Speaking of Zhang Xueliang, this person cannot avoid the "Xi'an Incident" no matter what, which has made him a national hero and also made him bid farewell to the stage of history forever.
After the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident," Chiang Kai-shek, on the one hand, promised to unite against Japan, and on the other hand, as soon as he returned to Nanjing, he began to collect the defecting subordinates to avenge Xi'an's humiliation. The consequence of Yang Hucheng, one of the protagonists of the "Xi'an Incident", was the killing of the whole family, and it is also sad that this real national hero created this fate. The consequence of Zhang Xueliang was that he was placed under house arrest for a lifetime.
Generally being placed under house arrest is a very helpless move, and so is Chiang Kai-shek, because of Soong Mei-ling's reasons, he can't kill Zhang Xueliang, and he can't help but clean him up. Zhang Xueliang could only be controlled, and Chiang Kai-shek was also very troubled by this situation for a long time. Why? It's expensive! It's a lot of money! But even when Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Taiwan, he even gave Chiang Ching-kuo an order that he absolutely could not let go, so why was this?
Let's first say how much is it to raise Zhang Xueliang? Zhang Xueliang is Zhang Zuolin's sixth son, this "little sixth son" is full of eating, drinking, gambling and gambling, and his life from an early age is extremely superior. After being placed under house arrest, Chiang Kai-shek could not treat him badly.
Chiang Kai-shek in his hometown of Fenghua Xikou Xuedou Mountain, a scenic spot in Zhejiang Province, chartered the entire hotel for Zhang Xueliang to live, and the hotel manager Qian Junli was assigned to take care of Zhang Xueliang, he repaired the house and installed a fireplace according to the habits of northerners. At first, Zhang Xueliang's mood was still very depressed, and he did not want to think about food, and he was losing weight day by day. Chiang Kai-shek saw this and allowed Zhang Xueliang's friends to visit him.
At this moment, the former playboy "Little Sixth Son" returned to Zhang Xueliang's body, holding a cocktail party in the hotel all day, and Chiang Kai-shek could only meet the needs.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek became more and more distressed, and on many occasions he shouted: "The money spent on Zhang Xueliang is enough to arm an infantry regiment." But Chiang Kai-shek just couldn't let Zhang Xueliang go, even if the soldiers were defeated in Taiwan, he wouldn't let Zhang Xueliang go, and even ordered Chiang Ching-kuo not to release Zhang Xueliang.
This reason was mentioned in an interview with Chiang Ching-kuo, that is, we cannot let the tiger return to the mountain.