In 1931, the Japanese army launched an all-out war of aggression against China with a well-planned conspiracy, creating the September 18 Incident that angered the people of the whole country, and then the three northeastern provinces were occupied by the Japanese Kwantung Army for 14 years in an extremely cruel and domineering way, bringing endless disasters and suffering to the people of the northeast.
In 1932, when the sons and daughters of All China were suffering from war, Japan's ambitions were becoming more and more inflated, but in the face of brutal acts of aggression, the Japanese Kwantung Army still had to put on a hypocritical face to publicize the illusion of "Sino-Japanese goodwill."
So Japan established a puppet state of Manchukuo in the northeast, supported Puyi to ascend the throne as "Kant Emperor", and then selected a Japanese noblewoman for Puyi's younger brother Pujie, Saga Hao, as an in-law. Originally, Puyi and Pujie brothers had a very good relationship, but after Pujie's marriage and after Saga Hao became pregnant, Puyi was very wary of the two of them, and even once nervous, why is this?
First, the country is controlled by the Japanese
Although Puyi served as the emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo, he was a nominal position and did not have any real power. Only because when the Japanese supported him to ascend to the throne, he signed a treaty of betraying the motherland and selling his soul, the "Nichiman Secret Treaty". This included entrusting Japan with the right to national defense and law and order in "Manchukuo"; the Japanese military could manage the railways, harbors, waterways, and air routes of "Manchukuo".
It is truly a great shame and humiliation for our country to surrender to the enemy and betray the country in this way! The purpose of the Japanese was to devour our country through the puppet state of Manchukuo, and Puyi at that time wanted to re-ascend the dragon bed and revive the ancestral cause of the Qing Dynasty through the hands of the Japanese.
Therefore, since the day Puyi ascended the throne and became the "Kant Emperor", he has not had absolute freedom. Puyi's every move was monitored, and whatever orders he said to the outside world had to pass through the hands of the Japanese, like a puppet.
Before reaching an agreement with the Japanese, Puyi also thought that his life and political affairs would be affected, but he did not expect that he would be like a running dog! Over time, Puyi also had some antipathy to the rule of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and the Japanese side also sensed Puyi's thoughts, which was contrary to what they had at the beginning - they wanted a puppet emperor who completely listened to them and obeyed their arrangements, and since Puyi couldn't do it, they began to look for the next one!
Second, Puyi has no fertility
After the "July 7 Incident", at the request of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Puyi signed a note. The content requires that once Puyi's concubine gives birth to a "crown prince", she must be sent to Japan to receive a Japanese-style "education" at the age of 5 to show goodwill between the "two countries". At the same time, Puyi's Japanese secretary, Yasuno Yoshioka, wanted to help Puyi negotiate more than once and introduce the selected Japanese imperial women to Puyi.
However, all kinds of behavior were rejected by Puyi, because he knew that the Japanese wanted to change the Manchu Qing imperial family from the bloodline and ensure that the Manchu Qing imperial family, which was supported by Japan, could obey the orders forever!
Soon after, the Japanese discovered that Puyi had no sexual procreation at all. The reason for this is that Puyi ascended the throne at an early age, and the eunuchs who took care of him did not care, often conniving at the older palace women in the palace to act recklessly against Puyi, and in the long run, they suffered from impotence, and their bodies were dragged down. The Kwantung Army saw that the abacus placed on Puyi had failed, and it set its sights on Pujie.
As early as when Pujie was sent to The Army Infantry of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, the Japanese Kwantung Army often instilled in his ears the idea that "Japanese women are the most ideal wife in the world", and over time Pujie also had such an impression of Japanese women.
Therefore, under the arrangement of the Kwantung Army, when Pu Jie first saw Saga Hao, he knew that this was the ideal wife candidate in his heart. Even knowing that this was a political marriage, Pu Jie was still deeply attracted to Saga Hao. Driven by political purposes, the two soon married after two months of preparation.
Third, forced to sign the "Imperial Succession Law", when the emperor also has to be internal
After marriage, Pu Jie and Saga Hao wrote to Pu Yi to report on his married life. At that time, Pu Jie was well aware of Puyi's inner doubts and dissatisfaction with this marriage, so every word in the letter was hoping to gain his forgiveness. However, after Puyi received the letter, the sensitivity and suspicion in his heart only increased.
Because long before the two of them got married, the Kwantung Army forced the puppet state of Manchukuo to issue the "Imperial Succession Law", which stipulated:
"When the emperor dies, he is succeeded by his son, and when he is childless, he is succeeded by his grandson. When he was childless and grandchildren, he was succeeded by his younger brother. No brother is succeeded by his brother's son. ”
According to this, if Puyi dies, then Pujie or Pujie's son can reasonably and legally "compete for jobs". It is no wonder that when Puyi heard about the discoloration, he was afraid that if he angered the Japanese, or the Japanese felt that he was irrelevant, he would use all means to "deal with" him. At that time, don't care about the throne, even your own life is not guaranteed!
When Pu Jie and Saga Hao returned to Changchun to meet PuYi, the guard in Puyi's heart was never lowered. He did not pull Pu Jie without saying anything as before, and even suspected that Pu Jie had colluded with the Japanese to seize the throne. When attending the royal banquet, looking at the meals made by Saga Hao, Puyi always had to wait for Pu Jie to eat first before he dared to move chopsticks.
Soon after, the news of Saga Hao's pregnancy came, and the relationship between Puyi and the Pujie brothers was almost at a freezing point, while the wolf ambitions of the Kwantung Army were even more inflated. His sister-in-law's imminent birth was a matter of family joy, but the "Imperial Succession Law" was like a sharp blade hanging overhead, making Puyi live every day worrying, he knew that the Kwantung Army wanted not only an obedient emperor, but also an emperor with Japanese blood. Therefore, both he and Pujie may fall victim to this conspiracy.
He began to be suspicious every day, thinking that the people around him had the possibility of assassinating him, he even asked people to make a few dummies out of grass and mud, put on military uniforms and weapons to hide in the bedroom, and lined the dummies in front of the bed when he slept at night, and he naively thought that if someone came in in the middle of the night, these dummies could resist the danger for him.
On February 26, 1938, Saga Hao was pushed into the hospital delivery room, which made Puyi, who was in the puppet Manchu Palace, even more uneasy, fortunately, in the end, Saga Hao gave birth to a baby girl, which also made Puyi breathe a big sigh of relief, and the nerves that had been tight for many days finally relaxed. He named the baby girl "HuiSheng", which means "wisdom is profound". And this child has also become a link to improve the relationship between Puyi and Pujie.
However, at this time, the Kwantung Army was impatient, and they were eager to find an heir who could replace Puyi, so they put pressure on Saga Hao from time to time. It was not until 1940, when Saga gave birth to a baby girl again, that the hopes of the Japanese were dashed. Saga Hao, who gave birth to two children, only wanted to get rid of the Kwantung Army and run his own small family with Pujie.
After a long time together, Puyi also knew that his sister-in-law was not a Japanese meticulous work, and fortunately he was no longer wary of her. Until 1945, the news of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan spread throughout the north and south of the great river, and Puyi's dream of restoring the Qing Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period could only be declared shattered after fourteen years.
Puyi had been manipulated by Japanese political intrigue during the puppet Manchu Qing Dynasty, creating his twisted, suspicious and sensitive personality. Every day there was a fearful day, and presumably no emperor in history had such a nest as him!
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Resources:
1. "The Shadow Behind the Last Emperor——
Behind the scenes" Jiang Wei
2. "The "Political Marriage" between Pu Jie and Saga Hao" Wang Qingxiang