The only well-preserved imperial tomb in Zhejiang Province, located in the middle of the city, was stolen and excavated under heavy protection.
The stolen imperial tomb was originally the tomb of Qian Wei, the first king of wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, as a well-preserved imperial tomb for thousands of years, it is still located in the center of Lin'an District, but as early as 2020, it was secretly Chen Cang by the "Lieutenant Touching Gold".
However, in an interview with the staff of the relevant department of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, they mentioned that "there is no concealment of the theft of Qian's tomb", but the situation is complicated. As for the destruction of the tomb and the recovery of cultural relics, the staff member said that it was not clear. What's that called?
But to really clarify the problem of this matter, we must first understand who this legendary emperor really is.
The tomb's owner, Liú, is legendary, who went from a smuggled salt trader to the founding monarch of the Wuyue State in a troubled world. A thousand years later, with a love poem all over the Internet.
▲Lin'an Wuyue King Mausoleum
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The times create heroes, and the "rogues" become the monarchs
If life is a gamble, then the beginning of the money is a bad hand that can't bear to look at it.
Qian Wei was born in the fifth dynasty of the late Tang Dynasty, which was an extremely chaotic era, the world was divided, wars between countries were constant, and the people were not happy. According to legend, the Qian family was only a poor peasant family in Lin'an, and Qian Wei was born with a strange and ugly appearance, so ugly that his father thought it was unknown, and almost threw the newborn him into the backyard well.
▲ According to the "Chronicle of Lin'an County", "King Wusu had a different appearance when he was first born, abandoned in the well, and the po fen stayed behind, so the milk name." Although Qian Wei's father felt that he was unknown and wanted to abandon him in the well, he was fortunately kept by his grandmother, so he took the nickname "Po Liu", which was also known as "Po Liu Jing".
Born in a chaotic world, but his life hangs on the line, probably Qian Biao himself can only sigh a sentence "life is difficult."
The poor family were ugly and chaotic, but on the contrary, Qian Wei embarked on a different path of grassroots counterattack.
After growing up, Qian Wei did not make a living by farming and fishing like his father. Instead, in the area of Rugao in present-day Jiangsu Province, he risked the death penalty of beheading to sell illegal salt. Such an act, in the eyes of the people at that time, was really not a proper cause.
▲The picture is from the network
The history book "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn Wu Yueyi" directly records that he was "strong, rogue, does not do family production, and sells salt as a thief", the rogue here does not mean that Qian Wei has become a rogue rogue, but that he is idle and idle, and there is no serious thing to rely on to survive. In any case, the work of selling smuggled salt is really not glorious.
Sooner or later, of course, gold will always shine. Qian Wei quickly found a place to play, and at the age of twenty-four, Qian Wei was recruited by Dong Chang and followed Dong Chang on his eastern expedition to the west.
To say that this Qian Wei was really a great general, he not only quickly quelled Wang Ying's rebellion, but also cleverly used a trick to scare off Huang Chao's 200,000 troops with a mere twenty people.
At that time, Huang Chao's army was about to march into Lin'an, and Qian Wei's men and horses were insufficient to resist. He led twenty elite soldiers to ambush in front of the Huang Chao army, causing a commotion. At the time of the retreat, he taught an old woman to say "Lin'an Bingtun Eight Hundred Miles", but in fact, eight hundred miles is only a local place name. When the Huangchao army caught up and learned that Qian Wei was stationed for eight hundred miles, he mistakenly thought that his army's tent was vast and long for eight hundred miles, so he retreated to other places.
▲The picture comes from the Internet
This battle greatly enhanced his reputation as a newcomer at the time. Since then, Qian Wei has made many military achievements and gradually formed a separatist force in the two Zhejiang regions.
Qian Wei was not born with the character of keeping to himself, he first joined the army to eat a mixed meal, and now he, guarding the side, facing the weak Central Plains Dynasty and the small countries in various places, if you say that there is no greater ambition, it is indeed impossible to say.
Seeing that former Shu, Southern Wu, Southern Han, and Minguo were establishing political power in various places, Qian Wei held military power but did not move. Even if someone came to persuade him to claim the title of emperor, he only said a few high-sounding polite words such as "the people's lives are ruined, and the emperor is like sitting in the charcoal fire" and so on.
Did Qian Wei really not want to be emperor? Of course not, from the time he was young, he risked his life to sell salt, and it can be known that Qian Wei is by no means a person who covets stability.
Opportunities are to be waited for.
In 926 AD, the opportunity came. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Central Plains Dynasty once again, Qian Wei, who saw the opportunity, quickly changed the era name to Baozheng, at this time Qian Wei was already 74 years old, and the old Ji Futuo had spent most of his life, waiting until the white hair and two sideburns were white, and finally held the imperial jade book in his hand, becoming a veritable emperor of Wu Yueguo.
▲ Wu Yue Wu Su Wang Qian Wei
From the precarious "rogue" salt merchant to the monarch who is actually called emperor with heavy troops in his hands, Qian Wei's life trajectory has taken every step of the way thrilling but steady. The times created heroes, and the chaotic world of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty just provided a stage for Qian Wei to let this poor boy from a peasant family achieve a reversal of fate and go down in history.
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"Strange flowers blossom" Iron Man tenderness
Nowadays, when people mention Qian Gong, they are always willing to shape it into a stable emperor with iron bones. However, the historical money scoop is much more fun and interesting.
Qian Wei has a poem, "Strange flowers bloom, but slowly return", which is still widely circulated today.
This verse was written by Qian Wei in memory of his wife. Qian Wei and his wife Mrs. Zhuang Mu are very affectionate, and every year during the Cold Food Festival, Mrs. Zhuang Mu returns to her mother's house to visit her relatives. This spring, the lady has not returned, the spring color will be old, and the flowers on the strange have been sent. Qian Wei wrote a letter saying: "Strange flowers bloom, but they can slowly return." "It means that the flowers on the field have bloomed, and you can slowly return while enjoying the flowers." The longing for his wife is overflowing with words.
This sentence immediately became the explosive golden sentence of the year, and was compiled into a ballad by the people of the two Zhejiang Provinces.
Qian Wei and His Wife complement each other's personalities. Qian Wei is a person with a hot temper, and when he does things, he is hot and fiery, and sometimes it is inevitable to lose his temper. And Mrs. Zhuang Mu smiled and smiled, gentle and gentle as a flower, always making Qian Guan instantly dissipate. Together, the two had thirteen children. The hero is sad to be beautiful, and the love story of Qian Wei and Mrs. Zhuang Mu has been interpreted into various classics in later generations.
▲ Qian Yue and Wu In the TV series "Wu Yue Qian Wang"
This is true in love, and the money in life is also approachable and interesting.
When he was crowned King of Wu, Qian Hao returned to his hometown to sweep the grave, and along the way he made a big fuss and was proud of himself for a while, so he imitated Liu Bang's "Song of the Great Wind" and raised a glass to sing the "Song of Returning to the Hometown", what is "three festivals of returning to the countryside, bitianming, family members, and bullfighting", all kinds of chewing words and quoting scriptures have sung for a long time.
As a result, after singing, there was a silence and a look on their faces, and it turned out that the people sitting there were some old people from the countryside, and no one could understand. After a few seconds of embarrassment, Qian Wei switched to the vernacular and said loudly, "Are you happy to see Nongdi?" Don't be a general taste. Forever in my heart! Everyone reacted to this, and it turned out that Qian Wei was expressing his thoughts to everyone, so the whole hall applauded.
The king of a country, Qian Wei, dropped the seemingly tall red tape and asked everyone in dialect, "Do you miss me, I want to kill you!" Think carefully about whether this face is an instant through the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
▲QianWang Ancestral Hall mural / Picture from the Internet
There are killing decisions on the battlefield, and there are also tender moments in life, such a fresh money hammer is a bright color in the history books.
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"Hundred Family Names" Qian surname ranked second
In the "Hundred Family Names" revised during the Song Dynasty, the first sentence is, Zhao Qiansun Li. The surname Qian ranked second, second only to the imperial Zhao surname, which showed the recognition of the Qian family by the people at that time. If it was simply because Qian Wei fought and became a king, then the Qian clan would not be revered to such an extent.
Qian Wei himself was out of chaos, and he knew that it was not easy for the people, so he built the Qiantang River Stone Pond on a large scale, sent people to manage water conservancy, and developed polders, so that the people could recuperate and recuperate. It also laid the foundation for the thousand-year-old rich scene of "flower willow prosperous land, gentle and rich township" in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
▲ Wu Yueguo Qian's Han Haitang Ruins
And his descendants, in the last year of the Wuyue Kingdom, "returned the land to the Song Dynasty" and dedicated all the land and population in the country to the Great Song Dynasty. The tragic end of the country being destroyed, the people being displaced, and the wives and children being separated was avoided. Such a consideration of the overall situation has been passed down as a good story by later generations.
In addition, the Qian family has always been talented and has a great influence in the cultural field. For example, Qian Daxin, a representative figure of the Qianjia School, Qian Xuantong, an advocate of the New Culture Movement, Qian Mu, a master of traditional Chinese studies, and Qian Zhongshu, a famous writer, were among others.
In modern times, the descendants of the Qian clan have made many achievements in the field of science and technology, such as China's scientific and technological "three money", "the father of China's aerospace", "the father of China's missiles" Qian Xuesen, "the father of Modern Chinese mechanics" Qian Weichang, "the father of China's atomic bomb" Qian Sanqiang, making outstanding contributions to the development of new China.
The Qian family has lasted for thousands of years, from the beginning of the righteous deeds of the Song Dynasty to be praised by the people of the time, to the outstanding contributions in the field of science and technology and culture today, which is admired and respected by the world, and the high position of "Hundred Family Names" can be said to be no falsehood and appropriate.
▲ "Qian's Family Training" has a far-reaching impact
He can sell salt, become a monarch; he can win battles, and he can write love poems. The historical money is so vivid and interesting.
The chaotic world may have given him the opportunity to create a legendary life, and he and his descendants also guarded the people of the two Zhejiang regions, providing them with a stable life for nearly a hundred years. The contributions made by Qian Wei and Qian's descendants to the world have never been forgotten.
Speaking of the "secret and unannounced" incident of the theft of Qian's tomb, the reason why it will cause huge controversy and the dissatisfaction of the masses is due to this place with the blessing of the status of "national key cultural relics protection unit", and the rumors of the theft of Qian's tomb naturally arouse social concern.
▲ Taimiao Mountain Block in the planning of "WuyueGuo Cultural Heritage Park"
If the initial stolen information cannot be released at the first time, it may involve the need to crack the case, but today, the State Administration of Cultural Relics has also notified the relevant cases, and it is really impossible to "keep it secret" about the theft of cultural relics at this time.
In any case, although the "lieutenants who touched the gold" did the work of "not seeing the light", the protection of cultural relics should be a matter full of "sunshine".
Next time you visit Hangzhou, don't forget to go to the Qianwang Ancestral Hall built to commemorate Qian Wei by the West Lake, and feel the legendary life of this grassroots king a thousand years ago.
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