Chapter 255: The Dog Day Nation
Everything was packed into the car, and Liu Datong asked, "Sir, where are we going next?"
Wen Yiming waved his hand, looked at the mountains in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Keep looking, there must be treasures left here, you must know that it's not just tomb robbers who have visited here!"
Since the tomb was discovered, all kinds of characters have taken turns to play like a marquee. In 1922, a French priest Min Xuanhua and a Belgian priest Kelvin came here to steal and excavate. In 1930, another warlord Tang Yulin came here to steal and excavate.
From 1931 to 1939, Torii Ryuzo, Kuroda Genji, Takeshima Takuchi, Tamura Minoru, Kobayashi Yukio and others successively excavated the tombs of the Liao Emperors, including the Yongqing Mausoleum, shamelessly looting national treasures under the banner of archaeological research.
After hearing Yiming's words, everyone was immediately excited, especially Black Tiger, who had participated in real wars, and was naturally hostile and wary of certain ambitious countries.
"Do you know what is called the method of collecting the treasures of the Qing Dynasty during the war, and the enemy property management law?"
"During the war, the crimes committed by the island nation in this land are too numerous to mention, and the motive for its invasion of China is to plunder wealth, and a large number of cultural relics have been looted. So far, it is still the largest distribution and collection of cultural relics, and museums large and small, if there are not a few Chinese antiques, they are embarrassed to open their doors!"
For example, the inscription of the Tang Dynasty Cui Su sinking well under the Golden Mountain east of Lushun Pass, the only Tang stele originally existing in the Northeast region, was stolen by the naval commander Tomioka Dinggong who invaded Lushun and presented to the emperor as a commemorative gift for the occupation of Lushun Pass. ”
This item is now stored in the stone pavilion in the front yard of the Imperial Palace Ken'an Mansion in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and the stone truss on the front of the stele pavilion is also engraved with the three characters of Tang Stele Pavilion, which has been used as a symbol of shame for generations. ”
"After the outbreak of the war, there were simply so-called collectors of cultural relics, specially trained and professional. Each time they occupy a place, the collectors conduct a comprehensive search for local cultural relics and ancient books. There are many means and names, in the name of expeditions, such as the Otani expedition. ”
"In the name of academic investigations, such as the activities of Torii Ryuzo in the territory; in the name of joint investigations, such as the illegal excavation activities of Hamada Kosaku and others in the Lushun area in 1927; and in the name of travel, such as the three academic travel teams led by Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Saburo Hosaka, and Hideo Nishioka, carried out illegal excavations in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. ”
Wen Yiming sighed, in fact, there is still something to say, according to Jiao Laojiu's research, not only during the war, but now, there are many foreign tomb robbers operating in China.
It's just that the actions are more secretive, with all kinds of high-sounding titles, what cultural exchange ambassadors, senior officials of embassies abroad, are all bullshit, or for the sake of valuable cultural relics, try their best to transport them out of foreign countries and make black money.
Wen Yiming asked Jinbao to continue the search, there must be a lot of residual cultural relics after many tomb robbers here, and sure enough, it was soon found again, near the remote woods, and the second excavation began.
"Sir, there's a discovery!"
The black tiger walked over with a burlap bag, this time it wasn't a box, and he opened it curiously, and a few things fell out of it.
"Goldfish Talisman?"
Wen Yiming first picked up a palm-sized thing that looked like a carp, and was a little surprised, it was actually a fish talisman that could represent the power and status of officials in the Sui and Tang dynasties!
The fish charm appeared as early as the Sui Dynasty, but its status symbol system was only established in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Dynasty fish talismans were refined from wood or metal. Its shape is a fish, divided into two pieces on the left and right, which are engraved with the name of the official, the position in He Yamen, the number of official residences, the number of Yulu, and what kind of treatment they enjoy when traveling, etc., which is much more complete than the ID card of the Sui Dynasty with only names and official products.
There are three types of fish charms: one is the copper fish charm, the second is the portable fish charm, and the third is the hand fish charm. In order to avoid the name of his ancestor Li Hu, Tang Gaozu abolished the tiger talisman and replaced it with brass as a fish-shaped talisman, which was called a fish talisman.
The fish charm is used to indicate the status of the official, and it is carried with a fish bag. The fish bags containing the fish charms are also decorated with gold for the third rank and above and silver for the fifth rank or higher.
Wen Yiming washed the clods stuck to the fish talisman, the whole fish talisman is about 6 cm long and 2 cm wide, and you can vaguely see that the surface of the fish talisman is still flashing with golden brilliance, and the golden brilliance undoubtedly shows that the precious material of this fish talisman is undoubtedly revealed.
After pulling the fish talisman along the gap in the middle, the fish talisman is divided into two halves in the hand, and in the position of the fish head of the fish talisman, there is the word 'contract' engraved, one on one side, and there are still six neat italic characters on the remaining golden fish talisman, the ninth son of the emperor Jin Wangzhi!
"Could it be the fish talisman worn by Li Zhi, the ninth son of Tang Taizong Li Shimin?"
According to the "New Tang Dynasty Book Car Service Journal": internal and external officials above the fifth grade, all wear fish charms and fish bags, and respond to the call. The fish talisman is made of different materials, the prince is made of gold, and the official is made of copper, all of which are inscribed with their positions and names.
And Li Zhi, the king of Jin, was the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty later, who created the rule of Yonghui with the legacy of Zhenguan, and was also the husband of a generation of empress Wu Zetian!
The illustrious status represented by this fish charm makes it an undoubted national treasure in the eyes of any historian, collector and connoisseur.
This is the only one in the world, and it is the only one!
Wen Yiming put away the fish talisman, and it was a national treasure that could enter the museum, and he picked up a pair of strange-shaped gold ornaments, this is a golden arm?
The arm is a common ornament on the body of ancient women, which has appeared since the Shang Dynasty, especially the Shang Dynasty golden arm that is treasured in the Capital Museum, which is truly a national first-class cultural relic, and in ancient times, the person who can wear the gold arm is at least a princess in addition to the queen mother.
Therefore, the number of gold arm chuan that can be handed down is very rare and the value is high, but the two gold arm chuan in their hands are not in the form of a single ring in the Han tradition, but in the form of a spiral, with a length of more than 20 cm, which is exactly the distance from the wrist to the elbow, that is, the length of the female forearm.
This form of gold arm obviously belongs to the Liao Dynasty, and it is also a rare treasure, and there are several other gold and silver objects. The Liao Dynasty was a nomadic culture, with a low level of art and no other precious cultural relics.
Looking for a circle and then there is no other harvest, everyone went home, this time it is not a full return, the Liao Dynasty with the funeral goods compared to the Ming and Qing dynasties are much less. This made Wen Yiming a little disappointed, rested for two days, and went to Yunlongling to inspect the project by the way, the progress was very fast, and he could move in in half a month at most.
"It's still a big place!"
Looking at the huge villa, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the backyard is Yunlongling, and the front is Yunlong Lake, not to mention a dozen people, even if there are several times more, you can live.
After the initial completion, and then it is to build gardens and museums, Hu Jianmin has contacted professionals, and the museum should be built at the highest level, whether it is hardware or security, according to the world's top construction!
As for the private garden, Wen Yiming hasn't thought about it yet, and when he has time to go to Jiangnan to investigate, build an incense-themed garden, and directly enjoy incense here in the future.