Why did Zhao Qinghua break off the relationship with his daughter, Miss Zhao Si?

When talking about Miss Zhao Si, we have to mention Marshal Zhang Xueliang, the legendary Miss Zhao Si. This is because he and the Marshal fell in love at first sight and never left each other. They lived in the same quilt and died in the same coffin. They were the only one in their lives. . But before we talk about the love between Miss Zhao Si and Zhang Xueliang, we must first talk about Zhang Xueliang’s first wife, Yu Fengzhi, the first lady of the Northeast who is deeply loved and respected by the handsome Zhang Zuolin.

Because without Yu Fengzhi’s success, Miss Zhao Si would not be able to become a legend.

Yu Fengzhi’s father, the wealthy businessman Yu Wendou, had sponsored Zhang Zuolin in his early years. The two had a very good relationship. After learning that Yu Fengzhi was the rich and powerful Feng Ming, he ordered his eldest son Zhang Xueliang to marry him. He took Yu Fengzhi as his daughter-in-law. But during the Republic of China at that time, Western democratic and liberal ideas poured in, and Zhang Xueliang was young at the time. It was impossible to say that he was not disgusted with this old tradition of parents ordering matchmakers.

The saying that people should not waste their youth in romance can be said to be extremely appropriate when applied to Young Master Zhang. However, Yu Fengzhi, who has always taken into account the overall situation, did not argue with Zhang Xueliang because of this. Instead, he ran this business wholeheartedly. marriage. Yu Fengzhi, who was approachable, smart, wise and considerate, could be said to be respected and admired by everyone in the Marshal's Mansion back then.

In 1927, 27-year-old Zhang Xueliang and 16-year-old Miss Zhao Si got acquainted with Cai Gongguan in Tianjin. One was the eldest son of the Northeastern king Zhang Zuolin, a Feng clique warlord, and the other was a deputy minister of the Ministry of Communications of the Beiyang Government. Zhang Xueliang, the daughter of Zhao Qinghua, director of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway Bureau, fell in love at first sight and both fell in love. Two years later, Zhang Xueliang called Miss Zhao Si and asked her to come to Fengtian to play. Miss Zhao Si readily agreed and followed her from Tianjin to Fengtian. The Zhao family at that time also saw her off.

Love is certainly romantic, but after all, the eldest daughter of a respectable official family has been betrothed to another married man. Although it is no longer a feudal society, how can it be so easy to be secular? What changed was that Zhao Qinghua felt that he had lost his face. From September 25 to 29, 1929, he published a public notice in Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" for five consecutive days, exposing his family scandal, and expelled his daughter, Zhao Qixia, from the house. From then on, they severed all ties with each other.

This move may seem like an impulsive move in anger, but it is actually extremely clever behind the scenes.

At that time, Zhang Xueliang had already taken control of the three northeastern provinces and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. After the change of flag in Northeast China, he was appointed by the National Government as the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, land and air force of the Republic of China. Although this was only a false position, after all He is also a young and promising marshal from the Northeast who holds great power, but Zhao Qinghua is not a small farmer. If he really gives his daughter to Zhang Xueliang to be a child, he will inevitably be ridiculed.

Therefore, exposing the family scandal and making the matter public not only interrupted Zhang Xueliang's retreat, because Miss Zhao Si has no retreat possible because of him. If Zhang Xueliang abandons him at this time, then everyone in the world will The one who was being ridiculed was this romantic young marshal. He had earned a clean reputation in his family without losing his status, and then he quickly retired and stayed away from his official career. This also dispelled the belief that Zhao Qinghua gave away his daughter just for the sake of power and kinship. With Zhang Xueliang. Another reason is to give an explanation to the betrothed family, so as not to follow the truth.

Giving his daughter away privately to let her pursue her own happiness, and publicly severing the relationship to preserve his own dignity, Zhao Qinghua’s approach is not unwise.

But what really allowed Miss Zhao Si to stay with Zhang Xueliang for a long time was the fulfillment of the first lady of the Northeast, Yu Fengzhi.

Faced with such a love rival, Yu Fengzhi did not deliberately embarrass him. Instead, she accepted him generously and treated her like a sister. Miss Zhao Si did not ask for any status and only wanted to be with her for the rest of her life. Miss Zhao Si, who followed Zhang Xueliang and therefore had no status, has always chosen to be Zhang Xueliang's attendant/secretary.

After that, the three of them lived together in harmony, until after the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest. Yu Fengzhi tried to rescue him many times but failed. Finally, he was seriously ill and had to go to the United States for treatment, so he asked Zhao Miss Fourth accompanied Zhang Xueliang.

Until 1964, under Chiang’s political coercion, Yu Fengzhi, who was far away in the United States, had to sign a divorce agreement for Zhang Xueliang’s safety. On July 4 of the same year, Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi got married in Taipei. Officially married.

In 1990, Zhang Xueliang regained his personal freedom and took Miss Zhao Si to the United States. He never set foot in the mainland again until his death. It was also in this year that Yu Fengzhi died in Los Angeles, USA. Before his death, He gave the family property that he had worked hard for fifty years in the United States to Zhang Xueliang, and left an empty tomb next to her tomb, hoping that Zhang Xueliang, who had been separated for half a life and had not seen her husband until his death after fifty years of separation, could be her companion after death. The husband's surname is named Zhang Yufengzhi on the tombstone.

Not long after Zhang Xueliang left for the United States, he took Miss Zhao Si to pay homage to Yu Fengzhi. When he saw the four words "Zhang Yufengzhi" on the tombstone, this romantic young marshal who was once famous all over the world couldn't help but sigh. , I have no regrets in my life, only this one person.

In 2001, Zhang Xueliang passed away, and he and Zhao Yidi were buried together in the famous Valley of the Temples Memorial Cemetery on the east coast of Hawaii. Zhang Xueliang and Zhao Yidi stayed together for 72 years during their lifetime, and died in the same cave.

But behind this famous love story that moved the Republic of China, it was Yu Fengzhi who gave everything he had but only received the respect of Zhang Xueliang.

What you ask for but don’t get is nothing more than yes.