Cixi appreciated Zhang Zhidong most in her life and promoted him greatly. He used to be the governor of Shanxi and Huguang, and served as a bachelor of cabinet. Zhang Zhidong was also loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and stepped forward to save the country from peril. In the Sino-French War, Zhang Zhidong took the lead; In the Westernization Movement, Zhang Zhidong was exhausted; During the Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang advocated the war of resistance; In the boxer movement, Zhang Zhidong took a clear-cut stand and advocated repression.
It can be said that Zhang Zhidong is the right-hand man of Cixi, the pillar of the country and the backbone of the nation. It is said that like father, like son, Zhang Zhidong's descendants must be patriotic models like Zhang Zhidong. But Zhang Zhidong's three sons (not two) became traitors one after another. Zhang Zhidong had 13 sons in his life, six of whom had surnames, and it is estimated that the others were all dead. Otherwise, Zhang Zhidong is so famous, and his son is not a fuel-efficient lamp, nor will he be unknown.
But of these six sons, two are traitors, and Zhang Zhidong has a grandson, who is also the right-hand man of warlord Zhang. The eleventh son, Zhang Renle, is a leader among traitors and a pioneer in betraying his country and seeking glory. After the September 18th Incident, he took refuge in the Japanese invaders and served as the Foreign Minister of the Puppet Manchukuo, responsible for pro-Japanese propaganda. Thirteen sons Zhang established the Wang Puppet National Government in Nanjing on 1935. He went to Nanjing as a member of the pseudo-National Government Central Committee and a pseudo-mayor of Tianjin, and later became the mayor of Wuhan Special Economic Zone.
Zhang Houwan, the grandson of Zhang Zhidong, has always been a needle between Zhang and the Japanese, providing them with traitorous services and having close ties with the Japanese. 1In June, 935, after the signing of the Hermite-American Agreement, the Japanese government went into battle shirtless, demanding that the Kuomintang government remove Yu Xuezhong from the post of provincial chairman and let Zhang Houwan be the governor of Hebei Province. Some people say that this embarrassing situation is the result of Zhang Zhidong's lack of family education and the doting of the elderly.
Because Zhang Zhidong's eldest son is 38 years older than his younger son, and when Zhang Zhidong died, his younger son was only 9 years old, and the old man had no time to educate him about loyalty and patriotism, so this kind of black humor appeared. In fact, it is not difficult to know that this phenomenon is by no means accidental as long as it is carefully analyzed.
There are two traitors among the six sons, with a probability of 30%. Can it still be said to be accidental? At that time, China had a population of 400 million. If 65.438+300 million people defect, do you think it's normal? As the saying goes, people near Zhu Zhechi are all black, and what kind of family environment makes what kind of children. Even if parents let their children go their own way, children will always be with their parents from birth to seven or eight years old, and their behavior will have a great impact on their conduct.
Zhang Zhidong is a loyal minister of the country. He knows the situation within the system better than anyone else. The following people, under the propaganda of the Qing dynasty, feel that the ships of the Qing dynasty are full of vitality and have a bright future. But only the sailor or helmsman Zhang Zhidong knew that the ship was rusty and was in danger of hitting the rocks at any time. Zhang Zhidong knows better than anyone that there is something wrong with the Qing system, and it is a dead end to follow. So he's yelling? Ai Qing? Slogan, you must think of your own safety, and you can't wait for your death.
Zhang Zhidong's plan for himself is to let his son study in Japan, which can not only increase his knowledge, but also accumulate contacts. Once the Qing Dynasty dies, they will have an ideal home. In fact, not only Zhang Zhidong's son went to study in Japan, but also his grandson. Zhang Zhidong's eldest son, Zhang Quan, and his son Zhang (Zhang Zhidong's grandson) are studying in Japanese aristocratic schools. Zhang Zhidong also sent his grandson Zhang Houwan to study in Japan. How many of his children and grandchildren went to Japan has never been verified.
The Qing people thought that the Qing Dynasty was prosperous, but Zhang Zhidong knew that the Qing Dynasty was hopeless. He won't live and die with the wrecked ship, and it's no accident that Zhang Zhidong secretly contacted the Japanese when the Boxer Regime changed, and sent people to Japan for secret talks to find a way out for himself. Why is Japan the first thing that comes to mind at a critical moment? Every cause has its consequences. Zhang Zhidong's family is inextricably linked with Japan and has a historical origin. Under such circumstances, isn't it normal for Zhang Zhidong's children and grandchildren to work for the Japanese?
We outsiders must regard this as Zhang Zhidong's educational failure, which is self-love. In fact, it just shows that his education is successful, but it is not.