In July 1928, with a loud bang, Sun Dianying and his troops blew up the Dongling Tomb, one of the five imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty. Precious national treasures and cultural relics have suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. Sun Dianying was spurned by his descendants and called him the "Great Thief of Tanglin".
Sun Dianying was born in Yongcheng, Henan, born in a chaotic world, lost his father at an early age, and did not embark on the right path when he was a child. He traveled alone, got to know a lot of hooligans, cool warlords, and joined some evil gangs.
Sun Dianying don't look at people who don't look good, but his mouth is especially good at speaking. As his prestige increased, he simply pulled a group of men and horses down the mountain, and Zhanshan became a bandit for the king. Chiang Kai-shek saw the potential in him, took him under his command, and gave him a position of military commander. At this point, Sun Dianying has embarked on a career path.
It is also ridiculous to say that although Sun Dianying is a military commander, his men and horses are only a few thousand. A large number of people have no guns, let alone military salaries, and they are stretched everywhere. This made Sun Dianying very depressed, which was like a regular unit.
On this day, Sun Dianying sniffed the financial road while interrogating several arrested tomb robbers. The Qing Tombs are the places where they are guarded, and they occupy them all. So he decided to do something big.
Digging up the imperial tomb is no small matter. How to hide people's eyes and ears, do it seamlessly.
At this time, Sun Dianying's superior, Xu Yuanquan, also knew that Sun Dianying was going to take action against the Qing Tombs. He did not stop it, but allowed Sun Dianying to dig up the Dongling Tombs.
With the acquiescence of his superiors, Sun Dianying became bold. He sent Tan Wenjiang, commander of the Eighth Division, to surround the Qing Dongling Tombs in the name of encircling and suppressing bandits, and also posted notices of military exercises to prohibit ordinary people from entering and leaving the vicinity of the Qing Dongling Tombs, and the violators were shot.
The anti-theft measures of the Qing Dongling Tombs were very good, sun Dianying could not open the entrance to the underground palace at the beginning, it was best to use dozens of boxes of explosives to blow up the Qing Dongling Tombs with large holes before they could enter.
Sun Dianying and his men entered the tomb and were stunned by the countless treasures in front of them. Then, with their eyes shining, everyone frantically put gold and silver jewelry into their pockets. Those that were not easy to take were smashed, and Cixi's body was also pulled out of the coffin and thrown on the ground. This scene lasted for seven days and seven nights.
How many precious cultural relics Sun Dianying stole from the Qing Tombs, the value is astronomical, and it is impossible to count. According to the Qing people's notes "Notes on Ai Yuexuan", the cultural relics stolen from the Cixi Mausoleum alone are worth 80 million taels of silver. Therefore, many cultural relics and history experts are distressed, which is a catastrophe of cultural relics.
Just now, Sun Dianying's superior, Xu Yuanquan, acquiesced in conniving at Sun Dianying's theft. And he accepted Sun Dianying's bribe with peace of mind and appropriated some precious cultural relics for himself. With such superiors and subordinates, it can be described as a treacherous affair.
Sun Dianying snatched the cultural relics, and he was definitely going to cash them out to replenish the military salary. A large number of precious Qing Palace cultural relics suddenly appeared on the market, and public opinion was in an uproar. After all, paper could not keep the fire, and everyone knew that it was Sun Dianying who stole and excavated the Qing Tombs.
For a time, newspapers and media throughout the country strongly condemned Sun Dianying's evil deeds and unanimously demanded that the Nationalist government severely punish Sun Dianying.
However, in the end, Sun Dianying did nothing and did not receive any punishment. What's going on here?
It turned out that Sun Dianying sold the stolen cultural relics to pay the army, bought advanced weapons, and greatly increased his military strength, and his strength should not be underestimated, and no one dared to provoke him. On the other hand, Sun Dianying was willing to spend money to appoint key members of the National Government, including Chiang Kai-shek, Kong Xiangxi, He Yingqin, Dai Kasa, and others. With this man's support, who would dare to ask him.
However, the wicked have bad retribution, and they have not ended up well. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Sun Dianying was captured by the people's army and finally fell ill and died in prison.