Zhang Zongchang took refuge in Cao Kun and sent eight golden birthday stars. Why did he only send Zhang two empty baskets?
Zhang Zongchang was born in a poor family in Shandong. He went to a private school in his early years and had a certain cultural foundation. Bandits were rampant in Shandong at that time. Zhang Zongchang lived with bandits when he was a child. Later, he also went to the northeast to build a Middle East railway. It can be said that he is a well-informed person, but this is obviously not his way of working. Finally, he made a living as a bandit.
After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, it just gave Zhang Zongchang a chance to become a full member. At that time, Zhang Zongchang, 30 years old, took refuge in Hu Ying, commander of Shandong Province, and became a revolutionary army. Later, more than 100 cavalry bandits led by Vladivostok took refuge in Chen, and he became the head of the independent cavalry regiment of the Guangfu Army.
19 12 was promoted to brigade commander. 19 13 took refuge in feng and was promoted to the first level, becoming the first teacher of Jiangsu temporary division. Many people may have no idea about this teacher, let's put it this way! At the beginning of Beiyang, there were not many troops with regular divisions. A province has at most two or three districts. At that time, Zhang was the teacher of the 27 th division of Fengtian.
However, Zhang Zongchang really didn't catch up with the good times. Although Zhang Zongchang's status remained high in the following years, Jiangsu was an area where the Southern Revolutionary Army and the Beiyang Government repeatedly confronted each other, and wars occurred from time to time. Therefore, life in Zhang Zongchang is not stable. In the warlord melee, Zhang Zongchang's team gradually dispersed, especially in 192 1, when Zhang Zongchang led his troops into Jiangxi to attack Chen Guangyuan, he was defeated and became an army, with the title of division commander, but not many troops.
However, a man's army is also a commander. At that time, Zhang Zongchang's backstage Feng died, and Zhang Zongchang went to find the new immediate leader Cao Kun. Everyone knows that Cao Kun likes impulsiveness and is happy or not. Cao Kun valued Feng Yuxiang because he helped him win votes and made him president.
When Zhang Zongchang heard about Cao Kun's birthday, he decided to bribe Cao Kun with all his possessions. This is definitely a big deal. In fact, in the Republic of China, gift-giving is a science. People who can be human prefer to give gifts and are reluctant to leave their children behind. The more you give, the more you get in return. If most people don't do anything, he is embarrassed to accept it. In short, generally speaking, gifts will not lose money.