In Guangfeng County, Jiangxi Province, there is a mansion called the "Wang Family Compound", which is rumored to hide the treasure of Wei Zhongxian, the spy leader in the late Ming Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian was a veritable big ** at that time, and his power was unmatched, enough to accumulate countless wealth.
However, after his death, his property went to ** has been an unsolved mystery. For the next few hundred years, people searched for his treasure, but never really found it.
Rumors of this house have attracted a lot of attention. So, why hasn't this old mansion been discovered until now? Why is Wei Zhongxian's treasure hidden here? These are all questions that need to be explored.
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The size of the old house is stunning, with a total floor area of more than 10,000 square meters, including 108 rooms and 36 patios. Coupled with the sponge-like meadows and gardens, the total area is more than forty acres, and the scale is amazing.
When you hear such a description, you will definitely believe in that legend even more. A building of this magnitude does seem like a place where a lot of treasure can be hidden. Nowadays,"Wang's compound"It has been passed down to the seventeenth generation, and the current owner is Wang Quanming.
Under Wang Quanming's narration, we learned more about"Wang's compound"History. According to him,"Wang's compound"It was built by their ancestor Wang Jixian.
Back then, it took Wang Jixian a full thirty-seven years and millions of taels to complete what we see today"Wang's compound"。Both in terms of construction time and money spent"Wang's compound"are the most local people, and Wang Jixian's pride is unparalleled.
But it's not uncommon for a rich man to build a house, then"Wang's compound"How could it be related to the treasure left by Wei Zhongxian?
Legend has it that this abandoned silver mine was closely associated with Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of eunuchs interfering in politics became increasingly serious, and the country's strength gradually declined.
In this context, the power fell into the hands of Wei Zhongxian. It was during this period that a silver mine was discovered on Mount Pingyang, which the emperor ordered to be excavated and Wei Zhongxian was in charge of carrying it out.
It is said that during the excavation, the workers found two golden horns, suggesting that a huge golden bull may be hidden under the silver mine. The workers immediately stopped digging and reported the discovery to Wei.
Because everything excavated from the ground had to be handed over to the emperor, Wei Zhongxian had a "** idea".
Glittering"Big Taurus"Whoever sees it will be attracted by its beauty, and Wei Zhongxian is no exception. However, as is customary, this golden bull should be dedicated to the emperor at that time.
But Wei Zhongxian had an idea, he planned to take the "Big Golden Bull" for himself. So, he reported to the emperor at the time, saying that the silver mine was haunted and unlucky.
When the emperor heard this, he ordered the silver mine to be closed and never to be opened again. Since the emperor has already decreed, who would dare to disobey? As a result, the silver mine, which could have been mined, was abandoned.
And the "big golden bull" excavated from the silver mine naturally fell into the hands of Wei Zhongxian. Of course, the "Big Golden Bull" is only a small part of Wei Zhongxian's many treasures, and no one knows how much treasure he has.
However, it is said that after Wei Zhongxian's death, those treasures of his were hidden in the "royal compound". Why? There is a saying among the local people that the ancestors of the Wang family were once celebrities under Wei Zhongxian, who once accompanied Wei Zhongxian to participate in the excavation of silver mines, and learned the secret of Wei Zhongxian's private appropriation of the "big golden bull".
After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, Wang Jixian's ancestors secretly took all of his property. As the proverb goes, Wei Zhongxian's wealth is not easy to obtain, and after obtaining it, it will become the target of public criticism.
Therefore, Wang Jixian's ancestors began a long life of exile with their families, hiding from pursuit everywhere, and this escape was decades. In this process, the descendants of the Wang family have also grown up**, including Wang Jixian and his father Wang Yihui.
Perhaps because the descendants of the Wang family were tired of years of fugitive life, or they were desperate, they remembered the silver mines that were banned by the Ming emperor.
The ancestors of the Wang family clearly remember that there was a small isolated mountain village near that silver mine, which was extremely hidden, and it was very suitable for the family to hide. So, after discussion, the family came to Shidu Village, Guangfeng County today.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Wang Jixian also changed his name at that time, using the pseudonym "Wang Zhixian", and even later the family started a straw paper business.
The truth behind this story is food for thought. It is rumored that after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Wang family father and son took their families to Shidu Village near the silver mine, as if it was arranged by God.
However, their arrival at this point in time, coupled with the silver mines that Wei Zhongxian had excavated, could not help but make people wonder if they had any plans. The residents of Shidu Village were only suspicious at first, but the next actions of the Wang family father and son convinced them of their suspicions.
The ancestors of the royal family obtained the treasure and built a mansion to collect. Moreover, in order to conceal their identities, they claimed to have migrated from Shanxi and Zhejiang. However, as soon as they arrived in Shidu Village, they purchased local land on a large scale, and used the silver taels of white flowers to buy it, which undoubtedly made people marvel at their wealth.
Who would want to settle in such a remote mountain village? This seems counterintuitive. However, the Wang family began to buy land during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it continued until the Jiaqing period, buying a total of thousands of acres of fertile land.
Today, the descendants of the Wang family still retain the title deeds left by their ancestor Wang Jixian when he purchased the land. Wang Jixian later built the famous "Wang Family Compound" on these lands.
All these show that the origin of Wang's father and son is not simple. Coupled with the nearby silver mines and the time of Wei Zhongxian's downfall, everyone came to the conclusion that the Wang family and his son might be the lucky ones who got Wei Zhongxian's treasure.
Some people will ask, the Wang family later engaged in the straw paper business, can't they make their own money? This suspicion is actually very reasonable, because in history, Wang Jixian and his father Wang Yihui were indeed good at business, and the straw paper business was thriving.
It is said that they even monopolized the straw paper business in Guangfeng County, and the straw paper produced was exported to Southeast Asian countries.
Historically, the Wang family had a huge fortune, and the "Wang Family Compound" built was extremely luxurious. According to experts' estimates, the value of the house is equivalent to 60% of Guangfeng County's annual fiscal revenue.
So, how did the Wang family acquire such a huge fortune? Some people believe that the wealth of the Wang family is unknown, but there is no conclusive evidence that they are related to Wei Zhongxian's treasure.
However, there is also another theory circulating in the local area, suggesting that there is some kind of relationship between Wang Jixian and Wei Zhongxian. The sheer size of this house is amazing. Covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters, it contains 108 rooms and 36 patios, comparable to a small village.
Courtyards of this magnitude are extremely rare in the country.
The scale of the old mansion is huge, and it is obviously not something that ordinary people can design. It is said that Wang Jixian once asked the old eunuch in the palace to help him find someone to design the drawings, and the old eunuch immediately found a craftsman in the palace and designed a drawing for Wang Jixian.
You must know that the craftsmen in the palace at that time were all serving the emperor, how could ordinary people have this kind of treatment, let alone call the eunuchs in the palace. It can be seen from this that Wang Jixian's identity is definitely not ordinary.
According to the drawings designed by the craftsman in the palace, it took Wang Jixian 37 years to finally build this large-scale mansion. Locals believe that Wang Jixian's ancestors may have known the eunuchs in the palace, especially Wei Zhongxian, who had a very good relationship.
Therefore, even after the fall of Wei Zhongxian and the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Wang family still maintained a good relationship with the eunuchs in the palace. Speculation circulated locally is that the Wang family may have obtained Wei Zhongxian's treasures before his downfall, and that the purpose of building the "Wang Family Compound" was to hide these treasures.
From a design point of view, this place is indeed a great place to hide treasures.
The first thing mentioned is the wall of the "Wang's Compound", which is high enough to deter thieves, and the security factor is extremely high. Look at the rooms in the "Wang Family Compound", 108 rooms are interconnected, and ordinary people are afraid that they will be dizzy when they enter, let alone steal the treasures inside.
Even if there is an accident, the people in the room can quickly transfer the baby. There are guards underneath the panes in each room, and with a slight push, there is almost nowhere for those outside.
Therefore, seeing the unique design of the "Royal Compound", it is difficult not to have an idea: this mansion is simply a paradise for hidden treasures, both to prevent theft and to facilitate the transfer of treasure.
So, if these treasures really existed, what would the ancestors of the Wang family hide them in? Why do they hide the whereabouts of their treasures from their descendants? These questions are in front of us, and they can only be answered by looking for the treasures hidden in the "royal compound".
There are several theories about hidden treasures circulating in the area, and the first of them sounds novel, and that is "the treasure of the house beams".
Local elders claim that the inside of the beams of the "Wang's Compound" is hollow, and the treasures inside are hidden inside. This statement aroused everyone's interest, and someone decided to verify it.
However, in order to restore the former glory of the "Royal Compound", the local cultural relics department has carried out a series of renovations. During this renovation, a beam fell off accidentally, providing an opportunity to verify local legends.
It was sawn off from the middle, and it turned out that the inside of the beams was hollow, but there was no legendary treasure. Therefore, the argument that "the house beams hide the treasure" is self-defeating.
Then another saying came out - "the treasure of the ancient well".
Although the existence of the ancient well was never found in the "Wang's Compound", experts still found traces of the ancient well in a remote side courtyard, but it is obvious that the ancient well has been damaged.
Regarding the reason for the filling of this well, there is a local story that tells the story between Wang Jixian, the ancestor of the Wang family, and his wife and concubine. In addition to his wife, Wang Jixian also married many concubines, one of whom was favored by Wang Jixian because of the birth of his only son, but this also aroused the jealousy of the other concubines.
Later, Wang Jixian's son died of illness, and the concubine was deeply grieved, and finally chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well. What is strange is that since the suicide of the concubine, the Wang family has begun to decline, and the family situation is getting worse day by day.
It is said that Wang Jixian buried his own treasure on a treasure map, and this treasure map was taken by the concubine. After the concubine committed suicide by throwing herself into the well, the treasure map also fell into the well.
Later, Wang Jixian died, and no one knew the whereabouts of the treasure. Unable to find those treasures, the Wang family gradually decayed, and finally sealed the ancient well. If the existence of the treasure map is confirmed, then it should be in the well.
Later, local archaeological experts came to the "Wang's Compound" and excavated the ancient well, but did not find any treasures, not even the remains of the concubine. The claims of the treasure of Fangliang and the treasure of the ancient well have been overturned successively, so are there other versions of the claim?
According to the owner of the "Royal Family Compound", this building has one of the most mysterious places - its architectural structure. The entire house is made of mortise and tenon structure, which is a solid structure that can be built without nails.
The mortise and tenon joints of the royal compound are so ingenious that it is said that only one main mortise and tenon joint is needed to connect all the rooms. Once the main mortise and tenon joint is removed, the whole house will gradually disintegrate.
According to the Wang family, the possible treasure is hidden in the main mortise and tenon joint, because the interior is hollow, like a warehouse where the treasure is hidden. The third "mortise and tenon hidden treasure" theory proposed by the Wang family has been widely accepted, but the position of the main mortise and tenon joint has not been solved so far.
Experts in the field of architecture have also visited, but they have not been able to do anything about it. Experts believe that in order to find the main mortise and tenon joint, it is necessary to saw all the columns, but this is obviously unrealistic, which further proves that the possibility of "mortise and tenon hidden treasures" is very small.
Rumors about the treasures circulating in the "Royal Compound" have not dissipated for many years, but no trace of these treasures has ever been found, and the whereabouts of the treasures remain an unsolved mystery today.
This made people start to suspect that perhaps Wei Zhongxian's treasure was not in the "Wang family compound" at all, because there is no historical record that his treasure was lost to the Jiangxi region back then.
Although the claims about Wei Zhongxian's treasure may be just speculation, it is undeniable that the value of the "Wang Family Compound" itself is unquestionable. Whether it is its unique mortise and tenon structure, or the historical value it contains, it is our precious wealth.
Perhaps what we should pay attention to is not the whereabouts of Wei Zhongxian's treasure, but how to effectively protect the "royal compound" in front of us. After all, what is truly valuable is what we have, and perhaps one day, Wei Zhongxian's treasure will reappear.
But until then, we should focus on what we already have.