As the last emperor of China, Ai Xin Jue Luo Puyi had a life experience that ordinary people did not have. Puyi ascended the throne at an early age, but abdicated again in the third year after taking the throne, when Puyi was only 6 years old. Although forced to abdicate, he still lived in the Forbidden City until he was nineteen years old, spending time in the Forbidden City, or living like an emperor, with palace eunuchs serving him. Puyi has been pushed to the throne many times in his life, and has abdicated three times, Puyi's life is completely a manipulated marionette, without the right to self-choice.
In the years when the Qing government had just collapsed, because Yuan Shikai signed a treaty with the Qing government, the Qing imperial family was treated kindly, not only could continue to live in the Forbidden City, but the National Government also spent millions of dollars on the Qing Government every year, so Puyi's life at that time was still good. However, after Yuan Shikai's death, the treaty of treating the Qing dynasty royal family well became a blank piece of paper, and no warlord was willing to allocate millions of dollars to Puyi every year, and Puyi at this time was no different from ordinary people. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang expelled Puyi from Beijing, because there was no place to live, Puyi first lived in his father Zaifeng's house for a period of time, and then went to Tianjin to live after February 1925, and it was during his stay in Tianjin that Puyi met Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast at the time.
Zhang Zuolin was already a leader of the Republic of China government at this time, and he had a lot of power in his hands, so why did he have such a close relationship with this last emperor? After Puyi lived in Tianjin, Zhang Zuolin began to help Puyi and gave Puyi a lot of support in the economy. In such a period of warlord melee, everyone had a blowing attitude towards this last emperor of the late Qing Dynasty, but only Zhang Zuolin was alone, who gave Puyi a lot of help.
It is rumored that on the day the two met, Zhang Zuolin, who was dressed in civilian clothes, had been waiting for a long time and even had a little nervousness. When Puyi was walking inside, Zhang Zuolin hurriedly and quickly greeted him, just as Puyi was thinking about the opening remarks. "Fluttering", only to see Zhang Zuolin kneeling on the ground and shouting at Puyi, "The emperor is good", puyi, who was overwhelmed, quickly helped Zhang Zuolin up and replied, "Hello general!" ”。 Zhang Zuolin performed such a big gift, we can analyze this matter here, some people may think that this Zhang Zuolin is more nostalgic, because after all, he came out of the Beiyang army, so it is also a very normal thing to see Puyi and kneel. However, the author personally believes that Zhang Zuolin knelt down to Puyi at that time, in fact, there is another deeper meaning in it.
In Puyi's memoir "Twilight of the Forbidden City" written by Puyi's "imperial master" Zhuang Shidun, we may be able to get a glimpse of Zhang Zuolin's heart: Zhang Zuolin is at least superficially loyal to the Qing Dynasty and loyal to Puyi, and he is very supportive and recognized in his heart, which hides his interests and plots, the so-called position determines the attitude, just like Zhang Xun's restoration has won a chief parliamentary minister, if Zhang Zuolin presided over the restoration, then the position of cabinet chief assistant or premier is certainly not a problem.
And he came to Tianjin to visit Puyi, but not simply for the sake of visiting, he wanted to pick puyi up. Picking up Puyi is the beginning of all plans, and it is also the most core step. After this, Zhang Zuolin's operating space is very large, and he can use Puyi as a puppet to attract a group of people who want to revive the Qing Dynasty for their own use. Zhang Zuolin's posture was very low, just to eliminate Puyi's wariness and show that he had no malice. But later Puyi seemed to be aware of the conspiracy behind Zhang Zuolin, so he decisively refused Zhang Zuolin's invitation. In this case, Zhang Zuolin had no way to use qiang, and could only leave sadly!