Liu Min, judging by his name, looks like an ordinary person, but what he does is anything but ordinary. It can be said that he lives a cheating life and does not need any explanation at all.
Of course, if he just followed Yuan Meng around to rob, then he would be a traitor at most. However, Li Min was obviously not like this. Liu Min did many commendable things during his tenure.
For example, Prime Minister Yelu Chucai was a Khitan, so there were many Khitan people in the capital at that time. Some of them often used bows and arrows to rob people's property in the middle of the night, but no one dared to take care of them. Liu Min killed the leading thief and announced it to the city.
Peace was restored in the capital.
At the same time, Liu Min also paid great attention to the study and dissemination of Chinese culture. He set up a school in Yanjing and invited famous scholars from the Central Plains to be his teachers.
In 1229, the first year of Taizong, Taizong Wokuotai ascended the throne. Liu Min was responsible for the major engineering projects of the court, including the renovation of the palaces and palaces. In 1235, the seventh year of Taizong, the Wan'an Palace in Helin was built. After these projects were completed, Wokuotai specially
A banquet was held to honor Liu Min.
In the spring of 1241, the 13th year of Emperor Taizong's reign, he was appointed as the extremely important governor of the Xingshu Province in charge of affairs in the Central Plains. He was also given a particularly useful edict: "No one in charge of your affairs will be allowed to hear what you do."
Soon, the power of this edict came into play. Yaluwachi, who co-presided over the affairs of the Shangshu with Liu Min, had a bad temper and always wanted to monopolize power, so he sent his men to spread rumors everywhere. Liu Min showed him the edict.
, Yarwachi stopped his activities.
When Wokuotai found out, he immediately ordered an investigation, and finally dismissed Yaruwachi and made Liu Min the sole leader.
Liu Min held this position through the Dingzong and Xianzong periods. It was not until 1254, the fourth year of Xianzong, that this position was handed over to his eldest son Liu Shiheng. He gradually withdrew from the political stage and enjoyed painting. Liu Min was good at painting ink bamboo.
, the picture of wind, smoke and greenery has been handed down from generation to generation.
In 1260, the first year of Zhongtong, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan succeeded to the throne and was preparing to attack the Song Dynasty again. Liu Min came to see him in a car with illness. Kublai Khan said: "You are sick and did not summon me. What do you want to say?"
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Liu Min said: "I heard that the emperor went on a patrol, and I should go with him. However, the Central Plains is vast and the people are poor. It is probably not a good strategy to expend troops from far away places."
The emperor did not adopt his opinion, so Liu Min retreated to Nianfeng.
Not long after, Kublai Khan was on his southern expedition. When he passed by Nianfeng, Liu Min came to see him. Before Liu Min could say anything, Kublai Khan said something with concern: "My great ancestor worked hard to govern, but there are only a few things he has experienced personally.
You are old. You should sort out your experience and leave it to future generations."
Liu Min, who suffered deeply from the war, did not stop and could not stop this new war. Not long after, Liu Min returned to Yandu and died.
This is Liu Min's life. When you see his life, do you feel that this person is cheating?
Of course, Han Peacock didn't pay much attention to whether he was cheating or not. At most, he just envied his life.
In fact, after learning about Liu Min's past, Han Kongque knew that although Liu Min was a very popular minister, he was not without any worries among Yuanmeng. Also, if someone like him,
If you don't have some means, you won't be able to live so freely.
Therefore, it is conceivable that Liu Min had some reservations. By chance, he discovered his cousin and gave him a chance, which also allowed him to leave a way out for his family.
For a man who served as an official in three dynasties of the Yuan Dynasty and was extremely prosperous, no one would have thought that he would take advantage of a Han craftsman, and this Han craftsman was also his cousin.
Through his cousin, he left some backup, and it was completed very smoothly. These Korean peacocks all saw the information from the treasure map.
Although the treasure map provided by Aunt Wang is useful, it is not of great use. If the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan cannot be found, then this map will be useless paper, but it is not useless at all. For example, the mausoleum marked above is more important.
The reason why Han Peacock came here after knowing that there could be no Genghis Khan Mausoleum here was because of this treasure map, because it marked a location where he might find something.
Of course, what was discovered could not be Genghis Khan's mausoleum, but Liu Min's secret treasure. Han Kongque was sure that Liu Min's secret treasure was hidden here, but there was no more detailed record on the treasure map.
This was certainly not Liu Min's mistake, but rather Aunt Wang's failure to explain clearly. Whether it was intentional or the information had been lost over time, Han Kongque had no intention of asking.
So why does Liu Min’s secret treasure appear in this ruins?
This was obviously Liu Min's back-up plan, and he was afraid that this back-up plan would harm the family, so instead of giving it to his descendants, he gave it to his cousin and asked him to hide it.
The secret is hidden in Genghis Khan's temple. Ordinary people dare not come in, and there is no way to search for it. This is Li Min's restriction method.
As long as the Yuanmeng Empire still exists, the descendants of the Liu family will not be able to come here to search for Liu Min's secret treasure. Without the protection of the Yuanmeng Empire, at that time, there will not be much danger for the descendants of the Liu family to come here to hunt for treasures. This is
You don't need to think too much to know Liu Min's little thoughts.
The treasure map given by Aunt Wang is actually looking for the information hidden by Li Min, not the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. If it is the treasure map looking for the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, if this map is exposed, then the entire Liu family will die.
place.
Therefore, the destination of this treasure map becomes Genghis Khan's Winter Palace, and even the topographic map above is the topographic map of the Winter Palace.
At first, Han Peacock thought this was Genghis Khan's mausoleum, so he didn't pay attention to it. Later, he didn't find the mausoleum and found that it was a palace ruins. When he thought about Liu Min, Han Peacock knew that the treasure map in his hand was actually the one in the picture.
picture.
This picture is an ancient architectural drawing. There are various buildings, including buildings on the ground and underground buildings. Anyone who sees this drawing will see it as a complete architectural drawing. No one will think of it.
, the ground building and the underground building belong to two separate buildings.
When Han Peacock discovered that Liu Min presided over the construction of Genghis Khan's Winter Palace, and combined with the terrain around the temple, Han Peacock realized that the above-ground buildings on the treasure map were actually Genghis Khan's Winter Palace, and the underground buildings were the same as the topography of the Winter Palace.
There was no match at all, so Han Peacock judged that the underground building should be the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan.
Since the secret is hidden in this winter palace, Han Kongque naturally doesn't want to let it go. Even without Aunt Wang's guidance, Han Kongque is confident that he can find it.
The reason why we are sure that there is Liu Min's secret treasure here is because there is a secret record on this treasure map, which is a line like ink bamboo, and this line is hidden on the doorposts on both sides of the hall dedicated to Genghis Khan.
on the base.
If you don't look carefully, a line on the map is just slightly thicker, but if you look carefully, it looks like a black bamboo.
Combined with Liu Min's good at painting ink bamboo, Han Kongque guessed that the place where the ink bamboo is formed on the map should be the location of the secret treasure.
The place marked with ink bamboo should be on the base below the door pillar of the sacrificial hall.
Everyone knows that if the doorpost is made of stone, it should be very heavy, and the base is what supports the doorpost, so it should be heavier and stronger. The most important thing is that these two bases are hidden underground, so
, even if all the buildings on the surface are destroyed, the stone base buried several meters deep underground will not be damaged.
Han Kongque guessed that Liu Min's secret treasure was hidden in these two bases, but it was not easy for others to find these two bases.
Let’s not talk about whether anyone has discovered the two ink bamboo marks. Even if they have, it is not that easy to find the base of the gatepost marked on the map.
Although this site is not too big, the entire site is 1,500 meters long and 500 meters wide. There is a small stream winding in front of the site. There is nothing special about the entire site and it is integrated with the grassland. So from the outside,
There's nothing special about it.
According to historical records, Genghis Khan had three palaces, which he lived in in winter, spring, summer and autumn respectively. The Winter Palace was the most important palace of Genghis Khan.
Han Kongque didn't pay much attention to it before, so he didn't check the situation underground carefully. At that time, he just glanced at it. As long as there was no hidden space underground, he skipped it.
But it was different now. If he wanted to find any clues here, he would naturally have to be more careful, so Han Peacock soon discovered the foundation of the four-story building.
The bottom layer of the first layer is 60 centimeters thick and is made of sand and adobe. Han Peacock used a Luoyang shovel to scoop up the soil and made a technical appraisal. The discovery date was between 1155 and 1270 AD.
The second floor is about 10 centimeters high, and there are several pillar foundation stones on this floor.
The third floor only leaves a section of earth wall about 19 meters long in the northern part of the entire foundation.
Seeing this, Han Kongque and his family determined that this was Genghis Khan's winter palace. Because the geographical location and layout of the Abraq ruins were consistent with the records in the history book Black Tartar Chronicles, Han Kongque believed that this was Genghis Khan's winter palace.
According to Yuan history records, after Wokuotai, Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, ascended the throne in 1229, he rebuilt the Winter Palace of Genghis Khan. In 1235, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was Halahalin. Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty ordered people to build the Wan'an Palace in Harahalin.
These two buildings were both built by Han craftsman Liu Min. The second-floor foundation is similar to the architectural style of Wan'an Palace, and the measurement unit used is also the same: 1 foot equals 316 centimeters.
Based on this, Han Kongque believed that the first layer of foundation was the foundation of Genghis Khan's winter palace, and the second layer was the foundation of Yuan Taizong's rebuilt palace.
In addition, many bald-horned cow skulls were found on the right side of the foundation, and about 300 horse ribs were found on the left side, and the ribs were all very large.
After identification, these livestock bones were from the same period as the second layer of foundation, approximately after 1235 AD.
After the Yuan Dynasty established its capital at Halahalin in 1235, it may have been used as a sacrificial place. To be continued.