Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Qi. The Nine Sacred Wills surprised an ordinary peasant family in Shaanxi, and after confirming that they were authentic, they were borrowed by the museum but two were lost! The Holy Will failed to solve the poor life in the family but had no choice but to lead to a lawsuit. The old farmer took him to court and only received 90,000 compensation! How exactly was the Will lost? How could the peasant ancestors bear this glory?
The Holy Will reappears
The ancient holy will was both a symbol of the emperor's authority and a manifestation of family glory. It contains a certain historical and cultural value, and is a rare and precious treasure. From the moment Qin Shi Huang founded the title of emperor, the holy will was given a sacred meaning. The mainland has experienced more than 2300 years of feudal dynasties, there are about 400 emperors, all emperors will issue holy decrees during the reign of the emperors, the holy will seems to have gone through a long period of time, but very few have been preserved. The reason is that the Holy Will is more difficult to preserve, and thousands of years will not only damage the appearance of the Holy Will, but also disappear in the turbulent displacement. Although some dignitaries and dignitaries were well-known in the government and the public at that time, there were too few who could pass on family affairs for thousands of generations, and the treasures accumulated for many years after the decline of a large family would inevitably be scattered everywhere, and the treasures like the holy will would slowly disappear in the passage of time.
In addition, with the change of dynasties, most of the former courtiers would burn the Holy Will in order not to invite disasters, which was also a last resort. Coupled with the turmoil of modern times, the great powers burned and plundered on Chinese soil, and many cultural relics on the mainland were plundered by the invaders and lost overseas, and many of them will have holy wills. However, in an ordinary peasant home in Shaanxi, it was rumored that there were 9 holy wills, and as soon as the news came out, the villagers were also puzzled by the news, which caused an uproar at the time, and the archaeological community and the cultural relics storage department were in an uproar, and they all wanted to find out the 9 sacred wills in the peasants' homes. In fact, at that time, many archaeologists conducted research on the land of Shaanxi, and did not find more valuable historical relics, but they did not expect that there were so many cultural relics in a farmer's home.
This farmer's name is Zhang Zhenhua, and several generations of his family have been ordinary farmers, so many people are skeptical about the authenticity of the holy will. Later, after the appraisal of some experts and scholars, it was determined that these holy decrees were all genuine and genuine in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, it is very difficult to imitate the Holy Will, and it is unreasonable to want to counterfeit it at a great price. The materials, handwriting, seals, patterns, etc. of the Holy Will all represent the culture of the dynasty at that time, and it is very difficult to imitate, and these elements need to be imitated consistently, and the handwriting cannot be written by one emperor of one dynasty, and the seal is indeed the emperor of another dynasty. It can be seen that Zhang Zhenhua's 9 Sacred Wills are absolutely genuine. But then again, why would such an ordinary peasant's family have such a precious holy will? Who is Zhang Zhenhua's ancestor?
The old farmer's life
When it comes to the old farmer's life, I have to say that the Zhang family's old house. As soon as you enter the Zhang family's old mansion, a simple and sincere atmosphere rushes to the face, there is a rare ancient well in the five quaint buildings, the roof tiles are carved with ancient sacred beasts and unicorns, and there are many exquisite stone carving patterns, even if the house looks a little shabby at the time, it still can't hide the grandeur and glory of the ancient house. The old mansion of the Zhang family is a prominent high-gate family during the Qing Dynasty. As they entered the courtyard, some stone carvings, flower bricks and other cultural relics also appeared in front of their eyes. According to experienced archaeologists, these may be real ancient artifacts. This also proves that Zhang Zhenhua's ancestral lineage is by no means an ordinary official and nobleman. He then talked to Zhang Zhenhua about the artifacts and his family's history.
According to Zhang Zhenhua, his ancestors had received a total of 15 such holy wills, and after passing them down from generation to generation, there were now 9 of them. His ancestors had been officials in the Qing Dynasty for 7 generations, and all of them held high positions, one of the ancestors named Zhang Pengcheng was an official to the general soldier, who was named "Ronglu Dafu" by Kangxi, and returned to the second generation of Gaozu Zhang Yuqi to inherit his father's position, and later gave two plaques for his merits. Later, their family was blessed by their ancestors, some people served as generals in the military camp, some people served as officials in the imperial court, there were seven generations of people who inherited hereditary positions, 13 people were officials in the dynasty, and later as the Qing Dynasty became more and more decadent, Zhang Pengcheng resigned after eight generations and returned to his hometown, living a life of self-sufficiency of small farmers, and their families also declined. This is also the origin of the nine sacred wills in Zhang Zhenhua's family, in fact, in addition to these nine sacred wills, the Zhang Zhenhua family has many preserved cultural relics, such as plaques.
In order to preserve these nine sacred wills and other cultural relics, Zhang Zhenhua's ancestors also took great pains. In fact, before their family had 13 holy wills, at that time, when the warlords were fighting, the general of the Zhensong Army had garrisoned in his home, and the news that his family was hiding the holy will was accidentally leaked, and then 4 of them disappeared. Even if it was suspected that it was the generals in the army at that time, they were afraid that they had an army and could not investigate the root cause. Later, Zhang Zhenhua's grandfather urgently transferred the remaining holy wills. Until 1966, Professor Cui Maoxue, an entomologist at Northwest Agricultural College, passed by his house and suggested that in order to preserve these heirlooms, they could seal two gold plaques in the walls of the courtyard with mud, and then bury other calligraphy and painting cultural relics in fertilizer bags. It is precisely because of this suggestion that many Zhang family cultural relics have been saved from being exiled overseas. So how was such a precious holy decree lent to the museum, and how did it lead to a lawsuit?
The Holy Will is lost
Since the news of the existence of the Holy Will in Zhang Zhenhua's home, many museums and individual collectors have rushed to see the original of the edict, and many collectors have also expressed their willingness to pay 500,000 yuan to collect the Holy Will. The museum also hopes that he can donate the Holy Will, which will ensure safety and for the world to observe and learn. However, they were all rejected by Zhang Zhenhua, who believed that this represented the glory of their family and should be properly collected by the Zhang family. Later, the museum negotiated with him several times and reached an agreement with Zhang Zhenhua, and the museum promised to exhibit it as a museum exhibit and pay half of the cost of the exhibition to the Zhang family. Zhang Zhenhua thought about it and thought that this is also a feasible way, which can alleviate the living conditions of the family's poor living conditions and also display cultural relics to the world. So this agreement was reached, and for some time afterwards, Zhang Zhenhua took the Holy Will to the exhibition with major museums, and under the common protection of both sides, the exhibition was also smoothly carried out.
For a long time, these holy decrees have indeed brought a lot of viewing volume to the museum, and they have indeed achieved the significance of enabling the public to understand the history and culture of cultural relics to a certain extent. However, an accident brought the originally smooth things to a standstill, and the mood of the Zhang family fell to the bottom. In 2002, Zhang Zhenhua, as usual, took the Holy Will to an exhibition at the Qingyanyuan Museum in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. The two sides agreed that during the two-month exhibition, the two sides would reach a consensus on the security of the Holy Will and that the two sides would jointly undertake it. And the museum handed over the key to the exhibition hall to the Zhang family father and son. However, one day in January 2003, Zhang Zhenhua found that two of the holy wills were missing, and one of the disappeared holy wills came from the fourteenth year of Jiaqing and the other from the second year of Daoguang. Zhang Zhenhua, who found that the Holy Will was missing, immediately reported the case to the police. The Public Security Bureau is aware of the seriousness of the matter, and the theft of cultural relics is also a very serious matter, because it may mean that the outlaws will buy and sell the Holy Will by illegal means.
Self-theft?
For the issue of the loss of the Holy Will, Zhang Zhenhua and the museum have also been arguing, Zhang Zhenhua believes that the museum did not take good care of the Holy Will that led to the theft of the Holy Will, and the Museum believes that the key has always been on Zhang Zhenhua's body, suspecting that Zhang Zhenhua is guarding and stealing, and he has directed a play that he has stolen, and the two stolen Holy Wills have been sold by him. The Zhang family felt very aggrieved, just imagine if they wanted to sell it at the beginning when there were collectors who sold it at a high price, why they should use such troublesome and easy-to-find means. It was not until september 2007 that the police found out the truth that Zhang Zhenhua got rid of the suspicion of self-theft. Regrettably, however, the Holy Will has not been found. Zhang Zhenhua immediately took the museum to court, and at first, Zhang Zhenhua suggested that the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural and Art Judicial Appraisal Center should identify the authenticity value, but the Qingyanyuan Museum was reluctant to go to the institution to identify.
Later, the Xuzhou Sacred Will Museum provided relevant consultation, and the museum's experts concluded that the market value of these two sacred wills should not exceed 200,000 yuan. Based on these appraisals, the court found that the two sacred decrees were worth 180,000 yuan at their discretion, because both parties were clearly negligent and agreed that the cultural relics were jointly kept, so each party bore half of it. In the end, after the court's first-instance judgment, the Qingyanyuan Museum compensated Zhang Zhenhua with 90,000 yuan. Although the museum still appealed later that it was not responsible, it was dismissed by the court. This storm of losing the Holy Will has also come to a temporary end, Zhang Zhenhua has not given up looking for the whereabouts of the Holy Will for so many years, but all of them have been fruitless. The remaining 7 Holy Wills of his family never appeared in the public eye again. Perhaps this is another major loss caused by the loss of those two holy wills.
These holy wills do not represent the interests of the Zhang Zhenhua family, but more of the family's mission and glory. Zhang Zhenhua did not expect such a consequence at first, because it was too absurd to lose cultural relics in the museum, and it would certainly be regrettable to lose them in his own hands. The behavior of the museum is really infuriating, and the number of critics is not in the minority. Finally, I hope that these holy decrees can still be found in China and waiting for the relevant departments and experts to find them as soon as possible. Cultural relics represent the historical background of an era in China, inheriting not only an object, but also a cultural bloodline, and its value is often immeasurable. As Chinese, each of us has the mission and responsibility to protect cultural relics.
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