My system is not decent

Chapter 1717
There are many cultural relics lost overseas in China, especially before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, tomb robbery was rampant in the 90s.

During this period of time, many precious cultural relics were lost overseas, but it is still rare to relocate the entire tomb overseas.

The Royal Ontario Museum in Canada does just that.

In the exhibition hall of this museum, there are many precious cultural relics from our country.

There are oracle bone inscriptions, porcelain, etc., and the treasure of the town hall is a complete Ming Dynasty general's tomb, and the owner of the tomb is Zu Dashou, who has made outstanding military exploits in history.

Zu Dashou's name is not very famous, but his nephew is the well-known Wu Sangui.

They were all generals in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and they all bore the name of treason.

However, many scholars and historians in history did not criticize Zu Dashou's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and felt that his final surrender was a last resort.

In fact, Zu Dashou's first surrender to the Qing Dynasty was just a feigned surrender. He was ordered by Sun Chengzong to defend Dalinghe City, but the city defense had not been properly arranged, so he was caught off guard by Huang Taiji.

Zu Dashou led the troops and held on until they ran out of ammunition and food, so they could only kill the horses to satisfy their hunger.

Under Huang Taiji's repeated persuasion to surrender, the whole army finally advocated surrendering to the Qing army.

In desperation, Zu Dashou could only agree to Huang Taiji's dedication to the city and surrender.

However, at this time, he was only making a stopgap measure, and his heart was still towards the Ming Dynasty.

Later, Zu Dashou took advantage of Huang Taiji's trust in him and returned to Jinzhou.

Then organized the local military force, turned around and began to attack the Qing army, which also made Huang Taiji a little angry.

This fraudulent surrender won Zu Dashou a good reputation, but it put him in an embarrassing situation.

His operation was suspected by Emperor Chongzhen, which put him in danger many times;
On the one hand, his relationship with the Qing court became tense again, and he was still besieged by Huang Taiji in the end.

As the Qing army pressed Jinzhou City all the way and was about to be breached, Zu Dashou surrendered again.

After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty this time, Huang Taiji ignored the previous suspicions and expressed his friendship with Zu Dashou, but he was not reused by the Qing government after that.

Because of his nephew Wu Sangui, he has always been respected.

In the 13th year of Shunzhi, Zu Dashou died of illness at the age of 77.

After his death, he did not return to his hometown of Liaodong, but was buried in Yongtai Village near Qinghe.

Zu Dashou, a great general of the Ming Dynasty, would never have imagined that his entire tomb would be robbed in Canada more than 300 years later, and would become the treasure of other countries.

In fact, there are not many funeral objects in Zu Dashou's tomb, but the appearance is very grand.

The stone gates, stone carvings, and stone figures have been preserved very well for hundreds of years, and the entire tomb weighs more than 150 tons.

After Zu Dashou's tomb was transported home to Canada, it was reassembled at the Royal Ontario Museum.

In order to attract tourists, the Royal Ontario Museum titled "The Tomb of Zu Dashou, a famous border guard in China and Ming Dynasty", and attached Zu Dashou's life.

This has successfully attracted many Westerners to visit, once the true appearance of the tombs of the Ming Dynasty in China.

A generation of famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years after his death, actually left his homeland, traveled across the ocean, and became the treasure of other countries.

In China at that time, there were as many cultural relics as Zu Dashou's tomb, which were exiled overseas for various reasons.

Some of these cultural relics were collected in foreign museums, some entered the pockets of private collectors, and some disappeared.

Speaking of which, the reason why the tomb of Zu Dashou was stolen was because the deputy curator of this Canadian museum is very fond of the history and culture of our country.

Therefore, he came up with the idea of ​​collecting a tomb.

In 1918, William hired the British businessman Crofts to find a suitable burial for him.

Crofts is a fur dealer on the surface, but in fact he resells cultural relics in my country for profit.

Crofts often does tomb robbery, so he is naturally more familiar with the more famous tombs in our country.

According to William's request, he quickly locked Zu Dashou's tomb.

Immediately afterwards, he bribed a family surnamed Zu, falsely claiming that he was a descendant of Zu Dashou, and wanted to repair the ancestor's tomb.

At the same time, he also bribed local officials to open the door for himself.

Afterwards, he concealed the truth and went to Haiti, using the reason of repairs, to disassemble the entire mausoleum into small parts that could be transported away. After packing everything, he transported it on a freighter from Jincheng to his home in Canada.

The tomb of Zu Dashou traveled across the ocean to Canada.

Then it was truly restored by the Royal Ontario Museum, and it was regarded as the treasure of the museum.

Today, this tomb has still not been able to return to the embrace of the motherland. Instead, it has attracted many people to visit because it is rare in the local area.

The majestic scale of the general's tomb of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the exquisite stone gates and stone carvings, amaze tourists from Canada.

Such well-preserved ancient tombs are rare in China.

It is even rarer to see a tomb that is larger than him. For example, this tomb is six meters high, with a complete tomb body and door, complete shape, exquisite carvings, and exquisite workmanship.

It's a pity that apart from these external things, there are not many sacrificial objects inside the ancient tomb, and some controversy has arisen here.

Especially now, many people want to question, is this beautifully crafted tomb really the tomb of Zu Dashou?

What is surprising is that when we think that this is the tomb of Zu Dashou.

In 2013, someone also found a tomb of Zu Dashou in Xingcheng, and the tomb contained a sacrificial stele bestowed by the emperor. The relevant historical materials even record that Zu Dashou was buried in Ningyuan.

It has to be said that these two pieces of evidence strongly prove that the "Zu Dashou Tomb" in Canada is not Zu Dashou's.

Modern historians are also more inclined that the tombs in the Canadian collection should belong to the descendants of Zu Dashou.

Later generations have different evaluations of Zu Dashou, whether he is a deserter or a coward.

However, Zu Dashou and a group of patriotic generals in the late Ming Dynasty should be respected by future generations.

He knew that Emperor Chongzhen had long been suspicious of these generals guarding the border, and beheaded the more controversial Yuan Chonghuan.

However, in the face of the Manchu's Huairou policy, he still insisted on loyalty and guarded the Zhu family.

He knew that Daming had internal and external troubles, and his life was exhausted.

But he still tried his best to feign surrender, sneak attack, break through, and build a city.
The whole family of the Zu family tried their best to defend this crumbling dynasty, and the loyalty of the whole family is all regrettable.

Of course, regardless of whether the tomb is the tomb of Zu Dashou or not, Chinese people still hope that it can return to their homeland as soon as possible.

After all, its meaning in the hearts of Chinese people is unique.

Our country's burial cultural relics are scattered all over the world, which is a very regrettable thing for the Chinese people.

Especially famous generals like Zu Dashou, who made great contributions to defending the country and the people during their lifetime, were emigrated overseas by tomb robbers after their death.

The saddest thing is that those ignorant tomb robbers transshipped their country's precious cultural relics abroad, causing the country to suffer losses.

(End of this chapter)