Puyi was killed by 2 bombs and 1 dud bomb to end the emperor's dream, but he was proud of it, why is this?
Zhang Xun's restoration was a farce that delayed Puyi for a short period of twelve days as emperor, and according to Puyi himself, he experienced the first air raid in Chinese history.
On this day, the little emperor issued 9 consecutive edicts, which were all prepared in advance, of which Zhang Xun was appointed as the governor of direct subordination and the minister of Beiyang, And Feng Guozhang was made the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of Nanyang, and at the same time issued a restoration telegram drafted by Kang Youwei and signed by Zhang Xun, and from this day onwards, the name of Xuantong was changed to Xuantong, and July 1, 6 of the Republic of China became The 9th of May 13, the police forced the people in the city to hang the dragon flag, and the residents had no choice but to take the flag made of paper to cope. The Qing Dynasty robes, which had not appeared for many years, suddenly became fashion all over the street, and the spring breeze swayed triumphantly.
In those days, three kinds of shops outside the front door of Beijing made a lot of windfalls, one was a clothing shop, rushing to make dragon flags for sale; one was a clothing shop, the Qing Dynasty gowns were the best-sellers that the widows and elders who had just sealed the officials were competing to buy, and the other was to make costume props, and some people asked them to use ponytails to make wig braids.
The feudal dynasty has become rotten meat, despised by the broad masses of the people, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other provinces electrified unanimously, opposing restoration, President Li Yuanhong held the presidential seal to hide in the Japanese legation on July 2, let Feng Guozhang act as president, reappointed Duan Qirui as the premier, on the second day Duan Qirui swore an oath at the horse farm near Tianjin, with the heroic posture of rebuilding the Republic of China, recognized himself as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, electrified the whole country to oppose the restoration, and made Cao Kun the commander of the Western Route Army and Duan Zhigui the commander of the Eastern Route Army, and sent troops to attack Beijing on the fifth day.
Duan Qirui dispatched aircraft cannons to attack Zhang Xun's braided army, which was entrenched in the capital. The plane, the most advanced combat weapon in China at that time, even flew over the imperial palace of the center of the restoration and threw three long bombs, and as a result, one landed on the Longzong Gate, injuring two palanquins, one fell in the pool of the imperial garden, blowing up the corner of the pool, and the other landed on the tile eaves of the Longfu Gate on the West Long Street, did not explode, but scared the eunuchs who were gambling there to half death, and the plane roared and the bomb exploded, and the Forbidden City, which had never seen such a scene, suddenly trembled, and the Xuantong Emperor shivered like chaff and the masters had no color. The concubines were frightened and went under the table, and Puyi said: After this fight, the prostrations did not come, the upper edict was gone, most of the ministers of parliament had no shadow, and they were divided into easts and hiding in Tibet, and finally only Wang Shizhen and Chen Baochen were left.
The Restoration Dynasty was very fragile, these two bombs and a dud bomb exploded the soul, Puyi affirmed: This is the first air raid in Chinese history, the first time in the history of China's civil war to use the air force, the tone seems to carry a trace of pride. Zhang Xun's braided army was soon defeated, and a braid was thrown in the city of Beijing, which was said to have been cut and thrown away by Zhang Xun's braid soldiers when they fled for their lives.
On the 12th, the rebel army marched into Beijing, Zhang Xun hid in the Dutch legation with gray braids, and the dejected emperor Chen Baochen and the prince Zaifeng came to the little emperor with the abdication edict, and the little emperor could not resist the sadness and fear of the double attack, and could not help but cry bitterly. Zhang Xun's restoration was short-lived, and Puyi only became an emperor with a false name for 12 days.