In the autumn of 1860, the Imperial Garden of the Qing Dynasty was looted by the British and French forces, and then the fire burned for three days and three nights, I don't know if it was the cry of the heavens in that decadent era, China suffered great humiliation, faced with ruins and broken walls, and left an indelible shame in the psychology of the people.
The atrocities of the Anglo-French coalition have been condemned, but no one has been able to administer justice to China, tens of millions of national treasures have been exiled overseas, and now the only thing that can be left to everyone is my generation to strengthen themselves, and the slowly becoming stronger China has also made some patriots proud.
Among them, we have to mention Zhao Tailai, who handed over the national treasure for the sake of national interests.
Zhao Tailai, who received a windfall
Zhao Tailai was born in Guangdong Province, the family is rich, his father went to the sea early to do business when he was young, he broke out of a famous hall, his mother is the daughter of a rich businessman, his grandfather's family is from Hong Kong, and he worked hard in Britain in the early years...
Born in such a family, Zhao Tailai's childhood was carefree. In the 1950s and 1960s, China was still in the initial stage of development, and Zhao Tailai's life had already made countless friends envious.
However, such a life was shattered in an accident, When Zhao Tailai was 15 years old, his parents went out to do business, but unfortunately on the way back, the husband and wife two unfortunately had a car accident, both died, in the face of a sudden blow, Zhao Tailai was once overwhelmed.
Although he is 15 years old, after all, he has not experienced such a change since he grew up in a honeypot.
Along with this, his grandfather also died of illness, there were few relatives left around him, those uncles and uncles usually did not come and go, and rushed to live in the relatives' house, this boy who had just experienced the change seemed out of place.
It didn't take long for the boy, who was about to enter adulthood, to decide to live alone.
At this time, he was faced with a choice, because he was about to enter the university campus, if a person lived to further his studies, he had to work half-time and study half-time, if he dropped out of school and was unwilling, the two situations were entangled in his heart.
It may also be the mercy of heaven, so that his life ushered in a turnaround again, he received a letter from Hong Kong, surprised and more curious, opened to see that it is an aunt who has not been seen for a long time, the mother is the youngest daughter of the family, when he was young, he met his father frankly and willfully, and left the original family to follow his father to develop inland.
Grandfather's family started in Hong Kong, made a career in Britain, the younger generation is a daughter, his aunt is his mother's sister, the relationship between the two is very good at home, after his mother got married, his aunt is very reluctant, but also respects his sister's choice,
And this aunt did not meet the right love when she was young, and decided to live alone.
When the grandfather's family went to the United Kingdom to develop, there was only this aunt around, and the aunt lived in the Uk and left her a lot of property, but the leaves returned to the roots, the aunt returned to China to live and settle in Hong Kong after the death of her grandfather, and the news of her sister's brother's death was sent to her, and she wanted to take Zhao Tailai to live together, but at that time Zhao Tailai went to her uncle's house.
Zhao Tailai learned the ins and outs, is very grateful to decide to fly to Hong Kong to live with this person who can be the "only" relative for himself, his aunt warmly entertained him and hoped that Zhao Tailai would go to school well, do not give up life, and live with his aunt Zhao Tailai felt unprecedented warmth after the death of his parents.
But the day did not go according to people's wishes, the aunt fell ill, the body was not as good as the day, and finally before dying, she told Zhao Tailai that there was a family inheritance in England.
Hopefully he can inherit. Zhao Tailai understood his aunt's instructions, and after completing his aunt's funeral, Zhao Tailai flew to England to receive all the property of his great-grandfather's family in Britain.
Returned to the country free of charge, the Grand Duke is selfless
After flying to The United Kingdom, Zhao Tailai was stunned by the scene in front of him, the assets of the United Kingdom may be incomparable to the Hometown in Hong Kong, several single-family villas, the degree of luxury he did not think, there are four or five farm estates, although they have been abandoned, take advantage of the sunset but can re-see its glory, in the face of this scene Zhao Tailai sighed inwardly.
After entering a manor, Zhao Tailai remembered his aunt's deathbed instructions, located in the cellar of this manor has a treasure collected by his great-grandfather, curious he opened the cellar, and what comes into his eyes is sculpture, ancient painting, porcelain, jade, like a small antique market.
These things seem to have seen but can not remember the source, Zhao Tailai can only find friends who know these antiques to help him appreciate.
This is the appreciation of this time let him understand that this is a national treasure, is the "Chinese civilization" that was exiled abroad when the British and French coalition forces seized the Yuanmingyuan.
When he learned of this news, he could hardly speak, and after inquiring, he understood that his maternal grandfather was Wu Tingfang, a diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, and Wu Tingfang was a famous diplomat in modern times on the mainland.
During his tenure of office, he unswervingly safeguarded the interests of mainland compatriots, and history's evaluation of him was even more useful."
Do your best and be faithful
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Zhao Tailai was greatly touched by his grandfather's exploits, and he felt that as a Chinese he had to love his country, and in the face of these rich and invincible treasures, he made a decision
To return these items to the country and let these Chinese civilizations go home, Zhao Tailai transported these treasures back to China in batches at his own expense in order to return these treasures to China, and contacted the Cultural Relics Bureau to receive them in batches.
According to incomplete statistics, Zhao Tailai has returned a total of more than 100,000 items before and after the national Yuanmingyuan, worth up to more than one billion, but the money for freight Zhao Tailai did not ask the state for a point, and this matter came out of the friends around him all felt that he was very stupid.
If you want to donate some in name, why give it all, not to mention that with these, don't say that in the next life, the children and grandchildren can enjoy happiness.
But Zhao Tailai felt that this was the country's things should be returned, his grandfather left them may be protecting these cultural relics, and finally to return to the country, he does not want a name, nor does he want profits, but he wants to contribute to the country.
In the end, these cultural relics were safely transferred to the motherland after thousands of years of hard work, and later Zhao Tailai successively donated these cultural relics to the state, and the Guangzhou Art Museum, the Guangdong Museum of Art, and the Guangzhou Baomo Garden all had the cultural relics he donated.
epilogue
A selfless person deserves the love of the people, Zhao Tailai was rated by the state as the World Outstanding Chinese Award, which is the honor given by the state deserved, Zhao Tailai is a true hero, inheriting the bloodiness of his grandfather Wu Tingfang, always putting the interests of the country first Talent is the most lovely person.
The humiliation of more than a hundred years ago Chinese are engraved in the bones, that humiliating era no one wants to look back, not only the country's treasures are scattered overseas, there are countless compatriots who sacrificed their lives, and now China is not the Qing government of a hundred years ago.
Although the Chinese people spread all over the world after the opening of the door of the country, all that flowed in their bones was the blood of the descendants of Yan Huang.
My generation should be self-reliant, only their own strength others will not look down on you, backward to be beaten days have gone,
It is gratifying that my sons and daughters of China have inherited all the most traditional and beautiful virtues of the Chinese nation.