On August 1, 1950, a train from the Soviet Union,
A sickly skinny middle-aged man's face was full of uneasiness
He was surrounded by bearded Soviets who kept a close eye on him and watched the middle-aged man's every move.
Finally, as if the middle-aged man had made up his mind, he slowly groped his trouser pocket and felt a verdant jade wrench from it, just by looking at the brilliant green light, he knew that this jade wrench was worth a lot.
The middle-aged man handed the jade wrench to the Soviets around him with a flattering face, who knew that the Soviets had a disdainful face and did not look down on this treasure he had smuggled out of the palace.
The middle-aged man finally looked desperate, leaned back on the train chair like a destiny, looked at the speeding scenery outside the window, and recalled life in the ancient city.
The middle-aged man named Ai Xin Jueluo Puyi was the last emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and puyi, who was called the "last emperor" in the history books.
In 1906, in the ancient city of Beijing, in a huge palace, Puyi was born, and his birth mother was the daughter of Ronglu, a favorite confidant of Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guarjia clan.
At this time, the Qing government was already in the stage of thinning Shanxi, like the last ray of light in the dusk, about to be extinguished.
People of insight can clearly feel that this old empire can no longer keep up with the trend of the world, and looking around, the great powers look at the wolf and intend to divide China.
Looking at the country, the reformers and conservatives were fighting each other endlessly, and even the two most powerful figures in Beijing, the Guangxu Emperor and Cixi Tai, were at odds with each other.
As early as eight years before Puyi's birth, the Guangxu Emperor, faced with the reality of internal and external difficulties and humiliation at the end of the Qing Dynasty, launched a huge movement to change the law, known as the Hundred Days Restoration.
Later, due to the excessive power of the opposition, Cixi intervened to end this change initiated by the Guangxu Emperor.
Among the tan si and others who are known as the six gentlemen of the Peng Shu in the change of law, they are even martyred for the change of law and killed to become benevolent.
One of the consequences of this change of law was that it led to the discord between Guangxu and Cixi, who was henceforth placed under house arrest on a small island in the palace lake, and Cixi was also due to his advanced age, plus the curtain to listen to the government after all, the name was not justified, and he gradually lost control of state affairs.
Ai Xin Jue Luo Puyi was born in these turbulent years.
In 1908, the Guangxu Emperor was seriously ill, Cixi ordered that Puyi be carried into the palace, the news came, Puyi's father Zaifeng's palace was suddenly in chaos, Puyi's mother and grandmother did not want Puyi to enter the palace, because everyone knew that entering the palace at this time was directly in the biggest whirlpool.
But no one dared to disobey the orders of Lafayette Cixi,
In the end, Puyi's nursing mother carried the young Puyi into the palace.
On November 14 of that year, the Guangxu Emperor died of illness, and on the second day, Cixi died of illness, and the land of China lost its ruler in just two days.
On December 2 of the same year, Puyi ascended the throne at the Taihe Temple, and Puyi became the nominal supreme ruler of the land of China, the ruler of this country, and became a young child who was not yet three years old.
In the first year of Puyi's ascension to the throne, the Qing government was once again brewing a change of law, and in this year the Qing court issued an edict instructing the preparation of a constitution, and the feudal dynasty finally realized that it had lagged behind the tide of history.
In the third year of Puyi's ascension to the throne, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, the fire of the revolution instantly burned, like dominoes collapsing, multiple identities in the south declared independence, and the Qing court was crumbling.
At this time, Yuan Shikai, the last pillar of the Qing court, sent a final blow.
Sun Yat-sen conspired with Yuan Shikai to make Yuan Shikai the provisional president of the Republic of China if Yuan Shikai could persuade Puyi to abdicate.
Therefore, under the persecution of Yuan Shikai, the Qing court, which originally had little strength, had to submit.
On February 12, 1912, Puyi abdicated and could only live in the Forbidden City, which was still the supreme emperor, and no one outside the imperial city recognized him anymore.
According to the discussion with the Republic of China, Puyi still maintained the emperor's pomp and circumstance in the Forbidden City, and every year the Republic of China government gave Puyi four million taels of silver to meet his life, so Puyi's daily life has hardly changed.
At this time, Puyi also began to receive education, and some of his teachers taught him Manchu, some taught him Chinese, and there were also various enlightenment books.
However, there was no natural science popular at that time.
In 1919, a foreign officer came to the palace where Puyi lived, and this officer named Johnston came to the palace and became Puyi's foreign teacher, under the guidance of Johnston.
Puyi saw many novelties in the ancient palace, such as bicycles, hot air balloons, and small trains.
Johnston also introduced the humanistic features of other countries in the world at that time for Puyi, which made Puyi, who was accustomed to life in the palace, excited.
In addition, Puyi at this time has already tasted personnel for the first time.
It turned out that the palace women in the palace could not bear the loneliness, coupled with the corruption of the palace system, so they secretly seduced Puyi, and even let him eat relevant entertainment drugs, which also laid the foundation for his future physical corruption.
Johnston brought changes to Puyi, he also began to wear suits, wearing gentleman's hats, using civilized sticks, and the Western style of living and shedding, which was undoubtedly fiercely opposed by the conservative teachers in the palace, which further encouraged Puyi's desire to leave this cage.
In 1922, Puyi got married, and the happiest thing he was at this time was to be able to go out of the city to play.
Soon, Puyi's peaceful life ushered in a turning point.
In 1924, Feng Yuxiang, who had defected in the Second Zhifeng War, came to Beijing and put Cao Kun under house arrest, which led to the downfall of Wu Peifu, and Feng Yuxiang, who was deeply aware of the intricacies of the old forces in Beijing, rushed into the Forbidden City to steal a large amount of property in order to achieve the "revolution", and forced Puyi to move out of the Forbidden City and return to the palace of his father Prince Alcohol.
The Japanese, who felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, persuaded Puyi to hide in the Japanese lease, and the Japanese minister announced that he would take Puyi in.
It turned out that the Japanese ruling class at this time,
The "Mainland Policy" has been established
So Puyi became a part of their plan.
Because at this time, due to the short period of revolution in China, the conservative forces in China were still quite strong, not to mention that the Japanese, as foreigners, wanted to rule China, and they must first support the puppet regime to reduce the intensity of resistance of the Chinese.
From the Japanese point of view, Puyi was undoubtedly the perfect person to realize their plan.
Puyi, who entered the Japanese lending life, was deeply ashamed and humiliated, vowed to take revenge, in order to seek support from all sides, Puyi in addition to a group of restorationists, conservatives in tandem, he also frequently went in and out of various countries on loans, legations.
Puyi, who is regarded by foreigners as a strange commodity, has become the guest of honor in these places, as long as Puyi arrives at the legation, the ministers of various countries will warmly welcome Puyi, all kinds of salons, banquets will also invite Puyi, even some places that are not open to Chinese, are also open to Puyi, they also call Puyi the emperor of China, so that Puyi seems to really feel that he is still the master of this land of Shenzhou.
However, over time, Puyi also felt that something was wrong, because although these national forces ostensibly said that they supported Puyi, they were implemented into specific actions.
That is to ask for money without money, and no one to ask for people.
This made Puyi undoubtedly suffer a blow, so at this time, Puyi thought of the Japanese again.
To this end, the Japanese sent a big secret agent Toihara Kenji to lobby Puyi, Toihara Kenji is a Chinese tong, in order to persuade Puyi, Toihara Kenji gave Puyi a condition that he could not refuse, that is, after occupying China, let Puyi become the emperor of this new country.
Puyi thought for a long time, this condition made Puyi moved, but Puyi also knew very well that if he really did this, it would mean betraying the country, but in order to get revenge, he hardly thought about it, and agreed to the japanese request and left from Tianjin to the northeast.
On September 18, 1931, the Japanese launched the September 18 Incident, which shocked China and foreign countries.
The apparent intention to rule China has aroused extreme vigilance at home and abroad.
Because in addition to Japan, countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Russia all enjoy huge interests in China, and they do not want Japan to monopolize these interests.
Not to mention that in the people, there was originally a very large anti-Japanese sentiment, and now the Japanese wolf ambitions are clear, which has caused great resistance to their desire to further rule China.
So in order to defuse these obstacles, but also to put a cloak of rationality on their own actions,
The Japanese increasingly needed Puyi as a buffer pawn.
As soon as Puyi arrived in the northeast, with the support of the Japanese, he established a "puppet Manchukuo" and exchanged letters of state with Japan, and the "puppet Manchukuo" recognized Japan's special interests in the northeast, and the military and political power was all handed over to Japan, and the mineral railway was also controlled by the Japanese, and the Japanese supported Puyi's becoming a "Manchukuo"
"Emperor, Grand Marshal of the Army, Navy and Air Force"
。
At the inauguration ceremony on the same day, in order to show support for Puyi, Japan also specially sent more than 200 officials to participate to show its full support for Puyi.
For a time, Puyi was twice on the "Time Magazine" and seemed to have become a political star in Asia.
In 1945, "Manchukuo" ushered in its final time, the Soviet Red Army was ordered to attack Fengtian, for a while, the chickens and dogs in Fengtian City jumped, and Puyi, who was in a hurry, also fled to the airport with the guards.
But Puyi did not escape, he was still captured by the Soviet Red Army, and Puyi, who became a prisoner of the order, first stayed in the Soviet Union for five years.
He was then handed over to China in 1950 and became a war criminal.
In 1956, the central government put forward the idea of reforming war criminals, and Puyi gradually came up with the idea of writing an autobiography about the first half of his life in the reform of war criminals.
In 1959, Puyi was pardoned and released from prison, after which he first lived in his sister's house, and then went to work at the Botanical Museum and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Museum of Culture and History.
Just after being released from prison, Puyi harvested his love, it turned out that Puyi's health was not good, often had to go to the hospital to see a doctor, one after another, Puyi fell in love with Li Shuxian, a nurse at Chaowaiguanxiang Hospital, and at this time Li Shuxian had divorced twice, although Puyi was not disgusted, but there was not much like, the married life of the two times has made her no longer have hope for marriage.
However, the superior leaders are very concerned about Puyi's life, after learning of Puyi's good feelings for Li Shuxian, the superior leaders also talked to Li Shuxian, after many considerations,
Li Shuxian eventually agreed to marry Puyi.
Puyi treated Li Shuxian very well, in his own words, although he had five wives in his life, but before he did not understand feelings, he just treated his wives as playthings, just played when he was happy, and ignored them for a few days.
The marriage with Li Shuxian was the first time puyi felt the sweetness of love.
Puyi treats Li Shuxian very thoughtfully, such as Li Shuxian working in the hospital, sometimes it is inevitable to work late, just at this time, Puyi will wait for Li Shuxian at the door until Li Shuxian comes home.
On the other hand, Puyi is very fond of Peking Opera, and watching Peking Opera has become a pastime in his later years, but whenever Li Shuxian is physically inconvenienced, Puyi will take care of Li Shuxian at home.
At the same time, Li Shuxian has a bit of a cold and flu,
Puyi will be very nervous and write the progress of the disease into his diary.
However, the married life of Li Shuxian and Puyi is not harmonious, because Puyi's health is not good and he cannot have sex, which has become a thorn between the two, and the age difference between the two is still too much.
At the same time, in terms of living habits, Li Shuxian and Puyi also have many differences.
Before pursuing Li Shuxian, Puyi would dress himself neatly,
But after getting married, Puyi was exposed in its original form.
It turns out that Puyi does not like to dress up, life is also very simple, usually are cloth cloth shoes, although very frugal, but for a woman who is at the age of Fanghua, this is almost like her father dressed up, not to mention, Puyi's health is not good, for Li Shuxian, marrying Puyi, more like becoming Puyi's personal doctor.
But Puyi is different from Li Shuxian, his previous marriages have ended without a problem, and they are full of various factors of interest, after experiencing the betrayal in the previous marriage,
Puyi attaches more importance to this marriage with Li Shuxian.
In 1966, Puyi suffered from uremia, and in the last moments of his life, Puyi gave his memoirs to Li Shuxian.
It turned out that when he was reforming in the war criminals' center, Puyi began to write this memoir of himself while visiting and studying various revolutionary attractions, even if he was seriously ill and bedridden, he resolutely did not give up, until the last moment of his life, this book that poured all of Puyi's efforts was finally completed.
Giving this memoir to the woman he loves the most is the last thing Puyi can do in the last years, but I'm afraid even Puyi didn't expect it.
Because of this move of his own, it actually caused a lawsuit that lasted for ten years.
It turned out to be a copy of Puyi
"The First Half of My Life"
It records his own experience from birth to the reform of war criminals, because Puyi's life has ups and downs, which makes this book have a legend that other historical materials do not have, so it is loved by readers, and the book is also prosperous for a long time and has high economic value.
According to common sense, Puyi gave this book to Li Shuxian, and the copyright of this book should be owned by Li Shuxian, but some people disagree, because this book is not written by Puyi himself, and there is someone else who wrote it.
This person is the editor-in-chief of the Mass Publishing House, Li Wenda.
It turned out that Puyi had always written an autobiography about the first half of his life in the War Criminals Management Center to review his life.
However, Puyi's own talent was not enough to support him to complete this work, so he found Li Wenda, the editor of the Mass Publishing House.
With the help of Li Wenda, Puyi sorted out his life's experience, and even about some historical materials, li Wenda personally searched.
In puyi's last serious moment of illness, Li Wenda personally recorded what Puyi said lying on the hospital bed, so Li Wenda also spent a lot of effort on this book, and can be called the second author of this book.
But for various reasons, Li Wenda did not write his name into the author in the end, perhaps for him, this book is about Puyi's life after all.
Adding your own name is not appropriate.
After Puyi's death, some foreign directors wanted to film about the life of this last emperor.
Li Wenda granted the corresponding copyright to the director.
However, this matter was discovered by Puyi's widow Li Shuxian, and no one asked her for relevant opinions, puyi gave her the book before she died.
For this reason, she sued Li Wenda in court, asking the court to rule that the corresponding copyright belonged to her.
However, at this time, China did not have relevant laws on this aspect, and the court had no way to make a corresponding judgment.
The two invited many parties to help for this, and the public said that the public was justified, and the mother said that the wife was reasonable, which became a case that did not understand the relationship.
If the first instance does not work, the second instance will appeal, Li Shuxian will not abide by it, and constantly look for the court to sue.
Because the book has been reprinted continuously, it has sold millions of copies, comparable to a small gold mine.
So for ten years, Li Shuxian and Li Wenda were fighting a lawsuit, until a year before Li Shuxian's death, after the court judgment, the copyright of "The First Half of My Life" belonged to her, and at this time Li Wenda had also died for a long time.
There is no winner in the ten-year copyright lawsuit between the two sides, but it seems that Puyi is sad behind him, perhaps Li Shuxian has feelings for Puyi, but there is absolutely no love, then when Puyi dies, in order to swallow this rich inheritance alone, it has become a matter of course.
And Puyi, as an ordinary person who did not have much ability, was fortunate to live to old age in that turbulent era, after all, during those years, China really suffered too much and sacrificed too many people to have peace and strength, but he was unfortunate.
He was lifted high by the times and then thrown down by the times, which may be the reason why his last work is so popular.