In 1989, Yu Fengzhi left an oral memoir on her deathbed and explained that it was made public to the public after a hundred years with Zhang Xueliang and others. This is a testimony that is responsible to history, revealing for the first time insider information about families and political circles such as their marriage with the Marshal and their “divorce”.
Yu Fengzhi recalled that at the end of 1939, we were escorted to Xiuwen City, Guizhou Province. The next spring, when I got breast cancer, Han Qing said bitterly, “You are going to ask Soong May-ling to help send you to the United States for surgery. You will recover, and once you get well, you will not come back. It is not only necessary to arrange for your children to stay abroad, but also to tell the truth of the” Xi’an Incident “to the world. Chiang Kai shek has broken his promise, he is going to do everything possible to forge this invisible history. Please try your best to help me fulfill this wish
Life and death are approaching, and how many nights have they been unable to sleep? They are talking and crying, discussing how to face the future together. As for the possibility of my death, I need to seize the time to arrange for my children’s lives in other provinces and not return to Chiang Kai shek’s ruling areas. Han Qing promised me not to commit suicide under any circumstances, and made it particularly clear that he would never plead guilty because he did not commit a crime and did his best to serve the country. Han Qing said, “Zhao Si is coming and she will take care of me, but when Dai Li asks her to come, it means that Dai can control her. We need to be clear about this
In June 1940, I went to New York, USA and underwent surgery at the hospital. After treatment, I was able to recover. When Soong May-ling and Kong Xiangxi came to New York, they all came to see me and asked me what I wanted and wanted to help me. Kong Xiangxi specifically instructed me not to settle down in New York and San Francisco, saying that the situation in these two places is complex. In order for Han Qing to come to the United States and reunite with his family, find a quiet community in another city to live in. He speaks with a heavy heart and a moving heart. In New York, not only relatives and friends came to meet to inquire about Han Qing’s situation and to help me live in the United States, but also unfamiliar overseas Chinese who learned that it was me expressed admiration for Han Qing’s sacrifice for the country and condemned Chiang Kai shek for his cruelty to loyalty.
Kong Xiangxi asked a friend to pass on a message, saying that there is a small bungalow for sale on the mountaintop of Hollywood City, Los Angeles. The mountain is high, the roads are narrow, and there are few houses in the community, so he wants to buy it for me. I went to Los Angeles to see a house, and as he introduced, the location and tranquility of this house make it a great place to live. I bought it myself and didn’t ask Kong Xiangxi for a gift. A heartfelt affection for him.
In Los Angeles, I relied on my economic knowledge to buy and sell stocks. Whenever there was a surplus, I bought nearby properties for rent and settled down in the United States. The child gradually grew up and started a family and career. Because of my relationship with Soong May-ling in the United States, Chiang Kai shek and his gang were not able to stop contacting Han Qing, but they only reported peace. Every time I knew that he was healthy, I had to cry bitterly.
Year after year has passed. In 1964, the “Xi’an Incident Confession Record” written by Han Qing a few years ago was reported on the market in Taiwan, and a magazine was published, which was subsequently seized. This was what Han Qing and I had anticipated for a long time, but we didn’t expect it to appear in this form. This is to shift the responsibility for the failure of Jiang and his group to be expelled from the mainland to Han Qing, as a means of deceiving the world. Han Qing never admits guilt, let alone he doesn’t have this literary level at all. Zhao Si didn’t read much in school and didn’t have such a writing style.
In 1964, Chiang Kai shek planned a self deceiving joke about divorce and marriage, using the excuse that the church demanded monogamy to block Han Qing’s path to reunite with his family and achieve freedom in the United States. For this matter, a distant relative of the Zhang family suddenly came to the United States from Taiwan to find me. This person, who had not had much contact with him, actually came straight to the point and said that he was here to divorce Han Qing. I asked him if he was sent by the government and what agency is it in Taiwan?
He said: ‘He is a government official, but he came not on government orders but for the safety of Han Qing.’. I asked him: Did Han Qing entrust you to come? He hesitated and replied, ‘No, it’s because Han Qing, after years of education, has confessed and abided by the law, and is willing to die with Zhao Si in Taiwan, which is why he wants to divorce.’. And he said, ‘This is what he said to Han Qing and Zhao Si at Han Qing’s house.’.
I talked to Han Qing over the phone about this matter, and he said, “We will always be us. It’s up to you to decide how to handle this matter. I still sing ‘Silang Detects Mother’ every day
In order to protect the safety of Han Qing, I signed this dictator’s name, but I also want to explain to the world that I do not acknowledge the illegal so-called divorce or marriage imposed on me. Han Qing’s words’ we will always be us’ are enough, the two of us do not recognize it. Soong May-ling and I send each other Christmas and New Year cards every year. That year, she still wrote on the envelope that Mrs. Zhang would accept it. This will happen every year in the future.
Zhao Si disregarded his previous vows and said he would always be grateful for my kindness to her. He said he would never have any status as the secretary of Han Qing for the rest of his life, and I don’t blame her for being like this today. However, she knew it was blocking Han Qing’s path to freedom.