Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Chapter 151 The dead friend is not dead

"Xiao Gao, help me get a wide mouth dish...Bai Ru, go to open the C-14 and the spectrometer, take these out for inspection..."

Dean Ding scraped the copper rust powder in the box, handed it to Bai Ru, and then glanced at Li Ding'an again, "You are young, but your attitude is not correct at all... Don't be vague, speak clearly..."

The leader laughed again, but the other experts couldn't laugh or cry: Ding Shouyi, you were still scolding the students for their bad attitude in the first sentence, and you are going to let him teach us in the second sentence?

So should Li Ding'an be humble, or not?

But they were really curious: since it was recorded in several historical materials, and not in the same period of history books, it is not an isolated evidence, and it also shows that this thing does have a source.

"Sit down and listen, don't scare Li Ding'an..." Professor Xie sat down and joked again: "If you don't listen to Lao Ding, you will start to criticize Sang?"

Wu Xiang also sat down: "Don't be nervous, we are all senior teachers, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake!"

Upon hearing this sentence, several other experts couldn't stop laughing: Li Ding'an is right about the leaders, but still nervous?

"Okay, Professor Wu, please correct me, teachers..."

Li Ding'an nodded with a smile: "After I came back last night, I invited two colleagues from the National Expo to help me investigate. The key point is to start with the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty..."

"Wait... Isn't this the coffin of the prince of the Southern Song Dynasty? Why do you need to check the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty first?"

"President Xiao, it's like this: At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Yang Lian Zhenjia, the president (monk official) of the Buddhist capital in the south of the Yangtze River, was ordered by Prime Minister Sang Ge to excavate the tombs and imperial tombs of the Southern Song Dynasty in Qiantang and Shaoxing. It took three years. It can be said to be digging three feet: he didn't even let go of the mercury and skull in the emperor's stomach...

For this reason, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage began excavating Southern Song Dynasty mausoleums ten years ago, but so far, all unearthed are tiles, broken porcelain and stone structure fragments.In short, all the valuables were stolen by Yang Lian Zhenjia... So if you want to find out the origin and spread of this copper coffin, the best way is to start with the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty..."

"So it's like this..." Dean Xiao suddenly realized, "Teachers, don't laugh at me!"

Professor Xie shook his head: "Dean Xiao, don't be modest. As long as you don't specialize in the study of Song history, Yuan history or archaeology, most of you don't know this allusion. Even including me, at least half of the people here only have a half-knowledge..."

"That's fine!" Dean Xiao smiled: "Li Ding'an, you continue to talk."

"Okay... Let's check the "Yuan Shi" first, which only records which tombs Yang Lian Zhenjia excavated in Hangzhou and Shaoxing, how many treasures and gold and silver goods were dug, and did not mention the specific categories, so we can only continue to search... …

Later, we found that there were relevant records in the Yuan Dynasty history "Xuhong Jianlu" written by Qing Dynasty historian Shao Yuanping, but there were very few.So I checked again, and then found out from the "Continued Hong Jianlu" that "Yuan History New Edition" compiled by Wei Yuan, a historian of the Qing Dynasty, was also mentioned.

Then I found out the general categories stolen by Yang Lian Zhenjia from "Shi Lao Pian" in "Yuan Shi Xinbian", and then found the specific number from "Nancun Zhugenglu" written by Yuan Dynasty historian Tao Zongyi... "

"Li Ding'an, wait a minute..."

Just in the middle of speaking, an expert interrupted, ""Yuan Shi Xinbian·Shi Lao Pian" has only content, but no text, how did you find it?"

Looking at the mobile phone in his hand, Li Ding'an smiled: "Mr. Yang, are you checking the materials of the National Electronic Library? Because the Beiping Library moved south during the War of Resistance Against Japan, part of the Yuan History materials were lost, so some Missing... You can check the Nanjing Library, it was formerly known as the Jiangnan Library, and there are more ancient books about Jiangsu and Zhejiang, among which there is a relatively complete "New Edition of Yuan History"..."

"Hey... Really?" Professor Yang flipped through his phone, surprised, "It's so deep, how did you find it?"

"Just follow the picture to find out!"

"Crap..."

"Old Yang, please don't interrupt... Li Ding'an, please continue!"

To be honest, Professor Xie was also very surprised, and other experts were also surprised, because it is really difficult to check.But compared to that, this is all secondary, let Li Ding'an finish his speech first.

Li Ding'an nodded: "Just like this bit by bit, I finally found out that Xian Yushu, a famous poet and writer in the Yuan Dynasty, bought a batch of burial objects from Yang Lian Zhenjia's tomb when he was working in Zhejiang Xuanfu Department. Finally, I found this copper coffin in Xian Yushu's "Miscellaneous Records of Qi Xue Zhai"...

Xian Yushu said that when Yang Lian Zhenjia excavated the tomb of Song Ningzong Zhao Dun and Empress Li Fengniang, he dug up many funerary objects from the accompanying tomb, including this copper coffin and a silver coffin, the bones of which would be two feet long... So he speculated that the owner of the accompanying tomb should be Song Ningzong's eldest son Zhao Ting or third son Zhao Zhen...

At that time, we deduced that: Zhao Ting, the eldest son of Zhao Dun, was six years old when he died, and should be at least about 1.1 meters tall. There must be no way to bury him in this copper coffin.Furthermore, Zhao Dun had just been established as the prince by Emperor Xiaozong Zhao Min at that time, and the Supreme Emperor, Gaozong Zhao Gou was still in his prime.

And Zhao Gou is not very interested in Buddhism and Taoism, especially Buddhism, he thinks it is a heresy from outside, and he suppresses it a lot...Thinking in another way, Zhao Dun at that time should not have dared to engrave Buddha on his son's coffin ...

Later, I checked "History of the Song Dynasty", Zhao Zhen, the third son of Zhao Dun, died at the age of two, and that year, Xiaozong happened to be Zen, and Zhao Dun ascended the throne as emperor, so the possibility is even greater...

With the general source, it will be easier to check...Because Zhao Zhen died before he came and became a knight, and there are very few relevant historical materials. Fortunately, his mother, that is, Li Fengniang, is a famous queen in history. Official history or unofficial history, and there are many records in the notes of historians and writers after Ningzong, such as "Qi Dong Ye Yu" and "Xian Dun Secret Record", there are biography of Li Fengniang...

It is recorded in it: Because she was born in the middle age, Li Fengniang loved her youngest son very much.It's a pity that she passed away...and because Li Fengniang believed in Buddhism, she wanted to mourn Zhao Zhen according to Buddhist rituals...

But it was not in accordance with the rules of etiquette, so Zhao Dun disagreed, and the two had a fight for this, but Zhao Dun never fought, but was scratched by Li Fengniang... Unable to go to the court, Zhao Dun used the excuse of "thinking about his son's grief", After hiding in the harem for seven whole days, and at the same time asking the father-in-law Li Dao and the uncle to persuade him, Li Fengniang reluctantly agreed to half of it:
She agreed that the Ministry of Rites could preside over the funeral, but she must invite eminent monks to give lectures at the dojo, so the funeral is not a general nondescript... And Zhao Zhen's copper coffin and silver coffin were also made by the Construction Bureau under this premise... …

Even the emperor can't afford to offend Li Fengniang, let alone a minister?So whatever the queen said, the officials of the construction bureau would do whatever they wanted, and because of this, Zhao Zhen's coffin was also built in a nondescript manner...

Because after being both Xianbei, Yang Lian Zhenjia and Xian Yushu had an inseparable relationship. After digging up Zhao Zhen's tomb, he half sold and half gave away part of it to Xian Yushu.These are all recorded in Xian Yushu's "Zunxuezhai Miscellaneous Records"...

In the early Ming Dynasty, the Xianyu family fell, and after that, these things were spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang... There are not many of them left in the world, and the copper coffin in front of you, teachers, is one of them..."

Li Ding'an spoke in a leisurely manner. At the same time, several experts, including Secretary Wang, kept tapping their phones.

Without exception, they are all checking the historical materials mentioned by Li Ding'an.But they found that they couldn't keep up with Li Ding'an's speed at all.

Not only because these historical materials are not in the same library, but because there are too many catalogs.

For example, "Zunxuezhai Miscellaneous Records", it is easy to search, it is in Sikuquanshu, but there is no one-click link, so you have to open "Sikuquanshu" first, and then open "Shibu" , and then read "Historical Commentary", and then "Miscellaneous Records"... Li Dingan talked about it before I even found it.

You have no choice but to check separately, you check the first book, he checks the second book... Finally found the specific information, and was about to read it, but found that there was no sound in the laboratory?

Professor Xie raised his head subconsciously: "Li Ding'an, continue talking?"

"Ah?" Li Ding'an was stunned by the question, "Professor Xie, that's all I found, I'm done talking!"

Finished?
Professor Xie froze for a moment, looked at the information on the phone, but didn't know what to say.

In the same way, several other people also reacted, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are stunned.

Want to say that you didn't make it clear?

That is to open your eyes and talk nonsense. Li Ding'an is well-founded and well-organized, and everyone can hear clearly and clearly.

That is the incomplete information that Li Dingan found?

Don't be kidding: These materials span the four dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, spanning nearly a thousand years, and involve seven or eight categories, including official history, unofficial history, note history, miscellaneous notes, history reviews, poetry reviews, story books... It can be called It is complete and cannot be more complete, and it is too many to be more.

It is precisely because of the completeness, the large number, and the presence of top experts and scholars that they understand the difficulty: it is not much less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack, so let alone one night, is a week enough for them?

This has to be on the premise of assigning them a team of assistants who are quite experienced and capable...

Professor Yang frowned: "It really only took one night?"

"It was indeed one night... But I was lucky. The two colleagues of the National Expo are also very professional, so the investigation was very fast."

Of course, it depends on luck to pick up leaks, but I have never heard that it depends on luck to search for evidence?

Professor Yang let out a heck, and directly filtered out the words "good luck".Then he looked at the director, then turned his head, looked at Ma Xianming, who was happily eating melons, with a suspicious expression on his face: "Director Ma, are the data officers of the National Museum so professional?"

Ma Xianming almost laughed out loud: What nonsense?

Fang Zhijie and Shu Jing are really so good, can they still stay in the National Expo?Entered the ministry early...

The most powerful one is Li Dingan.

Otherwise, why is his research progressing so fast?

Not only is there no deviation in the research direction, and there are no errors or omissions in the experimental data, but also because the data in the demonstration index can be checked quickly.

He just browsed through the related academics and the database of the Forbidden City and the National Museum, as if it was printed in his mind.Whenever necessary, one assistant and two data clerks are ready to flip through the database one by one, and Li Ding'an can point out the specific directory and the specific index link in one click.

With this memory, it is as good as a computer group. How do you let other people compare their progress with him?
Ma Xianming smiled without saying a word, with such a strange expression on his face, Professor Yang understood: the root is still with Li Ding'an, and has little to do with the data staff of the National Museum.

Turning his head again, he was surprised again: the others are alright, including Professor Xie, several experts, and Dean Xiao, all of them have similar expressions to his, except for surprise, they are just curious.

But it's strange, Wu Xiang, Secretary Wang, and even the leader are all gods, as if they knew it a long time ago?
Thinking about Li Dingan's age and status, and comparing it with what he is doing now, Professor Yang suddenly had the answer: extraordinary people must have extraordinary qualities!
No wonder he can be in charge of projects at the National Expo?

Just as he was secretly surprised, the research of Dean Ding, Chen Shucai and others also came to an end.It just so happened that Bai Ru also brought the relevant test data, so they stopped by the way.

Ding Shouyi took a look at the report and passed it to Chen Shucai. Chen Shucai looked at it and passed it to Xiang Zhiqing. Xiang Zhiqing glanced at it and passed it to Professor Zhang.

This is a national first-class museum, the director of the former Baoji Bronze Museum. He specializes in bronze ware, ritual vessels of various dynasties, and metal Ming ware. He is definitely an authoritative expert among authoritative experts.

However, his temper is a bit straightforward, the kind that never rubs sand in his eyes. If the researcher under him is negligent, he will be scolded, and even the minister has been scolded by him.

But today it was uncharacteristically, when Li Dingan was speaking, he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end?

That's pretty telling...

Sure enough, after taking a few glances, Professor Zhang nodded: "The year is correct, roughly in the Song Dynasty. Although the patterns of the gilded chisels are a bit complicated, the craftsmanship basically conforms to the style of the court building office in the early Southern Song Dynasty... Allusion There is no difference between the source and the related history, which means that you have learned well and Professor Wu taught better..."

Everyone was in an uproar: Is this a question of learning well and teaching well?

Wu Xiang was a little ashamed: To be honest, he really didn't teach this student well...

Dean Xiao was also very excited: "Professor Zhang, is there any research value in this copper coffin?"

"Yes, there are, but they are not regarded as ritual vessels. At most, they are developed from the 'Southern Song Dynasty Emperor's Mausoleum Metal Artifacts'. But in this way, it will definitely overlap with the excavation research of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in Shaoxing... In addition, from the In terms of economic value, it is not cost-effective..."

After a short pause, Professor Zhang smiled again, "So far, there are only two similar coffins in the world, both of which were unearthed from the imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty. One is a golden coffin, which is now in the Hen Provincial Museum. The other is The silver coffin, after being stolen in the 90s of the last century, was transferred abroad... Five years ago, it appeared in Christie's special sale of the Song Dynasty in New York, and the transaction price was 700 million U.S. dollars..."

Dean Xiao was stunned for a moment: 700 million US dollars, isn't it close to [-] million?
What is this concept?
Everyone present seemed to be frozen, and even Director Cheng was a little moved: "Li Ding'an, how much did you spend?"

Li Dingan sniffed: "2000 million!"

With a "buzz", it seemed as if a wave of air was invisible, covering his head and face, Li Ding'an's hair was blown automatically.

No wonder the experts were shocked.

They have been playing with antiques all their lives. How many of them are worth hundreds of millions?

Li Ding'an is lucky, earning one hundred million after another...

"Is there one more thing?" Uncle Chen wiped his hands and asked with a smile, "Is it also worth hundreds of millions?"

How do people answer this?
In terms of preciousness, this thing is even rarer: there is only such a thing in the world...

He thought for a while, but didn't dare to nod: "It must not be that much, it only cost 400 million!"

Who doesn't know who, it has nothing to do with how much money is spent, you obviously dare not say...

Ma Xianming rolled his eyes: "What is it?"

"It's just a doll, but it's made of pure gold..."

Tch, that's what you said when I asked about your box just now...

"The pure gold doll, can't it be Mahora?"

Professor Zhang thought for a while, then looked at Wu Xiang, "Professor Wu, I remember that in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Sleepy School", besides the copper coffin and the silver coffin, what Yang Lian Zhenjia sold to Xian Yushu was a bottle of red gold Morahou? In the book? I also specifically mentioned that among all the funeral objects, this one is the most expensive..."

Wu Xiang nodded: "Indeed there is...the back of the doll is engraved with rice patterns, so Xian Yushu speculates that this bottle of Mohula is a golden statue made after the prince himself..."

Should have thought of something, after a short pause, Professor Wu's expression became much more serious, and he asked seriously: "Li Ding'an, is this the case?"

I know I can't hide...

Li Ding'an sighed and nodded again: "It should be..."

Seeing him nodding, Wu Xiang was stunned: no wonder he was hiding?
It's a pity that their teachers and students are not the only ones who have an impression of this thing. Wang Yongqian frowned when he heard "Red Gold Morahu". Similarly, Professor Zhang frowned.

Let's just say that he is so courageous and has such a good psychological quality, and he is neither humble nor overbearing when he meets the director, but when he is asked what it is, he is evasive, with a guilty look on his face.

Is that so?
Wang Yongqian thought for a while, sighed first, then smiled and pointed at him:
"Li Ding'an, you just ignored what I told you last time, didn't you? When doing research, just do research purely, don't mess with it... Just like Professor Zhang, when it's time to insist, don't just take pictures The table is arguing with the minister?"

Can this be compared?

Li Ding'an muttered to himself, picked up the box, and took the doll out.

At first, he didn't realize it, but after hearing Director Wang's words, Chen Shucai remembered: "How do I remember, just after the Chinese New Year, the School of Archeology of LN University and the SY Museum jointly applied for the establishment of a scientific research project, and the topic is the tomb of the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor: Chijin Mahora?"

"Shh..."

For a moment, the eyes of the others were like sharp arrows, nailing Li Ding'an's face.

No wonder you don't take the second one out, and your speech is vague, like a walnut is stuffed in your mouth?

Is that the reason?
So who is real and who is fake?

If Li Ding'an's is fake, it's okay to say, it's nothing more than losing some money. Besides, he made nearly 400 million in the copper coffin, and [-] million is just a drop in the bucket.

But if the other one is fake, the fun gets bigger.

The project is not fraudulent, it must be that the two companies have gone wrong, so at most it is a scientific research accident, and being criticized is just a trivial matter.

The most important thing is, if it gets out, how low will the professionalism and authority of these two companies be questioned?

Therefore, Director Cheng's expression became more serious: "Don't spread this matter to the outside world. After the conclusion of this matter is reached, Director Wang, you will go there in person and bring some experts along... "

"Okay, Director!"

"Li Ding'an, lend the things to the Ministry first, the time won't be too long, a week or two is enough..."

Li Dingan nodded vigorously: "No problem!"

It's already like this, can you still say no?

Let’s just leave it at that, anyway, a dead fellow daoist never dies a poor daoist...

(End of this chapter)