preface
In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, due to the natural disasters and man-made disasters at that time, peasants from all walks of life revolted and fought. Among the generals of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most famous one was Li Zicheng, followed by You
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Zhang Xianzhong, known as Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong, as an outstanding general of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, was also very famous
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And Zhang Xianzhong's wealth has made countless people think of right and wrong.
Zhang Xianzhong was born in the 34th year of the Ming Dynasty, and because his family was very poor when he was a child, he only attended a private school for a few years. When he grew up, he was very strong and strong, and in order to be able to eat with his mouth, he went to join the army, and in the army he also served as a catcher in Yan'an Province, and later he was supposed to be beheaded for committing a crime, but someone interceded for him, so he was allowed to survive.
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Until the third year of Chongzhen, the already crumbling Ming Dynasty coincided with natural disasters and droughts, which caused many people to starve to death because they could not eat.
And the Ming court really had no way to face this situation of natural disasters. Even the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court were deceived and deceived by the Officials of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them were embezzled.
Under such circumstances, the common people had no way to live and could only kill officials and revolt. Zhang Xianzhong also put up a banner in the midst of this wave of uprisings. And Zhang Xianzhong had a military career in his early years,
He was also very popular, so soon a group of people gathered around him and established his own team.
It was not until the sixteenth year of Chongzhen that Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang and claimed to be himself
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Wuchang was the seat of the chu king Zhu Huakui's royal residence.
However, after capturing Wuchang, Zhang Xianzhong directly looted all the treasures in the Chu King's Palace. Legend has it that the light is. Silver pulled nearly a hundred carts
。 The following year Zhang Xianzhong attacked Sichuan, and became emperor in Chengdu, establishing the Daxi regime and taking the era name
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Repeated defeats, the people suffered
Not long after, the Qing army entered the customs, with the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi three years of the Qing army from Shaanxi all the way down to the south to attack Sichuan, and at this time Zhang Xianzhong has been trapped in Sichuan, so his troops have not developed much at all.
At this time, the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were also the time when the combat effectiveness was the strongest. Zhang Xianzhong was defeated several times in the battle with the Qing army.
Due to many failures, Zhang Xianzhong's inner beastliness was stimulated, and he sprinkled all the anger of the defeat on the heads of the common people. When the Qing army attacked Chengdu, he was forced to a desperate situation, and Zhang Xianzhong actually ordered the slaughter of the city and killed his wife and concubines with his own hands. Then, with the wealth he had accumulated over the years, he fled all the way north.
Finally, when he was stationed at Fenghuang Mountain in Xichong, Zhang Xianzhong was betrayed by the traitor Liu Jinzhong, until November 26 of the third year of Shunzhi, when the Qing commander and Prince Hauge of Shuosu suddenly launched a sneak attack on Zhang Xianzhong's troops, and the two armies fought, and the war was very fierce.
In this battle, Zhang Xianzhong was shot by Hauge with an arrow, and in the process of hand-to-hand combat, he was killed by Ao Bai, and a generation of tyrants fell, at the age of forty.
According to historical records, when Zhang Xianzhong fled Chengdu, he killed all his wives, concubines and children. So according to common sense, he has no descendants to live in the world
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Shen Yin came out
But in the village of Sanjiang in Zunyi, Guizhou, there is an old man named Wu Jiubao, who claims to be a descendant of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the Great West, and there is also a weapon that Zhang Xianzhong once used, as evidence. According to the old man's own introduction,
After Chengdu was breached that year, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to flee in all directions, but the young son was young, and it was really unbearable to kill him with his own hands, so he took his army to the army, but he was afraid of being killed by the Qing army, so he let the guards take him all the way. He escaped to Hubei, and also had Zhang Xianzhong's weapon, the copper halberd, as a keepsake, until he settled in Hubei
。 It was said that Zhang Xianzhong had died, and Wu Jiubao's ancestors changed their surname to Wu, so they lived in anonymity.
Until the lake filled Sichuan, the old man's family moved to Sanjiang Village in Zunyi, Guizhou. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong's young son had been passed down to his generation for eleven generations. According to the old man's account, although the age is long, his ancestors are Zhang Xianzhong's young son or his righteous son. I don't know anymore.
But it must have something to do with Zhang Xianzhong.
And the old man also reflected to the state many times that Zhang Xianzhong once put a large amount of gold and silver jewelry in the area of Pengshan, Sichuan, and he hoped that the state could dig out this batch of treasures, and although these treasures were left by his ancestors, he himself never wanted to take it for himself, but only hoped to make some contributions to the country.
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Because it is precisely because of these instructions from the old man, plus the legend of Zhang Xianzhong Shenyin, which does appear, it is said that a large amount of treasure has been dug up in Pengshan, Sichuan in recent years. According to expert arguments, this is indeed Zhang Xianzhong's sinking silver that year, and this year. Among the battlefield sites of the late Ming Dynasty in Jiangkou,
In the third excavation, a lot of gold and silver jewelry appeared, and as of now, Zhang Xianzhong's treasure is still being excavated. As for the treasure that sank into the river that year, how much Zhang Xianzhong really had, we still have to look forward to it. Welcome to the comments below.