After the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek stopped the policy of "keeping the inside out of peace" and forced the Nationalist government to carry out the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, which led to the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front.
The Xi'an Incident played an important role in China's modern history and played an irreplaceable role in the development of Chinese society, ending the civil war and opening a new chapter in the national united front against Japan.
On October 14, 2001, Zhang Xueliang died of illness, and he left a will before his death to donate all his property to the United States, which caused everyone to be unanimously puzzled, and the gold and silver mountains saved before his death were not left to his children, nor to his motherland.
"King of the Northeast" failed by mistake
Zhang Xueliang, the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, the fengtian of the three warlords, took over his father's business after his father was killed by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and became the new leader of the three eastern provinces, just when the Japanese fascists have been invading the eastern three provinces, zhang Xueliang alone is difficult to defend the eastern three provinces, at this time he urgently needs a more powerful "big brother" to support himself.
At that time, the Nationalist government had abundant financial resources and abundant troops, and choosing the "Nanjing Government" was undoubtedly the best choice. On the day of Zhang Xueliang's inauguration, he telephoned Chiang Kai-shek and expressed his hope to be absorbed by the Nationalist government, first, to strengthen his strength to resist Japanese imperialism, and secondly, to end the situation in which the three major warlords divided the world and take the lead himself.
After making many representations with Chiang, he eventually joined the "Nanjing Government" and changed the flag to obey Chiang's arrangement. Who would have thought that his kindness would eventually lead to the fall of the three eastern provinces.
Just two years later, in 1931, the "918 Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries broke out, and the Japanese army invaded Shenyang, but unexpectedly, Zhang Xueliang repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to send troops to resist the Japanese army, but Chiang Kai-shek did not give a reply.
Chiang Kai-shek arrogantly said: "Japan does not need us to do anything at all, and when the time comes, the United Nations will clean it up." Zhang Xueliang, for his part, believed that the equipment of the Northeast Army was very different from that of Japan, and that if he sent troops without authorization, he might injure the enemy by eight hundred and lose one thousand, and the best way was to wait for "just" sanctions as Chiang Kai-shek said.
Without resistance, the Japanese army invaded and occupied the three eastern provinces almost without a single soldier, and even claimed to take China in three months.
Xi'an Incident
In fact, after Zhang Xueliang defected to Chiang Kai-shek, he still had an incomparable status as the "King of the Northeast" in the northeast region, and if he had sent troops on his own at that time, the Japanese army might not have been so arrogant, and it would have attracted Chiang Kai-shek's attention, so that the Japanese army would not plunder a large number of resources after occupying the three eastern provinces, strengthen its military strength, and everything may have a turnaround from then on.
But the matter has come to this point, unable to return to heaven, he also has his own grievances, originally joined the National Government for the reunification of the country, who knows that good intentions have done bad things, after being included in Chiang Kai-shek's command, he was sent to the Central Plains many times to fight civil wars, missing the best opportunity to resist the Japanese army. For this reason, Zhang Xueliang himself regretted it and has been looking for opportunities to make up for his mistakes.
The Communist Party gradually grew stronger, if the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were to unite and unify with the outside world, it might have a miraculous effect, this is the perfect opportunity to reverse the war situation, if it can stop the civil war and put aside prejudice, resist foreign enemies will be able to win, but Chiang Kai-shek did not think so, at this time Chiang Kai-shek still thinks about how to oppose communism, no matter how Zhang Xueliang persuades it is useless.
In January 1936, a large number of students marched in the streets to put pressure on the Nationalist government, hoping to wake up as soon as possible and resist the enemy. However, Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhang Xueliang to suppress the students who marched, and even ordered that force could be used, and those who did not obey could shoot.
But Zhang Xueliang once made a promise to this group of patriotic students to support their ideas and will definitely act accordingly, but now it is up to him to suppress the students, which is really difficult on both sides.
Zhang Xueliang personally went to the scene of the students' parade and persuaded them to hurry back, afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would make some unwise decisions, but how could the students' enthusiasm be convincing with three words and two words, Zhang Xueliang was greatly shocked, and coupled with his own inaction when the Japanese army occupied the three eastern provinces, he decided to give up his personal interests for the sake of national righteousness.
Later, Zhang Xueliang was bent on uniting with the Communist Party to resist Japan, and just happened to meet General Yang Hucheng, a fellow Chinese, and the two hit it off, and then staged an important scene in the history of the anti-Japanese resistance - the Xi'an Incident.
Later life
After that, things became very familiar, the two men advised Chiang Kai-shek, forced Chiang Kai-shek to stop the civil war, the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began, and after many years of resistance, he was finally victorious, and history proved that he had made the right choice. Although the war was won, Jiang could not let go, first assassinating Yang Hucheng, and then imprisoning Zhang Xueliang, which was banned for 50 years.
According to Chiang Kai-shek's consistent style of doing things, Zhang Xueliang could not escape death, thanks to his confidant, that is, Chiang's wife Song Meiling, under the intercession of Song Meiling, he finally left Zhang Xueliang alive, but he imprisoned him for most of his life, and later after fleeing to Taiwan, he did not stop imprisoning, until after Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Zhang Xueliang was released from imprisonment.
Zhang Xueliang has a confidant with a red face and has met at the banquet, but Zhang Xueliang already has a family, and the two have no choice but to regret it. His wife, Yu Fengzhi, stayed in the United States after being treated in the United States, and her husband has been cared for by Miss Zhao Si.
Yu Fengzhi found a way out for himself in the United States, had no intention of embarking on the road of stocks, did not expect to earn a lot of money, but could not see his beloved again, and could only leave all his property to Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang left the sad place in Taiwan after being released from prison and went to the United States to spend his old age, and in his later years, he did not unintentionally donate money to the motherland on the mainland, but was forced by the pressure of the Kuomintang, afraid that after the donation, he would cause trouble and harm to his family, and the former three eastern provinces carried the memories of his youth.
There are good things how can he not think of his hometown, but this time he can't do anything. Considering that the children have already established a family, if they get hundreds of millions of assets, they will be involved in the political turmoil again, and after repeated consideration, they still donated the money to Columbia University in the United States.
Columbia University was the only institution of higher learning in the United States at that time to establish Chinese language and literature. Zhang Xueliang thought that donating to this university can also increase China's international visibility, and helping children gain knowledge is also a good thing that benefits the world.
Moreover, when he thought of the group of enthusiastic students he had faced when he was young, he remembered that he had not met his former talents and had no way to serve the country. After much deliberation, he eventually donated all of it to Columbia University in the United States.
brief summary:
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang said, "If our father and son were not for the motherland, how could they end up with such a fate?" The decaying old China really made him feel cold, and Chiang Kai-shek's hegemony destroyed himself and the Nationalist government.
However, if Chiang Kai-shek had the slightest consideration for the national righteousness, he would not lose the hearts of the people and let the great powers trample on him; but if he ended the civil war a day earlier, Zhang Xueliang would not have kidnapped him and ended up with a bleak and sad end.