Preface: In 1955, as usual, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China submitted the documents to Chairman Mao for review. Chairman Mao saw a special document at a glance, which was sent by Zhang Shizhao, director of the Museum of Literature and History.

Chairman Mao

Chairman Mao puzzledly unfolded Zhang Shizhao's letter, which explained the causes and consequences clearly. He hoped that the central government could find a job for the woman in the photo. Chairman Mao picked up the more than ten pages of self-report and read it intently, and wrote on the document: Approve

Who is this woman, and why did Zhang Shizhao help her?

Qing Dynasty Princess became a civilian

In the letter Zhang Shizhao wrote to Chairman Mao, he told the woman's life experience and recent situation. Chairman Mao's letter of self-report to the woman, and the woman wrote down all her experiences in her life.

Her name is Jin Yunying. She doesn’t think of anything just by looking at the name, but her identity is not simple. She is Aisin Gioro Yunying, born to her mother with Puyi .

Jin Yunying

Yunying was born in the second year of the Republic of China, and the Qing Dynasty had declined, but Yunying's life was not poor due to the decline of her family. At that time, the Republic of China had just been established. In order to appease the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China government had to allocate 4 million taels of gold to the royal family every year.

The royal family lives in Forbidden City , and still has various offices, but this is also their last "stubbornness". Yunying was born in such an environment. According to her memories, life in the palace was very lonely, doing repetitive things every day, isolated from the world.

Yunying's father was Prince Chun Zaifeng When she was alive, she changed the family's surname to "Jin", so she was also called Jin Yunying. Because her brothers and sisters rank third, everyone in the palace called her the third princess.

zaifeng

Yunying, who moved to Tianjin, had a wonderful time. She learned English and Japanese with her brothers and sisters every day, and when she was tired, she would play tennis games. Puyi likes this innocent sister very much. When Yunying was 19 years old, Puyi personally organized a designated marriage and betrothed her to Queen Wanrong's younger brother Runqi.

Runqi grew up with Puyi and was Puyi's confidant. Marrying his sister to his confidant shows that Puyi loves Yunying very much.

Puyi

As soon as he arrived in Japan, Yunying was surrounded by women in the Japanese royal family, and asked her to serve as the honorary president of the Women's Association, and asked her to teach Chinese. Perhaps it was fresh, Yunying was comfortable dealing with these social engagements, but over time, Yunying felt tired. She had nowhere to vent her feelings and could only communicate with Puyi, who was in Japan.

Puyi also likes to communicate with his sister very much. Every time he receives the letter, he always reads it repeatedly with him. Because Yunying has been smart since childhood, her writing style is excellent, and her naive emotions in the letter are Puyi's only comfort in Japan.

During the years she lived in Japan, Yunying missed her hometown all the time. She was not used to socializing all day, and she didn't like to get along with those rich wives. Such a life was even more suffocating than the life in the palace. Because he really couldn't stand the restraint, Yunying returned to Changchun after only two years in Japan and said that she would never return to Japan again.

Her husband Runqi also returned to China shortly after Yunying left.The couple settled in Changchun since then, but the Japanese were reluctant to let go and still wanted her to serve as the honorary president of the Women's Association. There were still a group of Japanese and Qing , women around her.

Yunying's days of laughing and having fun quickly passed, and it was not until Puyi's dream of restoring the Qing Dynasty shattered that Yunying's pain really began.

In 1945, Japan was defeated, and Yunying, who was in the Northeast, lost contact with her husband and hid everywhere with her children and relatives. In the first half of my life, Yunying ate, drank, had fun and ignored politics all day, and she didn't know what to do when encountering emergencies, so she could only escape based on her feelings.

Without a backer or her husband's support, Yunying felt very powerless. She knew that the Qing Dynasty was powerless to make things happen. If she wanted to survive, she could only integrate into this society as soon as possible. That year, Yunying was only 32 years old. This royal princess is about to usher in the most miserable moment of her life.

Before this, Yunying had been living a life of luxury and knew nothing about politics, and had always had misunderstandings about the People's Liberation Army. But after dealing with the People's Liberation Army several times, Yunying began to remove her defense and expressed her true thoughts and feelings to the People's Liberation Army.

also felt that it should be rewarded for the leniency of the People's Liberation Army, so Yunying handed over all the gold, silver and jewelry she had accumulated over the years, leaving only a few useful things, and took her three children to Tonghua .

How should a young woman survive with three young children? Yunying is determined to support her children with her own hands. What will she do?

From the Qing Dynasty princess to ordinary people

Qing Dynasty princess Jin Yunying took off her identity as a princess. She looked at the three young children and her natural motherhood arose in her heart. She clenched her fists and swore to the sky that she must support her family with her hands and completely get rid of her identity as a princess.

Jin Yunying

But she is used to living a life of having sex with her. Yunying has lost her skills as an ordinary person. She has no idea where to start and doesn’t know where to start.

On that day, Yunying suddenly noticed her heart as she listened to the hawking outside the street. It turns out that Yunying has a seventh uncle named Aisin Gioro Zaitao. Since the fall of the Qing Dynasty, she has been doing business in junk collection and is said to have a good life. Yunying thought maybe she could rely on this to support her family.

But she didn't expect that it was such a simple business, and she felt very difficult.

Yunying was determined to collect rags, so she took off her favorite clothes, took off her favorite jewelry, tied up all her hair in front of the mirror, put on the simplest clothes, faced the sky, and pushed a small cart to collect rags from door to door.

Following the guidance of a kind person, Yunying spent all her efforts to finally sell her torn clothes and shoes, but her income was not very ideal. With her meager income, Yunying's face was filled with a happy smile. This was the first time she had done business in her life. Although the process was not smooth, she was at least out of the way.

But raising three children with this little income is very difficult. Soon the family's savings were almost gone, and Yunying had to think of another way again.

When she came to the street, Yunying wanted to find a job, but she was out of social track and had no survival skills at all. Due to her previous identity, no one would accept it. She was desperate and could only wander aimlessly on the street. At this time, a cigarette-selling child attracted her attention.

Yunying still remembers that when she was young, she was taken care of by her brother Puyi. She was also in glory. The rich wives around her often bought cigarettes from the small cigarette dealers. As long as the rich wives were willing, they could spend a lot of money on the small cigarette dealers at any time, and their income should not be small.

Thinking of this, Yunying immediately took action and bought a lot of cigarettes like a tobacco dealer. The old mother at home heard that she wanted to go out to sell cigarettes on the street and also went with her. She also said that one more person would sell one more cigarette, but Yunying took the cigarettes on the street but was at a loss. She didn't know how to speak up.

Yunying couldn't let go, and even the old mother who was with her showed disgust. In order to survive, Yunying finally let go of her face and shouted the first sound. She has a strong adaptability and quickly adapted to this kind of life.

It has not been long since the peaceful days, and Yunying is involved in another storm.

One day, two militiamen came to Yunying's home and said, "You are Jin Yunying, please take your whole family to Linjiang to report." Yunying wanted to ask a few more questions, but she didn't get the answer she wanted. Yunying was up and down, and she had no preparations for what was about to happen.

Although he was very nervous, Yunying still brought her whole family to Linjiang. The district government staff in Linjiang arranged a residence for Yunying's family and prepared hot meals, which looked extremely calm.

After several days of inquiry, Yunying finally knew the purpose of the government asking her to come here. It turned out that her previous identity as the president of the Women's Association under the Japanese was revealed. This time, Linjiang is to review what he did before.

Yunying also understood that her previous actions hurt the people's hearts, so she decided to sincerely apologize to the people at the review meeting. On the day of the

conference, the audience was crowded with people, and Yunying walked onto the podium with firm steps. She talked about her experience calmly:

lived in the palace since she was a child. The boring days made her not want to go outside to see it, but at that time, a woman from a feudal dynasty could not survive by relying on her own power, and could only rely on her only brother Puyi. Later, her brother arranged her to be the president of the Japanese Women's Association. She was addicted to the rich life all day long and could not extricate herself. She completely forgot that she was a Chinese, and she felt ashamed of the people and the country.

Yunying said: "Since the liberation of the Northeast, the People's Liberation Army has mentioned all my previous mistakes without any investigation. I finally realized that I want to be a real civilian. In Tonghua, I have understood the meaning of life. Only by surviving with my own hands can I live comfortably."

's speech gradually calmed down the people who were still angry. They felt Yunying's sincerity. Although Yunying once worked for the Japanese, now she sincerely repents her mistakes, which is also a prodigal son. The venue was silent, no one stood up to question her, and no one made things difficult for her.

With the recognition of the people, Yunying's review has ended. She brought her family back to Tonghua and started her civilian life safely.

Jin Yunying

Yunying is very grateful to the people for their tolerance and understanding of her. After returning to Tonghua, Yunying lived a more meticulous life and sold cigarettes all day long, both for survival and to repay the people's trust in her.

From a pampered and elegant Qing Dynasty princess to a vicissitudes of women selling cigarettes, Yunying put down all her figure and dignity in the first half of her life, and no one knows the determination and bitterness of her. But the hardships of life seem to be spared. Her son was injured due to an accident. The life that had just improved a little made her fall into a low point.

Chairman Mao: Approve

Qing Dynasty princess Jin Yunying put down her identity as Qing Dynasty princess and supported the family by selling cigarettes. His son also went out to sell cigarettes together. But once my usual cigarette selling made my life, which was a little improved, hit hard again.

Jin Yunying

Yunying and her son came to the street with cigarettes as usual to shout. Before they could sell a few packs, they heard their son's screams coming from behind. Yunying hurriedly turned around and looked at her son who was hit by an ice rink, frowning and grinning in pain. Yunying hurriedly ran over to help her, but her son couldn't stand up.

As a mother, Yunying felt pain in her eyes and felt so anxious that she shouted for help. With the help of a kind person, Yunying sent her son to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed that the injury to her son's lumbar bone was very serious. If he wanted to cure it, he would need a lot of surgical expenses and nutritional supplements. But Yunying had no money to treat her illness, so she could only let her son cultivate at home, while she continued to sell cigarettes on the street.

After a long time, Yunying's son's injury became more serious and turned into bone tuberculosis , causing constant pain all day long. Yunying was anxious but could not do anything. Just when Yunying felt that life was hopeless, a son of Mr. Sun, who claimed to be Sun of the puppet Manchukuo Government, broke into her life.

This Mr. Sun often came to Tonghua to visit Yunying's family and gave them rice. Yunying said, "Thank you Mr. Sun for your kindness. Although the rice is good, we really can't afford it. If possible, please change some coarse grains!" Mr. Sun said, "Don't be polite, this is my wish. I will take you to see your husband Runqi in the future."

Hearing that you can see your husband, Yunying's heart relaxed at that moment, but it quickly returned to normal. However, Mr. Sun's next words made Yunying doubt Mr. Sun's identity.

Mr. Sun said: "I can take you to see your husband, but I can only take you alone. Your children must stay here." Yunying was shocked and had a little doubt. When she asked why she couldn't take the child, Mr. Sun couldn't tell why. This made Yunying more resolutely give up the idea of ​​seeing her husband.

Mr. Sun strongly advised her, and Yunying said, "I can't let go of my child and I will support me if Runqi knows it. If I have to choose one of two, I would rather not see him in my life."

Yunying's firm attitude made Mr. Sun angry and the two parted in disagreement. However, the matter was not over. Soon, Mr. Sun's true identity was revealed. It turned out that he was a spy sent by the Kuomintang, and he pretended to help Yunying's family. If Yunying followed him at that time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After the founding of New China, Yunying was recalled to Beijing and lived with her mother-in-law. Even though her life was still poor, the warmth of her family always supported her.

In 1954, Zhang Shizhao wandered on the street and passed by an old book stall. A broken book inside caught his attention. As the director of the Central Museum of Literature and History, Zhang Shizhao was particularly interested in the history of the Qing Palace and liked to collect various books about the Qing Dynasty.

A book in the book stall called "The Record of the Palace of Remaining Lights" satisfying his curiosity. The book is already very broken, and the yellow pages prove the year of the book. Zhang Shizhao carefully opened the first page. The author was an old man named Qin Hancai . He sorted out all the royal letters he could collect in the book, and presented a nearly complete palace life to people's eyes vividly.

There is a letter written by Yunying to Puyi when she was in Japan. Zhang Shizhao admires Yunying's literary talent very much. Although Puyi's identity made Yunying feel frightened, the letter can still show Yunying's innocent and romantic personality, which makes Zhang Shizhao feel curious. He believes that Yunying is also a strange woman who should not be obscured by the changes of the times.

Zhang Shizhao immediately bought the book, studied it carefully after returning home, and even wrote two poems: "The trivial matters of the enemy court are revealed, the little separation is full of family, the little separation is funny, the same as the girl Yang, and the literary talent is inferior to the character." "The remaining lights of the white mountain are glimpsed in the capital, secretly remembering the sound of hatred in the golden change, the will of heaven does not pity the three princes, and I want to let the missiles beat the wandering orioles."

After studying "The Remaining the Remaining the Palace", Zhang Shizhao found out the whereabouts of the "Three Princess", but no one knew about him. In desperation, Zhang Shizhao found Puyi’s seventh uncle Zaitao. Zaitao said: "Puyi does have a sister called the third princess. Now she has returned to Beijing to live with her mother-in-law."

Under Zaitao's guidance, Zhang Shizhao immediately set off to see the innocent princess in the letter. The moment she met Yunying, Zhang Shizhao seemed to be able to see the once simple girl from Yunying's eyes, but now she has become a middle-aged woman in her 40s.

After learning about Yunying's recent situation, Zhang Shizhao decided to do something for her. After returning home, Zhang Shizhao immediately wrote to the Central Committee, hoping that the Central Committee could find a job for Yunying. For Zhang Shizhao's help, Yunying also wrote dozens of pages of her own experience and presented it to the central government.

After receiving the letter, Chairman Mao carefully read Yunying's self-report and carefully read Zhang Shizhao's letter, feeling very sympathetic to Yunying's experience. Chairman Mao wrote two big words on the document: "Approval", and wrote in Yunying's self-report letter: He entered the people and became an ambitious person.

Chairman Mao

This is the earliest time that Chairman Mao contacted the royal staff of the late Qing Dynasty. However, Chairman Mao's lenient handling of the matters of the Qing Dynasty royal family was not limited to this. In 1956, with the approval of Chairman Mao, Yunying and his seventh uncle Zaitao went to prison to visit Puyi. Later, with the help of Premier Zhou, Yunying's son's illness gradually improved.

Yunying, the princess of the Qing Dynasty, completely transformed from suffering to an ordinary and glorious Chinese people.