In the history of China, there has always been a topic of grave robbery, ranging from folk grave robbers to emperors and princes who did such things that undermined virtue.
There are countless thieves who rob tombs. Sun Dianying, a warlord in the Republic of China, was the most famous grave robber in modern times. He used large forces, under the cover of military exercises, violently opened the tomb of Cixi in the Qing Dongling with weapons and explosives, and stole countless treasures.
Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also robbed tombs, perhaps it should be. However, his method is relatively civilized. He took the opportunity to steal the wood of Yongling under the guise of maintaining the Ming Yongling, and used it to repair the temple and build the mausoleum.
To say that the business of robbing tombs has a long history. However, whether Faqiu School or Jin School, their recognized ancestor was Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period. Before going out to do business, grave robbers should put incense sticks to worship their ancestors Cao Cao.
To say that Cao Cao was a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms period, why did he become the grandfather of this line? That's precisely because of his great fame. As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Cao Cao was a lean man, but in that orthodox era, no matter how capable he was, he was still named "cao thief" by the world at that time. However, Liu Huangshu Liu Bei has no such negative image at all.
It was this kind of values at that time that amplified any negative feelings of Cao Cao, such as "It is better to die than to die". Cao Cao became the ancestor of grave robbers, on the one hand, it was related to Chen Lin's vigorous propaganda.
200 years ago, before the battle of Guandu, Chen Lin wrote an essay on Yuan Shao's crusade against Cao Cao, which said, "Liang Xiaowang was also the mother of the first emperor. And Cao Cao led hundreds of officials to personally dig, break the coffin naked and take away a little treasure. I went through a sudden process without a skeleton. "
In the Battle of Chen Lin, Cao Cao personally went into battle, commanding soldiers to dig the tomb of Liang Xiaowang in the Han Dynasty, pry open the coffin, drag out the body, and all the treasures were looted. As long as he stole the tomb, all the coffins were pried open, and no one was spared.
This Liang Xiaowang is very important. He is Liu Wu, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. In the heyday of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng, the Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, who created "the rule of cultural scene", was his father, and Liu Qi, the Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, was his half-brother.
Not only that, he also got the favor of his mother Dou Taihou. Emperor Han Jing was very kind to his younger brother, sealed him to the richest Liang State (Shangqiu area, Henan Province), and gave him numerous rewards, even died in his position.
Liang Wang is also more competitive and has made outstanding achievements. Liu Qi gave him more prizes than anyone else. Those who occupy the rich land of Liang have won numerous awards. According to historical records, he has more jewels and jade than the Imperial City.
After his death, all the gold and silver treasures were buried with him in the tomb, so Cao Cao was cheap. According to records, Cao Cao stole100000 Jin of gold and silver from Liang Xiaowang's tomb, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were raised by these treasures for decades.
Chen Lin, a great man, is known as one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an". The style of writing is quite powerful, depicting the situation of Cao Cao's grave robbery vividly and vividly, making people feel immersive. This is simply a verbal attack. It is said that Cao Cao was so scared that his headache stopped hurting.
In ancient times, the influence of these famous literati was very great, and their words could play the same role as the later media. So they are often the targets of various forces, and Chen Lin is Yuan Shao's propaganda minister. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are sworn enemies. Whether Cao Cao really stole Liang Xiaowang's tomb or not, even if he didn't, Cao Cao couldn't wash it off when Chen Lin's paper was published, just like the United States used chemical weapons as an excuse to fight Syria. In fact, this is just an excuse for war. It is not impossible for Chen Lin to exaggerate publicity.
Did Cao Cao steal the tomb of Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu, as Chen Lin said in the election campaign? It is estimated that this matter is not groundless, and someone may have really done it. Why do you say that? Because Cao Cao met the same dilemma as Sun Dianying during the warlord period, but he had no money.
After Dong Zhuo went to Beijing, he abolished Han Shaodi and established Han Xiandi. He completely controlled the affairs of state and began to do the opposite. As a captain of the Canon Army, Cao Cao saw through Dong Zhuo. After he fled to Liu Chen, under the sponsorship of Xiaolian Weizi, he recruited thousands of soldiers and horses and spent all his money.
In A.D. 190, the 18-route governors joined forces to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but all the governors were afraid and only stopped fighting. Cao Cao couldn't stand it anymore, so he led the troops to fight with Xu Ronggan, the general of Dong Zhuo. As a result, he was defeated, the soldiers lost everything, and even he almost died. Later, Cao Cao went to Yangzhou to recruit new soldiers. At this time, Cao Cao was almost at the end of his tether.
In the next few years, Cao Cao made expeditions to the west, successively fighting the Yellow turban insurrectionary, Yuan Shu, men in black, Tao Qian, Dou Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu. Fighting is just about money. So many soldiers fought for several years, where did they get their salaries? In terms of manpower, material resources and financial resources, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can't compete at all, and crying can't beat Liu Bei. If Cao Cao wants to overtake in a corner, he can only play some crooked ways.
Liang Xiaowang's tomb has been found, which is the tomb of the king of Mangdang Mountain in Yongcheng, Henan Province. Although the tomb is huge, it is said to be four times as big as the Ming Tombs in Beijing, but it is empty, leaving only a few bottles and cans, which have indeed been looted.
As for whether Cao Cao did it, it's hard to say, because before him, Dong Zhuo had instructed Lu Bu to sweep the grave near Luoyang, the capital. Although there was Chen Lin's expedition, it could not be used as sufficient evidence for Cao Cao to rob Liang Xiaowang's tomb.
However, even if Cao Cao didn't steal Liang Xiaowang's grave, it is estimated that he also stole someone else's grave. Although Chen Lin may be under the pressure of Yuan Shao and may exaggerate, why didn't he hear that Liu Bei was robbing the tomb?
In fact, in the Three Kingdoms, besides Dong Zhuo (Lu Bu) and Cao Cao, Sun Quan also did this kind of thing, and after he proclaimed himself emperor, the road was even bigger. It is said that in order to find the tomb of Zhao Tuo, the first generation of South Vietnamese king, Sun Quan sent 5,000 soldiers all the way to Guangzhou to dig everywhere. Although Zhao Tuo's tomb was not found, it was excavated by Zhao Chenggong, the third king of South Vietnam. In addition, Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, was one of the seven Wang Zhiyi named after the great-grandfather Liu Bang's capture of the world, and Sun Quan also sent someone to dig his tomb.
Doing the same thing, Dong Zhuo and Sun Quan had a heated discussion. Why is Cao Cao the most famous? It seems that Chen Lin's propaganda really played a very important role.