Puyi's life can be said to have experienced many twists and turns, from a dynasty to a prisoner of the order, and finally returned to the life of ordinary people, from the feudal Qing Dynasty to the open-minded Republic of China to the construction of new China, the life experience can be described as very rich.
Puyi was imprisoned after the founding of New China because of his cooperation with the Japanese during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and because of his good performance in prison, Puyi was given the opportunity to be released early.
After Puyi was released from prison, he followed his former friend Du Yuming to visit the Forbidden City where he once lived, but what he did not expect was that he was stopped by the conductor in front of the Forbidden City and said that he could only go in to watch if he bought a ticket, and the time changed easily, which also made Puyi feel a thousand emotions in his heart.
Puppet Emperor Puyi
Puyi was the last emperor of China, and because of the times, he experienced many legendary stories in his life.
Puyi was only two years old when he ascended the throne as emperor, he was still a child, he sat on a huge dragon chair, behind him was Empress Dowager Cixi hanging the curtain to listen to the government, the young Puyi became emperor in the background of foreign aggression, neither can maintain the security and unity of the country, nor can it guarantee the happiness and safety of the Chinese people, Puyi's position as emperor is doomed to not be able to do for a long time.
In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and Emperor Puyi was ousted from power, becoming the last emperor in Chinese history, and China's feudal dynasty also ended in this generation, but he did not know what this meant when he was young.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen saw the young Puyi in the palace, and because he was still young, he allowed Puyi to continue to live in the palace, and regularly distributed money to him every month for daily living expenses.
Puyi has been living in the palace like this, like living in a paradise, he has no idea what kind of changes the outside world has undergone.
But as Puyi grew up and was exposed to more information, he began to understand his situation, even if he wanted to make changes, but he had no real power in his hands and could only rely on warlords everywhere and even the Japanese who invaded later.
And because of the particularity of his identity, all forces also want to win over Puyi to "blackmail the son of heaven to order the princes", puyi can only play a marionette in it, and he can make very few choices on his own.
Later, because of the struggle of warlord forces, Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City and driven out of his home where he had lived for more than ten years, and Puyi, who had no one to rely on, still held the delusion of restoring the imperial system, so in this case, Puyi defected to the Japanese at that time.
The Japanese invaders also showed great enthusiasm for Puyi's surrender, and they needed a justified reason to invade China, and Puyi officially became a puppet under the control of the Japanese army.
In the puppet Manchukuo regime set up by the Japanese army, Puyi became emperor again, but at this time, he not only had no real power, but was also put under house arrest by the Japanese army in the name of protection.
In his name, the Japanese did all kinds of evil and mutilated the lives of countless compatriots on the land of China, and he also became a public enemy of the Chinese people, and was ostracized and condemned by the Chinese people.
After the founding of New China, he was imprisoned for reform
Puyi's life of being held hostage by people continued until the success of the War of Resistance, the Japanese were defeated and returned to China, and Puyi once again faced a situation of nowhere to go, he originally wanted to flee to Japan with the Japanese army, but was captured by the Soviet army in the process of escape.
He was imprisoned in a Soviet prison for 5 years, and after negotiations, Puyi was transferred from the Soviet Union to domestic detention, where he received ideological reform and cultural baptism.
Although Puyi has no real power, there are still many people in ordinary life who take care of his daily life, and Puyi has also learned a lot of life skills in prison that he has not been exposed to before, and in terms of material life and ideology and spirit, he has ended the fact that the feudal dynasty has long been overthrown.
Puyi met Du Yuming, who was recuperating here during his fushun reform and study period, and Du Yuming was a General of the Kuomintang who was captured by PLA fighters during the Liberation War.
The two quickly became friends because of their common interests, and the two often studied and chatted together, actively accepting the ideological transformation of the Chinese Communist Party.
Later, because of their active ideological reform in prison, and both of them performed very well, both became the first prisoners to be pardoned at that time.
Under the arrangement of the Communist Party, they also found a suitable job for themselves, able to support themselves, and these people transformed from people of different classes and different political positions into citizens of new China.
After being released from prison, he also visited the Forbidden City
Du Yuming, because he had never seen the Forbidden City, had mentioned this matter to Puyi a long time ago, hoping to let Puyi be his tour guide after he was released from prison, and the two of them went to the Forbidden City together to visit.
Puyi refused at the beginning after hearing this matter, he did not want to return to that sad place, he remembered his various circumstances in the Forbidden City, from the emperor admired by thousands of people to the current prisoner of the order, in the middle of which he endured countless setbacks, and his heart was full of emotions that caused him to shed tears.
But Puyi also had a feeling of longing for the former residence, and at the same time he was also curious about the current situation in the Forbidden City, so after a while he said to Du Yuming: "Forget it, or go back to see it!" ”
When the two walked to the door of the Forbidden City, Puyi looked at everything as before, as if everything in the palace had not changed, but things were not human, and he was no longer the Puyi he used to be.
Just when the two wanted to visit the Forbidden City, they were intercepted by the ticket seller at the door, who asked for tickets from the two, and they could not go to the Forbidden City without tickets.
Puyi was very puzzled and even a little angry in the face of the security guards' obstruction, he said: "I am going back to my own home, why do I need tickets to go home?" ”
Saying that, he insisted on walking in despite the personnel's obstruction, or Du Yuming, who was walking behind, explained while helping Puyi pay for the tickets, and this matter was counted over.
Du Yuming came to Puyi's side to comfort him and said: "Now that New China has been established, the times have undergone tremendous changes, even if the Forbidden City is the place where you once lived, but now it has become a place visited by everyone, and the regular maintenance of the Forbidden City also needs to spend money, so you need to pay the ticket money!" ”
Puyi did not say anything after listening to Du Yuming's explanation, he just continued to move forward to the Forbidden City where he once lived, wanting to see this place that carried many of his memories.
Puyi slowly came to the various courtyards of the Forbidden City, he saw a lot of things in the past, in the past he felt that the scenery that was very rare and ordinary seemed to have a different charm today, and in the blink of an eye, decades had passed.
He found that many things in the Forbidden City had been renovated, looking cleaner and neater and even refreshed, and he went to the management of the Forbidden City to inquire.
The management said: They are currently renovating the Forbidden City, many items have been restored as they were, and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources have been spent, Puyi slowly nodded after hearing this explanation.
For a long time, Puyi forgot the purpose of coming here, he greedily looked at the scenery in the Forbidden City, indulged in the past, watched the familiar houses under the protection of the staff, Puyi's mood gradually eased.
He began to introduce the architecture of the Forbidden City to Du Yuming, telling about the role of different buildings and their historical origins, and when he was interested, he would personally demonstrate the scenes of life in the Forbidden City.
Puyi's colorful speech soon attracted the onlookers of tourists around, everyone listened to Puyi's speech while visiting the magnificent buildings of the Forbidden City, although everyone did not know that this was the legendary last emperor Puyi, but everyone was amazed by his understanding of the Forbidden City and his detailed grasp of history.
Only Du Yuming knew that the Forbidden City, which was full of mystery in the eyes of everyone, seemed to be nothing more than his former home in Puyi's eyes, and the things naturally introduced were not huge and detailed, and they were very vivid.
Puyi pulled Du Yuming all the way to give him a detailed introduction, almost all the corners of the Forbidden City, Du Yuming also rested several times in the middle of the way before barely keeping up with Puyi's footsteps.
That is, during the rest period, some tourists from the Forbidden City recognized the true identity of Puyi, and everyone passed on ten or ten hundred, and soon attracted a large number of tourists to come and watch.
Many tourists have come to talk to Puyi, and some people still want to take photos with Puyi, and Puyi is trapped in the crowd and seems a little overwhelmed.
In the end, Du Yuming was afraid that the words of the crowd would stimulate Puyi, and in this case, Puyi would inevitably have some bad emotions, so he pulled Puyi out of the crowd and hurriedly left the Forbidden City.
The two people who came out of the Forbidden City were a little tired, and they wanted to take the bus back to the residence quickly, but what the two did not expect was that there was a farce staged on the bus.
Puyi and Du Yuming had just boarded the bus when they saw a man kneeling in front of Puyi, shouting "Long live the emperor" in his mouth.
Such a scene scared Du Yuming out of a cold sweat, and the person kneeling down may be the original courtier.
However, new China has long since lost the emperor, and if Puyi had said something to spare him at this time, it would have been very likely that he would be sent to prison again for reform because of ideological problems.
Fortunately, before Du Yuming could say anything, Puyi first pulled up the kneeling person and said, "Now that it is New China, I am now just an ordinary citizen, and you don't need to do this." ”
Du Yuming breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing Puyi's actions, and also lamented that Puyi had completely completed the ideological transformation, and he had completely accepted the reality.
The ruts of history roll forward, and Puyi has calmly accepted his fate and is ready to start another new life for him.