Perhaps many people feel that being an emperor is a "beautiful difference", whether it is power, status, or wealth, it is the best in the world. However, there is a saying in the "Poetry Daya Sangrou" that says it very well: "I am not born, and I am angry in heaven." If he had not been born in the right era, the emperor would have been just a "marionette" at his disposal. Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was like this, and so was Puyi, the deposed emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
In 1908, when the Guangxu Emperor was approaching, Cixi, who had no dealing with him, immediately took the young Puyi to the palace and was ready to push him to the throne. On December 2, Puyi ascended the throne at the Taihe Temple and became the head of a country. However, at that time, Puyi was just a child who did not understand anything, and he could not solve the chaotic situation at all, so he could only sit in the audience like a bystander and watch the various forces perform on the "stage". On October 10, 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and Puyi's fate was about to change.
After the Qing court was betrayed by Yuan Shikai, Puyi lost his qualification to sit on the dragon chair, and a "Letter of Abdication" was both a trial of him and a guarantee for his future life. According to the agreement with the Republic of China government, Puyi could still live in the Forbidden City after abdication, enjoy the previous emperor's life, and eat and wear without worrying about it. During the period from 1912 to 1924, Puyi spent a happy time in the palace, but his previous status as emperor later made him suffer a lot.
After Feng Yuxiang launched the Beijing coup, Puyi was expelled from the imperial palace, and during the days he lived in Tianjin, he wandered among various forces, but no one except the Japanese could give him the strength to restore. Later, Wen Xiu launched the Daofei Revolution, and his relationship with Wanrong deteriorated day by day until it came to an end. In 1932, Puyi became the apparent master of the puppet state of Manchukuo, and his dream of emperor was "realized" with the help of the Japanese.
However, Puyi bet on the wrong treasure, and after the defeat of Japan, he was imprisoned by the Soviet Red Army. It was not until 1950, after the domestic situation had stabilized, that he was extradited back to China and placed in the Fushun War Criminals Management Center for 10 years of labor reform and ideological re-education. On December 4, 1959, Puyi received an amnesty, and after decades of ups and downs, he finally ushered in a peaceful second half of his life. On February 6 of the following year, Puyi came to the Botanical Garden of the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the emperor, who had once been pampered, also had to work with his hands.
On February 18, Puyi officially went to work, and his first month of "probationary period" work was just watering, sweeping the floor, and doing some not tiring chores. In the second month, the leader considered that he had a correct attitude and a down-to-earth job, so he was transferred to the cuttings breeding greenhouse, and three months later, Puyi went to the observation greenhouse and the breeding greenhouse and learned several techniques. Since it is a job, of course, there will be a salary, and the salary that Puyi got for the first time was 60 yuan.
Therefore, Puyi bought a quilt for himself after work that day, and he thought that only a thick quilt could make his heart more stable. In addition, Puyi used the remaining money to buy some candy and high-grade snacks, and what he did not expect was that the emperor who had eaten all the taste of mountains and seas was also good. In fact, it was not difficult to understand that since he was expelled from the palace, he had never eaten these things again, and after several twists and turns and transformations, he could finally satisfy his appetite for a while, and he had waited too long for this day.