Aisin Gioro Puyi

Aisin Gioro Puyi is a the current and first Maharajah of the Maharajahnate of Manchukuo and the last Emperor of China. He is only the Maharajah of Manchukuo (High King of the Manchu people) for he sees himself worthy for the Manchu Heavenly Mandate which gives him the right to rule only Manchuria for he desires not to be the ruler of China. He is nothing more than a weak figurehead as the President of the Privy Council General Zhang Haipeng and his deputy Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui with the Japanese are the real rulers of the country.

## History

### Early Life

Puyi was born February 7 1906 in Prince Chun Mansion, Beijing, Qing Empire. His father was Zaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank who is the son of the fifth son of Yixuan (Prince Chun) the seventh son of the Daoguang Emperor, and his Yixuan's consort Liu Cuiyan. His mother Youlan is the daughter of Ronglu a General of the Qing Dynasty during the Boxer Rebellion and one of the henchmen of Dowager Empress Cixi with an unknown wife who is the daughter of Linggui and Lady Sun.

### Emperor of China

Puyi was chosen as the new Emperor by the Dowager Empress Cixi on the 2nd of December, 1908. It is widely believed that she assassinated his predecessor, the Guangxu Emperor, and chose the young boy to ensure that the control and power of the Manchu nobility would not be threatened. His father Zaifeng, formally Prince Chun, ruled as his regent until the Xinhai Revolution toppled the dynasty. The "Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor" was signed by the new regent Empress Dowager Longyu (Consort of the Guangxu Emperor) on February 12th, 1912, ending over two millennia of imperial rule in China.

### Emperor of Nothing

According to the "Articles of Favourable Treatment of the Great Qing Emperor after His Abdication", Puyi was to retain his title and be treated as befitting a foreign monarch. The Imperial Court kept control of the north half of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Puyi remained confined in the Forbidden City until he was an adult. Except for the "1917 incident that got him kicked out of the Forbidden City"

### High King of the Manchus

The Yuan Shikai Declaring himself Emperor crisis influenced Japan in creating a Puppet Regime in Manchuria to combat the false Emperor with the deposed Manchu Emperor. Japanese officials met with Puyi who went to the Japanese Concession of Tianjin in which the Japanese moved him up to Manchuria and declared him High King of Manchuria. Puyi then married Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchu Princess adopted by Kawashima, a Japanese espionage agent and mercenary adventurer after his coronation.

### Second Boxer Rebellion

Puyi sent units from Manchuria to fight in the Second Boxer Rebellion.

## Marriage

Puyi then married Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchu Princess who is the 14th daughter of Shanqi (1866–1922), a Manchu prince of the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of China's Qing dynasty. Her mother was Lady Janggiya (张佳氏), Shanqi's fourth concubine. Shanqi was a descendant of Hooge, the eldest son of Hong Taiji (the second ruler of the Qing dynasty). She was adopted by her father's friend Kawashima, a Japanese espionage agent and mercenary adventurer. They have one child who is a boy

* Aisin Gioro Zaiyi (b. 1933)