Chapter 51 Three I plead not guilty

Since I couldn't let go of my airs and refused to learn, my thoughts couldn't change at all, let alone confessing my sins. I know that I am guilty of treason before the law.But I regard this matter as an accidental arrangement of fate.Power is justice and the winner is king and the loser is bandit. This was my thinking at that time.I didn't think about what responsibility I should bear at all, and of course I couldn't think of what thoughts dominated my crime, and I never heard of any thoughts that needed to be reformed. In order to get rid of the bad luck of being punished, the method I adopted is still the old one.Since it is the Soviet Union that decides my fate in front of my eyes, then please please the Soviet Union.So I donated my jewelry to the Soviet Union in the name of supporting the economic construction of the Soviet Union after the war.

I did not give all of it, I kept the best part of it, and let my nephew hide the remaining part in the bottom compartment of a black suitcase.Because the interlayer was too small to fit it all in, I stuffed everything I thought could be plugged in, so that even the soap was filled, and it still couldn't fit in, so I had to throw away what wasn't packed in. One day, a Soviet translator and an officer walked into the hall, holding a shiny object in their hands, and asked everyone: Whose is this?Who put it in the waste radiator in the yard? The detainees in the hall gathered around and saw that the officer was holding some jewelry.Someone said: There is also the imprint of the Beijing Silver House on it. Strange, who put it there?

I recognized it immediately, it was the one I told my nephews to throw away.At this time, they were all in another shelter, so I refused to admit it, and quickly shook my head and said: Strange, strange, who put this up? Unexpectedly, the interpreter still had an old wooden comb in his hand. He took it and walked up to me and said: There is also this thing in one piece.I remember, this wooden comb is yours! I panicked and quickly denied it, saying: No, no!The wooden comb is not mine either! The two Soviets had no choice but to leave after being taken aback for a while.They may not have figured out yet what kind of psychology I am.In fact, I only have one mentality, which is that I am afraid that admitting this matter will arouse their suspicion of me, so I adopted the method of pushing and lying.I pushed so stupidly that I couldn't help but stunned them.

Not only did I throw some jewellery, but I also burned a batch of pearls in the stove.Before leaving the Soviet Union, I asked my servant Da Li to throw the last of them into the chimney on the roof. I hate the Japanese.When the Soviet Union asked me to investigate the crimes committed by the Japanese invaders in the Northeast, I provided materials with great enthusiasm.Later, I was called to testify at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, and I heartily indicted Japanese war criminals.But whenever I talk about that history, I never talk about my own guilt, and try to extricate myself from it.Because I am afraid of being judged myself.

It was in August 1946 that I went to testify at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo.I appeared in court for a total of eight days, which is said to be the longest testimony in this court.The courtroom news of those days was top news in some of the curious newspapers around the world. To confirm the truth of Japan's invasion of China and to explain how Japan used me, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, as a puppet to invade and rule the four northeastern provinces is a requirement for me to testify. Looking back on that testimonial today, I feel regretful.At that time, I was worried that I would be punished by my motherland in the future. Although I told some of the crimes of the Japanese invaders, in order to excuse myself, while covering up my crimes, I also covered up a part of my relationship with myself. As a result, the crimes of Japanese imperialism have not been fully and thoroughly exposed.

The secret collusion between the Japanese imperialists and the group headed by me began before September 18th.It was an open secret that the Japanese raised and cultivated our group.After the September 18th Incident, our group's open defection to the enemy was the result of long-term collusion with the Japanese.In order to excuse myself, I avoided this question and only talked about how I was forced and victimized. Collusion between imperialism on the outside and reactionary forces on the inside, like any gangster partnership, internal friction is inevitable, and I describe this kind of thing as if it were a conflict between good and evil.

I've been agitated a few times in court.When talking about welcoming Amaterasu, a Japanese lawyer pointed out to me that I attacked the ancestors of the Japanese emperor, which is very contrary to oriental morality.I roared passionately: I did not force them to regard my ancestors as their ancestors!This caused a roar of laughter, and I was still furious.When I mentioned Tan Yuling's death, I took my doubts as a confirmed fact, and said sadly: Even she was killed by the Japanese!Of course, I was emotional at this time, but at the same time, I would rather everyone see me as a persecuted person.

In order to mitigate the crime of the defendant, the defense of the defendant used many methods to deal with me, tried to reduce the value of my testimony, and even wanted to deny my qualifications as a witness.Of course, they failed; even if they did deny me completely, they would not be able to change the fate of the defendant.But if they were exploiting my fear of punishment to keep me from telling the truth, then they had partly achieved their goal.I still remember that after I counted the crimes of Japanese war criminals, an American lawyer yelled at me: You blamed all the crimes on the Japanese, but you are also a criminal, and you will be judged by the Chinese government after all!What he said really hit me where I was most afraid.It is out of this kind of mentality that I describe surrendering to the enemy and treason as the result of being kidnapped.I completely denied my collusion with Japan, and even when I produced the letter I wrote to Nanjiro in court, I also firmly denied it, saying it was forged by the Japanese.I covered up this matter, and I also covered up the various conspiracy methods of the Japanese militarism, so in the end it was cheaper for the Japanese militarists.