"The world of that meeting is really chaotic......"

After listening to Fang Yi's story about this past, Yu Xuan was a little speechless for a while, as a royal garden at that time, it was robbed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, not to mention, there were still people who took advantage of the fire to rob it, it can be seen that the capital at that time was basically in a state of anarchy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Brother, don't worry about the mess, let's take a look at these cultural relics brought back by Fang Yi first!"

When Sun Lianda spoke, his face was full of expectation, although he as an expert in the restoration and identification of cultural relics, he has participated in the restoration of cultural relics in the Forbidden City many times, and the cultural relics he has handled and seen with his own eyes can be said to be tens of thousands, but for the cultural relics lost in the Old Summer Palace that year, Sun Lianda has not seen much.

Speaking of the lost cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace, I have to talk about the origin of the Old Summer Palace first.

The Old Summer Palace was built in the 48th year of Kangxi, it was originally the Kangxi Emperor to the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen's garden, after Yongzheng ascended the throne in 1722, the original garden was expanded, and in the south of the garden, the Zhengda Guangming Hall and the Qinzheng Hall and the cabinet, the six ministries, the military aircraft department of the duty room, want to "avoid the noise and listen to the government" in the summer.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, in addition to the partial addition and reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace, the Changchun Garden was newly built in the east, and the Wanchun Garden was incorporated into the southeast neighborhood, and the pattern of the three Yuanming Gardens was basically formed, and the Jiaqing Dynasty repaired and expanded the Qichun Garden, making it one of the main garden places.

Under the establishment and operation of the Qing Emperor for more than 150 years, the Old Summer Palace is famous for its grand regional scale, outstanding construction skills, exquisite architectural scenery, rich cultural collection and profound national cultural connotation, and is known as "the model of all gardening arts", and the French writer Victor Hugo praised it as "the model of ideals and art".

In addition to the garden architecture that shocked the world, the Old Summer Palace was also a treasure hall, which was the largest royal museum and art gallery in the world at that time, with many treasures, books and art masterpieces, including celebrity calligraphy and paintings, secret classics, bell and ding treasures, gold and silver jewelry and other rare cultural relics, concentrating the essence of ancient culture.

Whether it is the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace or other cultural relics, there will be relevant furnishing archives to record the cultural relics in the building, which is commonly known as the cultural relics catalog.

However, the Old Summer Palace lacks furnishing archives, because each generation of Qing emperors will put a large number of treasures into the Old Summer Palace, and there is no clear record of the total number of cultural relics in the Old Summer Palace.

However, British and French officers, priests, and journalists who had participated in or witnessed the scene of the looting described that officers and soldiers, British and French, in order to grab treasures, poured into the Old Summer Palace from all directions, indulged in wanton, took and plundered, and were in a hurry.

In order to snatch the treasure, they beat each other, and even had a fight, because there were so many treasures in the garden, they did not know what to do for a while, some moved the cloisonné porcelain vase, some coveted embroidered robes, some chose high-quality fur coats, some went to get the wall clock inlaid with pearls and jade, and some carried large pockets, filled with all kinds of treasures.

Some put gold bars and gold leaves in the wide pockets of their coats, some wore brocade and satin wrapped around their bodies, some hats were filled with jewels such as ruby sapphires, pearls, and crystals, some wore jade collars around their necks, and one chamber contained mountains of fine silk and satin, which were said to be enough for half of the inhabitants of Beijing, all of which were transported by soldiers in carts.

- A British officer looted a golden Buddha from a temple with 500 statues of gods, a French officer looted 600,000 francs, and the son of the French commander-in-chief, Mentoban, plundered 300,000 francs worth of treasure and filled several carriages.

A British second-class officer named Helis stole two golden stupas and a large number of other treasures from the park at one time, and found seven strong men to carry them back to the barracks for him.

In addition to the plunder, the invaders trampled on countless things, and several houses were full of satin clothing, and clothes were dragged out of boxes and thrown to the ground, and people walked into the houses almost to cover their knees.

The sappers, armed with large axes, smashed all the furniture, removed the gems from the tops, some smashed the large mirrors, others shot the candelabra ferociously for amusement, and most of the French soldiers smashed everything that could not be taken away with wooden sticks.

The great French writer Victor Hugo once said: "Even if all the treasures of all the museums of our country are added together, they cannot be compared with this grand and magnificent Oriental museum."

As far as Sun Lianda knows, the Chinese artworks auctioned at foreign auctions in recent years are basically all cultural relics lost from the Old Summer Palace, and all of them are high-quality products, which makes many people in China feel sad but helpless.

"Teacher, let's look at the calligraphy and painting first......" Fang Yi took out a few flat boxes from the balcony and said, "Myanmar is rainy and humid, and the calligraphy and painting on the eldest brother's side are not very well preserved, teacher, can you see if you can restore it?"

There are more than ten calligraphy and paintings in this batch of antiques, but Fang Yi has not seen them before, but according to Peng Hao, there are many works like Yan Liben, Dong Qichang and the court painter Lang Shining of the Qing Dynasty, so Fang Yi also wants to see it.

"Quick, open it quickly!" Hearing Fang Yi's words, Sun Lianda couldn't help but show an anxious look on his face, and hurriedly urged: "Ancient paintings are the most difficult to preserve, don't let them spoil these paintings!"

Although Sun Lianda still didn't know which calligraphy and paintings they were, how could the objects hidden in the Old Summer Palace be so bad? Thinking that these precious calligraphy and paintings were likely to be destroyed, Sun Lianda couldn't wait to open the box in front of him with his own hands.

"Teacher, you can take a look at this ...... first" Fang Yi's hand moved quickly, and in a few minutes, he took out a painting scroll wrapped in oil paper and carefully placed it on the table.

"This ...... How did this be kept? Damn it, how did such a precious painting come to be like this?"

Before he could spread out the painting, Sun Lianda cried out in distress, because he saw that there was no shaft rod at the top of the yellowed scroll, and there were traces of insect moth and water stains on the edges, and there was even a smell of decay on the tip of his nose.

"Teacher, it's a blessing that these paintings have been preserved......

Seeing Sun Lianda's angry face, Fang Yi told the truth, including the deceased Old Man Peng, no one in the Peng family took these things seriously, even when they were in the most decline, they didn't know that these antiques were very valuable, especially these calligraphy and paintings, it would be good if they didn't let them burn them as firewood.

"Alas, these are all treasures left by the predecessors!" Sun Lianda shook his head and said, "Find a glove and a larger tablecloth, and spread the table......"

Before looking at the porcelain vase weapon and the golden Buddha, Sun Lianda started directly, but the calligraphy and painting are different, and the original painting scroll will accelerate its corrosion after being exposed to the sweat on the hand and then exposed to the air.

"Teacher, behind the gloves, this tablecloth, is it okay to use a sheet?"

In the past, when Sanpao lived here with Fang Yi, he bought a lot of white gloves to plate beads, but Fang Yi didn't have a soft tablecloth here, so he could only tear off the sheets on the bed and take them to the living room.

"Okay, let's put it on, you all stand far away, don't spray spit on the painting......"

Sun Lianda nodded, first put on gloves, and after explaining to everyone, he carefully picked up the scroll, asked Fang Yi to spread a layer of sheets underneath, and finally flattened the calligraphy and painting, and spread the scroll little by little.

"It's a figure ......"

Zhao Hongtao, who was standing four or five meters away, first saw a figure appear on the picture, this is an old man, thin and slender, wearing a navy blue robe, wearing a red tasseled hat on his head, his chin slightly raised, standing in front of a rockery with his hands in his hands.

Although the paper is old and yellow, the old man's demeanor and body shape are vividly outlined, especially the old man's demeanor when his chin is raised, a kind of momentum that looks at the world leaps on the picture scroll, although the whole painting is only the old man in Tsing Yi, but it makes people feel that the world is under his overlook.

"This ...... Is this Yongzheng's "Xingle Map"?"

When Sun Lianda's eyes saw the old man on the screen, the look on his face was like seeing a ghost, and he couldn't help but shout out, "This...... This is impossible, how can this be ...... except for those few "Xingle Pictures" Here's another one?"

For the history of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Lianda studied very deeply, he knew that among the three emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, although Kangxi and Qianlong were able to work hard when they first ascended the throne, they were all good and happy in the later period, and Qianlong was even more shameless to seal himself as a perfect old man, but he did not seal the name of the first emperor of the ages on his head.

Compared with his father and son, Emperor Yongzheng is undoubtedly the most diligent person among the Qing Dynasty emperors, after he ascended the throne, he first solved many stubborn diseases left by Kangxi, and left his son with a full treasury after his death, which led to the so-called Kangqian prosperous era.

Although the craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty has also been greatly developed in the hands of Yongzheng, Yongzheng himself does not like to be like his father and son, leaving a large number of self-portraits wearing dragon robes and boasting about himself, and he has many portraits in plain clothes in the mountains and forests, both in terms of content and service, which are more colorful than the other two.

However, as far as Sun Lianda knows, most of the portraits of Emperor Yongzheng exist in the Forbidden City, and only one is in the Paris Oriental Art Museum, so after seeing this picture of Yongzheng casual clothes and amusement, Sun Lianda will be so shocked.

"Brother, do you have any money on it?"

Yu Xuan also came over, and when he saw the faces of the characters in the painting clearly, he couldn't help but nod and said: "It is indeed Yongzheng, this kind of surreal painting style can only be seen in the portrait of Yongzheng in the emperor, even Qianlong is not comparable to ......."

"There is no knowledge, it is an anonymous painting!"

After Sun Lianda carefully searched the scroll, he said: "Yongzheng Xingle Tu has no painter's name at all, this painting must be one of Yongzheng's "Xingle Tu" series, which is of far-reaching significance and far-reaching significance!"

Sun Lian Dalian said two far-reaching sentences, because the now recognized Yongzheng Xingle map, a total of four thirteen volumes, each of which has been studied by historians and cultural relics scholars of the past dynasties, and now suddenly there is one more, becoming five thirteen volumes, which is definitely a significant discovery for historians who study Yongzheng. (To be continued.) )