On June 4, 1928, an explosion occurred at Sandong Bridge near , Huanggutun Station. The Japanese killed Zhang Zuolin, a great Fengtian warlord who had dominated the northeast for many years and had been in the pass.
Zhang Zuolin did not designate a successor before his death. He did not expect that his death would come so unexpectedly and was frozen at the age of 54.
After his death, it became a problem for who should inherit Zhang Zuolin from the Fengtian clan. At that time, the most qualified people were Zhang Zuoling , Yang Yuting , and Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Zuoxiang is the brother of Zhang Zuolin who came out to conquer the world together. He was born and died and had a high prestige in the army. Yang Yuting is Zhang Zuolin's high-level scholar and has always been appreciated by Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Xueliang is Zhang Zuolin's eldest son, and his identity is the most legitimate, and he also holds the most elite third and fourth fronts of the Feng army .
Zhang Zuolin must have never expected that he would die so early, and even though he intended to raise his son, Zhang Xueliang was still very young at that time, and Zhang Zuolin did not have time to designate a successor. And this brought actual three-legged stalemate and political hidden dangers to the Fengtian clan.
So who is the heir who takes it for granted? You should know that Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese. Everyone knows that if Japan wants to embezzle the Northeast, the heir must not be pro-Japanese elements. If the Fengtian tribe wants to develop in the post-Zhang Zuolin era, it will inevitably have to deal with the Kuomintang, and the heir should not be a conservative person.
Knowing that he was hopeless and the oldest and the oldest, but he saw the situation clearly, Zhang Zuoxiang was very smart and retreated, and instead supported his nephew Zhang Xueliang to take office. Yang Yuting, who advocated anti-Cheng, was contrary to the situation where Feng wanted to develop at that time. Therefore, Zhang Xueliang took the opportunity to take the position of the new leader of the Fengtian faction.
According to the principle, Zhang Xueliang, who was in power, should rely on the right-hand side of the two high-powered fathers, but Zhang Zuoxiang carefully assisted himself, but Yang Yuting did not carefully judge the situation and actively acted as the role of " Zhuge Liang " to assist Zhang Xueliang, but instead took on his own little thoughts.
But this cannot be blamed on Yang Yuting. After all, he was once a new "foreign faction" within the Fengtian clan, that is, the Japanese non-commissioned officer, and Zhang Zuolin's high-level scholar, and has always been highly appreciated by Zhang Zuolin. Moreover, Yang Yuting has always advocated the overthrow of Chiang, and there were serious differences in his position with Zhang Xueliang, who advocated the change of flags in the northeast and followed the central route.
But Zhang Xueliang is a young young marshal after all, and he has just taken the lead. He needs to rely on some old ministers. What he urgently needs is to establish his prestige in the army. However, Yang Yuting did not give face, and often relied on his seniority to be old in front of the young marshal. He did not give face when preaching. Zhang Xueliang, who often ran away from the bank, could not come to Taiwan.
His arrogance and frivolity made Zhang Xueliang angry. But these were not enough to make Zhang Xueliang think about him, but what happened later became more and more outrageous, making Zhang Xueliang truly feel the threat.
If you want to say that Yang Yuting is a person who loves to show off his personality. When Zhang Zuolin was still there, he was ambitious and misled the military department to allocate 3.7 million yuan in an attempt to develop his personal power. Zhang Zuolin became furious when he learned about it and removed him from office. Later, he was also a talented person and felt that Yang was still useful, so he later activated him. Now, the boss was gone and the opportunity to be the boss was lost. It is impossible for you to say that he had no intention at all.
Yang Yuting has a "little brother" Chang Yinhuai .He was also a capable figure under Zhang Zuolin during his lifetime, and was also the chairman of Northeast Transportation Committee and the governor of Heilongjiang Province. When Zhang Zuolin was alive, the "big brother" Yang Yuting followed the warlord Zhang Zuolin. Chang Yinhuai naturally had no words, but now the warlord is dead, and the remaining young marshal has just taken the throne, so he is inevitably a little active.
Yang Yuting opposed surrender to Cheng Kai-shek Nanjing government, Chang Yinhuai also opposed it. Moreover, Chang Yinhuai was in charge of the Northeast Railway Bureau, using his powerful financial resources to grab territory for Yang Yuting openly and secretly, and also gave Zhang Xueliang economic stumbling.
Zhang Xueliang wanted to take out some silver dollars from the pocket of Chang Yinhuai, the governor of Heilongjiang Province, to serve as military expenses, but Chang Yinhuai dared not to give it to him.
For Zhang Xueliang, who had just taken the lead, although he was unstable, he was unhappy in the face of the various provocations and disobediences of these two people, but he still needed to hire people after all. Moreover, Yang Yuting is also an old-level figure and has a high prestige, so Zhang Xueliang could only adopt a tolerant attitude.
Zhang Xueliang has always given people the impression that he is a gentle person. Even when we look at his memoirs today, we see a kind old man, who is also very warm and indecisive in dealing with Chiang Kai-shek. However, for Yang Yuting, Zhang Xueliang is decisive and ruthless, so what happened later? This made Zhang Xueliang not want to endure it anymore.
It is said that before the actual action, Zhang Xueliang hesitated and finally threw a silver dollar six times. The strange result made Zhang Xueliang sweat in a cold sweat, and finally decided Yang Yuting's life and death.
1, 11929, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai came to Shuai Mansion , and discussed with Zhang Xueliang. He suggested that he set up a Northeast Railway Supervision Office and hand it over to Chang Yinhuai for management. At this time, Lu Ronghuan was responsible for the company on Middle East . Yang Yuting asked Zhang Xueliang to order Lu Ronghuan to be removed and Chang Yinhuai was replaced.
Zhang Xueliang thought to himself that Chang Yinhuai is already the chairman of Heilongjiang and the chairman of the Transportation Committee. Now he wants to go to the Zhongdong Road to manage. Is this to take all the key positions of , in your own hands?
Zhang Xueliang did not agree at the time, but Yang Yuting was very unhappy and must ask Zhang Xueliang to order Lu Ronghuan to be replaced by Chang Yinhuai. Seeing that Yang Yuting was prepared for this trip, he directly took out the documents drafted in advance on the spot and asked Zhang Xueliang to sign on it. Zhang Xueliang did not show any anger or other emotions.
We don’t know what Zhang Xueliang is thinking at the moment, but according to what happened later, Zhang Xueliang’s heart probably had the murderous intention to be at this moment.
However, although Zhang Xueliang was young, he was not a fool. Faced with the two of them's urge to cede the palace, Zhang Xueliang remained calm on the surface and said calmly that this matter involved diplomatic issues, so he should be carefully considered, and he made a long-term plan, and instead told the two that he would discuss it after dinner, and then sent Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai away as usual.
At this time, Zhang Xueliang must have had a murderous intention, but Zhang Xueliang did not make up his mind. You should know that Zhang Xueliang's wife Yu Fengzhi has a good relationship with Yang Yuting's wife. Although Zhang Xueliang was determined to kill Yang Yuting, he could not make up his mind and was in a state of confusion.
So, Zhang Xueliang, who was never superstitious, decided to gamble on the will of God, so he took out a silver dollar and prepared to use it to gamble on Yang Yuting's fate.
For the first time, the silver dollar was thrown high and fell into Zhang's hand. When he opened it, he saw that it was the front.
the second time, still the front.
The third time, it is still the front.
Now Zhang Xueliang was very surprised. Does God think that what he wants to do is correct and must kill Yang Yuting. In a while, his wife Yu Feng arrived. Zhang Xueliang threw the coin again in front of his wife, and this time he bet on the opposite side.
But the first time is the opposite.
But the second time is still the opposite.
After the third round popped up, the silver dollar fell into his palm. However, Zhang Xueliang suddenly didn't dare to look at it, so he called his wife to see the result for him. The lady started crying after watching it. Zhang Xueliang knew that this was settled.
After seeing this result, Zhang Xueliang, who had already been shaken, sighed deeply, took all this as the will of God, and secretly made up his mind to himself, which determined Yang and Chang's fate, and then locked the silver dollar deep in his iron cabinet.
On the night, Yang Yuting and the others arrived as promised, thinking that they could force Zhang Xueliang to sign the document this time, and they saw the gun that was pressed against their chests.
"According to the order of the superior, you will obstruct the new policy, destroy the unification, and execute you two, and implement it immediately." Yang Chang and the other two had no time to say a word, and heard several gunshots from the Tiger Hall. Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai instantly became the dead souls under Zhang Xueliang's gun.
When descendants recalled what happened that day, their backs still felt cold, and everything was arranged in advance. After the two arrived, they had no prelude or warm-up activities, and they were shot when they entered the door. They acted very decisive and ruthlessly.
The next day, Zhang Xueliang quickly published documents such as "Yang Chang's Judgment of the Law", announcing the various crimes of the two, such as attempts to incite civil strife, infringement of money, and secretly forming cliques.
Of course, we cannot simply evaluate Zhang Xueliang's behavior today, but politicians should especially start from the overall situation and weigh the pros and cons, the merits and demerits, and whether they are in line with each other, which has always been worthy of consideration.
Think about the Xi'an Incident that Zhang planned later, and the half-life imprisonment of Zhang by Jiang Jiang later, we can understand the answer in our hearts.
