A country that has experienced a long war. Not only human and financial resources are consumed, but also some ancient buildings with great history and culture have been devastated to the eye. For example, the splendid Old Summer Palace was destroyed by the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations, and everything turned into a ruined wall. This is the consumption caused by the war.
The Forbidden City, left over in history, has now become a famous historical relic in our country. In the early stage of the war, the Japanese army captured Beiping . Although they occupied Beiping, it was unexpected that they did not destroy the Forbidden City. Why?
The complete fall of Peiping
established the Puppet Manchukuo immediately after Japan invaded the three provinces of Northeast China. The reason for this was to justly invade other parts of China _strong19 _strong19 . In the face of Japan's constant provocations, the Qing government chose a weak compromise. It was precisely because of such compromises and concessions that they were able to make progress, and eventually the Japanese attacked Beiping. Although the People's Army fought hard to resist, it ended in failure.
According to the original behavior, the Japanese army will definitely take measures to destroy the Forbidden City. , but the Forbidden City still looks like that during the Anti-Japanese War,Not broken in the slightest . Historical records record that the Japanese army slaughtered the people in the city when they first entered the Forbidden City. At that time, Japanese officers even sat on the dragon chair and implemented the three-light policy throughout the city.
The reason why the Japanese army did not destroy the Forbidden City is actually because Puyi . Puyi was the emperor of the Puppet Manchukuo in the northeast. He communicated with the Japanese after he knew that Peking had fallen. Puyi suggested that if he wanted to continue to be the emperor, he should not destroy the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City is a symbol of the dignity of the feudal dynasty, and every Chinese is full of awe of it. During the July 7th Incident, Peking fell completely. In order to protect the treasures in the Forbidden City, people secretly took them away . One of them made great contributions to protecting the Forbidden City, and that was Zhang Tingji. Zhang Tingji continued to deal with the Japanese and gradually took over the power of the Forbidden City, which made the Forbidden City escape this catastrophe.
useful lessons learned
The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China , and then burned the Old Summer Palace is a well-known thing. We lost too much in that fire. Greedy foreigners looted our treasures mercilessly. Now people still feel resentful when they recall. With such a painful lesson, most of the cultural relics in the Forbidden City had been quietly moved away before the Japanese army entered Beiping.
The implication is that even if the Japanese army enters the Forbidden City, they can't get any good things. This is the blood lesson we learned from the lessons learned span1 _span4strong. Experts at the time predicted that after the fall of the Northeast, the Japanese would surely attack Beiping. If Peking did not transfer the treasures in the Forbidden City one after another at that time, the ending may be quite different and history will be rewritten as a result.
The most cruel thing about the Japanese army is their " Sanko policy ". From this policy, we can see that their ambition and animalism can no longer be covered. Even though the Japanese army’s ruling level has a very high strategic layout and wants to be determined to protect these cultural relics, the executors are soldiers, and some of them have difficulty fully implementing the leadership’s opinions.
Japanese wolf ambition
The capture of the three northeastern provinces was a beginning for the Japanese army.China's territory is very vast, their ambitions are in the whole of China, but it is not easy to invade all of China . The war was extremely costly to both parties. The Japanese wanted to control China in other ways, which is one of the reasons why they did not destroy the Forbidden City.
On the surface, they have obeyed the imperial family and nobles represented by Puyi. The Japanese army hopes to use our feudal ideas to control the people in this way. In fact, we can all see that Pu Yi's behavior is also in line with the Japanese plan. The Forbidden City is the home of the emperor, relatives and nobles. If the Japanese aggressively invade, it means that the interests of the royals and nobles will inevitably be touched. At that time, if everyone is opposed to them, then the gain will not be worth the loss. Such a situation is not conducive to Japan's invasion and occupation of all of China.
The last reason is because the Japanese also have their own small abacus in their hearts. The Forbidden City is not only a historical building, it is more representative of political majesty huge.
once aroused public outrage, it will trigger the whole society.When it comes to that situation, the Japanese also know that they will not end well. Under the joint restriction of internal and external factors, this tragedy was avoided.
Concluding remarks:
After the Forbidden City was completely preserved in the war years, it allowed us to see its true content in the peaceful era . Although it has experienced the baptism of war, it still maintains its original appearance, just like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes of life, showing more kindness and dignity under the baptism of time.
References: "Qing Shilu"
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