Lien Chan, chairman of the Kuomintang, told the media that the life of General Zhang Xueliang was a very important page in China's modern history. He sent a telegram of condolences to Zhang's relatives and instructed Kuomintang cadres in Hawaii to assist Zhang's relatives in handling the funeral.
The Liaoning provincial government and Haicheng municipal government of Zhang Xueliang's hometown also sent messages of condolences, saying that the people in his hometown will always miss this famous patriotic general. The telegram also mentioned that Zhang Xueliang showed homesickness many times in his later years, and the people in his hometown were eager to talk with General Zhang in his hometown. Unexpectedly, the general became immortal and deeply regretted millions of villages.
Many local people hope that Zhang Xueliang can return to his roots after ending his bumpy life. His relatives said that they would seriously consider placing his body or ashes in his hometown in the northeast.
Zhang Xueliang's close relatives and friends in the northeast also plan to build a cenotaph near Zhang Xueliang's former residence for future generations to mourn.
Legend is eternal history.
Zhang Xueliang was born on June 3, 190 1, and is Zhang's eldest son. His father, Zhang, supported his troops and became independent in the northeast. Once controlled Beijing after the war, it was called "the king of Northeast China". 1928, the Japanese army attempted to directly control the northeast and killed Zhang in Huanggutun. Zhang Xueliang succeeded to the throne and was called Jong. Zhang Xueliang has family hatred and national hatred. In order to end the darkest era of Beiyang government and seek to concentrate national strength to resist aggression, he responded to Chiang Kai-shek's slogan of "North-South reunification", replaced the * * and five-color flags with blue sky and white flags, implemented "changing the flag and changing the flag" and obeyed the leadership of Nanjing government. In his thirties, he served as the "Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Kuomintang Armed Forces" and became famous for a time.
193 1 year, Japan launched the "September 18th Incident", and Zhang Xueliang carried out Chiang Kai-shek's "non-resistance policy", and the three northeastern provinces quickly fell, making him accused of "not resisting generals". Participated in the civil war to suppress * * * and was repeatedly hit hard by the Red Army. Inspired by China's anti-Japanese national United front policy, Zhang Xueliang and General Yang Hucheng launched the An Incident in 1936, forcing Jiang to resist Japan and making contributions to the national war of resistance. This incident ended the civil war in 10, promoted the formation of the anti-Japanese national united front, and became the key to reverse the crisis in China.
After the peaceful settlement of the Xi Incident, Zhang Xueliang sent Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, and Chiang Kai-shek broke his word and arrested him. The military court sentenced Zhang Xueliang 10 to 0 years' imprisonment and declared that Chiang Kai-shek was pardoned. He was placed under house arrest in Nanjing, Xuedou Mountain in Fenghua, Zhejiang, Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, Pingxiang in Jiangxi, Binzhou in Hunan, Yuanling, Xiuwen in Guizhou and Kaiyang, and was banned from entering Taiwan Province Province in the spring of 1947. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek told Jiang Jingguo before his death that Zhang Xueliang was a "tiger in a cage, and he could not be released". After Chiang Kai-shek's death, Zhang Xueliang wrote a private elegy in front of Chiang Kai-shek's tomb, "caring for each other, caring for each other, and competing for political views."
Things have changed, and so has Zhang Xueliang's situation after Chiang Kai-shek's death. On June 1990, Zhang Qun, a veteran of the Kuomintang, celebrated Zhang Xueliang's birthday in public, and Zhang Xueliang also made his first public appearance. 199 1 year, Zhang Xueliang was released, ended his confinement for more than half a century, and settled in Hawaii with his wife Zhao Yidi. Heroes and beautiful women have been together for 72 years.
Besides the historical merits and demerits of Zhang Xueliang's life, his love affair with Miss Zhao Si is also the object of people's pursuit. The troubled lovers met in 1927, when Miss Zhao Si was only 15 years old. Her father, Zhao Yishan, was the second minister of the Ministry of Communications. Her original name was Yi Di, and she was called "Miss Zhao Si" because she ranked fourth.
Zhang Xueliang is 26 years old. Although the Zhong family has a good wife, Yu Fengzhi, it still can't stop him from enthusiastically pursuing Zhao Si. Father Zhao was furious when he learned about their relationship, and finally broke away from the father-daughter relationship in the newspaper. However, despite her father's opposition, Miss Zhao Si married Zhang Xueliang privately for life.
After the Xi incident, Yu Fengzhi lived in the United States for a long time with four children. From then on, Zhang Xueliang was left with his confidante Zhao Si. After the Kuomintang moved to Taiwan Province Province, Zhao Si was still under house arrest with Zhang Xueliang. 1964, Zhang Xueliang asked Yu Fengzhi to agree to divorce, and then formally married Zhao Si who had lived together for 36 years.
Zhao Yidi, who accompanied Zhang Xueliang for 72 years, died in June 2000 at the age of 88. On the day of Zhao Si's death, Zhong went to the hospital in a wheelchair at 8 am, holding Zhao Si's hand by the bed and calling her name. Zhao Si couldn't speak at that time, and the couple stared at each other with infinite attachment. 1 1, the doctor confirmed Zhao Si's death, and the rumbled held his wife's hand and sat for 1 hour.
Zhao Si's death was a heavy blow to Zhang Xueliang, who was 100 years old. People close to Zhang Xueliang said that he sometimes suddenly said, "My wife has left." When I say this, I look calm. I often go on to say, "God has his own plans." This is what Zhao Si often said.
Rarely talked about the Xi 'an incident.
For more than 60 years, Zhang Xueliang rarely talked about the Xi 'an incident. In an interview with Japanese NHK in Taiwan Province Province, he only stressed that he had no regrets about launching the Xi incident. He said: "I didn't want to fight the army of the Party." "Why do people in China bleed?" "I think this is unreasonable, so no matter who the other party is, I am willing to give up my power and life to resist. This is my nature. " He also said: "I am opposed to the civil war, and I have no scruples about sacrificing myself."
However, Zhang Xueliang almost never talks about the details of the Xi 'an incident. Someone once wrote an article in Taiwan Province Province. When Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang met, Zhang told Jiang that he had written some memoirs, including detailed information about the An incident, and handed a manuscript to Jiang. The two reached a private agreement that these documents could be made public after one of them died first. Another version of the story says that Zhang Xueliang gave his memory tapes to Columbia University for collection and told him to make them public after his death.
1976, Song Meiling read an article about Zhang Xueliang's memory of Zhou Enlai in an overseas newspaper. Song Meiling was very angry after reading it, and suspected that Zhang Xueliang had broken his promise to make the past public. Afterwards, it was found out that Zhang Xueliang's documents had been kept by Chiang Kai-shek's people, and some of the contents of the documents were revealed to the media by some good people.
Has a deep friendship with Song Meiling.
After Zhang Xueliang was critically ill, Song Meiling, the wife of Chiang Kai-shek who had known him for more than 70 years and now lives in new york, was very concerned and expressed her condolences.
After the Xi Incident, Zhang Xueliang was able to save his life with the full support of Song Meiling. Later, the Kuomintang moved to Taiwan Province, and Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek, who were under house arrest, lived very close. Song Meiling often "inquired" and took care of Zhang Xueliang's life. Under the guidance of Song Meiling, Zhang Xueliang came into contact with and believed in Christianity, and was finally baptized as a Christian.
Song Meiling and Yu Fengzhi are friends of Jin Lan. They are sisters. She also takes good care of Zhao Yidi. 1994, Song Meiling returned to Taiwan to visit her critically ill niece Kong Lingwei and met Zhang Xueliang for the last time. Later, Zhang Xueliang left Taiwan Province to live in Hawaii, while Song Meiling lived in New York for 10 years. Every Christmas, New Year's Day or Song Meiling's birthday, Zhang Xueliang sends cards or gifts. After Zhang Xueliang was critically ill, Song Meiling was very concerned and asked his niece Kong Lingyi to give her regards, hoping that Zhang Xueliang would turn the corner.
Oppose Taiwan independence and look forward to reunification.
It is reported that Zhang Xueliang gave Tao Yuanming's poem "Drinking" to General Lv Zhengcao, a mainland student and an old subordinate, in his early years: "Pick chrysanthemums under the east fence and see Nanshan leisurely. This makes sense, there is nothing to say. " Therefore, people think that he expresses his melancholy through poetry. Later, General Lv Zhengcao retaliated against the rumbled with Tao Yuanming's Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "Let's dance in the fields, and aim at the constant. Just passed, the good times are known. " I hope that Zhang Xueliang will revive his spirit and believe that the ideal that Jong once fought for will be realized.
1991may, general Lv Zhengcao went to the United States to meet the young marshal and his wife who were visiting relatives in the United States, and handed over a personal letter from Deng to Zhang Xueliang. In the letter, in addition to conveying the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's greetings, the comrades also entrusted Deng to welcome the rumbled couple to his hometown.
Zhang Xueliang himself once said that the person I admire most in my life is the late Premier Zhou Enlai. He learned of Deng's death on 1992 and entrusted his relatives to present a flower basket. During his stay in the United States, he often expressed his hope to see China complete the great cause of reunification. 1993 After moving to the United States, Zhang Xueliang had the idea of going back to his hometown in Northeast China, but he was too old to stand the long journey and the excitement of seeing things and thinking about people in his hometown, and finally failed to go home.
1999, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi decided not to seek their roots, and bought a cemetery to be buried together in the Temple Valley in Honolulu. This legendary general who has made irreplaceable contributions to the Chinese nation's resistance to foreign aggression will be buried in a foreign land from now on.