In 1962, when Beijing Normal University was preparing to build civil engineering outside desheng gate, five ancient tombs were accidentally discovered. The project manager reported the situation to the competent authorities, which then dispatched experts to conduct on-site investigations. Among them, the tomb named "No. 1" has greatly amazed archaeologists. Because the tomb is not large, but the decoration is extremely meticulous. However, at the same time, it is surprising and disappointing: because there is no funerary product in this tomb.
As the archaeological team was getting ready to finish, an expert stumbled upon a space that seemed to exist behind the walls of the tomb. So the experts opened the wall with professional tools and found that there was a hole behind the wall. Hidden behind the walls are a large number of funerary objects – including a variety of gold and silver jewelry. These funerary items, whether as luxuries or as antiques, can be described as priceless. Moreover, along with these funerary items, there are also epitaphs that record the identity and life of the owner of the tomb.
According to the inscription, the owner of the tomb was a girl, born in the seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1668 AD) of the Qing Dynasty, and died in the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty. This shows that the owner of the tomb was only seven years old when he died. What is the origin of a seven-year-old baby girl who can have such a rich funeral product? The tomb owner's epitaph also answers the doubts of the world. The owner's surname was Herschel, so the tomb was later named "Herschel's Tomb".
The family lineage of the owner of the tomb can be described as "extremely prominent". The tomb owner's father was the famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, Soetu, and the tomb owner's grandfather was the famous Sony. As early as the post-Jin Khanate era, the Herschel family made great contributions to the post-Jin Khanate. Before the Shunzhi Emperor died, considering that his heir was still young, he identified four auxiliary ministers for his heir, the later Kangxi Emperor. At the head of this is Sony.
In the Qing Empire during the Kangxi Dynasty, the Hesheri family had a strong political energy: the famous minister Ao bai, during the dictatorship, had made the same assistant chancellor Shu bilong submit to him, and used the excuse to kill another auxiliary minister, Suksaha, but did not dare to offend Sonny. Before the Kangxi Emperor eradicated Aobai, he also married the daughter of Suo Etu and crowned her as an empress (the famous Empress Hesheri in the history of the Qing Dynasty), and after obtaining the support of the Hesheli family, Kangxi was confident about dealing with Aobai.
These events fully illustrate the glory and prominence of the Herschel family. In ancient times, the marriage of the royal family and the nobility emphasized "political marriage", and Soetu had considered having his daughter marry the emperor as a concubine in the future to consolidate the power of the Hesheri family, and did not think that this daughter would die at the age of seven. Soeto was sad and could only bury him thickly. Soetu later lost power in the political struggle, leading to the collapse of the Herschel family, and the tomb of Soetu, a seven-year-old girl, was forgotten by the world until 1962, when it was discovered.