He was the last emperor in Chinese history, and he can also be called the worst emperor in history. He became emperor three times, abdicated three times, lived in exile all his life, and spent most of his life in detention, and this experience also caused him to fear death, and he was terrified to the extreme. The "emperor" here refers to the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aixinjue Luo Puyi. Today, we will follow the smoke and dust of history to tell the ups and downs of Emperor Puyi's life.
Pu Yi, born on February 7, 1906, is a Manchu with the name Yaozhi and the name Haoran. He is the great-grandson of Daoguang Emperor Min Ning, the grandson of Prince Yixun, the nephew of Emperor Guangxu, and the eldest son of the regent Zaifeng. In 1908, Pu Yi, who was trained by the Empress Dowager Cixi, ascended to the throne at the age of three, and in 1908, the Empress Dowager Cixi died, marking the transfer of power in the Qing Dynasty from Cixi to Pu Yi and his father Zaifeng. However, this did not change the fate of the Qing Dynasty. Although Pu Yi became the nominal emperor, he did not really hold the power of the state. Instead, he was firmly controlled by his father and the other **s** and became their puppet.
The decline of the Qing dynasty became more and more evident in the years when Pu Yi waited for his pro-government. There are more and more uprisings in various parts of the country. In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, the Beiyang Army failed to suppress it, and the Qing ** had no choice but to accept the preferential treatment regulations proposed by Yuan Shikai. On February 12, 1912, the six-year-old Pu Yi was forced to abdicate, ending Qing rule. Pu Yi enjoys the preferential conditions for the abdication of the Qing family agreed upon by **temporarily**, and still lives in the Forbidden City.
In 1922, Pu Yi held a big wedding in the Forbidden City, married an empress and a concubine, and lived a peaceful life. On July 1, 1917, Zhang Xun led the Braided Army into Beijing, drove out Li Yuanhong, supported Puyi's restoration, and made him emperor for the second time. However, at this time, it was already the ** period, and Zhang Xun's perverse behavior naturally could not last, and this farce only lasted 12 days before it ended, and Pu Yi ** again. Because Zhang Xun supported Puyi's restoration, Feng Yuxiang believed that as long as Puyi remained in the Forbidden City, there might be a danger of restoration. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang staged a coup d'état in Beijing, deposing the title of Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and expelling Pu Yi from the palace. At this time, Pu Yi was accustomed to the life of an emperor and was still eager to regain the throne, so he decided to go to Tianjin first and then look for opportunities.
After that, in order to be able to continue to be emperor, he actively did something conducive to the restoration of the Qing Dynasty and made friends with Japan, which was ready to support his return to the throne. In the ** period, the situation is turbulent, internal and external troubles. Seeing this, the great powers felt that it was profitable and wanted to come and get a piece of the pie. Among them, Japan is the loudest. After the 918 Incident, Japan invited Pu Yi to go to Northeast China to restore the country. Pu Yi felt that this was a good opportunity to realize his great cause of restoration, so he happily went.
Japan established the puppet state of Manchukuo in the northeast, and in 1934, Pu Yi was forced to become the puppet emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo, known as Emperor Kant. This time, he was a puppet emperor for 11 years. When Japan surrendered, Pu Yi panicked and tried to escape, only to be arrested by Soviet troops. Because of his special status, the Soviet side chose to place him alone. In the Soviet detention center, although Pu Yi was a prisoner, he did not need to work or do chores, and even someone took care of his life.
In August 1946, Pu Yi attended the International Tribunal for the Far East as a witness to the Japanese invasion of China. In this trial, he was both a judge and a witness. In court, he gave comprehensive testimony to Japan's aggression against China. Although he had also been involved in a number of incidents, his trial was commensurate for voluntarily exposing what Japan had done. In 1950, with the joint efforts of China and the Soviet Union, Pu Yi was extradited back to China. After returning to China, he was tried by the People's Republic of China at the War Criminals Administration Center in Fushun, accused of past crimes, and received a decade-long ideological education.
In 1962, a group of war criminals were pardoned, and Pu Yi's name was prominently ranked first. Because speaking of which, Pu Yi can't even say that he is a war criminal, after all, he is not directly stained with the blood of the Chinese people. But from a historical point of view, the puppet state of Manchukuo did cause great harm to the country and the people, from this point of view. Pu Yi is still guilty.
Later, Pu Yi was arranged to work in the Beijing Botanical Garden, and he married a ** in Beijing, this is Li Shuxian. Pu Yi's work is to water flowers and raise grass every day. Later, Pu Yi came to work in the Museum of Culture and History, specializing in the study of Qing history.
Five years later, Pu Yi suffered from bladder cancer with uremia, his health deteriorated dramatically, and his organs began to fail. At this time, only Li Shuxian was by his side.
At the time of his death, Pu Yi's thin body was full of various instruments, and his appearance was unbearable. He was still muttering, why hasn't the second brother come yet? The second brother here refers to Pu Jie, who has had a close relationship with his brother since he was a child, and the two depend on each other. When he was a child, he grew up with Pu Yi, and he was also his brother's personal retinue when he was in Manchukuo.
Pu Jie learned that his brother was critically ill late. When he learned that his brother wanted to see him one last time, he hurried to the hospital in a special car that had been arranged. Fortunately, when Pu Yi was tortured, Pu Jie finally came to the ward. The brothers met, but Pu Yi's wish was fulfilled. Before he could talk to Pu Jie, the last emperor exhaled his last breath with difficulty and closed his eyes peacefully.