China is a country with a fairly long history, from the emperor Shennong clan to rule with a crown on his back, to now thousands of years of vicissitudes. Remembering history and remembering bittersweet memories is also worth learning from us modern people. The most fascinating thing about history is that its immutable story is ingenious that even the best screenwriters can't write. Making assumptions about various historical events has also become the most talked about topic after our tea and dinner.
For example, if Xiang Yu knew that Liu Bang would later unify the world, would he still let him go at the Hongmen Banquet? Some people say that there will be some people who say no, some people think that Xiang Yu is a bully who is not afraid of heaven, even if he knows the final result, he will definitely choose to fight with the heavens to see if Liu Bang really has so much power. Some people will think that Xiang Yu will definitely kill him, so that the world will almost become his bag. No one dared to stand up to him anymore.
For example, if Cao Cao knew that Sima Yi was going to seize power from his Cao family in the future, would Cao Cao kill him? Cao Cao was a suspicious man, and according to folklore, there was a wolf who would become an emperor in the future. The so-called wolf care is to stand still, and the head can be turned backwards by 180 degrees.
Such people are very rare, and if there is any, they can become an emperor in the future. Sima Yi had this skill. Therefore, Cao Cao would be wary of him. Then, if Cao Cao knew what was going to happen next, whether he would premeditate and kill this person in advance was difficult to predict, because Sima Yi was Zhuge Liang's enemy, and only he could hold Zhuge Liang. If you kill him, maybe before Cao Pi can heat up the dragon chair, Zhuge Liang will fight with a large army, so how Cao Cao chose really can't guess.
There is also a hypothetical question, if Puyi met the person who fired the first shot in the Wuchang Uprising, what would be the meeting between them?
I have always thought that Puyi is the most tragic emperor, because when he was the emperor, he did not know what an emperor was, and when he understood, he was no longer the emperor, and he also wanted to live back to the previous days, but the building would fall, and he could not stop it.
The Japanese did help him, but they only regarded him as a puppet emperor who controlled the people's hearts, and Zhang Xun had helped him restore, but this farce lasted only seven days. A gunshot from the Wuchang uprising extinguished all of Puyi's illusions, and the person who fired this shot was Xiong Bingkun.
Xiong Bingkun (first from right)
So, if Puyi and Xiong Bingkun met, what would it be like? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, both became members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and at the state banquet in 1961, the two met again.
It is reasonable to say that puyi, in addition to writing a book "The First Half of My Life", did not have much contribution to the construction of new China, but his status is special, in order to more comprehensively implement the new concept of equality for all, Puyi's transformation is particularly important, because he can set an example for the people of the whole country, even the emperor is no exception. From a generation of emperors to a commoner, do you think it's that easy! But Puyi still completed the transformation and became a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On top of the state banquet, Puyi heard that Xiong Bingkun also came, and specially asked to toast him with a glass of wine, after the two people met, Puyi's first sentence was "Thank you for that old shot!" Some people said that he was mocking himself by saying this. I don't think so, China in 1961 is already a brand new China, China has changed with each passing day, Puyi has seen in his eyes. This also made him understand that the overthrow of the feudal dynasty was an unstoppable trend, and he was a member of the aisin Kyora family, and he should have the world in mind. He should be grateful to the new government in his heart.
More than ten days later, when the two met again, they had a new friend, that is, Xiong Zhonglin, who drove Puyi out of the Forbidden City, and the last three people took a group photo.