An ordinary household register, the name of a former emperor. What kind of story is hidden behind this seemingly inconspicuous cultural relic?In 1959, the former emperor Pu Yi ended his 10-year prison life and became an ordinary citizen of New China. His royal fortune is long gone, and he can only live in his sister's house. His sister urged him to apply for a household registration so that it would be easier for him to travel in the future. This seemingly ordinary scene involves the story of a policeman Wu Jingshen who is sorting out information.
What kind of historical memory does this ordinary household registration book carry?Join me as I uncover this hidden history. Puyi, the former Emperor of Xuantong, now comes to apply for a household registration as an ordinary citizen. In the process of filling out the second-generation household registration booklet, Wu Jingshen ushered in this special applicant. Pu Yi candidly provided about his past and present, he had lived in the Forbidden City, but now he can only say that he is temporarily living in his sister's house.
As a person who has just returned from amnesty, ** has not yet arranged his occupation, so Wu Jingshen filled in the "unemployed" on the household registration book. Next, she asked about Pu Yi's marital status. How will Pu Yi answer?How will his past and present be reflected in this household register?Stay tuned for a follow-up. Pu Yi's life has experienced too many bizarre twists and turns. He became the first emperor in history to be divorced, and the marital status column could only be filled in"Divorce"Two words.
He also encountered difficulties when filling in the education level. Educated in a private school, but unable to provide academic certificates. The staff was helpless, and the superior finally decided to fill in his education level as"Private school"However, a few years later, the household census found a problem and corrected his academic qualifications to those of junior high school. However, after going through all the formalities, the staff made a clerical mistake and will"Unemployed"Misspelled as"Leafless", will"Private school"Misspelled as"Private Books"。
The household registration of this distinguished person could not escape the fate of clerical errors. used to be the king of a country, but now he found that he had settled in his sister's house and became one of the ordinary people. Will this huge identity change bring a psychological gap to Pu Yi?The former emperor now relies on his own hands to work in the Beijing Botanical Gardens and is an ordinary citizen of China. Although some people felt that he had suffered a loss, through hard work, he lived a relatively peaceful life.
From being manipulated to being able to decide his own life, Pu Yi's life has experienced twists and turns, but the rest of his life may not be entirely tragic. The change of identity did not stop his life, but gave him the opportunity to live the life he wanted on his own. Is this kind of life a tragedy or a turning point?In 1908, when the Qing Dynasty was facing a great crisis, a three-year-old Pu Yi became the last emperor.
However, he did not have real power, but was arranged by the Empress Dowager Cixi to take the throne and became a puppet. With the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai usurped the fruits of the revolution and forced Pu Yi to abdicate. Although Yuan Shikai still called Pu Yi "emperor", he limited his power and imprisoned him in the Forbidden City, isolated from the outside world for five years. It was not until 1917 that Pu Yi ascended the throne again, but was forced to abdicate again soon after. In this historical farce, Pu Yi is like a puppet being manipulated.
With the passage of time and the change of power, what will be the fate of Pu Yi?Pu Yi was once a pawn in life who was swayed by the tide of history. In the palace, he once enjoyed a stable life of "being his own emperor", but in the war, the wind of fate once again pushed him to the edge of uncontrollable. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang, a direct general, led the army to defect and launched the "Beijing Coup", and Pu Yi was driven out of the palace and returned to the palace of Prince Alcohol of his biological father.
In this struggle, he exists only to provide a position of "emperor" and becomes a tool at the mercy of others. After Pu Yi was forced to leave the palace, he had nowhere else to go and eventually took refuge in Tianjin. But he was born in a royal family, and he was not willing to be ordinary. Under the influence of some remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he became pro-Japanese in a vain attempt to revive the Qing Emperor's cause with the help of Japanese forces.
However, in 1931, the outbreak of the 918 Incident pushed his fate to another cliff, and the Japanese intended to take him to the northeast as emperor. On this tortuous road of fate, what choice will Pu Yi face?Kenji Dohihara, the head of the Japanese secret service, once summoned Pu Yi and persuaded him to go to Tohokumo to preside over everything. Pu Yi ascended the throne for the third time on March 1, 1932, as the puppet emperor of the "Manchurian Empire", but became a puppet of Japan.
During the 13 years of the puppet state of Manchukuo, Pu Yi did not participate in any decision-making and knew nothing about domestic affairs. In the end, Pu Yi**, who lost his asylum, was tried as a thief. What can we learn from this history?In July 1950, Pu Yi was detained by the Soviet Union for five years and then extradited back to China, but was soon sent to the Fushun War Criminals Management Center, where he underwent a decade-long reform. It was not until the end of 1959 that the amnesty was finally granted.
Pu Yi's life was full of ups and downs, and from the time he ascended the throne, he was destined to be drawn into the whirlpool of political struggle. However, the identity of the emperor is only a symbol of nothingness, and he is nothing more than a helpless victim in the long river of history. Pu Yi was only a vassal of power in the first half of his life, and had to struggle to survive in the political storm. The founding of the People's Republic of China gave Pu Yi the status of a commoner, allowing him to live the life of an ordinary person, re-find his true dignity, get rid of those flashy shackles, and begin to live for himself.
Is Pu Yi's fate destined to be dictated by politics?How did he regain the dignity of life after going through the vicissitudes of life?