1908165438+10 15, Cixi died in Yiluan Hall and was buried in Dingdong Mausoleum, Putuo Valley. Because Ci 'an had been "suppressing" Cixi before his death, Cixi couldn't figure it out after Ci 'an's death. They are all Xianfeng's wives. Why is she better than me? After death, the two will meet again. Before she died, Cixi tried her best to "overwhelm" Ci 'an in another world. 1895, in order to please Cixi, the minister of Dongling reported to the court that the tomb of Cixi, which had been repaired, was in urgent need of repair because of years of rain. Cixi was refreshed at once. She finally lived a "good life". How can she let the palace leak poverty? Therefore, in just four years, the court allocated special funds for this purpose 1.5 million.
1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, and the huge project of Cixi's mausoleum was forced to stop, and Cixi also fled to xi 'an in the west. After returning to Beijing again, she still does not forget the "other shore". At the beginning, Cixi personally visited the construction site and asked for money. Until 1908, 10, 18, the reconstruction project of Cixi Tomb was finally completed. Yes 13 years. It took the imperial court 13 years to do this, and Cixi took a long breath. Maybe it happened to be at that point. Four days later, Cixi died.
It is a secret how much it cost to build the tomb of Cixi. No one can tell, but there are 4592 Liang used in the three halls alone! How many treasures are buried with Cixi? Her confidant eunuch Li personally attended the ceremony of burying the treasure, but eunuch Li was too lazy to take this thing. Before her death, she asked her nephew to write a ghost, dictated by herself, and wrote a book, Notes on Aiyuexuan. It is recorded that before the body of Cixi entered the coffin, the bottom of the coffin was covered with three layers of gold wire beaded brocade mattress and a layer of pearls, which was one foot thick. The head is a green lotus leaf; Pink tourmaline lotus under your feet. Wearing a crested pearl, the largest pearl on the crest is as big as an egg, and it is worth12 million taels of silver. There are 27 Buddha statues carved with gold, precious stones, jade and jade beside him. Jade watermelons, melons, cabbages and peaches, plums, apricots and dates made of more than 200 precious stones are placed on both sides of the foot. Put a Yu Lian on the left and a jade coral tree on the right. In addition, there are eight jade horses and eighteen jade arhats, totaling more than 700 pieces. After the funeral, four liters of pearls and 2200 precious stones were poured into the coffin.
There are so many treasures underground that it is inevitable that they will not be missed. Cixi won't be surprised, but in order to "enjoy", she is very willing to take the risk. A few years after her death, the Qing Dynasty gave way to the imperial tomb, but the Dongling protection organization still existed and inherited the system of the Qing Dynasty. There are flag soldiers and green camp stationed in the mausoleum, and Zongren House and Ritual Department are responsible for all the affairs of the mausoleum. Unfortunately, this situation did not last long. Soon, Dongling gradually broke away from the control of the Qing Dynasty and fell into the hands of Beiyang warlords. At this time, the minister of protecting the mausoleum existed in name only, and was often out of office. Instead of effectively protecting the mausoleum, he colluded with others and sold his property. Even, some people tried to dig deep into theft and make a fortune.
Finally, these people "waited" for the warlord Sun Dianying. I didn't expect Sun Dianying to be a monopolist and nothing happened at all. Sun Dianying said to the person who protected the mausoleum: "Our troops will exercise here, throw mines, or get out if they don't want to die!" Then the pass was blocked, martial law was imposed, and more than 30 mules and horses were recruited from Zunhua County to transport "rations" for the army. In this way, a large number of priceless funerary objects in Cixi's tomb triggered a grave robbery disaster.
After driving away the grave keeper, the bandit soldiers didn't know how to start, so they had to dig around and soon destroyed some ground buildings. Sun Dianying see this time is too long, also is not a thing. He must quickly find the entrance to the Cixi Cemetery Palace, which is also the biggest goal of his trip. Soon, Sun Dianying found an old man who had built a mausoleum here. The old man told me the way to the underground palace, but the entrance was too strong for ordinary instruments to open. Sun Dianying on striking table, let subordinates moved to explosives. After a loud noise, Cixi's tomb was blown up. Bandit soldiers swarmed and stripped Cixi of her underwear. Bandit soldiers did not hesitate to shoot a warning shot for this and calmed the situation. Despite this, the bandits' gains are still rich. According to the analysis of hydrogen's later reports, the bandit soldiers each got at least two or three "treasures", so it is conceivable how much their "chief" got, while Sun Dianying seized 30 carts for transporting "reserves".
According to Yu Shanpu's "The Treasure Robbery of Sun Dianying in Dongling", bandits "carried Cixi's body to the coffin, robbed her robe, tore her underwear, took off her shoes and socks, and plundered all her jewels". Subsequently, "Cixi's teeth were also pried open, and the rare pearls contained in her mouth were also taken away." What is this rare pearl like? Sun Dianying said, "She (Cixi) has a night pearl in her mouth, which is divided into two pieces. When it is closed, it is a sphere, transparent and dull. When you close it, there is green cold light, and you can see your hair within a hundred steps at night. I heard that this treasure can keep the body from melting. It is no wonder that after Cixi opened the coffin, Lafayette fell asleep and saw the wind blowing, his face was black and his clothes were disheveled. "
Away from the light, folded into a ball, revealing green cold light, you can see your hair within a hundred steps at night. It's amazing! Where did it come from? Scholars have analyzed such a possibility: 1304, a large gem-grade diamond was found in the diamond placer in Golconda, ancient India, which was in the shape of fragments, about half an egg, colorless, transparent, dazzling and extremely precious, and was named "Mughal the Great" diamond. But later, the "Mughal Diamond" disappeared, and the Junggar rebellion of 1760 was suppressed during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which was a great shock to southern Xinjiang. Afghanistan also surrendered to the Qing dynasty, and sent two missions to pay tribute to the Qing court in 1760 and 1762. As a tribute, "Mughal Diamond" flowed into the Qing court and passed on to Cixi's generation.
But this is only a "possibility". According to records, the luminous pearl buried in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi is an approximate spherical original stone, weighing 422 minutes and 7 centimetres in Qing Dynasty, equivalent to 787.28 carats now. Its evaluation value in 1908 was10.8 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to 8 1 100 million yuan now. Sun Dianying said that he later gave this gem to an upper-class lady, who decorated it on embroidered shoes as an ornament on shoes to ward off evil spirits. Finally, this rare luminous gem in the world disappeared. Therefore, in the absence of physical objects, scholars can only analyze.
After the grave robbery, it shocked the whole world, and people from all walks of life in various places condemned it by electricity, demanding that the murderer Sun Dianying be severely punished and the treasure be recovered. But Sun Dianying has been at large, which is somewhat puzzling. In fact, there are two reasons: First, Sun Dianying took out some captured treasures to dredge the upper-level relations; Secondly, under the background of anti-Qing, some people even think that it is a "good thing" for Sun Dianying to rob the Qing tombs. Because of these two "special" reasons, in that "special" era, the grave robbery case in Sun Dianying has been unresolved for a long time. This was condemned in every dynasty.
Cixi's body was hung for nearly 50 days, and Puyi sent someone to bury it. According to later recipients, when she was reburied, Cixi's body had rotted, and her face and body had white hair more than an inch long. Greed becomes meaningless here. (Text/Lu Sheng)
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