Chapter 197: Leopard Room
However, the tail of this "dog" is too long. It is thin and long, extending to the side of the forepaw.
It seems impossible for a dog to have such a long tail······
Ning Shuang then turned it over again, and there were actually a lot of vertical words on the back!
However, it is also "blocked" because of dirt, so I can't see it clearly.
Ning Shuang didn't look at it carefully, so she opened her mouth, "Boss, this brand is copper, right?"
"I checked it just now, it should be copper. The stall owner replied, "The copper is not bad." ”
Wu Duo smiled and glanced at the stall owner, who also smiled. Everyone tacitly agrees, don't put gold at this time, can you throw away good things?
Ning Shuang then asked, "It's a dog on it, right?" ”
"Almost. Want to take it?"
"Well, let's give a crisp price!"
"Let's look at it. ”
"A hundred bucks. Wu Duo interjected.
"I said brother, don't bring this, it's an old bronze brand, and you can buy a better one for more than a hundred, right?"
"Let you repay you and don't, hurry up. ”
"Gotta get it, so, you add another hundred, two hundred, right?"
Ning Shuang touched Wu Duo again at this time, and said to the stall owner with a smile, "Two hundred is two hundred, you give me a plastic sealed bag, and then give me a brush." ”
"No problem. The stall owner nodded. What Ning Shuang asked to send, a matter of a few dollars.
The payment was cleared, and Ning Shuang put the bronze medal into a plastic sealed bag and put it in his pocket.
The stall was at the edge of the square, and the two of them left the stall, and instead of turning over and continuing to walk through the next row of stalls, they walked to a secluded place outside the square.
It was Wu Duo who pulled Ning Shuang over, he took it as soon as he saw the two hundred yuan, and he simply didn't start "listening" by himself, and wanted to listen directly to Ning Shuang to tell what the hell was going on.
"It's not a dog on this bronze medal, it's a leopard!" Ning Shuang said with a smile.
"Leopard, could it be the brother of the historian of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Villa?" Wu Duoshun joked.
"Martial arts have seen too much of you. This may be the bronze medal of the leopard room of Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Huh, can this be encountered?" Wu Duo must have known about the leopard room, but he didn't know that there was a bronze medal in the leopard room······ But when I think about it, this place is indeed not allowed to enter and exit casually, and the bronze medal is equivalent to a "pass".
"At first, I just thought that the shape was special, but when I took a closer look, I found that it was the same as the decoration of the bronze medal in the leopard room!" Ning Shuang explained, "There is a piece in the National Museum of China, and I have carefully observed it. However, whether this piece is genuine or not will have to wait for it to be brushed out before it can be conclusively determined. ”
Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde mentioned before that he was the self-proclaimed "Governor-General, Mighty General and Chief Military Officer Zhu Shou". This emperor is really too good at tossing, and the leopard room is also a great deed for him.
The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of the emperor's raising of wild animals in history, and in the capital, there were tiger houses, elephant houses, and eagle houses······
In the second year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao built a leopard house in Xiyuan.
Five years later, it was expanded again. This is not an ordinary expansion, how much did it cost? 240,000 taels of silver! The leopard house is similar to a small palace, with more than 200 houses alone.
After the leopard house was built, Emperor Zhengde did not live in the Forbidden City, and moved directly into the leopard house. In the end, he also died in the leopard room.
The original site of the leopard house is on the southwest bank of the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan. The "Taiye Pool" of the Ming Dynasty is today's central, southern and northern seas.
The Leopard House is not only large in size and has many houses, but it is also said to have many secret rooms, as well as various venues and even a Buddhist temple.
Regarding the leopard house, the most controversial thing is the use.
Some opinions believe that this is the hedonistic place of Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, raising leopards, raising wild beasts, and indulging in sensual dogs and horses.
There are also historical sources that in addition to Emperor Zhengde's unique taste for women, such as ethnic minorities, foreigners, and even the wives and pregnant women of officials, it is also said that he has a habit of dragon yang. These have been done in the leopard room.
However, another view is that after Emperor Zhengde moved into the leopard house, it was actually turned into a place to deal with court affairs and a military and technical headquarters. Raising leopards and beasts is Zhu Houzhao's hobby, but he is also used in military training.
Both views can be found in historical sources. That's how interesting history is.
But the leopard room definitely exists. The bronze medal of the leopard room, in the National Museum of China, also has cultural relics as evidence.
"Since you've seen the piece of the National Museum, what are the words on it?" Wu Duo asked Ning Shuang.
"The line of words cast horizontally on the front of the leopard is 'Leopard No. 955', and the vertical word on the reverse side is 'Leopard raising officers and warriors hang this card, and those who do not have a license are guilty according to the law, and those who borrow and borrow are guilty of the same'. Ning Shuang explained, "There may be mistakes and omissions in what I remember, but it's pretty bad. ”
"In this way, the piece you bought, except for the different numbers after the 'leopard character', everything else should be the same. Wu Duo groaned.
"Yes. After going back and brushing it out, look at the copper quality and craftsmanship, and you can basically determine it. ”
"This may be a big leak!" Wu Duo couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity, there should be no market price reference for such a thing, right?"
"It doesn't seem like it's been seen at a big auction. Ning Shuang said angrily, "You can't just think about how much it's worth, this thing focuses on the value of cultural relics." ”
"Are you going to hand it over to the unit?"
"Not really. I've always had a clear distinction between public and private, but I can also collect and study it myself. ”
"Great victory!" Wu Duo applauded.
Ning Shuang said again at this time, "Actually, that piece of Jinyiwei ivory card can also be taken, after all, ivory things are difficult to preserve, and there shouldn't be many such things." ”
Wu Duo smiled, "The Jinyiwei ivory card runs through the entire Ming Dynasty, and ivory things are cherished by ordinary people, but they are easier to come across than the bronze medal of the leopard room." Besides, it's just a hundred-household brand, and the stall owner doesn't let the price, I don't think it's very interesting. ”
"Well, whatever you want. ”
The two of them continued to enter the stall area and strolled around.
When I walked to a stall selling porcelain, there were a lot of people around, and the aisles between the stalls were blocked.
Wu grabbed a little tall, stepped on his feet and saw that there was an old man standing in front of the stall. The old man was wearing a Mao suit, his hair was combed neatly, he was holding a blue and white dragon pattern pen holder in his hand, and his mouth was full of words:
"Little boss, you are not from the late Qing Dynasty, but Kangxi!"
When Wu Duo heard this, this person couldn't be a nurse, right? Listening to what he said, he was a stall shopkeeper, and the pen holder was on the stall; how could he help with the "appraisal" in turn?
The stall owner is indeed not very old, in his thirties, and he looks swarthy and honest.
The old man continued, "In the Kangxi Dynasty, the official kilns and the private kilns were all fine, which was a thing of the folk kiln, but it was also a fine product. Moreover, if you look at this dragon, it can't be from the late Qing Dynasty! The dragons on Kangxi porcelain are very fierce, you look at it, it's like just jumping out of the sea, full of elasticity and strength······"