introduction
In China's more than two thousand years of feudal history, a total of 83 dynasties have been experienced and 408 emperors have emerged. Among them, there are the founding emperors who rose in the chaotic world, there are the wise monarchs who work hard to govern, and there are some kings who died in the country. But this only emperor, from birth to ascension to abdication, is a tortuous history of life, his life is like a roller coaster ups and downs, and his later life is even more lamentable. He was Puyi, the last emperor of China.
Two abdications
"I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him entertain guests, and I saw him collapse." This sentence may be able to describe the first half of Puyi's life very appropriately. He ascended the throne at the age of 3, abdicated at the age of 6, ascended the throne again at the age of 12, and abdicated again 11 days later. During his reign, he had no real power, and the last Dynasty of China died at his hands.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, because Yuan Shikai signed preferential conditions for the Qing Dynasty, Puyi and a large number of palace eunuchs could continue to live in the Forbidden City and enjoy the treatment of the emperor. At this time, the outside world has already undergone earth-shaking changes, but in the Forbidden City, the Xuantong era name is still used, and Puyi is still surrounded by a large group of palace eunuchs, looking like an emperor.
After that, Zhang Xun restored the imperial system, puyi was emperor for another 12 days, and was forced to abdicate again. During these two reigns, Puyi was not respected, and he seemed to be a pawn in the eyes of others, being arbitrarily used and discarded. In 1924, after the outbreak of the Second Zhifeng War, Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang.
After being expelled from the Forbidden City, Puyi never returned. Until 1959, after Puyi was pardoned, the former owner of the Forbidden City, who wanted to visit the place where he stayed as a child, was told that he needed to buy a ticket to enter. Puyi was very surprised, but in the face of this strange world, he had to follow the prompts and buy tickets, which entered his childhood home.
In his later years, he bought a ticket to visit the Forbidden City, but he was frightened by a vase
The Forbidden City is well preserved, and the things that can be left behind are basically placed in place without moving. Puyi felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation and wandered aimlessly around the Forbidden City. But in a corner, Puyi found a seemingly unremarkable vase, and he suddenly became angry. He tried to reach out and touch the vase, but was stopped by the staff.
Puyi angrily told them: "This is not a precious cultural relic, but a night pot that he used before." At this moment, the people around them knew that the angry man in front of them had actually been the owner of this Forbidden City. At this time, Puyi's mood gradually calmed down and began to tell people about the origin of this vase.
Originally, there was a vase in the back garden of the Forbidden City, but Puyi, who was played with by the young, dropped the bag with his own night pot. Even the eunuchs around him didn't know about this, so until later, everyone thought it was just a vase, but they didn't expect it to be Puyi's night pot.