Faced with Zhang Xueliang's almost arrogant offense, Puyi seemed to have no anger, and even had a close relationship with Zhang Xueliang later. Even Zhang Xueliang said in an interview in his later years that they had a good relationship at that time.

What kind of sparks will emerge when the Northeastern young marshal and the last emperor meet?

In 1926, in a restaurant in Tianjin, this drama was recorded in history.

Looking at the last emperor who was driven out of the Forbidden City , the proud young marshal spoke to Puyi : "You have to listen to me."

Faced with Zhang Xueliang's almost arrogant offense, Puyi But he seemed to have no anger, and even had a close relationship with Zhang Xueliang later. Even Zhang Xueliang said in an interview in his later years that they had a good relationship at that time.

But five years after the first meeting, Zhang Xueliang sent a fruit basket containing two bombs to Puyi's house.

You have to listen to me

In 1924, Feng Yuxiang led his army to occupy Beijing. Not only did he imprison the president Cao Kun, he also directly drove Puyi out of the Forbidden City where he had lived all his life.

Puyi, who was once the most respected person in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, has become a drowned dog that cannot even protect his family.

After some twists and turns, Puyi fled into Tianjin with a group of elderly people and settled in Zhangyuan .

Although and in the Qing Dynasty have long been an old dream of Huangliang, people of insight have long concluded that the feudal dynasty has exhausted its power, and Puyi will only become a tool for others no matter how hard he tries.

But Puyi, who was 19 years old at the time, was still too young and had always had illusions about restoration. In addition, he was encouraged and encouraged by the old officials around him.

This emperor who could not even return home actually set up a sign in Zhangyuan, Tianjin as the "Qing Dynasty Office in Tianjin" and continued to be active in the world as "Emperor Xuantong", contacting powerful warlords from all over the world, trying to borrow their power. Strength to realize your dream of restoration.

It was against this background that Zhang Xueliang came into Puyi's field of vision.

At this time, the second Zhili-Fengtian War had ended. Zhang Zuolin relied on his huge victory to completely solidify his Northeast King 's reputation, almost becoming the most powerful warlord at the time, and Zhang Xueliang's status also rose, becoming The most popular young man in the country.

In the "Summon Book" which records the history of Puyi's reception, Puyi and Zhang Xueliang met for the first time on April 1, 1926.

Puyi was 21 years old at this time, and Zhang Xueliang was 5 years older than him. They were both the most famous young people in China.

By chance, the two met in a restaurant in Tianjin.

Unlike his father, Zhang Zuolin, who knelt down and worshiped Puyi when he met Puyi, Zhang Xueliang, the last emperor who had received Western education, did not show much respect. Not only did he regard himself as an equal, he even praised Puyi with some scrutiny.

Looking at Puyi entering the restaurant, Zhang Xueliang was a little surprised: "Hey, why did you come out and run away? This is very good."

You must know that before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the emperor always praised it when he met his ministers. Who can praise whom is a sign of status.

And Zhang Xueliang's subsequent behavior was even more excessive, which could almost make Qing Dynasty elders angrily denounce him as treason.

Zhang Xueliang has always disliked Puyi's drama of contacting various forces in Tianjin in an attempt to restore power.

In his opinion, the world trend cannot be dominated by the feudal dynasty. It is simply stupid to still dream about Spring and Autumn today.

So when Puyi sat down, Zhang Xueliang gave Puyi a lesson.

not only advised Puyi to take off his dragon robe and stop treating himself as the emperor, but also asked Puyi to resign the ministers around him.

Facing the powerful Zhang Xueliang, Puyi still seemed a little restrained. Instead of being annoyed, he asked why.

Zhang Xueliang made it clear, saying that the ministers are parasites: "Your old ministers surround you, they are your oil."

When talking about Puyi's restoration behavior, Zhang Xueliang even opposed it, saying It is better to go to school: "Are you willing to go to Nankai University to study? Study hard and become a commoner, throw away all your past things and truly become a commoner. If Nankai you are not willing Go, I advise you to study abroad, in England or wherever."

then analyzed to Pu Yi the reason why studying is better than now: "You used to have the status of an emperor. Although you are a commoner now, you are still higher than a commoner. If you really be a commoner, when you come back from studying, maybe you will be better. You will play a role in electing China's president in the future. "

At the end of the sentence, the young and energetic Zhang Xueliang even warned Puyi: "If you continue to behave like an emperor in the future, one day in the future, your brain may be fooled. "

Faced with such almost curse words, Pu Yi was still not annoyed, but Zhang Xueliang, who had been socializing with many people since childhood, saw Pu Yi's attitude towards his words - he didn't take his words seriously at all.

As the saying goes, loyal words are harsh to the ears, and Zhang Xueliang's heartfelt words of advice. press It didn't even enter Pu Yi's ears.

But when it was time to say goodbye, Zhang Xueliang still gave Puyi his final advice: "I am sincerely good to you. You must listen to me and I will tell you." The words are good. "

Tell a ninety-five-year-old man that you must listen to me. The last person who said this was Obai , who was imprisoned alive. Such bold words may only be spoken by a young commander who has always been lawless.

But Pu Yi was still not angry, he just said he understood, and said goodbye and left.

Zhang Xueliang also had his own opinion on the reason why Pu Yi was not angry: "Why is he not angry with me? Because when he had no money, we gave him money. "

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi fell into the dilemma of relying entirely on charity from the Republic of China government, so that Puyi, who was accustomed to a luxurious life, had to sell off the palace treasures and real estate to survive.

In this case, the Zhang family and his son gave A sum of money came to help

.

In 1919, the Northeast was already Zhang Zuolin's territory, and everything under his control could be said to be his private property. However, Zhang Zuolin directly sent half of the proceeds to the Forbidden City in the name of helping Puyi sell the Northeast Royal Hometown.

It was said that he was helping Puyi sell the royal estate, but in fact he was cutting his own flesh. Puyi couldn't do anything about it.

received a huge sum of more than 500,000 yuan when he was extremely weak. Puyi was so happy that he directly chose two exquisite antiques and sent them to the Zhang family to express his gratitude.

When Puyi married Wanrong, Zhang Zuolin also directly sent 10,000 htm. l2大阳 As a congratulatory gift, it greatly alleviated Puyi's dilemma in life

The battle for his younger brother

Puyi's meeting with Zhang Xueliang may have been a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement, but Puyi's desire to win over the Zhang family was extremely obvious. .

is In order to win over Zhang Xueliang, Puyi, as the emperor, could not directly come forward, so he sent his most confidant brother Pujie to contact him on his behalf.

But when Puyi made this plan, he probably never expected that Pujie, his younger brother, would actually become the emperor. The beginning of his conflict with Zhang Xueliang.

In order to help his good brother, Pujie did his best in the beginning. tml1

Not only did he travel around and make friends with celebrities, he also established a relationship with Zhang Xueliang under the arrangement of Chen Guanyi.

In 1927, Pu Jie and his wife met Zhang Xueliang at a dance party at the Beijing Hotel.

The two met in the back room However, we got along surprisingly well and almost hit it off, so that every time there was a dance in the future, Zhang Xueliang would invite Pujie over.

Pujie was also a very particular person. After being invited to a dance by the young marshal, he would often ask Zhang Xueliang to play ball. Play.

For a time, various restaurants and entertainment venues in Beijing became places where the young marshal and Pujie hang out together. .

Puyi's purpose of contacting Zhang Xueliang was achieved, but what he didn't expect was that after getting along with Zhang Xueliang for a long time, Pujie completely succumbed to the young marshal and had the idea of ​​​​joining the army to save the country.

In early 1928, Zhang's relationship was better than that of brothers. The two of them went to Nankou to review military fortifications together.

Looking at the solemn military formation in the audience, a rush of passion surged into Pujie's heart. He told Zhang Xueliang beside him that he wanted to defect to Fengjun and make contributions.

Recalling that time, Pujie said that Zhang Xueliang rejected his request: "After hearing my request, Zhang Shaoshuai said to me with some embarrassment, it would be easy to say that this matter itself, but with your emperor's brother's I might not be suitable for joining my army because of my identity. Suitable. We are friends now. If that happens, we will become superiors and subordinates, which will be difficult to deal with. Also, your brother still pays attention to the relationship between monarch and minister. Can he agree to this? Marshal Zhang said something. A lot of problems.”

But Pujie didn’t give up on this matter. Heart: "I didn't listen to him and continued to insist on my request: This is a matter between us. It depends on whether you agree or not! After that, I repeatedly expressed my intention to join his army and join the army. , and said that if he didn't agree, he wouldn't be a friend enough, leaving Marshal Zhang helpless. In the end, Finally, he had to say, "Okay. During this time, you can go to the martial arts lecture hall we hold in Fengtian !"

At Pu Jie's strong request, Zhang Xueliang decided to help his friend realize his dream of joining the army.

But before Pujie stepped into the martial arts hall, Fengjun suffered a huge defeat and was forced to retreat outside the pass.

Considering that Feng Yuxiang, the "Red General", drove Puyi's family out of the Forbidden City, it would probably be bloody to occupy the capital now.

In order to protect his friends, Zhang Xueliang gave Pu Jie a life-saving trick before leaving: "Feng Yuxiang's arrival will be very dangerous for you. It is better for the whole family to temporarily go to the Tianjin Foreign Concession to escape."

Zhang Xueliang's parting words made Pu Jie Jie was greatly moved, and later took Zhang Xueliang's special train to Tianjin, and was arranged to stay in the Zhang Mansion in the French Concession to avoid trouble.

On June 4, 1928, Zhang Zuolin was bombed and killed in Huanggutun. In order to repay the young marshal's kindness, Pujie decided to follow Gu Ruiyu to Fengtian to realize his dream of joining the army. However, this behavior that harmed the royal reputation was doomed. Will not be accepted by Puyi.

When Pujie rushed to Fengtian, Puyi immediately made a request to the Japanese consul Yasushi Shirai, asking him to retrieve Pujie.

The result was that Pu Jie was "invited" by the Japanese to go back to the hotel under house arrest as soon as he logged in to Dalian . After that, Puyi also sent Xu Liang, the son of Kang Youwei 's most protégé, to Dalian to escort Pu Jie back to Tianjin. .

After seeing his younger brother, Puyi yelled at him.

Pu Jie, who was completely impressed by Zhang Xueliang, showed no signs of weakness and actually started arguing with his brother, saying that he wanted to join the army because he wanted to restore his ancestral business by unifying the army.

Looking at his younger brother who was arguing in front of him, Puyi chose to compromise. He said: "You have a good ambition, but how can you work for Zhang Xueliang? It is better to go directly to Japanese Military Academy to study military affairs!"

That's it, Pujie traveled east to study in Japan, but Puyi and Zhang Xueliang also ended their relationship.

There are two bombs in the fruit basket

After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang showed his style as a young marshal and took control of the Northeastern Army in a short period of time. Although it suffered major changes, its strength is still second to none in the country.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the fact that his imperial brother, who was trying to win over the young marshal, almost took refuge with Zhang Xueliang, when Zhang Xueliang mourned his father, Puyi still sent a letter of condolence and a "Yubi" condolence veil to express his condolences.

For Puyi's goodwill, the young marshal, who had to shoulder a heavy responsibility for the first time, lost his usual willfulness and instead wrote a letter of thanks uncharacteristically.

This reply letter was sent in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of Security of the Three Northeastern Provinces. The wording was extremely polite. It started by saying, "I accept this great letter, express my condolences, and send you a condolence. I wish you the best. Thank you very much."

Under normal circumstances, the two might have reconciled as before, but soon they completely turned against each other.

Considering the actual situation, Zhang Xueliang decided to change the flag in Northeast China, but Puyi, who had been looking forward to restoration, was unwilling.

Once Zhang Xueliang falls under the National Government , China will be almost unified, and his hope of Puyi's restoration will be almost eliminated.

In order to prevent the change of flag in the Northeast, Puyi quickly sent his confidants to the Northeast to contact Zhang Xueliang's dignitaries, and asked Zhang Xueliang not to surrender to the National Government.

This caused Zhang Xueliang's dissatisfaction. After a close discussion with Puyi's confidants, Zhang Xueliang replied to Puyi with a letter of reply. The wording in the letter was modest, but the meaning was very clear. I can't decide on this Northeastern flag.

even just called Puyi "the respectful one" at the end, instead of the previous honorific title.

Three years after the change of flag in Northeast China, Pu Jie, who returned from studying abroad, brought an important message to Pu Yi: the Japanese military would launch military operations in the Northeast and hoped that Pu Yi would take over the Manchurian regime.

This made Puyi very happy, so he immediately summoned the Japanese spy Doihara Kenji.

At this time, many of Puyi's confidants had already defected to Japan, such as Zheng Xiaoxu, Luo Zhenyu, father-in-law Rongyuan, and Runliang's father and son. They often visited Japan's "Three Wilds" secret service without telling Puyi.

It can be said that in front of the Japanese, Puyi's thoughts and ideas are transparent. They know how much Puyi wants to restore.

As early as two years ago, Doihara Kenji tried to seduce Zhang Xueliang to become independent in the Northeast, but he was sternly rejected by the young marshal.

But despite the lobbying for replacement, Kenji Doihara hit it off with Puyi.

Doihara Kenji said to Puyi: "The Kwantung Army has no territorial ambitions, but is sincerely helping the Manchu people to build their own new country." The "new country" is "independent and is completely decided by Emperor Xuantong ." , Japan will only enter into an offensive and defensive alliance with this "new country", and its sovereign territory will be fully protected by Japan. "

These sweet words were taken seriously by Puyi.

When the incident came out, Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent Gao Youtang to see Puyi, promising that as long as Puyi did not move to the Northeast, he would resume his preferential treatment to Puyi and follow him. Settled in Peiping or Nanjing

compared to what the Japanese gave. Conditions, Chiang Kai-shek's proposal was unattractive, so Puyi, who was bent on restoration, flatly refused.

After learning that Puyi was about to defect to Japan, Zhang Xueliang was furious. He directly tore off the surface politeness and went directly to Puyi's house. He sent a basket of fruits.

But as soon as he entered the house, Puyi's attendant Qi Jizhong discovered that there were two bombs hidden in it.

Zhang Xueliang naturally knew that the bombs could not enter the mansion, but he It was to tell Pu Yi that if you dare to defect to Japan, I will kill you.

But this move did not have the desired effect. As soon as the bomb incident came out, Pu Yi immediately lost his sense of security and accelerated his defection to Japan. footsteps .

In March 1932, under the arrangement of the Japanese, Puyi successively "exchanged letters" with the Kwantung commander, concluded a secret treaty with Japan, and went directly to Japan after negotiating all matters. He held a ceremony in Changchun and began to "govern" Manchukuo. A year later, he received the long-awaited title of "Emperor of the Manchuria Empire" and became a puppet of the Japanese rule.

Puyi's treasonous behavior made Zhang Xueliang heartbroken. First, but he also knew that good words could not persuade the damned ones, so he only wrote a letter to Pujie:

"The Japanese are extremely vicious and cruel. Our father and son have been dealing with them for a long time and have learned enough. They treat the Chinese as slaves and slaughter them at will. You must be wary of them, and advise your brother to cut off ties with the Japanese and rein in the situation..."

However, this admonishment did not make Puyi turn around, and he was reduced from the last emperor to a traitor who helped the Japanese to prey on the Northeast.

Pu Yi also expressed deep regret when he recalled it in the future: "Unfortunately, I was working with Pu Yi at that time. Together with Yi, they are doing everything possible to restore the Manchu dynasty, but they can't listen to Marshal Zhang's loyal advice. This is really a lifelong regret!"

This letter is the last letter Zhang Xueliang wrote to the Pujie brothers. After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, and he completely lost contact with Puyi and others.

Information source:

Chinese Communist Party News "The "Struggle for the Throne" between Puyi and the Kwantung Army"

China News Service "Zhang Xueliang and Puyi "Brothers are so good" and "Yu Di" and his wife hit it off immediately"

Wenhui.com "Zhang Xueliang advised Puyi, "You must listen to me," but Puyi ignored him, so Zhang gave him a basket of fruit with a bomb hidden in it as a warning.