Where is the treasure of Tianjing in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom going?

1864, the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally came. Ceng Guoquan's Xiang army captured Tianjing, and Xiang army entered Tianjing like a scourge, sweeping the whole city for three days, which can be called digging three feet and leveling all the movable property in Tianjing.

When the Xiang army conquered Nanjing, the Tseng brothers allowed the Xiang army to plunder movable property. Zeng Guofan reported that Emperor Tongzhi searched for "stolen goods". In the memorial, Zeng Guofan wrote to the imperial court that "the lost nest was recovered, and there was no money and nothing", saying that nothing was found except two "fake jade seals" and a "golden seal".

Zeng Guofan's newspaper reports immediately attracted heated discussions in the ruling and opposition parties; Surprisingly, the court trusted Zeng Guofan's report on Taiping rebels' treasure, and Zeng Guofan's criticism was also full of comforting words:

Contrary to gold and silver, the court does not have to benefit from it all. According to the previous suggestion, Jia Duo played, so he asked the minister to find out what he heard. According to today's play, there is no thief warehouse in the city; Self-reality.

So, is there any hidden treasure in Tianjing?

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom worked hard in Nanjing for ten years, and there has always been a legend that Hong Xiuquan hoarded gold and silver treasures, saying that "gold and silver are like the sea".

Xiang, who attacked Nanjing, also believed this statement very much. After the city was broken, the Xiang army dug holes everywhere, and Zeng Guofan even issued the order that "any gold pit found in the thief's pavilion will be confiscated by the authorities and offenders will be severely punished".

According to the property management system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, all public and private property must be concentrated in the "sacred warehouse", and people's daily necessities are uniformly distributed by the sacred warehouse.

According to historical records, when the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan built the Tiangong in Nanjing, it was naturally "owned by the whole people" and plundered all the rare treasures in the Palace. Other palaces also had gold, silver and jewels.

According to Song Hu's essay, "all four fake palaces and cellars in the city have been searched and excavated." Since other palaces have cellar gold, there should be no palace that day.

The final result is that Hong Xiuquan's treasure was not found in Tianwangfu. For more than a hundred years, people have been talking about Hong Xiuquan's treasure. There are two statements about the whereabouts of Hong Xiuquan's treasure, which are quoted here for reference only:

1. Statement on Ceng Guoquan's gold reserves.

After Xiang entered the city, our troops took the lead in entering the heavenly palace. According to legend, Ceng Guoquan dug up the gold hidden by Hong Xiuquan and put it in his pocket. Finally, in order to destroy the evidence, the Tiangong was set on fire. According to the notes of the Qing Dynasty, one of the gold hoarded by Hong Xiuquan came from Yuanmingyuan with a crack on it. Black spots are like children, red spots are like pulp, bright and natural. This treasure is actually in Ceng Guoquan's hands.

When Xiang army ransacked Tianwangfu, they searched carefully. Even the body of Hong Xiuquan, who was secretly buried in the Heavenly Palace, was dug up and burned to ashes. How can you not find a lot of gold in the cellar? Therefore, many people are willing to believe the story of Ceng Guoquan panning for gold in the pit.

Another record said: "Bao Gong's wife was in the Central Temple and returned to Jinling in early March, guarding about 200 or dozens of ships." With so many boats, it is suspected that Brother Zeng sent the stolen gold to his hometown.

Li Boyuan Nanting, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, recorded in his notes: "Wen Zhongxiang got tens of millions of money from this. Except for some services, the rest are at home. " Zhong Xiang, also known as Ceng Guoquan, said that when he captured Nanking, he earned tens of millions of dollars.

Second, ginger donkey and king tofu made a fortune by the pit blonde of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hu Pu 'an, a modern scholar, wrote in the Chronicle of National Customs in China: "It is better to call people customs than to call them customs. People who get rich have nicknames. For example, Wang Tofu is the tofu that his family once owned; Jiang Yan, that is, someone chased the donkey first. "

The owner of Jiang Shoushan's former residence at No.20 Santiaoying, south of the city, was nicknamed "Jiang Donkey". Jiang Shoushan, a native of Huai 'an, northern Jiangsu, is sincere and honest. Xianfeng period