In fact, Lin Yi has always been very interested in the appreciation of gold and stone and calligraphy and painting, and when he was in Hong Kong, he studied with Uncle Chang for a few days. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIt's a pity that Uncle Chang has a position after all, and he is not a professional apprentice to teach skills. Even if Lin Yi wants to learn, he is embarrassed to be cheeky all the time.

What's more, Hong Kong is not his home after all, and he still has family and old mother to take care of here. After Lin Yi returned to the mainland, he always had a wish, that is, to learn a good knowledge of treasure appreciation, and not just rely on his ability to eat all over the world, no matter how powerful you are, there will always be a time to encounter ghosts.

Therefore, Lin Yi will stay in this pawnshop and learn treasure appreciation from the two old men. If before he was just an income upgrade, now it's a skill upgrade.

Now, learning is useful, Lin Yi didn't rely on his own special abilities, just relying on the knowledge of gold and stone identification that he had learned with Uncle Kang in the past few days, and he was lucky to see that these two seals were the private seals of Yuan Shikai, a thief who stole the country.

Why?

Because as long as people who are a little familiar with history, they know that Yuan Shikai, whose name is Weiting and whose name is Rong'an, is the originator of the famous Beiyang warlord in modern Chinese history and the president of the Republic of China.

This is not counting, if you carefully study his history, you will find that in November 1908, Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi died of illness one after another, and the young Pu Yi succeeded to the throne and changed the yuan to "Xuantong", and his father Zaifeng became the regent. Zaifeng hated Yuan Shikai very much because he opposed many of Yuan Shikai's new policy measures, and because of the Wuxu coup d'état (he suspected that Yuan Shikai had betrayed the reformers, causing Guangxu to be imprisoned to death by the Empress Dowager Cixi), he hated Yuan Shikai very much, and immediately dismissed Yuan Shikai from his official position after becoming the regent. During this period, Yuan was still concerned about political affairs secretly, waiting for the opportunity to come back. Yuan Shikai, who was dismissed, returned to Huanshang Village in Anyang, Henan Province, and lived a life of idle fishing. He also wrote two poems entitled "Two Self-titled Fishing Boat Photos", one of which was "A hundred years of heart is always long, and the ambition was not rewarded at that time." The wild old man has a soldier armor in his chest, and he is a little prince under the eyes of the fisherman. Thinking that there is no rock in the world, sighing that Shenzhou has become lacking. The end of the world is gone, and the smoke and rain are a fishing boat. ”

Please note that the word "Ye Lao" in this poem is Yuan Shikai's self-deprecating title, coupled with the location of "Anyang" and Yuan Shikai's situation at that time, this hand-copied "Diamond Sutra" is undoubtedly his.

Therefore, with an idea in his heart, Lin Yi unhurriedly looked at this book of scriptures again, and I have to say that Yuan Datou's calligraphy is really good, magnificent, generous and heroic, and has the soul of a generation of heroes.

If this calligraphy alone, no one would believe that the guy who is called a "traitor" and a "thief of the country" can write such beautiful words.

After all, from the perspective of calligraphy, "words are like people", and a person's words are related to character. But there are often exceptions, for example, the words of Cai Jing, the great traitor of the Song Dynasty, are recognized as good, but his character is too ...... What's the matter?

However, speaking of Yuan Shikai, he is also a controversial figure, because many modern scholars have found that in the past, the historical evaluation of Yuan Shikai was generally negative, but the fairness of these negative evaluations has also been questioned.

Yuan Shikai has the talent to do things, the ability to govern the army, in fact, in the late Qing Dynasty a pragmatic and capable minister, from the small station training to take over the Beiyang, as well as his construction of a new school, advocating the abolition of the imperial examination, the introduction of Western doctrine, and the establishment of a police force, so that the Chinese military and police separated. Yuan Shikai made great contributions to China's military and industrialization.

However, during the reign of the Yuan dynasty, in order to consolidate his personal dictatorial power, he did not abide by the law and dissolved the National Assembly, which deprived the newly born Republic of China of the opportunity to develop healthily under the system. However, some people believe that at that time in China, when the people's wisdom was not yet enlightened, the quality of the people needed to be improved in order to achieve the goal of the election, and in the case of financial constraints, Yuan Shikai would rather reduce the army and promote all free national schools, that is, four-year primary schools. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of education: "Where a country is strong or weak, it is balanced by the advance and retreat of the people's morality, people's wisdom and people's strength. If we want these three to increase, we must pay attention to national education. He also approved a pilot program to spell Chinese characters in the Latin alphabet and educate adults in literacy. Some people point out that Yuan Shikai was the culprit in the assassination of Kuomintang Chairman Song Jiaoren, but the actual culprit may be someone else; Regardless of whether Yuan himself had instructed the Song Dynasty to be killed, the incident became the tipping point for the revolutionaries to launch a second revolution against Yuan, resulting in the division between the north and the south of China.

In 1915, under Japanese diplomatic pressure, Yuan Shikai accepted some of the provisions of the "Twenty-one Articles" that amounted to interference in China's internal affairs, which tarnished his political performance. However, there are also many people who believe that at a time when the East Asian region has fallen into an international power vacuum due to the outbreak of the European war, and in the face of the tremendous pressure of Japan's independent power, Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang government have done their utmost to resist the 21 demands of the Japanese side, which is deeply unfair.

Later, the Yuan clan violated the public will of the Republic of China and claimed that the emperor ascended the throne, which was opposed by the whole country, and the prestige of the Yuan clan was completely bankrupt. The proclamation of the emperor was arguably the biggest mistake of Yuan's political career, although it was an attempt at a constitutional monarchy.

Some people believe that Yuan is an opportunist. When Emperor Guangxu entrusted him with a big task, he took refuge in the party of the Empress Dowager Cixi. After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai seized the military power of the Qing court, and he should have pacified the revolution, but in turn supported the revolution for his own interests, forced the Qing emperor to abdicate and became the president of the Republic of China. This is all an act of choosing a party with interests to take refuge. But some people believe that Yuan Shikai is the hero of the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the late Qing Dynasty, he advocated the constitution to dismantle the Qing Dynasty aristocratic power from the system, and later directly forced the palace, the Qing Emperor abdicated, China avoided the situation of the division between the north and the south at that time, Yuan Shikai himself can be called China's Napoleon or Washington. In addition, during the Yuan Shikai period, professors and intellectuals were fully respected, the people's lives were basically healthy, public opinion was relatively free, and anti-Yuan remarks were still distributed in newspapers. After the death of Yuan Shikai, no one had enough ability to stabilize the unification of China, and China fell into a state of warlord warfare for decades.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai still has to be "divided into two", at least in terms of calligraphy, Lin Yi feels that Yuan Datou's words deserve to be a ---!

Seeing that Lin Yi was carefully copying the "Diamond Sutra" and did not speak, Uncle De was a little secretly proud, he thought that Lin Yi had no way to tell who wrote this manuscript.

Also, how can you learn such a profound knowledge of appraisal in a day or two? If you want to learn from me, you must first learn how to endure hardships, how to respect the elderly, and stop being lazy and disrespectful.

"How is it, Xiao Linzi, this handwritten copy, can you see what is famous?" Uncle De raised his voice and took a big gesture.

Lin Yi smiled, handed the manuscript back to Uncle De, and said respectfully: "The student didn't see it, and asked the old gentleman for guidance." ”

Uncle De laughed, became even more arrogant, and said: "I tell you to study more on weekdays, you are just lazy, and now you are stuck, right?" This is a man, and it is the same as doing things, you must know how to be proportionate. ”

Lin Yi smiled, nodded yes, and stopped talking.

Uncle De held the shelf, and then picked up the manuscript and began to point out the country, "See, these two small seals, Rong An, together are one person's number, who is the name 'Rong An', looking at the historical figure is of course Yuan Shikai, the president of the Republic of China!" Don't you believe it, look at Anyang, Ye Lao, and the Yuan family's treasure seals behind this---"

Speaking of this, Uncle De opened his mouth to ask the big brother of the kebab, "Who are you Yuan Jiabao?" ”

Big brother on skewers: "I am from Anyang, and Yuan Jiabao is my grandfather---"

"That's right, there is no doubt that this manuscript is Yuan Shikai's! Why do you say that, and let me analyze it slowly---"

Immediately afterwards, Uncle De began to tell the history of Yuan Shikai to the big guy very pretentiously, about him being hidden in the snow, turning into an Anyang wild old man fishing in the countryside and living in seclusion, and then talked about how he went out of the mountain, how to overthrow the Manchu government, and how to establish the regime of the Republic of China......

I have to say that the old man Uncle De is not only sharp-eyed, but also very eloquent, at least he talks about this history like a storyteller, with climaxes.

waited until it was over, and then Uncle De exhaled and said, "So, this hand-copied "Diamond Sutra" was written by Yuan Shikai, as for whether it is his authentic handwriting, you need to compare his previous calligraphy and painting calligraphy...... It is not yet possible to draw conclusions. ”

Uncle De's words made Lin Yi nod, Lao Cheng was serious, this is what he should say as a courtier. If you change to yourself, you may be complacent, do not make comparisons, and make judgments early.

However, the big brother of the kebab was obviously a little anxious, so he urged: "Then is this book real, how much is it worth?" ”

Uncle De helped his reading glasses and said, "If it's true, it's worth tens of thousands, but it depends on whether you live or die." If you live as a pawn, the price is a little lower, and if you die, you will be able to give you more money. ”

"What is life and death?"

"Oh, to put it bluntly, I just asked you if you want to redeem it in the future, and if you don't, give more money. That's what it means. ”

"I understand, I don't redeem it, those antique dealers are big liars, and they only give two or three hundred for selling to them, and they say that they are too high...... Thank you for coming here. "Big brother Kebab is indignant.

Uncle De smiled and said, "We are a regular company, how can we compare with those street vendors?" Besides, we often mortgage hundreds of thousands of millions of things here, so how can we be greedy for your little manuscript? ”

Big brother Kebab hurriedly smiled, "That's, that's." A big company is a big company, hehe. ”

After getting rid of this big brother on kebabs, Uncle De looked proud, then looked at Lin Yi and said, "Okay, you better go and sweep and mop the floor, you won't be needed here!" ”

Lin Yi didn't say anything else, smiled, and went down.

Uncle De looked at Lin Yi's back and became more and more proud.

Turning around, Uncle De told the big brother of the kebab a few more words, and then the mortgage transaction was completed. As for how much money can be mortgaged in the end of this manuscript, it is still necessary to see whether it is true or not. A conclusion can only be reached after handwriting identification. However, Uncle De speculated that if it was genuine, if it died, it would be at least about 20,000. Of course, if it is handed over to the company for auction, it will not be this price.

Seeing that the mortgagor and Lin Yi were gone.

Uncle De hummed a little song, sat down again, and picked up the tea he had brewed, but it was still hot.

When Uncle Kang saw him like this, he couldn't stand it and said, "Xiao Linzi is a good boy, why do you want to embarrass him so much?" ”

"It's not that I embarrass him, it's that he doesn't learn well, and he doesn't have any skills, you also saw it just now, I just tested him a little, and he didn't know anything!" Uncle De pouted.

Uncle Kang looked at Uncle De and suddenly said, "Do you really think so?" ”

Seeing Uncle Kang's strange expression, Uncle De said, "What's the matter?" ”

Uncle Kang said, "Originally, I didn't want to talk about it. But I couldn't help it--- you know, I just taught Lin Yi how to identify seals yesterday......"

"I know all this you taught him secretly, so what?" Uncle De snorted coldly.

Uncle Kang stared at him: "You said it was a coincidence or not, what I taught him happened to be Yuan Shikai's word 'Rong'an'!" ”

With a "flutter", the tea in Uncle De's mouth rushed out, "What? ”

Uncle Kang ignored Uncle De's embarrassment and sighed to himself: "Lin Yi is a good boy, he obviously knew that this was Yuan Shikai's manuscript, but he gave you face in front of outsiders and didn't say anything." But what about you, what have you done? Smug, I thought it was amazing! But is that really the case? ”

Uncle De's face was red and white.

"If you still have a conscience, just accept this apprentice, you and I will teach him well, I believe that with his talent, he will definitely become a talent!" Uncle Kang put down this sentence and didn't say anything.

Only Uncle De was left, his old face was flushed, and he was extremely embarrassed. (To be continued.) )