The first thousand one hundred and eighty-four chapters golden coffin
Chapter 1,184 Golden Coffin
"Grandma, even the demolition team can't demolish it so cleanly, right? This is the job..."
After arriving at the former golden tomb, Zhuang Rui smacked his lips at the scene in front of him. It took him a long time to come to his senses. The contrast was too much.
The original glittering and magnificent scene has long since disappeared, replaced by the dark earth walls and floors. Not to mention the gold bricks that once covered the walls and floors, now there is probably even a gold toothpick.
Don't even think about finding it.
Although it cannot be said that the ground was dug three feet, the wall has definitely been scraped up by more than three layers. Zhuang Rui can only pray now that the relevant departments will not make a decision to melt and refine the gold, because these things are collected as works of art.
Far greater than the value of gold itself.
A middle-aged man in his forties in the tomb couldn't help but smile after hearing Zhuang Rui's words and said: "Commander Zhuang, don't worry, the organization has adopted your and Professor Meng's opinions.
The items will be properly kept and will even be open to the public at the appropriate time..."
"Ahem, Director Yun, that's good, that's good..."
Zhuang Rui was a little embarrassed when he heard this. Director Yun was sent by the relevant departments to cooperate with this excavation. Originally, such an archaeological team would not have the security department involved, but the unearthing of gold has made the country pay more attention to it than ever before.
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From the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present, there has been only one archaeological excavation that could alarm national leaders and dispatch security agencies.
That excavation should have been in the mid-1950s, when Guo Moruo and Wu Han proposed an archaeological plan to excavate the Ming Tombs, but in the end only the underground palace of one tomb was successfully opened.
This mausoleum is the first imperial mausoleum in China that has been opened by archaeologists (excluding imperial mausoleums that have been stolen and excavated) - Dingling.
The excavation of Dingling was carried out with the approval of Chairman Mao Zedong, the number one figure at the time, and the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai, the number two figure at the time. It can be said to be a national act.
However, overall, that excavation was a failure. Due to the backwardness of archaeological technology at the time and the lack of experience in emergency repairs of cultural relics, a large number of priceless treasures could not be preserved and important cultural relics were destroyed.
At that time, no one dared to criticize it, but within the modern archaeological community, they all agreed that the excavation was "an irreversible mistake."
This archaeological operation in Inner Mongolia once again alarmed the country's top officials, and the standards were even higher than before. Not only did many security department officials be dispatched to supervise, but the army was also used to escort it. This shows that the country attaches great importance to this archaeological operation.
Attention to work.
Standing next to Zhuang Rui was Director Guo of the National Cultural Relics Department. Seeing Zhuang Rui's embarrassed look, he couldn't help but joked: "Xiao Zhuang, are you reluctant to part with that piece of Yuan blue and white porcelain? Don't feel bad, look back.
Go to the warehouse of the Forbidden City and select a few objects, and I will rent them to you..."
"Director Guo, why do you think this tomb is not Genghis Khan's? If you lose later, just don't default on your debt..."
Zhuang Rui glanced at Director Guo angrily. If it weren't for his special status, Zhuang Rui would really be unwilling to let this old man come down. No matter what happened, he would always remind him that the Yuan Qinghua that belongs to him will belong to the country.
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However, the tomb chamber to be opened today is a little different from the previous tomb chambers. The tomb doors of the previous tomb chambers do not have tomb passages, but this tomb chamber connected to the golden tomb chamber has a passage about six meters long and one meter wide.
About two meters behind the corridor.
After three days of debate and discussion among the experts, they finally agreed that this tomb should be the main tomb where the owner is buried, so there were several more people in the tomb today than usual.
According to relevant documents, when the main tomb is opened, leaders from relevant national departments must be present.
Although Ouyang Zhenwu was the vertical leader of Zhengerbajing, due to the special geographical location of the mausoleum, Minister Ouyang's body could not withstand the diving and the miles-long underground river channel.
In the end, after discussion, the "relatively" young Director Guo, as the official representative of the government supervision this time, went down to the underground mausoleum.
The other person who was not part of the archaeological team was naturally Director Yun of the National Security Department. Although this guy didn't talk much at ordinary times, Zhuang Rui felt uncomfortable with such a person by his side.
"How could I lose, Xiaozhuang? In the era of Genghis Khan, it was impossible to have so much gold. If it were to conquer Xixia's Wokuotai, it would still be about the same. You kid, don't be too arrogant. You will see the result today...
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Director Guo snorted at Zhuang Rui's words. Now almost no one in the archaeological team is optimistic about Zhuang Rui's judgment. Even Professor Meng is inclined to believe that this tomb belongs to Ogedai or Kublai Khan, that is,
Zhuang Rui refused to admit defeat and kept arguing with Director Guo.
"Director Guo, it's up to you to find out the evidence..."
Zhuang Rui curled his lips, his face became serious, he turned around and looked at everyone and said: "Everyone, check the supplies you carry with you, start breathing with oxygen now, adjust the headset to channel 3, let's execute!"
Although there were two senior government officials nearby, the excavation of the main tomb chamber was still carried out by Zhuang Rui. Under Zhuang Rui's order, the group got busy.
The materials carried this time were relatively large, because the main tomb chamber must contain the coffin and bones of the owner in the tomb, so at Zhuang Rui's insistence, the accompanying team members even brought a cart with more than 100 kilograms of high-quality materials on it.
Strong preservative formalin.
Zhuang Rui still opened the tomb door alone. Except for his current royal photographer, Reporter Wang, everyone else was waiting in the previous tomb room.
I don’t know if it is due to the confidence in the concealment of the tomb. All the tomb doors in this magnificent underground building use the ball rolling method, that is, there is a channel under the tomb door, and there are round stone holes in the channel.
The ball can easily open the tomb door as long as it is pushed.
Except for those stone doors that may have been slightly deformed due to thousands of years of landform changes, the rest took no effort to open, except of course the golden door, which was definitely a hard job to open.
As the two crowbars in Zhuang Rui's hands exerted force at the same time, the door of the tomb, which held many people, slowly retreated inwards.
"Oh my God, another... another golden house?"
When the light beam from the camera head shined into the tomb, the strong golden reflection made Reporter Wang fall into petrification again. Is it possible that Mongolian gold is as worthless as cabbage?
I don’t know if Reporter Wang should feel lucky that he has actually seen a room full of gold twice that others rarely see in their lifetime. But the saddest thing is that the gold is not even as big as a small fingernail.
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"Another room?"
A voice came from the headset. Zhuang Rui turned around and saw that Director Yun had stood behind him at some point. Although he couldn't see the expression on his face, it was conceivable that he was also attracted by
This scene shocked me.
It is estimated that in addition to the staff guarding the national treasury, more than one billion people across the country will definitely be shocked one by one. This kind of scene cannot be seen on TV or in movies.
"Director Yun, please go back to your position. You don't think I can move all this gold away, do you?"
Zhuang Rui was very angry at Director Yun's disobedience to the command. This tomb was already gloomy. You can imagine what it would be like to see a person appear quietly behind you.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhuang, I was rash..."
Director Yun was not angry at all. After apologizing to Zhuang Rui, he turned around and walked out. After going to the tomb chamber outside, he immediately took out a walkie-talkie and controlled all the tomb chambers outside.
"Damn, I guess even the golden coffin won't be saved this time..."
Zhuang Rui shook his head helplessly, feeling somewhat regretful about the excavation of this tomb. According to his idea, the golden house, including everything in it, should be restored to its original appearance, so that the world can understand the historical truth of that time through these items.
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"Zhuang Rui, why is the camera tilted? It's aimed at the middle of the tomb!"
Suddenly, Ouyang Zhenwu's voice came from the headset. As the nominal commander-in-chief of this archeology, although he could not go underground in person, he still had to sit in the headquarters. However, what made Minister Ouyang depressed was that the voice came from the camera.
In the image that came, only a golden light could be seen.
"Yes, adjust it quickly and see if there is a coffin inside?"
Professor Meng's voice also rang out, his voice was very urgent. This excavation was the first time in the old man's decades of archaeological career that he was unable to enter the site for investigation.
What Professor Meng is most concerned about now is whether there is a coffin in this tomb and whether there are written records? For archaeologists, the value of these two objects is far greater than those of the burial objects.
This time, before Zhuang Rui could speak, the camera in Reporter Wang's hand immediately focused on the tomb, and the image of the huge golden coffin placed in the center of the tomb also appeared on the screen of the ground command center.
"A coffin made of gold, this... this is an emperor's coffin!"
"No, I can't personally participate in the opening of the golden coffin. The old man can't close his eyes even if he dies..."
"Yes, go down, I must go down..."
The appearance of the golden coffin caused chaos in the ground command headquarters. Even Professor Meng couldn't sit still, his eyes were filled with the enthusiasm of a young man.
Opening the coffin of an emperor with your own hands is a supreme honor for these old experts who have devoted their lives to archaeological research, and it is an affirmation of their lifetime achievements.
