Chapter 353 Aixinjueluo also has to bring goods
Puyi was extremely nervous along the way, and kept wondering whether he had done anything wrong recently.
It's not a festival, why did you summon me?
When he saw President Quan, he immediately took the initiative to confess: "I am very grateful to the organization for giving me a chance to reform myself. I have now completely changed my ways. Except for passing by the square every day and watching TV for a while, I have been concentrating on my work.
I have almost completely given up personal enjoyment and strive to be like the ordinary people, actively contributing and having no regrets. "
Comrade Quansheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled amiably and said, "Comrade Aixinjueluo, don't be so nervous. Come on, sit down and talk."
Puyi was forced to sit on a chair, and he was still extremely nervous.
Comrade Quan Sheng said, "I've asked you to come here to give you a mission. Do you want to go abroad and have a look?"
Puyi stood up and said, "I have never thought of leaving my motherland. I cannot leave here, just like I cannot leave the sun. Please do not doubt my loyalty to the country. I will not defect."
Comrade Quansheng was silent for a moment, "It's not defection, it's that the organization needs you to go on an errand.
You watched TV. Princess Elizabeth of Yingguo is very popular all over the world. What do you think? "
Puyi said hurriedly: "I think the royal family is a product of bourgeois feudal society and a representative of decadence and decline.
That Elizabeth should have gone to school like the children of working people, and become a glorious working person in the future.
Otherwise, they should be overthrown and reformed. The new society will never allow restoration, otherwise it would be a step backwards in history."
"Well, that makes sense." Comrade Quan Sheng stroked his chin, "But then again, we need to analyze the specific situation.
If reversing history can help economic development, it’s okay for us to do it occasionally.”
"Ah?" Now it was Puyi's turn to be confused, "Wh...what do you mean?"
Comrade Quansheng patted his thin shoulders and said, "Comrade Aisin-Gioro, the organization needs you to go abroad with me as the last emperor. Go meet foreign media, participate in some social activities, and promote our new products in China."
This is the situation now. Even if Aisin-Gioro comes, he has to bring goods.
Puyi was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Then...then you won't shoot me on the grounds that I am trying to restore feudalism?"
Comrade Quansheng laughed and said, "Don't you believe in the organization?"
"Believe it." Puyi answered immediately and loudly.
Even though the organization turned his home into his workplace, he couldn't help but believe it.
And to be honest, Comrade Aisin-Gioro is sincerely grateful to the new government for its tolerance towards him, which allows him to live until now.
No new dynasty could spare the life of the emperor of the previous dynasty. After thousands of years of dynasty changes, he was the only one who survived.
They also arranged a job for him, and the organization would visit him during festivals and give him mooncakes, rice dumplings, rice, flour, oil and other things.
He was grateful from the bottom of his heart, so he wrote extensively in his memoirs to record his innermost gratitude to the new government and gratitude to the organization.
When I have nothing to do, I write poetry at my workstation, thanking the new society for its rebirth.
After finishing the manuscript, he submitted it to the organization for review.
When I came back, I found that many of the words praising his achievements had been deleted, with the reason being: "Too corny."
Propaganda Minister Fang Ruxue called him and told him, "You don't have to write these, just write what's in your heart."
Comrade Aixinjueluo argued: "But this is what I really think! Can't I say it?"
In the end, it was Comrade Quan Sheng who personally told him: "You have the mentality of a prisoner. You don't need to write yourself in such a bad light."
He has revised the manuscript several times, and the book has not yet been officially published.
But Luo Jiu, as a later comer, had already seen it.
She could probably guess what Puyi's current state was, so she told Lu Qingyun early in the morning, "When he arrives, you stay with him. If he does anything inappropriate, you can point it out in time."
Lu Qingyun did not realize the seriousness of the matter until he had his first formal contact with this Aisin-Gioro.
After President Quan's plane arrived, Sit went to the airport in person to greet him, and by the way, he also met the legendary representatives of the Chinese royal family.
The summit was held the next day, and there was a dinner hosted by Defang that evening to welcome distinguished guests from various countries.
Leaders of various countries, members of the royal family, and famous Olympic athletes were among the invitees. Lu Qingyun followed Puyi as a member of his entourage and accompanied him in social activities.
Puyi was able to speak English and could answer questions fluently.
In social situations, people just smile at each other, say polite words, and chat about unimportant topics.
When King Shat saw Puyi, he smiled and shook his hand, saying, "Nice to meet you. I thought that after the Chinese Revolution, all the royal family members were beheaded."
Puyi said hurriedly: "I am able to survive thanks to the tolerance and care of the organization. I am a sinner of China, and even if I die, I deserve it."
Lu Qingyun, who was standing by, felt something was not right the more he listened. Why did he suddenly confess?
Puyi continued: "In fact, I think that the royal family, which is a product of class division based on birth and bloodline, should be wiped out..."
Lu Qingyun quickly coughed lightly to stop him from speaking any further.
King Shat was confused: I just came here to have a chat, how could it be wiped out?
Lu Qingyun made up for Puyi and said, "Mr. Puyi meant that no matter the royal family or the imperial family, they should continue to innovate with the development of society. The old will be destroyed and the new will keep pace with the times.
If you two hadn't come here on a new-age plane, how could you have had such an interesting encounter?"
King Shat nodded and said meaningfully, "It's really interesting."
After King Shat left, Lu Qingyun had to whisper a few words in Puyi's ear.
"Don't chat like this. You're just poking someone in the lungs. This is not socializing. If you keep chatting like this, you'll end the friendship."
Pu Yi looked indifferent. "I am spreading new ideas of the new era and promoting correct values. I am a reformed progressive person. There is nothing to talk about with these old and young people."
Lu Qingyun laughed, "I know you have changed, I know you have improved. But at this time, can you improve secretly?
It is their business if others lag behind. You are representing the country now, so don’t offend anyone.”
Puyi was silent for a moment with a stern face, and suddenly said: "I can say some polite words and play along, but you have to help me prove that I am firmly anti-imperialist and anti-feudal."
Lu Qingyun nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I can prove that you are very firm and have not wavered in the slightest."
After a while, Lu Qingyun went to talk to Luo Jiu.
Puyi stared at the two people not far away vigilantly. When Luo Jiu walked towards him, he immediately jumped up and "complained".
Puyi said solemnly, "She said that the royal family can keep pace with the times. I firmly believe that the feudal products should be wiped out."
Luo Jiu nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and sat down beside him.
A Western band was playing unfamiliar music, and distinguished guests from various countries were toasting and chatting happily around them.
In the noisy and magnificent banquet hall, the two sat in a corner and talked in low voices.
Luo Jiu said: "There is one thing I really want to ask you, please answer me honestly."
Puyi: "I was as frank as boiled water to the organization."
Luo Jiu shook his head. "I am not representing the organization now. You don't have to consider anything else. I just want to know if you have been tortured or forced to confess. Did someone threaten or intimidate you? Did you say that?"
Puyi hurriedly said: "Never, I was detained and interrogated, but no one tortured me, they just wanted me to explain the mistakes I made."
"Then why are you so trembling with fear? You have already confessed your crimes, and the organization released you to prove that your crimes are not punishable by death and that you can live. Why do you always feel that someone wants to find something to hold against you and harm you?"
Faced with Luo Jiu's questioning, Puyi remained silent for a long time.
It was so long that Luo Jiu thought he would not answer. When she was about to get up and leave, she suddenly heard Pu Yi say, "It must be because he feels guilty.
Just because I haven’t been sentenced to death doesn’t mean I shouldn’t die.”
He suddenly laughed and said, "I used to hear other people say the word 'damn' but I never took it seriously until I said it myself and realized how painful it was.
It is said that feudal society is a cannibalistic society, and most people hate it, but I dare not say that I hate it too.
Because I am a glutton who eats people. Who can eat people better than the emperor?
I have never treated others as human beings since I was a child. I could tease those palace maids and eunuchs whenever I wanted, and I didn't care even if I beat them to death.
Later one of my wet nurses told me that I was the same as everyone else.
It was then that I began to think: I have teeth, and so do others. It would hurt if others bit me, and it would also hurt if I bit others.
Those people whom I regard as non-human are human beings just like me, and they will feel pain when they are beaten.
But I...but I just reflected briefly, still sitting in that high position and continuing to "eat people".
I was afraid that you would think I wanted to restore the monarchy, because I really did want to restore the monarchy.
Later, when I was being reformed, an old lady told me how miserable her life was during the years under my rule. Only then did I realize that my dream of becoming emperor was someone else’s nightmare.”
Puyi sighed as he said this, "I have lived in a high wall since I was a child. The wall is so high that only a small square piece of sky is exposed, just like the mouth of a well. It is really hard to breathe.
I really don't miss that kind of life now, but how can I make you believe it?
It is obvious that at that time, I was the one inside the high wall, riding on other people's heads and acting arrogantly.
So I want to say over and over again that I have really changed and I have really said goodbye to my past self.
I hate the inhumane self I once was. I hate the weak self who didn’t care about the lives of the people and still dreamed of becoming an emperor.
I changed, I really did.”
He looked at Luo Jiu dejectedly, "Can you trust me?"
Luo Jiu pondered for a while, "Of course we trust you, otherwise how could we bring you out and give you such an important task?"
Puyi took a sip from the wine glass and said nonchalantly, "Eating and drinking is nothing but a task."
"Who told you that there is only eating and drinking?" Luo Jiu leaned forward and lowered his voice, "Didn't you confess? Now there is a chance for you to atone for your sins. You can make up for your past mistakes with practical actions."
Puyi's eyes lit up: "What opportunity?"
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