There is a folk saying about Zhang's treasure. At the end of Qing Dynasty, a man named Yang Bailu saved a man named Du. In order to beat him up, the man gave Yang Bailu a sandalwood box that he had carried with him for many years, which contained a map of the place where the silver was buried, and told him that the treasure was painted by a stonemason who had participated in the silver burial and gave it to his grandson to take away. Later, it fell to Dujia, and it has been treasured ever since, hoping to come in handy. After Yang Bailu took over for more than 30 years, he never leaked it to anyone.
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A treasure comes true.
In the last few days of 20 15, the media revealed that the legend of Zhang Zangbao came true, and archaeologists determined that the site of Shuikou of Minjiang River at Pengshan Estuary in Meishan, Sichuan Province was the historical record of Zhang Shenyin Center. Cultural relics include gold album pages engraved with the year number, silver ingots, gold coins and silver coins that reward the merits of the Western King.
At least 1000 million taels of silver, equivalent to 3 billion RMB now.
Zhang Yu, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, invaded Chengdu in 1644 and established the Great Western Country. Before that, he wandered around Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei, plundering wealth. People have always said that he was hiding treasure in Sichuan, and the location of the treasure became a mystery.
Zheng Guanglu is the author of The Truth of Zhang Zhechuan, and has consulted more than 200 kinds of documents and classics. He introduced that in the third year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1630), Zhang revolted in his hometown. At that time, the insurgents mostly fled and robbed, and were called "hooligans". Wherever they go, they use harsh criminal laws to force officials, businessmen and even ordinary civilians to pay, which is called "losing money to help pay"
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In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), at the end of May, Zhang conquered Wuchang, stuffed the King of Chu into a bamboo sedan chair and drowned in the lake. Zhao Jishi, a native, recorded in "Send Garden to Send Place" that in Wuchang alone, Zhang "took millions of gold and silver from the palace and carried hundreds of cars".
1On September 9, 644, Zhang invaded Chengdu, established the Great Western Country, and plundered the wealth of Sichuan for himself. The object of plunder has developed from royal officials to ordinary people. A Qing Dynasty recorded in "The Story of the Shu Turtle": "Dajia was born in every county, and he was rich. He lost thousands, even thousands, and killed him after he finished." Robbery and murder.
All the gold and silver captured by soldiers must be turned over. According to Ji Shu, "also ordered (subordinates) are not allowed to hide gold and silver. If you hide one or two, the whole family will chop them, the criminals will be skinned, and the whole family will chop them! "
In Zhang's sixteen-year war, the plundered wealth should be enormous. It is estimated that Zhang has at least 10 million taels of silver. According to the purchasing power of silver in the late Ming Dynasty and the current RMB conversion ratio, one or two is equivalent to 300 yuan today. Zhang now has wealth equivalent to RMB 3 billion.
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The land of lost treasures
Zhang was bloodthirsty and used the massacre to "unify the world."
Shunzhi for three years (1646), after May, the rich and fertile plain of western Sichuan was barren, the people were tired, and there was no food ... His western countries were on the verge of collapse, and Chengdu was in danger.
In late June, the army of the Western Expedition decided to head for Leshan along the Minjiang River. Because Yang Zhan, the general of Nanming, "settled the fields" in Jiading and Emei, there was still food. Zhang wants to seize the territory and grab food. At that time, the "Documentary of the Difficulties in Shu" recorded: "Therefore, the militia silver was put into storage, carrying more than 100 ships and going downstream."
Peng Zunsi said in Shu Bi: "He led hundreds of thousands of troops, loaded with treasures, and went down the river to fight with (Yang); And I want to take advantage of the situation to go to Chu and change my name to a giant businessman. "
Jiangkou Town, pengshan county, which is about 150 miles away from Chengdu, is the only waterway hub in Chengdu, and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The warships of the Great Western Army were full of gold and silver treasures that had been plundered for many years and went down the river. The ship was driving at the corner of Jiangkou Mountain in the lower reaches of Minjiang River, and suddenly met the Ming Dynasty generals and Yang in the lower reaches, ready to attack by land and water. As a shooter, Yang Zhan made his spear and crossbow volley.
The army of the Great West was vulnerable, and the fleet was hit by gunfire and burned. The ship's wooden shell inlaid with gold and silver sank into the river. Yang Zhan seized a lot of gold and silver.
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There are times when silver sinks in the river.
After World War I, there are various records about silver sinking into the river in history books.
At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the scholar Fermi recorded in the Waste Book: "After the fisherman got it (referring to the silver that sank in the river), Yang Zhan began to use it as a soldier, so he went south to forgive (the rich)."
Pengshan County Records said: "In the winter of the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong (1794), fishermen got a sheath in the Jiangkou River and reported it to Governor Sun Shiyi. They sent people to the estuary for a few days and got silver and 2,000 pieces of jewelry and jade. "
In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Chen Taichu, editor of the Hanlin Academy, said that he personally saw Pengshan and Meishan residents fishing for silver in the river: "Its color is very dark ... once it was found, it was returned to the official, and there was a treasure, which was recorded."
Dig for treasure at the bottom of the river
At that time, Shen Xunwei recorded: "The gold and silver it gathered were transported to the river by more than a thousand people ... just like the method of building a river. When the water dried up, a big hole was opened at the bottom of the river, and gold and silver were thrown in, killing the transshipment people on the river. After being covered with soil, the river will still flow and return to the old road. "
Is to bury the treasure in the bottom of the river.
It is also recorded in Zhang Biography of the History of the Ming Dynasty: "I moved to Jinjiang again, dried up and lost it, buried hundreds of millions of treasures, and then burst its banks and released it. It was called" storing water "and said," If you do nothing, there will be others! " ""Zhang said, I can't enjoy it myself, and future generations don't want to have it!
There is a folk song circulating in Sichuan: "Shi Niu has a million stone drums; Who can see through and buy it all! "I hope that the treasure that Zhang robbed more than three hundred years ago will surface as soon as possible and benefit the people today.