The same is true of Zhang in history. Zhang, who was born in a poor peasant family, experienced an escape life in his childhood. As an adult, Zhang worked as a peddler and veterinarian and joined the Qing army. Later, with the support of his original wife and father-in-law, Zhang got the first bucket of gold in his life. Later, Zhang relied on his own efforts to strengthen his strength step by step and become a veritable "king of the Northeast". Apart from his personal struggle, Zhang's success can't be separated from the famous saying "Jianghu doesn't fight and kill, Jianghu is secular"; This can be verified by Zhang, who has become a marshal in his later years, seeing that Puyi, who has abdicated, chose to bow down.
Perhaps, many people find it incredible and even incomprehensible. With Zhang's character of never bowing his head, Zhang, who has already held hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the northeast, why did he choose to kneel down to a long-lost Puyi? This began with Zhang's cleverness and cunning.
Zhang also fully demonstrated the famous saying that "rivers and lakes are not fighting, rivers and lakes are worldly."
Back to history, the thing is that Zhang was defeated in the first direct service war. After several years of arms consolidation, Mazhuang was strengthened. 1924, the second direct service war broke out. Zhang personally led hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to enter the customs and vowed to fight it out with the direct warlords headed by Wu and Cao Kun. The two sides launched a bloody battle on the battlefield.
However, no one expected that Feng Yuxiang, as a direct warlord, turned against his enemies at this time and chose to stab the direct warlord in the back. At this time, Feng Yuxiang had already been bought by Zhang, so when the war between the two sides was deadlocked, Feng Yuxiang issued such an order to the defenders stationed in the Gubeikou defense line: "Let go of a defense line and let the troops enter the customs"; In this way, Feng's army broke through here and the direct warlords were defeated. Wu fled to the south in a panic.
In this way, the influence of warlords extended to the Central Plains of Beijing. As the leader of warlords, Zhang naturally chose to go to Beijing, but just before Zhang entered Beijing, Zhang never dreamed that warlord Feng Yuxiang had done a great thing.
1924165438+1October 5th, as usual, Puyi, who was really sleeping in hall of mental cultivation, was awakened by a hurried footstep, only to see an eunuch tell him in awe: "Feng Yuxiang's army has entered the imperial city, and Feng Yuxiang has been ordered by the emperor to move out of the Forbidden City today."
Puyi panicked after receiving the report and cursed Feng Yuxiang for nothing. However, at this time, Puyi is no longer an emperor who stands above others, but a "puppet" manipulated by people. Puyi can only pack up and move out of the Forbidden City.
Puyi moved out of the Forbidden City, lived in Qin Chunwang for a while, and then moved to Tianjin to rent a house in Japan. At this time, the Japanese Empire was trying to win over Puyi. When Zhang saw something bad, he decided to visit Puyi.
Puyi was very happy to hear that Zhang wanted to meet him, but Puyi admitted that he was once an emperor, and Zhang was only his former courtier. If he took the initiative to meet Zhang, it would be beneath him, but Zhang would never intervene when the Japanese rented it, so the two sides agreed to meet in Tianjin.
On this day, Zhang came early to wait for Puyi's proposal, and Puyi was considering how to be polite when he met Zhang. At this time, Zhang Zuo Lin knelt down, saluted Puyi and shouted, "Hello, Your Majesty." Zhang's prostration surprised Puyi. He never imagined that Zhang would respect himself so much.
Just as Puyi was about to say "get up", Zhang himself took action. After getting up, Zhang Zuo Lin showed his intention to Puyi, bluntly saying: "As long as Puyi is willing, he can go to the Northeast; Zhang will do his best to protect it. " .
This problem of Zhang's kneeling made Puyi feel embarrassed and didn't know what to do for a while.
As for the follow-up, I won't say much here. This is probably the process of Zhang bowing down to Puyi.
As a marshal, why did Zhang bow to the abdicated Puyi?
First of all, for Zhang, showing loyalty on the surface is actually buying people's hearts and fattening himself!
Zhang was born in a poor peasant family in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, Zhang became a great warlord in Northeast China by his own efforts. Zhang can do this step not only because of his own efforts, but also because of the support of the Qing government!
As an adult, Zhang worked as a hawker and a veterinarian. Later, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out, Zhang Shen joined the army and Ma Yulun joined the Song Qing Rebel Army. Because Zhang is good at riding and shooting, he is highly valued in the army. Later, after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, Zhang fled to his hometown and became a family with the original Zhao Chungui.
With the help of his father-in-law, Zhang became a security guard and plunged into the green forest. But later, Zhang was attacked by other bandits. Although Zhang made a tight encirclement, he also suffered heavy losses and fled to Bajiaotai. Zhang's power gradually grew here and was later incorporated by the Qing Dynasty. After being incorporated, Zhang grew stronger with the help of bandits. By 19 1 1, Zhang was already a warlord.
At this time, Zhang was highly valued by the Qing Dynasty, which led to his relationship with the slave owners in the Qing Dynasty.
After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, the Qing Dynasty faced a precarious situation, and Zhang seized the opportunity to invest in the Qing Dynasty. However, Zhang did not die for the Qing government, but waited for the opportunity to strengthen himself.
After the demise of the Qing dynasty, Zhang keenly devoted himself to the Beiyang government to show his loyalty. Later, through his own efforts, Zhang gradually controlled the whole northeast.
It is not easy for Zhang to go from an ordinary farmer to a northeast marshal. Once courtiers of the Qing Dynasty, when they saw their "master" Zhang, they all bowed to the emperor, and Zhang showed their loyalty to Puyi.
In addition, although Puyi has abdicated as emperor for many years, there are many powerful forces behind Puyi, and the Northeast is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zuo Lin's apparent loyalty to Puyi can win the hearts of Manchu nobles behind Puyi, thus better controlling his dominant position in the Northeast!
Secondly, for Puyi.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty has been extinct for many years, but in the hearts of Puyi and Manchu nobles, they always want to restore the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, Zhang held hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and had a strong industrial base and military equipment in the northeast. Zhang used to be his courtier, but now he is loyal to himself. If he can use Zhang's power to restore the Qing Dynasty, this is what Puyi dreamed of!
However, at this time, as a grand marshal, how can Zhang Can Zuo Lin be willing to pay for Puyi's achievements for many years? Zhang bowed to Puyi, and there are more interests between them! As an old fox, Zhang bowed down to Puyi and took "Jianghu is secular if it is not killed" to the extreme.