Zhang Zuolin saw Puyi, prostrated his head and shouted three words, asked a question, and Puyi was embarrassed
Zhang Zuolin was the father of the famous patriotic general Zhang Xueliang. He is a very famous warlord in history, "King of the Northeast". During the Guangxu years, he was born into a poor peasant family. When he was 13 years old, his father was beaten to death by a gambler. When he was only 14 years old, he went to learn carpentry to sell buns and veterinarians to earn money to support his family. At the age of 19, he joined the Qing Army as a soldier, and married Zhao Chungui when he returned to his hometown the following year, which was his original wife and the biological mother of Zhang Shoufang and Zhang Xueliang.
After that, Zhang Zuolin joined the Green Forest Dong Big Tiger Bandit Department. In the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, he maintained law and order to curb banditry in the area, so he became famous. The people praised him, so he had more places under his jurisdiction. Later, after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 and the Wuchang Uprising, Zhang Zuolin was appointed by Yuan Shikai as a lieutenant general in the 27th Division of the President. In 1915, Yuan Shikai declared the empress dowager Zhang Zuolin the Overseer of Fengtian. But in fact, Yuan Shikai was still very uneasy about this Zhang Zuolin, who was not from his own concubine, but Zhang Zuolin pretended to be a reckless man to hide from Yuan Shikai.
After Yuan Shikai claimed that the emperor had failed, the whole country fell into chaos. Many people's calm hearts began to become restless, and the Manchu Qing elders were not willing to let the Qing court destroy their desires like this, and some people wanted to claim the title of emperor themselves. There was also The heart of Puyi, who was idle in the Forbidden City, also began to stir.
Puyi and the widows of the Qing court want to restore, they must find a person with great strength and energy. After thinking about it, they still felt that Zhang Zuolin was the most suitable. At this time, there were also many people speculating about what Zhang Zuolin would do. However, before Puyi could contact Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin publicly issued a statement saying, "Zuolin regards patriotism as his duty, and anyone who undermines our republican form of government will stand up and strike at it." This sentence let Puyi know that Zhang Zuolin could not cooperate with them. So Puyi turned around and defected to the Japanese.
When Zhang Zuolin was in Tianjin, he heard that Puyi had gone to find the Japanese, so he proposed to meet him at the Tianjin Pavilion. Zhang Zuolin did not want to go to the Japanese Concession, so he had to condescend to Puyi and kneel down to see Zhang Zuolin. Comparing Puyi's desire to restore in the northeast, how can not be separated from this northeast king.
Puyi and Zhang Zuolin were one of the fallen emperors, and the other was a warlord who held military power. This number of greeting gifts can be difficult for Puyi. But what Puyi did not expect was that as soon as Zhang Zuolin saw him, he knelt down and prostrated his head and shouted the emperor. But what Puyi did not expect was still to come. When Zhang Zuolin got up, he said in a questioning tone: I have enough strength to protect you, why do you still want to go to the Japanese embassy? This question embarrassed Puyi, and he had to vaguely say that he was forced to do so.
However, this meeting also made Puyi and the Manchu Qing elders understand that it was impossible to draw Zhang Zuolin to their side. In the end, Puyi still chose to be the emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo and defect to the Japanese. Zhang Zuolin was finally killed by the Japanese in Huanggutun.