The turf "Towards Qin and Twilight" is nothing new. No one knows how long they will be able to stay on the territory they occupy. As a result, the cities that were laid down were often looted. In such a situation, it is difficult for the army to achieve the purpose of rest and recuperation.

The warlord scuffle prevented Cao Cao's army from resting for a long time, and displaced peasants saw spring planting but could not wait for the autumn harvest. It's like a pot of rice that has just been made, but in the blink of an eye, it has become someone else's meal. As a result, raising military salaries in a short period of time became a prerequisite for the princes to fight everywhere.

In order to solve his own food and salary problem, Cao Cao set his sights on the ancient profession of tomb robbing. As we all know, in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, after the peaceful and prosperous era of the rule of Wenjing, the social productive forces were fully utilized, and the economic prosperity made it a common practice at that time. This also provided conditions for Cao Cao to steal graves and dig graves, and steal gold and silver treasures to replenish military salaries. The official positions of "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Touching Gold Captain" who specialized in tomb robbery came into being in Cao Cao's army.

According to common sense, this is not a glorious business, but the so-called "big line does not care about the details, and the big gifts do not give up." "Cao Mengde, who has the world in mind, as long as the army can eat and win battles, where does he care about infamy on his back.

Lu Xun once said, "Cao Cao set up staff such as 'Touching Jin' to rob tombs." A more accurate record is that Chen Lin, a famous scholar under Yuan Shao at that time and listed as one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", said in an article issued before Yuan Shao's attack on Cao Cao: "The special general of Faqiu Zhonglang and the captain of the golden school, all the bones are exposed." This text has become a famous text in ancient and modern times. It is said that Cao Cao, who was suffering from head wind, was shocked into a cold sweat after seeing it, and his head immediately stopped hurting.

According to Chen Lin's article, Cao Cao should have stolen the tombs of King Xiao of Han Liang in Mangdang Mountain, Yongcheng.

Cao Cao's soldiers in the Three Kingdoms period should have been the first tomb robbers to enter the tomb of King Liang of the Han Dynasty. Each tomb in the tomb group of the Han Liang King was sealed with a large number of thousands of kilograms of plug stones, so it was difficult for ordinary tomb robbers to enter the tomb even if they found the exact location of the tomb. In order to obtain the treasures in the tomb, Cao Cao used a huge military force. But even then, it was not easy to enter the burial chamber, and the soldiers had to chisel with a hammer and clean it up little by little. Chen Lin specifically described the scene of Cao Cao personally commanding his soldiers to excavate the tomb of King Xiao of Liang. The text said: "(Cao) Cao handsome generals and soldiers, came to excavate in person, broke the coffin and naked corpse, and plundered the gold treasure. It made the holy pilgrimage weep and the people sad. "Commentary on the Book of Water" said: "Cao led the troops into the Dang, sent Liang Xiaowang Tomb, broke the coffin, and collected tens of thousands of catties of gold treasures."

It is difficult to imagine what Cao Cao's subordinates saw when they entered the tomb. According to historical records, Cao Cao used the treasures stolen from the tomb to feed his army for three years. The Western Han Dynasty prevailed in the style of thick burials, but those with a solid family background had to bring some treasures to another world, not to mention the eight generations and nine kings such as King Liang Xiao, who had three hundred miles of rivers and mountains and was rich and rivaled the country?

It is rumored that Chen Lin joined Cao Cao's group after Yuan Shao's defeat. Cao Cao once expressed dissatisfaction with Chen Lin's exposure of his ancestors in this article, but seemed to acquiesce in his criticism of the excavation of the tomb. The so-called "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Touching Jin Lieutenant" may indeed be true. From this point of view, Cao Cao's tomb robbery is an indisputable fact.

Since the end of the 80s of the last century, China's archaeologists have carried out protective excavations on the tombs of King Xiao of Han Liang, and in the tombs that have been stolen in the Three Kingdoms era, more than 20,000 precious cultural relics such as golden jade clothes and large jade bi have been excavated, and many cultural relics are of great value. It can be imagined what a great temptation this huge treasure was for Cao Cao's army, which was short of food and clothing at that time.

There were many tomb robbers, and Cao Cao realized that thick burials are easy to attract tomb robbers. As a result, Cao Cao became the first ruler in Chinese history to advocate "thin burial". In 218 A.D., he issued a "Final Decree", proposing not to bury himself after death, but to bury himself in barren land, according to the original height of the ground as a foundation, no soil on the mausoleum, no trees. Gold, jade, jewelry, bronze and other objects should not be buried with them.

You know, although Cao Cao was not the emperor at that time, his power and status were no less than that of the emperor, why did he not only advocate "thin burial", but also practice it? There are two reasons for this:

For one, he advocated frugality all his life. It is said that he was extremely strict with his family and officials. His son Cao Zhi's wife was ordered by him to "hang herself" according to the family rules because she was wearing ayaluo. The curtains and screens in the palace should be repaired and reused after they are worn, and they cannot be replaced with new ones.

Second, to prevent tomb robbing. Probably because he had robbed tombs in his early years, and had witnessed many graves that were stolen and the bones were strewn and everything was in disarray, he did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he repeatedly asked for a "thin burial". This statement is more credible, and his son Cao Pi once analyzed the reason for the theft of the tombs of the princes: "Since the funeral, the tombs of the Han family have all been excavated, and the golden wisps of jade boxes have been burned, and the bones are exhausted. The cause of the disaster is the thick burial of the tree. Empress Dowager Guo also said: "Since the funeral, all the graves have been excavated, and they are all buried by thick burials."

While advocating and practicing "thin burial", he also took the measure of "doubtful graves". Legend has it that on the day he was buried, all the gates of Yecheng were opened, and 72 coffins were lifted out of the gates from four directions, south, east, west, and northwest at the same time. Since then, the mystery of Cao Cao's tomb has been suspended. Which of these 72 doubtful graves is real? For thousands of years, there have been countless tomb robbers, but no one has excavated the real tomb of Cao Cao.

In the face of the sigh that "Cao's tomb is gone", people have a deeper understanding of Cao Cao's treacherous and suspicious. But from another point of view, Cao Cao's life was frugal and took the lead in "thin burial", which is of positive significance. In that era of frequent wars and social turmoil, he was in a high position, and he was forced to deal with the aftermath in a secret way. In doing so, it is also a wise move to protect oneself and make it difficult for tomb robbers to do so. More than a thousand years have passed, and the real tomb of Cao Cao has not yet been found, and it may always be a mystery within a mystery.

After that, some tomb robbers robbed the tomb by touching the feng shui method of touching the gold school captain, all of which were called "touching the gold school captain".

The origin of the golden captain is full of rich historical colors, coupled with the fact that in recent years, film and television works have been all kinds of novels for the artistic processing of the golden captain, which slightly makes people feel that the golden captain is mysterious and has a trace of weird profession. But after all, it is already a new era, no more than the ancient feudal era, how can there be any touching gold captain in this year.

This novel is from Reading Rim