Pu Yi was "moved to his grave" 30 years after his death. Why did wealthy businessmen spend so much money to buy the emperor's bones for advertising?
We know that our country encountered a series of changes in the late Qing Dynasty, and the one who felt the deepest among them was probably Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He encountered the Qing Dynasty when he was a child. Perished and expelled from the Forbidden City, he always wanted to be restored. As a result, because of his desire for restoration, he was exploited by the Japanese and became the emperor of the puppet Manchukuo. After the war, he was imprisoned as a prisoner of war. It was not until the 1950s that he regained his freedom. Although Puyi's later life was unremarkable, compared to his lifetime He was relatively happy. After regaining his freedom, Puyi married Li Shuxian, a nurse in the hospital, and eventually died of illness in 1967.
At first, Puyi was buried in Babaoshan Cemetery. Because there were still many old ministers who treated him as kings and ministers at that time, the state stipulated that he could not do anything grand. Originally, Puyi was buried in Babaoshan. A relatively happy ending, I don’t know how much better than those last emperors in history who did not die well or even were crushed to ashes. However, in the 1990s, Puyi’s tomb was moved to the Hualong Cemetery near the Western Tomb of the Qing Dynasty. Why is it so good? Will the grave be moved in 30 years?
At that time, Puyi’s widow Li Shuxian said that Puyi gave her a dream and asked her to move the grave. Puyi said in the dream that he wanted to be buried near the Qingxi Mausoleum. In fact, this was a huge scam. At that time, Hualong Cemetery near the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty was actually the property of Hong Kong real estate businessman Zhang Shiyi. At that time, it was located in a remote area and the transportation was very inconvenient. Zhang Shiyi not only had cemeteries and other projects but also real estate here in order to attract people's attention. , he came up with a brilliant strategy. He first contacted Li Shuxian secretly and promised to give her a huge sum of money. She only needed to bury Puyi's bones in Hualong Cemetery. At the same time, she also needed to give a reasonable explanation when the outside world questioned it. The two sides hit it off immediately, and the matter of Puyi's tomb relocation came about.
After Puyi moved his tomb, Zhang Shiyi took advantage of the situation and changed the name here from Hualong Cemetery to Hualong Royal Cemetery, and said that even the last emperor dreamed of moving here. This is definitely a geomantic treasure. This incident was very sensational at the time. A large number of people who did not know the truth began to purchase cemeteries here, and even surrounding properties became popular.
It was not until Zhang Shiyi mentioned this in his published autobiography that people knew that this was a carefully planned marketing campaign. Puyi probably never thought until his death that he, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, could actually He was not able to live in peace after death, and was used for advertising. Many people said that Puyi might be the most unfortunate emperor. However, the editor believes that compared to other last emperors in the history of our country, Puyi's life was actually not tragic.