Before revealing the secret, I need to explain to you the origin of this silver cake. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/970, a villager was busy building a new house in hejia village, Xi City, Shaanxi Province. While the workers were digging the foundation, they found a "rotten jar", but no one expected that the contents in this "rotten jar" turned out to be the glory of the whole prosperous Tang Dynasty. ...
At that time, the workers were surprised when they dug up the "rotten jar". They joked that it may be the "daughter red" buried in the jar for many years. Curious workers opened it and found that everyone present was silent.
Because when the altar was opened, it was full of glittering gold and silver jewelry. Fortunately, the village leaders rushed to the scene to protect the jar treasure. Then they contacted the local cultural relics by phone and asked them to arrange experts to come and investigate.
After several experts got the news, they rushed to hejia village by jeep and appraised the jar treasure. They also found a "rotten jar" near this jar, which was full of gold, silver and jade. These precious hoards of the Tang Dynasty shocked the world, and experts named them "hejia village Tang Dynasty Legacy".
When experts counted 1000 treasures, they found 22 silver cakes (melted into massive silver), including 4 special silver cakes, which were accepted by the people in the Tang Dynasty (from the early Tang Dynasty to the Anshi Rebellion).
It is worth mentioning that one of the four silver cakes is more special, that is, there is a round "patch" on the surface of the silver cake, which is made up by a small piece of silver, which looks very casual. So experts want to know, why did this happen? After in-depth research, the secret was finally revealed!
If you look carefully, you will find that these silver cakes are engraved with inscriptions. For example, this patched silver cake is engraved with "Huaiji County Kai 10 Yongyin 12 Liang ..." After weighing by archaeologists, it is proved that the weight of this silver cake is exactly 12 Liang. Obviously, this patch is made to make up for the lack of weight of the silver cake. The final result: the money in the treasury of the Tang Dynasty must be sufficient (not at all).
Faced with this result, experts also think that people in the Tang Dynasty are really serious, really funny, and even think of patching. To make up for the lack of money, but also admire the attitude of officials at that time. Because these silver cakes go directly into the state treasury, whether they go in or out, they must be weighed strictly without any deviation. Cut off a little more, and make up a little less.
Therefore, this "patch" embodies the perfect financial management system in the Tang Dynasty. As you can imagine, the officials in the Tang Dynasty were able to accomplish this little thing meticulously as required. If they want to do other big things, they certainly dare not neglect them at all. Therefore, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is not an accident, but an inevitable result.
Although the glory of the Tang Dynasty has become a thing of the past, the discovery of hejia village remains has brought us great imagination. In fact, these silver cakes are only a small part of these cellars. More secrets about hejia village's treasures need our constant research and exploration.