Chapter 255: Dog Day's Country
After packing everything into the car, Liu Datong asked, "Sir, where are we next?"
Wen Yiming waved his hand, looked at the mountains in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Continue to search, there must be treasures left here. You must know that it is not just tomb robbers who have visited here!"
Since the tomb was discovered, all kinds of people have taken turns to play like a lantern. In 1922, French priest Min Xuanhua and Belgian priest Kelvin came here to rob. In 1930, Fengtian warlord Tang Yulin came here to rob.
From 1931 to 1939, Torii Ryuzo, Kuroda Genji, Takeshima Shuoichi, Tamura Misao, Kobayashi and others successively robbed the Liao emperor's tombs, including Yongqing Tombs, and shamelessly robbed the national treasures under the banner of archaeological research. It was such a terrible country!
After Wen Yiming said that, everyone was immediately excited, especially Heihu. He had participated in real wars and was naturally hostile and alert to some ambitious countries.
"I know what is the method of collecting treasures in the Qing Dynasty during the war? And the method of managing enemy property?"
"The crimes committed by the island country on this land during the war are numerous. The motive for invading China is to plunder wealth and a large number of cultural relics were stolen. To this day, it is still the largest dispersed place and collector of cultural relics. There are museums of all sizes, and if there are not a few Chinese antiques, I would be embarrassed to open the door!"
"For example, the inscription inscribed inscription of Cui Jue's well in the Tang Dynasty under the golden mountain to the east of Lushunkou was originally the only Tang stele in the northeast region. It was stolen by the commander of the naval army who occupied Lushunkou and was presented to the emperor as a commemorative gift for the occupation of Lushunkou."
"This object is now stored in the stone pavilion in the front yard of the Jian'an Prefecture of the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda District, Tokyo. The three words "Tang Monument Pavilion" are engraved on the stone truss on the front of the pavilion, which have been used as a symbol of shame for generations."
"After the outbreak of the war, we simply equipped the so-called cultural relics collectors, who received special training and professional knowledge. Every time we occupied a place, the collectors conducted a comprehensive search of local cultural relics and ancient books. There are many means and names, and they are in the name of adventure, such as the Otani Expedition Team."
"In the name of academic investigation, such as the activities of Torii Ryuhiro in the territory; in the name of joint investigation, such as the poaching activities of Hamada Kosuke in the Lushun area in 1927; in the name of travel, such as the three academic travel teams led by Matsumoto Nobuhiro, Mosaka Saburo and Nishioka Hideo, were poaching and excavating in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas."
Wen Yiming sighed, but in fact he still couldn't say anything. According to Jiao Laojiu's research, not only during the war, but also now, there are still many foreign tomb robbers operating in China.
But the action is even more secretive, with all kinds of high-sounding titles, such as cultural exchange ambassadors and senior officials of embassies abroad, they are all bullshit, or for valuable cultural relics, they try their best to transport them abroad and make money.
Wen Yiming asked Jinbao to continue searching. Many tomb robbers passed by here, and there must be many residual cultural relics. Sure enough, it was discovered again soon. A second excavation began near remote woods.
"Sir, I've discovered it!"
Heihu walked over with a burlap bag. This time it wasn't a box? I was curious to open it and a few things fell out of it.
"Golden Fish Talisman?"
Wen Yiming first picked up a piece of carp-sized thing, 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!
Fish Talisman appeared as early as the Sui Dynasty, but its identity symbol system was determined by the Tang Dynasty. Fish Talisman was refined from wood or metal. Its shape is a fish, divided into two pieces, with the names of officials engraved in it, where they serve, how many ranks of officials, how many ranks of officials are, what salary they have, what kind of treatment they enjoy when traveling, etc., are much more complete than the only names in the Sui Dynasty and the official ID card.
There are three types of fish talismans: one is a copper fish talisman, two is a portable fish talisman, and three is a cross-border fish talisman. In order to avoid the name of his ancestor Li Hu, Emperor Gaozu of Tang abolished the tiger talisman and used brass as a fish-shaped military talisman, which was called a fish talisman.
The carry-on fish talisman is used to indicate the status of an official and is carried with him with a fish bag. The fish bags containing the fish talisman are also decorated with gold at the third grade or above, and silver at the fifth grade or above.
Wen Yiming washed the blocks of earth stuck to the fish talisman. The whole fish talisman was about 6 cm long and about 2 cm wide. You could vaguely see that the surface of the fish talisman was still flashing with golden light, and the golden light undoubtedly showed the precious material of this fish talisman.
After buckle and pull the fish talisman along the gap in the middle, the fish talisman was divided into two halves in the hand. At the position of the fish talisman's head, the word "contract" is engraved, one on one side, and there are still six neat regular characters on the golden fish talisman, the emperor's ninth son, King Jin Zhi!
"Is it the carry-on fish talisman worn by Li Zhi, the ninth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin?"
According to the "New Book of Tang Dynasty Cars and Clothing Records", all officials above the fifth rank of the inside and outside wear fish talismans and fish bags to show the noble and low status and to be called. The fish talismans are made of different materials, and the prince uses gold and the common officials use bronze, and all their positions and names are inscribed.
King Li Zhi of Jin, who was later the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, created the Yonghui rule with the legacy of Zhenguan, and was also the husband of the empress Wu Zetian!
The prominent identity represented by this fish talisman makes it an unquestionable national treasure in the eyes of any historian, collector and connoisseur.
There is only one thing in the world, and it is unique!
Wen Yiming put away the fish talisman, and was a national treasure that could enter the museum. He picked up a pair of strange-shaped gold ornaments. Are they golden arm bracelets?
Armbrellas are common jewelry on ancient women and have appeared since the Shang Dynasty, especially the Shang Dynasty gold armbrellas treasured in the Capital Museum, which are truly national first-class cultural relics. In ancient times, those who can wear golden armbrellas must be at least a princess level.
Therefore, the number of golden arm bracelets that can be passed down is very rare and valuable. However, the two golden arm bracelets on my hand are not single rings in traditional Han people, but are spiral-shaped, 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.
The form of this golden bracelet is obviously belonging to the Liao Dynasty and is also a rare treasure. There are several other gold and silver ware. The Liao Dynasty was a nomadic culture, with a low artistic level and no other precious cultural relics.
After searching for a while, there was no other gain. Everyone went home. This time, they did not return with a full load. There were fewer burial objects in the Liao Dynasty than in the prosperous Ming and Qing Dynasties. This disappointed Wen Yiming. He took two days off and went to Yunlongling to inspect the project. The progress was very fast and he could move in at most half a month.
"It's still a big place here!"
Looking at the huge villa, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the backyard is Yunlong Ridge, and Yunlong Lake is in front. Not to mention a dozen people, you can live in a few times more.
After the initial completion, the garden and museum will be built. Hu Jianmin has contacted professionals and the museum should be the highest level, whether it is hardware or security, and it will be built according to the world's top-notch!
Chapter completed!