Pu Yi laughed and commented that Jiang's office was too simple, like a temple
I experienced the rebirth of my life, which was not simply a physical revival, but also a spiritual awakening. I experienced the joy of being a human being, not just the joy of identity, but the joy of being a contemporary Chinese.
I have a real joy in life, which is not a joy that can be found in any era or anywhere, but a joy that can only be found in this country and in this era.
He ascended to the throne, became a puppet, then became a war criminal, and finally became an ordinary citizen. In these eight years of ordinary life, many hilarious and interesting things have happened.
However, these eight ordinary years of life were the happiest times of his life, allowing him to experience the feeling of being a free man, which he had never had in his previous life.
Especially in the days of "going down to the south of the Yangtze River", the experience of visiting the great rivers and mountains gave him a new experience.
In that year, the emperor and the general also traveled south. On November 10, 1963, Premier ** received and hosted a banquet in the Fujian Hall of the Great Hall of the People to grant amnesty to war criminals and their families, including Pu Yi.
On the occasion of the gathering, the prime minister announced the exciting news that when the flowers bloom next spring, all amnesty persons and their families in Beijing will be able to go sightseeing and sightseeing in the southeast and northwest regions of the motherland.
The prime minister also repeatedly told the comrades of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the CPPCC to make thoughtful arrangements and not to make the tour too tense and make people feel restrained. "
On February 29, the CPPCC held its annual meeting, and after in-depth and enthusiastic **, confirmed the itinerary of southbound tourism: starting from the Beijing-Shanghai line, passing through Nanjing and Shanghai, then transferring to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line to Hangzhou and Jinggangshan, and finally passing through Shaoshan along the Beijing-Guangzhou line, and returning to Beijing from Wuhan.
For the cost of the tour, there is only 05 yuan, and the rest are subsidized at public expense, and it is allowed to bring family members, which makes Pu Yi very happy.
At that time, Pu Yi had not long been married, and he decided to seize the opportunity to take his wife on a trip. Jiangnan has a huge attraction to Pu Yi, because among his ancestors, the eloquent Kangxi visited Jiangnan six times, not only for fun, but also for the governance and defense of the country.
Pu Yi was very envious of the behavior of his ancestors, and he also wanted to reproduce the prosperity of the Kangxi Dynasty, but those are all in the past. Now, he has this rare opportunity, and he will definitely cherish it.
Shen Zui walked with Pu Yi, surrounded by famous figures, including Pu Yi's younger brother Pu Jie, Du Yuming, the commander of the Huaihai Campaign, and the famous Kuomintang generals Liao Yaoxiang and Wang Yaowu.
He humorously said: "Although the CPPCC calls us the visiting group of the Commissioner of Culture and History, in fact, it is more like the 'Emperor and General' visiting group. ”
Because Pu Yi came to Jiangnan for the first time, he felt strange about everything, and in order to add to the happy and pleasant atmosphere, everyone temporarily nicknamed him 'Everything Ask'. ”
When Pu Yi and his wife Li Shuxian visited the Nanjing Friendship Garment Factory, they came to the most prosperous street in Nanjing, the Confucius Temple. The Confucius Temple, a sacred place to commemorate Confucius, was also a gathering place for singers, prostitutes, ruffians and gamblers in the old days.
After acquiring some souvenirs on the street, they returned along the gravel-paved path. On the way, Pu Yi silently muttered to himself: "The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river." ”
Then he suddenly turned to his wife and said, "Fortunately, such a scene will never happen again." ”
On the last day in Nanjing, Pu Yi, Shen Zui and others came to the Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery to remember the revolutionary martyrs who died here. During the Kuomintang rule, it was the burial place of a large number of progressives and communists.
Standing in front of the Martyrs' Monument, Pu Yi recalled the Nanjing Da** and the Japanese fascists made all kinds of ** in the Northeast, and his heart was full of grief, and he quietly mourned in silence to pay the highest respect to these heroes who sacrificed their lives for freedom and democracy.
In the afternoon, Pu Yi visited the ** Mansion of the ** period, and he originally thought that the ** Mansion should be as majestic as the Forbidden City, after all, it was a symbol of the country's power.
However, when he walked into the ** mansion, he found that this place was far from what he imagined. The distance from the gate of the ** mansion to the main house is very deep, Chiang Kai-shek's office is in the innermost, although it does not look huge, but it seems a little narrow, and there is only a reception room of six or seven square meters outside.
The décor is not luxurious, only a wooden red desk, a classical Taishi chair, a small coffee table with a tea set, and an old sofa that is slightly yellowed.
Li Shuxian, Pu Yi's wife, who is not highly educated, asked him suspiciously: "Is it that the conspirators' houses are so small?" It is convenient to plan a conspiracy, and it is convenient to guard against plots? ”
Pu Yi replied in a low voice: "I thought that Chiang Kai-shek's office should be magnificent and huge, at least better than the Taihe Palace in the Forbidden City, and even on a par with the imperial palace in Shenyang in the northeast.
I didn't expect his office to be just a palm-sized place. ”
When the fellow commissioners heard this, they looked at each other and laughed, and then laughed incessantly. Shen Zui smiled and said to Pu Yi: "* It is a product of the new era, his office does not belong to him personally, naturally it cannot be compared with the ancient emperors, and it does not need to be built as huge as the Taihe Hall and the Yangxin Palace." ”
Hearing this, Pu Yi immediately understood, and then said: "You are right, Chiang Kai-shek and I are both reactionary rulers, he rules most of China, and I am only a puppet emperor in the northeast.
Now this ** government is back in the hands of the people, and this is a matter of course. Subsequently, Li Shuxian was on the single sofa in the reception room, Pu Yi sat on the armrest of the sofa, and the husband and wife took a group photo.
After that, Pu Yi attended the Camellia Party and also played a tin opera at the World Theater. Accompanied by his good friend Gao Xin, he successfully concluded his trip to Nanjing.
Pu Yi's words and deeds are often unexpected", his open-mouthed mouth is not only when he visits Nanjing, but also in other parts of the country. As a native of Beijing, one of Pu Yi's daily hobbies is walking.
For the Forbidden City, where he was born and grew up, Pu Yi's heart is full of special nostalgia. After being expelled from the Forbidden City in 1924, he never returned.
After the amnesty, he often visited the Forbidden City with Du Yuming, Shen Zui and others. Once, when they came to the gate of the Forbidden City, Shen was drunk and went to buy tickets, and Pu Yi suddenly blurted out: "I came to the Forbidden City, and I still have to buy tickets?" ”
Du Yuming, who was standing on the side, hurriedly explained: "The current Forbidden City has become a tourist attraction for the people, and it is no longer your home when you were a child. ”
Pu Yi, who suddenly came to his senses, seemed to be a different person after entering the Forbidden City, becoming a senior tour guide, and kept introducing to Shen Zui and Du Yuming the purpose of each building, the year of construction and some interesting anecdotes.
According to Shen Zui's memoirs, "When I visited the Forbidden City with him, he could even point out with his eyes closed. Once, he pointed to a large bronze crane and said that a depression on the crane's body was shot by Emperor Qianlong with an arrow.
But this story may have been made up by the eunuchs around Pu Yi when he was a child, to tease him. ”
Pu Yi visited the Forbidden City with the editor of the publishing house and personally did background research for "The First Half of My Life". During the visit, he pointed out the name and symbolism of a pair of unicorns, and corrected two errors in the furnishings of the Guangxu dormitory, including the location of the sword and the mistaken belief that the regent Zaifeng's ** was the Guangxu Emperor.
Even though the staff questioned it, he still insisted on his opinion, saying, "I still know what my dad looks like."
When Pu Yi and Shen Zui stepped into Jingshan, their eyes were drawn to an old crooked neck tree, where Emperor Chongzhen is said to have hanged himself. The two stood there in silence, as if time had stopped.
Shen Zui couldn't help but ask Pu Yi how he felt, and he replied: "Most of the last emperors of all dynasties had a miserable fate, and I heard that before Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, he killed his wife and children with his own hands and warned them not to regenerate the emperor's family. ”
Then, Pu Yi gently patted off the dust on his body, straightened his hat, and said with a smile: "I, the last emperor, have got a good end, and I should celebrate." ”
Pu Yi often utters amazing words, which is closely related to his special acquired environment. He entered the court at the age of three and left at the age of 19, these 16 years of life in the deep palace were the most precious years of his youth, but like a bird in a cage, he could not see the outside world and became a victim of power.
Pu Yi's ability to take care of himself in life is almost zero, he is not good at hands-on work, and lacks basic life skills. While in prison, he was assigned to weed the garden, a task that was relatively easy, but he also removed the flowers.
In terms of dressing, he can't even button it, even if he teaches it many times, he still can't learn it. When traveling with Shen Zui, Shen Zui was always worried that he would not be able to keep up with the team and go the wrong way.
His animal attributes have been lost, and his social attributes are even more minimal.
* The former Pu Yi seems to be just a body without thoughts and souls, or he is deeply trapped in his own imperial dream, high up, disdainful of trivial affairs, even if he can do it himself, he is unwilling to give up his noble identity.
In the process of asserting his identity, Pu Yi unknowingly became a slave of his identity and lost his freedom. Although after the amnesty, he still retains traces of this idea in his life.
However, to be honest, in the last eight years of Pu Yi's life, his appearance and heart have changed a lot, and he has successfully returned to goodness.
In daily life, he always willingly shares the housework for his wife Li Shuxian. The day after the wedding, Pu Yi firmly let Li Shuxian sit on the sofa, and then ran into the kitchen by himself, busy and busy, and finally brought out a fragrant pancake.
Li Shuxian tasted it and asked, "It's really delicious, why don't you eat it?" At this time, Pu Yi told his wife frankly: "This is the third pancake, the first two are not very successful, the first one is too hot, and the second one is a little sticky, I didn't dare to take it out, I was afraid that you would laugh at me, so I ate it." ”
Italian director Bertolucci commented on Pu Yi's life when filming "The Last Emperor": "I see this first of all as a moral story, a historical, political allegory.
At first I felt that life in the Qing court was a shocking decay and decay, but it was only when the story gradually turned clear that I entered the part that fascinated me, namely the transformation and transformation of Pu Yi, who completed the redemption of his life.
At the end of the film, Pu Yi became a free person for the first time in his life, freely riding a bicycle and buying cloth shoes. Out of the dim palace, rushed to the bright morning, completed the new life, and became a citizen of the new era.
I couldn't be happier for him. References: "The Extraordinary Life of the Last Emperor" Jia Yinghua "The Second Half of Pu Yi's Life" Wang Qingxiang "Pu Yi's Way Out in China" Wang Qingxiang.