Chapter 453: The Little Palace of the Forbidden City

On November 8, 1919, the National Revolutionary Revolution ordered the Guard Division and the Presidential Brigade to enter Beijing!

They are not here to take over Beijing, this is not their appointment, they have another mission:

Expelle Pu Yi!

Although the Manchu dynasty has been overthrown, the last emperor, Pu Yi, and his small court still exist like freaks in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

As the court that was pushed overturned, they still enjoyed the "preferential treatment regulations of the Qing family":

First, the honorific title of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was not abolished, and the government of the Republic of China treated him with the gift of a foreign monarch. Second, the Republic of China allocates 4 million yuan for the emperor's expenditure every year. Third, the emperor temporarily lived in the palace and moved to the Summer Palace in the future. Fourth, the mausoleum of the Qing royal family's temple will always be enshrined and protected by the Republic of China. Fifth, all the production funds of Dezong Chongling are paid by the Republic of China. Sixth, the deacons in the palace shall continue to be retained, but they shall not be recruited. Seventh, the private property of the royal family is protected by the troops sent by the Republic of China. Eighth, the forbidden army was incorporated into the Republic of China Army.

Freaks, this is simply a freak ordinance!

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has been pushed overturned, but the "honorific title" of the "emperor" has not been abolished, and the government of the Republic of China has to spend 4 million yuan to the "emperor" every year.

In the whole world, how can there be such a truth!

Now the great president Wang Hengyue is here, this great president who is always unexpected in his conduct and behavior, soon after obtaining the political power of the whole country, the first major thing he did was to give full support to the Chinese Navy in Temple Street, and the second major thing was to expel the abolished emperor Puyi!

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been overturned, this small court in the Forbidden City still has a lot of influence!

Puyi's masters and eunuchs said that there were always people in the countryside who asked, "How is Emperor Xuantong?" "Who is sitting in the court now?" The true dragon son sits on the throne, and the world should be peaceful, right? ”

His English master, according to an article in a journal he called radicals, said that even the most opposed to the monarchy admitted that the common people missed the emperor and opposed the republic. Because the author of that article himself encountered that kind of problem.

In fact, Wang Hengyue couldn't be clearer about this point, without any other "dynasty" experience, and without seeing what a true republic is, the villagers talk about the "former Qing Dynasty", just to express their hatred for the current disaster.

There was a businessman named Wang Jiucheng who made a fortune making military uniforms for the direct army, and in order to get a reward for wearing a yellow jacket, he spent a lot of effort and money. The eunuchs gave him the nickname behind his back: the Fortune Boy. I don't know what joints he passed, and every New Year's Day, he would mix with the old people to kowtow and pay tribute, and when he came, he would bring a large number of banknotes and scatter them wherever he went. The eunuchs liked him the most, because whether it was to guide him, to give him an audience, to open the curtains, to pour tea, or to come and talk to him when he had nothing to do, there would be rolls of money in his hands. Not to mention the money spent on various real joint places. In the end, he really achieved his goal and got the "honor" of wearing a yellow jacket.

For a yellow coat, in order to write an official title of the Qing Dynasty when continuing the family tree in the future, and for a confession after death, people run to the Forbidden City every day, or send music from distant places. Liang Juchuan, who is known as the famous Liang Maniac, did not hesitate to throw himself into the puddle of Jishuitan in Beijing, and exchanged his life and the "remains" of soaking in water for a "chaste" method.

Later, there were too many people who stretched out their hands to ask for the law, which inevitably damaged the dignity of the small court, so it was stipulated that those below the Sanpin Jingtang would not be given as a restriction. As for rewarding the Forbidden City for riding a horse, rewarding the two of them for riding on their shoulders, giving them to write spring strips, blessing and longevity characters, couplets, etc., the restrictions are stricter, not only the princes and ministers, but also some generals of the Republic of China also think that it is the most rare "honor".

Those who had a low official position or had no "future" in the former Qing Dynasty, but did not have the capital of Wang Jiucheng, and could not enter the Forbidden City, such as the "business gentry" in various places at that time, they had another goal to pursue, which was to wait for the bereaved elders to "point the master" on the spirit card of the deceased elders, write an epitaph, and be a witness at the wedding of their children.

The Manchu wife of Hartung, a British Jew, the king of Shanghai's land, once hired Liu Chunlin, the last champion of the Qing Dynasty, to Shanghai with a heavy gift, and prepared a special eight-person green tweed sedan chair for him, and asked him to wear the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty and point the plaque for her deceased husband. …,

A similar move happened to a so-called new scribe at the time, Dr. Yang.

There is a Dr. Hu Shih, who advocates vernacular writing. Pu Yi's English teacher, Johnston, ridiculed his Chinese-English poem "Picknick comes to the riverside" and said, "You might as well look at what he writes, it is also a kind of knowledge." ”

Pu Yi was therefore moved by the idea of taking a look at this new character. To be honest, this is the same psychology as when he passed on the Tai Doctor one by one, but it was just curiosity!

One day, under the curiosity of reconsideration, I called him, but I didn't expect him to come as soon as I called. After a short and boring meeting,

Hu Shi expressed his gratitude in a letter to Johnston, and it turned out that Dr. Yang also had that kind of old mentality.

One passage in his letter reads: "I have to admit that I was very moved by this summons. I was able to occupy a seat in front of the last emperor of our country, the last representative of the great monarchs of all generations! ”

Beiyang has failed, the Beiyang government has collectively gone into the wilderness, the Northern Expeditionary Army has ruled Beijing, and the current president is called Wang Hengyue!

In the midst of this political change, there was a new panic in the Forbidden City.

The difference between this time and Zhang Xun's restoration was that Pu Yi already had someone like Johnston who could play an insurance role, and the princes and ministers asked Johnston to take Pu Yi to the British embassy for refuge. Johnston and British Minister Berley. Lord Alston, after deliberating, replied: "The British Legation may set aside some rooms for Johnston personally, and if necessary, Pu Yi may lodge in them as Johnston's private guest, while the English may negotiate with the Portuguese and Dutch Legations to accommodate the rest of the royal family if necessary." ”

However, the conspiracy somehow spread out, and the government of the Republic of China immediately lodged a solemn protest with the British.

At this time, Britain and China were in a "honeymoon period", and it was impossible to offend the government of the Republic of China for the sake of a deposed "emperor". Hence the British Minister Belley. Lord Alston hastened to deny that he had ever said something similar.

The change in the attitude of the British minister made the small court in the Forbidden City more and more flustered.

Prior to this, the expenses of the small imperial court in the Forbidden City were still very large, and the funds provided by the Republic of China were in arrears year after year.

Pu Yi gradually learned from his English teacher Johnston and from the cryptic news of some newspapers that there were ghosts in it, or at least the price was very bad. Pu Yi didn't bother with this kind of thing, but once I heard that a one-man tall golden pagoda was going to be sold, and I became suspicious, so I remembered to ask. He remembered that Johnston had said that the gold and silver products offered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were of high value if they were sold as works of art, but he had heard that every time they were sold by weight, they suffered a great loss, unless they were fools who did so. Pu Yi called someone from the Internal Affairs Office to ask how this golden pagoda was sold. As soon as I heard that it was indeed sold by weight, I immediately lost my temper:

"Unless it's a fool's business, don't you have a smart man?"

The people of the Internal Affairs Office probably thought that this was Johnston's demolition of their platform, and they thought of a way to deal with Johnston, carrying the golden pagoda to Johnston's house, saying that the emperor asked him to sell it on his behalf. Johnston immediately saw through this trick and said angrily: "If you don't take it, I will play the emperor immediately!" ”

Johnston remained loyal to Pu Yi, and he was worried about the future of China's last young emperor.

Since the reunification of China by the Kuomintang, rumors have been circulating in Beijing that the president of the Nationalist Government is likely to take some radical measures.

If the little emperor is expelled, then where can he go? Although China is very big, where is the place for the little emperor?

And in such an extraordinary period, those people in the "palace" actually wanted to help the little emperor, who was just thirteen years old, find an imperial concubine.

This is simply a big joke, the little emperor is only thirteen years old, and he is definitely not prepared for it, both mentally and physically. At least to Johnston, a foreigner, that is.

Even, for the issue of the imperial concubine, there was a very fierce quarrel in the palace. …,

The main thing is that there is a dispute between Jingyi and Duankang, who have always been discordant, and the two concubines want to find someone closer to them to be the queen. This dispute is not only due to the old lady's preference, but has a lot to do with her future position.

Concubine Jingyi was originally the concubine of Tongzhi, she never forgot the words that Cixi set me as the successor of Tongzhi and Guangxu in her will, and the Empress Dowager Longyu was dissatisfied with this set when she was alive, and did not show any respect for Tongzhi's concubine because of this sentence, but put Tongzhi's concubine into the cold palace!

This was something that made her hateful.

After the death of Longyu, although the concubine was called the emperor's mother by Puyi, Yuan Shikai came to interfere in "internal affairs" and designated Duankang to preside over the palace, therefore, Jingyi still could not be valued for "authenticity", her long-cherished ambition was not repaid, and Duankang was very unconvinced.

Pu Yi was secretly supported by Duankang when she quarreled, and this is the reason.

During the marriage proposal, the two concubines regarded the issue of "canonizing the queen" as an important step to gain an advantage, and each proposed their favorite candidates, and did not give in to each other.

Johnston sighed when he thought of this, how long has it been, and the palace is still intriguing, not thinking about how to deal with the most direct threat from the national government.

Perhaps, the fate of this small court really ends here!

Johnston hopes that this terrible idea of his own will not come true!

(Lying on the bear_ provided by no beginning)