After her husband died in Liao, he began to participate in politics and was in charge of Liao for nearly 40 years. Unlike Cixi, Xiao Taihou is a very powerful figure. During her more than 40 years in power, the development of Liao country was particularly strong, sweeping the Jin country and the Song country militarily.
At that time, Song Dynasty signed an alliance named Yuan with Liao State. It was Xiao Taihou who personally commanded the Liao army to fight under the Song Imperial City. At that time, in order not to destroy the country, the rulers of the Song Dynasty made such a covenant with Xiao Taihou.
After Xiao Taihou's death, Xiao Taihou's son made him a gold robe, which is said to be worth 3.4 billion yuan. Xiao Taihou's mausoleum is in the northeast. Her mausoleum has been stolen six times, so why didn't anyone touch the 3.4 billion gold dress?
Why was Xiao Taihou's mausoleum stolen?
When Liao died, his son was still very young, so he began to listen to politics. Yelulongxu is only a nominal emperor and has no real power at all.
1009, due to his advanced age, Xiao Taihou was prepared to retire to the harem to enjoy happiness, but Xiao Taihou's life was very bad. When she handed over state affairs to her son, she suddenly fell ill and died suddenly. She was only 57 years old.
After Xiao Taihou's death 1 10 year, that is 1 19 year, the Song Dynasty and the State of Jin launched a war to destroy Liao. After Liao was destroyed, Jin Bing stole the tomb in the name of revenge.
During the Song and Jin Wars, there were many refugees in the world, and some thieves robbed Xiao Taihou's mausoleum to survive. This is the second time that Xiao Taihou's mausoleum has been stolen.
After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, some refugees in Northeast China stole Xiao Taihou's mausoleum again to raise money, and stole it once in the name of scientific research during the Japanese occupation of Northeast China.
After the founding of New China, Xiao Taihou's tomb was robbed twice by grave robbers. Judging from the number of historical records, Xiao Taihou was stolen six times.
During these six excavations, there were fewer jewels left in the tomb each time, so it is impossible for the grave robbers not to touch the shroud worth 3.4 billion yuan.
Xiao Taihou's shroud is a particularly famous Phnom Penh garment in the field of cultural relics. When this gold silk jade garment appeared in the field of cultural relics in 1995, it caused a sensation in the whole field of cultural relics, because it was several grades higher than the gold silk jade garment unearthed in the 1960s, at least it was more elaborate in workmanship and had higher gold content, and its aesthetic level should completely exceed that of several streets in the Han Dynasty. It is also called witch hazel just because there is less jade on this dress.
According to relevant records, the overall weight of this witch hazel suit is10730g, and nearly 100 gems are embedded in the witch hazel suit, and the purity of these 100 gems is particularly high. No matter how much gold is worth, these gems are priceless.
What's more, 10000 grams of gold, even if converted into RMB now, is worth nearly 4 million. The most valuable thing about this piece of jade is its own craftsmanship, because none of the gold threads woven by the gold dress are broken. Moreover, the pattern on the clothes is particularly detailed, and the thickness of each gold thread is only 0.1mm. Perhaps this kind of gold thread is not fine from the current technical level, but it can be made in ancient times and is definitely a good craftsman.
So Xiao Taihou's shroud was not untouched, but someone had stolen it long ago, but it didn't come out, or it has been sold by grave robbers as ordinary gold and silver cultural relics.