?When the September 18th Incident broke out, Zhang Xueliang, the young marshal in charge of the Northeast, chose not to resist and led his troops to retreat into Guanzhong, causing the entire Northeast to fall into the hands of the enemy in a short time. At that time, Zhang Xueliang had no important ministers around him who could help him. , the rest are small warlords and generals from Green Forest who focus on their own interests, and they all hold a wait-and-see attitude. Zhang Xueliang is an incompetent person who is completely incapable of taking charge of the military and political affairs in the Northeast, so he made stupid decisions that harmed the country. Mislead the people. But if an important figure in Northeast China had not been killed at that time, the situation in Northeast China might not be so bad. If he was in charge of Northeast China, Japan would not dare to invade Northeast China easily. So who is this figure? He is Yang Yuting, an important minister in Northeast China.

In the so-called official history of mainland China or many biographies about Zhang Xueliang, Yang Yuting is portrayed as a pro-Japanese faction and a sinister villain who competes with Zhang Xueliang for power. As everyone knows, if it weren't for Yang Yuting, the Rehe River in the three eastern provinces would have long been in the hands of the Japanese. The fundamental reason for the outbreak of the September 18th Incident was Zhang Xueliang's misdirection of the country (many people attributed the cause to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Chiang ordered Zhang Xueliang not to resist. In fact, the National Government at that time, although the three eastern provinces had changed their banners and formally unified the country, but The area under his control is limited, and the three northeastern provinces still belong to Zhang Xueliang himself. The central government has no ability to order the Northeast Army. My grandfather fled the famine with his family and settled in Sheshangou Village, Fakumen, outside the customs. He was born on July 20, the 11th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (August 29, 1885). At the age of ten, he entered Mr. Mao Zhaolin's private school in this village. He was very talented and had an excellent memory, and was very popular with Mr. Mao. A few years later, after being introduced by Mr. Mao, he went to study at Zhang Xiucai Library in Tieling County, and soon became Mr. Zhang's favorite student. Mr. Zhang often took him to Yingang Academy in Longshou Mountain, where Tieling scholars gathered, to meet friends through literature. In early 1904, he learned from there that the imperial examination system of the Qing Dynasty was about to be abolished, but the Northeast was the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court gave special permission to open another examination and hold it in Jinzhou. He really wanted to take the exam, but his family had registered with the flag, and according to the Qing system, "the flag does not count yuan", he was not eligible to take the exam. He tried his best and carried out various activities, and finally registered for reference in the name of a candidate with the same surname in Jin County. He passed the exam and became the last scholar in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was nineteen years old. In the spring of the next year, he was admitted as a senior transfer student at Fengtian Academy. He had never been exposed to the mathematics, physics, chemistry, English and other courses offered by the school. However, in the graduation examination, he ranked among the best and shocked the whole school. After graduation, he was admitted to Fengtian Army School. In 1906, he was selected by the school to study in Japan. After arriving in Japan, he entered the Japanese Army Noncommissioned Officer School. In 1911, he returned to China after graduation.

What he studied in Japan was modern military science. In the eyes of the Chinese at that time, it was the most outstanding science in the new science, because it could realize the strong weapons and powerful weapons of our poor and weak nation for hundreds of years. dream. There were not many people like him who had a solid foundation of fame and were able to put Western learning to use. He was a popular talent that was urgently needed by all the political groups at that time. Therefore, as soon as he set foot on the soil of the motherland, he skyrocketed and walked on the ladder of success. It was placed in front of him, waiting for him to climb step by step. Regarding Yang Yuting's success, it is generally believed that this is mainly due to Zhang Zuolin's promotion, but this is not actually the case. From 1913 to 1915, Yang Yuting traveled from Changchun to Shenyang, from Shenyang to Beijing, and then from Beijing back to Shenyang. His career was promoted all the way, all because of Xu Shuzheng. Xu was four years older than Yang Yuting, and also graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He graduated a few years earlier than Yang. At that time, he was the chief of the army in Yuan Shikai's government. He was deeply appreciated by Yuan Shikai, and he was very close to Duan Qirui. They were in the early Republic of China. A politician who was very active in the political arena. People at that time called Xu Shichang, who later became the president of the Republic of China, Big Xu, and called him Little Xu.

When Yang Yuting went to the Ordnance Factory of the Three Eastern Provinces as the director, the governor of Fengtian was Duan Zhigui. After Yuan Shikai's death, the world was in chaos. In 1916, Zhang Zuolin took advantage of the situation, drove Duan Zhigui away, and appointed himself governor. Regarding Zhang Zuolin's discovery of Yang Yuting, there was a saying in the past that Zhang Zuolin was on the street one day and accidentally saw a sentinel soldier marching in formation with serious conduct and neat military appearance, so he asked his subordinates: "Whose army is this?" The subordinates replied: " This is the guard trained by Yang Yuting, the director of the Ordnance Factory of the Three Eastern Provinces." Zhang Zuolin was very impressed and invited Yang Yuting to his home that night. Seeing that he was courteous and polite, he admired him very much and later put him on a high priority.

The reason why Zhang Zuolin re-appointed Yang Yuting was certainly due to Yang's personal talents, but he also valued the relationship between Yang and Xu Shuzheng, through which he could hook up with the central government in Beijing and seek his "legitimacy" in governing the Northeast, as well as Get more benefits from it. In 1916, when Yang was appointed chief of staff of the Military Governor's Office by Zhang, it was when Xu was appointed secretary-general of the State Council. This relationship is so important. After Yang Yuting entered the Military Governor's Office, the first major thing he did was related to Xu Shuzheng. After Zhang Xun's restoration failed, Li Yuanhong resigned as president of the Republic of China, and Vice President Feng Guozhang acted as president. Duan Qirui was at odds with Feng and was forced to resign as prime minister. Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's confidant, worked extensively for his comeback, linking up with various parties and gathering forces to suppress Feng Guozhang. In 1918, when he went to Northeast China to lobby Zhang Zuolin, Yang Yuting learned from him that Feng had borrowed 40 million yuan from Japan in the name of the central government to purchase weapons and firearms. Yang gave him an idea and said that if he could get these firearms as a meeting gift for Zhang, Zhang would be able to promote Duan Qirui. Xu worked hard, and a few days later a bill of lading for receiving ordnance issued by the Japanese arrived in Yang Yuting's hands. This matter was carried out in a state of extreme confidentiality. Even Zhang Zuolin was not aware of it. After the matter was completed, when Yang Yuting submitted the bill of lading, he was stunned. He was deeply attracted by this young officer who was only 33 years old. Tao Lue was impressed. Zhang Zuolin immediately sent Zhang Jinghui to lead troops to Qinhuangdao to get these arms back. This was the famous Qinhuangdao weapons robbery incident in history. In this way, Fengjun expanded seven mixed brigades, from the original 20,000 to 30,000 people to 200,000 people. According to Mr. Ning Chengen, who once served as Zhang Zuolin's secretary and later became the acting president of Northeastern University, "Without the starting point of the Qinhuangdao robbery, Fengjun would not have become a large army and would be unable to aspire to the Central Plains."

Yang Yuting enters the scene. The second major task of the Warlord's Office is to reorganize the old army and establish a new army. Zhang Zuolin's old team are all green forest heroes who started the rebellion with him. They are not very literate, such as Tang Yulin, Wu Junsheng, Zhang Jinghui and others. They are experts in riding horses and firing guns, robbing homes and houses, but they command tens of thousands of modern troops to fight. Everyone is unable to do what they want. In the first Zhili-Fengtian War, Zhang Jinghui led an army of 50,000 people and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Ping-Han Line West. Zhang Zuoxiang led 50,000 troops and was appointed commander-in-chief east of the Jin-Pu Line. When an army of 100,000 came out of the border, the command failed and the army was in chaos. He returned defeated in seven days. In view of this lesson, Zhang Zuolin authorized Yang Yuting to rectify the old army. Yang Yuting conducted a thorough transformation of Fengjun under the guidance of modern military theory. The entire Fengjun army took on a completely new look, especially the officers at all levels who were from military schools. In the second Zhili-Fengtian War, with Yang Yuting as Chief of General Staff and unified and coordinated command, the Fengjun army was invincible and occupied Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, and Nanjing in a short period of time. At this time, the entire north of the Yangtze River was under Zhang Zuolin's control. under control.

Yang Yuting also plays an important role in developing the economy and various undertakings in Northeast China. According to Mr. Ning’s recollection: The old commander didn’t know much about reading and didn’t like to read official documents. He only dealt with official matters verbally. Government work was inseparable from official documents. Yang was almost all good at it. Some things were done by himself without asking Zhang for instructions. , Zhang doesn’t blame him either. Zhang's letting go provided Yang with an opportunity to display his talents. At that time, many laws, regulations and policies were led by Yang in formulating them. Especially in terms of employment, Zhang was deeply influenced by Yang and attached great importance to those who came back from abroad to study science and engineering. Zhang Zuolin’s top ten secretaries, including Ning Chengen, are almost all intellectuals with degrees of this type. He attached great importance to intellectuals who studied science and used them for construction. Many large factories in Shenyang, such as Liming, Xinguang, Mining and Mining in Dadong District of Shenyang City, and Wusan Factory in Shenhe District, had already reached scale at that time. In many other cities in the three northeastern provinces, many of the existing large factories took shape at that time. If you look through local and factory records in some places, you will find this phenomenon. Of course, this cannot be entirely attributed to Yang Yuting, but Yang's role cannot be underestimated.

During his tenure, when Zhang Zuolin was the commander of the 27th Division, he heard that Yang Yuting was wise and far-reaching, so he appointed him as the chief of staff of the division. After Yang Yuting took office, he tried his best to rectify military style and discipline, which was very effective, and he began to gain Zhang Zuolin's trust and importance. In 1916, Zhang Zuolin was appointed as the Governor and Governor of Fengtian, and Yang Yuting was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Fengtian Governor's Office. In 1918, the direct government borrowed 40 million yuan from Japan to purchase a large amount of arms and shipped them to Qinhuangdao. Yang Yuting suggested that Zhang Zuolin hijack the arms. With the cooperation of his classmate Xu Shuzheng, the robbery was successful.

This batch of arms equipped Fengjun's 7 mixed brigades, and Yang Yuting became the core figure of Fengjun.

?In the autumn of the same year, Zhang Zuolin established the "Hunan Aid Army" and appointed himself as commander-in-chief. Former Army Deputy Secretary Xu Shuzheng served as deputy commander, and Yang Yuting served as chief of staff. During his tenure, Yang Yuting, encouraged by his classmate Xu Shuzheng, attempted to develop his personal power and conspired to use the name of Fengjun to pretend to lead the military department to allocate 3.7 million yuan to recruit four brigades of new soldiers. After Zhang Zuolin learned of this, he dismissed Xu Shuzheng from the post of deputy commander, and dismissed Yang Yuting from his post for "colluding with foreign aid and cultivating internal party members". After Yang was dismissed, he served as attaché to the Presidential Palace in Beijing and chief of staff of the Northwest Frontier Defense Command. Finally, because of his love for his talent, Zhang Zuolin re-enabled Yang Yuting in 1921 and appointed him to the important position of general counselor of the inspection embassy in the three eastern provinces, and also as supervisor of the arsenal of the three provinces. During Yang Yuting's tenure, the arsenal in the three eastern provinces developed rapidly and became the largest arsenal in China at that time. At that time, people called him "Wang Yongjiang" in Feng Tianwen and "Yang Yuting" in Wu, becoming Zhang Zuolin's right-hand man. This established Zhang Zuolin's dominance.

?After the victory of the Second Zhili-Fengtian War, with the support of Zhang Zuolin, Yang Yuting became the Supervisor of Jiangsu Province. However, because of his arrogance and self-reliance, he was defeated by the five-province coalition organized by Sun Chuanfang before he could stand firm. He fled and lost Jiangnan. After Yang Yuting returned, Zhang Zuolin still appointed him as the general counselor and supervisor of the arsenal. In 1925, the conflict between the mainland faction headed by Guo Songling and the sergeant faction headed by Yang Yuting intensified. Guo and Yang were at odds with each other, and Guo Songling eventually turned against him. After Guo Songling's rebellion failed, Yang Yuting faked Zhang Zuolin's order and executed Guo Songling. At the end of the year, after many rounds of conspiracy by Yang Yuting, Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu achieved an alliance. In February 1926, Zhang Zuolin successfully took office as the commander-in-chief of the Anguo Army, and at the same time appointed Yang Yuting as the general counselor of the Anguo Army. At the end of 1927, Han Linchun resigned due to illness. Zhang Zuolin appointed Yang Yuting to succeed Han Linchun and serve as commander of the Fourth Front Army. This was the first time that Yang Yuting had military power.

? Yang Yuting assisted Zhang Zuolin in doing four major things: First, he established the Northeast Navy to make the army its own system and enhance its strength. The second is to formulate a land tax system and dig out a large amount of uncultivated wasteland from warlords and landlords for farmers to cultivate and develop production, which enhances the economic strength of Northeast China. The third was to build war-ready roads. At that time, the rights to the South-Manchuria Railway in Northeast China belonged to Japan, and war-ready roads were built. Transportation was not hijacked by Japan. Once war broke out, roads could be used to deal with the Japanese army. The fourth is to supervise the Fengtian (Shenyang) Arsenal, make homemade weapons and ammunition to equip the army, and enhance defense capabilities. Because of this, the military, political, and economic strength of Northeast China has greatly increased, making the Japanese who have long coveted China's three eastern provinces dare not act rashly. When the Japanese asked Zhang Zuolin to implement "mixed living" in the Northeast, Yang Yuting believed that this was a replica of Article 16 of Yuan Shikai's Twenty-one Traitors, and urged not to agree. The Japanese saw that Yang's actions were the main obstacle to their invasion of the Northeast, so they came up with the idea of ????"neighboring countries are wise and enemy countries are enemies" to eliminate troubles.

When Zhang Zuolin cooperated with the Duan clique warlords, he established the Fengjun General Headquarters in order to assist Hunan. Zhang Zuolin served as commander, Xu Shuzheng served as deputy commander, and Yang Yuting served as chief of general staff. In order to expand their strength, Yang and Xu established four brigades of troops in Luoyang, Xinyang and other places. When Zhang found out, he was very angry and dismissed them both. After being demoted, Yang Yuting was unemployed in Beijing (Jingtu Temple Hutong inside Andingmen), and his life was provided by Li Jingming, a giant businessman in Beijing and Tianjin.

After the Zhijiang-Anhui War in 1920, Zhang Zuolin believed that Yang Yuting was in charge of military and political affairs, so he asked Yang to return to Fengtian and serve as the patrol envoy to the three eastern provinces, the general counselor of the General's Office, and the supervisor of the Fengtian Arsenal. Due to past suspicions, Marshal Zhang Xueliang and Commander of the Tenth Army Guo Songling were in trouble with him at every turn. Even Jiang Dengxuan, commander of the Eighth Army and Han Linchun, commander of the Ninth Army whom he personally recommended, sometimes opposed him. Wang Yongjiang, director of the Finance Department of Fengtian Province and acting governor of Fengtian Province, and other members of the liberal arts party also have no favorable impressions of him. Yang Yuting realized that it was difficult for him to survive in the Northeast, so he asked Zhang Zuolin to supervise the army in Jiangsu. Before he took office, the Jiangsu warlord Sun Chuanfang and Chen Tiaoyuan sent Shen Tongwu and Chen Jing as representatives to Fengtian to investigate Yang Yuting's roots and prepare for the future pursuit of Yang.

In August 1925, Yang Yuting went to Jiangsu to work. He had no idea that Sun Chuanfang and Chen Tiaoyuan, whom he had always looked down upon, were causing trouble behind their backs.

Guo Songling also took the opportunity to disrupt the situation. Without waiting for Zhang Zuolin's instructions, he transferred the Second Infantry Brigade (three infantry regiments, the elite of Fengjun) stationed in Pukou back to Jidong. The Fengjun stationed in Jiangsu only had one division, Ding Xichun, stationed in Nanjing; Xing Shilian One division, stationed in Shanghai. Yang Yuting discovered that Sun and Chen were constrained, so he ordered Xing Shilian's division to move closer to Zhenjiang quickly, cross the river to Guazhou and concentrate, while Ding Xichun's division concentrated on Pukou and retreated north. On the evening of October 16, in the middle of a meeting with Chen Tiaoyuan, he lied that he was feeling unwell and wanted to go back and take a shower before continuing the meeting. When I got to the back, I changed into casual clothes and asked the driver Chen Yiheng, who was waiting at the back door, to drive. He slipped out of Nanjing alone and crossed the river from Xiaguan to Pukou. When the adjutant Gao Fengqi and a dozen of his followers arrived at Pukou, the ferry had already started. These people had no choice but to catch up to Pukou on a small sampan and take the northbound train with Yang Yuting. After hearing the news, Chen Tiaoyuan intercepted the emergency call along the way, but Yang's special car had already passed. The train arrived in Xuzhou, and together with Zhang Zongchang, the Shandong governor who had been waiting at the station, they returned to Beijing safely and hurriedly ended the Jiangsu trip. In October 1925, Guo Songling turned against Feng, which included the factor of overthrowing the Yang Yuting foreign student faction with which he had deep grudges. On December 24, Guo was defeated in Luanzhou and was killed, which relieved Yang Yuting's heartache.

At 5:30 in the morning on June 4, 1928, Zhang Zuolin was assassinated by the Japanese at Huanggutun Station. Yang Yuting's situation is more complicated. On December 29, Yang Yuting firmly opposed the change of flag in Northeast China. He believed that Chiang Kai-shek should not be obeyed, thus creating a new conflict with Zhang Xueliang. He seemed to regard himself as a protector of Zhang Xueliang. He often boasted of the allusion of Zhou Gong assisting the king, advised Zhang Xueliang to give up drugs, and criticized him for not paying attention to political affairs. Although he had good intentions, the young and energetic Zhang Xueliang did not buy his fault. The Japanese also took the opportunity to use their own party and Chinese gangsters who were traveling in the Northeast to slander Yang Yuting and drive a wedge between Zhang and Yang. They gave Zhang Xueliang a copy of "Nihon Gaiden" and compared Zhang Xueliang to the Japanese Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Yang to the Japanese Prime Minister Tokugawa who usurped the throne. It was hinted to Zhang Xueliang that Yang Yuting was a hidden danger around him and should be eliminated as soon as possible. Zhang Xueliang fell into the trap, but he still hesitated. He threw silver coins three times to ask for divination before making up his mind to kill Yang.

Yang Yuting was born in 1885. He is 10 years younger than the old commander (Zhang Zuolin) and 16 years older than the young commander (Zhang Xueliang). He is a unique scholar among the senior officials of the Feng Dynasty and a graduate of the Japanese Military Academy. born. When Zhang Zuolin was alive, he was the most important person and served as the general counselor of Fengjun for a long time. Marshal Zhang Zuolin died suddenly after the Huanggutun bombing. Marshal Zhang Xueliang didn't know how to arrange him for a while, so his actual job was only the supervision of the arsenal factory in the three eastern provinces that he had previously held part-time.

Although Yang Yuting is considered a smart man, he plays a dangerous role in the Northeast after the Huanggutun Incident. Since he is dissatisfied with Zhang Xueliang and despises Zhang Xueliang, he still works under Zhang Xueliang. The last thing Yang should do is to often call Zhang Xueliang "Adou" in front of and behind others. For Zhang Xueliang, he holds the military and political power in Northeast China. Internally, Yang Yuting regards himself as a powerful general. Externally, he has to deal with all kinds of oppression from the Japanese warlords. The so-called "master of the young country's suspicion" cannot stand without "establishing authority". Get up. Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, Yang Yuting had a way to kill himself, Zhang Xueliang also had the intention to kill, and Yang Yuting was obviously the master of great achievements. Chang Yinhuai is 3 years younger than Yang Yuting. He is the son of a bureaucratic family in Jilin Province. This inevitably makes his peasant brothers who become generals incompatible with him. Director of the Railway Bureau and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transportation of the Beijing Government (the Prime Minister is also the Prime Minister). After changing his banner, he was just appointed as the Governor of Heilongjiang Province by the National Government.

Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai proposed to Zhang Xueliang: setting up a The Northeastern Railway Supervision Office is responsible for centralized management of the railways in the three northeastern provinces, with a permanent director. Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai are both troublesome figures for the Japanese. These two are very good at diplomacy and know how to deal with the Japanese. Ordinarily this is not a bad idea. But the problem is that they have been dissatisfied with the reality that Zhang Xueliang took over as the top leader in Northeast China. At that time, Zhang Xueliang was really unlucky and a playboy with little ability. He still wanted to grasp real power and fought openly and secretly with a group of Northeastern officials. He often got addicted to drugs during meetings, so he left a group of uncles and uncles to go back to the room to get acupuncture. Sometimes I would stay in bed in the morning (at that time, the charming Miss Zhao Si had come to Fengtian as a "secretary") and let the department chiefs stay outside to wait.

The angry Yang Yuting took the world as his own responsibility and taught his "nephew a great scholar" many times. One time, the chief of a certain place asked to see Zhang Xueliang but was not allowed to see him. When he found Yang Yuting, Yang said angrily: "Han Qing has inherited his legacy and is still so lazy. What's the matter? I'll go and warn him." Then he led the director to Zhang Xueliang's residence asked the guard: "Commander, have you gotten up?" The guard replied: "Not yet." Yang Yuting went straight to Zhang Xueliang's bedroom, knocked on the door and shouted: "I am Yang Linge, get up quickly, I have business to deal with." Zhang Xueliang heard this. He hurriedly put on his clothes and asked Yang to take a seat. Yang actually lectured Zhang Xueliang in the tone of an elder: "The department directors have official matters to be decided. How can this happen if you don't see me for a few days? It was not like this when the old commander was here." "Yang Yuting's behavior made Zhang Xueliang unbearable. For this reason, Zhang Xueliang angrily said to Yang Yuting: "I can't do it, so you should do it." Chang Yinhuai was also quite disrespectful to "Little Six Sons", thinking that he was just a prodigal son who was greedy and drug addicted, so he was also very disrespectful in public. A lot of annoying words. So when the two of them came together and revealed their mature plan, the young and energetic Zhang Xueliang was completely angered. He suppressed his displeasure and asked them to discuss it again in the evening on the pretext of "longer term planning." But when the two returned at night as scheduled, Zhang ordered Fengtian Police Chief Gao Jiyi and his deputy Tan Hai, who often had a grudge against Yang and Yang, to lead six guards into two groups and shoot them dead on the spot in the hall. On the sofa! This is the "Yang Chang Incident" that shocked people for a while.

?The usual theory is that Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai were friends and colluded with the Japanese to oppose the Northeast Rebellion, so they were decisively executed by Zhang Xueliang. In fact, this is not the case. Yang Chang's death was due to the power struggle within the Northeast Army. Zhang Xueliang wanted to grasp real power but was still inexperienced. He was not talented enough to take charge of the military and political affairs in the Northeast. Moreover, he did not want to delegate power to important ministers. He was worried that his strength would be too great and his status would not be guaranteed. , cannot control the entire Northeast.

? Yang Yuting’s opposition to the change of flag in Northeast China is not because he is pro-Japanese, but because he is planning the future pattern of Northeast China, because he has not planned what to do after the change of flag is announced. How will it benefit Northeast China and how it will benefit China? I don’t know. After all, the Nationalist Government at that time was only the nominal unified government of China. It was not wrong to change the flag, but it was wrong to not think about how to develop after the change. This can be seen from Zhang’s so-called misjudgment of the September 18th Incident. Zhang's problem has always been this. Yang Yuting didn't want to replace Zhang Xueliang, but his emotional intelligence was too silly and sweet, and he didn't pay much attention to the details of dealing with people. He overestimated the young marshal's mind and IQ, and he didn't expect Zhang Xueliang to be so ruthless, because at the time of the Republic of China During that period, whether it was a warlord melee or a power struggle, the loser would lose power at most and be idle at home. The warlords at that time still regarded benevolence and morality as the standard. Zhang Xueliang's killing of important ministers without authorization was unprecedented and shocked both China and foreign countries.

Zhang Xueliang was also forced by the pressure of Japan and Russia at that time, and he was unable to deal with it, so he wanted to join the National Government and push the diplomatic pressure to the central government. However, Northeast China was still an independent kingdom. The military, government and economy were all independent, and there would be financial support from the National Government. He did not consider other things. In fact, Zhang Xueliang was a landlord and a wealthy man, always thinking about his one-third of an acre of land and who could give him money.

Yang Yuting is a bit like Zhuge Liang of the post-Shu Dynasty, holding the power alone, but without actual military power. But it can reasonably handle the trilateral diplomacy between China, Japan and Russia. Kong Ming was able to reasonably handle the relations between Wei, Shu, Wu and the Nanman Qiang people. The difference is that Liu Chan was willing to delegate power to Kong Ming, while Big Smoker was unwilling to delegate power. The problem was that Big Smoker didn't understand anything, and he underestimated both Russia's combat effectiveness and Japan's aggressive ambitions.

If Yang Yuting were in charge of the Northeast, he would deal with the Soviet Union and Chiang Kai-shek. Instead of being blindly aggressive and impulsive like Zhang Xueliang, causing trouble and igniting fire everywhere. The Japanese launched the September 18th Incident and Zhang Xueliang's series of policies after his father was bombed by the Japanese are inseparable. Zhang harbored the hatred of killing his father and always wanted to liquidate Japan. The so-called job changes and anti-Japanese measures are inseparable from this series. Zhang Xueliang's series of policies led to the bankruptcy of Japan's currency diplomacy and led Japanese soldiers to try to solve the problem quickly by force. Zhang Xueliang put a lot of power in the pass, resulting in the emptiness of the Northeast. , is even more of an act of suicide.

When there is no necessary conflict, delaying will definitely be beneficial to China.

Moreover, Yang's dealings are not without a bottom line. If something like September 18th occurs that touches the fundamental interests of Fengjun, Yang may make a different choice from Zhang. Moreover, Japan is definitely not monolithic. In fact, Zhang Xueliang is in charge of Lao Shuai. The radical policies after death made Japan feel that Japan's lifeline was going to be completely lost and destroyed. This was absolutely intolerable to Japan unless it was directly occupied. There is no market for civilian politics. Zhang should not offend the Soviet Union, Japan's containment, when it is against Japan. It is absolutely stupid to launch the Middle East Incident. This will lose the balance among the three parties in the Northeast and be very detrimental to China. Zhang is a Impatient young people want to do everything in a hurry, but they don't have any ability. When the time comes, they will do stupid things and they will be disasters.

Zhang Xueliang’s series of policies led to Japanese soldiers taking desperate risks. The Japanese regarded Manchuria as their foundation, and the decisions Zhang Xueliang made were stupid and would not actually bring any consequences to China and Northeast China. There were no benefits, but in fact, the Japanese soldiers thought that they were completely broken and started the incident early. The same is true for the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has been a competitor with Japan for a long time. The Soviet Union is wary of Japan's actions in Manchuria. If Yang Yuting would not engage in such stupid things as the Middle Road, but would join forces with the Soviet Union to control Japan, Japan would be most afraid of this. Opponent, in the final analysis, Zhang has an impulsive personality and has no brains. He is not suitable for diplomacy in the complex environment at that time. This is indeed difficult, but Zhang is obviously not a person who can take on such a task. His performance is obvious, his personality is impulsive, and his political intelligence is low. This was a flaw, and there was nothing that could be done about it until the Soviet Union and ZG deceived him into launching the Xi'an Incident, which also showed that Zhang Xueliang was a political imbecile.

Yang Yuting is an old-school strategist, but he is also patriotic, especially his hometown. Their character weaknesses, coupled with the old grudges of Guo Songling and others, make the matter irreversible. In fact, as long as Guo is there, If Yang and Yang are alone, the September 18th Incident will not succeed. If Yang is here, patiently deal with Su and Japan to achieve a balance between the three parties, no one dares to act rashly, and takes the opportunity to develop Northeast industry and modern military, maybe the September 1st Incident can be achieved. Eight postponements. In the future, something as stupid as the Xi'an Incident will not happen. During this period, the Nanjing government will have more time to develop and strengthen its army and prepare for war. This is of course the best possibility. If it comes true, perhaps there will not be as heavy losses as on September 18th. Perhaps China’s war of resistance will not be so difficult, and it will not take twelve years to defeat Japan.

Yang Yuting became a victim of the power struggle, and Zhang Xueliang also destroyed the Great Wall and went on to ruin his own family. He not only defeated his old Zhang family, but also ruined the families of all Chinese people. History cannot be assumed. And moving the whole body had an unexpected butterfly effect, but as long as the Northeast had a capable leader at the time, the Northeast would not have easily fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the Anti-Japanese and Patriotic War would not have been so difficult.