Chapter 115: The Glory of the Glaze Factory (4)
Zhongzheng Sword is a short sword given by Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China to his Whampoa students, right-hand men and meritorious personnel, because the words "Chiang Zhongzheng Gift" are engraved on the hilt, so it is named "Zhongzheng Sword", and then becomes a symbol of glory. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Zhongzheng sword is a short sword given by Chiang Kai-shek to his Whampoa students, powerful generals and meritorious personnel during the Republic of China, and then becomes a symbol of glory.
Zhang Junyi carefully looked at the Zhongzheng sword in his hand, with a total length of 40 cm, a tortoiseshell sword handle, the sword handle is painted with 2 plum blossoms and the *** party emblem ornament, the top is painted with the national flag of the Republic of China and the *** party flag, the top and bottom of the scabbard are also decorated with plum blossoms, the scabbard is painted with yellow paint, and it is equipped with a canvas sword cover.
Zhang Junyi knew in the books of his previous life that in terms of name alone, Zhongzheng Sword has at least several names: Soldier Soul, Zhongzheng Sword, Chengren Sword, Suicide Sword, and some people call it "Whampoa Army Soul General Sword".
Because it has the words "Jiang Zhongzheng gift" on the hilt, it is named "Zhongzheng Sword". It was widely circulated in the military and among the people, and then became its official name. In addition, because the sword is engraved with the words "Success Chengren", some people call it "Chengren Sword".
The hilt of the "Zhongzheng Sword" is engraved with the words "Huangpu Volunteers are invincible" and "Zhongzheng", and the other side is engraved with the words "Principal Jiang Zhongzheng", and the sword body is engraved with the words "Success and Benevolence".
In many battles during the Northern Expedition and the War of Resistance Against Japan, due to the fact that some soldiers committed suicide with this sword due to loss of positions and serious injuries, this sword spread in the army in the name of "soldier soul". And because the sword is engraved with the words "Success Chengren", some people call it "Chengren Sword". Of course, in addition to this, it has another not-so-nice name - the suicide sword.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard about this, not only did he not have any objection, but he respected it very much, and ordered a large number of Zhongzheng swords. Therefore, the number of this sword is more and more, and the types are also varied, according to incomplete statistics, during the entire Republic of China, it is conservatively estimated that the output of Zhongzheng sword is not less than one million.
Due to the fact that before the Anti-Japanese War, the official Zuo all wore a wide-sided cross armed belt, and the general-level officers hung the "Zhongzheng Sword" on the cross armed belt, which could be said to be a fashionable ornament at first. In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the army accepted American-style equipment, the military uniform was changed, the cross belt was eliminated, and this ornament had nowhere to hang, so the Zhongzheng Sword has been in name only.
However, to this day, there are not many of these Zhongzheng swords in the world, only a few are circulated among the people, and many of them have entered the museum.
"This sword is quite sharp, has it been sharp?" Meng Yuan saw Zhang Junyi pull the sword out of the scabbard, and also watched carefully from the side, and asked Zhang Junyi.
"Of course, the Zhongzheng sword is all open-edged, and it can reduce the pain when committing suicide, have you ever seen someone commit suicide with a sword that doesn't open the edge?" Zhang Junyi heard Meng Yuan's question, and said to Meng Yuan with a playful smile on his face.
"Zhang Sheng, do you mean that this ancient sword was used to commit suicide?" Hearing Zhang Junyi's words, Meng Yuan immediately had a gloomy look on his face.
"Haha, I didn't say that, but the Zhongzheng Sword does have this effect, just like the katana of Yuben, it's a pity that there really aren't many people in history who have committed suicide with the Zhongzheng Sword, so you don't have to worry about someone committing suicide with this sword!" Zhang Junyi knew what was going on in his heart as soon as he saw Meng Yuan's appearance, and shook his head with a smile and said.
Zhuang Jing next to him also smiled after hearing this, took the Zhongzheng Sword from Zhang Junyi's hand, and looked at it curiously.
Zhuang Jing slowly pulled out this ancient sword, which was not very old, the sword body was still very bright, and he could even reflect his own eyes.
"Be careful, this sword is sharp, sharp!" Zhang Junyi reminded with great concern.
Zhuang Jing nodded, pulled out half of the sword and stopped pulling it out, looking at the sword body carefully.
"Zhang Sheng, as far as I know, the later Zhongzheng sword was sent down by Chiang Kai-shek for millions of pieces, it shouldn't be very valuable, why are you so interested in this ancient sword" This is also the advantage of a short historical time, after all, this sword is only a few decades old.
"What's there to think about a Zhongzheng sword, isn't it sent by Chiang Kai-shek?" Zhou Tai next to him also muttered in a low voice.
"It's true that it was sent by Chiang Kai-shek, but it's not that the value of the sword is the same, if it can be related to celebrities, it will be different!" Zhang Junyi said with a smile.
This Zhongzheng Sword is really related to a historical celebrity, and it is also a big celebrity, just because of this celebrity, the value of this Zhongzheng Sword can increase by dozens of times, otherwise Su Zhan would not have taken out this ancient sword.
Saying that, Zhang Junyi took back the ancient sword from Zhuang Jing's hand, and pointed to the body of the ancient sword and said: "This Zhongzheng sword is the saber that Chiang Kai-shek gave to Zhang Lingfu back then!"
"Zhang Lingfu, that character is Ling, it's really hard to recognize!" Meng Yuan shook his head slightly, the traditional Chinese character 'Zhang Lingfu' is indeed very complicated, and it is engraved on the body of the sword, and it is really difficult to make out at first.
"Then isn't this ancient sword very valuable?" Zhuang Jing didn't know how to collect antiques, so his value could only be studied by whether it was worth it or not.
"General Zhang Lingfu's saber, it is indeed very valuable, but its historical significance is more important than money!" Zhang Junyi couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this, and then explained to Zhuang Jing.
"I like this ancient sword very much, Manager Su can help me wrap it!" Zhang Junyi looked up at Su Zhan and said.
Hearing that Zhang Junyi's Zhongzheng sword was also about to be delivered, the smile on his face was almost full of laughter, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, Mr. Zhang really wants vision, this Zhang Lingfu's saber is definitely worth collecting, I'll wrap it for you now." ”
When Su Zhan was packing the ancient sword, Zhang Junyi was also looking at the exquisite porcelain placed in this compartment, the number of porcelain was not much, and there were only more than thirty pieces of large and small together.
After looking at it for a while, Zhang Junyi shook his head slightly, although Zhang Junyi believed that the porcelain placed in the compartment was genuine, but there was almost nothing that could enter Zhang Junyi's eyes.
After all, in terms of Zhang Junyi's current wealth status, the antiques that Zhang Junyi wants to collect now, even if they are not unique, they are also the kind of items that are more worthy of collection, although the porcelain in the compartment looks more exquisite, but if you want to find it, you can definitely find a lot of the same porcelain on the market, and such porcelain is not worth collecting.