张学良“枪杀杨常事件”评析

A Historical Analysis of Why Peter H.L.Chang Killed Yang and Chang in 1929

张学良在完成东北易帜后,在内政方面做的第一件大事是枪杀杨宇霆和常荫槐。杨常之所以被杀,是因为他们触犯了为政的大忌,专横跋扈,恣意妄为,不以主帅为重。但考诸事实,杨常虽有致死之由,却无应杀之罪。张学良之所以以中世纪喋血功臣的方式枪杀杨常,主要是受人挑拨,特别是日本人的离间,让张学良感到恐慌。枪杀杨常是未经过任何法律和程序的,枪杀杨常后对东北政局具有正负两方面的影响。张学良枪杀杨常既反映出他具有政治家非凡的决断能力和气魄,同时也反映出他内心还有不自信的一面。

After Peter H.L. Chang took over the ruling in Northeast China in 1928, the first important thing he did was killing Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai. The reason why they had to be killed was that they violated the old China＇s tradition of official circles, i.e. , disobeyed Peter Chang＇s often commands in addition to their imperiousness and riding roughshod over all opposition to their ideas. But, in view of legality, there were no full reasons to put Yang and Chang to death though Peter Chang thought that they were so evil to him that they both to be eliminated. What he did was like an ancient emperor killing his high ministers. The real reasons of killing them were that some ones especially Japanese sowed dissention between Peter Chang and them to frighten Peter Chang. There is no historic evidence to prove that killing Yang and Chang had been in accordance with legal proceedings, and the killing exerted both positive and negative influence on Northeast China＇s political situation then. The killing not only reflected Peter H. L. Chang＇ s remarkable courage and ability in judgment as a politician, but also revealed that he lacked confidence in his inner world.