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Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

The feudal dynasty lasted from the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 AD, and after more than 2,000 years, a large number of treasures were accumulated in the imperial palaces of successive rulers. Unfortunately, in the Yuanmingyuan, which was burned down by the British and French forces in 1860, a large number of cultural relics and treasures in its treasures were looted, and then the Eight-Power Alliance forced the Qing court to "compensate" huge losses in the same way, resulting in several treasures that had been handed down for thousands of years abroad and remained missing.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

However, the Qing court's collection was so rich that even if the compensation was more than two silver, the royal family also had its own "small treasury". Puyi was the last emperor in Chinese history, and he should have enjoyed the glory and wealth in the deep palace like the ancestors. However, fate made a huge joke on him, he took the throne at the age of 3, was forced to abdicate at the age of 6, and was deprived of the title of emperor in a vacuum, although he could continue to live in the Forbidden City, and there were 4 million silver dollars used every year, but he could not catch up with the life he had lived.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

It was not until 1924 that the northwest warlord Feng Yuxiang sent Lu Zhonglin to invade the Forbidden City, launched the "Beijing Coup", forced Puyi to leave the palace, and successfully obtained a large number of treasures in the palace, since then, Puyi's palace life has come to an end. However, at this time, Puyi was not Puyi who was forced to abdicate, he had already made plans before the arrival of this day, he collected the treasures in the palace in advance, and asked people to secretly transport them out of the palace, while he himself secretly sewed a rare treasure into a cotton coat on the day he left the Forbidden City.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

In the following seven years, Puyi tried every means to restore the throne, wandered between various forces, and suffered a lot of practical blows, and his life became more and more difficult. Although Puyi established the puppet state of Manchukuo under the support of Japan and once again served as the "emperor", after all, he had no real name, and while bearing the scorn of the people of the world, he also had to maintain his luxurious life, and the consumption was very huge. After Japan's defeat, Puyi experienced 5 years of war criminal years in the Soviet Union, and during his imprisonment, he never revealed the whereabouts of the treasure he carried with him.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

The treasure that Puyi sewed in the cotton coat was nothing else, it was the Tian Huang Three Chain Seal that had been passed down from generation to generation. Tian Huang Three Chain Seal is the Qianlong Emperor's favorite object, it is composed of three Tian Huangshi material seals, the chains that link them together, are also made by Tian Huangshi, the three seals are connected to each other, together form an inseparable whole. In the TianHuang Three Chain Seal, the left seal is a square with the words "Qianlong Chenhan", which is the special seal of the Qianlong Emperor.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

The middle seal is oval and engraved with the word "Lotte"; the seal on the right is also a square like the left, reflecting the Chinese's love and pursuit of "symmetrical beauty". The seal on the right is inscribed with the inscription "Only The Essence is the Only One", and it and "Lotte" are from the Confucian classic "Book of Shang", which means that the ruler should think of danger in peace, conform to the will of Heaven, and understand the principles of nature. The Qianlong Emperor engraved these words in the seal, both to remind himself at all times and to convey his ideas on governance.

Before Puyi was expelled from the palace, he had secretly taken away one thing, and now it is the treasure of the Forbidden City

Fortunately, the TianHuang Three Chain Seal is still well preserved, and since Puyi returned to China in 1950, just in time to resist the United States and aid Korea, Puyi did not hesitate to hand over the Tian Huang Three Chain Seal that was closely preserved to the state. Now, the Tian Huang Three Chain Seal has been collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing, until 1997, when the appearance of the Tian Huang Three Chain Seal was used to make small stamps for the people of the whole country to enjoy.

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