As we all know, Cao Cao is also a generation of heroes in history, it is such a hero, the way to make money to support the family is a bit unsure, it is said that gentlemen love money, there is a way to get it, but Cao Cao's way of making money is by digging graves and digging graves, that is, in terms of "achievements", Cao Cao also has a name "tomb robber grandmaster", which is cao cao before, and sun dianying after.
Whose tomb did Cao Cao steal, with so much gold and silver jewelry?
In fact, all this has to start from the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, when the world was divided, the princes everywhere established themselves as kings, Cao Cao was also one of them, but it takes a lot of expenses to feed the army, Cao Cao thought of a lot of ways to raise money, but it was all a cup of water, so Cao Cao thought of the custom that the princes and generals at that time had - funerary goods.
At that time, the rich people of the Han Dynasty had the concept of "dying as if they were alive", and after death, they liked to bring a large amount of gold and silver treasures to the cemetery, so that they could continue to enjoy glory and wealth after death. It was this concept that allowed Cao Cao to see "business opportunities".
After analysis and investigation, Cao Cao finally chose the tomb of the liang king of the royal family of this dynasty that he knew better.
King Liang was the younger brother of Emperor Jingdi of Han and Empress Dowager Dou's favorite son, and legend has it that Emperor Jingdi of Han once got drunk in the court and said that he would pass the throne to his younger brother after a hundred years, which shows how honorable the identity of King Liang is.
The most important thing is that the strength of the King of Liang is also obvious to all, especially during the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, When Wu Yang liu hao led the rebels of the kings to fight Liu Wu's Liang state, Liu Wu, with his family soldiers at that time, blocked Liu Tao, who had several times more soldiers and horses than himself, and successfully bought time for Zhou Yafu to quell the rebellion, after the war subsided, the king of Liang was even more meritorious and powerful, and the Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi gave his brother various rewards, and almost divided the Jiangshan equally to Liu Wu, according to historical records, the wealth that the Liang king sat on at that time was rich and invincible.
Liu Wu, who had always been sought after, always remembered what Emperor Jingdi of Han had said, and thinking of becoming the heir of the Son of Heaven, he was pampered and arrogant, usurped the organization to participate in the government affairs, privately disposed of the important courtiers of the imperial court, and together with Empress Dou planned to put pressure on Emperor Jingdi of Han, and participated in the struggle for the throne, and finally provoked Emperor Jing of Han to be angry, drove Liu Wu back to the fiefdom, and ordered him never to step into the capital for half a step.
Unexpectedly, the careful-eyed Liu Wu could not think of it, depression became a disease all day, and soon died, Emperor Jingdi of Han knew that after Liu Wu's death, he blamed himself, and ordered Liu Wu to be buried thickly, and the funeral goods alone buried half of the state treasury, which can be described as luxurious to the extreme.
Before his death, Liu Wu built his mausoleum in a magnificent style, "cutting mountains for contours, wearing stones for hiding", and using a mountain as his mausoleum. At the same time, he also buried all the treasures of his life in the mausoleum. Judging from Liu Wu's wealth at that time, his funeral offerings were so luxurious.
At that time, Liu Wu's cemetery was hollowed out half of the mountain as his own burial chamber, when Cao Cao stole Liu Wu's cemetery, it is said that he used his army to pull the piled up funerary goods, especially a large number of gold and silver jewelry let Cao Cao's army pull for a long time before it was transported, according to later historical records, Cao Cao stole the silver of Liu Wu's cemetery for three years, feeding his million army, it was Cao Cao's way of life that made him a hegemon at that time.
Because Cao Cao often stole other people's cemeteries, he designed seventy-two tombs after his death, fearing that others would dig his tomb.