Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 802 The One-Eyed Terracotta Figurine
"There are so many years in history, it's normal not to be able to remember." Seeing that Zhuang Rui was still frowning, Gu Dingyu said.

"Let me remind you, Xing Dynasty, it is less than 400 years old."

"Less than 400 years, that is the Ming and Qing Dynasties." Zhuang Rui said to himself: "It's just that in historical records, the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties did not have the year titles called 'Xing Dynasty'."

The year number is a name used to record the year, and it can also be used to indicate the year. There was no year number from the pre-Qin period to the early Han Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, the first year number system was established. The first year number in Chinese history was "Jianyuan". .

Since then, a system has been formed. The emperors of the past dynasties generally change their year names when encountering major events such as "auspiciousness from heaven" or internal strife and external worries. An emperor uses at least one year name and as many as a dozen.

Among them, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian have the most reign names. Wu Zetian used 21 reign names in just [-] years, and once changed the reign name three times a year, which is the most in Chinese history; the second is Wu Zetian's. Her husband, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, shared a total of [-] reign titles, among which the first "Yonghui" is the most famous.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than [-] era names used in Chinese history. It is obviously impossible and unnecessary to memorize these era names completely. When necessary, check it out The data is.

However, since the Ming Dynasty, it is easy to remember the year name, because under normal circumstances, an emperor has only one year name in his life. The only exception is Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, who is the eldest son of Zhu Zhanji. He was captured by Wala, and after being released, he was put under house arrest for 7 years, and then re-emerged through a coup, because he had two reign titles, Zhengtong and Tianshun.

"Could it be the year name used by the rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhuang Rui said.

"That's right." Huang Chong nodded: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by the Qing army in Shu, and his adopted descendants are expected to inherit the rest of the Daxi Army and enter Yunnan. ' Coins minted at that time."

"Cut, how much is the copper coin forged by armed forces in a dying place worth?" Xu Wei said without hesitation.

"Hehe." Huang Chong said with a smile, "Mr. Xu really speaks very loudly. Although this Xingchao Tongbao was forged by local armed forces, he has made extraordinary artistic achievements."

"art achievement?"

"Yes, the most distinctive thing about Xingchao Tongbao is that Qianwen is made by craftsmen. This is very different from other dynasties who used literati fonts to make Qianwen. Xingchao Tongbao is simple and simple, while the characters made by literati are full of art. Because of this, Xingchao Tongbao created a style of its own, the so-called "Dian school coins", which had a far-reaching influence. Seeing the trace, this is Xingchao Tongbao's greatest achievement."

"Besides, this is not a copper coin."

"Isn't it a copper coin? Is this another coin?" Ma Ge asked.

"This is not money for starting a stove, it is mother money."

"Mother's money? What is that?"

"Mother money, to put it bluntly, is a model. Mother money is a template for making circulating coins. Its purpose is to submit it to the court for the emperor's approval. Strictly speaking, mother money cannot be counted as a coin, because it is only used for review and approval. The actual pattern cannot be circulated, and the quantity itself is relatively rare." Huang Chong pointed to the Xingchao Tongbao in Zhuang Rui's hand, and said: "In addition, the four characters 'Xingchao Tongbao' on this mother coin were not cast. , but engraved on it."

"Xingchao Tongbao has not been recorded in some popular annals, I also saw it in Uncle De's collection of books, and Xingchao Tongbao has only been cast for less than two years, so this mother coin is definitely very precious things."

"That must be very valuable." Well, the only one who can say this is Brother Ma.

"Not only that, the real preciousness of this mother coin lies in the words on it. If you write the word 'Xing' carefully, is it different from the way it is written in the book?" Huang Chong said to Zhuang Rui.

"Really, the mouth in this traditional Xing character should be below the horizontal line, but on the coin, it is above the horizontal line. What's going on?" Zhuang Rui asked after taking a closer look.

"It's fake." Xu Wei whispered.

"This is Shangkouxing's mother money, which can be met but not sought."

"Is there any difference between Shangkou Xingban mother money and ordinary mother money?"

"The Shangkou Xingchao Tongbao of Xingchao Tongbao is the most famous among all Xingchao Tongbao, and it is also the most exquisite workmanship. This edition of copper coins is extremely rare in the world. If it is in good condition, tens of thousands will definitely be no problem. You can It is said to be the most precious type of copper coin among Xingchao Tongbao, and the Shangkou Xing edition mother coin is naturally even rarer. I have seen one of the Shangkou Xing edition circulating coins at Uncle De's house. As for the mother coin, I only found out today that it is still alive.”

"..."

Well, there is no need to ask about the price of this coin. Judging by Huang Chong's appearance, no matter how much money he pays, he will not sell it. He intends to keep the coin for himself.

"Brother Huang, is it really okay for you to catch a sheep like this and pluck the wool desperately? Be careful to make him bald. I bought a piece of money from someone yesterday and changed hands for 20. Now I bought another I'm afraid you won't sell the mother's money even if you offer 200 million, but in the past two days, the boss has lost 220 million." Ma said with a smile.

"I don't want to either. The boss insisted on dragging me to have a look, so what can I do?" Huang Chong said with a shrug.

"And it's not his loss. According to his purchase cost, he must have made a profit." Huang Chong said.

"Yes, the business is actually all about information. The stall owner is not good at learning, so he shouldn't be earning this money." Xu Zhendong said.

"Yeah." Many people nodded in agreement.

"Old Zheng, quickly take out that thing of yours. There is a great expert in antiques here. Let him judge the authenticity of your thing for you." Zhou Ruisong said.

The "Old Zheng" that Zhou Ruisong said was the boss of Zheng's jewelry. He was over 50 years old, but he looked older than Gu Tianfeng and Zhou Ruisong. He took out a pottery figurine from his bag.

"This……"

Seeing this pottery figurine placed on the table, Huang Chong, Miao Feifei, Zhuang Rui and Gu Tianfeng were all taken aback.

Because this terracotta figurine is very special, it is not tall, about [-] centimeters, and has no facial features, only one vertical eye, the most important thing is that this eye looks exactly the same as the jade eye in the pawn shop back then , the only difference is that it is scaled down.

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