Chapter 18 Ming Fourteenth Tombs
"Damn, Lao Tzu dug hard for three months, and then he dug this thing."
Yue Leiting's complaining voice sounded from behind him, and with the support of several people, Yue Leiting and Huo Qian came over with their hands covered in water, Huo Qian was also amazed by the majestic altar in front of him, and Yue Lei's eyes didn't look around with half of the objects he liked.
The stone figurines on both sides of the passage were lifelike, arousing a hint of interest in Yue Lei, and he tapped it with his fingers.
"Huo Qian, come and see, are these stone people worth anything?"
Huo Qian looked at it carefully for a long time and nodded: "The looks are different and lifelike, these stone figurines can still be preserved so well for hundreds of years, and their artistic value can be called a fine product." “
"Who the hell wants artistic value, you just tell me, how much is it worth?"
Huo Qian shook his head and said with a wry smile: "After all, it is a stone, and the value can only be measured from the artistic level, if you have to say how much it is worth, those who can appreciate it will say that it is worth a lot of money, give it to Brother Ting, hehe, you still take up space." ”
"Damn, it's worthless after talking about it for a long time." Yue Thunder sighed.
"Brother Ting, come and take a look at these two things." I didn't look back.
Until he walked to my side and saw the golden dragon turtle on the disc, Yue Thunder's eyes flashed brighter than gold.
"The emperor lives up to his wishes, this object is beautiful, hahaha, it won't be a loss to sell such a big piece of gold."
Huo Qian also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the book in the oil paper next to him.
"Brother Ting, what Huang Ye is looking for must be this book, and now he finally has an explanation."
Yue Thunder didn't even look at it, and kept looking at the golden dragon turtle in front of him happily.
"Qian Duo is stupid, Fei is so vigorous just to ask for a broken book, quickly ask Liu Hao to send it to Su Lengyue, from now on I don't want to explain to this Huang Ye again."
I hesitated for a long time but still said it, and told Yue Leiting, I'm afraid you can't give this book to Huang Ye!
Yue Lei Ting raised his head blankly and said in surprise: "Don't give it?!" What's the use of keeping a broken book, not to mention that Huang Ye can't afford to offend, it's better to push the boat down the river and borrow flowers to offer Buddha. ”
"Yan Hui, Brother Ting received Huang Ye's money, as the saying goes, collect money from people to eliminate disasters for others, I'm afraid if you don't give it...... I'm afraid it's not good to explain to Huang Ye. Huo Qian explained beside him.
"That's right, brother, didn't you also say it that day, the ginseng was delivered, the ginseng is life-sustaining, and the surname Huang is murderous." Xiao Lianshan said.
"Huang Ye only asks to dig up here, as for what is inside, no one knows, the people who come in from this altar are Brother Ting's, as long as Brother Ting says that there is nothing inside, how can Huang Ye know." I mean it.
Yue Lei Ting probably knew that I was not a greedy person, but I didn't expect me to say such a thing in my mouth, knowing that things are not simple.
"This ...... Is there any mystery in this ancient book? ”
I walked under the statue of Yuan Chonghuan and looked at it for a while, then nodded silently, and then looked at the subordinates standing behind Yue Leiting, Yue Leiting understood and asked these people to leave and exit the altar and swim back the same way.
"I don't know if there is such a thing, but if it is, then the book can be said to be priceless." I see no one else whispering at the altar.
Yue Lei Ting heard that it was priceless and hurriedly looked at the yellowed ancient book, there was nothing peculiar, and turned around and asked Huo Qian.
"You're well-informed, have you ever heard of this book?"
"Luo Xuan Shence?" Huo Qian thought about it and shook his head, and said affirmatively. "I don't have much research on ancient books, and I haven't heard anyone mention them."
"My old man has an unknown point library, which contains a wide range of books, including astronomy and geography, and one of them records a very interesting story." I said it calmly.
"Brother, what a story, tell me about it."
"After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, in the northwest suburbs of Changping District, Tianshou Mountain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, since the Yongle seven years in May began to be a long tomb, to the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen buried in the Si Ling, during which more than 230 years, has built thirteen emperor tombs, seven concubine tombs, a eunuch tomb." I say.
"I know this, you are talking about the Ming Tombs, what does the Ming Tombs have to do with this book?" Huo Qian asked in surprise.
"In fact, there is a mausoleum that is not recorded in the history books!"
"And another?!" Yue Lei Ting and Huo Qian looked at each other blankly.
"Ming Fourteenth Mausoleum!" I say
"Ming Fourteenth Mausoleum?!" Huo Qian was stunned and said. "Isn't it the Ming Tombs...... Never heard of the Ming Tombs? ”
"Yanhui, are you mistaken, the Ming Tombs are in Beijing, I went there not long ago, why did you run out of the Ming Fourteen Tombs?" Yue Thunder said with certainty.
Zhu Yuanzhang broke the Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty, creating a two-hundred-year foundation of the Ming Dynasty, in which the founding father Liu Bowen contributed a lot, Liu Bowen knew astronomy and geography, and Jingyi Jing was good at divination, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was eating baked cakes one day, just took a bite, and the inner servant reported that Liu Bowen, the military division, saw the drive, so Zhu Yuanzhang took a gold utensil, covered the baked cake that he ate a bite, and then asked Liu Bowen if he knew what was on the plate, Liu Bowen pinched his fingers and replied: half like the sun and half like the moon, it must be a golden dragon bite. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Liu Bowen's calculations were very accurate, so he began to ask him to calculate the historical changes of 500 years. I explained slowly.
"This is the "Song of Baked Cakes" that has been passed down to later generations." Huo Qian smiled and said.
"Actually, no, if Liu Bowen really can deduce the historical changes of five hundred miles in the future, how can the Ming Dynasty fall." I shook my head and said.
"Brother, tell me quickly, what the hell is it?" Xiao Lianshan was anxious.
"Zhu Yuanzhang is worried that the Ming Dynasty he established will one day fall apart like the previous dynasty, and he asked Liu Bowen to calculate the reason for the death of the Ming Dynasty." I smiled faintly and continued. Liu Bowen pointed to Zhu Yuanzhang's unthinking answer: There is a lack of baked cakes and a lack of a full moon, which refers to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang covered it with gold utensils, making the sun and moon dull, and it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty died in gold!"
"Ming died in gold! Nurhachi, the leader of the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, established Houjin, and later changed the name of the country to the Great Qing Dynasty. Huo Qian was amazed. The Qing Dynasty entered the customs to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and replace it, and Liu Bowen really said it. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen again what the reason for his death. I rubbed my fingers and continued. "Liu Bowen's answer is like a stream, the upper gold is lacking, and he dies of lack of money!"
"That's right, the empty treasury at the end of the Ming Dynasty led to deflation and economic depression, and in the early years of Chongzhen, there was a drought year after year, and there was a Qing army, there was not enough silver, and there was intrigue within the court, and the gas was exhausted." Huo Qian said convincingly.
I nodded and said calmly: "Zhu Yuanzhang had insight into the opportunity, in order to prevent the decline and fall of the Ming Dynasty, he ordered Liu Bowen to find a confidential place to transport a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry into the burial, and required the emperors who succeeded to the throne in the past dynasties to secretly transport 20% of the treasury into the treasure hoarding every year for future needs, and the burial location is only known to the reigning emperor until the end of his life and passed on to the next emperor." ”
"Every year...... Every year, twenty percent of the treasury is transported into the treasure ....... Hearing this number, even Huo Qian, who had always been calm, was dumbfounded. 276 years of the Ming Dynasty...... Oh my! ”
"Good ...... Huo Qian, you have a good brain, calculate how much the gold, silver and jewelry buried in this treasure are worth? "Yue Thunder's mind is blank now.
"Rich to rival the country!" Huo Qian didn't even think about answering.
"This treasure is the Fourteenth Tomb of the Ming Dynasty!" I said calmly.
"Yan Hui, what does the Ming Fourteenth Mausoleum you mentioned have to do with this book?" Yue Lei Ting now finally realized that the humble ancient book in front of him was invaluable.
"Brother, no, Brother Qian said that the dynasty didn't die in the end because of no money, there is such a big treasure, if you send someone to dig it up, you will have money, why was it still destroyed by the Qing Dynasty."
I smiled lightly and took a deep breath.
"The fate of the national fortune is determined by heaven, even if Liu Bowen can see the opportunity, but everything in the dark has its own certainty, and Zhu Yuanzhang wants to change the national fortune by himself, it is simply a fool's dream."
"Yan Hui, what happened to this treasure later?" Yue Thunder asked anxiously.
"After Liu Bowen found the place where Zhu Yuanzhang buried the treasure, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious by nature, and he knew the secret of the survival of the Ming Dynasty, how could Zhu Yuanzhang let himself go, leave his resignation and go into hiding, but how could Zhu Yuanzhang rest assured that an outsider knew this secret, Liu Bowen was sick, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen's rival Hu Weiyong to visit the patient, Sima Zhao's heart was known to passers-by, Liu Bowen drank the medicine sent by Hu Weiyong to show his loyalty, and died of serious illness at night."
"It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang killed Liu Bowen to seal his mouth." Huo Qian nodded suddenly in realization.
"All dynasties of the Ming Dynasty have allusions to the killing of loyal ministers, although everyone has a variety of crimes, in fact, there is only one real reason."
"Brother, I know this, I have to transport the gold, silver and jewelry to the treasury to the treasure every year, it is impossible to change one person every year, the emperor Lao'er must choose one that he believes, and the soldier in charge of transportation will be killed on the spot, and when he is about to die, he will kill the person in charge of transportation."
"Hehe, you kid finally got his senses, and he thought of it so quickly." I laughed happily.
Huo Qian was still very excited just now, but he slowly regained his composure.
"Yan Hui, if according to what you said, this secret was passed on to the next generation of emperors when the emperor was dying, but when it came to Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty had already died, and he hanged himself in the coal mountain, so that no one knows the secret of this treasure anymore."
"Damn, it's useless to talk for a long time, and no one knows where this treasure is." Yue Thunder looked dejected.
"That's not necessarily, there are still people who know this secret!"