Puyi finally decided to expel all of the eunuchs from the Forbidden City to end the problem of theft , only agreeing to keep 50 after the Dowager Consorts complained that they could not function without them . After expelling the eunuchs , Puyi turned the grounds where the Hall of Supreme Harmony had once stood into a tennis court , as he and Wanrong loved to play . Wanrong 's brother Rong Qi recalled : " But after the eunuchs went , many of the palaces inside the Forbidden City were closed down , and the place took on a desolate , abandoned air . " After the Great Kanto earthquake on 1 September 1923 destroyed the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama , Puyi donated jade antiques worth some £ 33,000 to pay for disaster relief , which led a delegation of Japanese diplomats to visit the Forbidden City to express their thanks . In their report about the visit , the diplomats noted that Puyi was highly vain and malleable , and could be used by Japan , which marked the beginning of Japanese interest in Puyi
Great Kanto earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
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