After the collapse of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, legends left countless treasures. Is the mystery of the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom true?
The story about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been circulating for a long time, perhaps because of modern times. It spread more widely, and the regime established by the peasant uprising also launched the largest peasant war in the country. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collapsed, and this legend left countless treasures.
Corruption in the Late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Only four years later, the Taiping Army set out from Guangxi to Tianjing, its capital, and these peasant leaders lost their way. Ahead, Taiping soldiers are fighting bloody battles everywhere, but these peasant leaders are accelerating corruption and degeneration. From the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan to the three kings of East, North and Wing, they all built gorgeous houses in Tianjing. In addition, farmers also shouted loudly, crowding round when traveling, and hundreds of people waited on them. It is said that Dongwang has 66 wives and concubines. However, Dong Wang was still not satisfied and always wanted to find a more beautiful woman.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement surged in the later period and gradually declined. Hong Xiuquan ordered all the wealth in the world to be enjoyed, and all the wealth must be concentrated in the "holy treasury", which will be uniformly rationed. Anyone with possession will turn around and go away. Such highly concentrated wealth is bound to be a big number. When Hong Xiuquan built the Palace of China in Nanjing, he devoted all his efforts to collect all kinds of treasures, the value of which is immeasurable.
Treasure of Taiping
According to historical records, when the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan built the Temple of Heaven in Nanjing, he plundered treasures from all over the country, and other palaces also contained gold, silver and jewels. After ten years of painstaking efforts in Nanjing, the Taiping Army has always had the saying that Hong Xiuquan hoarded gold and silver treasures and "gold and silver are like the sea". Xiang, who captured Nanjing, believed this statement very much. When the city was broken, Xiang dug pits everywhere, and Zeng Guofan even gave an order, "Dig up the thieves' cellar gold, report it to the official for confiscation, and offenders will be punished." It was Zeng Guofan who publicly put forward the word "digging pits" in his report to the imperial court.
after the Xiang army conquered Nanjing, the Zeng brothers obeyed the Xiang army and plundered money. Zeng Guofan made a report on the search for "stolen goods" by Emperor Tongzhi, saying that there was no choice but to "fake imperial seals" on both sides and "golden seals" on one side. Therefore, the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has also become a mystery.
At that time, Tianwangfu had not been completely destroyed by Xiang Army, and many of them had not been burned out. The core building "Golden Dragon Hall" still existed, and no underground exploration had been carried out for one hundred years. What the hell is under the Golden Dragon Palace? Is there any hidden gold underground in the Apocalypse Palace? It's really a mess.
Shi Dakai's Treasure
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 destroyed on the eve of the Dadu River, and a large number of gold and silver treasures among the generals were buried in a secret place. At that time, Shi Dakai left a treasure map. The painting reads "the water is on the mountain, and the treasure is in the meantime".
During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Liu Xiang, Chairman of the Kuomintang Sichuan Province, secretly dispatched more than 1, engineers to dig caves. On the back hillside of Gaoshengdian, Zidadikou, Dadu River, the engineers dug out the mountain wall and suddenly found three caves, all of which were made of stone strips and sealed with concrete. However, there are only sporadic treasures and incomplete weapons in the two caves excavated.
In Nanchuan, Chongqing, there is a famous saying: If you find "Taiping Mountain", you may find Shi Dakai's treasure. According to "Nanchuan County Records", Shi Dakai led his troops across the bridge from Hekou River, and the military discipline along the road was strict. When eating in people's homes, he had to leave money. Lily li, director of the Nanchuan Cultural Relics Management Office, said: "This is the only written record of Shi Dakai that we found in the county annals. As for the legend of hiding treasures in Taiping Mountain, it is impossible to verify it."
Shi Dakai's treasures are as complicated as those in other parts of the world. Today, the two treasure mysteries of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are still unresolved, which still makes people think infinitely.