Evaluate Zhang's merits and demerits from two aspects.

Zhang has never signed an agreement to transfer sovereign territory to foreign countries (all concessions to Japan are basically verbal agreements or initiatives, and no official documents have been seen), and some railways and mineral deposits have also been successfully recovered. At that time, a rickshaw driver was beaten by foreigners at Shenyang Railway Station and went to the police station to complain, but there was nothing he could do when he went to the foreigner police station. As a result, Zhang cursed: Mom, if she is bullied in her own place, she dares to report it and pass it on. If anyone is beaten by a foreigner in the future and doesn't fight back, I will fight here. If she hits a foreigner, I will reward two oceans.

Inward Mukden was the most stable and developed area in China at that time, which can be seen from the scale of the air force and modern navy of the Northeast Army. In addition, every year on Confucius' birthday, Zhang puts on his robe and goes to school to give gifts to teachers. At that time, Northeastern University was the school with the strongest hardware and teachers in China, and the annual activity funds were several times that of Peking University. It can be said that all warlords paid attention to education at that time, which was 10 thousand times better than the present education. The level of Jiangwutang and Arsenal in Northeast China can be seen from the fighting capacity of Feng Jun. Without Guo Songling's anti-Feng Jun history, it would probably be rewritten. It is great that the central government in Beijing does not yield to power or compromise. In my opinion, there is another one, that is, rounding up Li Dazhao and others and strangling them, which embodies national integrity. At that time, the atmosphere was very bad. If you did something bad, you would rent it or run to the embassy. However, Zhang was fearless and reiterated China's political and legal rights. The behavior of Li Dazhao and others who recognize thieves as fathers makes people feel far from the six gentlemen of the 1898 Movement.

As for the past, it was a waste of money and manpower year after year. Of course, failure is inevitable. In short, Zhang's troops are very similar to the later Japanese troops, that is, they have strong fighting capacity and pure blood. They are all bloodlines, but they lack the breath of all rivers. Of course, Zhang Dashuai is one of the most influential warlords. This is the reason why people in Northeast China worship Zhang Dashuai.