One day in the spring of 1940, Zhang Xueliang's wife Yu Feng came to the United States alone to seek medical treatment and underwent a left mastectomy. This was the most unforgettable and painful few hours in her life.
Yu Fengzhi
When Yu Fengzhi woke up, she subconsciously looked at her chest and murmured to herself: "I have become a disabled person, can I still face the world with my head held high? ? Do you still have the courage to face the caress of Han Qing (Zhang Xueliang, also known as Aiqing)? "
What disease is Yu Fengzhi suffering from? What will her future life be like after the operation?
In 1897, Yu Fengzhi was born in Daquanyan Village, Huaide County, Jilin Province. Her father Yu Wendou made a living by opening a grain store in Zhengjiatun, Shuangliao County. Yu Fengzhi went to private school when she was 8 years old. She did very well in her homework and was loved by the teacher. When her father saw that she was talented, he worked harder to train her. When she grew up, Yu Fengzhi not only had outstanding appearance, but was also admitted to Fengtian Women's Normal School and was a top student with both good conduct and academic performance.
When Yu Fengzhi was young, Zhang Zuolin, who was still a commander, led troops to Zhengjiatun. He and Yu Wendou hit it off and became brothers. Zhang Zuolin liked Yu Fengzhi very much. Every time he came to Yu Wendou's house, he would praise her for being smart, virtuous, and beautiful.
Zhang Zuolin
One day, Yu Wendou invited a fortune teller to tell Yu Fengzhi's fortune. The fortune teller flattered him and said, "This girl is destined to be a phoenix. This fate is great!"
Zhang Zuolin just walked in from the door. Listen clearly to what the fortune teller says. Zhang Zuolin was a very superstitious man, so he picked up the hexagram post that had just been calculated on the table and said, "I have Mr. Wang under me, who is a famous divine fortune teller in Shenyang. I will take it to him and let him check it."
After Mr. Wang checked it, Yu Fengzhi is indeed "Fengming". Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but be overjoyed. He thought that his favorite son Zhang Xueliang was the "tiger son of a general" and Yu Fengzhi was the "daughter of a phoenix." This was truly a God-given match, so he immediately brought someone to Yu's house to propose marriage.
Unexpectedly, Yu Wendou was unwilling. He said to Zhang Zuolin: "You officials will all have three wives and four concubines in the future. If my daughter marries your family, what will you do if you get angry in the future?"
Zhang Zuolin immediately expressed his position: "As long as your daughter When you come to my house, my son promises not to marry a second wife."
Yu Wendou agreed to the marriage. In 1916, 19-year-old Yu Fengzhi officially married 16-year-old Zhang Xueliang.
The wedding photos of Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi
Shortly after Yu Fengzhi's marriage, Zhang Zuolin took office as the governor of Fengtian Province, which can be said to be a high-power position. But Yu Fengzhi was not domineering because of her powerful family. She understood the general situation and took the overall situation into consideration. Not only was she unanimously recognized by the Zhang family, but she was also very affectionate with Zhang Xueliang. She gave birth to 4 children to Zhang Xueliang, and Zhang Xueliang also He respected her very much and always called her "big sister".
On the evening of June 3, 1928, Zhang Zuolin was returning to Shenyang from Beijing by special car. He was killed by a landmine planted by the Japanese when passing by Huanggutun. At that time, Zhang Xueliang was leading troops in Peking. Yu Fengzhi knew that if the news of Zhang Zuolin's death was announced at this time, there would be chaos in the Northeast, so she ordered to block the news of Zhang Zuolin's death and sent someone to "deliver meals to Zhang Zuolin on time" every day until Zhang Xueliang returned. The news of Zhang Zuolin's death was not announced until Shenyang. It was due to Yu Fengzhi's ingenious arrangement that Zhang Xueliang successfully returned and succeeded Zhang Zuolin.
After Zhang Xueliang succeeded to the throne, Yang Yuting, the chief of staff of the Fengjun who had a heavy army at the time, opposed him everywhere. Yang Yuting also colluded with some openly rebellious military leaders to prepare for an uprising. Zhang Xueliang wanted to get rid of Yang Yuting many times, but he could not do it because he was a meritorious official of the Northeast Army.
Yang Yuting
One night, Zhang Xueliang could not sleep. Yu Zhifeng knew her husband's anxiety well, so she said to Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, how about I tell you a fortune with a silver dollar?" Then she picked up a piece of money and had it. Yuan Shikai The silver dollar with the avatar said: "If the human head of the silver dollar touches the ground, get rid of Yang Yuting; if the human head faces up, let him live."
Yu Fengzhi threw the silver dollar, and sure enough, the human head landed on the ground.But Zhang Xueliang said: "I don't believe this, what use is it?"
Yu Fengzhi said: "If you don't believe it, let me throw it again and see." She threw it twice more, and the results were all human heads. land. It turns out that the bedroom is carpeted, and if you throw the human head downwards, of course the human head will hit the ground.
Zhang Xueliang finally strengthened his determination after seeing his head fall to the ground three times. Soon after, he used a trick to capture and kill Yang Yuting, thus consolidating his position.
Zhang Xueliang was a romantic person, and Yu Fengzhi always turned a blind eye to this. In 1929, Zhang Xueliang fell in love with Zhao Yidi, the daughter of Zhao Qinghua, director of the Jinpu Railway Bureau. But Zhao Qinghua was furious when he heard that his daughter actually fell in love with a married woman. In order to completely cut off this illicit relationship, Zhao Qinghua quickly found a well-matched marriage for his daughter.
Zhao Yidi
But at this time Zhao Yidi suddenly disappeared. It turned out that after she was arranged to get married, she felt extremely painful. She did not want to marry anyone else, but she did not want to betray her father's wishes. Just when she was hesitant, she suddenly heard that far away Zhang Xueliang fell ill in the Northeast. She wished she could grow wings and fly to Zhang Xueliang immediately. So one day in September 1929, Zhao Yidi left a note at home and went to Shenyang alone on the pretext of visiting the sick Zhang Xueliang.
A respectable lady eloped for a married man, which soon became big news in Tianjin. Zhao Qinghua was blinded by anger, and he made a ruthless decision: he published a newspaper statement to break away from the father-daughter relationship with Zhao Yidi.
After Zhao Yidi arrived in Shenyang, Yu Fengzhi, who had always known the general public, became restless. She knew that if her husband had not been emotionally moved, Zhao Yidi would not have eloped to Shenyang for him. She decided to prevent Zhao Yidi from entering no matter what. Dashuai Mansion .
But Zhang Xueliang also expressed his attitude at this time. He said to Fengzhi: "It is impossible for Zhao Si to return to Tianjin. She only has one home now, and that is Shenyang!"
In desperation, Yu Fengzhi had to acquiesce to Zhao Yidi's stay. In Shenyang, she put forward three harsh conditions:
1. Zhao Yidi was not allowed to have the surname Zhang;
2. Zhao Yidi was not allowed to enter the Marshal's Mansion;
3. Zhao Yidi was not allowed to have an official title.
Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi
Zhao Yidi accepted these three conditions without hesitation. As soon as she saw Yu Fengzhi, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her, thanking her for taking her in. She also said: "I am willing to do this for the rest of my life. The attendant of Han Qing is called secretary to the outside world, and she will never have any status."
Yu Fengzhi was also very moved after hearing this, so she used her private money to preside over the construction of a Mongolian house outside the east wall of the Marshal's Mansion. A small two-story building for Zhao Yidi to live in. From then on, the two women lived in harmony, and Yu Fengzhi's generosity was evident.
After the "Xi'an Incident", Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek in Fenghua. At that time, Yu Fengzhi was arranging for her children to go to school in the UK. After learning the news, she immediately rushed back to China and met Song Meiling in Nanjing. Yu Fengzhi proposed to go to Fenghua to accompany Zhang Xueliang to jail, but was opposed by Soong Meiling. Song Meiling persuaded Yu Fengzhi: "Fengzhi, you and I are both women. Even if we have ambitions to be men, it is not easy to be in prison. Besides, you came back from abroad and ran around for him. Finally, you are exhausted." What can a woman do if we lose the relationship between husband and wife?"
Yu Fengzhi smiled sadly: "How can you understand my heart? Han Qing and I have been married for many years, and we have known each other for many years. What is it like to be in jail, but Fengzhi wants to share his worries, no matter how high the price is, I will accompany him to do my best as a wife!"
Yu Fengzhi and Song Meiling and Song Ailing!
Finally, Yu Fengzhi came to Fenghua to accompany Zhang Xueliang as he wished. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek detained Zhang Xueliang very strictly. The army, police, and military police were guarded at all levels to isolate the inside and outside. The secret agent even ate at the same table with Zhang Xueliang, staying close to him and monitoring him day and night. Being isolated inside and outside and losing his freedom, Zhang Xueliang suffered a great mental blow and was very painful.Fortunately, Yu Fengzhi comforted him in every possible way. She accompanied Zhang Xueliang to write poems, paint, and play ball for entertainment, so she got through the most difficult days.
Zhang Xueliang was grateful for Yu Fengzhi's sincere love for him in times of adversity, and wrote a poem specifically for her:
Your name is Fengzhi, which is unusual, and Fengzhi fell to Phoenix Mountain.
There are many ancient temples in the mountains Sanskrit , there is a different world than this world.
During Zhang Xueliang's imprisonment, he was successively transferred to Huangshan, Anhui, Pingxiang, Jiangxi, Chenzhou, Hunan, Yuanling, and in 1940, he was transferred to Xiuwen Yangmingdong, Guizhou. This long-term life of fear and displacement severely damaged Yu Fengzhi's body. In the spring of 1940, Yu Fengzhi unfortunately suffered from breast cancer . According to the medical level at the time, this was almost a terminal illness.
Yu Fengzhi was very sad, but she thought that Zhang Xueliang was still in prison, and she was never willing to die like this. Zhang Xueliang said to him: "You go to Soong Meiling and ask her to help send you to the United States for surgery. God will not starve the blind sparrow to death, and you will recover. Once you are cured, don't come back. Not only do you need to arrange for your children to stay abroad, , preserve our flesh and blood, and tell the world the truth about the 'Xi'an Incident'!"
Zhang Xueliang
In June 1940, under the arrangement of Soong Meiling, Yu Fengzhi went to the United States for medical treatment. After she left, Zhao Yidi took the initiative to take care of Zhang Xueliang! life.
Yu Fengzhi finally saved his life after three surgeries in the United States, creating a miracle in the history of breast cancer at that time. But seeing a doctor cost Yu Fengzhi a lot of money, and she needed to pay for herself and her children's various high expenses. Yu Fengzhi decided to find a way to make money on her own.
After much research, Yu Fengzhi learned that New York Wall Street The securities market is extremely hot. Many people get rich overnight here, and of course some people lose everything by accident. In order to survive, Yu Fengzhi decided to put aside her noble status as the young marshal's wife and join the stock market to fight hard.
Yu Fengzhi has never dealt with stocks in China, and now he has to learn everything from scratch. But she is not timid at all. She has been in the political whirlpool for many years and has long developed her calm mind, wise vision, decisive character and ability to manage various complex situations. Yu Fengzhi has always kept in mind a business rule: if you are good for a long time, you will be blunt, if you are dull for a long time, you will be good; if you are good, you will not chase it; if you are blunt, you will not throw it away. After careful analysis of the stock market, she selected a few stocks. Sure enough, these stocks were bearish first and then bullish, and she made a big profit. After that, she pursued the victory and became a famous "stock god" on Wall Street .
Wall Street Stock Exchange
Yu Fengzhi once said: "I just want to live on my own, especially as a Chinese, I must learn a survival skill here. I want to use my ability to survive to let Americans know that we Chinese , No matter whether it is IQ or ambition, it is never lower than them, that's all."
After Yu Fengzhi made money, she chose to settle in Los Angeles. She bought two villas at a high price and used them as her home in the Prince's Mansion in Shuncheng, Beijing. She decorated the living style, living in one place by herself and leaving the other place to Zhang Xueliang. She said to her children and grandchildren: "I spent all the money on buying a house. I hope that once your grandfather is free in the future, this villa can be used as a place for him and Zhao Yidi to spend their later years. This is what I gave him." The best gift."
But Yu Fengzhi found that her correspondence with Zhang Xueliang became shorter and shorter. In the end, they seemed to have nothing to say to each other, except for the words "take care of yourself." Every time Yu Fengzhi receives a letter like that, he smiles on the surface, but deep down he feels an unspeakable pain. She knew that her "madam" only had her status.
In November 1942, Soong Meiling suddenly came to the United States for medical treatment. She found Yu Fengzhi and asked her for a secret telegram from Chiang Kai-shek to Zhang Xueliang. It turned out that before Yu Fengzhi went abroad, Zhang Xueliang had given her a secret message sent to him by Chiang Kai-shek in 1931 to take to the United States. The full text of the secret message is as follows:
Peking, Deputy Commander Zhang Junjian. Top secret. No matter how the Japanese army provokes provocations in the Northeast in the future, we should not resist and try our best to avoid conflicts. My brother must not act out his temporary anger and ignore the country and the nation.
Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang
It was this secret message that made the three eastern provinces fall into the hands of their opponents, and Zhang Xueliang suffered unfair injustice. Yu Fengzhi is well aware of the importance of this secret message to Zhang Xueliang. As long as the secret message is in his hands, Zhang Xueliang's life safety is guaranteed. After she arrived in the United States, she deposited the original telegram into HSBC Bank , and the copied copy was also stored in a secret place.
So Yu Fengzhi decisively rejected Soong Meiling's request. She said: "We are all wives. As me, shouldn't I be responsible for Han Qing? The secret code is in my hand. It can be used as a bath towel to wipe Han Qing away." All the shameful charges on her body."
Finally, Yu Fengzhi told Soong Meiling that she could not hand over the secret message before Zhang Xueliang was released, so Soong Meiling had to return in anger.
In 1964, for political purposes, Chiang Kai-shek published the so-called "Confessions of the Xi'an Incident" written by Zhang Xueliang in Taiwan's media. Yu Fengzhi saw the news from the United States. She concluded that this was a fake manuscript published by Chiang Kai-shek in order to slander Zhang Xueliang, so she immediately took action and accused Chiang Kai-shek of his conspiracy in the United States every day, and won criticism and help from some progressive people. For a time, there were calls in many media in the United States to put a bill "calling for Zhang Xueliang's complete freedom" on the agenda of the U.S. Congress.
Faced with the supervision of public opinion in the United States, Chiang Kai-shek had to restrain himself, but he also became more and more jealous of Yu Fengzhi. It happened that Zhang Xueliang was obsessed with Christianity at this time. He approached Soong Meiling and asked to be baptized. Soong Meiling took the opportunity to say: "Based on your current situation, you are not qualified for baptism because you are still officially married to Yu Fengzhi, and you are also married to Zhao The fourth lady has lived together for decades, which is equivalent to having two wives at the same time. It is not allowed. You should divorce your first wife! "
Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi were imprisoned.
In order to protect themselves, Zhang Xueliang had to survive. Accepting Song Meiling's opinion, and Zhao Yidi has been with him for more than 30 years, it is really time to give her a status. Zhang Xueliang thought about it again and again, and finally wrote a letter to Yu Fengzhi who was far away in the United States. The letter said:
We are old. My biggest wish is to become a devout Christian. Because of you and Miss Zhao Si, , the pastor refuses to baptize me, I beg you to help me make up my mind!
At this time, Yu Fengzhi had already taken everything lightly. She respected and understood Zhang Xueliang's decision very much, and quickly wrote a reply:
The love between you is pure and flawless, and you can be called "a bosom friend", especially Sister Yidi selflessly sacrificed everything she had, worked hard, and served Han Qing with integrity. In fact, you two should have gotten married long ago. I would like to congratulate you both in a foreign country!
In this way, Yu Fengzhi and Zhang Xueliang terminated their marriage. On July 4, 1964, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi finally held their wedding.
Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi held their wedding
Although Yu Fengzhi divorced Zhang Xueliang, she often said to her children: "I was born as a Zhang family member and died as a Zhang family ghost. Although the marriage was dissolved, my heart always belongs to Zhang Hanqing! "
On March 20, 1990, Yu Fengzhi unfortunately died of illness in Los Angeles at the age of 93. Before she died, she opened her eyes wide and stared at the photo hanging on the wall of her bedroom. It was a photo taken of her and Zhang Xueliang when they were traveling in Europe in 1934. She also left a will: "Although Han Qing and I were born in different places, we will share the same cave after death..."
In May 1991, more than a year after Yu Fengzhi's death, Zhang Xueliang was allowed to visit relatives in the United States. He gave birth to his daughter Accompanied by Zhang Lvying and his son-in-law Tao Pengfei , they came to Yu Fengzhi's tomb. Yu Fengzhi designed two tombs during her lifetime. Her tomb is on the left, and there is another tomb for Zhang Xueliang on the right. In her mind, Zhang Xueliang will always be her husband and her god.After Zhang Xueliang saw it, he couldn't help but burst into tears...
In their later years, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi
Zhang Lvying told his father: "My mother bought you a house in the luxurious residential area on the top of Beverly Hills. The environment there is beautiful and quiet. If you When you come to the United States to live for a long time, just live there. That is my mother's wish for you! "
"Okay, I hope, I hope we can come." Zhang Xueliang's tone was a little hesitant and uncertain.
After some time, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi were finally allowed to settle in the United States, but they did not go to Los Angeles, but to Hawaii.
After their deaths, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi were buried together in the famous Valley of the Temples Memorial Cemetery on the east coast of Hawaii. The place that Yu Fengzhi left for Zhang Xueliang has always been empty. Her last wish was not fulfilled after all...
The joint tomb of Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi
