Huo Diange was a master, known as the "first bodyguard", but perhaps because he accidentally suffered a dark injury during the practice of martial arts or a contest, he died peacefully at the age of 56.
The reason why he can be called the "first bodyguard" is because he once served as a bodyguard for Puyi, which is called a personal bodyguard or a royal guard in royal terms.
In 1924, Puyi was expelled from the palace, first pitifully and panickedly ran to the palace of Prince Alcohol for a period of time, and then he still felt uneasy, afraid that Feng Yuxiang would take him again, so he hid in the Japanese embassy and sought the protection of the Japanese.
Of course, Japan's arrival of Puyi is unavoidable, and this card can be used in the future, so from this time on, people will be sent to "protect" Puyi.
Protection is accompanied by, of course, monitoring and control.
In 1925, Puyi went to Tianjin, where did he live in Tianjin? Still living in the Japanese Concession.
The Japanese arranged two Japanese bodyguards for him, Puyi is not stupid, of course, he also knows that the purpose of the Japanese is not simple, but in the end the two sides are taking what they need or are pregnant with ghosts, Japan wants to use Puyi's surplus value, Puyi also wants to use the power of the Japanese to achieve his goal of "restoring the country".
It's just that Puyi always felt that it would be inappropriate to hand over his personal safety to the Japanese, so he thought about finding another bodyguard for himself.
As soon as Puyi said that he wanted to find a bodyguard, naturally someone would run for him, and it was also at this time that Huo Diange, the already famous Eight Pole Quan Sect Master, walked into their field of vision.
In fact, the Japanese did not agree to let Puyi find a bodyguard at first, because after letting him have a bodyguard he trusted, they may not be able to monitor him 24 hours a day.
Puyi this person is also a little clever, do not let me find a bodyguard? No, no, no, I'm not looking for bodyguards, I've been weak and sick since I was a child, so I want to find a master to learn a few tricks to exercise and exercise.
He said so, and the Japanese could not stop it.
Huo Diange was born in 1886, and he is also a person who learns martial arts, more or less retaining a lot of old-school style, so when he heard that the "emperor" Puyi wanted to find himself as a bodyguard and learn a few tricks with himself, the excitement and excitement, the emotions could not help themselves.
Although Puyi had abdicated at that time, in the eyes of many people, he was still the emperor, still full of mystery, and Mr. Hu Shi, one of the leaders of our new cultural movement, received a call from Puyi from the palace, and he was not also excited to run to see Puyi? Therefore, Huo Diange's mood at that time could also be imagined.
In 1927, Huo Diange was officially hired as Puyi's royal bodyguard, puyi also felt quite fresh at first, and in order to tell the Japanese that they were really looking for Huo Diange to practice martial arts, so they studied with Huo Diange for a few days.
But Puyi has not suffered since he was a child, and there is no one to take care of him when he eats, drinks, and sleeps, so that he can practice martial arts? He had suffered so much, so after practicing for a few days, he stopped practicing.
What's more, Puyi invited Huo Diange to come not really for martial arts training, he really wanted him to be a bodyguard for himself, after all, there were always two Japanese bodyguards around him, it was too uncomfortable, he always felt that his every move was under the surveillance of others, if the Japanese wanted to attack him, he did not even have the ability to protect himself.
Therefore, Puyi let Huo Diange follow him to protect himself.
The Japanese look at it, this is not OK, Puyi has a bodyguard, what if he gets out of control with the help of bodyguards in the future? So the Japanese drove away Huo Diange, how to rush? Of course it was a hard time to beat him!
Therefore, the two Japanese bodyguards around Puyi launched a challenge to Huo Diange, Who began to learn martial arts at the age of six, and later practiced for eight years under Li Wen, who was a first-class boxing and marksmanship, known as the "sharp gun". Huo Diange accepted the challenge without thinking about it.
Puyi was still a little worried, but Huo Diange's performance really surprised him too much, and Huo Diange easily defeated the Japanese bodyguard with three fists and two feet.
After Huo Diange finished beating the Japanese bodyguards, he didn't have the face to mention that Puyi had dismissed Huo Diange, and the kung fu in his hands was not as good as his.
Puyi saw that Huo Diange was so powerful, and he had a new idea in his heart, so he asked Huo Diange to help him train the "Janissaries", which was later called the Protectors.
Just imagine, this one Huo Dian Pavilion is already so powerful, so what will happen if it is dozens or hundreds of Huo Dian Pavilions? Puyi was anxious to have a military force controlled by himself, but he did not dare to rebel against the Japanese, so he could only use the banner of training guards to let Huo Diange help him train the guards.
Huo Diange trained the guards in 1934, and when Puyi followed the Japanese to the northeast, he also followed and became a member of the puppet Manchu.
He spent several years training a 300-man escort army for Puyi, and Puyi spent a lot of money on it, from personnel to equipment.
Japan is very dissatisfied with the existence of the protectors, so it has been trying to take away the control of the guards and make Puyi a complete puppet of them.
In 1937, several soldiers of the escort army clashed with several Japanese while visiting Datong Park, not only kicking and killing the Japanese wolf dogs, but also beating the Japanese to death.
As soon as the Japanese heard about this incident, they knew that this was a breakthrough in solving the problem of the guards, so while letting the gendarmerie go and capture the few guards who had beaten the Japanese in the park, they also challenged Puyi, what did Puyi dare to say? He was a fart and didn't dare put one.
The Japanese condition was that tong Jixu, the commander of the protectorate, apologized to the japanese who had been beaten, expelled the defending soldiers who had beaten them, reduced the guards and handed over the long weapons of the guards, and could only use short guns, and then the Japanese replaced Tong Jixu as the commander of the guards.
The Japanese did this, not to mention that the escort army fell into the hands of the Japanese, who else is the protector?
However, for the behavior of the Japanese, after the "Lingsheng Incident" in 1936, Puyi did not dare to speak out.
Huo Diange had been practicing martial arts all his life, and naturally couldn't stand such a humiliated bird's breath, and seeing that Puyi was so useless, he left Pseudo-Manchuria in a huff and returned to Tianjin.
Huo Diange lived in Tianjin for several years, contracted opium addiction, and eventually died in 1942.
However, although Huo Diange accompanied Puyi as a traitor, he still had such a breath in his heart, and he did not have Puyi's strength.
Although there are stains, there is always a bit of backbone in his heart, but it is not worth his name of "a generation of masters".