Touching gold as the captain to rob a tomb mainly depends on observing feng shui, distinguishing the weather and locating the points of ancient tombs for the purpose of the Book of Changes. Due to the difficulty of military expenditure, Cao Cao set up the posts of "Faqiu corps commander" and "Mo Jin captain", and sent troops to rob the tomb of Han Liang Wang Xiao in Mangdang Mountain in yongcheng city (now Mangdang Mountain in Shangqiu, Henan).
"Notes on Water Classics" records: "Cao Cao sent troops into the coffin, sent Liang Xiaowang's tomb, broke the coffin, and collected tens of thousands of Jin in the gold room." Chen Lin, Yuan Shao's aide, drafted a "campaign" for Cao Cao: "Liang Xiaowang, the late emperor's mother and brother, respects the grave of pines, cypresses and mulberry, so be respectful. Cao Cao led officials to personally dig and break the coffin naked. Up to now, the sacred dynasty has burst into tears and the people are heartbroken. He also sent a general commander and a captain to touch the gold, and all the ruins were exposed. " Lu Xun said, "Cao Cao set up a staff like' Touching Captain Jin' to rob the tomb."
Later, some grave robbers used the feng shui method of touching Captain Jin to rob the tomb, all of which were called "touching Captain Jin". The captain who touches gold should be good at finding graves. When digging a tomb, he will light a candle in the tomb, put it in the southeast corner, and then start to touch the gold.
If the cock crows and the candle goes out, the property must be put back in its original place, kowtow respectfully for three times and return empty-handed. In Cao Cao's time, a captain touched gold from the formal military establishment. After Cao Cao, grave robbers went their own way, and their peers had no points. Those who touch the gold tomb are all touching the gold captain. Most captains who touch gold are mainly personal actions.
The official history only records that before the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, when Liu abolished the emperor, he set up the post of Mojin viceroy. "The Second Book of Southern History" records: "The emperor loves reading less, is quite familiar with ancient things, and his literary talent is rough. He often has his own "Filial Piety for Emperor Wu" and miscellaneous chapters. In Wei Wu, corps commander Faqiu and a captain Mo Jin were appointed as these two officials, led by Wang Xiuren of Jian 'an and Wang Xiuyou of Yang Shan. The rest of the stories are listed in the biography.
Touching a captain with gold is a kind of staff set up by Cao Cao. They are professional grave robbers, stealing gold and silver treasures from ancient tombs and expanding their rewards. There are many rules for robbing a captain of gold. They only steal "big fights" The so-called "big fight" refers to the tombs of dignitaries, even royalty and emperors.