Introduction:
991, Lu Zhengcao, the old subordinate of Zhang Xueliang, finally met Zhang Xueliang, who had been separated for many years in New York. The two old friends who had been together for young and old prime ministers finally met. They shook hands and hugged each other and couldn't speak for a long time.
Zhang Xueliang
This time, Lu Zhengcao has another task, which is to invite Zhang Xueliang back to China. Lu Zhengcao took out the letter written by Comrade Deng Yingchao to Zhang Xueliang and conveyed the central government’s greetings to him. Zhang Xueliang took the letter and read it carefully, then put it away with red eyes. Zhang Xueliang said: "Greetings to Ms. Deng on my behalf. Once you have the opportunity, you will definitely set foot on your hometown, but we must make three rules!"
Unfortunately, Zhang Xueliang did not return to the mainland in the end. Why is this?
The three-day agreement turned into half a century
Founding General Lu Zhengcao is Zhang Xueliang's fellow villager and subordinate, and Zhang Xueliang's most affectionate friend. They worked together for more than ten years and are like brothers.
Lu Zhengcao was born in Hou Village, Tang Wangshan, Haicheng, Liaoning Province. Here is a South Manchuria Railway that runs across the village. People from the east end of the village must cross the railway to get there, and they are often oppressed by the Japanese.
Lu Zhengcao
So when he heard that Zhang Xueliang was a young man with progressive ideas and was very open-minded in governing the army, Lu Zhengcao joined the army without saying a word. With the help of distant relatives, Lu Zhengcao joined the Northeast Army with the determination to defend his country and joined the army under Zhang Xueliang.
In an opportunity to recruit documents, Lu Zhengcao's handwriting shines brightly and becomes the only educated person among the group of illiterate illiterates. Because Lu Zhengcao's handwriting was neat and beautiful, he was very calm in his work and was deeply appreciated by Zhang Xueliang, Lu Zhengcao was transferred to the deputy voyage department as a clerk.
Zhang Xueliang saw that Lu Zhengcao was a rare talent, so he recommended him to take the martial arts lecture hall. Lu Zhengcao was also very successful. Soon he graduated from the martial arts lecture hall and studied courses such as mathematics, geometry, chemistry, and English.
But after graduating from the martial arts lecture hall, Lu Zhengcao quit military affairs and returned home because he was very disappointed when he saw the struggle between the internal factions of the Fengtian Army . Since the army was not what he expected, there was no need to continue.
Lu Zhengcao and his family
After Lu Zhengcao left, Zhang Xueliang did not want to lose such a good talent, so he sent someone to invite him back. I wanted to send Lu Zhengcao as the commander, but was blocked by people who were jealous of Lu Zhengcao, so Zhang Xueliang had to let Lu Zhengcao serve as the major adjutant and stay with him.
After years of getting along, the two gradually changed from superior to subordinate relationship to confidants. They have the same ambitions to fight against Japan together and have the same brotherly feelings.
Later, Lu Zhengcao was sent to the advanced class of Nanjing Army University. When someone called the Northeast Army student a "slave of the country and the province", Lu Zhengcao directly beat the man up, which made the Kuomintang seize the opportunity and make a big fuss about this matter. Zhang Xueliang was worried that Lu Zhengcao would be affected and quickly transferred back to the army.
1936, Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to take the charge of "not resisting the general" on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, and was criticized by the people of Northeast China. He was in great pain. He also wanted to pick up the gun and fight with the Japanese. Only he himself and Lu Zhengcao could understand the bitterness. Zhang Xueliang once said to Lu Zhengcao with tears in his eyes: "I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations, resolutely fight against the Japanese army, and return home in armor!"
Zhang Xueliang
This firm desire to resist Japan did not wait for long, and then it ushered in an opportunity.
On October 22, 1936, Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Xi'an to order Zhang Xueliang to "suppress the bandits". Zhang Xueliang said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Now that the Japanese pirates invade our China, we will not suppress them, but we will fight our own people. I can't do this, and the Northeast Army soldiers can't do it. I beg to stop the civil war , and the whole country will unite to fight the enemy together! "
Faith words, how could Chiang Kai-shek listen to it, scolded Zhang Xueliang, and the two sides parted in disagreement. Zhang Xueliang understood that it was impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to follow his advice. He made up his mind in his heart that he could only be hard.
Two months later, Chiang Kai-shek once again came to Lintong, Xi'an to make military deployments. Zhang Xueliang once again suggested to Chiang Kai-shek to fight against Japan together with an attempt, but Chiang Kai-shek still ignored it. Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to find Yang Hucheng to persuade him, but was still rejected by Chiang Kai-shek.
"desperate" Zhang Xueliang could only "force Jiang to fight against Japan" . After the Xi'an Incident , Zhang Xueliang invited Zhou Enlai and the Communist Party of China delegation to the county to gather. Lu Zhengcao was responsible for receiving Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai
Lu Zhengcao finally realized his wish to fight against Japan under Zhang Xueliang's operation, and he respected and admired this friend more in his heart, but in the days that followed, he and Zhang Xueliang were separated.
Two weeks after the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek asked Zhang Xueliang to send him to Nanjing, and Zhang Xueliang agreed out of guilt. Perhaps Zhang Xueliang himself knew that there would be many dangers in this trip, but he was still willing to believe Chiang Kai-shek. Before leaving, Zhang Xueliang summoned the adjutants and guards, including Lu Zhengcao, and said goodbye to them: "I decided to send Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing."
As soon as these words came out, everyone advised him not to go, but Zhang Xueliang said: "I must go! I will come back within 3 days, and you will have to welcome me at that time." Facing Zhang Xueliang's humor, everyone was not happy and full of worry. Lu Zhengcao understands that Zhang Xueliang is a kind and kind person. This time, it must be out of guilt for Chiang Kai-shek and he did not stop him. He just said: "Young Marshal, if you don't come back within 3 days, I will go back to the army."
's words came true, and Chiang Kai-shek was indeed betrayed and imprisoned Zhang Xueliang. In 1937, Lu Zhengcao secretly joined the Communist Party of China and led the Northeast Army to the road of anti-Japanese resistance.
Zhang Xueliang (left)
Zhang Xueliang in prison accidentally learned about this and wrote a letter to Lu Zhengcao: "Bizhi (Lu Zhengcao's name is "Bizhi", you have chosen this path correctly.
The 3-day appointment between Lu Zhengcao and Zhang Xueliang was not realized, and it has been half a century since goodbye.
When you set foot on your hometown, you must make three rules
After Zhang Xueliang escorted Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, he became a prisoner and completely lost contact with the outside world. After the Xi'an Incident, his subordinates and friend Lu Zhengcao joined the Communist Party of China and led a large army to carry out guerrilla warfare behind the enemy in in the central plain of Hebei. He became a famous anti-Japanese general who scared the Japanese army.
After the founding of New China, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan with his family and a group of soldiers. Before leaving, he did not forget to take Zhang Xueliang in prison to Taiwan. From then on, Lu Zhengcao and Zhang Xueliang were separated from each other, and the wish to meet again was difficult to realize.
Zhang Xueliang
It was not until the 1980s that after Chiang Kai-shek's death that Chiang Ching-kuo relaxed Zhang Xueliang's life. Although he did not completely restore his freedom, his treatment was much better. Lu Zhengcao took advantage of the easing of cross-strait relations and then slowly realized Zhang Xueliang's situation. After hearing that Zhang Xueliang was in a tough state, Lu Zhengcao felt relieved.
And Zhang Xueliang also misses his hometown in the mainland very much and his relatives and friends in the mainland. In 1984, Zhang Xueliang's niece Zhang Luheng came to Beijing from Hong Kong to negotiate business, and went to visit Lu Zhengcao. She said, "My uncle lives well in Taiwan, and told you not to worry. He said, ' There are two deployments in the mainland. I miss you very much, one is Lu Zhengcao, and the other is Wan Yi', so I have the opportunity to see you."
Lu Zhengcao was very moved to learn that Zhang Xueliang was still worried about him. He suppressed the urge to write a letter to Zhang Xueliang. When Zhang Luheng left, Lu Zhengcao took two cans of new tea and asked him to bring it to Zhang Xueliang, with a light gift and heavy affection.
Two old friends who have not seen each other for many years can only convey their longing through Zhang Luheng.
Zhang Luheng
1991, after Lee Teng-hui came to power, he finally stopped putting Zhang Xueliang under house arrest and agreed to restore his freedom. Zhang Xueliang finally left Taiwan and visited relatives in the United States.
When Zhang Xueliang boarded the plane, Lu Zhengcao from the mainland was recuperating on the bed of Beijing Hospital .In the afternoon, Zhang Luheng came to see him and told him the news of Zhang Xueliang's trip to the United States, saying, "What are your plans?" At this time, Lu Zhengcao was not clear about Zhang Xueliang's background in his trip to the United States, and did not dare to act rashly, and did not express his opinion.
A few days later, Lu Zhengcao's daughter in the United States called him and said that she had met Zhang Xueliang in the United States. She also asked Zhang Xueliang in person: "If my father comes to the United States to meet you, is that okay?" Zhang Xueliang replied: "Of course." However, Zhang Xueliang said that he could meet old friends in the United States, but he would not return to the mainland for the time being.
After learning the news, the central government decided to send Lu Zhengcao to the United States to visit Zhang Xueliang. But when Lu Zhengcao arrived at San Francisco , he learned that Zhang Xueliang had gone to New York. Lu Zhengcao decided to live in San Francisco first, meet with Zhang Xueliang's wife, Zhao Yidi, and attend Zhao Yidi's 80th birthday.
Lu Zhengcao
On the second day, Lu Zhengcao and his entourage came to New York to reach Zhang Xueliang's place. When they arrived, Zhang Xueliang had already gotten up and stood in front of the door in a suit waiting for Lu Zhengcao to arrive.
In the crowd, Lu Zhengcao and Zhang Xueliang saw each other at a glance as if they were in a sympathy. After half a century, they have not met each other and have grown old from handsome boys. Although their appearance has changed a lot, their eyes are still as energetic as they were back then.
They stepped forward to hug each other and shook hands, tears in their eyes expressing their longing for many years. Zhang Xueliang invited everyone into the room, poured hot tea, and started talking to Lu Zhengcao excitedly.
While having lunch at noon, Zhang Xueliang talked to Lu Zhengcao again. From Lu Zhengcao's narrative, Zhang Xueliang learned that there was still no news after he went to Nanjing for three days, and Lu Zhengcao guessed it. So he immediately returned to the army, but the Northeast Army had already been in chaos because there was no leader. Some Northeast Army followed Chiang Kai-shek, and the other part followed Lu Zhengcao to join the Communist Party of China.
Lu Zhengcao
The soldiers who followed Chiang Kai-shek had basically died in battle, and the soldiers who followed Lu Zhengcao participated in the anti-Japanese war, which was not contrary to Zhang Xueliang's wishes back then. After hearing this, Zhang Xueliang sighed and felt a little comfort.
This time, Lu Zhengcao did not convey the central government’s intention, but just set the next time with Zhang Xueliang.
On May 30, 1991, Zhang Xueliang and Lu Zhengcao agreed to hold talks in a bank office. This time, Lu Zhengcao handed the letter written by Deng Yingchao to Zhang Xueliang and conveyed the greetings from the central government to him.
Zhang Xueliang opened the letter. Because his eyesight became very poor as he grew older, he almost put his face on the letter when reading the letter, read the letter carefully, and then carefully put it away. His eyes turned red and he said, "It must be done, please greet Ms. Deng on my behalf. If you have the opportunity, you will definitely set foot on your hometown, but we must make three rules!"
Zhang Xueliang and Lu Zhengcao
Lu Zhengcao was very excited after hearing this and immediately said, "You can go back to the mainland to see your eye disease. I know a doctor with very good medical skills in the mainland. You can also go home to see your relatives. We respect your wishes and provide various convenient conditions. "
Zhang Xueliang shook his head and said, "The mainland has my hometown, and there is no need to give me any privileges. I only have three conditions. First, don't welcome it, second, don't interview with reporters, and third, don't make compliments, we can meet every time we meet." After saying that, Zhang Xueliang also improvised poems, expressing his longing for his hometown and his expectations for returning to the mainland.
That night, Lu Zhengcao and his group also attended Zhang Xueliang's 90-year-old birthday party. Lu Zhengcao sent his sincere blessings on behalf of the mainland.
promised to return to China, but the situation did not go as expected
The negotiations with Zhang Xueliang went very smoothly. Zhang Xueliang said that he would definitely go back to the mainland to visit. The central government attached great importance to Zhang Xueliang's return to the mainland and began to prepare to welcome him.
Zhang Xueliang and Lu Zhengcao
have too many factors that can prevent Zhang Xueliang from returning to the mainland.The first thing that prevented him from returning to the mainland was the "Taiwanese authorities". Lee Teng-hui agreed to let Zhang Xueliang go to the United States to visit relatives, and added a rule: no secretly return to the mainland during his visit to the United States. This regulation is a gap that Zhang Xueliang cannot cross. The second factor that prevented him from returning to the mainland was that his body was already terminally ill.
After three months of conversation with Lu Zhengcao, Zhang Xueliang returned to Taiwan after visiting relatives. When getting off the plane, he accepted an interview with a reporter and said that his desire to return to the mainland was purely a personal wish, and he just wanted to go back to visit the graves of his deceased relatives and never participate in other activities.
Zhang Xueliang was very excited about his journey back to his hometown to visit relatives, but he did not realize this wish after all.
From 1946 to 1990, during the long and lonely house arrest in Taiwan, Zhang Xueliang suffered from serious illness several times and was plagued by illness.
Zhang Xueliang
954, Zhang Xueliang suffered from sudden hemoptysis and was in critical condition. Fortunately, he was able to save his life under the care of Song Mei-ling . After that, the condition continued. From late one night in 1993, Zhang Xueliang suddenly had an unbearable headache and fainted suddenly. He was rushed to the hospital by his family for emergency treatment. After rescue, the doctor determined that Zhang Xueliang had acute cerebral hematoma and his condition was quite in crisis. At that time, the doctor issued an unannounced letter, asking Zhao Yidi to prepare.
Since Zhang Xueliang was over 90 years old at that time, the disease appeared in the most important brain of the human body again, and it was not unreasonable for the doctor to make this diagnosis. But after several days of rescue, Zhang Xueliang miraculously recovered and was able to go out for a walk.
However, Zhang Xueliang's illness is more than that. After another physical examination, the doctor found that two small bone spurs had grown on the little toe of Zhang Xueliang's right foot. Bone spurs are not fatal, but when the bone spurs grow, they will definitely affect walking.
Zhang Xueliang
The disease eroded Zhang Xueliang's body, but it did not erode his obsession with returning home. Due to various obstacles, Zhang Xueliang understood that he might really have no way to go back to the mainland. He handed the regret to his son Zhang Lulin .
Zhang Lulin, who lives in Los Angeles, received a call from Zhao Yidi. Zhao Yidi hopes that Zhang Lulin can help Zhang Xueliang fulfill his wish and return to the mainland to visit his hometown. Zhang Lulin understood his father's longing very well, and he decided to fulfill his long-cherished wish for his father.
Long before Zhao Yidi called Zhang Lulin, Zhang Lulin received an invitation from the mainland. The reason is that in 1991, he accidentally met a famous expert from the technical delegation of the Mainland Ministry of Aerospace from Beijing for a friendly visit to the United States.
When we learned that Zhang Lulin had worked as a space engineer at the US Space Agency and was Zhang Xueliang's son, the experts had a great time talking with Zhang Lulin and exchanged relevant technical and academic issues with each other. On the occasion of parting, the expert hopes that Zhang Lulin will return to the mainland of the motherland for a visit and visit one day so that he can contribute the aerospace knowledge he learned in the United States to the scientific researchers of the motherland.
Zhang Lulin and his family
just so happens that Zhang Xueliang also wanted to let Zhang Lulin return to China, so Zhang Lulin decided to help her father fulfill his wish and also help him contribute to the motherland.
In 1994, Zhang Lulin once again received an invitation from the mainland of the motherland, asking him to return to China in May to attend an important meeting on aerospace technology held in Beijing. When he saw the invitation letter, Zhang Lulin felt the enthusiasm of the mainland for the first time, and his heart suddenly felt warm. He couldn't wait to tell Zhang Xueliang the news.
Zhang Xueliang was also happy for him and said, "I'm very happy that you can go there. Remember to go and see our former residence in Shenyang and your grandfather's empty tomb outside the city of Fushun ."
In May 1994, Zhang Lulin took his wife to Hong Kong. After a little rest there, he hurried to Beijing. At two symposiums, Zhang Lulin expressed his impression of the motherland's satellite ground control and fully affirmed the rocket and satellite tests of my country.
After attending the meeting, Zhang Lulin and his wife boarded the train back to Shenyang.After arriving in Shenyang, the people who were responsible for greeting them had been waiting for a long time and had arranged a place for them to live intimately. Zhang Lulin was very excited. He couldn't wait to see where he was born.
A few days later, Zhang Lulin and his wife were about to set off for Taiwan. Before leaving, they went to the "Da Shuai Mansion Restaurant" in their hometown to ask for a menu. Zhang Lulin said: "I want to take it back to my father, he will definitely be very happy."
Although Zhang Xueliang did not return to the mainland, his heart was always tied to the mainland. Due to various reasons, Zhang Xueliang has never been able to return to the mainland. This is his regret until his death, but his son helped him fulfill his long-cherished wish, which is also a gratifying thing.
