The box must be destroyed, because the bottom has to be removed. Although the pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info is an old box, it is not a pity that the pear wood is not a pity, and the key is that there are good things hidden in it.

The master finally opened it completely and found that there was a silver medal inlaid in it!

This silver medal is exquisitely shaped and intricately decorated. However, this time Sun Zhongyuan didn't let him take a closer look, and quickly took the brand and put it in his pocket.

The boss in the south still wanted to ask more, Sun Zhongyuan snorted, paid the manual fee, and didn't want the broken pear wood box, so he left with a plastic bag and a tin pot.

Took things out here twice in a row and can't come back next time. This time, Sun Zhongyuan also minimized communication.

Walking to a secluded place in the corner of the market, Sun Zhongyuan took out the silver medal and looked at it carefully.

This silver medal, with a length of thirteen or fourteen centimeters and a width of eight or nine centimeters, is oval. The upper part is the auspicious cloud pattern card head, on both sides of the card head, each has a small round hole, presumably it can wear a rope lanyard.

The front ornament below the header has two layers.

The first floor is on both sides of the periphery, and the two dragons play with pearls. The five-clawed dragon is extraordinary. The scales of the dragon's body are very clear and are finely carved.

The other layer is the inscription in the center: Emperor Taishang gave the pension.

Looking at the back, there is also an inscription: Bingchen Year Taiji Hall Thousand Banquet Weight Twenty Taels.

Sun Zhongyuan was overjoyed, it turned out that this was the pension card issued by Qianlong at the "Thousand Suo Banquet"!

Moreover, it's still twenty taels! It has never appeared on the market before!

Speaking of this pension card, I have to say something about Emperor Qianlong.

Emperor Qianlong was the longest-lived emperor in Chinese history! He was 89 years old when he died.

At the same time, Qianlong was nominally the second longest reigning emperor among the Chinese emperors, sixty years, and the first was his grandfather Kangxi, sixty-one years. But in fact, Qianlong has been the emperor for nearly four years, if you add up, it will be longer than Kangxi!

Sun Zhongyuan has always believed that Emperor Qianlong is the most "perfect" emperor in Chinese history. This "perfection" does not mean how good his cultural and martial arts are, but that his life and the emperor's profession are too well combined.

He became emperor at the age of twenty-five, which was just right. If you ascend the throne at a young age, it is difficult to hold full power, and if you ascend the throne in middle age, there are limits on physical strength and energy. And he was in his youth, when his physical strength and energy were at his best.

When he ascended the throne, it was still the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, and his grandfather and father, that is, Kangxi and Yongzheng, laid a very good foundation for him, and the country was stable and the economy was prosperous.

To put it mildly, on this basis, as long as you are not an idiot and take over this ancestral business in your youth, you will not run too badly. Of course, Qianlong was not only not an idiot, but also a smart man, and the Qianlong Dynasty continued to be stable and prosperous, which was an indispensable and important part of the prosperous era of Kang Yongqian.

When Qianlong let his son Jiaqing ascend the throne and become the emperor, this eighty-year-old man was very complacent.

Qianlong once boasted of being a "perfect old man", and at the same time believed that the living conditions of the elderly reflected the strong state of a country.

So, in the first year of Jiaqing, that is, the "Bingchen year" on the back of this silver medal, he set up a "Qiansuo banquet" in the Forbidden City, inviting the elderly over 70 years old to participate.

Of course, it is impossible for all the old people from all over the country to go, according to historical data, there are about 3,000 old people who went to this banquet.

At that time, it was not as good as now, when I went to the capital, I drove nearby, and there was a high-speed rail farther away, and there were flights farther away. At that time, some elderly people from remote areas went to Beijing, and it took about a year to eat, and then they went back for another year.

For two years, just to eat this meal.

Qianlong was very happy at the "Thousand Suo Banquet", and every old man who went to the banquet got a silver medal.

All silver medals have the same shape, but the back is slightly different. Among them, the old man between the ages of 70 and 74 was given a silver medal of "weighing 10 taels"; the old man between the ages of 75 and 79 was given a silver medal of "weighing 15 taels"; the old man between the ages of 80 and 84 was given a silver medal of "weighing 25 taels"; the old man between the ages of 85 and 89 was given a silver medal of "weighing 25 taels"; and the old man over 90 years old was given a silver medal of "weighing 30 taels."

At that time, it was already the first year of Jiaqing, so the silver medal was written "Emperor Taishang gave the pension".

This silver medal, after many old people go back, they really take it for the elderly, and spend it as silver. In addition, after so many years, there are still damaged and lost, so the Qianlong pension silver medal on the market today is very rare.

Aside from the private collectors' collections that are not public, Sun Zhongyuan is currently known to have no more than five silver medals on the market.

Among them, only one piece is "weighing fifteen taels", and the others are all "weighing ten taels".

Obviously, the higher the number, the fewer the silver medals, because the older they live, the fewer the old people.

On the market, there has never been a Qianlong silver medal for the pension that "weighs 2 taels"! This is something that can only be obtained by being able to live to be 80 years old and to be able to participate in the "Thousand Suo Banquet" at this age.

Under the living and medical conditions of more than 200 years ago, it was not easy to live to be 80 years old.

Qianlong pension silver medal, the market price is easy to estimate, because there is a "weight ten taels" silver medal once appeared in the auction, the transaction price exceeded one million.

This "twenty taels" silver medal, conservatively estimated, the market price should also be more than two million. If it is auctioned, it is not impossible to get a high price, because it has never appeared. At the same time, the comprehensive value of this silver medal is very high, in addition to the cultural relics value and artistic value, the cultural connotation of respecting the elderly and providing for the elderly is also a plus.

Sun Zhongyuan didn't expect that such a treasure was hidden in this pear wood box!

Judging from this set of old wooden boxes and old wine jugs, it is likely that after an old man got the silver medal, he did not use it as a silver tael, but treasured it. This wine jug must also be his favorite drinking utensils.

Sun Zhongyuan even guessed that before the old man died, he might want to be buried with this set of things. But perhaps the children and grandchildren were negligent and did not comply, or they may have been robbed and taken away from the tomb shortly after the burial.

Thankfully, the silver medal has been unharmed.

Sun Zhongyuan picked up the silver medal and left Panjiayuan. Before, he had already visited a lot of stalls, but he didn't find anything agreeable, and at this time, Debao stopped lingering.

Out of the gate of Panjiayuan, Sun Zhongyuan had another thought, today went to Baoguo Temple, so that the transaction of the Yongle Bronze Buddha became smooth;

As soon as he said go, Sun Zhongyuan took a taxi and went straight to Liuli Factory. Although the glaze factory is basically a storefront, it is difficult to guarantee that the good luck will not continue.