Geng Lao interjected: "Curator, it's too late for you to be invited!" At the earliest, Nanjing Library and Jiangsu Museum both invited Director Wu as an honorary expert, and yesterday Zhejiang Museum was also officially invited, and our Forbidden City was only ranked fourth! ”

Curator Shan was not angry, but smiled and said: "It's better to come early than to come coincidentally, they are high in the sky and the emperor is far away, how can the Forbidden City be close!" ”

He pulled Wu Tianyuan and said in a low voice: "Xiao Wu, you see that both of us are in the capital, and we have exchanged collections, do you have the right of first choice in the future?" ”

"You don't have to listen to the deception of the Capital Museum and the National Museum, the heavy weapons in their hands are not as good as the Forbidden City! In fact, we still have a few secret rooms at the bottom of the box, next time we go to see it? ”

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly agreed, the treasure at the bottom of the box in the Forbidden City? Really curious what it is?

The next two days were even busier for the museum, and Baoli sent twelve bronze heads, which were the most eye-catching heavy objects. There is nothing to see in the industry, but for the public, this is the most worthwhile treasure.

The Forbidden City's national treasure, the Qingming Riverside Map, was also transported, which is a real heavy weapon with 64 restrictions on leaving the country, and must be submitted to the Cultural Relics Bureau for approval every time it is exhibited. Known as the first long scroll of the ages, Wu Tianyuan is also the first time to see it up close.

The Qingming Shanghe picture can be called the first painting in Chinese history, but soon after the painting, the Jin soldiers invaded on a large scale, killing people and burning the city, and the fire in Bianjing City was not extinguished for three days. Zhang Zeduan depicted the prosperity of Bianjing in detail in his paintings, and even hid the reasons for the precariousness of the Northern Song Dynasty, such as the lax defense of the Song army and the lack of firefighting.

The firewatchtower used for firefighting lookout in the picture has become a gazebo, and the barracks where it is stationed have been converted into a restaurant and tea shop, with small tables and stools, and wooden barrels filled with firefighting water have been converted into military wine, and the soldiers drank excessively. The city gates were unguarded, and the Hu people came and went freely; The shops are built illegally, and there are many hidden dangers.

However, Song Huizong did not seem to look at this famous painting that was handed down later, except for a double dragon seal, and Song Huizong did not realize the many problems of the Northern Song Dynasty in Zhang Zeduan's paintings? Or is it that this emperor who has lived in the capital for a long time has already seen through the general trend of the Song Dynasty, but he wants to play with his own hands and live after death?

Later studies pointed out that there is actually one and only answer to the various irrationalities in the Qingming Shanghe map, whether it is the chaotic crowd on the Hongqiao, or the defenseless and open city gates, etc., they are all conspiracy, and the mastermind behind this conspiracy is very likely to be Song Huizong.

Zhang Zeduan is just a recorder, and it is his record that allows future generations to see a strange situation involving the forces of Song, Goryeo, Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Fangla thousands of years ago!

Some people have summed up the four unreasonable points of the Qingming Shanghe map, the first is the Wanghuo Tower. There were a total of 120 squares in and around Bianjing City, and most of the buildings at that time were brick and wood structures.

The Southern Song Dynasty Meng Yuan's "Tokyo Menghualu" recorded: "And in the high brick building to look at the fire, there are people upstairs who are looking forward." There are several official houses, more than 500 soldiers stationed in the tun, and fire-fighting family affairs. Then there was a horse army rushing to report, the army owner, Ma Bujun, the third street in front of the palace, and the leading level of Bianjing Mansion were extinguished, and the people were not tired. "There are people stationed at high places to observe the fire, and there are soldiers and horses on standby at any time, which is strictly in place from the perspective of fire fighting.

However, in the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", the Wanghuo Tower in the painting is actually placed with tables and stools, like a pavilion, and it has become a place to climb and watch the scenery. There is no one upstairs, no horses downstairs. The barracks have even been converted into a restaurant and tea shop, with small tables and stools.

In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty acquiesced in the use of surplus money in the army to subsidize military expenses, which was called "Huiyi". Therefore, it is very common to embezzle military spending, or even deduct military salaries, to lend money and purchase properties. It's just that "easy" is easy, but "back" is difficult to return, and most of the profits fall into private pockets. It is not difficult to understand why this good fire barracks has become a "private" industry.

The second is the military patrol shop, the hut next to the downtown "Sun Ji Zheng store" is the military patrol shop, which is equivalent to a fire station. In the painting, it is full of wine barrels, and it looks like a tavern.

The bucket in the house was supposed to be filled with fire water and mud, and the long pole with a loop on which the wall of the house rested should have been the tool used to extinguish the fire mentioned in the "Tokyo Menghualu", and a large ball of hemp rope should be wrapped around the iron ring at the top so that it could be dipped in mud to suppress the flames.

The three soldiers were shirtless, or drawing bows and strings, or wrapping their wrists, apparently in good spirits after drinking. Firefighting equipment was put on hold, and the soldiers stationed there drank excessively. It is conceivable that once a fire starts, fire dispatch will be difficult to carry out.

The third is the city gate, at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Bianjing City, the city wall at the city gate is empty, and it is especially deserted here compared to the bustle everywhere. There is only one gate at the head of the wall, and it is more like watching the scenery than to guard the door.

There were no soldiers guarding the city gates, and people were allowed to enter and leave. Interestingly, Zhang Zeduan did not draw Hu people anywhere, but painted camel teams and Hu people at the gate of the city where there should be defenses but did not have them, and the intention is quite intriguing.

Fourth, there are shops along the street, and a large number of rain rides in front of the eaves on both sides of the street, as well as awnings and rain shelters extending from the bungalows, are used for either opening or trading, or setting up stalls, encroaching on the road, affecting traffic, especially fire escapes. These shops do make Bianjing City look particularly prosperous and lively, but they invisibly increase the safety hazards.

Old man Ouyang has studied the Qingming Riverside Map for more than 30 years, and sighed: "The more I study, the more I admire the wisdom of the ancients. One of the mysteries is the mystery of whether the Qingming Riverside Map in the Forbidden City is "incomplete" or "complete", which has always been the focus of debate in the academic circles. ”

Today, the "incomplete theory" of the Qingming Shanghe Diagram has been held by many well-known domestic experts, and this view has a huge influence and has almost become a theoretical definition. In many art history treatises and articles I have seen, they all hold the view of "incompleteness" when quoting "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". ”

It is precisely for this reason that the Forbidden City organized experts in the mid-90s of the last century to carry out the work of completing the Qingming Riverside Map, and held a special review and appraisal meeting for the "Complete Volume" with the participation of the top experts in ancient calligraphy and painting in China. The experts at the meeting spoke highly of the "complete volume", believing that it was a good completion of the second half of the missing part of the Qingming Shanghe Diagram in the process of circulation. ”

The final volume was permanently collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing with the evaluation of national second-class protected cultural relics, so that the "incomplete theory" of the Qingming Riverside Picture has undoubtedly given a highest-level academic qualitative. However, some people have discovered the "password" of the Qingming Riverside Map in the process of research, but it can prove that the Qingming Riverside Map is complete, and it has not been broken in the process of circulating for hundreds of years! ”

Wu Tianyuan waited curiously for the next step of the old man Ouyang, he was most interested in the story behind the cultural relics, and now he couldn't hear the voice of the Song Dynasty, so he couldn't understand a lot of insiders. (To be continued.) )