Puyi has only one great achievement in this life, but there are countless big mistakes,
In addition to such a heinous crime as treason against the enemy, he also did an extremely stupid thing, causing great losses to the country. This is when he was under house arrest in the palace, in order to seek temporary pleasure, he quietly took all the treasures in the palace to let his brother Pujie help him secretly sell them for silver, or hide them in case of emergency.
And the thing we want to talk about today is because of Puyi. After he conspired with the Japanese to become the emperor of puppet Manchukuo, he asked his brother Pujie to transport some of the precious calligraphy and painting treasures that he had let him smuggle out of the palace, and transported them to the imperial palace of puppet Manchukuo to serve as a façade.
As a result, his fake emperor did not take long to be deposed, he stepped down, and the treasures he brought with him were also robbed and lost in the chaotic world, and then let the country lose huge wealth for no reason, in order to buy them back one by one.
There were countless treasures that were robbed by everyone in the imperial palace of puppet Manchukuo, and one of the calligraphy and paintings was snatched by a guard next to Puyi at that time, secretly hidden around, and then taken out of the palace, which has been carefully collected as an heirloom in the family.
It was not until 50 years later, when the descendants of the bodyguards appeared with the painting at an auction company in Beijing, that this period of history was revealed.
Originally, this kind of thing happens in a chaotic world, and it is also very common, but why should this matter be brought up to talk about? First, because this painting is indeed too expensive, and second, the experience of returning to the museum is more tortuous, and I have to take it out and say.
In 1995, an old man walked into an auction house very cautiously and asked them to help him determine how much the painting in his hand was worth. Originally, everyone thought that an ordinary old man could come up with something good, but they did not pay attention to it, but when the old man carefully unfolded the picture scroll in his arms, the whole auction house shook.
This painting is amazing, it is actually the long-lost Song Dynasty famous painter Zhang Xian's "Ten Yong Tu"
。 Not to mention that this painting has a history of 1,000 years, the whole painting is exquisite and vivid, and the landscape figures are all conveyed to the gods, which is the only work that Zhang Xian still has survived in the world.
It is only said that there are several big characters inscribed by Qianlong himself, "Recitation of Fen And Write Wonderful", but also dozens of seals of the emperors of Qianlong, Jiaqing, and Puyi
。 In addition to these emperors, countless celebrities from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty have all painted inscriptions or signatures on this painting, and their artistic value and heirloom value are unimaginable.
After Puyi escaped that year, someone went to the imperial palace of puppet Manchukuo to count the treasures, and among the countless lost antique calligraphy and paintings, the missing one was the "Ten YongTu". At that time, it was very sad to learn that this painting had been lost, and it felt that such a precious treasure had been lost in the chaotic world.
No one ever imagined that after fifty years, this painting would come out of nowhere.
It turned out that the old man who took the painting to identify was the descendant of the guard who snatched the famous painting, and now he himself is older, thinking that there is no money in the family, and he still has seven children, he only listened to the elders say that this painting is a treasure, but he does not know how much it can be worth. In order to prevent the children from competing after his death, it is better to sell the painting while he is alive and distribute the money to the children. That's why there's something else going on.
The local cultural relics bureau suddenly heard that the treasure was alive, and the old man wanted to auction it, and they were excited.
Hurry to find the old man, move with affection, know the reason, hope that the old man can donate this treasure to the country free of charge, after all, this is a treasure belonging to the country. And also said that in order to thank the old man, he was willing to pay ten thousand yuan as a thank-you fee, which is also some of the costs of purchasing this painting.
Experts think that the old man will definitely send the famous painting with his hands in a sobbing voice, after all, this is a matter of glory for the country, sacrificing treasures and gaining fame, and there is money to take, maybe even send a small pennant.
Who knew that the old man was not at all moved, only saying that his painting was auctioned off, and if the Cultural Relics Bureau was willing to pay eight million yuan, he could hand the painting to them
。
Eight million yuan, not to mention in the nine years, even now, is a huge amount of money. The experts of the Cultural Relics Bureau did not expect that the old man would open his mouth so widely, knowing that in the past, when he encountered treasures found in the homes of farmers,
They don't need to spend much money, spend a little money, and send a pennant to exchange the cultural relics and antiques
。 Today, how this old man did not play his cards according to common sense.
But seeing the old man's resolute attitude, the experts of the Cultural Relics Bureau are angry and annoyed, but there is no way, you can not directly use it. You can only scold the old man for being too low-minded, and then leave in a daze.
In the end, the "Ten Arias" was successfully auctioned, and the highest price was obtained. But the state can't watch the national treasure go to the people and be privately acquired, right?
Therefore, the Palace Museum also participated in the auction and successfully auctioned the "Ten YongTu" at a price of 18 million yuan and took it back to the museum exhibition
The old man finally returned home with more than ten million happy hearts and distributed the money to the children. The Cultural Relics Bureau and the museum lost nearly 20 million yuan as a result. At that time, some people ran out and said that if the Cultural Relics Bureau was willing to pay eight million to buy paintings at the beginning, it would not end up with an additional ten million to enter.
This really becomes stealing chicken and not pouring out the rice
Some people also expressed confusion about the behavior of the elderly, and even more criticized. Saying that this painting was stolen from the palace by his ancestors, then he should naturally return it to the state free of charge.
If you don't take the initiative to return it, you will ask for eight million as soon as you open your mouth, and if you don't want money, you will even auction it publicly, so that the country will spend another ten million dollars more. This kind of person is obviously unpatriotic
However, there are more people who oppose it, and everyone says that it is very normal for all kinds of treasures to be scattered in the chaotic world, whose luck is good to get it is whoever gets it, people have protected it for so many years, and they have not sold it to foreigners, and it is not against the law to exchange it for a little money to support their families.
Of course, this kind of thing, who is right and who is wrong is no way to distinguish. But in the end, the famous painting returned to the hands of the state, even if it was the best result. I don't know what everyone who is reading the article thinks?