his freedom.
In a follow-up interview, he said frankly: "I never thought I could live to be 90 years old."
Zhang Xueliang thought that he would die in captivity, and never thought that he would see the light of day again.
Zhang Xueliang spent his later years in Hawaii, USA.
After his death, he donated all his fortune to Columbia University, which caused an uproar.
Why not leave his property to his children or donate it to the country where he was born?
Zhang Xueliang was born in 190 1 at the beginning of last century, and his father was Zhang.
However, before Zhang became rich, Zhang Xueliang spent a poor childhood in his hometown with his mother.
Until 19 12, his father Zhang Zuo Lin became famous, and Zhang Xueliang's life gradually improved.
He also moved from a small county in his hometown to Fengtian, the provincial capital, and lived a completely different rich life.
After coming to the provincial capital, Zhang Xueliang received a good education under the arrangement of his father.
Watching his son grow up, Zhang also arranged for him to serve in his own army.
Zhang wants to exercise his son well and can't immerse himself in the life of rich children.
After serving in the army for two years, Zhang Xueliang performed very well, without the arrogance of rich children.
Two years later, Zhang Xueliang was admitted to the military lecture halls in three northeastern provinces. He did well in the military school and eventually graduated with the first place in the artillery division.
After graduation, Zhang Xueliang began to lead troops to fight. In two wars of direct service, he achieved good results and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Jingyu area.
His father, Zhang, is now the "King of Northeast China". The Japanese have long been eyeing the three northeastern provinces and offered to cooperate with Zhang.
How did Zhang Can Zuo Lin commit such a traitorous act? He resolutely rejected the Japanese, who held a grudge and wanted to assassinate Zhang.
In the end, the Japanese planned the "Huanggutun Incident", and Zhang was seriously injured and died.
Zhang Xueliang was deeply saddened to learn that his father was persecuted by the Japanese.
But at this time, he must cheer up, take over the burden on his father's shoulders and become the security commander-in-chief of Northeast Province.
At that time, Zhang Xueliang was only 28 years old, and was called a young marshal by the outside world, which was also an recognition of his military ability. Zhang Xueliang, who inherited his father's footsteps, lived up to the expectations of all parties.
After his father died, Zhang Xueliang chose to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, and he chose to obey the Nanjing National Government.
This decision also led to the formal unification of China.
After surrendering to the Nanjing government, Zhang Xueliang was appointed as the deputy commander of the army, navy and air force and the commander of the northeast border defense.
In the subsequent Central Plains War, warlords from all sides wanted to challenge Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing National Government.
Zhang Xueliang's attitude is particularly important in this largest and longest-lasting warlord melee.
Warlords from all sides want to win over Zhang Xueliang for their own use. After careful consideration, Zhang Xueliang chose to call himself sick and temporarily avoid Huludao.
At the end of the Central Plains War, Zhang Xueliang chose to participate in the war and support the National Government.
At this point, the battle has been decided, and Zhang Xueliang has become the biggest winner of this battle.
After Zhang Xueliang helped Chiang Kai-shek win the battle, he gained the trust of Chiang Kai-shek, and their relationship was once as close as brothers.
193 1 When the September 18th Incident broke out, the Japanese deliberately bombed the railway and planted the blame on China.
And use this to launch an attack on Shenyang and gradually invade the three northeastern provinces and other places.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang suffered unprecedented humiliation because of inaction.
Zhang Xueliang was also called "general of non-resistance" by the people from the young marshal with unlimited scenery in the past.
In this regard, Zhang Xueliang can't say how bitter it is. He has consulted with Chiang Kai-shek many times to discuss policies.
But at that time, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were full of resistance to our party's army, and his mind was not on resisting foreign enemies at all.
Every time Zhang Xueliang asked for instructions, Chiang Kai-shek replied: Never resist the Japanese army.
Zhang Xueliang did not receive the order, so he had to stay put, and therefore missed the best opportunity to resist the Japanese army.
It was Chiang Kai-shek's short-sightedness that led to the fall of the whole Northeast, and the compatriots in the Northeast lived in dire straits.
With the Japanese occupation of our land, many parties began to propose to stop the civil war first.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was stubborn and always adhered to the policy of "taking peace as the foreign policy".
Seeing that the country was in danger, Zhang Xueliang repeatedly remonstrated to stop the civil war and jointly resisted the Japanese army, but he was reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek.
In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's order to destroy the Red Army, Zhang Xueliang became more and more resistant. He really can't beat his own people in the case of foreign invasion.
Zhang Xueliang began to contact our party. Knowing that our party was willing to stop the struggle, he decided to cooperate with our party.
Zhang Xueliang and Premier Zhou met in Yan 'an and reached an agreement to jointly resist the enemy through harmonious negotiations.
But at present, the most difficult problem is Chiang Kai-shek's non-cooperation. After careful consideration, Zhang Xueliang contacted General Yang Hucheng.
General Yang Hucheng, like Zhang Xueliang, has always advocated active anti-Japanese, and finally they reached an agreement and made an important decision.
This decision also directly affected their lives. One was imprisoned for many years, and the other was brutally killed.
19361February 12, Zhang Xueliang teamed up with yang hucheng to plan the "Xi incident" that shocked China and foreign countries.
65438+February 1 day, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Xi 'an. He had already seen that Zhang Xueliang and others were passive in eliminating the Red Army.
Chiang Kai-shek publicly announced that the Central Army would replace the Northeast Army and continue to attack the Red Army.
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng immediately contacted their senior generals and will hold a military protest the next day.
At five o'clock the next morning, when Chiang Kai-shek was still sleeping, the Northeast Army rushed into Chiang Kai-shek's bedroom and tried to capture Chiang Kai-shek alive.
However, Chiang Kai-shek had already received notice in advance and quickly jumped out of the window to escape.
Chiang Kai-shek also hurt his back when he jumped out of the window, but at this time he had to rush desperately and was finally captured by the Northeast Army.
When Chiang Kai-shek saw Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, he cursed their ambitions and wanted to rebel.
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng said that they just hope that Chiang Kai-shek, the current enemy, can put down the decision of "going abroad first" and unite our party to resist the Japanese army.
At this time, in order to save his life, Chiang Kai-shek had to agree to this request, although he did not want to do so.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was taken hostage, had to sign a number of agreements and declared: "Stop all civil wars and unite against Japan."
Song Meiling learned of this in Nanjing, and immediately contacted various forces to call Zhang Xueliang, asking Zhang Xueliang to send Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing as soon as possible.
After more than ten days of negotiations, Zhang Xueliang was forced by various parties to personally send Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing.
Zhang Xueliang took Chiang Kai-shek on the plane back to Nanjing.
At this time, he didn't know this. He lost his freedom for half his life and was imprisoned from the prime of his life to his twilight years.
On February 26th, 65438, when Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Nanjing, he immediately ordered the detention and house arrest of Zhang Xueliang.
Seeing that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression started, Zhang Xueliang was jailed, unable to fight to kill the enemy, and his heart was very sad.
Yu Fengzhi, Zhang Xueliang's former partner, learned that her husband was imprisoned and repeatedly asked for Zhang Xueliang's release, but he never succeeded.
With the help of Song Meiling, Yu Fengzhi stayed with her husband, but eventually she had to go to the United States to see a doctor because of illness.
At this time, Miss Zhao Si, Zhang Xueliang's confidante, came to his side and accompanied him for decades.
By the end of 1945 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army had completely surrendered, the foreign enemies had been wiped out, and Chiang Kai-shek began to struggle with our party again.
Under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, the Kuomintang gradually declined. Seeing that the new China was about to be established, Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan Province Province.
I thought that when Chiang Kai-shek went to Taiwan Province Province, Zhang Xueliang would see the light of day again.
However, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhang Xueliang to be taken away and put in prison. It can be seen that he hated Zhang Xueliang's actions in those years and was poisoned to the marrow.
Zhang Xueliang went to Taiwan Province Province with the Kuomintang, far away from the mainland, and never set foot on the mainland again in his life.
Zhang Xueliang continued to live a life of imprisonment in Taiwan Province. Fortunately, Miss Zhao Si accompanied him and took care of his daily life.
1in April, 975, Chiang Kai-shek was dying of heart problems and called his son Jiang Jingguo to explain the aftermath.
Speaking of Zhang Xueliang, he confessed: "Remember not to let the tiger go back to the mountain."
After Chiang Kai-shek's death, his son Jiang Jingguo succeeded to the throne as his father, and continued to imprison Zhang Xueliang according to his father's last words.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang has been imprisoned for nearly 30 years.
He knows that he will never be free again in this life, and he will be a caged bird for the rest of his life.
However, to Zhang Xueliang's surprise, Jiang Jingguo walked ahead of him, and Jiang Jingguo died in 1988.
It was not Chiang Kai-shek who came to power later, but Lee Teng-hui.
1990, Zhang Xueliang finally regained his freedom. By this time, he was 90 years old. He never thought that he would live to this day.
During the years when Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, he divorced Yu Fengzhi and married Miss Zhao Si for Yu Fengzhi.
However, Yu Fengzhi never gave up on Zhang Xueliang. After she was cured in America, she began to struggle in business.
Yu Fengzhi has accumulated tens of millions of fortune in business, all of which is to prepare for Zhang Xueliang, and she has never given up saving Zhang Xueliang for many years.
After learning that Zhang Xueliang was finally free, Yu Fengzhi, who was seriously ill, longed to see him.
But in the end, Yu Fengzhi didn't wait until the man who had been missing for decades died in the United States with regret.
Yu Fengzhi left Zhang Xueliang a legacy of $10 million before his death. The last wish is only one, and that is to be buried with Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang stood in front of Yu Fengzhi's grave, and Yu Fengzhi's tombstone was engraved with "Zhang Yu Fengzhi".
Yu Fengzhi has always considered herself Zhang Xueliang's wife, although they have been divorced for many years.
In the face of this ex-wife who was disappointed by himself, Zhang Xueliang was full of guilt and couldn't help crying at the grave.
After Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom, he didn't want to live in Taiwan Province Province, which had been trapped for decades, and he couldn't go back to his hometown in Northeast China.
His descendants all grew up and lived in America, and Zhang Xueliang also went to America to spend the rest of his life.
Because of the tens of millions of dollars and Zhang's legacy, Zhang Xueliang has a good life in the United States.
Then, Zhang Xueliang's final decision shocked both at home and abroad. He donated all his property to Columbia University.
At that time, the outside world was in an uproar when it learned the news. Why didn't Zhang Xueliang leave his legacy to future generations?
It is said that Zhang Xueliang's descendants grew up in foreign countries and received western education.
Most of Zhang Xueliang's legacy is a collection with historical value. Later generations don't understand oriental culture, so I'm afraid they won't cherish it.
Zhang Xueliang had ups and downs in his life and was imprisoned for half a century. He knows very well that "everyone is innocent, but he is guilty."
He doesn't want his successors to follow in his footsteps, just want them to live a plain and stable life.
In this regard, the outside world still has opinions. Since it is not for children, why not donate it to the country?
In fact, in those years in the United States, Zhang Xueliang did not want to return to China and then return to his hometown in Northeast China.
However, due to his "non-resistance" in those years, the Northeast fell, and he always felt guilty and lived in this torment for many years.
At the birthday party when he regained his freedom, Zhang Xueliang once said in front of many media: "I am a sinner."
Zhang Xueliang also said that after the fall of Northeast China, the Japanese army had returned his property to Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang refused in public: "If you want to give it back, give it back to our three northeastern provinces, which is bigger than your three Japanese islands."
He said it was a disgrace to Japan. In retrospect, there was only endless hatred.
Zhang Xueliang knew he was guilty and laughed at himself as a grasshopper in the autumn. He couldn't scamper for long.
He can't let go of the northeast, but he can't go back to the northeast.
There may be another reason for choosing to donate to Columbia University.
At Columbia University, students were interested in the modern history of China and interviewed Zhang Xueliang many times.
Zhang Xueliang saw their sincerity in the interview. Later, Columbia University also proposed to set up a museum for Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang has been worried about the placement of China's collection. Knowing that Colombia could properly arrange these collections, he chose to donate them to Columbia University.
By 200 1 year, Zhang Xueliang was a centenarian, and his body was getting weaker and weaker.
After an illness treatment, Zhang Xueliang felt that his time was coming, so he called his family to make a will and donated all his legacy to Columbia University.
The descendants who received western education from childhood did not object and accepted it calmly.
200 1, 10, 1 On June 4th, Zhang Xueliang died in Hawaii, USA.
In order to save the nation and survive, the once-glorious young marshal resolutely chose to remonstrate with the soldiers.
As a result, he was imprisoned for 54 years. At the most glorious time, he was imprisoned in a world, and seeing the sun again was also a dying struggle.
Zhang Xueliang's contribution to the country is worth remembering.
It should be borne in mind at all times that national interests are above all interests.