How good was Zhang Zuolin to Puyi back then? After Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City, he still performed a kneeling salute to Puyi

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Did you know? The last emperor Puyi, in his later years, when he looked back on his life, he once said something to the people around him, he said that in his life, there was once a person who gave him a great hope, but it was a pity that it did not take shape in the end, who is this person? Zhang Zuolin, king of the northeast.

Did you know? There was also a deep friendship between Zhang Zuolin and Puyi, that is, in 1924, 25 years, the Feng army entered the customs and occupied Beijing, after fighting the Second Zhifeng War, and even occupying most of China was almost the highlight of Zhang Zuolin's life.

Although he did not serve as the so-called president of the Republic of China, in fact he was already the master of the Beiyang government, if Zhang Zuolin's ability was stronger, the whole of southern Sichuan and western Sichuan would be determined, Zhang Zuolin would become another person who unified China after Yuan Shikai, and at the same time, Puyi almost ushered in the most tragic moment in his life.

Originally, when Puyi was three years old, he became the last monarch of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the whole country perished after three years, but according to the Preferential Treatment Agreement of the Qing Dynasty, he could still live in the Forbidden City, when he was his little emperor, there were also many palace women and eunuchs around him, and every year the National Government also gave him 4 million silver dollars in royal preferential fees, so Puyi's life was not bad.

It's just that as Puyi slowly grew older, he must have felt that my little emperor was not as good as the real emperor, in the past I was the monarch of the Qing Empire, with a vast territory, and the four trillion people were my people, but now my power was within the scope of the Forbidden City.

But Puyi, as the last monarch of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had a certain symbolic and appealing power in politics, so later Zhang Xun engaged in restoration and pulled Puyi to restore the Qing Dynasty, Puyi felt very good at that time, and it was not easy for me to become emperor again.

However, the dream did not happen, a few days Zhang Xun was driven away, and at this time Feng Yuxiang stood up, Feng Yuxiang said, I can't let you live in the Forbidden City anymore, originally the Republic of China can't do anything wrong with you.

Earlier, you said that the Republic of China signed an agreement with you in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, saying that I want to give you the treatment of foreign monarchs, and give you money every year to let you live in the Forbidden City, but you tore up the agreement first, you and Zhang Xun restored, you want to overthrow the Republic of China, then we have to pursue responsibility now, you can't live in the Forbidden City.

Feng Yuxiang sent troops to drive Puyi out, and after Puyi came out of the Forbidden City, he had no place to go, and Beijing did not dare to stay, for fear of encountering other warlords and destroying him again, so he could not help but run to Tianjin to stay.

Tianjin had a concession at that time, and the concession was equivalent to a foreigner's place, so Puyi felt that he could be safe on the platform of the concession, and at this time, Zhang Zuolin, who was full of pride, also came to Tianjin and lived in the Cao family garden, and Zhang Zuolin also intended to visit Puyi.

Zhang Zuolin sent his own henchmen to take 100,000 silver dollars to comfort Puyi, and discussed with Puyi that the two people met together, and at the beginning Puyi still had a little share, which meant that the big marshal wanted to see me, you came to see me, so I was the last monarch.

But Zhang Zuolin did not agree at the time, Zhang Zuolin meant, I can give you enough courtesy, but I can't go to see you, so you come to the Cao family garden to meet me.

At first, Puyi was reluctant to go, but later considered the form, Zhang Zuolin is now a real and nameless emperor, I am a nominal emperor, then I have to go to see him.

So Puyi demoted his dignity and went to the Cao family garden to meet Zhang Zuolin, the two people met this time, Zhang Zuolin did one thing, so that Puyi did not expect, Zhang Zuolin did not think, Zhang Zuolin saw Puyi is prostrating his head, and said that the emperor is good.

To tell the truth, since retiring, Puyi has also seen all kinds of people, etc., when the Republic of China government also changed several presidents and prime ministers, occasionally everyone also has the opportunity to meet, but most of the time, people at most with Puyi to make a shake, a hand.

This was the first time that Zhang Zuolin had performed a kneeling salute to him like this, and Puyi was deeply moved at that time, and quickly lifted up Zhang Zuolin and said that the general was good, and then the two sides held very close talks.

During the talks, Zhang Zuolin said to Puyi, Emperor, you can't go back to the Forbidden City now, but why should you continue to be in the Japanese place, because at that time Puyi was staying in the Japanese Concession, if you really want to retire, you might as well go to Fengtian, you return to the northeast, I will give you good food, drink and hospitality, so that you can live a few years in a down-to-earth manner.

Zhang Zuolin also said several times and three times, Puyi, what do you need in this life, although you open your mouth, I can do it for you as much as possible, Puyi is deeply moved, and even later some people commented that if Zhang Zuolin and Puyi are combined, this is not a beautiful thing.

At the time of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was the most powerful warlord, but Cao Cao had the strength without public opinion, so later Cao Cao went to win the Han Xiandi, and the Han Xiandi Guangzhan commander did not have a soldier, but the problem was that the Han family was the orthodox Han room, and after winning the Han Xiandi, Cao Cao had the name of the imperial court, so Cao Cao's strength became stronger and stronger later.

Some people have heard that Zhang Zuolin was the strongest among the warlords, hundreds of thousands of northeast troops were full of dragons and tigers, even the air force, but Zhang Zuolin was not born too well, with a beard and a bandit origin, so if Zhang Zuolin had wooed Puyi at that time and used Puyi's name, would it be possible to perform another version of Cao Cao to welcome emperor Han Xiandi?

This is also why in his later years, when Puyi looked back on this period of history, he said that Zhang Zuolin had given him great hope, and Puyi may have felt that Zhang Zuolin was likely to invite me to the northeast to help me restore the imperial court.

After all, in fact, whether it was Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne or Zhang Xun's restoration, Zhang Zuolin was a positive responder, and in Puyi's view, Zhang Zuolin was a royalist.

Later, as we all know, after the September 18 Incident, Puyi defected to the Japanese, and Japan set up a Manchukuo in the northeast, nominally pulling Puyi to become emperor, but in fact it was for the wolf ambitions of splitting China.

To tell the truth, if Zhang Dashuai had brought Puyi to the northeast early, maybe Manchukuo would not have been able to build it later, of course, some people have analyzed, after all, the Republic of China has been more than 10 years old, and Zhang Xun's restoration will immediately be opposed by the whole country, so Zhang Zuolin is unlikely to say that he wants to help Puyi's restoration.

So why did Zhang Zuolin have a crush on Puyi? There are many reasons for this, first of all, Zhang Zuolin was born badly, the bandit was born, but after many years of being a bandit, he was recruited by the imperial court, and after the recruitment, the Manchu Qing gave Zhang Zuolin the opportunity to be promoted.

Especially when Puyi became emperor, Zhang Zuolin's official position rose very quickly in those two years, so Zhang Zuolin was grateful to the Manchu Qing court and to Puyi.

Especially in the early years of the Republic of China, there was still quite a lot of contact between Puyi and Zhang Zuolin, at that time the little emperor was still living in the Forbidden City, there were many rare treasures, and he often rewarded some to Zhang Zuolin, so Zhang Zuolin felt that he was ashamed of Puyi before.

You said that the little emperor had no rights, and often rewarded you, and even heard that Puyi had given Zhang Zuolin a dragon robe, so Zhang Zuolin was very grateful to Puyi.

On the other hand, there is also a very important factor, where did Zhang Zuolin start? northeast. The northeast is the land of Longxing of the Manchus, hundreds of years ago Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, dolgun started in the northeast, and then entered Shanhaiguan and owned the world.

Although the Manchu Qing dynasty was already dead at that time, after all, in the past few hundred years, the whole of China was a Manchu world, so many Manchus left the old and young, they still had considerable political influence, which is why Zhang Xun wanted to carry out restoration at that time.

After all, it has been ruled by the Manchus for hundreds of years, and many people have formed habits, so for Zhang Zuolin, he also started in the northeast, and there are a large number of Manchu supporters throughout the northeast of Beijing, and there are a large number of satisfied people who are old and young, and they are either economically or politically more or less influential.

Therefore, for Zhang Zuolin, it is a very effective strategy to win over Puyi, that is, by wooing Puyi, by showing kindness to Puyi, grasping the hearts of these satisfied old and young, and obtaining their support, you can make your rule more stable.

In 1925, Zhang Zuolin reached the peak of his life, for Zhang Zuolin at that time, there was probably no two or one of the three worlds, especially when he controlled Beijing, the center of China's richest northeast and political power, half of the Chinese family had been taken, the army was strong, and it was really possible to reunify China.

Then at this time, for Zhang Zuolin, Puyi is a proper former emperor, and if Zhang Zuolin maintains good relations with Puyi, then in the future, the legitimacy of Zhang Zuolin's rule, the so-called legal system, will exist.

Even in the future, Puyi will engage in a Zen concession with him, that is possible, but Zhang Dashuai immediately went from prosperity to decline, and three years later he died in Huanggutun, so of course, with the death of Zhang Dashuai, the hope he brought to Puyi disappeared.

Original author: Li Chengwei