Peasants robbed tombsyear, the emperor's tomb was emptied.
As the old saying goes, "A vision must have a cause." "In 1935, there was suddenly an old man playing cotton near Changrui Mountain in Hebei Province, which made people feel a little strange.
In those days, owning a quilt was an enviable thing, and cotton polishers like him would usually travel around looking for business opportunities. After all, not everyone can afford a quilt, let alone the limited business opportunities found in a village.
But this old man was different, and although business was cold, he remained in the village, as if he had settled in the village. The villagers thought that his way of doing business was unique, but he always gave people an unpretentious image, so everyone didn't think much of it.
However, no one could have imagined that the real reason why he stayed in the village to play cotton was an ulterior motive.
Wang Shaoyi's identity is just a disguise to play cotton, but in fact he is a heinous tomb robber. While playing cotton, he secretly made keys, and it took him 10 years to completely empty the emperor's tomb.
Although in the hearts of the local villagers, Wang Shaoyi was a simple and honest man, in fact, he was an out-and-out bandit before he came to this village.
In the earliest days, he was a subordinate of Ma Futian, a notorious and sinful man. The crimes he committed could not be told for three days and three nights. Although Ma Futian did evil everywhere, he accumulated a lot of wealth.
In those chaotic times, money and equipment could develop a certain amount of power. In order to obtain more wealth, the frenzied Ma Futian actually started the idea of Qing Dongling.
However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the news that Ma Futian wanted to steal Tanglin was learned by Sun Dianying.
There is a huge disparity between the strength of Sun Dianying and Ma Futian, and Sun Dianying immediately sent troops to attack Ma Futian after learning that Ma Futian might get a windfall. After successfully defeating Ma Futian, he claimed to be the master of the army and drove out all forces that tried to get close.
In the name of training troops, Sun Dianying actually carried out his long-awaited tomb robbery operation. He used explosives to blow up the barrier of the mausoleum, and his brutal behavior seriously damaged the mausoleum, bringing huge losses to future generations to study the Qing tomb.
Sun Dianying's tomb robbery not only affected the environment, but also affected the livelihood of some people. In order to make him pay the price, some people spontaneously formed a "grievance team" and demanded an explanation from Chiang Kai-shek.
After Sun Dianying got the news, he weighed the pros and cons and decided to scatter his wealth to save his life, and finally succeeded in stopping the tomb robbery. Since then, although people know that there is an amazing wealth in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, no one dares to try to steal it easily.
However, Wang Shaoyi was not intimidated, he has been lurking in the shadows, in order to realize his dream of robbing tombs, from the moment Ma Futian proposed this idea, he never gave up. ”
Wang Shaoyi was a patient and thoughtful man, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to attack other mausoleums in the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. To this end, he deliberately found someone to learn the craft of playing cotton, and settled in a village near the Dongling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, using the identity of a cotton-playing craftsman as a cover.
He walked the streets and alleys to solicit business during the day, and at night he quietly slipped to the vicinity of the Qing Dongling Tomb to observe the terrain and find out the news. He lurked here for ten years in order to find a suitable opportunity.
He knew that it would be very difficult to steal the Qing Dongling alone, so he began to pull people in, and found some guards and guards who were originally stationed in the Qing Dongling, people who were familiar with the terrain, those who could provide arms and explosives, and those who could crack the mechanism, etc.
In the operation of stealing the Qing Dongling, Wang Shaoyi has been doing one thing in addition to recruiting personnel, that is, to match the key. Although there are people who can crack the mechanism, if there is *** who can directly open the various tomb doors in the mausoleum, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of their actions.
After successfully assembling the team, Wang Shaoyi began his life of playing cotton during the day and matching keys at night. In order to disguise his real actions, even if he suffered losses in the cotton business, he always suffered in silence.
This behavior allowed him to establish an image of honesty and kindness in the hearts of the local villagers. In 1945, Wang Shaoyi's gang took advantage of the chaos and officially launched their tomb robbery operation.
Their gang of more than 100 people spent nearly three months looting the treasures in many tombs in the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the large number of people and careful planning, the tomb robbery was not discovered by anyone.
There are many treasures in the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, and everyone who participated in the tomb robbery received a large amount of treasure. However, just as they were about to enjoy the wealth and retreat, the unexpected happened.
Although Wang Shaoyi formulated a detailed plan for tomb robbery, he was negligent after all. With so many treasures and participants, how to exchange these treasures for cash became a big problem he had to face.
However, it was precisely because of the sudden influx of a large number of "Qing Dongling" cultural relics in the market that attracted the attention of relevant departments, and finally brought Wang Shaoyi's gang to justice. Unfortunately, due to the late discovery, many national treasures have already flowed overseas, including the noble "Nine Dragons Jade Cup".
Tomb robbing is a shameful and uncondonable act, both ethically and legally. With the development of the country, the protection of mausoleums and cultural relics has become more and more stringent.
Nowadays, tomb robbery has basically disappeared in our country, but many of the large number of national treasures that have flowed overseas have not returned to the embrace of the motherland.