Puyi's wife recalled: Before Puyi died in Xiehe Hospital, she kept shouting Heche Pill, what is "River Che Pill"?
Throughout history, no matter which dynasty it was, the last emperor was always criticized. The world knows that the founding fathers are not easy, so the last emperor of the past has always borne the insult of the fallen monarch. Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had the blood to save Daming, but he could not withstand the wheel of history, and he had no choice but to end himself in the coal mountain. Compared with him, Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, is a relatively lucky emperor.
The first half of Puyi's life: muddy, I don't know the geometry of the year
In 1908, Puyi was favored by Empress Dowager Cixi and selected to enter the palace, inheriting the throne of the Guangxu Emperor, who had left no heirs, as Emperor Xuantong.
When Puyi officially ascended the throne, he was only three years old, and he was a little fart who didn't understand anything. In addition, Cixi also died with the Guangxu Emperor, and the power fell by the wayside, and Puyi did not have any real power in his hands.
Not long after, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and Yuan Shikai forced Puyi to abdicate. After only four years of enjoying his days as emperor, in the remaining days, Pu Was able to continue to live in the Forbidden City, in fact, he had the title of emperor. Although he still lived in the Forbidden City and enjoyed the silver subsidies of the warlords, his life was very boring.
Outsiders could not enter the palace at will, and Puyi was not allowed to leave the palace for half a step. Accompanying him, except for the eunuchs, were the palace maidens. Eunuchs are a group of guys who judge the hour and size up the situation, and they see that the little emperor has no protection and no real power, so they are not concerned about Puyi.
When the imperial court was intact and the palace rules were strict, there were still things that happened when the palace women and the guards had fornicated, and now that the Qing Dynasty was about to be insecure, the palace women had nowhere to go, so they looked at the idea of the only little man in the palace.
According to Puyi's own recollection, "the eunuchs would push the palace maids down on my bed every night, and when I was most indulgent, I would get up the next day to see that the morning sun was white."
People who are less than ten years old have been exposed to male and female love prematurely, and they do not know how to temper. The end is that Puyi, who became an adult, suffered from the problem of "unspeakable".
Even with such an unspeakable secret, Puyi still has four wives, they are Empress Wanrong, Shufei Wenxiu, The NobleMan Tan Yuling, and the Fugui Li Yuqin. The problem of Puyi's "inhumanity" being made public and caused a national uproar was Shufei Wen embroidery.
The second half of Puyi's life: three twists and turns, living in peace in his old age
When Puyi was expelled from the capital by Feng Yuxiang, he thought that he would never have a chance with the throne again in his life. Unexpectedly, the Japanese quickly took him away again, trying to use his name to restore the imperial system. How can something that goes against the tide of history work? All this ended completely with Puyi being captured by the Soviet Red Army.
After five years in captivity, Puyi was extradited back to China in 1950. Deeply rooted in feudal thinking, he thought that the fate of returning to China would be shot, but he was only imprisoned in the war criminals management center in Fushun, Liaoning Province, and accepted labor reform. Here, he is no longer the emperor who is high above, and no one brings him tea and water. His name here is "Number 981"
In December 1959, Puyi was pardoned and released from prison. At this point, he was 54 years old. I have experienced the days of being high, but also passed through captivity, being reformed by labor, being put on a green hat by my wife, and leaving my lover one by one. The world's sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, Puyi tasted them all. Perhaps trying to find some sweet memories for the rest of his life, Puyi is determined to continue to find true love.
Knowing Puyi's wishes in his later years, and also knowing Puyi's unspeakable secrets, the sympathetic head specially allocated several groups of people to treat Puyi. After the treatment of Pu Fuzhou, a famous Chinese medicine practitioner at that time, Puyi's body gradually improved. At this time, he finally met the partner of the rest of his life, Li Shuxian.
Unfortunately, Puyi had a deficit in his early years, and he has not been able to get proper conditioning, and in 1965, he removed his left kidney with cancer due to illness. The weakness of his body caused him to suffer from uremia again. Puyi wants to have his own heirs in this life, it is no longer possible.
In order to alleviate the pain of Puyi's illness, Pu Fuzhou prescribed a traditional Chinese medicine for Puyi, called "Purple River Car", after being crushed into powder, Purple River Car can be made into "River Car Pills" with other Traditional Chinese medicines, the purpose of which is to alleviate the pain caused by Puyi's illness. In 1967, Puyi, accompanied by his wife Li Shuxian, entered The Union Hospital for the last time. This time, he never got out of the hospital again, and before he died, he cried out in pain, "River Car Pill..." to alleviate some pain.
As an emperor, Puyi was unfortunate. He ascended the throne at the age of three and abdicated at the age of 7. After that, he experienced being supported by the Japanese and becoming a puppet emperor for a period of time, and was imprisoned by the Soviet Union for 5 years, and then returned to be reformed by labor for 10 years, from a high emperor to an ordinary citizen, completely devoid of the scenery of the former emperor.
What is rare is that Puyi can let go of the aura of the emperor, abandon the illusion of restoration, accept the reality of becoming an ordinary citizen, and boldly pursue his own happiness in his later years, which can also be regarded as a manifestation of his progress.