We all know that once the couple is married, the property after marriage is the public property of the husband and wife. As a result, men's expenses and expenditures after marriage are transparent, and many times they are controlled by their wives. Therefore, in order to be able to spend more money, many men will save some private money behind their backs for fun. This behavior is not only often occurred in modern times, but also in ancient times.
During the Ming Dynasty, a man hid his private money in a wood carving in his home, and the result was that this collection was 600 years, and this wood carving later even went through the hands of two collectors, and it was not found that there was private money hidden in it.
So this man hid money, and why did he choose to hide here? What's so magical about this wood carving? If you want to know, you have to start with the history of the time and the story of this wood carving.
Why hide money
So why did this man choose to hide his money in such a hard place to find? Is it to avoid the search of his wife? Or is there some other deep-seated reason for this?
Combined with the historical background at that time, experts and scholars believe that the reasons may be more complicated. And different scholars have different views.
Some scholars believe that the money may actually be the money the man received from a bribe. At that time, it was under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang. As we are familiar with, Zhu Yuanzhang is notoriously cruel, and the blows to corrupt officials are also very heavy, so some people speculate that it is likely that this man hid his bribed money in a wooden carving in order to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's search, but after a long time, he also forgot.
However, in fact, there are still many scholars who do not agree with this view. Because, some scholars have combined the time background of the time at that time. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was on a campaign, in fact, he did not care about such a trivial matter, and what was hidden in the wood carving was paper money, and in the later period of Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, that is, in a relatively relaxed period, there were paper money, and at this time Zhu Yuanzhang's blows against corrupt officials and corrupt officials were not so serious. Therefore, this view is self-defeating.
Therefore, some experts and scholars have suggested that perhaps the man is simply to avoid his wife's search. Although this formulation seems simple, it is indeed the most credible.
Because in ancient times, although women were of low status and were appendages of their husbands, there were still many men who were strict wives. The man hid the money so painstakingly, and only one banknote was hidden. In fact, in this way, it is very likely that this money is actually the man's private money. And hiding in the wood carving is also so as not to find it for his wife.
Therefore, combining a variety of analyses and various views, the most reliable view is that this wood carving is the "small treasury" that this man used to hide money. And the money in it is actually the man's private money.
Money was found in wood carvings
But why was it six hundred years before the money was discovered? So how was the money in this wood carving discovered? In fact, this still has to start from the many flows of this wood carving. The production of this wood carving is actually very exquisite, so it has always been one of the sought-after collections, attracting many collectors.
This wood carving was handled by two collectors. According to the first collector, this wood carving was handed down from his ancestors. When this wood carving reached his hands, China was experiencing war. Therefore, the collector fled to overseas for refuge with his family, and this wood carving also crossed the ocean to foreign countries.
Later, because his family fell in the middle, he had no choice but to sell this wood carving, so this wood carving went to the second collector. However, although the wood carving has gone through two collectors and has gone through a lot of ups and downs, no one has ever discovered the secret in this wood carving.
And it wasn't until 2016, when the second collector was ready to auction off the wood carving. At an auction, the secret in this wood carving was discovered.
It turns out that before the auction, it is necessary to conduct a certain test on the cultural relics participating in the auction, so this wood carving is no exception. When the experts used the instrument to inspect the wood carving, they were surprised to find that the base of the wood carving seemed to have something abnormal.
All along, in many wood carvings, the base can be opened. So at the time, experts thought they could open the base to see if there was anything inside.
So after discussion and careful searching, everyone found a small mechanism on this wood carving, and when this mechanism was dialed, the base of the wood carving was also opened. As the base opens, the secret of the wood carving surfaces. It turned out that when the experts opened the pedestal, they were surprised to find that inside the pedestal of this wood carving was a Ming Dynasty banknote hidden.
Because many people actually do not know that some wood carved bases can be opened, and opening the base actually still needs mechanisms, and the design of this wood carving mechanism is very narrow. Therefore, although this wood carving has been handled by two collectors and has undergone 600 years of baptism and twists and turns, it has not been found to have hidden money in it.
And it was only at this time, because of an auction, that all the mysteries were solved. Six hundred years later, in 2016, the Ming Dynasty man's treasured private money was finally discovered.
epilogue
In fact, not only in modern times, but also in ancient times, people would rack their brains to hide some private money. And this Ming Dynasty man is the best proof. He wanted to hide his private money so painstakingly that he even forgot that he had hidden money in wood carvings.
And thanks to the development of science and technology, it is possible to detect the abnormality of this wood carving, otherwise, it is likely that the secret of this wood carving will continue to be hidden and unknown. However, the principle of "if you want people not to know, unless you do nothing" is well known. And paper can't contain fire after all, so even if the secret of wood carving was not revealed at the auction at that time. Presumably, after some time, the secret of wood carving will surface sooner or later.
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