On February 12, 1912, the last emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xinjue Luo Puyi, officially announced his abdication in the third year of Xuan unification, and the imperial era came to an end, but for those princes and nobles who were accustomed to a luxurious life, they could not accept this situation, and one prince was particularly indignant. This was the great-grandson of the Daoguang Emperor, Ai Xinjueluo Puwei.
Pu Wei, who was born in Beijing in 1880, succeeded his father as the prince, and he once held important positions such as the unification of Manchuria and the minister of anti-smoking affairs of the Red Banner. It can be said that since the moment of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, Pu Wei's desire to restore the country has never stopped.
In 1912, Pu Wei and Liang Bi and others once organized the "Constitutional Monarchy Maintenance Association" to oppose Puyi's abdication, on January 26, Liangbi was injured by the revolutionaries, and after 2 days, he left the world in a hurry, the clan socialists were terrified and fled, and after Puyi abdicated in February, Pu Wei was very angry, shouting: "With me Pu Wei, the Qing Dynasty will not die!" After that, he first took refuge in the Jietai Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, and then moved to Qingdao, which was occupied by germany.
Puyi after the field in Qingdao, often returned to the Sanjiang Guild Hall to meet with the Qing Dynasty nobles and elders, Pu Wei began to focus on the use of the external environment, he sent his confidant Sheng Yun to collude with the Japanese, but also contacted the Mongolian nobles to carry out armed rebellion, and in 1913, Pu Wei also made extensive contact with the Qing Dynasty eunuchs in Qingdao and other places, as well as to win the support of the Beiyang warlord Feng Guozhang and the braided marshal Zhang Xun, in an attempt to use their strength to achieve their own goals.
In 1914, after World War I, Japan took the opportunity to take Qingdao from Germany, and with Japanese support, Pu Wei and Shanqi continued to engage in their restoration movement, and also tried to recruit bandits in the Liaodong area and secretly organize the "Qinwang Army". However, after Yuan Shikai's death on June 6, Japan also changed its policy toward China, and Puwei once lost aid, and his wishful thinking was not successful. There are indeed tenacious people in the world, but Pu Wei seems to be able to count as one, and he has never given up his illusions. After the 918 Incident in 1931, japanese imperialism reappointed Pu Wei as the president of the "Four Peoples Maintenance Association" in order to allow Puyi to come to the northeast to establish a puppet regime in manchukuo.
Puyi remained suspicious of Japan's solicitation, but Puwei was very happy and went happily, and in order to reverse Puyi's attitude, Japan also had ulterior motives to publicize Puwei, let him put on the "royal uniform", and worship the mausoleum surrounded by the Japanese pseudo-police constitution. There is a great intention to help him become emperor.
Puyi saw this scene, he couldn't help but be anxious, he immediately arrived in the northeast quickly, into the trap set by the Japanese, and Puwei, who was used as a pawn, was left to the side, after that, Puyi was always particularly suspicious of Puwei, thinking that he had a bad heart, so although Puwei had been everywhere for Puyi's restoration, he never gave him a position.
Pu Wei's heart was undoubtedly extremely lost, he finally returned to his old parent Baishan Mountain in 1936 to live, and died of illness in the Xinhua Hostel, at the age of 56, puyi, who was the emperor of puppet Manchukuo at the time, was advised to posthumously honor Pu Wei as prince of Gongxian and be succeeded by his son.