The above has sent several articles in a row on the second theft of the Qing Dynasty Tanglin incident, this matter has not been discussed, here is the stubble to say again. Kangxi Emperor underground palace coffin actually out of the ghost fire, this article to say, than the ghost fire is even less common, the incident occurred in the Huiling underground palace, the tomb robber opened the coffin of the Tongzhi Emperor and empress after a surprise, it is really a living ghost, with Lao Tzu to rob the tomb to practice the courage of the small tomb robber actually frightened fainted ...
Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, the Tongzhi Emperor was probably the most saccharine during his lifetime, and was subject to Empress Dowager Cixi all his life. He became emperor at the age of 6, and after 13 years as emperor, he never became a master himself. On the fifth day of December in 1874 (the thirteenth year of Tongzhi), he died in the Yangxin Hall of the Imperial Palace at the age of 19, making him the shortest-lived emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Pictured: Flat photo of Qinghui Mausoleum
Pictured: Qinghui Tomb Fangcheng and Ming Tower
Pictured: Qinghui Tomb Fangcheng Lower Coupon Cave
There are many folklore about the cause of his death. The more popular legend is that he "died of the wind" and accidentally contracted willow disease (syphilis) while visiting a brothel. Now according to the Qing Palace archives, it is confirmed that tongzhi's death is indeed related to "flowers", but this "flower" is "smallpox".
Because of the sudden death, the mausoleum was also repaired urgently. Tongzhi's mausoleum site was selected in the southeast of Shuangshanyu, five or six miles away from Jingling, and the total cost of the mausoleum was 4359111 silver, of which wood cost half, so in the Qing Tombs, although the Tongzhi Mausoleum was simple, the wood used was superior.
Empress Arute, on the 75th day after the death of the Tongzhi Emperor, actually died, and it is said that she was martyred. On March 26, 1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu), the two young emperors and empresses who had been suspended for five years were buried together in the newly repaired Huiling Tomb. On the way back from the funeral, there was also a scene of "corpse advice": the chancellor Wu Ke read the night in Jizhou, wrote a suicide note, wrote to Cixi, asked for fair treatment of the Tongzhi Emperor, and then committed suicide by taking poison.
Pictured: Qinghuiling Great Arch
Picture: Qinghuiling Three Road And One Hole Bridge
Pictured: Qinghui Ling Longen Hall
Pictured: Interior view of the Long'en Hall of the Qinghui Tomb
It can be said that the imperial couple of Tongzhi and Arut clan is very unfortunate. Before Zhang Duzhong participated in the tomb robbery, their tomb had been stolen once by people in the eighth district, but it was not stolen, and Wang Shaoyi and Zhang Duzhong belonged to the second tomb robbery and filter pit.
Like the Xianfeng Emperor Dingling, Wang Shaoyi also divided his men into two groups: one was a militia, which went to the surrounding area to set up sentry and could not retreat without orders; the other group robbed the tomb with him. Those who were picked out to rob the tomb were all working in the gold mines, full of energy. This mausoleum was also dug up by Sun Dianying that year, but after an attempt, Wang Shaoyi followed the place where Sun Dianying had dug, and then dug down to find the entrance to the tomb.
Pictured: Qinghui Mausoleum Wall
Photo: Qinghuiling Three-Hole Bridge
After entering the cemetery, he soon encountered a stone door, Zhang Duzhong blew up with a grenade, blowing up a hole next to the stone door; the second and third stone doors used something like a crutch key to push the "tap stone" behind the door away.
Wang Shaoyi and Zhang Duzhong also had rules for stealing treasures from tombs, and every time they opened the underground palace, they had to enter first, in case the treasures were taken away by others first. After opening the Huiling Underground Palace, in addition to the core members, Zhang Duzhong also selected several concubines to go in with him, while the others were strictly ordered to stand outside the door and wait. Wang Shaoyi, Zhao Guozheng, Yang Zhicao, Zhang Sen and others first pried Tongzhi's coffin, while Zhang Duzhong stood on the empress's coffin, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other to monitor the every move of his accomplices.
Pictured: Portrait of the Tongzhi Emperor
Pictured: Portrait of the Empress Aluth
When the flashlight shines on the dragon robe, the inside of the coffin shines with gold. Wang Shaoyi touched it with his hand and felt that only a handful of bones were left inside the dragon robe. Because the body was decomposing, the coffin emitted a pungent fishy smell, and it was a handful of mud that was disgusting to scratch. But the temptation of the treasure was even greater, and it was impossible to take care of so much, and five or six people messed around in the coffin until they could not touch anything.
When I opened the queen's coffin, I found a surprising scene: the Arut clan lying in the coffin was like a living person asleep, as if he was closing his eyes and recuperating! At that time, Wang Shaoyi's eldest son Wang Mao also entered the underground palace together, after all, he was young, the scene was actually frightened, Wang Shaoyi originally wanted to let his son practice his guts, he could not imagine such a lack of performance.
Incidentally, because it did not decay, in a later tomb robbery, the Arut clan was tragically humiliated, which is another story.
Pictured: Qinghui Tomb Two Pillar Gate
Pictured: Qinghuiling Grand Arch
Seeing this situation, Zhang Duzhong, who was monitoring on the side, was anxious and quickly shouted, asking them to quickly start to take the treasure. The group returned to their senses and hurried to find treasures, including the pearls on the burial clothes, the phoenix crown drapery and the jewelry of the hairpin ring, and the treasures that could be seen in the coffin were all stolen.