"I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to my uncle the policeman..." From an early age, teachers and parents taught us to "collect gold without ignorance", and we should not ask for things that are not our own. If it is a very valuable property or a huge amount of money, it is necessary to take the initiative to hand it over, otherwise it will bear the responsibility of the law. And those who take the initiative to turn in can not only win a good reputation for themselves, but sometimes they can also get material rewards.
In 1968, a teenager named Kong Zhongliang picked up a piece of "jade seal" on his way home from school. Kong Zhongliang is a native of Shaanxi, and we know that Shaanxi is full of famous cultural cities with a very long history, and at the same time, it also buries many famous figures in history.
Some people even say that you can step on gold when you walk around Shaanxi, which is naturally an exaggeration. However, this teenager named Kong Zhongliang, the jade seal he picked up was really "stepped on".
On the way home, Kong Zhongliang thought along his head about the content of the teacher's lecture today, and he was fascinated and unconsciously stepped on a stone. Kong Zhongliang groaned, fortunately he stood firm in time, otherwise he would have to fall.
Kong Zhongliang hurriedly looked down, what exactly was stepping on his feet, it turned out to be a stone, why did this stone look like this? Kong Zhongliang muttered to himself, he picked it up and wiped the mud stains on the stone clean, and found that things were not so simple, it seemed to be carved on it, this stone was smooth as jade, it should be a more valuable thing, right? Kong Zhongliang planned to take it home and show it to his father.
Kong Zhongliang's father was an honest farmer, and although he had not read any books, he could see at a glance that this thing was extraordinary. He did not dare to hide it privately, so he led Kong Zhongliang to the county the next day and handed it over to the relevant departments. Finally, this "stone" was sent to the Shaanxi Forest of Steles Museum.
The museum carefully examined it for a while, and immediately determined that this was the jade seal of the ancient empress, and there was also a seal character engraved at the bottom of the jade seal, which was exactly: "Queen's Seal", and a tiger was also carved on the seal. Judging from the style and material of the jade seal, it should be a cultural relic of the early Western Han Dynasty.
After many investigations, the experts determined that this was the jade seal of Lü Hou, because generally only the empress who had held power and regent would set up a special jade seal for use in the approval of official documents.
Lü Yan was the first empress of the Han Dynasty, and the first woman to take the throne after Qin Shi Huang unified China. The "History of Empress Lü Benji" commented: "The government does not leave the house, the world is chaotic; punishment is rare, sinners are Xi; civil affairs are harvested, clothing and food are nourished." ”
After determining that this jade seal was true, the museum specially issued a reward of 20 yuan, as well as a reward certificate to Kong Zhongliang's father and son, at that time, 20 yuan was already a lot, enough for the family to spend half a month.
In the blink of an eye, 45 years have passed, and the little boy who came home from school and did not look at the road has become a 660-year-old man. Because of The matter of Lü Houyuxi, the museum experts transferred the archives that were preserved that year and found Kong Zhongliang's home. Let Kong Zhongliang attend a commendation meeting, which is dedicated to commending people who have "picked up cultural relics" over the years, and Kong Zhongliang is a representative figure among them. Kong Zhongliang was very happy to participate in the commendation meeting, and he could still remember himself after 45 years of not being there first, and Kong Zhongliang said that he was very moved.