Not only the Han empire, but also every dynasty. The more magnificent Fuling is, the more distinguished its owner is, and the more funerary objects there are, the more it cannot escape looting.
Cixi's mausoleum has the most funerary objects. Cixi was arrogant and extravagant before her death, and countless funerary objects were brought into the mausoleum after her death. Of course, she was miserable after her death. Not only was the mausoleum ransacked by Sun Dianying, but the body was dragged out and the face was cut off.
Sun Dianying, of course, is not the biggest grave robber, but he is very "professional", with military protection and firepower to open the way. Ancient grave robbers didn't have such professional equipment, so they had to dig with Luoyang shovel. However, in ancient times with poor equipment, grave robbers still had talents.
Wen Tao, a warlord of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, was one of them. He is known as the "thief star" and has many fans. Because he was so powerful, he hollowed out all but one of the 18 tombs. In the eyes of the people and the royal family, he was a heinous "thief" who destroyed countless treasures.
Why is it called "thief star"?
When Wen Tao was born, there happened to be a meteor falling near Zhaoling. A Feng Shui master observed the celestial phenomena at night and thought it was a "thief star", which would bring disaster to the imperial tomb.
Wen Tao later lived up to expectations and became a famous "thief".
However, in troubled times, a thief like Wen Tao can become a hero. When the country was in chaos, Wen Tao took refuge in the warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries. Because he was brave and aggressive, he was promoted again and again. Later, he took refuge in Zhu Wen, and then in Hou Liang. He is treacherous. He ate several pills by himself, and whoever had more money followed him.
When Wen Tao served as our special envoy in several places, he approached the imperial tomb of the Tang Dynasty step by step, and then he became disloyal. He finds it boring to be our age. If you have no money, it is better to rob a tomb to make money quickly. What's the point of having no money in life? At this time, the Tang Dynasty was still warm, and Wen Tao's heart itched, so he decided to use the convenience of guarding the imperial tomb to rob the tomb.
Guarding Guanzhong for seven years, the imperial tomb 18. He successively dug tombs 17, gained a lot of gold and silver treasures, and compiled the stolen items into a book. People say that he is the highest-profile grave robber in history.
How noble the emperor was before his death, but after his death, he was abandoned in the wilderness by people like Wen Tao, whose bones rolled in the cold wind, and the solid imperial tomb they worked so hard to build failed to protect them from generation to generation.
Li Shimin was the emperor who initiated the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His merits and honors were abandoned. In fact, Zhaoling is the strongest. When Wen Tao opened Zhaoling at that time, it was also shocked by the prosperity here.
"Seeing the beauty of the palace is not different from the world", there are many precious calligraphy and paintings in the tomb, which are also priceless.
It's fine if these treasures are circulated in peaceful times, but they are in troubled times. Some of these precious calligraphy and paintings were destroyed by the war, and some were never found again. This is really a great loss for the Chinese nation.
Wen Tao is an uneducated man. He doesn't know how to write and write. Precious calligraphy and paintings such as Preface to Lanting are priceless, but he only cares about the gold plating mounted outside. He took down the gold, and I don't know if the calligraphy and painting were torn. In a word, the original of Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion has never been found since then, and I don't know if it was torn up by him.
At this point, you may ask, which is the remaining imperial tomb that has not been stolen?
It is the only mausoleum where two emperors were buried. Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong were buried together.
Speaking of Wu Zetian, this woman is also powerful, and she can restrain herself after death. Huang Chao didn't find this tomb before, and Wen Tao went up the mountain more than once. Every time she was ready to dig, it was stormy, and several big trees fell with a click, which was particularly terrible.
Wen Tao was scared, too, and didn't keep digging. Later, he went up the mountain several times in a row, and every time it was strange. Because Qianlong is protected by ghosts and gods, no one can succeed. So later, the ancestors of the tomb raiding world set up a ring here to bet on who could rob the dry tomb, but none of them succeeded.