Ai Xinjue Luo Zaitao, a "timid and afraid of things", but not confused about big things, Akagi served the country, starved to death and did not betray the country. He is Guangxu's younger brother and Puyi's uncle, and he will not hesitate to break off relations with Puyi for the sake of the country.
After the founding of New China, he chose to stand with the people, was personally received by Chairman Mao, and enjoyed ministerial treatment. One of the little things he relished was that people called him "Seventh Master" to "Belle Grandpa", then "Lao Zai", and finally called him "Zai Lao". These four titles from him also reflect people's identity and attitudes towards him and the changes of the times he has experienced, and his life.
"Seven Masters"
Zaitao was born in Beijing in 1887 and was made a second-class Duke of Zhenguo in 1890, and soon after as an auxiliary duke. In 1902, she inherited Baylor and six years later was crowned as a county.
Zaitao is approachable, highly respected in the family of Ai Xinjueluo, and is also the seventh brother of the Guangxu Emperor, the seventh uncle of Puyi, known as the "Seventh Master".
He was in charge of training and commanding the Janissaries, managing the affairs of the Military Advisory Office, serving as Minister of Military Counseling and The Yellow Banner of Mongolia. He also went to Japan, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia and other eight countries to investigate the army, and learned cavalry tactics.
During that period, the Aisin Kyora family respected him, and others snubbed him and called him "Seventh Master".
"Grandpa Baylor"
As the prince of the Qing Dynasty, his fate and the fate of the Qing Dynasty were also tied together.
In 1911, after the Outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, various forces began to threaten Longyutai to abdicate. Empress Longyu thought of the "patriarch" of the Aixin Jueluo family and the prince and highly respected Zaitao, but Zaitao disappointed Empress Longyu to the extreme, and Zaitao saw Empress Longyu and immediately knelt down and prostrated: "The slaves have only trained soldiers and have not fought, and they really don't know the truth." ”
In the end, Empress Longyu's mother and son were forced to abdicate in isolation and helplessness, and the Qing Dynasty collapsed. "Seventh Master" has also become what everyone calls "Belle Grandpa".
After the September 18 Incident, the Japanese supported Puyi to establish Manchukuo in the three eastern provinces, and Puyi became a puppet emperor of the Japanese.
Zaitao later had difficulty maintaining his life, but sold the mansion to the point of sale. However, Zaitao has an extraordinary position in the aisin Kyora clan, and after wooing him, he will get unexpected results, and the Japanese secret agent Kenji Doihara visited Zaitao many times, hoping that he could "serve" Manchukuo, but no matter the threats and inducements of the Japanese, Zaitao strictly refused: "I would rather starve to death than be a traitor." ”
The "weak and incompetent" man at the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the "timid and afraid of death" Zaitao, was so brave in the face of foreign enemies. After Puyi became the emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo, he asked Zaitao to assist him and seek a great cause, and Zaitao refused Puyi with a word: "Swear to die and not to be a traitor." ”
Yan Ci rejected Puyi, and did not hesitate to turn his face with Puyi and sever his relationship.
"Old Age"
Zaitao chose to survive that long and dark time with the troubled Chinese nation.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. At the beginning of 1949, Peiping was peacefully liberated. Justice is in the hearts of the people, justice is hidden in the hearts of the people, and everyone knows what Zaitao has done for the motherland and not doing the things of traitors and traitors.
One day, the first head of the street police station where Zaitao lived knocked on his door and said to him, "Although you are a royal family, you are not a stubborn and conservative old man." From the Xinhai Revolution to the fall of the Kuomintang regime, you have achieved spotless politically, which is not easy. You have prestige in the masses, and now ask you to come out and join the street work. ”
Zaitao refused the Japanese, Puyi, and the Kuomintang, and in the face of the invitation of the new China, he accepted and chose to stand with the people. Help the police station to check the household registration, help the neighbors clean up, publicize and support the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and mingle with the masses and have close relations. Whether it is a police station personnel or a street neighbor, everyone affectionately calls him "Lao Zai" at this time.
"Carrying the Elderly"
In the spring of 1950, Zaitao's close friend Li Jishen (vice chairman of the New Chinese Government and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) came to visit him. They talked for a long time, and Li Jishen revealed to him that Premier Zhou was very concerned about his situation and encouraged him to contribute to new China.
Shortly after Li Jishen spoke with him, he was invited by the Second Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of The People's Republic of China. In the summer of the same year, his proposal to "improve the use of the army with Horses and Horses" was approved by Chairman Mao and Zhu Laozong and handed over to the artillery for implementation.
Soon after, Zaitao was appointed by Chairman Mao as an adviser to ma Zheng bureau of the artillery headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and at that time enjoyed the treatment of a minister of state.
After the outbreak of the War of Aid to Korea in 1950, Zaitao's two granddaughters, Kim Mist-hsuan and Kim Mist-hsien, also entered korea with the 38th Army and the 47th Army.
At that time, the mountain roads in North Korea were rough and unsuitable for trucks, so the central government decided to send 25,000 military horses to North Korea. At this time, Zaitao was the leader of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and he and Zheng Xinchao led the working group to rush to the northeast, Inner Mongolia and other places to buy and collect military horses.
In August 1954, Chairman Mao personally received Zaitao and talked with him for a long time. Chairman Mao gave him the task of visiting Puyi. After Zaitao came to the war criminals management center to see Puyi, the uncles and nephews hugged their headaches and cried, and before leaving, Zaitao told Puyi: "We must study well, reform well, and strive to become a new person as soon as possible." Puyi nodded tearfully.
During this period, everyone respected him as "carrying the elderly". The change of these four titles also reflects the great changes of the times.