Puyi was the last emperor of China, and because of his special status, Puyi was used as a chip for various forces to compete, and he also began a tragic life.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi joined the Japanese in order to restore his dynasty, and after the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945, he was brought back to the Soviet Union as an important witness.
After helping the United Nations testify against the Japanese government's crimes, Puyi returned to China and entered the Fushun War Criminals Management Center in Liaoning Province to undergo labor reform.
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Many leaders of our party are very concerned about his situation, and the chairman has personally said that he hopes that the public will give Puyi such a special person a chance to reform himself.
The organization also gave Puyi a lot of care, not only arranging accommodation for him,
We also try to provide him with more suitable jobs.
When he was just released from prison, Puyi had been working as a florist at the Botanical Garden in the southern foothills of Xiangshan, this job was relatively relaxed, and he did not have to deal with too many people, which was more suitable for Puyi. When he first came out, he would not do many things, but with the passage of time, with the help of the people around him, Puyi became more and more independent and slowly integrated into society.
The process is hard, but the ending is beautiful, as an ordinary person, Puyi no longer enjoys the privilege and the life of fine clothes, but his heart is incomparably happy, because he has never felt the freedom and independence,
He finally became a real person.
The chairman has also always been concerned about Puyi's life, and in 1961, the chairman took time out of his busy schedule to receive Puyi, and the two of them had a long talk. When he went to see the chairman, Puyi was dressed very plainly, and at that time he already had wrinkles on his face, because of his myopia, and he also had a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
No one could see that this person was actually the last emperor.
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Seeing the chairman again, Puyi's mood is very complicated, he has endless admiration for the kind chairman in his heart, but he also feels guilty about what he has done, so the first thing he did after seeing the chairman was to apologize.
When the Chairman saw him in tears, he patiently comforted him, and then the two sat down to talk.
Like an old friend, the chairman cared about Puyi's work and life, and also told him to pay attention to his body. Such kind words and sincere concern made Puyi once again moved to tears, and he was so emotional that he couldn't even speak clearly.
After seeing this scene, the chairman was also full of thoughts, his emotions were infected, he recalled his revolutionary years, and his eyes were also a little moist.
After a while, the two men's emotions stabilized, and then a formal conversation began, and the chairman said that if Puyi wanted to start a new life, he could try to contact some work related to history.
Puyi did not expect that the chairman, who was busy with official duties, actually had time to care about his work, and he was somewhat flattered, stumbling and answering that he was willing, but he was afraid that his ability was not enough.
The chairman said that he did not have to worry so much, he would not be able to learn, and he believed that with Puyi's efforts, there would be no problem.
At this point in the conversation, Puyi was not as nervous as at the beginning, his demeanor was more relaxed, and the conversation topic between the two was getting more and more relaxed. The chairman also asked puyi about his married life, asked him whether he and Wenxiu were separated, and whether the two were still in contact.
Puyi replied one by one, and he admitted that he had done a lot of stupid things before, so he would be separated from Wenxiu, and the two had never been in contact since then. He also sighed that although Wen Xiu had a hard time after leaving him, he must have been free.
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Since puyi said something bad to Mao Zedong about the past, he seemed to be repenting and said all the things he regretted.
What he hated most was his status as the emperor of his old days, and if he were an ordinary person, he might have joined the revolution instead of becoming a puppet of the Japanese. When Puyi said these words, the chairman was very quiet, just holding the other party's hand tightly.
In fact, what Puyi said is not completely unreasonable, the root of the tragedy of his life is his birth, a child, from childhood was instilled in feudal ideas by the people around him, and when he grew up, he naturally could not understand the wind of reform outside the Forbidden City. In fact, Puyi was able to realize his mistakes after the labor reform and decided to become a new person, which is already a very remarkable thing.
The chairman has always looked down on the so-called emperor, he feels that the emperor is just a tool of power of the feudal dynasty, but in the face of Puyi, who blames himself and is inferior, he still teases humorously, saying that although the other party is not a pioneer,
But it is true that the end of the feudal dynasty, this identity is also very meaningful.
Finally, the chairman also took a photo with Puyi, and the comrades on the side joked:
"This is the founding father and the last emperor!"
After that, the two never had the opportunity to see each other again. However, the chairman still cared for Puyi, and in 1967 he was hospitalized due to illness, and Premier Zhou personally visited him. After Puyi's death, the ashes were placed in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.