Sun Dianying, the great thief of Tanglin, can be described as a well-known figure, this brother has no ability to fight on the battlefield, and he is more real than the dead in the cemetery, but he is a good hand.
Sun Dianying, who claimed to be a descendant of Sun Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty, blockaded the Qing Tombs in 1928 with his men and horses under the guise of military exercises, and then excavated the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi.
Among them, the Middle East Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Cixi, this Lafayette enjoyed the supreme glory and wealth before he died, and after his death, he was not willing to be lonely, and buried with a large number of treasures, which Sun Dianying coveted.
What valuable cultural relics did Sun Dianying take away?
Sun Dianying was a military commander of the First Army, and there were no less than tens of thousands of brothers in his hands, and the tomb robbery of this scale, further calculated, may be counted as the Tang Dynasty Huangchao's robbery of Wu Zetian's Qianling.
The entrance to the underground palace of the Qing Dynasty Tombs is very strong, and archaeologists will think of many ways to protect the entrance, but Sun Dianying is not interested in these things, and directly found explosives and exploded the stone door.
At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi had been dead for 20 years, but her body had not decayed. However, Sun Dianying was not interested in this, and he began to order people to carry a large amount of treasure.
How much treasure did Sun Dianying take away? It is said that he got 30 large vehicles from Zunhua County, and the tonnage of the vehicles is not clear to us, but at least it is much larger than the military vehicles, otherwise there is no need to specially requisition.
1. The soldier sold 46 orbs.
On August 4, 1928, three soldiers under Sun Dianying secretly sold orbs in Qingdao, and they were captured. It was learned that they had picked up 46 orbs in the Cixi Underground Palace.
This is just some of the treasures that ordinary soldiers have received, but Sun Dianying has brought an army, and if everyone has a little benefit, it can be seen how many treasures they have taken.
2. The Tianjin Police Command seized cultural relics intended for smuggling.
On August 14 of the same year, another big news broke out in Tianjin, and 35 boxes of Qing Dongling cultural relics were seized, of which the cultural relics were probably: Daming lacquer long table, gold lacquer tuan fan, Wa Qilin, Wa Fo Xian, Wa Hunter, Wa Kui Xing, Dragon Painting, Pottery, etc.
3. A large number of cultural relics have also been intercepted in Zunhua.
Song Rumei carried 24 bronze Buddha statues and 10 Qianlong rubbing banners. He claimed to be a receiver in the Ministry of the Interior, which was simply ridiculous.
4. Xu Yuanquan, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army, handed over a large number of cultural relics.
Sun Dianying wanted to pat himself on the back, otherwise he couldn't block the mouth of Yo-Yo, and he naturally gave a gift to old Jiang, and also gave his daughter-in-law a pearl of the night.
In addition, Xu Yuanquan, as his superior, naturally also received some benefits. Two months later, the matter was revealed, and Xu Yuanquan took the initiative to hand over a large number of cultural relics.
These include more than 300 cultural relics such as gold bracelets, rubies, sapphires, tourmalines, hanyu rings, jadeite, red coral dragon heads, flower coral beans, agate double-mouth snuff bottles, and white jade snuff bottles. I really couldn't imagine how many treasures Sun Dianying had hidden.
What are the cultural relics that Sun Dianying did not take away?
With so many treasures to go, then what treasures did Sun Dianying not take away? In fact, what can be moved, all have been moved, and the remaining objects can be imagined.
First of all, he could not take away the stone carvings on the wall, and at that time, the time was tight, and it took a lot of effort to take the stone carvings away.
Moreover, this thing needs to find professionals to do it, and Sun Dianying does not have talents in this area, so he naturally gave up.
Secondly, he can't take away the stone door and the coffin.
These things are relatively large in size, heavy in weight, relatively low in terms of cost performance, not suitable for carrying, and may be worth more than a few beads.
Moreover, the corpse of the old empress dowager Cixi was not taken away,
At that time, this thing was honestly worthless, and Sun Dianying did not want to dip into this kind of obscurity.
It can be seen that the cultural relics inside the Qing Dongling Tombs were basically hollowed out by Sun Dianying, and there were not many leftovers at all. Many of these cultural relics have flowed overseas. Although some of them were sent back, most of the artifacts are still adrift overseas.
How many things did Empress Dowager Cixi bring with her to the funeral?
Empress Dowager Cixi's funeral offerings were truly staggering, and when she was alive, she would have more than a hundred dishes for a meal, and after she died, this extravagant and wasteful situation would naturally not be reduced.
Empress Dowager Cixi had a very favored eunuch named Li Lianying, and Li Lianying's adopted son Li Chengwu once wrote a "Notes on Loving Yuexuan", which detailed how many treasures Cixi had buried.
Among them were gold silk cotton mattresses worth 84,000 taels of silver and emerald lotus leaves worth 850,000 taels of silver
820 dhara sutras worth 160,000 taels of silver were paved with beads, and embroidered Buddha beads worth 20,000 taels of silver were thin mattresses.
A beaded robe worth 1.2 million taels of silver, which should have been worn by Cixi.
Cixi also has 27 8 double-weight golden Buddhas, 6 double-fold jade Buddhas, 6 double-fold emerald Buddhas, and 3 double-fold ruby Buddhas next to cixi, a total of 108 Buddhas around Empress Dowager Cixi, and it can only be said that she can really play.
In addition, there are 2 emerald watermelons worth 2.2 million taels of silver and 600,000 taels of silver
A red coral tree worth 530,000 taels of silver.
The old lady was not idle on her head, wearing a beaded crown worth 10 million taels of silver
I just want to know, aren't you too heavy? If this money could be used to replenish the Beiyang Marine Division, the Sino-Japanese War would not have been lost.
If the book is true, then the cultural relics that Sun Dianying took from the Qing Tombs are enough to be rich enough to rival the country. Therefore, it is harmful to give wealth to a small number of people for distribution.
Summary: When a small number of people get rich, the people of the world suffer.
Obviously, Empress Dowager Cixi was the richest person of her time, and she could access the wealth of the world. Even if you are Hu Xueyan, Sheng Xuanhuai, and Li Hongzhang, the richest people in the Qing Dynasty, you are not as good as a finger of Empress Dowager Cixi.
The wealth of the world was concentrated in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi alone, but she did not know how to use it. The great powers have all called, and she is worried about whether her big birthday will be affected.
During the Sino-Japanese War, Emperor Meiji of Japan ate only two steamed buns a day, but Empress Dowager Cixi still had more than 100 dishes a meal. Before she died, she refused to pay for Shen Baozhen to equip the Nanyang Water Division, and after her death, her funeral could completely form the Beiyang Water Division and the Nanyang Water Division at the same time.
Those who benefit the people, those who benefit the people, those who harm the people, the people cut them. Empress Dowager Cixi harmed the people and benefited herself, so her Jiangshan perished 3 years after her death.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty