Historical works have beginnings and ends, but the events they describe are not. —Collingwood
There is more than 5,000 years of history and culture in China, and with the continuous development of the times, many historical cultures are also buried in all corners with the ancients. Today, archaeologists have sophisticated equipment and have begun to explore ancient civilizations. Much of history has also gradually unveiled its mysteries with the continuous exploration of archaeologists.
Archaeologists also began to find that many of the historical records handed down were not true, and they explored some unknown history from some ancient tombs.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a qing official who was known as the first assistant Yuan Wei, and after his grave was excavated, the epitaph inside told the shameful story of his kung fu of patting horses.
The ruin of artifacts
In 1968, when the members of the rural commune in Yuanma Village, Zhejiang Province, moved stones in Sanfeng Mountain to prepare to build a pigsty,
The members found a huge tomb on Mt. Sanfeng
。 The tomb was covered by a lot of weeds and seen by the members of the society through the slits
The ancient tomb has a variety of exquisite stone carvings such as luxurious stone fairy bridges and pond platforms.
At that time, people did not know much about archaeology, nor did they think about the protection of ancient tombs.
At that time, in order to carry more rubble and see the structure of the tomb, the members put several explosive packages in the tomb, and after a while, the stone pillars and stone steps in the tomb were also destroyed with the sound of explosions.
Some members of the company transported these rubble pieces to the pig pen at the bottom of the mountain, and as the rubble was continuously moved, the tomb began to gradually appear in front of the members. After the tomb was blown open, there was a well-preserved Nanmu coffin inside.
This ancient tomb is full of gold and silver treasures.
Many members of the company saw these gold and silver treasures and took them home
。 At that time, people did not know the value of these cultural relics at all, and they were wasted at will
Even the nan wooden coffin was transported back to the village by the commune as a squat board for the toilet
。 At that time, there was a shortage of stones in the rural communes.
They dug up two stones with inscriptions from the tomb and transported them back to the village
。 Later, the two boulders were carried to be used as a bridge deck for others to walk.
Ten years later
In 1978, the state began to attach importance to the value of cultural relics and promulgated a series of laws and regulations.
Yuan Ma Village also began to respond to the call of the state, reporting the previous excavation to the ancient tomb to the local cultural center
。 The people of the Cultural Relics Bureau immediately sent staff to collect the funerary goods that had been lost in the hands of the villagers 10 years ago after a week of repeated persuasion.
In the end, a total of two pieces of silver hairpins, two pieces of jade hairpins, four pieces of silver ingots, sixteen pieces of jade belt pieces, etc. were received, which was a rare number and so on
。 From the excavation of ancient tombs to the present, it has been more than 10 years, and many villagers have been forced by life to pawn out the funerary goods they dug up before, and they have disappeared. Some villagers are reluctant to hand over these cultural relics, which have become an heirloom in the family.
This is a huge loss for exploring the history of the Ming Dynasty. Through the villagers' recollection,
Archaeologists also learned that two other boulders inscribed with letters are now on the banks of the small river
。 They immediately took the staff with them and found the two boulders, which they found were actually epitaphs.
The epitaph is actually a mournful style that mainly records the name of the deceased, the deeds of life, and the evaluation of the deceased's life.
This epitaph may have been written by himself during his lifetime, or it may have been written by someone else, expressing the mourning and praise of the deceased. Although archaeologists know of the existence of this tomb, the place where the tomb is located has been blown up and cannot be repaired completely.
It has never been known who the owner of this ancient tomb is
Finding two epitaphs today is a major discovery.
Descendants of the Yuan clan of Cixi
Experts brought these two epitaphs back to the cultural center for exploration, and after interpreting the epitaphs,
They found that the ancient tomb that had been blown up by the members of the society was the tomb of Yuan Wei, a famous first assistant minister of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years ago.
In order to further explore, they went to the mountain peak at that time to dig again and restore the structure of the tomb as much as possible.
This tomb can be said to be very grand in terms of area, and such a burial chamber is generally extremely luxurious.
Some of the burial items handed in by the villagers are only insignificant of the many gold and silver treasures.
Yuan Wei's epitaph confirms a historical legend, tells the world a real history, and restores a real emperor.
In the eyes of archaeologists of all generations, Yuan Wei, the first assistant minister of the Ming Dynasty, was a Qing official and a good official
。 From these two epitaphs, archaeologists have found different records, which provide an important reference for later scholars to study the history of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the two epitaphs, 64 centimeters long and 64 centimeters wide, is the epitaph's epitaph, and the other is a biographical deed written by Yuan Wei's students, a total of 50 lines, each line of 60 words.
These fonts record Yuan Wei's detailed life and unveil his unknown side,
Yuan Wei was a descendant of the Yuan clan in Cixi
。 The earliest ancestor of the Cixi Yuan clan was The Han Taiwei Yuan An. With the continuous development of the times, various dynastic changes and wars occurred frequently, and eventually they chose to settle in Lubu Cixi. In almost every dynasty, the descendants of the Yuan clan occupied some weight in the court. Yuan Wei can be said to be the most famous of these descendants.
The flattering prime minister
Yuan Wei was born in Cixi, Zhejiang in 1508, and it is said that before he was born, his parents dreamed of a black dragon descending on the same night. It didn't take long for Yuan Wei to be born, and he was one of the few people in the Ming Dynasty who could be called a child prodigy.
From an early age, he was brilliant, and while other children were still reading and literacy, he could pair up with other people
。
He made many pairs, all very peculiar,
It's amazing
。 When he was 10 years old, he followed his father to watch the county order trial. The county order saw that he was very angry, so he made a pair to test him:
Flying double cranes on the Sanqing Hall
"。 Yuan Wei replied without hesitation:
Six dragons in the multicolored clouds
"。 The county commander heard his answer and said yes,
Praised him as a child prodigy.
It is recorded in Yuan Wei's epitaph
The Jiajing Emperor was an extremely Taoist man, and many courtiers wrote green words to pay tribute to him in order to curry favor with him
。 Qingzi is a song that Taoists need to dedicate to the gods of the celestial realm when they hold some ceremonies.
Yuan Wei is also one of many slapping officials
The green words he wrote were deeply loved by the Jiajing Emperor, and it was precisely because of this that
Only then did he repeatedly be impeached by Yushi when the emperor never punished him, but instead met Qianlong
。 In just a few years, he was promoted from a small Liupin official to the first assistant of the prime minister.
He also received the title of "Qingzi Zaixiang" for this reason.
In 1565 AD,
Yuan Wei died of illness at the age of 58
。 After the Jiajing Emperor heard the news of his death, he also felt extremely sorry and gave it to the young master, Yu Wenrong.
Yuan Wei's descendants buried him on the Three Peaks Mountain in his hometown. In order to show respect, his students wrote down various deeds of Yuan Wei's writing of Qingzi.
From these two epitaphs, people also truly understand that Yuan Wei in history is not a generation of Qing officials. His official position was obtained entirely by sneaking and patting horses and flattering. Judging from Yuan Wei's situation, how corrupt the imperial court officials during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor were. Some of the written accounts that have been handed down are not necessarily true, and often after these rhetoric is revealed, a different kind of truth will be revealed.