Chapter 20 emperor's new clothes

Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a fairy tale.Puyi's is not the case, there is a real person, there is a real thing. What else is there to look like when the emperor wears people's clothes?I think that is the case, but it cannot be generalized; Xuantong is not only the last emperor, but also a special emperor. The emperor is in the Forbidden City, wearing a dragon robe.After the Revolution of 1911, although the scope of the emperor's activities was reduced, he was not allowed to go to the three halls in the south, and could not go out of the Shenwu Gate in the north, so he still wore dragon robes.It was worn from 1909 to November 5, 1924 (coincidentally, fifty-seven years after the day of forced palace, it was the premiere date of the film "The Last Emperor" in Hong Kong).

How does it feel to wear a dragon robe?Puyi said: "It's tinkling to wear, and it's inconvenient to walk."This is of course an afterthought, but he did say it. If we borrow the title of Dosteevsky's book, the emperor's crimes and punishments, to put it bluntly, should start from the so-called Manchukuo and become a puppet emperor.At that time, he was wearing a western suit and occasionally a military uniform in the Xinjing (Changchun) Imperial Palace. A Manchurian Imperial Palace Minister named Shen Ruilin talked about the National Army’s field special in mid-October, the first year of Kant’s year (1934). There is a saying in the exercise: the wind has been strong for days, the cold is bitter, and all the officials shrank.The military uniform does not have a coat, and the power and spirit are radiant, and all the soldiers are very excited.It's fun to write, and it's funny.

Where is the majesty of the emperor in military uniform?Puyi himself understood: the emperor, the commander of the Kwantung Army, and the imperial court's imperial court, Yoshioka, are all the swords of Damocles.Moviegoers today understand that too. When the emperor of Manchukuo was sent to the war criminals management center, he had no shackles and was well dressed.When I went to Fushun for an interview, it was a severe winter. One day, I saw the room where the ping-pong table was piled up with new cotton clothes (also people’s clothing), which was a bit strange.The administrator said that it was prepared for Puyi and the others.And the cotton padded clothes worn by Pu Yi are neither broken nor old.

Later, Puyi came out and came back to Beijing. He was a CPPCC commissioner for literature and history. Before he was a member of the CPPCC National Committee, I met him on the National Day viewing platform in Tiananmen Square. It was buttoned, and I stared at his neck, wanting to laugh: laughing at his meticulousness, he was a little embarrassed.In his later years, he always said that being a Chinese is something to be proud of.I shouldn't have laughed at him, because I didn't understand his complex emotions at this moment. Did he feel the humiliation of China in the past very deeply?

From the dragon robe to the people's costume, can it be explained by returning the splendor to the plain?It is possible, but if it is not enough, the meaning is much richer. (1981)