After being pardoned, Puyi and Du Yuming went to Jiangnan for the first time. Why did they shed tears along the way?

Answer: It is true. After Puyi was pardoned, he shed a lot of tears when he and Du Yuming and others went to Jiangnan for the first time.

But these tears are full of mixed emotions, including gratitude, joy, sadness, shame, regret, and guilt?

Why do you say that?

At that time, Puyi’s diary during his trip to Jiangnan recorded many thoughts and expressions. Although it does not look like a private diary, but like a thought report that is subject to review at any time, through these The text, as well as the memories and narrations of those who accompanied him at the time, can still give a glimpse into his inner world.

Puyi was pardoned at the end of December 1959. His trip to Jiangnan was in the spring of 1964. It was a tourist tour organized by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, mainly visiting Jiangsu and other places.

The members of the tour group are mainly amnesty personnel, including Du Yuming, Song Xilian, Zhou Zhenqiang, Wang Yaowu, Shen Zui, Kang Ze, etc., as well as their family members, totaling 40 people.

Puyi’s family members are his wife Li Shuxian, who has been married to him for two years, his younger brother Pujie, and his sister-in-law Sagahao.

Although Shen Zui was a spy, he liked to write and write. Later, in his memoirs, he called the tour group a "visiting group for emperors, generals, and ministers."

Of course, this "visiting group of emperors, generals and ministers" cannot be compared with the "visiting group of emperors, generals and ministers" in the feudal era, but their itinerary was also tightly arranged and strictly protected.

The first stop they visited was Nanjing.

The person responsible for receiving them was Wu Zhongqi, who works for the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Wu Zhongqi was originally a cadet of the 18th batch of Huangpu Military Academy. Before liberation, he was the commander of Jiangyin Fort. He led his troops in the uprising during the Battle of Crossing the River.

Wu Zhongqi later recalled that the scenic spots Puyi and the others visited would be temporarily closed, and the entire first floor of the hotel where they lived was booked, and strangers were not allowed to enter.

Old man Wu Zhongqi said that when he picked them up at the train station, he saw Puyi crying with his own eyes.

When Puyi got off the train, he shook hands with the conductor, wiped his tears, and muttered: "This is my first time going to Jiangnan." ?

He also said: ?I have never come out, but now I am truly liberated. ?

Is this really worth crying so much? Du Yuming couldn't understand it.

Pu Yi explained, "In the past, the Japanese took me wherever they wanted me to go. They always walked in silence and couldn't see anything. Now they can see everything." I used to live a bat-like life, never seeing the sun or seeing people, but now I feel truly free to be Chinese. ?

So it is true that Puyi shed tears and went to Jiangnan.

Puyi and the others stayed in Nanjing for five days.

Old man Wu Zhongqi clearly remembers that it was from March 11th to March 15th.

In addition to the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, Meihua Mountain, Linggu Temple, Confucius Temple, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Yuhuatai and the Presidential Palace, they also visited many companies in Nanjing, such as Nanjing Chemical Industry at that time Company, Youyi Clothing Factory, Yixin Silk Weaving Factory, etc.

Mr. Wu Zhongqi mentioned one detail in particular. On March 12, when the tour group went to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, they climbed to the granite archway at the entrance of the mausoleum. Puyi's wife Li Shuxian had a bad heart and was weak and could not walk, so she said to Puyi, I will rest here, you guys first Go up, I'll wait for you to come down. Pu Yi was considerate of his wife and said that I wouldn’t go either.

Fortunately, Du Yuming, Song Xilian, and Zhou Zhenqiang came to remind him: Lao Pu, you have to go, because

Pu Yi understood something instantly and hurriedly helped his wife to relax. He walked to the top and bowed to the seated statue of Sun Yat-sen with everyone.

While eating in the reception hall of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Puyi murmured to himself: "I did a lot of bad things as an emperor in the past. I said this to myself and others. Puyi died in the past." It has fallen and rotted, and now is the new Puyi? This time the CPPCC has spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to organize us to visit and tour, which is also a transformation of us. ?

After visiting Yuhuatai, Puyi shed tears. He said: ?I feel very sad when I come here. We have sinned so much. So many people died here. It is too tragic? You should think about your past feelings towards** What the Communist Party did to the people, what the Communist Party does to itself today. We should consider how to reform ourselves in the future, cleanse ourselves of our sins, and work for the people. ?

On March 16, the tour group went to Wuxi, visited Taihu Lake, had dinner, and visited Xihui Park.