If my uncle and nephew goes to rob the tomb together, it will be lucky and can effectively avoid the problem of homelessness, and it will kill two birds with one stone. But in ancient times, many cultural relics were sold by grave robbers because there was no end to grave robbery. Ancient tomb raiding was also divided into civilian thieves and official thieves.
In case of a thief, several villagers or their own family members robbed the tomb together. The group is small, but most of them are gangs. If officials steal, the imperial court will directly use the things in the mausoleum for military expenses. For example, at that time, in order to raise military expenses, Cao Cao personally set up a tomb-robbing institution, and at the same time set up positions such as a captain who touched gold.
However, in modern times, it is illegal to rob a tomb. Therefore, in order to protect cultural relics and prevent their loss, the state has promulgated many laws against grave robbery. In ancient times, because there was no sense of robbing tombs, royal tombs were guarded by the army. Even if they were stolen, they were the tombs of some wealthy businessmen or officials. Even in ancient times, people were forced to rob tombs for their livelihood, but when the ancient laws were not perfect, it was not illegal to rob tombs. At that time, the imperial court even chose to rob tombs because the country lacked military funds. At the same time, in ancient times, grave robbers generally did not steal royal gardens.
However, during the Republic of China, after Sun Dianying stole the tomb of Cixi, it caused a sensation. Sun Dianying took away all the treasures in the tomb of Cixi, but the interior of the tomb was destroyed.