Later, the Nationalist government adopted a series of gentle policies for the Manchu Qing widows, and the emperor Puyi could still live in the Forbidden City, and some Manchu Imperial Officials could enjoy high preferential policies. However, after the abdication of Emperor Puyi, how much influence was there?
In 1912, with the formal establishment of the Republic of China, Puyi had been emperor for less than three years, so he had to issue an "abdication edict" to announce his abdication to the people of the world on February 12. However, the government of the Republic of China was still very sympathetic to him, giving him super high and generous treatment, giving gifts every New Year's Festival, not abolishing his title of emperor, and retaining all the imperial system. In particular, every Spring Festival, the National Government also sent representatives to the Forbidden City to pay tribute to Puyi, and when Puyi's stepmother, Empress Longyu, died, Yuan Shikai, who was the president of the People's Republic of China, also went to mourn, and the flag was lowered to half-mast throughout the country to show mourning.
It can be said that although Puyi has no real power after his abdication, the influence of the emperor still exists, and the people of the world seem to respect the emperor very much, and the traditional etiquette system should have a lot, especially the Manchu Qing relics will pat their sleeves to pay homage to Puyi every time they see Puyi, even if warlords around the world visit Puyi, the etiquette of visiting the shrine cannot be spared. For example, in 1925, Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, led a team to Tianjin to do business, so he went to the place where Puyi lived to visit, when the domineering zhang dashuai saw Puyi, he immediately knelt down with a pop, and also shouted while kneeling: "Please be safe to the emperor, may my emperor live long live" and other prayers, at this time Puyi was also scared enough, because he had suffered from warlords before, and he could not imagine that this Zhang Dashuai respected himself so much.
In 1932, the influence of the abdicated Puyi was still strong, and some Manchus always unconditionally supported him in restoring the Qing Dynasty, so the Japanese began to focus on the value of Puyi's influence, recruited him, and assisted him in establishing the puppet state of Manchukuo, so that Puyi had returned to become the emperor of the puppet manchukuo in 1932 since he announced his abdication in 1912. After Puyi established the puppet state of Manchukuo, there was also a small imperial palace for him to stay in, and another group of Manchu officials followed him, but everyone knew that Puyi still did not have real power, but was just a puppet of the Japanese.
The reason why the puppet state of Manchukuo can be established is precisely because of the influence of Puyi, the emperor, after all, he has announced his abdication, but many villains feel that the situation is only temporarily unfavorable, and they are forced to abdicate, I believe that when the situation is reversed, Puyi can still re-ascend the throne, its fundamental prestige is still there, and there are many people who support him. Therefore, some warlords and forces will respect Puyi, after all, his words and deeds will affect the entire situation under the world. Later, Puyi's act of establishing a puppet state of Manchukuo with his influence also confirmed his determination to restore the imperial system, which could be regarded as a crime committed, and the Republic of China government was absolutely unacceptable, so Puyi was removed from all royal treatment and reduced to a sinner.
In 1949, the war gradually ended, Puyi was imprisoned in the war criminals management center for his previous behavior, and carried out labor reform, and later the people's government gave him a special amnesty and let him leave the war criminals management center because of his special status and the influence of the emperor's title. After Puyi was released from prison, he officially became an ordinary person, but because of identity reasons, sometimes it will be slightly embarrassing, it is also difficult to find a job, every time a recruiter learns that he is the last emperor, most of them are afraid to hire, and later he makes the other party embarrassed when applying for an ID card, so the other party has to write Puyi's address as: Forbidden City.
It is said that Puyi, who restored his freedom, finally found a job under the spring breeze of the revolution. So he commuted to work on time every day from nine to five, one day Puyi wore glasses and wore Zhongshan suits to prepare to take the bus to work, at this time there was a group of Manchu Qing widows standing next to the station, some of whom recognized the emperor Puyi at a glance, so Qi Qi threw his sleeves and bowed, shouting: "Please be safe to the emperor, long live long live", this matter made Puyi embarrassed again, and did not know how to answer. It can be seen from this that after Puyi abdicated, his influence is still very large.