In 1928 Chang Tso-lin was killed by a Japanese in Huanggutun after refusing to submit to Japanese imperialism. Chang Hsueh-liang, just 27, ascended to his father's position to be the warlord ruler of Manchuria and thus attained his nickname, the "Young Marshal."
民國十七年，張作霖因不願臣服於日本帝國主義而在皇姑屯遭日本軍人炸死，張學良以二十七歲之齡就任東三省保安總司令，成為統治整個東北的「東北王」。