19 1 1 year, the revolution of 1911 broke out. Until 19 12, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty was forced to abdicate, and the rule of the Qing dynasty ended immediately. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and China was Aisin Giorro Puyi. Puyi's life is full of various experiences. Less than 20 years after abdication, he met the September 18th Incident and became the puppet emperor of Manchukuo under Japanese control.
So how much property does the retired Puyi have? It may surprise you to say it. The amount of property can definitely be called "the richest man in the world" at that time. Ok, let's listen to Bian Xiao's detailed account.
In the 1940s, Puyi was arrested by Soviet troops at the airport, when his servants were carrying two boxes of their own treasures. After arriving in the Soviet Union, relevant experts appraised and evaluated his two boxes of jewelry. The data given at that time was about 478,000 rubles, but it is hard to say whether this data is true or not. Everyone caught it, and the Soviet Union obviously didn't intend to let go of the money, so it immediately arranged a banquet to entertain Puyi. For Puyi, this banquet is no different from a banquet.
In May of the same year, Puyi was sent to a government guest house in Khabarovsk for dinner. A colonel of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs asked Puyi, "Mr. Puyi, what are you going to do with your jewelry? Our Soviet government is issuing bonds to restore the national economy. If you agree to donate your property to the Soviet government, it will be the best choice. " Puyi understood the meaning of this sentence and immediately said, "I've always wanted to ask this question myself, but I didn't have a chance." Now the colonel has said that I am willing to donate all these treasures to the Soviet government to support the Soviet national construction. "
Speaking of this, someone immediately put a pen and paper in front of Puyi, and Puyi wrote a sentence on the paper: I implore the Soviet government to accept my jewelry so as to restore the country's economic development after the war. The Soviet Union signed Colonel Godyaf Zoff. Subsequently, the two boxes of priceless jewels were transported to Moscow and handed over to the Soviet National Security Agency for safekeeping. Now many treasures sent by Puyi are in Russian museums.
According to the signed document "Conditions for Cleaning Rooms", the private property of the Qing royal family, including cultural relics, jewels and silver coins in the Forbidden City, and even the whole palace belong to Puyi's private property, and the Republic of China needs to allocate 4 million Liang to Puyi Fu Yi as living expenses every year.
Moreover, all the treasures and wealth in the Forbidden City belong to him alone. Although he can't take them with him, they are indeed his. Although there were not many coins in the treasury left by our ancestors at that time, the value of some objects with assets and targets was immeasurable. Any antiques, treasures, etc. All that is exchanged for coins is money.
Some netizens compared it with 19 12 years. At that time, Astor IV was the richest man in the world, but Astor IV was worth only 10 billion dollars at that time. However, the value of Puyi's assets far exceeds10 billion US dollars, so it is no exaggeration to say that Puyi was the richest man in the world at that time.