Speaking of Zhang Zongchang, the "Dog Meat General" during the Republic of China, people who know him a little bit have the impression that he is uneducated and likes to write poems, but the poems he writes are purely funny. . So what is the real Zhang Zongchang like in history? Is he really an uneducated man? Obviously not. If he was truly uneducated, he would not have reached his status. Follow me and read on!

Zhang Zongchang (1881～1932), whose courtesy name was Xiaokun, was a native of Ye County, Shandong Province. He was born in a poor family since he was a child. He attended private school for a few days, but soon he "moved the potato and got out of here." Lao Zhang didn't know much about literacy. He was a typical rough man, but he was also a desperado. When he was 18 years old, he went to Guandong, where he first mined coal in Fushun, and then became a casino guard in Harbin because of his tall stature and ability. Later, when he arrived in Vladivostok, he relied on his physical strength and good marksmanship. He was born with the image of a Shandong hero and was not stingy with money. Therefore, many people were willing to be friends with him, many of whom were green forest figures.

Although Lao Zhang did not study for a few years in his early years, he taught himself Russian, so he recruited a group of White Russian stragglers to join the army. After the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Huang Xing's subordinate Li Zhengwu went to the Northeast to recruit troops. Zhang Zongchang found out about this and led a group of brothers from Qianjin Village to defect to Li Zhengwu. Zhang Zongchang's men and horses are all equipped with Russian-style weapons. They are all fat and strong and have a strong spirit. They dare to fight and fight hard on the battlefield. They can be regarded as a powerful force.

Later, Zhang Zongchang led his troops to Shanghai. Chen Qimei organized them into a cavalry regiment and was promoted to the position of regiment commander. But later Zhang Zongchang betrayed his trust and defected to the Beiyang clique after Chen Qimei's death, and later to Zhang Zuolin of the Feng clique. Lao Zhang was a lucky general, and his official career at this time was very smooth. He went from brigade commander to division commander to army commander, and then went to supervise the military affairs in Shandong. He also became the commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong bandit suppression, and he has been able to reach the high position of commander of the Zhilu Allied Forces. He became a local emperor. However, he got two nicknames at this time. Southern newspapers said that he was a local gangster, so they gave him the title of "Dog Meat General". Because he always ran away during wars, he was also known as the "Long-Legged General".

During the Republic of China, people had a strong sense of ruralism, and Zhang Zongchang was no exception. He was very friendly to the folks in his hometown of Ye County. There was a saying among the people at that time: "If you know Zhang Zongchang, you should carry a foreign knife on your shoulder." This is true, as long as his people defect to him, they will be treated well, and many of them will become battalion commanders or company commanders. When the folks were in trouble, Zhang Zongchang dared to spend a lot of money. Even though Lao Zhang didn't have much culture, he attached great importance to education and built many local schools.

Zhang Zongchang was still a completely filial son. Although he was the governor of Shandong and was majestic, he knelt in front of his father and did not dare to make any mistakes. His old man had a bad temper and always scolded him in front of others, but Zhang Zongchang was never angry. Instead, he kept smiling with him until the old man stopped. There is a joke about his old man, which is about his old man angrily scolding him one day, "What snack did you ask the orderly to give me? It's sticky and not delicious at all!" Zhang Zongchang was puzzled and didn't ask the orderly to give it to him. It was a snack, and then I suddenly realized, "Dad, that's the spicy rice that I asked the orderly to give you. Damn it, Bazi, the orderly, has a rice pail, let my dad eat the spicy rice!"

Zhang Zongchang claims to be a soldier. There are many guns and many guns, but he still has one more, too many aunts and wives. He will not refuse any woman he likes, whether from a good family or from a court lady. He rents a house at will, hangs a sign "Zhang Mansion", and sends a soldier to the door. Stand, then stuff people inside and everything will be fine. It is said that he has so many aunts and wives that he himself does not even know how many aunts there are outside, and he often forgets all about his newly married aunts. There are passages like this in Li Hanxiang's movies "The Great Warlord" and "Interesting Stories of Warlords", in which the prototype of the great warlord is Zhang Zongchang. The soldier fell in love with his concubine, and the two hooked up together. When Lao Zhang found out, not only was he not angry, he let these people do it in front of him, but he was also very happy: "Grandma, you are such a bear. I am so tired of you bunch of bears. My concubine has rewarded you with these bear things, take her back!"

Of course these are Zhang Zongchang's jokes handwritten in the Republic of China jokes. I personally feel that they are not very realistic. On the contrary, I admire Lao Zhang’s character and boldness. Zhang Zongchang's sword is engraved with the seven-character inscription "When encountering all difficulties, you must be bold." He also specially made a number of sabers engraved with these words and presented them to his trusted subordinates as a reward and encouragement.

Lao Zhang has a wise saying, which is very accurate. Some people advised him to reduce the number of troops, but he said: "In life, it is not for fame but for profit. I have neither established an officer school nor set up training Ban, aren't there more than 200,000 people now coming for me? The reason why they vote for me is because I am not stingy about granting them official posts and not stingy about giving them money. If I am stingy with my official posts like others, I am stingy with money, so the world is so big, how can I not tolerate it? Why do I have to vote for me? What’s more, the “fame and wealth” I get are not from my family, but from the praise of others. I take it from others and give it to others. , what’s the loss for me?”