Why did the two sons of Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, become traitors?

Mention Zhang Zhidong's friend, he should be familiar with it. As a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong was a pillar of the imperial court in westernization and education all his life, and lamented that the country had run out of luck until his death. However, they all say that they are like tigers and sons. Why did Zhang Zhidong's two sons become traitors?

Let's talk about his fifth son, Zhang Yanqing. Zhang Yanqing was born in 1898 and grew up in the Republic of China. At that time, the country had abolished the imperial examination, so he chose to study abroad like many people. Zhang Yanqing studied in Japan, and some people became more patriotic after studying abroad. However, Zhang Yanqing became more and more traitors.

1920 After returning to China, he first became a subordinate of Beiyang warlord Li and worked in Tianjin. During this period, he had colluded with the Japanese. Later, after the September 18th Incident, Zhang Yanqing directly took refuge in the Kwantung Army, and finally became the Minister of Industry of the Puppet Manchukuo, and later became an important "foreign minister" of the Puppet Manchukuo. Unfortunately, after the Japanese defeat, Zhangyan Qing was put in prison like Puyi. However, Zhangyan Qing still had a lot of contacts, and was soon fished out, but he definitely couldn't stay at home, so Zhang Yanqing went to Japan directly.

Let's talk about Zhang Zhidong's youngest son, Zhang. Zhang can be said to have been led to the traitor by his younger brother. 1938 After the fall of Wuhan, the Japanese used Zhang Zhidong's influence in Huguang to invite him to be the mayor of Wuhan, but Zhang, who had been a "big official" in the puppet Manchukuo, refused to give in and let his brother Zhang be the mayor. Later, he was transferred to Tianjin and became the mayor of the puppet government.

So why is Zhang Zhidong a famous minister and his descendants become traitors instead? After careful analysis, Bian Xiao thinks that there are the following reasons. First of all, Zhang Zhidong's two sons were born when he was very old. Zhang Zhidong gave birth to his youngest son Zhang at the age of 63 and died at the age of 72. Therefore, it can be said that Zhang Zhidong was unable to discipline his two children only because he didn't have time to discipline his son when he was young, which eventually led them to a wrong path.

Secondly, when Zhang Zhidong's son was studying in Japan, it happened to be the time when his life values were formed, but at this time it happened to catch up with the invasion of a strong enemy and the country was in turmoil. After Zhang Yanqing returned to China, it was difficult to survive. At this time, he did not have a strong father or a strong career, and he was not a self-reliant person. The aura of the previous generation could not be maintained in his hands, and was eventually tempted by the enemy and became a tool for Japan to invade China.