In 1922, in Lushun, Liaoning, a group of young people sat around the hospital bed, quietly waiting for the old man lying on the bed to speak. After a while, the old man slowly sat up with the support of his wife, and said softly: "My children, it was Japan and Mr. Kawashima who helped me, and you should not forget their great kindness. ”
Dongzhen, our dream of the restoration of the Qing Dynasty depends entirely on the efforts of you and Mr. Kawashima Speed, no matter what, you must win his support! "Why did this old man warn his children not to return to China?
Why was he so determined to restore the rule of the Qing Dynasty? In this early period of the last century, countless revolutionaries stood up against the oppression of the old society and foreign powers, but at the same time, some people betrayed their country, among which the female traitor Yoshiko Kawashima was the most despised.
In 1928, an incident occurred in the Northeast that shocked China and the rest of the world. Zhang Zuolin, known as the "King of the Northeast", suddenly encountered a violent ** when he was passing through Huanggutun in a car, and he and his entourage lost their lives in the fire.
This event was entirely orchestrated by the Japanese and was intended to pave the way for the subsequent 918 incident. And behind this, in addition to Japan's ambitions, there is also a shadow of a Chinese woman - Aisin Jueluo Xianyu, also known as Kawashima Yoshiko.
A month before the Huanggutun incident, the Japanese had been thinking about how to get rid of Zhang Zuolin, but they had never been able to find a suitable opportunity.
At the critical moment, Yoshiko Kawashima learned of Zhang Zuolin's whereabouts from Zhang Zuolin's cronies and officers with a peerless appearance, and immediately reported to the Japanese to help them concoct the Huanggutun incident. After the incident, Zhang Xueliang did not suspect Yoshiko, but let her stay in the army, and Yoshiko Kawashima used this identity to continuously provide information on the three eastern provinces for the Japanese army.
After the September 18 Incident, Japan tried to establish a puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China in order to confuse the people and realize its ambition of invading China.
In the process of the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo, Yoshiko Kawashima played an important role, not only becoming the Japanese army's junior commander, but also assisting the Japanese army in consolidating its rule in the northeast. She implemented the "three-light policy" and brutalized countless innocent people.
Despite Yoshiko Kawashima's crimes, her past is also very tragic. In 1922, she was given as a gift by her brother to her adoptive father, Kawashima Speeda, and suffered extreme humiliation.
Yoshiko Kawashima did not hate the Japanese because of the humiliation, but instead transferred their pain to the innocent people and continued to serve those who hurt her. Behind this choice, it is related to her biological father, Ai Xinjue Luo Shanqi.
Aixinjue Luo Shanqi, a native of Manchuria with a white flag, one of the twelve iron hat kings of the Qing Dynasty, was born in 1866. His ancestor Haute Ge was the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and won the title of Iron Hat King for his martial bravery.
Under the shadow of the destruction of opium and the invasion of the British and French forces, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi's childhood was full of the pain of the great powers bullying the country. What is even more distressing is that the Eight-Nation Coalition even burned down his home.
In order to better compensate him, the imperial court made him the governor of Chongwenmen, a position that was envied by everyone and was responsible for collecting taxes from merchants entering and leaving the capital.
In order to allow him to have more income, the imperial court also deliberately reduced the original 300,000 taels of taxes by 180,000 taels.
Xinjue Luo Shanqi is honest and self-controlled, advocates the tax system, and pays 600,000 taels of taxes within a year, which has been well received by the people. However, his behavior attracted resentment and revenge from the powerful, and he was eventually forced to be ousted.
Despite the setbacks, Xinjue Luo Shanqi did not give up, but actively devoted himself to the cause of reform. After he became the Minister of Management Affairs of the General Administration of Industry and Inspection, he made an important contribution to the cause of equality between men and women with his outstanding ability to identify talents and his enthusiasm for reform, and also abolished the laws restricting women's access to theaters.
Although Aisin Jueluo Shanqi made many reforms, his motivation was not out of concern for the country and its people, but to maintain their rule in the Qing Dynasty and his own position as the king of the iron hat.
In 1910, Wang Jingwei, as a patriotic young man, tried to infiltrate Beijing to assassinate the regent Zaifeng, but unfortunately ** and was imprisoned. After learning of Wang Jingwei's imprisonment, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi, who realized that Qing rule was about to collapse, immediately went to the prison to try to persuade Wang Jingwei to help him protect the Qing Dynasty.
However, Wang Jingwei, who was dedicated to the revolution at the time, regarded both the Great Powers and the Qing Dynasty as enemies, so Aixinjue Luo Shanqi, who wanted to continue the rule of the Qing Dynasty, also became his enemy.
In the face of Wang Jingwei's challenge, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi also felt powerless, and he left a sentence "If I were not a royal family, maybe I would also join the revolution", and then released Wang Jingwei.
It can be seen from this that the various changes implemented by Aisin Gioro Shanqi only wanted to continue the rule of the Qing Dynasty, rather than really to make the Chinese people live a better life.
However, at this time, Aixin Jueluo Shanqi was at best a remnant of the Qing Dynasty, and he could not be called a traitor. It wasn't until he got acquainted with the Japanese Kawashima Shonan that his fate and his family were completely pushed to a corner.
The princes of the Qing Dynasty and Japanese friends joined hands to innovate the Qing Dynasty prince Aixinjue Luo Shanqi, who worked with Li Hongzhang to deal with the aftermath of the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China in 1900.
In the process, he became acquainted with Kawashima Shonan, a Japanese translator, who had similar ideas despite their different cultural backgrounds and statuses. The two talked happily and became close friends.
With the help of Kawashima Sulang, Aisin Jueluo Shanqi introduced the police system to the capital, starting a period of cross-border cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and Japan.
Before the Xinhai Revolution, the friendship between Aisin Jueluo Shanqi and Kawashima Sulang was innocent and immaculate. However, when the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Kawashima Sulang lured him into fleeing to Lushun on the pretext of helping Aisin Jueluo Shanqi restore the Qing Dynasty.
There, Aisin Jue Luo Shanqi was completely bought by the Japanese, and even gave away a large amount of property to gain their trust. When Emperor Taisho ascended the throne, Aisin Jue Luo Shanqi even climbed Baiyu Mountain to pray for the Japanese army invading China.
In order to enlist the help of Kawashima Speed, Aisin Jueluo Shanqi passed on his daughter Aisin Jueluo Xianyu to him. Every time Kawashima Shonan visited, he would personally greet him at the door and let his beautiful concubine accompany him.
At this time, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi had completely lost his mind, groveling to the Japanese, like a minion. However, Kawashima did not intend to help him, he was only trying to help Japan invade China faster.
Although Aixin Jueluo Shanqi is not a dull person, Yu Wang Jingwei, who was once known as an "outstanding politician", knows the cunning of Kawashima Sulang, but he does not mind. In order to restore the Qing Dynasty, even if it became a vassal of Japan, it was not hesitated to make it a vassal of Japan.
In June 1912, instigated by the Japanese, Shanqi threw the whole army into the "Manchu Movement" and purchased a large number of ** to be shipped to Inner Mongolia. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the warlord Wu Junsheng during transportation, and ** became Wu Junsheng's bag, and the first independence movement ended in failure.
This defeat did not discourage Aixin Jueluo Shanqi, but made him more tenacious, silently accumulating strength, looking forward to the revival of the Qing Dynasty. It wasn't until 1915 that Yuan Shikai became emperor, and he decided that this was a great opportunity.
So he immediately began to act, planning to establish the Qing Dynasty in Inner and Outer Mongolia, Manchuria, and North China. In order to succeed in this operation, he even sold all his family property, used the money to hire mercenaries, buy **, and began intense and orderly training.
After the death of Yuan Shikai, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi had the dream of "full ** standing" and went all out to devote himself to the movement. However, the Japanese forcibly stopped his actions for fear of triggering a riot, which ultimately led to his failure to achieve his goals.
Despite this, he did not give up the idea of restoring the Qing Dynasty, but pinned his hopes on his thirty-eight children.
As one of the Iron Hat Kings, Aixin Jueluo Shanqi has 38 children, which are the crystallization of him, his five wives and countless concubines. Although he failed in the second "Manchurian Movement", he still firmly believed that his children were his only hope for a comeback.
He gathered the children around him and laid down two important rules for them: first, do everything in their power to restore the rule of the Qing Dynasty; Second, if the first one cannot be realized, then we must stay away from China and never return.
For the sake of the children's future development, Aixin Jueluo Shanqi strictly follows two guidelines and sends them to Western countries for education, expecting them to show their strength after returning to China.
However, although Shanqi confidently pinned the task of reviving the Qing dynasty on his children, not all of them agreed with his approach. Some of them, like the children of the sixteenth son Xianfang, resolutely opposed the restoration of the Qing Dynasty and devoted themselves to the revolutionary cause after returning to China; There are also children like Jin Moyu, a seventeenth woman, who has no interest in politics and lives the life of an ordinary working woman; Only Yoshiko Kawashima, the adopted daughter who gave it to Kawashima Speed, has become a highly anticipated hope.
Yoshiko Kawashima, the woman who had committed countless hurtful things, finally gained real power in the puppet state of Manchukuo. She recruited her brothers and sisters to enter the puppet Manchukuo as errands, and oppressed the people in the northeast together.
However, despite the fact that Aisin Jue Luo Shanqi was a brilliant politician, he did not pass on this talent to his children. With the exception of Yoshiko Kawashima, the other children had a dream of restoring the Qing Dynasty, but they lacked the talent to achieve it.
Even Jin Moyu said: "Although my father sent his brothers abroad to receive the best education, in the end, he left them with nothing but the uncle's temper and smoking habits." ”
Although Aisin Jue Luo Shanqi had high hopes for the Japanese, his desire to restore the Qing Dynasty did not come true. He did not expect that the real warriors, while succumbing to the invaders themselves, were ready to face the enemy with their guns in hand.
His best child, Yoshiko Kawashima, was arrested by the Kuomintang after the surrender of the Japanese army and executed in March 1948. Since then, Aixinjue Luo Shanqi's desire to restore the Qing Dynasty has become empty talk.
Although Aixinjue Luo Shanqi's life was full of contradictions, he actively promoted the reform of the Qing Dynasty royal family and injected new vitality into the imperial court. His incorruptible image also made him unique in the late Qing Dynasty.
However, his motive was not out of love for the country and its people, but to ensure the dominance of the royal family. He even did not hesitate to leave his home and collude with the Japanese to betray the motherland.
His actions not only brought great harm to the country, but also caused indelible shame on his own children. His groveling allowed traitors like Yoshiko Kawashima to appear.