Chapter 23 The Choice at the Twelve and Three Forks

Although the people in Beifu have common excitement, they don't have common ideas.Jin Liang later said in his supplementary "Diary of Encountering Changes": After Gai Ziduan and Zhang arrived in Beijing, they all made empty promises, and there was really nothing they could do.The crowd has been deluded into thinking that recovery is at hand, so the facts are not seen, but the opinions are.There are those who claim that a single word of the original conditions cannot be changed, those who have the owner will return the palace to re-number, those who have the owner change the title to be inferior to the emperor, those who have the owner's annual fee can be reduced, and those who must have an outsider's guarantee, and those who have the owner moved to the Summer Palace, and those who have the owner. Eastside homebuyers.In fact, the sovereignty lies with people, and it is no different from a dream. They don't know what they see and they don't know what they see.This passage is indeed true.

The whirlwind on November 5, 1924 threw me out of the Forbidden City and landed on a three-way intersection.There are three roads in front of me: one is pointed out to me by the new conditions, give up the title of emperor, give up the original ambition, and become a commoner who still has a lot of wealth and farms; the other is to win the support of sympathizers and cancel the National Army The new conditions of Yuan Shikai's era, all restore the old conditions of Yuan Shikai's era, or return the number to the palace, let me return to the Forbidden City, and still live the same life as before; there is another, the most tortuous road, which leads to overseas, and then points to The Forbidden City, but the Forbidden City at that time must be the Forbidden City before Xinhai.At that time, the saying of this road was to use external forces to seek recovery.

I stood at this fork in the road, surrounded by all kinds of people, and heard their endless quarrels.They all dismissed the first route, but they refused to give in to each other in the choice of the other two routes.Even the supporters of the same route have different specific propositions and detailed plans.Each of them scrambled to give me ideas and lead me the way. In the first few days of entering Beifu, should the center of debate stay in Beifu, or try to sneak out and hide in Dongjiaomin Lane?As I said before, the one who advocated slipping away was the lonely Zheng Xiaoxu and Johnston who kept his stance private, and the other was the princes, ministers and masters headed by my father.The conflict ended with Zheng Xiaoxu's defeat.After the gate control began to be loosened, the second confrontation centered on going abroad and not going abroad, and fighting not to restore the original preferential treatment conditions.The one who advocated going abroad immediately was Jin Liang and Luo Zhenyu (Johnston is still the one who has not publicly stated his position), and the other side was still headed by my father, with the participation of masters.Their spearhead this time was mainly against the vanguard Jin Liang, and they also won.Still, it's a superficial victory.In the third round, when Zheng, Luo, and Zhuang united and won the participation of Chen Baochen, the focus of the question shifted to whether my current situation was dangerous or not, and whether I should run into Dongjiaomin Lane first, those princes and ministers were defeated. .

The princes and ministers headed by my father wholeheartedly want to restore the original status and strive to restore the number to the palace.They hate the National Army, but they want me to endure and wait.The national army canceled my title of emperor. They thought I could still be emperor at home, but they didn't cancel my title anyway.As soon as the Nationalist Army's rule showed signs of instability (Zhang and Feng's discord, Huang's cabinet was rejected by the mission), their illusions reared their heads.While persuading me to wait for the good news, they attacked all those who advocated going abroad and leaving the government.They won the first round, making it impossible for me to go to Dongjiaominxiang, and in the second round, Jin Liang was defeated very embarrassingly.After Jin Liang saw my conversation with Lu Zhonglin in the newspaper, he came with a memorial and a declaration drafted for me as soon as the door was loosened.He greatly praised my speech, and asked me to declare everything to the outside world, and give me back my freedom.Tell me to give up the imperial title and preferential treatment fees, and use the money to set up libraries and schools to attract people's hearts and resist public opinion. Waiting for the destiny, once the opportunity is available, return to the country immediately.His argument is: Gai Bixie today's false emperor, can hope for the real emperor in the future.After he said it, he wrote a "Please send the declaration quickly".Although I was tempted by these words, my father was furious when he heard about it, called him a madman, and asked him not to come to my house again.

In fact, Jin Liang was not a resolute sender of going abroad.His proposition once baffled me for a while.After Duan Qirui came to power, when the call for restoration was raging, he asked someone to pass me a booklet, and he didn't mention everything about his family and giving up the preferential conditions and the emperor's title. He said that if I could regain the emperor's title, I would not give up.At the same time, he wrote a letter to Zhang Zuolin saying: The conditions of preferential treatment are related to the trust of the country, and they follow the law of equality, so they cannot be easily modified.He explained to others that he did not advocate giving up the emperor's title, but it is not for me to argue about this matter.His explanation did not get my father's understanding, nor did it arouse my interest, and the gate of Beifu could not be entered.

After my father drove Jinliang away, in order to prevent others from influencing me, whenever someone he considered unreliable visited me, he would either stop him or stand aside and watch over me. Therefore, Luo Zhenyu, who advocated going abroad, was confused by him. Can't talk to me.My father's princely prestige was only afraid to use it against Johnston, but the soldiers at the door helped my father invisibly, and Johnston couldn't get in from the next day.So my father became the winner again this time against the foreign faction. The two consecutive victories won by my father's faction were very shaky victories.His blockade first aroused a greater antipathy in my heart.Although I don't have a clear plan for my future, this point has been made clear since I entered the gate of Beifu: I have to leave this place anyway.I can't get out of a big Forbidden City and get into a small Forbidden City, not to mention that it's not safe here.

Later, I expressed my dissatisfaction to my father. I don’t want him to be present when I meet people, and I don’t want people who want to see me to be blocked.My father backed down, and so the situation changed, and various guides came with the best ideas.At this time, a new foreign school appeared.My old friend Dr. Hu Shi is here. Not long ago, I just read an open letter from Hu Shi to Wang Zhengting in the newspaper, scolding the Nationalist Army, expressing righteous indignation against the act of coercing and modifying preferential treatment conditions by force.Although Chen Baochen still regarded him as a snake and a scorpion, Zheng Xiaoxu had already made friends with him, and some elders also believed that he was better than the Revolutionary Party and the National Army after all.He entered Beifu without hindrance, and I greeted him when I saw him, and praised him for his articles in the newspapers.He scolded the national army again, saying: In the eyes of European and American countries, this is all oriental barbarism!

When Hu Shi saw me this time, it was not out of pure condolence, but out of his concern.He asked me what my plans are for the future.I said that the princes and ministers are all active and restored to their original state. I have no interest in those. I hope to live independently and seek some knowledge. The emperor is very ambitious!He nodded in praise, the last time I came back from the palace, I told my friends that the emperor is very ambitious. I want to study abroad, but it is very difficult. Difficult and not too difficult.If it comes to England, Mr. Johnston can take care of it.If you want to go to the United States, it is not difficult to find someone to help.

The princes and ministers will not let me go, especially the prince. Last time in the palace, the emperor also said the same.In my opinion, we still have to be decisive. The Republic of China authorities may not necessarily let me go. That's easy to say, what matters is that the emperor makes up his mind. Although I was instinctively wary of this new character, his words did give me a kind of encouragement.From him, I sensed that my plan to go abroad will definitely win the sympathy of many people in the society.Therefore, I hate those princes and ministers who oppose my going abroad.

I think those who advocate restitution do so because that is the only way to keep their titles.Their food and clothing parents are not the emperor, but preferential treatment conditions.With the preferential conditions, Shaoying would not be able to lose the seal key of the House of Internal Affairs, Rong Yuan would maintain a happy life of mortgage and price changes, and Prince Chun’s Mansion would be able to pay an annual fee of 42,480 taels a year. This is regardless of whether the government of the Republic of China is in arrears or not, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will make up and send it all.In addition to these people, the minions below, who are constantly handing out paperwork and submitting papers, also have their own little plans.My sixth uncle, Zaixun, had a disciple named Wu Xibao who wrote an excerpt for Chen Shanhou’s plan. He complained that he had long advocated hiring jurists from all over the world to study laws in order to deal with the illegal breach of contract in the Republic of China. , Because I didn't listen to his idea, I was in a hurry today and I was powerless to refute.Then he put forward five major plans, which are all based on the use of law and jurists. The reason is that he himself is a lawyer.There is also a banner man named Duoji, who is a nominal member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wailang. He insists that the title of emperor should not be given up no matter what. Not only that, but when I have a son in the future, I will be called Xuantong Second.He also advocated that in the future I should replace the people who serve the left and right with the Eight Banners.It seems that he also made a good idea to let his son be the second in Duoji to inherit Yuanwailang's salary.

I met Hu Shi, and Johnston came back to me, conveying Zhang Zuolin's concern to me.I think what Hu Shi said is right, the problem of going abroad will not be blocked by the authorities.Johnston and I discussed how to prepare for going abroad, and Zhang Zuolin expressed his welcome to live in the Northeast.I thought it would be better to live in the Northeast for a while. Once I arrive in the Northeast, I can go abroad anytime.I had just made up my mind when a new problem arose. After the guards of the national army withdrew from the gate, the situation had eased, and I dared to scold the national army to the reporter. Suddenly Zheng Xiaoxu appeared in front of me with a serious face and asked me if I had read the newspaper. Look, there is nothing! Your Majesty, take a look at the Suncheon Times.He took out the newspaper and pointed to the headline of the Redization Movement's Civilian Self-Government Song.The news said that after Feng Jun entered Beijing, redism took advantage of the opportunity, and recently tens of thousands of leaflets appeared, advocating no real government autonomy, no legal freedom, and so on.At that time, I often heard and saw from the mouths of Zheng, Chen, and Zhuang and the "Suntian Times" that the Communist Party is radicalism and redism, and redness and radicalism are scourges, communism and wives, Feng Yuxiang's army is It is related to the radicalization of redness, and so on.Now, according to Zheng Xiaoxu's explanation, the world will soon be in chaos, and there is no doubt that Redism will kill me. I was terrified by Zheng Xiaoxu's words, when Luo Zhenyu appeared with a sad face.I have always attached great importance to the news Luo Zhenyu got from Japan.He reported to me this time that the Japanese had received information that Feng Yuxiang and the extremists would act against me.Now that Feng Jun is occupying the Summer Palace, he said that the accident may happen within a day or two.The emperor should leave here as soon as possible, and take shelter in Dongjiaomin Lane. At this time Johnston also came, bringing news from foreign newspapers that Feng Yuxiang was going to take action against Beijing for the third time. As a result, I lost my temper, and even Chen Baochen panicked.Chen Baochen agreed with this opinion: we should seize the opportunity to hide in Dongjiaomin Lane while Feng Yuxiang's army is away, and first be admitted to a German hospital, because the German doctor knows me.Masters Chen and Master Zhuang and I quietly discussed a strategy. This strategy should not only avoid the knowledge of the Republic of China authorities, but also guard against my father. We proceeded according to the secret plan.In the first step, Master Chen and I went out together to visit the two concubines Jingyi and Ronghui who left the palace a few days later than me and lived in Qilinbei Hutong. impression.We have done this step.The next day, we planned to proceed to the second step, that is, to go to Zhuanbei Hutong to look at a house that was going to be rented under the pretext of going to Dongjiaominxiang, and then to be admitted to a German hospital.The third step is to live in the embassy.As long as you reach Dongjiaomin Lane, the third step and the fourth step for Wanrong and the others to move here will be easy to handle.But when we were carrying out this second step of the plan, as soon as we got into the car, my father sent his big housekeeper, Zhang Wenzhi, to accompany us.Johnston and I sat in the first car, and Zhang Wenzhi followed Chen Baochen into another car. Things are a little tricky.Johnston got into the car, frowned, and spoke to me in English. ignore him!I was so angry that I asked the driver to drive.The car drove out of Beifu.I really want to never enter this door again for the rest of my life. Johnston believed that it was impossible to ignore Zhang Wenzhi, and he had to try to get rid of him.On the way, he came up with a way: we first stopped at Wuliwen foreign shop, pretended to be shopping, and sent Zhang Wenzhi back. Uliwen Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. was opened at the first entrance of the west end of Dongjiaomin Lane. It was a shop opened by foreigners to sell clocks, watches and cameras.We got to Uliven, and Johnston and I went into the shop.I looked at one and the same product, and finally picked out a French gold pocket watch. After a while, Zhang Wenzhi waited outside, showing no intention of leaving.At this point, Johnston had no choice but to resort to the last resort and told Zhang Wenzhi, I don't feel well, I should go to a German hospital.Zhang Wenzhi followed us suspiciously to the German hospital.When we got to the hospital, we threw him aside.Johnston explained his purpose to Dr. Di Bo in the hospital, and let me rest in an empty ward. Zhang Wenzhi saw that he was not the right person, so he quickly slipped away.We knew that he must have gone back to Beifu to report to my father. Zhuang Tudun didn't dare to relax, and immediately went to the British embassy to negotiate.Unexpectedly, there was no news from him after he left, and I was very anxious to wait.I was afraid that Zhang Wenzhi would bring my father here at this time, and when I was restless, Chen Baochen and Zheng Xiaoxu arrived one after another. In Zheng Xiaoxu's diary, there is such a record: The third day of the first day of Renzi.Tao'an (Chen Baochen) and Shu Yan come.Yesterday's newspaper reported: Li Yuying met with Duan Qirui, arguing about royal affairs, Li said angrily: "Louis XIV of France, Britain kills the monarch, this happens very often, diplomatic interference must be nothing to worry about."Zhang Ji came out to tell the people, "If you don't cut the weeds and get rid of the roots, you can't do this."There is a song about the self-government of the common people: It is really strange to stay in Xuantong, the only stain has not yet been removed.Yu Yu Tao'an said: "It's urgent!"It is the policy of German hospitals.In the afternoon, I went to Beifu and arrived at the Drum Tower. I met the carriage of Tao'an and said, "I have gone to Suzhou Hutong!"He drove to the Hutong of Suzhou, but saw nothing, and was sent to a German hospital for the rest of his life.Ascending the building, you can only see Shang (Puyi) and Tao'an, Yun Zhuangshidun has gone to the Dutch and English embassies.Yu decided to send it to the Japanese embassy, ​​and ordered Yu to inform the Japanese first.Immediately visit Zhuben and tell the emperor that he has come.Takemoto Baiqi's envoy Fangze said: "Please come quickly, the emperor."Then there was a big storm, and the yellow sand covered the sky, and we couldn't see each other a few steps away.When I went to the hospital, I was worried about the car or not obeying orders, so I suggested that I should take a horse-drawn carriage; and because there were many people at the front door of the hospital, I led the horse-drawn carriage to the back door. Tong Cheng rides.There are two roads from De Hospital to the Japanese Embassy, ​​about Lixu: one from Dongjiaomin Lane to the north, and the other from Chang'an Street to the south.Yu Chiyu said: "Go to the Japanese embassy again."Yuzheli North Road is a little closer, drive through Chang'an Street.He screamed and said: "There are Chinese policemen on the street, why come here!"However, the car was already running fast, Yu said: "It's just around the corner!"Is there an emperor in the carriage?Please do not be afraid.After turning south to the river bank, he played again and said: This is the boundary of the embassy!sent to the Japanese embassy.Takemoto and Zhongping greeted them and entered the barracks.Tao'an also arrived.Fang Che was driving on Chang'an Avenue, the wind and sand were raging, and he could barely move forward, so he entered the room for a nap in the dark.The above said: "People in Beifu know that I have come to the hospital. Johnston and Zhang Wenzhi will go back to look for me, so I should tell them."Yu returned to the hospital, and the regent and Tao Belle all arrived.Because I came to the Japanese Pavilion together with you, several courtiers rushed to watch.The superior ordered Yu to sue Duan Qirui and Zhang Wenzhi to sue Zhang Zuolin. Regarding Johnston, Zheng Xiaoxu only briefly mentioned one sentence in his diary, because he did not see Johnston in the German hospital, and Johnston had gone to the Japanese embassy with resentment at that time.When I met this master Zhuang who never came back in the Japanese embassy, ​​I felt very strange.He explained to me: I went to the British envoy, and Ma Kelei said that the place is too small to be entertained. Since His Majesty was received by the Japanese envoy, it is great. In short, everything is safe now.In that haste, I didn't ask any more questions. Now that I'm insured, I'm not interested in knowing about the past.It was only later that I realized that what aroused his resentment was not, as he explained to me that day, that the place was too small to be entertained, and that he lost face. " said in the book that only the Japanese Legation is willing to give me effective protection (maybe the British Legation has this view as he said in the book), and he became the loser in this battle, which made him root cause of resentment. Zheng Xiaoxu was very proud of his role in this escape.This can be seen in two heptapods written by him: On the third day of November, I was honored by the Japanese embassy Chen Baochen and Johnston came from Xingde Hospital, followed by Xiaoxu, and then entered the Japanese embassy. Riding the sun and the wind, carrying the cloud flag, flying across the sky, no gods and ghosts, Holding the emperor's son out of the tiger's lair, there is no such thing in the vast history of history! When and where does the Mongolian wind come from?Seeing Gong Gong from heaven and earth, Hugh, it's hard to get a warrior, there's still a bald man in the world [1]. This self-proclaimed warrior later hid a painting: In the clouds and mist above the turret, there is a dragon with teeth and claws.Chen Baochen devoutly inscribed the word "Feng Yi" on the painting, and wrote a poem to compliment him: "The wind and sand are screaming and the sun is falling to the west, and it is at this time to stay at Hemen; writing a poetic reading of Changli, the sky is dark and the earth is dark and the dragon moves."Johnston knew how to make fun of it, and also wrote the incident in English. One of the reasons why Zheng Xiaoxu is so ecstatic is that he beat his secret opponent Luo Zhenyu in this battle for monopoly.Not only did Luo fail to catch up with this opportunity, but the valuable relationship with Master Takemoto was also held by Zheng Qingqing and became Zheng's capital.The conflict between Zheng and Luo turned out to be covered up behind the battle between them and the princes.And from then on, the battle between them began. But Johnston couldn't help laughing secretly.In his book published in 1932, he affirmed the correctness of Zheng Xiaoxu's diary account and said: Except for one thing, that is, Zheng Xiaoxu mistakenly believed that Master Takemoto had agreed to use his own residence to receive the emperor. It has been discussed with the Japanese Minister before.The relationship between the civil and military officials in the Japanese embassy is not as close and friendly as the relationship between civil and military officials in other embassies. It is doubtful whether Takemoto Osamu thinks he should obey the orders of the Japanese minister.Therefore, he did not feel obliged to report to Mr. Yoshizawa Kenkichi what he had said to Mr. Zheng Xiaoxu, and he did not do so.In fact, he himself was anxious to receive the emperor, and did not want the Japanese envoy to deprive him of his honored guest. In fact, it was later taken away.The battle that had just started was not only between the princes and ministers and Zheng and Luo, and not only between Zheng and Luo, but also between the Japanese.The real winner in this battle was published in the next day's "Suncheon Times": The Envoy's Conversation with Emperor Rong Liuxun Minister Yoshizawa of Japan, regarding the interviewing reporter’s talk about the process of Emperor Xun Puyi moving into the Japanese embassy yesterday, the Minister’s attitude is as follows: At 3 o'clock in the afternoon last Saturday, a certain family (the envoy did not want to announce his name) suddenly visited Yu (the envoy claimed to be the same below) and told Yi Xun that Emperor Xun had already been admitted to a German hospital. In a certain aspect, he also talked earnestly about Emperor Xun's relocation, and he thought it would be better to move to the Japanese embassy, ​​so Emperor Xun sent someone to introduce him, and Wanxi agreed to his request.At that time, Yu generally had no excuses, but he thought that the incident happened suddenly, so he replied that he would consider it temporarily before replying.A certain resigned for about 20 minutes, and Yu immediately received a report that Emperor Xun had arrived at the Japanese barracks and asked to meet Yu.Yu immediately went to the barracks to meet him, preparing a house for him.After being welcomed into the museum at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Secretary of the Chi Department was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay a visit to Deputy Minister Shen, explaining the whole story of Emperor Xun's sudden visit to the museum, and please convey Duan Zhizheng to avoid misunderstanding.When I get the answer, I am very understanding. [1] See Liu Bang's "Great Wind Song": When the wind blows, the clouds fly, Vega comes home, and the warriors guard the four directions?