1864, the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally came. After the fall of Tianjing (now Nanjing), the capital city, the Xiang army entered Tianjing (now Nanjing) like a scourge, and burned and looted the city for three days, which can be described as digging three feet and fishing for all the movable property in Tianjing. Because "over the years, both China and foreign countries have been spreading the wealth of Hong Xiuquan (the disrespectful name of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty), gold and silver are like the sea, and department stores are full", Zeng Guofan, the leader of Xiang Army, and Ceng Guoquan brothers suspect that there are more treasures hidden in the deep underground. When the Xiang army conquered Nanjing, the Tseng brothers allowed the Xiang army to plunder movable property. Zeng Guofan reported that Emperor Tongzhi had searched for "stolen goods" and said that he had found nothing except "fake imperial seal" and "golden seal".
Let's look at Zeng Guofan's memorial to the imperial court: over the years, the wealth of floods and rebellions has been scattered at home and abroad: gold and silver are like the sea, and department stores are full; I also tried to discuss with Ceng Guoquan that on the day when the city was broken, the thieves' warehouses should be sealed up, and most of the property obtained would go to the Ministry of Housing, and the rest would be reserved for military pay to help the refugees. But/kloc-after the recovery on 0/6, it was searched and killed for three days. It was a fake palace thief temple and burned to ashes. After 20 days of questioning, it doesn't matter who stole the library. Interrogation of Li Xiucheng, it is said that in previous years, although there was the name of the holy treasury, it was actually Hong Xiuquan's possession, not the public funds of the puppet Manchu capital. The officers and men of the Puppet Manchuria were not paid, and Wang Ge and the second brother searched for silver rice in various museums and severely punished the law. Suzhou deposits a little more money than Jinling, and there is no public money to accumulate one place. All the money obtained from the repair is distributed to subordinates, and all feelings are sad. In addition, each has its own wealth, and the public is poor; Equal language. My brother Quanguo claimed that there must be a treasure in the thief's museum and a pocket of gold in the thief's body, and ordered each battalion to pay in name to offset the arrears. The minister said that Yongding's stolen goods were uneven; Pay by name, the weak can't be tortured, the strong can't resist orders, and get very little salary, which only damages the political power and loses the morale of scholars. Because Yu Xiaoyu is in the army: anyone who takes money from thieves ignores it; Anyone who digs for gold in the Treasure Stealing Hall will be confiscated by the authorities, and offenders will be punished. So it is not decent to pity the poor and reward them for their achievements. However, I recovered my lair without any goods or wealth, which is unheard of.
Zeng Guofan, with the method of "sticking to the classics" and the sincerity of "this heart can hurt your father", clearly played "recovering the nest, having no money and nothing". Suddenly the discussion boiled, and most of them played it as a lie; Wang Kaiyun, a scholar and litterateur in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem saying that "Ceng Houyi's work is empty", which means that Ceng Guoquan spent a lot of money on stationery. How can he be "without goods and wealth"? Who believes it? The imperial court still trusted Zeng Guofan. After seven days, the imperial edict of "Long live understanding" was issued soon: the court did not have to give up all the gold and silver. According to Jia Duo's suggestion, let the minister find out what he heard. Today, it is said that there is no thief library in the city; Self-reliance is the truth.
Is there any hidden treasure in Tianjing?
After loyal Li Xiucheng was captured, Zeng Guofan and Ceng Guoquan both interrogated "Optimus Prime" in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. One of them asked, "Can the gold and silver in the cellar in the city point out several places?" Li Xiucheng used the readme to deal with Zeng Guofan. He skillfully made a euphemistic narrative in his self-report, and then drew the conclusion that "there is no gold and silver in the treasury" and "there is no gold and silver in the home" to prevaricate Zeng Guofan. At that time, Tianjing City fell, and the slogan of the whole city was: "Leave half a piece of rotten cloth demon (another name for Qing soldiers by Taiping Army) to enjoy!" The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom worked hard in Nanjing for ten years, and there has always been a legend that Hong Xiuquan hoarded gold and silver treasures, saying that "gold and silver are like the sea". Xiang, who attacked Nanjing, believed this statement very much. When the city was broken, Xiang dug holes everywhere. Zeng Guofan even issued an order that "anyone who digs gold in the thief hall will be confiscated and offenders will be severely punished". Even Zeng Guofan openly put forward the word "Nuggets" in his report to the imperial court.
According to the property management system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all public and private property must be concentrated in the "sacred treasury", and the necessities of people's lives are uniformly distributed by the sacred treasury. If people have one tael of gold or more than five taels of silver, they must ask for it. This system made the wealth of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom highly concentrated, which made it possible to hoard wealth. After the Tianjing Incident in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the "Shengku" system existed in name only. Li Xiucheng said in his confession before the execution: "Although there was the name of the sacred treasury in previous years, it was actually possessed by Hong Xiuquan, not the public currency of the puppet Manchu capital. (referring to Hong Xiuquan) and the second brother (referring to Yang) also used severe punishment to search for silver rice in various museums. " This shows that after the Tianjing Incident, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in charge of the Hong clique, and the "holy treasury" wealth has become Hong Xiuquan's "private ownership". After Hong Xiuquan entered Tianjing, he divorced himself from the masses and stayed in the palace for ten years. No one can enter the Heavenly Palace without his personal permission, and he is more suspicious of other kings with different surnames. Tianwangfu has become the only place he trusts and feels safe, and if he wants to hoard it, it is very likely to be under the Tianchao Palace.
According to historical documents, when the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan built China Palace in Nanjing, it was naturally "all over the country" and plundered treasures from all over the country. Other palaces also have gold, silver and jewels. According to "Songhu Essay", "Four fake palaces and cellars in the city have been searched and excavated." Since other palaces still have cellar gold, Tianwangfu should not. At that time, Tianwangfu had not been completely destroyed by Xiang army, and many of them were not burned out. The core building "Golden Dragon Hall" still exists, and its underground has never been explored for a hundred years. What's under the "Golden Dragon Hall"? Is there gold hidden under the palace in China? It's really confusing. Until after the Revolution of 1911, there were still warlords who wanted to dig gold pits in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and make a fortune. But for some reason, I didn't do it in the end.
Two statements about the hidden treasure
After Xiang entered the city, our troops took the lead in entering the Heavenly Palace. According to legend, Ceng Guoquan dug up Hong Xiuquan's hidden gold and pocketed it. In order to destroy the evidence, a fire burned down the Heavenly Palace. According to the notes of the Qing Dynasty, there is a jade watermelon in Hong Xiuquan's cellar gold, which is from Yuanmingyuan. It has cracks, dark spots like children, and red flesh like flesh. It is bright and smooth, and it is all natural. This treasure finally got into Ceng Guoquan's hands. When the Xiang army looted the Tianwangfu, they searched very carefully. Even the body of Hong Xiuquan, who was secretly buried in the heavenly palace, was dug up and burned. How can you not find a lot of gold in the cellar? Therefore, many people are willing to believe Ceng Guoquan's statement that he got gold in the cellar. Another record said: "Bao Gong, the wife of Na Wei (referring to Zeng Guofan), returned to Hunan from Jinling in early March to guard about 200 dozens of ships." With so many boats, people can't help but suspect that the Tseng brothers are sending stolen gold to their hometown. Li Boyuan, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, recorded in Notes on Nanting: "Wen Zhongxiang got tens of millions of funds from this project. Except for a few copies, the rest are at home. " Zhong Xiang, or Ceng Guoquan, said that he captured Nanking and earned tens of millions of dollars.
There is also a saying that Jiang Maolv and Wang Tofu in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom got rich by pit gold. Hu Pu 'an, a modern scholar, wrote in the Collection of National Customs of China, Nanjing Customs and Personal Nicknames: "It is better to be widely known than to call people by nicknames. Rich people have nicknames. For example, Wang Tofu, that is, his family once had tofu; Jiang donkey, that is, someone drives the donkey first. " Jiang Shoushan's former residence is located at No.20, Santiaoying, south of the city, and its owner is nicknamed "Jiang Lv". Jiang Shoushan, a native of Huai 'an, northern Jiangsu, is sincere and honest. During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, his father Huai 'an and Jiang Donkey lived with his father in Nanjing. After the Taiping Army attacked Nanjing, Jiang Maolv joined the army to raise horses. Appreciated by loyal Li Xiucheng, he was promoted to manager of donkey and horse. It is said that it was hoarded by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it is rich in Jiangnan, known as the half city of the river. According to legend, tofu is a wealthy businessman who got rich because of the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The mystery of Shi Dakai's hidden treasure
Besides the mystery of hidden treasure in Tianjing, there is also the mystery of hidden treasure in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. According to the Treasure Story published by China Book Publishing House, the Taiping Army led by Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was defeated on the eve of the Dadu River, and a large amount of gold and silver treasures were buried in a secret place. Shi Dakai had a treasure map at that time. The picture shows "facing the water and backing the mountain; Shi Dakai, a native of Guixian, Guangxi, was a treasure in the meantime. Wang Zhiyi, the first five letters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is the King of Wings. Shi Dakai farmed at home in his early years, and became the commander-in-chief of the Zuo Jun Army after worshipping God in Jintian in 185 1. In February of the same year, 65438+, he was named Wing King in Yong 'an. 1856 After the Tianjing Incident, Shi Dakai was appointed by Hong Xiuquan to assist the government in Tianjing. Later, because the Hong brothers seized power, they fled to Anqing 1857. 1May, 863, Shi Dakai Taiping Army arrived in Dadu River. Wang Yingyuan, the local chief, demolished the bridge to defend himself, and no way back, the Taiping Army. On June 3rd, 65438, Shi Dakai surrendered to the Qing army to save the whole army, and was executed by Ling Chi in Chengdu on June 25th.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Xiang, Chairman of the Kuomintang Sichuan Province, secretly dispatched 1000 engineers to dig. At the foot of the hillside behind Gaoshengdian in Zidadikou, Dadu River, engineers dug in from the mountain wall and suddenly saw three caves, each of which was paved with stone strips and sealed with concrete. But two caves were dug, with only scattered treasures and incomplete weapons. When digging the third hole, Chiang Kai-shek found it. He quickly sent a paleontologist and anthropologist, Dr. Ma, to lead the "Sichuan-Kangbian Border Region Paleontology Investigation Team" to intervene, and the "Forbidden City Antiquities Protection Committee" and other telegrams prohibited excavation. Soon, Liu Xiang was ordered to lead the troops out of Sichuan to resist Japan, and the treasure digging was finally forced to stop. According to the field investigation of the researchers, it seems that the location and construction degree of these three caves were not built in a hurry when the Taiping Army was trapped. Whether Shi Dakai is hiding treasure here has also become an unsolved mystery in history. Another completely different point of view is that there is a legend in Tiechangping, Nanchuan City, Chongqing. In those days, Shi Dakai passed Nanchuan on the way to the Western Expedition, leaving a batch of treasures. As long as you find a place called "Taiping Mountain", you can find the treasure of Shi Dakai. The cultural relics departments of both places affirmed the local activities of Shi Dakai troops, saying that "as for the treasure, it is difficult to explain, and we can't find anything." .
In Anshun village near the Dadu River, the local people told the legend of Shi Dakai: "When Shi Dakai led 30,000 troops to the Dadu River, a beloved princess gave birth to a son, and Shi Dakai spent three days rewarding the three armed forces. As a result, three days later, the Dadu River was flooded and the army could not cross the river. At this time, the Qing army pursued and blocked the Shi Dakai Army from front to back. Did you get a look at him? At that time, they lived in Yingpan Mountain behind the village. There were only a few families on the mountain, and there was not much food for the army at all. " "Shi Dakai took a lot of gold and silver. Our ancestors said that these gold and silver treasures were put in seven coffins and buried by a company's army. At the end, a team of 10 people stood at the exit and killed the company. Then, the team of 10 people went back to eat and died, and the cook who cooked was later shot dead by a poisonous arrow. So no one knows where the treasure is buried. " In Nanchuan, Chongqing, it is generally believed that if you find the "Taiping Mountain", you may find the treasure of Shi Dakai. According to "Nanchuan County Records", Shi Dakai led troops across Hekou River to Tang Qiao, and the military discipline was strict along the way. People used to leave money when they ate at home. Lily Lee, director of Nanchuan Cultural Relics Management Office, said, "This is the only written record about Shi Dakai that we found in the county annals. As for the legend of the hidden treasure in Taiping Mountain, there is no way to verify it. "