At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. As a powerful minister in the Tang Dynasty, Li became our envoy in Fengxiang and Longyou because of his meritorious military service. He fought against Tangmen and defeated Tangmen's army. It was named the King of Qi by the Tang Dynasty, and the control area included most areas of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Li has a Yaozhou ambassador named.
Wen Tao is from Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province. Because he belongs to Li, he was appointed as our special envoy Yaozhou, Chongzhou and Yuzhou. These three States, including Fuping County, Sanyuan County, Jingyang County, Xianyang County, Liquan County and the surrounding areas of Ganxian County in Shaanxi Province today, were Li's territory and the location of the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
In troubled times, it was the swing of have it both ways, sometimes attached to Li, and then took refuge in Zhu Wen. However, both Li and Zhu Wen were appointed as our time ambassadors. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, local separatist regions always liked to change their place names, while Yaozhou, Chongzhou and Yuzhou were actually in Guanzhong, near the tombs of the Tang Dynasty. Wen Tao was imprisoned for seven years.
The Tang Dynasty in our time is equivalent to a local military and political leader with considerable power, that is, during his stay in Guanzhong, Wen Tao took advantage of his position to steal the tomb of the Tang Dynasty. This is the biggest grave robbery in the history of China, and it is also the worst one, which is much bigger than the incident of Sun Dianying stealing the tomb of the Qing Dynasty in the early years of the Republic of China.
As we all know, the tombs in the Tang Dynasty are all thick burials, and there are also many jewels and belongings buried with them. Near Chang 'an, Tang Dou, it took Wen Tao seven years to steal all the tombs of the Tang Dynasty that he had the conditions to dig, namely:
Tang Gaozu's Xianling Mausoleum, Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling Mausoleum, Tang Zhongzong's Dingling Mausoleum, Tang Ruizong's Qiaoling Mausoleum, Tang Xuanzong's Tailing Mausoleum, Tang Suzong's Jianling Mausoleum, Tang Daizong's Yuanling Mausoleum, Tang Dezong's chongling's Fengling Mausoleum, Tang Xianzong's Jingling Mausoleum, Tang Jingzong's Zhangling Mausoleum, Tang Wuzong's Duanling Mausoleum and Tang Xuanzong's Zhenling Mausoleum.
There were 2 1 emperors in the Tang Dynasty, and Wen Tao stole 17 emperors. Only several imperial tombs, such as the Fuling of Wu Zetian, were not stolen, not because of Wen Tao's kindness, but because Wen Tao suddenly had foresight when preparing to steal the Fuling of Wu Zetian. Suddenly, the bad weather such as storm and thunder suddenly came, and it was impossible to steal in bad weather. Every time Wen Tao and others go back.
Wen Tao was born as a thief and didn't know many words. I don't know how he mixed up our time. In an era of war, perhaps martial arts is the way to survive. As the biggest grave robber in history, Wen Tao's methods of grave robbery are somewhat different from other grave robbers.
1, blatant, stolen goods are also publicly announced. Wen Tao's grave robbery was conducted directly and openly, and it started in broad daylight without any disguise. As a thief, Wen Tao couldn't even bear to feel ashamed. He steals from places with property. After the grave robbery, he also publicly produced a grave robbery book, which was handed down to let people know what property Wen Tao had stolen.
In particular, Wen Tao stole the Zhaoling Tomb of Emperor Taizong, the greatest emperor in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong is the most famous emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and also the emperor with the most fruitful achievements. Of course, the treasures buried with Emperor Taizong are the most, especially the original preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, which is also in the tomb of Emperor Taizong.
Because "Preface to Lanting Collection" is only a copy, and the original is owned by Emperor Taizong alone. This has become a priceless treasure, and its value is immeasurable. As a thief, Wen Tao didn't know this peerless calligraphy work. After the theft, the priceless Preface to the Orchid Pavilion was discarded, but Wen Tao took a fancy to the satin box containing the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion.
2. Use the most troops to rob the tomb. Wen Tao as our time, there are tens of thousands of troops, Wen Tao directly put his army into the mausoleum and began to rob the tomb, with 30,000 to 40,000 people every time. The number of grave robberies of this specification is really large.
3. The number of grave robbers is the largest, and the property is the largest. Most of the tombs in the Tang Dynasty were stolen by Wen Tao, and how much property was buried in so many tombs was stolen and squandered by Wen Tao. On the one hand, he squandered himself, on the other hand, he managed to give the treasure to the forces he attached, such as Li and Zhu Wen. After the back beam disappears,
In the later Tang dynasty, he also took refuge in Li and bought Li's queen Liu with stolen property. Therefore, in Li Shi, despite stealing many imperial tombs and committing heinous crimes, he was still not punished and still lived a good life. Perhaps this is why Wen Tao was able to go through three dynasties.
However, although Li has not been punished, it does not mean that he can sit back and relax. After Li's death, Li Siyuan, the second emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, was killed. Li Siyuan killed Wen Tao because Wen Tao was a grave robber and the tomb of the Tang Dynasty was stolen. Li Siyuan's dynasty was also the Tang Dynasty.
This stole a large number of tombs in the pre-Tang Dynasty, which was an insult to Tang. Moreover, Wen Tao even stole the tombs of the former Tang Dynasty, and the tombs of the later Tang Dynasty will naturally be stolen by him, so he simply killed him. In this way, a generation of grave robbers, Wen Tao, was killed and his grave-robbing property was confiscated by the court.