Japan's Yasukuni Shrine is the best ironclad evidence of Japanese fascism, but I don't know much about the Kenkoku Shrine. In fact, the shrine is also dedicated to Japanese war criminals, but because these buildings were all demolished later, they have gradually faded into history. These buildings were built one after another during Japan's invasion of northeast China. The interior enshrines Japanese soldiers who died in the war in China, and Pu Yi personally brought those widows and children to pay their respects. Now some people have overturned the case for Puyi, saying that he was forced to helplessly and so on. But on many occasions, Puyi took the initiative to cater to the Japanese.
I. Japan Launched the 918 Incident, Zhang Xueliang's 380,000-strong Army Retreated Without a Fight Since the time of Emperor Meiji, Japan has planned to establish a great Japanese empire. The empire included the Korean Peninsula, Northeast China, the Russian Far East, and Southeast Asia, and Japan gained control of the Korean Peninsula through the Sino-Japanese War. Through the Russo-Japanese War, Japan once again gained a foothold in northeast China. However, Japan never had the strength to swallow northeast China in one gulp, and then a series of changes occurred in China, such as the Xinhai Revolution, warlord chaos, the Northern Expedition, and so on. At this time, the warlord who controlled the northeast was Zhang Zuolin, and objectively speaking, although Zhang Zuolin also did things for Japan himself, the most basic bottom line still existed. But in 1928, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese army, and his baby son Zhang Xueliang became the head of the northeast family. During this period, the Great Battle of the Central Plains broke out, and Zhang Xueliang led 200,000 troops to help Chiang Kai-shek for his own interests. However, there are still 180,000 regular troops in the northeast, plus local vigilante groups and police, and the number will be even higher. On September 18, 1931, at the instigation of some middle- and lower-ranking Japanese officers, the Japanese Kwantung Army launched a war. At that time, Zhang Xueliang was watching "Cosmic Front" in Peiping, and after he used the provocation of the Japanese army, he thought that this was just a small action of the Japanese army. Therefore, Zhang Xueliang ordered the army to resolutely refuse to resist, and as a result, the Beida camp, which was garrisoned by more than 15,000 people, was broken by more than 800 Japanese troops. Subsequently, Shenyang City, which was guarded by more than 10,000 people, was controlled by more than 1,000 Japanese troops, and all the troops retreated, and only the police, who dared to resist, were usually looked down upon. Only at this time did Zhang Xueliang feel that something was wrong. But he did not want to fight the Japanese, and although the northeast was gone, he still had north China, and he was still a prince. In the end, Zhang Xueliang ordered all the troops to withdraw into Guanxi, and only more than 10,000 Japanese troops occupied the northeast region. Zhang Xueliang was most concerned about his gold bars, and after the fall of Northeast China, Zhang Xueliang also asked the Japanese for his own gold.
Second, Puyi took the initiative to defect and established the notorious puppet state of Manchukuo
After Japan occupied the northeast, it was not yet possible to directly annex the northeast in view of the situation at that time. Therefore, the Japanese side needs to support an agent, and at first Japan took a fancy to the bigwigs of the Beiyang government, but none of these people were willing to be traitors, and they all used all kinds of use to shirk. In the end, the Japanese took a fancy to the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, who had long abdicated, and Puyi lived in the concession of Tianjin after being driven out of the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang. Japanese representative Kenji Doihara approached Puyi and said that he had plans to help him restore the imperial throne. This made Pu Yi very happy, and in the end, Pu Yi insisted on going to the northeast with the Japanese despite the opposition of other former Qing nobles. In 1932, the puppet Manchukuo was established, and Puyi became the ruling government of the puppet Manchukuo. Two years later, Puyi became emperor again, but this time he was the emperor of Manchukuo, not the previous Manchu emperor. Although Japan supported Puyi and established the so-called Manchukuo, the people in the northeast region did not completely submit. The number of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army is increasing, and some Northeast Army, bandits, and militia groups who have not had time to withdraw are attacking the Japanese army everywhere. In order to stabilize the localities, Japan invested a large number of troops to clear and suppress them. In the process of clearing and suppressing various types of anti-Japanese weapons, the casualties of the Japanese army were not small. At this time, Puyi began to build the Jianguo Shrine in the northeast, and the inside of the Jianguo Shrine enshrined the Japanese soldiers who died in the Chinese war. Japanese people can enter the inside of the shrine to perform condolences, but Chinese not only cannot enter the shrine, but must bow three times when passing by the shrine. Please note that Pu Yi took the initiative to ask for the construction, saying that he was coerced without any reason.
3. During the Soviet period, Puyi still wanted to join the party, and in August 1945, more than 1.5 million Soviet troops sent troops to northeast China. More than 600,000 Japanese Kwantung Army troops were captured by the Soviet army, along with Puyi. Facing the surrounding Soviet troops, Pu Yi said: "I am the emperor of Manchuria and all China." Pu Yi was then taken to the Soviet Union, where she bribed Soviet officers with her gold and silver jewelry. Puyi's life in the Soviet Union was still good, he lived in a special building, and his food was also very good. In addition to losing her freedom, Puyi can be said to have lived a moderately prosperous life. After the founding of New China, Pu Yi and others learned that they would be "escorted back to China." Puyi took out all his money, and he tried to join the CPSU so that he could stay in the Soviet Union forever. Although the Soviet Union had "one kind or another" of problems, it was still not confused on this issue. In the end, Puyi was escorted back to China, but his jewels were left behind by the Soviets