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Chapter 141 Past Events

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    Zhang Zuolin is very pleased with Zhang Hanqing's performance during this period.  He did not regard his family status as "noble" and mingled with middle- and lower-ranking officers and even soldiers. This was what Zhang Zuolin meant in running the army. This is also what storytellers say has the "style of a general" in ancient and modern times.

    ¡°This little six is ??smart, has a lot of clever ideas, and can endure hardships. These are all quite eye-catching advantages.  However, Zhang Hanqing's occasional jokes and romantic stories still gave Zhang Zuolin a bit of a headache.  He is a bit like an older child, and he still can't get rid of bad tastes. What should he do?

    Aren¡¯t you young?  Giving him a home might tie up this bad horse, right?  After all, the sign of a man's maturity begins with having a woman.  Moreover, Xiao Liuzi is not young anymore. Senior officials in Fengtian are also rushing to introduce their female relatives and relatives to him. What is the purpose? Lao Zhang has been hanging out for so many years, so he naturally has a good network.

    But Lao Zhang had a strong idea in his heart. He had already booked a wife for his eldest son.  That was eight years ago.

    Eight years ago, in April 1908, Zhang Zuolin led thousands of troops to Zhengjiatun, the seat of Liaoyuan Prefecture.  As soon as I arrived at Zhengjiatun, I couldn't help but frown.  Although Zhengjiatun is the seat of the government office of Liaoyuan Prefecture and is known as the "Sand Desert Treasure Road", there are only two streets crowded with small shops, and the housing is very tight.  Not only did the thousands of cavalry he brought with him have no place to station, even his headquarters could not find suitable accommodation.

    The officer who was looking for a house came back and reported that there was a grain store on West Street that was suitable for a headquarters.  Zhang Zuolin rode to West Street and dismounted at the gate with the plaque "Feng Ju Chang" hanging on it.  When I walked into the courtyard, I saw that the courtyard was neat and spacious.  The owner of the grain store, whose surname is Yu, is Yu Wendou, and his ancestral home is Haiyang County, Shandong Province.  During the Tongzhi period, following the wave of immigrants from Guandong, they settled in Zhengjiatun.

    At the end of Guangxu's reign, Yu Wendou was elected president of the local chamber of commerce.  Due to Zhengjiatun's remote location, wealthy businessmen became targets of bandits.  "Fengjuchang" is the most famous local store, and it has become an important target for bandits to rob, and the Yu family has suffered greatly.  Yu Wendou was overjoyed when he heard that "Master Wang" was coming to suppress bandits, and that the leader was the "hero of suppressing bandits" in western Liaoning.  He immediately asked Zhang to go indoors and served him the best tea with enthusiasm.  Zhang Zuolin was very happy and said: "Then I will set up the bandit suppression headquarters in your 'Fengjuchang'. What do you think?" Julien nodded: "I can't ask for it! I can't ask for it!" In this way, "Fengjuchang" will have enough food.  The stack became the bandit suppression headquarters.

    President Yu is hospitable and talkative, while Commander Zhang is loyal and courteous. Over time, the two have become old acquaintances who talk about everything.

    Once, Zhang Zuolin led a cavalry team to go deep into the Greater Khingan Mountains to suppress bandits. All the way through the mountains and ridges, the rebels fought and fled. At sunset, the rebels fled into the wilderness.  Zhang's team was exhausted after fighting for a day and was resting in a village.  The cunning rebels fought back at night and surrounded the village.  Zhang's team failed to take precautions and broke through hastily, resulting in heavy losses.  In order to preserve his strength, Zhang hurriedly ordered his soldiers to stop breaking out and wait for reinforcements.  The two sides faced off for a long time, and reinforcements have not yet arrived.  Just when Zhang Zuolin was desperate, Wu Junsheng, who lived in Zhengjiatun, urgently transferred a team of light cavalry from Taonan to help, and Zhang Zuolin survived.

    It turns out that Yu Wendou was extremely anxious when he learned the news that Zhang Zuolin was surrounded.  He told the news to Wu Junsheng, a fellow Shandong man, and persuaded Wu Junsheng, so that the scene of the wasteland rescue happened.  Zhang was so grateful for Yu Wen's life-saving grace that he took the initiative to form a blood alliance with Yu Wendou and "form a sworn alliance with Jinlan".  The life-and-death friendship between Zhang Zuolin and Wu Junsheng was established at this time.

    Since being rescued in the wasteland, Zhang Zuolin always feels uneasy every time he sits across from Yu Wendou.  It seemed like there was something indescribable flowing out of his blood vessels. He didn't know if it was gratitude?  Is it guilt?  Or something else that disturbed his energy and unable to fully concentrate.

    One day, he and Yu Wendou were chatting. A little girl came to the living room with a book. She timidly walked up to Yu Wendou, opened the book, pointed to a line of words in the book with her little finger, and asked: "  Dad: What does this sentence mean?"

    Zhang Zuolin suddenly felt his eyes light up: he finally found a way to repay!

    Zhang Zuolin looked at the little girl in front of him, who was pretty and pretty, and guessed that her age should be about the same as his son "Xiao Liuzi".  If "Xiao Liuzi" is allowed to marry the little girl in front of him, will this be some repayment for his life-saving grace?  Then I thought again, I should be cautious about the marriage of my children. Do their birth dates match?  Are temperaments compatible?   His head was spinning at high speed, and the little girl was holding the book and jumping out of the room.  Yu Wendou saw that Zhang Zuolin was a little dazed, and guessed that he might be thinking about suppressing bandits again, so he said, "It's getting late, let's take a rest early."

    Return to your own homeAll this time, the figure of the little girl and "Little Liu Zi" was always lingering in front of Zhang Zuolin.  After that, as soon as he returned to "Changjufeng", Zhang Zuolin wanted to see the little girl. As soon as he saw the little girl, he naturally thought of "Xiao Liuzi".

    This idea born from the emotion of gratitude has always been in my mind.  Say it, there are many question marks that have no clear answers; don¡¯t say it, they linger vaguely.  When leading troops in war, he is like "pulling carrots from the sand¡ªquickly and neatly." When dealing with such matters, he is really a bit like "cutting flesh with a blunt knife¡ªnot neatly."  It wasn't until the next summer that an accidental opportunity prompted him to make up his mind.

    One day, Yu Wendou heard a fortune teller shouting on the street, so he sent someone to invite the fortune teller to his home.  The fortune teller was over fifty years old and blind. He said he came from Guanli.

    Yu Wendou asked: "Excuse me, sir, what method do you use to tell fortunes?"

    The fortune teller replied: "Zi Ping Shu."

    The so-called "Ziping Technique" is what the folks call "Piping Ba Zi". In the early Song Dynasty, a man named Xu Ziping was famous for "Piping Ba Zi", so fortune tellers often call this method "Zi Ping Technique".  Yu Wendou is a businessman, he meets a lot of people, and he is no stranger to fortune-telling.

    Yu Wendou told the fortune teller that Yu Fengzhi was born on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in the 23rd year of Guangxu's reign.

    The fortune teller pinched his fingers and muttered for a long time, and finally said loudly: "This woman is the 'Feng Ming', the fate of your lady".

    Yu Wendou listened and wrote down what the fortune teller said on a piece of paper.

    Just as I was sending the fortune teller away, I suddenly heard soldiers outside the door shouting: "Commander Zhang is here!"

    Zhang Zuolin entered the room and saw everyone in the Yu family smiling happily around a table. There were several pieces of paper covered with writing on the table.  Zhang picked up a piece of paper and saw it written on it: "Yu Feng Zhi", "Feng Ming"

    Zhang Zuolin thought to himself: "Fengzhi, what an auspicious name! Fengzhi, Fengzhi, all the way to the queen. So, whose family she will fall into, isn't it the emperor's family?" "Xiao Liuzi" means "the tiger son of the general".  , if you marry the "fengfeng daughter" of the Yu family again, you might even sit on the throne in the future.

    In that era of war and chaos, three-year-old Puyi could become emperor. It is normal for Zhang Zuolin, who has always been conceited, to have such hopes.  Besides, who doesn¡¯t have the idea of ??¡°hoping for their children to become successful¡±?  "Fengzhi" was originally a common name, but for a warrior who was eager to find a way to repay his gratitude, and for a traditional peasant who only knew that being an emperor was the best, it was natural for it to induce some outrageous whims.

    As for what "phoenix fate" is, no one can tell clearly. Fortune telling itself is superstitious.  But it provides a new clue to clarify the year of Yu Fengzhi's birth.  Zhang Xueliang himself said that Yu Fengzhi was three years older than him, so Yu should have been born in 1898, and some books say it was 1899.  Recently I saw a memoir written by Yu Fengzhi's nephew Yu Zhaoying, saying that Yu Fengzhi was born in 1897.  Comparing the fortune teller's statement that she was "Feng Ming", Yu Fengzhi should have been born in 1897.  Because this year is the Year of the Rooster in China, "rooster" is often referred to as "phoenix" in ancient Chinese classics. Most fortune tellers are people who follow the wind and catch shadows. Therefore, the fortune teller said that she is the "phoenix".  .  Based on this, we have reason to infer that Yu Fengzhi was born in 1897.

    The four words "Feng Ming" and "Feng Zhi" were deeply imprinted in Zhang Zuolin's mind. Taking a closer look at this "Feng Ming daughter", the more he looked at it, the more delicate, noble and intelligent he felt.  Therefore, I made up my mind to marry the Zhang family and the Yu family.  Zhang Zuolin said to Wen Dou: "I have a blind man named Bao who is very proficient in Yin Yang Bagua and Ma Yi Shen Xiang. Can I take Feng Zhi's hexagrams back and let Blind Bao do the math again?" Yu Wendou nodded in agreement.  .  The fortune tellers all memorized what was written in the book. The birth dates and horoscopes were the same, so the words they told were almost the same.  Zhang Zuolin further believed that Zhang Xueliang, the "tiger in the general door", and Yu Fengzhi, the "daughter of a phoenix," were really made for each other.  Within a few days, Zhang Zuolin asked someone to formally propose marriage to the Yu family and settled the marriage.

    At the end of 1910, because Zhang Zuolin made great achievements in suppressing bandits, the Qing government wanted to reward him with honors as usual, but Zhang Zuolin did not want it.  The imperial court separated the merits and awarded Zhang Zuolin's mother a imperial title, and Zhang Zuolin's eldest son Zhang Xueliang a fifth-rank household doctor, similar to the treatment of today's Ministry of Finance clerks.  Zhang Xueliang wore a red hat at the age of 11. This was probably the last red hat awarded to Northeasterners by the Qing Dynasty.  The next year, the Qing Dynasty fell, and Zhang Zuolin was appointed commander of the 27th Army Division, becoming the most powerful figure in Fengtian.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? As power and status rises, their eyes are fixed on the next bigger goal, and old friends and past events that have little impact on the future gradually fade out of their memories.  Zhang Zuolin is not such a person. He always keeps in mind even a little kindness to those who are kind to him, and does everything possible to draw useful nutrients for the future from the past events he has experienced.

    Speaking more broadly, this is also Zhang Zuolin¡¯s personality charm.  Having established such an illustrious family fortune in the Northeast and having almost all of his old subordinates follow him for life, if not for this kind of loyalty and loyalty, how could we have subdued those arrogant and powerful generals in the Northeast?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)? This is also the personality charm of Zhang Zuolin.  Having established such an illustrious family fortune in the Northeast and having almost all of his old subordinates follow him for life, if not for this kind of loyalty and loyalty, how could we have subdued those arrogant and powerful generals in the Northeast?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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