1912 was a painful time for the Qing court, because it was in this year that Empress Longyu, under various pressures, issued an abdication edict on behalf of the young emperor, declaring the end of the Qing Dynasty and withdrawing from the stage of Chinese history.
Empress Longyu (from the internet)
Fortunately, although the Qing Dynasty is dead, the Republic of China government is still very good to the Qing Dynasty royal family, not only allowing the last emperor Puyi and other Qing imperial families to continue to live in the Forbidden City, but also allocating 4 million silver dollars a year to the royal family for living expenses, which is enough for them to live well. Although Puyi lost all the power of the emperor, he still lived the same excellent life as the emperor in the Forbidden City.
But 13 years later, Puyi's good life has come to an end. In October 1924, Feng Yuxiang suddenly launched the Beijing Incident, and as a result, Puyi was expelled from the imperial palace; what was even more frightening to the Qing imperial family was that Feng Yuxiang also announced that the annual living expenses of 4 million yuan for the Qing royal family would be cancelled from now on, which made the royal members who had lived a luxurious life and had no life skills instantly become lost dogs and could only go to the street to beg for food.
Why did Feng Yuxiang want to drive out these people who had already lost their power, and still not give them any treatment, so that they would live in an undetermined place and become a wandering street called Hanako? Is he going too far?
Puyi (from the network)
In fact, this was all caused by the death of the Qing Dynasty royal family and some of the Qing Dynasty's widows and widows themselves, no wonder Feng Yuxiang. These Qing Dynasty royal family members lived extravagantly on weekdays and were not low-key at all. For example, when Puyi got married, the Qing Room actually set up a wedding preparatory committee, and the guests feasted on the guests, doing their utmost luxury. At the same time, natural and man-made disasters continue to occur all over the country, and almost every day there are disasters of starvation and death of starving people!
What is even more hateful is that the qing dynasty's widows and some local warlords frequently had contacts with the court for special purposes. At Puyi's wedding, warlords from all over the world came to give gifts, and many qing dynasty widows and widows also deliberately put on the qing dynasty robes, put on the top plumes of the Qing dynasty, and shouted to go to the streets of Beijing to hang out.
These widows and royalists also took the opportunity to spread rumors everywhere that the emperor was about to be restored, and that the Qing Dynasty would soon return. And none of the royal members of the Qing Dynasty spoke out to refute the rumors, which made the whole Beijing people panic, and even some people sold yellow dragon flags and fake braids, as if the Qing Dynasty was really about to be restored!
In this regard, Feng Yuxiang was very disgusted, but he still patiently waited for Puyi to complete the wedding. After Puyi's wedding, Feng Yuxiang immediately proposed to drive Puyi out of the palace and take the palace into state ownership, but was opposed by the powerful Duan Qirui and ultimately failed to achieve his goal.
Feng Yuxiang stills (from the internet)
In 1924, Feng Yuxiang led troops to capture Beijing and ousted Cao Kun from the presidency. Feng Yuxiang then let the army enter the Forbidden City with live ammunition, driving out the last emperor Puyi, and announcing that all preferential treatment of the Qing imperial family would be completely abolished. After Puyi was expelled, the rumors of restoration disappeared, and the old and young and the royalists disappeared from Chinese history.
Feng Yuxiang, a historical figure, is very complicated, because some of his special experiences have produced some negative evaluations of him. In fact, from a large aspect, it can be said with certainty that Feng Yuxiang was a very patriotic general, and he never betrayed the country and the nation in his life, in fact, he had many patriotic deeds.
Feng Yuxiang is different from ordinary warlords, he drove away the Qing Dynasty royal family and entered the Forbidden City, not to rob the rare treasures, he just hated the Qing Dynasty very much, and wanted to completely eliminate the negative influence brought by the Qing Dynasty and its relics, which from the perspective of the process of historical development, he did a very beneficial thing. Do you have any comment on that?