In fact, it was widely believed in China that the British Museum's Chinese collection was looted from the Old Summer Palace, but this claim was not recognized and supported in the West.

Western robbers claim that these items were given to them by hospitable Chinese, or that their people bought them at high prices to protect antiques destroyed during the war.

In short, they just don't admit that they burned down the Old Summer Palace, let alone that they robbed things from it.

Even if most Chinese believe that this is the truth, and even have gradually approached this fact through some historical materials and evidence, the important evidence is in the hands of Western bandits, and cannot be finally confirmed.

Do you know why Westerners are reluctant to return those artifacts?

It is because they do not want to admit that they are robbed, so they cannot talk about returning them, and if the Chinese want to, they can buy them, because those things are also bought by his people at a high price.

However, from these letters and materials, Zhang Tianyuan saw the truth of the matter, whether it was the Chinese collection in the British Museum or the large number of Chinese collections that appeared in the international auction market, basically all of them were the British and French forces, the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the things looted from China during the Anti-Japanese War.

There are also some so-called explorers in the West who have taken them out of the hands of the Chinese.

And these materials, of course, the people in the British Museum will not let Zhang Tianyuan take them, if he didn't think that Zhang Tianyuan couldn't read ancient English and those foreign languages, Amer Sloan probably cut these things out of it, just casually changing the text Jiàn is very troublesome, plus he confirmed that Zhang Tianyuan and the people around Zhang Tianyuan can't understand these. That's why I didn't care.

From these materials, Zhang Tianyuan also discovered some sensational things. It actually records the fact that several directors of the British Museum took advantage of their positions to flow the museum's collections into the international market for auction.

Stuff a lot. There are ancient paintings, porcelain, bronzes, and so on.

There was also a shocking news that made Zhang Tianyuan's mood unable to calm down for a long time.

That's about the bronze head of the zodiac.

The bronze statue of the beast head in the Old Summer Palace is a red bronze statue cast during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which was originally part of the fountain in front of the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace. The bronze statue of the head of the beast in the Old Summer Palace has become a symbol of the lost cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace.

The bronze statue of the head of the 12 zodiac animals is in the shape of "eight", which is arranged on the stone platform of the human body on both sides of the fountain. Each animal is a fountain mechanism, and every hour, the corresponding animal sprays water from its mouth for two hours. For one hour of the ancients was two hours, and twelve hours were exactly twenty-four hours. But it's noon. Together, they are going to spray water, and the sight is spectacular.

In October 1860, the British and French troops looted the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statue of the beast's head was lost overseas. As of 2014, seven animal heads, including the head of the ox, the head of the monkey, the head of the tiger, the head of the pig, the head of the horse, the head of the rat, and the head of the rabbit, have been returned to China; it is rumored that the head of the dragon is currently on the island, but will not appear in the short term; the head of the snake, the head of the chicken, the head of the dog, and the head of the sheep are still missing.

However, rumors are just rumors after all, and no one has ever seen the storage of the dragon head on Treasure Island.

However, Zhang Tianyuan passed this information, but found that the remaining five beast heads were all secretly hidden in the British Museum - dragon heads, snake heads, chicken heads, dog heads, and sheep heads!

But what's interesting is that there are no of these things in the catalog, and Zhang Tianyuan is through those letters. It should be similar to what is inferred from some sources.

Next, Zhang Tianyuan looked at the list of directories, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, there were many things in it. Maybe it's not worth much at all in the auction market, or even worthless, like those oracle tortoise shell fragments. There are also hand-copied volumes of "Siku Quanshu", as well as precious books and cultural relics such as "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books", "Chunhua Pavilion Post" facsimile version.

In addition, the "Lisao Sutra", "Emperor and Empress Buddha Map" and other scriptures taken away from Dunhuang and so on.

Besides. There is also a complete set of bronze chimes, according to the data. It seems to have been handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, I don't know if these Brits have been well protected, this is a real national treasure.

Zhang Tianyuan's heart is dripping blood, because the collection value of these things is limited, so individual collectors basically will not spend money to buy them, which makes the British not pay much attention to the maintenance of these things, and lead to the destruction of a large number of things, which is really suffocating.

He vowed to bring these things back to his homeland, and he could donate them to the country without collecting them, because they were not very collectible, but they had unparalleled research value.

Of course, if he has his own private museum, then he can also put it in the museum to collect it, of course, this needs to spend his own money for maintenance, but in the current situation, his funds must be no problem, and getting a museum is also very beneficial to his business development.

There are so many books, tortoiseshell fragments, and even stone tablets that are so important for the study of Chinese history.

For example, Zhang Tianyuan found that some tortoise shell fragments seem to have records of the history of the Xia and Shang dynasties, which will greatly promote the addition of the history of the Xia and Shang dynasties in China.

Westerners believe that the history of China began with the Shang Dynasty, they do not admit that there is a Xia Dynasty, because there is no written record, although many bronzes have been unearthed to prove that there was a dynasty before the Shang Dynasty, but there is no actual written record, those Western historians will not admit it, in order to convince them, these records about the history of the Xia and Shang bronzes, tortoise shells, and even shells, etc., he has to get back.

And in his opinion, exchanging Picasso's paintings for these things must be worth the price.

Because for Western bandits, these things have little value, and there is no point in throwing them there, but for Zhang Tianyuan, these things are priceless treasures in his eyes.

Because there were so many things, Zhang Tianyuan was also dazzled for a while, to be honest, he saw the things on it, and wanted to take one when he saw it.

Paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, jade, and even the imperial seal of Emperor Qianlong, all of them were there, Zhang Tianyuan was surprised and depressed, these things should have been placed in the museum of his own country, but now they can only be placed in the warehouse of the British Empire Museum and will not see the light of day.

Zhang Tianyuan's current mentality is to look at things regardless of their value, and first choose those that are not available in China and have heavy historical value.

It's not that he's great, it's because he has the power now.

After all, the 28 Picasso oil paintings can be said to be pies falling from the sky, and he doesn't cherish them very much.

As a human being, it's good to be happy.

At this point in Zhang Tianyuan, he can do things as he wants, and if he brags to his son and grandson in the future, he will have something to say.

It took two hours to read these things at the speed of Zhang Tianyuan's glance and ten lines.

He calmed down his mood first, calmed himself down, and tried not to hit anyone, before he looked at Amer Sloan and said: "Sir Amell, your British Museum is indeed the largest museum in the world, the museum with the largest collection, there are a lot of things, I didn't see any of the things in this catalogue in the exhibition hall, and some of the information in the catalogue was deduced, and you didn't record it in the catalogue, it's really great, it deserves to be the British Empire Museum...... ”

Zhang Tianyuan's words were somewhat ironic, although he knew that most of the things in these catalogs could be called national treasures, but the more this was the case, the more difficult it was for him to calm down in his heart.

If your own national treasure is thrown here by others and treated as rags, who will feel good if you change it?

Don't say that these things were snatched by the other party, even if they are really sent, the gifts you give out are ignored by others, or even thrown aside as garbage, I guess it won't feel good.

"Ahem, Mr. Zhang, don't be sarcastic about us, I admit that these things are all from the ancient oriental civilization, but that era has little to do with your current country, in fact, the rulers are not the same nation, so there is no need to be so angry, as for the things recorded in the materials do not appear in the catalog, you also know that there are only 20,000 things in this catalog, and we have more than 80,000 Chinese antiques, and we can't write them all in......"

Amer Sloan coughed dryly, looking a little embarrassed, of course he could hear Zhang Tianyuan's sarcasm, but his explanation made Zhang Tianyuan a little annoyed.

You don't respect my country's artworks, I admit it, anyway, the aesthetics are different, just like I don't like Picasso's paintings, but you say that these things have nothing to do with our current country, I really want to smack you in the mouth.

"Sir Amer, pay attention to your words, what do you mean by not the same nation? Make it clear that we are all Chinese nations, and although our country has experienced wars and divisions, its history is continuous. Now you tell me that these antiques have nothing to do with us, and that your history in England has been ruled by so many different nationalities and even nations, can it also be said that it has nothing to do with modern times?"

"Of course it can't be, sorry sorry, I said the wrong thing. Amer Sloane suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was really a little difficult, and he had to whisper that as a noble English gentleman, when had he been wronged like this, and he was really unhappy in his heart.

He didn't actually have to make Zhang Tianyuan angry, he just wanted to find a reason to explain why those things weren't included in the catalog, he just said the wrong thing. (To be continued......)