Puyi was a legendary last emperor, who ascended the throne at the age of three, abdicated at the age of six, ascended the throne again at the age of 11, abdicated in 11 days, "claimed the emperor" (pseudo-Manchu period) in the northeast at the age of 28, and "abdicated" at the age of 39. This time, it was a complete farewell to the emperor's dream.
After Japan surrendered, Puyi prepared to flee to Japan on the plane, but while waiting for the plane, he was captured by Soviet airborne troops. Subsequently, as a war criminal, Puyi was imprisoned by the Soviet Union for five years in the No. 45 Special Prison in Boli. In 1950, Puyi was extradited back to China and re-reformed for about 10 years, until his name appeared on the first special list.
In December 1959, Puyi was pardoned and soon arrived in Beijing (there are many relatives in Beijing), and then he was assigned to work as the administrator of the Beijing Botanical Garden, spending his days with flowers and plants, although far from the complicated officialdom, but also ended up idle. Then I met the nurse Li Shuxian, and the two gradually developed feelings, entered the marriage hall, formed a new small family, and received a marriage license. This peaceful later life lasted until his death in 1967.
Saying that calm is actually relative, because Puyi's previous emperor status has caused him a lot of trouble and embarrassment in real life. For example, when he first ascended the throne, a registration word: Love new Jue Luo Puyi, everyone was shocked, and then the home address and academic qualifications also made the staff look confused, because Puyi lived in the Forbidden City when he was in Beijing, and then Tianjin those were borrowed to live in other people's homes, but at this time the Forbidden City and the Palace Museum were already in the Palace Museum, and the staff had no choice but to write their addresses to relatives' homes. Because I did not go to school, but the teachers were all masters, the academic qualifications were only written in a private school, and then changed to junior high school.
What is even more embarrassing is that Puyi often encounters the old and young of the Manchu Qing on the way to and from work, which is very embarrassing. Because they have been shouting the emperor for decades, meeting is the ceremony of kneeling, although Puyi has now entered a new society, and he is not an emperor, there are still many people, especially the older flag people, who will open their mouths and close their mouths to call the emperor, because their thinking has not yet changed, and even some people often present him with posts to invite An, which makes Puyi headache.
Once, Puyi got off work from the Botanical Garden and waited for the bus at the bus stop in Siwangfu Village, and as a result, a bunch of flag people on the platform saw Puyi coming, and they all knelt down and bowed at once, and also called "Emperor". Puyi was preparing to squeeze the bus home, and was startled by the sudden arrival of these people, so he opened his mouth and rebuked them: "It has been so many years since the liberation of all the people, and this set is still coming!" Then he rushed out of the crowd and left, leaving only a group of people looking at each other.
Although Puyi was only about fifty years old at that time, because of his 15-year career as a war criminal and his daily fears, his body was already weak, which can be seen from his death 7 years after he was pardoned. Of course, he himself knew that coupled with the many twists and turns from childhood to adulthood, in the end it was still a void, and after he and Li Shuxian got married, they did not have much idea about returning to the emperor's seat, and their usual life was as far away from the nobles of the late Qing Dynasty as possible.
When he heard this group of widows and widows who did not know the current affairs shouting at the emperor in public, he was naturally very angry and a little frustrated, and he could not accept this title, nor could he bear to scold this group of loyal fans, so he said a sentence: "It has been so many years since the liberation of all the people, and I still come to this set!" "Tell those people that I have moved away from that thought and entered a new life, and you should die early." Not only did not offend the "loyal fans", but also perfectly resolved the embarrassing situation of the bus worshiping the emperor, Puyi's reply is really amazing.