On February 12, 1912, Puyi, who had been emperor for three years, officially abdicated. However, the last emperor was very fortunate, and the Nationalist government not only did not exterminate them, but protected Puyi's property and shouldered the heavy responsibility of providing for the imperial family under financial constraints. However, this little emperor of the subjugated country continued to dream of the kingdom of heaven and heaven in a favorable environment. Under the indoctrination of the former Qing dynasty elders, the little emperor developed a lot of vices, such as abusing eunuchs, which Puyi often did when he was a child.
There is a record in Liang Dingfen's "Notes on Living Quarters": "(The emperor) Shangshu Changfu eunuchs, who answered seventeen people before and after, and chen Baochen, the minister, did not follow." This incident occurred in 1917, when the Qing Dynasty had been destroyed for nearly 6 years. However, Emperor Puyi in the Forbidden City was still full of heaven and power, whipping his attendants at will.
According to Puyi's own recollection, this kind of abuse of the attendants has occurred frequently since he was 7 years old, and the unfortunate eunuchs who often accompanied him were naturally the eunuchs who were often with him. Once, Puyi wanted to know whether the eunuchs would be obedient to him, the son of heaven, so he randomly picked a person next to him and let him eat a dirty thing on the ground, and as a result, the unfortunate eunuch really did not say a word and immediately did it. In the heart of the young Puyi, this kind of thing not only did not make him feel remorseful, but it would make him feel interesting. As a result, this behavior began to intensify.
One day, Puyi was playing with the water pump used to fight the fire, and an old eunuch happened to pass by. As a result, puyi, on a whim, sprayed water pumps at the old eunuch, who instead of dodging, knelt there and did not dare to move. As a result, it didn't take long for the old eunuch to faint from the cold water.
In the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, although the eunuchs who taught Puyi would often give Puyi some inspirational stories of emperor Shengming, the purpose of their teaching was only to strengthen Puyi's sense of imperial power, no matter how it was said, the core was that the absolute authority of the emperor should not be offended. Therefore, in the young Puyi's heart, he did not regard the servants around him as people at all. When he made mistakes, the way these eunuchs taught them was also difficult for Puyi to truly understand his own problems.
However, in this palace, there is still one person puyi who will listen, and this person is Puyi's wet nurse Wang Jiaoshi. Wang Jiaoshi has not read books, but she has the same kind nature as ordinary people from a poor background, and she can be regarded as the only person around Puyi who still has humanity. Wang Jiaoshi does not speak great truth, but his simple language can make Puyi feel empathy for the pain of the eunuchs.
Once, a small eunuch performed a puppet show for Puyi, and Puyi was happy to see it, so he rewarded the eunuch with a bowl of chicken cake. However, this is not a simple reward, the mischievous Puyi mixed a handful of iron sand into the chicken cake and asked the little eunuch to eat it together. Just as the little eunuch was kneeling and begging for forgiveness, Wang Jiaoshi happened to see it and asked why. It turned out that Puyi was just curious and wanted to see what would happen if these iron sands were eaten. Wang Jiaoshi persuaded, "After eating this thing, the little eunuch's teeth will collapse, so that there will be no more food." But how can people not eat? ”
This kind of talk is very simple, but Puyi can understand, he knows that people can't eat without food, and he understands the absurdity of his behavior. However, Puyi still did not forgive: "Then how can I have fun?" Wang Jiaoshi came up with an idea to replace the iron sand with mung beans, so that the little eunuch escaped the disaster.
However, although Wang Jiaoshi could bring some positive influence to Puyi, it was too insignificant in the deep palace. When Puyi was 9 years old, Wang Jiaoshi was also expelled from the palace, and from then on, Puyi's side was insensitive slaves in addition to the qing dynasty widows who ate the ancients. If it weren't for new China giving him the opportunity to reform and guide him on the right path, perhaps the last emperor would never have known how absurd his past was! And this, perhaps, is also the luckiest thing in Puyi's life!