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Why did Zhang Zuolin kneel and prostrate when he saw Puyi? November 5, 1924: Feng Yuxiang, a warlord directly under the Republic of China, expels the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xinjueluo Puyi, from the Forbidden City.
Many people have no understanding of Puyi's influence.
Everyone only thinks that he is the abdicated emperor and does not learn the paper tiger of no technique.
Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Puyi still has a high reputation.
We can see this in a lot of details.
After Puyi abdicated, he once secretly met Zhang Zuolin in Tianjin.
As we all know, Zhang Zuolin is the leader of the Beiyang warlords and the most powerful warlord.
His Anguo military junta is the Chinese government recognized by the international community.
In other words, Zhang Zuolin is actually China's president and can manipulate the main power of the state.
Puyi did not have any power to speak of, and his own economy also had problems, and began to sell cultural relics and jewelry to make a living.
The status of the two seems to be far apart, as long as Zhang Zuolin is willing, he can completely make Puyi kneel.
In Zhang Zuolin's eyes, Puyi is no different from the Eight Banners of Society, and he is a waste.
However, in 1925, Puyi ventured out of the Japanese Concession and went to meet Zhang Zuolin in the Cao Family Garden, but the situation was completely different.
Zhang Zuolin was unwilling to let the outside world know about this, and still let the honor guard solemnly greet Puyi at the mansion.
As mentioned above, the two are far apart in terms of status, and Puyi is only an expired emperor who abdicated.
Zhang Zuolin, on the other hand, controls half of China and is the most powerful and powerful warlord.
In terms of age, Puyi is only 19 years old, and Zhang Zuolin is already 50 years old, younger than his son.
Before the meeting, Puyi thought about it again and again, and did not know what etiquette should be used to treat Zhang Zuolin.
When senior officials of the Republic of China saw Puyi, they only bowed at most. Only when the flag people meet Puyi on the annual festival, they need to bow down in accordance with the old rules of the Manchu Qing.
Puyi believes that Zhang Zuolin may bow or directly reach out to shake hands.
If Zhang Zuolin just shook hands, Puyi certainly did not dare to hold it up, and would definitely greet him and shake it to avoid Zhang Zuolin's displeasure.
What Puyi never expected was that Zhang Zuolin did not say a word after seeing him, fell to his knees with a thud, and prostrated his head, and said: "The emperor is good."
Puyi was immediately flattered, and some of them were at a loss, so he hurriedly bent down to help Zhang Zuolin up and said, "The general is good."
From this prostration, it can be seen that Puyi has a certain symbolic significance.
As the orthodox emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who controlled China for more than 200 years, he was still very powerful in China.
At that time, Chinese were relatively ignorant, and most of them were still immersed in the feudal culture for 2,000 years.
In their view, the emperor is very important, and China cannot do without the emperor.
Interestingly, Chinese, foreigners are pretty much the same.
In the more than 10 years that Puyi went to puppet Manchukuo to become a puppet emperor, although he was manipulated like a puppet, he was quite courteous.
According to Puyi's recollection, no Japanese, including the commander of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese ambassador to puppet Manchukuo, the Japanese imperial family, and even Emperor Hirohito himself, never disrespected him.
Even if these Japanese people have a set behind their backs, they are extremely polite to Puyi in person.
For example, his royal secretary, Major General Yasuno Yoshioka, once said in front of Fu Jie's face: Without us Japanese, there is no Manchukuo. Everything that Emperor Puyi has now is the credit of our Japan.
However, even Yoshioka Yasunori never dared to be rude in front of Puyi and acted very humble.
Interestingly, Chairman Mao also had contact with Puyi.
Excerpt: During the Spring Festival in 1962, Mao Zedong hosted a banquet in the Yinian Hall for four celebrities, Zhang Shizhao, Cheng Qian, Qiu Ao, and Wang Xiaofan. After entering the table, Mao Zedong said wittily: "I invite you to come today to accompany a guest." He was once your boss! "Everybody's confused. Then, a tall, thin man in his 50s, smiling and gracious, walked into the living room. Mao Zedong was obviously seeing this person for the first time, greeted him with a handshake, pulled him to sit down next to him, smiled in a thick Shaoshan accent, and said, "I don't know, he is the Xuantong Emperor!" Isn't that everyone's boss? "It turned out that this person was Puyi.
It can be seen that although Mao Zedong is joking, it also shows a fact that Puyi was indeed the boss of the 5 of them and was the emperor. And they were all born in the Qing Dynasty, and in principle, they were all subjects of Puyi.
Having said that, Puyi is not a qualified politician and cannot play politics.
First, he did not have a single soldier, no military strength. During the imperial palace period, Puyi's bodyguards could only sabre, could only maintain law and order in the palace, and could not fight against any army. Even in the puppet Manchukuo period, puyi's hundreds of guards were disbanded by the Japanese. Puyi's close-knit bodyguards, several of whom were still undercover Japanese;
Second, he has no political power and mainly relies on the flag people. Unfortunately, after the Xinhai Revolution, the flag people themselves were unable to protect themselves. They were originally ethnic minorities, because the iron crop system of the Eight Banners led to the vast majority of people becoming parasites who ate official salaries. These people's own lives were still difficult to maintain, and later Wang Ye went to pull rickshaws, set up stalls, and even prostituted themselves. Puyi wants to rely on this group of people, of course, it is impossible.
Third, Puyi has a weak personality, is a cowardly, timid and cruel person.
Puyi has been cold-blooded all his life, and there is no ordinary person's feelings.
In addition to treating his nursing mother Wang Lianshou and his concubine Tan Yuling, as well as several younger siblings with some feelings, Puyi is very ruthless to everyone. The servants who had followed him for many years could not be beaten by him and driven out again.
Originally, Puyi still had some feelings for Empress Wanrong and trusted her quite a bit. However, after the Wenxiu divorce incident, Puyi believed that it was because Wanrong and Wenxiu competed for favors that this kind of thing was done and lost his face. Since then, Puyi has carried out cruel mental torture on Wanrong, causing Wanrong, who was originally mentally unstable, to go crazy and suffer from severe schizophrenia.
In order to maintain the face of the royal family, Puyi was not allowed to treat Wanrong. WanRong was unable to control herself during the onset of illness and had a physical relationship with two guards.
Puyi was so angry that he threw this bastard baby girl into the furnace and burned her to death, and also intensified her torture of Wanrong, causing her to go completely mad, and even people could not recognize her.
Due to Puyi's cold personality, his subordinates were also extremely dissatisfied with him and were unwilling to fight for his life.
Therefore, Puyi does not have any actual power, only some nihilistic influence.
The Japanese took advantage of this and made him a puppet emperor of puppet Manchukuo.
Writing here, I think of a scene in the movie "Song Family Dynasty".
Seriously ill, Sun Yat-sen took a car to stop at the Beiping Railway Station, and a large number of people shouted "Long live Sun Yat-sen".
Sun Yat-sen said calmly: Long live what? Chinese when will I understand that the era of the emperor has passed!
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