After the Amnesty, Puyi returned to Beijing, and the former Jiangshan was no longer his world. Now the old residence also needs to buy a ticket to enter. Homeless, he had to choose to live in a house in Wu Mei for half a month, living a life without a hukou and inconvenient everywhere. Later, the government, which knew the basic situation, felt that it could not treat the old emperor badly, so it arranged accommodation for him in the west area of Beijing, and Puyi lived a decent life.
Seeing this, some readers may have questions. As the saying goes, this thin camel is bigger than a horse. Anyway, Puyi has been emperor for several times. One thing he used before was a national treasure. Why did he get into such a situation? And how to explain his "great" legacy after his death? The author answers for you.
In fact, long before the Japanese government announced its unconditional surrender, the Soviet Union had declared war on Japan and captured Manchukuo. On August 1 1, Puyi and his accompanying officials and their families fled south by train and arrived at Dalizigou, Tonghua County on August 13. Two days later, Japan surrendered, and Puyi immediately issued a letter of abdication. /kloc-on 0/9, Puyi, who was planning to flee the mainland and fly to a distant place, was captured by airborne troops of the Soviet Red Army while waiting at Shenyang Dongta Airport. For Puyi, this escape plan failed, and all his property was destroyed.
Puyi, who was captured by the Soviet Red Army, was later taken to Chita, the Soviet Union. When boarding the plane, two big suitcases carried by Puyi's servant caught the attention of Soviet soldiers. They thought it contained the emperor's robes, clothes and other daily necessities.
However, after opening the inspection, everyone present was in an uproar, and the box was full of colorful gold and silver jewelry. There are two gold plates weighing 2 18.3g and 596g respectively. 23K gold insect-shaped pocket watch with 174 diamonds and two rubies weighing 34.8 carats; 23K gold jewelry with garnets and decorative watches, red coral bracelets, pure gold necklaces, pure gold hairpins, pearl ornaments, lapis lazuli statues and hundreds of other precious treasures.
Puyi's two boxes of pearl jade articles were taken out from the Qing palace to enjoy after being destroyed, but what he didn't expect was that they were "cut off" by Khabarovsk of the Soviet Union.
In April of the following year, Soviet experts appraised the two boxes of jewelry, with a value of about 478,000 rubles. Obviously, the price has been artificially depressed. In May of the same year, Puyi was invited to attend a banquet in the government guest house in Khabarovsk. A colonel of the local internal affairs bureau asked Puyi, "Mr. Puyi, what are you going to do with your jewelry? Our Soviet government is now issuing bonds to restore the national economy. If you agree to donate your property losses to the Soviet government, it will be the best choice. " Puyi understood the meaning of this sentence and immediately said, "I have always wanted to ask this question myself. If there is no chance, since the colonel has spoken, I am willing to donate all my treasures to the Soviet government to support national construction. "
After that, someone immediately put a pen and paper on it, and Puyi wrote a paragraph on the paper: Begging the Soviet government to accept my jewelry, so as to facilitate the recovery and development of the national economy after the war. The Soviet side signed Colonel Gudliyavzov. At this point, these two boxes of priceless jewels were transported to Moscow and kept by the Soviet State Preservation Bureau.
1 August 9501day, according to the relevant agreement between China and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union handed over two boxes of Puyi's jewelry and herself to the China government. However, two boxes of jewelry were inspected by Puyi, and many things were missing, especially the Jin Jian that Puyi himself loved. Later, I learned from other sources that Jin Jian and other detained treasures were kept in the special archives of the Soviet Union.
It can be said that it was the sudden airborne of the Soviet Red Army that ruined the glory of Puyi's later life. But it is also in this special experience that another intangible property was born for Puyi.
We then talked about what happened after the government arranged Puyi's accommodation. 1960 On February 6th, Puyi reported to the Botanical Garden of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences with a letter of introduction from Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau. Two days later, she officially worked and began to live on her own until 1962. Until the moment I met Li.