The humid weather and bad food in London were probably the most unbearable for Zhang Tianyuan and Liu Mengxun, so they planned to go to Paris after seeing the auction in London.

Compared with the United Kingdom, which is known as the country of G.AY, it is obvious that the romantic Paris of France is more desirable, and the French food is also delicious enough to be as famous as Chinese food, and the weather is better.

Of course, France also has its troubles, that is, now the security is getting worse and worse, and many Chinese have been robbed of things or money when they travel to Paris.

"Since you have come to London, you naturally have to go all the time, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the British Museum and other places must be visited, by the way, when did the auction start, don't miss it." Zhang Tianyuan asked.

"Don't worry, the auction won't start until tomorrow, so you can have a good look tomorrow." Serpentine replied.

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan knew that many of the things in this auction were treasures stolen from China, and many of them were smuggled into Europe, but so what, even if you are angry, can you just leave the things of your ancestors alone? You have the backbone, but those things are just time to cry.

Even if the stolen goods are sold, the things of the ancestors must be returned.

It's just that Zhang Tianyuan's ability is limited, and what he can get back must be a good thing that he has identified, and he will collect it himself, and he will never give it to the state.

At present, there are only three ways to recover cultural relics from abroad.

Buybacks are currently a more commonly used market tool. The donation buyback of the bronze statue of the pig's head in the Old Summer Palace is a successful case. The bronze statue of the pig's head was lost overseas in 1860 when the British and French troops invaded the imperial capital. In the spring of 2003, antiquities experts found the bronze statue from a private American collector. Bay. Stanley Ho, a wealthy businessman, donated nearly 7 million yuan to buy back the bronze statue of the pig's head in the Old Summer Palace.

However, this method is also Zhang Tianyuan's least disliked, because it is equivalent to admitting that the actions of these European bandits are legitimate, and it is obviously his own thing. If someone else snatches it, you have to take the money to buy it back, and you have to pay a high fee, and anyone will be angry.

But now there is no way, this most annoying way is the most commonly used way, Zhang Tianyuan wants to retaliate. can only retaliate with his own imitation of words.

Thinking of this, he looked at the big box you put in the trunk of the car, which contained more than a dozen famous paintings that he had imitated. There are Picasso's, there are Monet's, there are Leonardo da Vinci's, and there are Van Gogh's. Since you are unkind. Don't blame me for being unjust.

He's not a Virgin Father, everyone else has done that, so what reason does he have to pretend to be a saint?

It is still the most difficult way to return cultural relics at present. This is because once another country is asked to return its Chinese cultural relics, it may involve many historical issues and historical facts. "Forty Views of the Old Summer Palace" is the goal of retribution. The work was painted by two court painters in the Qianlong period according to the most beautiful 40 scenes of the Old Summer Palace, and is the only existing poetry and painting work that can fully reflect the original appearance of the Old Summer Palace.

This way is relieving. But the problem is that if you ask for it, it's useless if others don't give it. Let's just talk about this item, France has not returned it to China until now, but I seem to have heard that there will be a work similar to this one at this auction, but I don't know what the price is.

In the final analysis, our country is not strong enough, and if it can be stronger, I am afraid that it is the best way to pay it back.

In addition, there is no shortage of precedents for cultural relics to be repatriated by donation, but the donation requires the cultural relics holder to be of high spirits. At this stage, there are still very few people of insight who have really done this kind of good. The 10 copper windows lost in the Baoyun Pavilion on the west side of the Buddha Incense Pavilion on Wanshou Mountain in the Summer Palace were purchased from a French collector in 1993 by the foundation of Mr. Star, the founder of AIA Insurance Company of the American International Group, and then returned to China free of charge.

After all, there are still very few people in this world with a high realm, anyway, if I change Zhang Tianyuan, I'm afraid I can't do it, the treasure is in my own hands, how can I return it lightly, even if I don't take it to auction, then I have to collect it.

In fact, the two places that Zhang Tianyuan came to Europe this time, Paris and London, are also the two cities with the largest flow of Chinese culture.

According to UNESCO, 1.64 million cultural relics have been lost in China, which are collected by 47 museums around the world. The British Museum is the museum with the largest collection of lost cultural relics in China. At present, there are as many as 23,000 cultural relics in the collection. With about 2,000 pieces on permanent display, the collection covers the entire spectrum of Chinese art and spans the entire history of China. It includes carved books, calligraphy and paintings, jade, bronze, pottery, etc.

Among the Western museums, the largest collection and exhibition of the treasures of the Old Summer Palace is the Fontainebleau Palace in France, and the Chinese Pavilion in the palace can be said to be a reproduction of the Old Summer Palace in the West. The Chinese Pavilion was built by Queen Eugenie of the French Emperor Napoleon III for the simple reason that it was built to house artifacts looted from the Old Summer Palace. There are also more than 30,000 pieces of famous Chinese paintings, gold and silver jewelry, porcelain, incense burners, chimes, precious stones, gold and silver ware.

It is said that this auction was jointly created by Britain and France, although it is not said in name, but in fact, when it comes to a family, I am afraid that many people have heard of it.

"Snake Lin, did I ask you to help me investigate something?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.

"Well, I've investigated, and this auction was prepared by Helis, Stein, and Birch and the three families." Serpentine replied.

"Hmph, it turned out to be these three dog things, I'll just say, how can there be so many types of cultural relics in this auction, it turns out that this is the case." Hearing these three names, Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help gritting his teeth, he simply had a feeling of hatred.

"Husband, what are these three people doing?" Liu Mengxun is a native of Baodao, because of the falsification of many things in the history books, so her understanding of modern history is only afraid that it cannot be compared with Zhang Tianyuan, so she really doesn't know much about this.

"There's a British Army officer named Helis. He made a windfall after returning to China for plundering a large number of precious antiques and gold and silver artifacts from the Old Summer Palace. Because of the large number of valuable treasures he had looted, he earned the nickname ——— 'Chinese Jaime'. After he returned to England. With a large amount of looted goods, he became a rich man and enjoyed it for life. Half a century later, in 1912, when he was 80 years old, he wrote the book "Chinese James", in which Tian shamelessly recounted in detail the important treasures he plundered and the robbery. His book became a self-confession of the invaders for looting and destroying the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace. I'm not wrong. Is this person a descendant? ”

"Yes, his descendants have made a lot of money on the large number of valuables he has looted, and now they have become big businessmen. It's just shameless. Serpentine was also indignant when he talked about this.

"It's hateful." After Liu Mengxun heard this, he was also surprised: "How can there be such a brazen person? ”

"More brazenly than he is not nothing, that Englishman Stein has a very high status in Western academic circles, and the contemporary historian Irving Stein. Lattimore described him as 'the greatest man of his generation as a scholar, explorer, archaeologist and geographer'. But this guy is in the middle of an expedition to Central Asia. A large number of precious cultural relics were excavated and robbed from China, Xinjiang, Ganzhou, Ningzhou and other places. Moreover, due to his blind excavation, many cultural relics in the quicksand layer that were originally preserved were destroyed, and his actions severely damaged the feelings of the Chinese nation. What kind of explorer and archaeologist are you? Phew! The more Zhang Tianyuan spoke, the more excited he became.

"There is also the Frenchman Bo Xihe, who is also a raccoon dog, Bo Xihe is a recognized leader of Chinese studies in Europe and the United States, and his influence has spread throughout Europe, America, Japan and China. However, Bo Xihe's association with Chinese scholars was not a good story of friendship at first, but a story that made the descendants of Yan and Huang indignant and regretted. He also disgraced himself. Huang Treasure Theft is the beginning. ”

"It's good now, the fox's tail is exposed. Their descendants took out the things that the robber ancestors had stolen and put them up for auction, and the price was so expensive, it was simply shameless! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tianyuan slammed his seat hard.

"Calm down, husband, it's not worth getting angry about this kind of thing." Liu Mengxun sighed.

"Brother Zhang, do you think you should simply withdraw from this auction, so as not to get angry." The snake driving in front of you is yì road.

"Exit? Why quit? Not only will I not quit, but I will also participate in this auction well, and I just want to see these ugly faces, and see how they show off their power with what they have stolen. "There are some pains, if you don't experience them once, you will never be able to remember them, just like many young people today don't understand the cruelty and ruthlessness in the Japanese war of aggression against China, Zhang Tianyuan feels that he should take a good look at what his ancestors threw away.

Only by witnessing it with his own eyes will he remember this pain even more, and he will be more determined to kill these foreign devils.

"Well, since you want to participate, then there must be your reason, I will not persuade again, but these foreign devils are very hateful, they not only sell things, but also raise the price of these things very high, specifically pit us Chinese." Snake Lin also said very angrily.

"Alas, I'm afraid this is the reason why many people in China will applaud when they see the things in the Chinese Pavilion of the French Museum stolen, and it is a shame for those things to be placed there, since they can't get it, it's better to destroy it." Zhang Tianyuan shook his head and said with a sigh.

"By the way, Brother Zhang, among the cultural relics auctioned this time, in addition to a large number of looted cultural relics from the Old Summer Palace, there are also Dun. The stolen cultural relics in Huang and other places, according to the results of my investigation, there are 25 fragments of the "Siku Quanshu", and 10 fragments of the "Yongle Canon", and even many things used by the Qing emperor and concubines, as well as Tibetan paintings, etc., which can be said to be dazzling, and the most hateful thing is that the really valuable treasures, they have not taken them out, they are all hidden in their respective homes......"

When Zhang Tianyuan said this, Zhang Tianyuan was both shocked and happy.

Shocked, this is the evidence of the robbers, and happily, they all thought that the ruined "Siku Quanshu" and "Yongle Canon" still had fragments left, it was really not easy.

"This is another Anglo-French alliance." Zhang Tianyuan sighed and said.

In 1860, the British and French forces jointly sent troops to launch the second Opium War of aggression against China, and the world-famous Old Summer Palace was also destroyed, becoming an unforgettable page of painful history in China's modern history.

It was also the tragic history of the first robbery of the Old Summer Palace, which is said in history textbooks. (To be continued......)