History is made up of the living and the lives of the dead reconstructed for the sake of the living. —Raymond Aaron
In 1912, Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, announced his abdication, which marked the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the end of absolute monarchy in China. Although Yuan Shikai later claimed the title of emperor and Zhang Xun was restored, they all failed in the opposition of the people. It can be said that the monarchy is completely over in our country. But what everyone did not expect was that in 1985, some people were still claiming the emperor. This man was a farmer from Sichuan named Zeng Yinglong.
Zeng Yinglong was born in Guang'an County, Sichuan Province, and began to claim the title of emperor in 1985 in the county seat of Guang'an County, Sichuan. The founding of the People's Republic of China was great, and the year of 1985 AD was changed to the first year of the Taiping. The reason why Zeng Yinglong was called emperor had a lot to do with his family situation. Zeng Yinglong has given birth to two daughters, and according to the family planning policy, they cannot be regenerated. In order for his son to start running to other places, it can be said that there is a home that cannot be returned. Later, at the suggestion of others, he began to claim the title of emperor. The reason why it is very simple to call the emperor is because the emperor can marry three wives and four concubines, so that he can have as many children as he wants.
Zeng Yinglong knew some words, and at that time, he often lived by arithmetic and watching feng shui, so he would make up some things randomly, and many people also believed in what he said. Before he became emperor, he did a lot of preparatory work like most people in history who wanted to be emperor. It is said everywhere that there is a talking baby fish on the Guanyin Rock in the middle reaches of the WuJiang River, and every full moon night it will sing a nursery rhyme such as "False Dragon Sinks, True Dragon Rises; South of the River, Descend to Taiping". These children's songs were sung everywhere, and after a long time, Zeng Yinglong thought that the time was ripe and began to return to his hometown to claim the title of emperor.
In 1985, Zeng Yinglong returned to his hometown and began to claim the title of emperor. At the time of his reign as emperor he occupied the local hospital. Destroyed a lot of medical supplies, and what is even more bizarre is that he sealed more than forty female nurses and doctors as his concubines. As soon as the country was founded, he began to take wives and concubines. However, this emperor came and disappeared quickly. It didn't take long for the local police to arrest these people, and Zeng Yinglong wanted to dive into the water to "martyr the country", but was rescued. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment.
This incident is purely a farce when viewed now, but at that time, because many people were only limited and believed in many superstitious things, there was this farce. However, although Zeng Yinglong's kingdom of Dayou was destroyed, he himself was arrested. But when he was in prison, he still liked to be his majesty, and he had to say that feudal thought was very cruel.