There are nine imperial decree from the ancestors of the old farmer, but two of them were lost after the museum was borrowed, and only 90,000 yuan was paid in the end.

An ordinary farmer has 9 copies of hidden in his family, , who is his ancestor?

In April 1993, the Xi'an Evening News published a piece of news that shocked the world, and unexpectedly discovered the nine imperial edicts in a farmer's house. Experts suggested that the farmer put these imperial edicts in a museum exhibition. However, during the exhibition, lost two imperial edicts . What secrets are buried in it? Later, the farmer took the museum to court, but the museum gave the reason why the imperial decree might be a counterfeit. Will the farmer get compensation ? Today I will take you to understand that period of history.

The meaning of the holy decree in ancient times is very important. Compared with some rare treasures such as jade, painting and calligraphy, the rarity and value of the decree is not comparable to ordinary cultural relics. It can be said to be . is very valuable .

not only has exquisite material appearance, but also the history of each dynasty, so his value has already exceeded its external . Because there are very few imperial edicts that can be passed down, and it is difficult to preserve it, its emergence is enough to arouse the attention of the world.

The ancient feudal dynasties in my country have a history of more than 2,300 years, and there are almost 420 emperors among them. Every emperor will issue imperial edicts during his reign, so seeing the imperial edict in in ancient times is equivalent to seeing the emperor .He not only represents an identity, but also imperial power. After one dynasty is replaced by another dynasty, families with the imperial decree of the previous dynasty will burn the imperial decree of the previous dynasty. The reason for this is to avoid being affected by the previous dynasty and avoid disaster. With the changes of history, the imperial edicts that have been passed down to the modern age have basically been scarce. In addition, in modern times, Western aggressors knocked on the door closed by the Qing government and burned and looted our land, causing many of our cultural relics to flow overseas. But this farmer actually has the nine imperial decree at home. After the news was released, it caused a great uproar in the archaeological world!

"Qinghe Genealogy" and "Chang'an County Chronicles" It was recorded that this farmer Zhang Ding and Zhang Ruhong, the ancestor of Zhang Yulin, was the ancestor of Zhang Yulin, Shaanxi. When was in the Ming Dynasty, they had held important positions in the imperial court, and the official position was the commander in some places such as Guizhou. At the time of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the Zhang family came to live in Doumen Town, Xi'an.

Experts can't help but ask, which ancestor of the Zhang family are these imperial edicts for? Zhang Zhenhua continued to tell the story of his ancestors. In total, seven of his ancestors had served as officials in the Qing Dynasty, and their official positions were not low. One of these ancestors was named Zhang Pengcheng, who was once the commander-in-chief of and was also named "Dr. Ronglu" by Kangxi.The second-generation great ancestor Zhang Yuqi inherited his father's position, and because of his merits in escorting him, Kangxi gave him two royal pen plaques , "Jiyi Decisive" and "Shizetang". The Zhang family received this honor, and the seven generations of its ancestors inherited this position. Until the decline of the Qing Dynasty later, although the Zhang family received such honors, they never had the opportunity to be an official again. These nine imperial edicts also came from here. It's just that the ancestors of the Zhang family resigned and returned home in the eighth generation, and the once glorious Zhang family gradually became unknown and disappeared in front of the public, living a self-sufficient and self-sufficient life in the hometown. Farming life is why an ordinary farmer has imperial decree in his home.

At the beginning, there were 13 imperial edicts in their family, but in 1927, due to the chaos of the times and warlords fighting, those imperial edicts disappeared. At that time, the Zhen Song Army General Liu Zhenhua once stationed troops at the home of Zhang Zhenhua's ancestors. These troops were not only rude and unreasonable, but also often bullied the people. Later, for some reason, news of the imperial decree of the Zhang family was leaked out. It didn’t take long for Zhang’s four imperial decree to disappear strangely. Although the ancestors of the Zhang family had suspected Liu Zhenhua, they were forced to have an army, so the Zhang family could only be dumb and eat huanglian. They could not tell the suffering, so they could only transfer the remaining nine imperial edicts of their family. Later, after Liu Zhenhua's army withdrew, Zhang Jiacai sent these nine imperial edicts back home.

In 1966, Zhang Zhenhua became a special family because of his ancestors. Zhang Zhenhua has been worried about how to protect his ancestors' relics. At this time, entomology professor Cui Maoxue of Northwest Agricultural College happened to pass by his house. When he saw the golden plaque at the door of Zhang's house, he felt that this family was not an ordinary family, so he was ready to learn more about it. When he talked with Zhang Zhenhua and learned of Zhang Zhenhua’s entanglement,So to Zhang Zhenhua, you must protect these cultural relics , because this is not only your family heirloom, but also the treasure of the country ! Later, he asked Zhang Zhenhua to seal the two imperial pen and gold plaques with soil in the wall of the courtyard, and then put some calligraphy and paintings and cultural relics in a fertilizer bag and buried them in the soil.

As time passed, the Red Guards came here. Fortunately, with the reminder from Cui Maoxue, the Zhang family had already hidden those things, otherwise these rare cultural relics might be lost . So why did these imperial edicts come to the museum? Did it even lead to a lawsuit? The reason for

is a report. It turned out that in 1993, Zhang Zhenhua found Guo Xingwen, editor of Xi'an Daily . Guo Xingwen was working at the time, but because Zhang Zhenhua acted very urgently, he asked him what to do? I saw Zhang Zhenhua saying that there are nine imperial edicts in his home, and there are also two golden plaques and cultural relics. He hopes that the cultural relics in his home can be known by everyone .

Because Zhang Zhenhua knows that there are many cultural relics that have been lost overseas for some reasons, the country is also paying more and more attention to the protection of cultural relics, and has also issued some cultural relics policies , so I want to borrow from the country Strength and help, to show the world to watch the cultural relics handed down from the Zhang family. Guo Xingwen was also shocked when he learned about this incident. He looked at Zhang Zhenhua, who was so plain in front of him, that he did not really look like a person with precious cultural relics, so he stopped working and asked.Are you sure it is a genuine Qing Dynasty imperial pen gold plaque? Zhang Zhenhua solemnly stated that this is absolutely genuine. Guo Xingwen asked again, are these nine imperial edicts also ordered by the Qing emperor himself? Zhang Zhenhua said sincerely that it was absolutely true.

The discovery of these cultural relics is enough for the archaeological circle of cultural relics , so Guo Xingwen knew that he would rush to Guo Xingwen's home without stopping. At dawn the next day, Guo Xingwen brought some colleagues to Zhang Zhenhua's home. When they first arrived in this small village, they felt a long-lasting breath. There are two hundred-year-old trees in front of the door. After inquiring, I learned that these two trees had been planted here since the Qing Dynasty.

So Guo Xingwen and the others hurriedly entered Zhang Zhenhua's home, only to see a quaint historical atmosphere coming. A very rare ancient well was built in the courtyard. Guo Xingwen soon discovered that the eaves of the Zhang family’s ancient house were carved with many impressive ancient beasts kylin , and there are other beautiful and beautiful reliefs. . The beams of the entire room are very strong, enough to show an ancient house with an antique style and atmosphere. The Zhang family's house looks like an official residence built during the Qing Dynasty. Although it looks like it hasn't been renovated for a long time, it only looks a bit dilapidated.

So a group of them came to the courtyard again, and saw that the courtyard was filled with various stone tablets and stone carvings, and different cultural relics were all in the eyes of the reporters. Guo Xingwen speculated that these cultural relics at least are treasures . These findings made them feel a little nervous for a while.They couldn't wait to see the nine imperial edicts in their hearts at this time. I saw Zhang Zhenhua operating for a while, and a very old wooden box appeared in front of everyone, with nine imperial edicts and dozens of calligraphy and paintings inside. Zhang Zhenhua carefully unfolded these calligraphy and paintings in front of Guo Xingwen. First there are two imperial edicts of Yongzheng, then three imperial edicts of Qianlong, two imperial edicts of Jiaqing, and finally Daoguang imperial edict. This is also the number one by Zhang Zhenhua over the years. Show these things to outsiders this time.

According to the news records written by Guo Xingwen, if these nine imperial edicts are all unfolded, can cover the entire courtyard . The reflected colors are very beautiful, it seems that the entire yard is full of sunshine, which directly adds a high-end atmosphere to the yard. Zhang Zhenhua said that in 1962, his father locked the door of the Zhang family and then called him over. It was the first time that Zhang Zhenhua saw his father so serious. At that time, the scent of joss sticks burning at home was lingering. His father sat in the main room and ordered Zhang Zhenhua to bow down to the rows of ancestral tablets. After Zhang Zhenhua kneeled and worshipped for the third time, his father Zhang Anbang took a dilapidated box from the house. After Zhang Anbang opened the box, the nine imperial edicts and the shiny golden plaque were reflected in his eyes. Zhang Zhenhua was quickly caught up with this. Something attracted. The words on the plaque were all written with a gold pen. As Zhang Anbang slowly opened the imperial decree, the retro brilliance reflected the entire house, Fengtian Chengyun Four powerful characters appeared in front of Zhang Zhenhua's eyes, which made Zhang Zhenhua feel big. For shock. He knew that these were imperial edicts, but why did a peasant's family have imperial edicts?

Zhang Zhenhua did not know the origin of these imperial edicts, and then his father Zhang Anbang explained it to him. Zhang Anbang said, these things are left by your ancestors, and they are also the glory of the Zhang family ! After speaking, I handed over these very rare cultural relics to Zhang Zhenhua.And solemnly entrusted to him, no matter what happens in the future, these cultural relics must be protected.

The reporters present were very excited when they heard this. They knew that if the news was revealed, the effect would be absolutely spectacular. The later results were as they expected. Zhang Zhenhua probably didn't expect that his two imperial decree would be lost in the future because of his own thoughts .

After listening to Zhang Zhenhua’s narrative, the reporter wrote a manuscript in the newspaper based on Zhang’s family ancestors and on-site cultural relics and published it in on April 6th Xi’an Evening News superior. The report of this incident attracted the attention of experts and scholars, and many experts ran to Zhang Zhenhua's home. Why are these experts so surprised after hearing this? Because at that time, those archaeologists had been conducting archaeological research in Xi'an for many years, but only four imperial edicts were collected, and the fact that the peasant's family had so many imperial edicts shocked them, so everyone wanted to come to them. Let's take a look at the imperial decree of these ancient emperors at home!

Zhang Zhenhua's house is crowded with these visiting experts every day. Later, a reporter put forward a suggestion to Zhang Zhenhua, that is, in order to prevent the expert tourists who came to watch from damaging the cultural relics, hand over these imperial edicts and cultural relics to the relevant departments, and let these departments take good care of the cultural relics. After this reporter made this suggestion, he immediately published another report. I hope that relevant departments and people in the community will support the preservation of cultural relics by the cultural relics bureau after reading this report. The local cultural relics bureau quickly responded when it saw this report.

In December, Zhang Zhenhua reached a consensus with the local cultural relics bureau,And these rare cultural relics are kept by the Cultural Relics Bureau free of charge. In 1998, Xi'an Small Wild Goose Pagoda Cultural Relics Management Office identified these imperial edicts as authentic and expressed their hope to exhibit in Small Wild Goose Pagoda . Zhang Zhenhua happily agreed to this matter. With the complete success of the exhibited this time, all exhibition halls across the country hope to exhibit in their own museums. So they invited Zhang Zhenhua one after another, and these imperial edicts were also exhibited in places like Guangdong and Jiangsu. In order to prevent these imperial edicts from being stolen, Zhang Zhenhua would go with him every time he was in the exhibition. The previous exhibitions ended smoothly and safely, but the last time there was an accident.

It’s December 2002, Qingyan Garden in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province sent an invitation to Zhang Zhenhua, hoping to borrow these imperial decree of Zhang’s family as well as the golden plaque and some other cultural relics to be exhibited in the museum . Zhang Zhenhua considered this for a long time, and finally decided to cooperate with Qingyan Garden, so he signed an agreement. The exhibition will last for two months in total. Qingyan Garden said that it would give Zhang Zhenhua the exhibition fee and living expenses for the cultural relics, which add up to a total of 14400 yuan .

During the cultural relic exhibition, the two parties are jointly responsible for the safety of the agreement. Qingyan Garden will take the main responsibility. Later, Qingyan Garden named the exhibition . Exhibition . During the exhibition, the key to the exhibition hall containing the cultural relics was kept by Zhang Zhenhua.Therefore, Zhang Zhenhua does the opening and closing of the door every day. Qingyan Garden requires the personnel on duty to take care of these cultural relics in shifts.

The exhibition was going very smoothly, and the visitors were greatly shocked when they saw such a magnificent imperial edict. Later, more and more people came to watch the exhibition. Two months passed in a flash. I thought that the exhibition could end safely, but I didn’t expect to unexpectedly come when they were finishing the work. Up .

February 24, 2003, only four days before the end of the exhibition. This afternoon, he was about to close the museum, but Zhang Zhenhua somehow left the west side of the first floor to and forgot to lock . Coincidentally, in the morning of the next day, the staff who was supposed to be on duty here did not arrive at because of the tree planting activities organized by the unit. In the afternoon, Zhang Zhenhua was conducting daily inspections on the second floor. But when I arrived at the exhibition hall on the second floor, I discovered that the two imperial edicts displayed there were gone!

The two imperial edicts were given to Zhang Tingyan and his wife in the 14th year of Jiaqing and Daoguang to Zhang Xikui and his wife in the second year. When Zhang Zhenhua discovered this situation, a chill suddenly appeared in his heart, his body seemed to weaken for a moment, and he slumped on the cold floor. Later, Zhang Zhenhua reacted, and immediately called the police . The theft of the imperial edict was very serious. The Public Security Bureau of Huai'an City immediately investigated this matter.

It’s just that during the investigation,The police and did not find the pry mark at the scene, and the keys to the exhibition hall were kept by Zhang Zhenhua and his son. How could someone steal the treasure through the wall? So the police suspected that this was a play directed and acted by Zhang Zhenhua, but Zhang Zhenhua also expressed his grievances about this suspicion, and he did not know who was offending whom. But at the moment of major events, they can only sort out their current emotions and actively cooperate with the police in investigating this treasure theft case.

During the four-year investigation, Zhang Zhenhua and his son also cleared up the suspicion of self-directing and acting. But this case did not make progress, so Zhang Zhenhua and his son felt very dissatisfied with this matter. They wanted Qingyanyuan to make compensation for this matter, but Qingyanyuan said that Zhang Zhenhua and his son had forgotten to lock the door at that time, and the imperial decree in their hands may not necessarily be genuine as a reason for rejection. The compensation proposed by Zhang Zhenhua. So the two sides have been arguing over this matter, and then they stubbornly filed a lawsuit and went to court.

In June 2008, Zhang Zhenhua and his son came to the court in Qingpu District, Huai'an City. They accused Qingyan Garden of failing to keep the cultural relics exhibited this time, and took out the security contract agreement signed at that time, demanding Qingyan Garden to compensate 400,000 yuan for the loss of . However, Qing Yanyuan stated that the stolen imperial decree was probably not a genuine product, but a fake. This time the exhibit was lost because Zhang Zhenhua and his son did not close the door, so the exhibit was stolen. Zhang Zhenhua and his son should be responsible for this situation, and Qing Yanyuan said that he rejected Zhang Zhenhua's request. The two parties have been arguing in the court, so Zhang Zhenhua can only ask the court to call in the relevant department to verify the authenticity of the imperial edict .However, the imperial decree has now been stolen by others, and the appraisal agency is unable to give a corresponding authentication certificate for the imperial decree.

Later Zhang Zhenhua said it was handed over to the Shaanxi Culture and Art Appraisal Center to prove the authenticity, but Qingyan Garden refused to do so. The two sides quarreled again on this issue, but what made Zhang Zhenhua happy about it was the Xuzhou Imperial Edict Museum Willing to make some consultations on this matter and evaluate the missing imperial decree. Experts at the museum feel that if the two stolen imperial edicts are genuine, then the value of one imperial edict should not exceed one hundred thousand . After the testimony of the plaintiff and the defendant, and the value standard given by Xuzhou Museum , the court gave the final judgment. Zhang Zhenhua and his son failed to lock the door. The fault was very serious, but the security guard of Qingyan Garden was also at fault for not keeping guards on time. Because both sides had mistakes, both parties should have the same responsibilities.

Regarding the theft of the imperial edict, there is no actual reference. The court could only make discretionary considerations based on the reference value given by the Xuzhou Museum, and finally set the loss of these two imperial decree at 180,000 yuan . Because both parties are responsible, both parties bear half of the loss. The court felt that the authenticity of the imperial decree proposed by Qing Yan Yuan could not be distinguished, which indicated that Qing Yan Yuan had already made the authentication before the exhibition and declared that it was the authenticity of the nine imperial edicts during the exhibition, so this reason is not valid.

In December 2009, the court made a final trial for the treasure robbery case. Qing Yanyuan compensated Zhang Zhenhua 90,000 yuan for the loss of . Later, Zhang Zhenhua never gave up searching for the lost two imperial edicts, but it has been many years since the imperial edicts were stolen, and the chance of finding them is very slim. Qing Yanyuan later filed a re-appeal against this case, and they felt that there was nothing wrong with them.However, the Huai'an City Court rejected Qing Yanyuan's appeal. The remaining seven imperial edicts in Zhang Zhenhua's family never appeared in front of people or in museums.

Although Zhang Zhenhua received compensation in the end, these imperial edicts represent a high honor for the Zhang family. They are that the descendants of the Zhang family need to protect for a lifetime. The continuation of the mission . But now that he has lost two imperial edicts, it is estimated that Zhang Zhenhua's heart has already fallen into endless regrets! After this incident, Zhang Zhenhua made a silent determination in his heart, that is, no matter what, in the future, these cultural relics will not be loaned and displayed again. Regardless of whether it is profitable or not, Zhang Zhenhua and his descendants will also protect it very carefully.

The behavior of the museum has also been met with angry voices from the masses. It would be okay if the two imperial edicts were lost in China. If they were lost abroad, it would not only be a bad thing for Zhang Zhenhua, but also for our country. It is also a very big loss. After all, this is the heritage and treasure of our national culture . For these cultural relics, each of us needs to protect it. What is passed down is not only the objects, but also the culture and the worship of ancestors' history!

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