Chapter 487: Collecting cultural relics and expanding the Jiangsu and Zhejiang base areas

Because many soldiers from Britain, France and other countries returned with a full load, and their private property was protected to a certain extent, there were a lot of cultural relics among the people, no less than the inventory in the hands of the official. In this era, China's economic strength was not good, and the value of natural cultural relics was not too important. You can easily exchange them with a little bread, candy, or cigarettes.

The war at this time was obviously unfavorable to the British. For the people with slim prospects, they would rather exchange the "decorations" in their hands for more needed daily necessities.

Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times. In troubled times, many antiques are worthless.

They may not replace the precious metals in cultural relics. But it is best to replace bottles, jars, and paper that are easy to damage.

At this time, the British still had some inventory, and it was not the most difficult time of life, so they paid more. But if they had experienced the war, they still didn't know how many cultural relics would be damaged. Meng Xiangcai chose to exchange them in advance. Compared with the non-renewable crystals of Chinese civilization, paying more resources and money is nothing.

If the Chinese cultural relics are simply acquired, it may increase the price of Chinese cultural relics and may also attract the attention of the British government. Therefore, this time the exchange not only includes Chinese cultural relics, but almost all cultural relics are acquired. Egyptian, Inca and Mayan, India, ancient Babylonian, and Arab countries are acquired.

At this time, except for some cultural relics from European civilization, these Europeans and Americans would consciously protect and the prices were relatively high, cultural relics from other regions were not as rare as those of a few experts in the eyes of the public. However, Meng Xiang knew the soaring prices of cultural relics in later generations. Not to mention anything else, just talk about Arab cultural relics. When those Arab oil wealthy people saw the cultural relics of their nation, they would definitely spend a lot of money on the image of a fat sheep.

Of course, although there are not many descendants who buy cultural relics from countries such as Egypt, ancient Babylon, Maya, and ancient India at high prices, the history of ancient civilizations contained in these cultural relics can solve mysteries one by one and better understand the development of mankind. This is also something that Meng Xiang cannot miss.

As more cultural relics are acquired, the more they will pay. Meng Xiang is not a full acquisition. Nearly 100 appraisers recruited from China involve various aspects, but the focus is on various media recorded in writing.

Text is undoubtedly the most direct tool to record history. After hundreds of years of struggle in the Qing Dynasty, many Chinese text records have been missing. Some books, such as "The Creation of Things in Heaven", need to be learned from the Japanese. Compared with those vases, text can tell us something more clearly.

There are repetitions in historical research and collection of cultural relics, but the purpose is different. In the eyes of many historians, even those vases sold for hundreds of millions of years in later generations are not as good as an oracle bone cow bone or turtle shell.

Meng Xiang purchased cultural relics to understand history and make Chinese civilization more fulfilling, rather than to collect and make money.

Meng Xiang is not interested in purchasing some items that are just rare treasures and have little value in historical research. He will never spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy pig heads and dog heads like those of the zodiac figures in later generations. It is better to invest in education than to have that money, and to add more talents to China, rather than to be addicted to the dusk atmosphere of guarding the coffin board.

It’s better to wait until the country is strong and then grab it back. If you weren’t worried that some of the written things would disappear, Meng Xiang would only wait until you command the army to rob. Destroy some works of art such as Greece, Rome, or Europe and the United States. Meng Xiang didn’t feel sorry for it, but the inheritances left by his ancestors would be preserved as much as possible.

Such folk exchanges have been quite gratifying. The biggest surprise comes from the 3 volumes and 2 volumes of "Yongle Encyclopedia" exchanged for 3 kilograms of tea and 2 pairs of nylon stockings. Among them is a part of "The Lunar calendar" edited by Deng Yufu, which is more detailed than "Qimin Yaoshu".

Back then, the British and French allied forces burned the Hanlin Academy, and many of the endless collections of books in the Hanlin Academy were burned into paper ash all over the sky. The Yongle Encyclopedia was robbed, burned, and stolen. The Hanlin Academy had 64 volumes left. You should know that there are 10,095 volumes in the Yongle Encyclopedia, which is far from the castrated version of the Siku Quanshu, which deleted a large number of works such as science and military.

Although after many collections and protections, in 34 years, the National Peking Library at that time had only 93 broken copies. Later generations Meng Xiang remembered that more than 400 existing volumes of the Yongle Ceremony were also distributed in 8 countries.

After the Pioneer Army occupied Peiping, the more than 60 volumes of "Yongle Encyclopedia" that were to be transported to the United States were returned and two volumes were reclaimed from the Japanese. In addition to the unexpected surprises of these 5 volumes, the Pioneer Army already had a hundred volumes in its hands.

However, there are still successive "Yongle Encyclopedia" collected in the hands of the Pioneer Army, because this time the purchase and redemption of cultural relics came from the private sector, and even the official government had already adopted these redemptions. However, what they needed was not food, but weapons.

The Germans were the first to cooperate with the Pioneer Army, and most of their official Chinese cultural relics were returned to the Pioneer Army. The Pioneer Army only gave its own BF-109b aircraft, iib submarine and other weapons to the Germans. Among them, there are 12 volumes of the "Yongle Encyclopedia".

After the French surrendered, such a transaction was also underway. Some of the ju-88 bombers and Stuka D aircraft of the Pioneer Army were directly replaced with Chinese cultural relics in the Palace of Versailles. Among them, there are 9 volumes of the "Yongle Encyclopedia".

Other countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, who invaded China back then were also mediated by the Germans and used a small amount of arms to recover the Chinese cultural relics of that year. 8 volumes of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" were also discovered.

Even the British were willing to exchange those Chinese cultural relics for the weapons and attitude support of the Pioneer Army. China was still neutral at this time. But the British also knew that the Pioneer Army was influencing the trend of China in the future. If China completely turned to the Germans, not to mention Southeast Asia, even India could be dangerous. Therefore, the Pioneer Army only used a Scott destroyer to exchange for most of the Chinese cultural relics collected in the British Museum and the royal family.

Of course, some of them have not been returned, but these need to be taken back slowly. Although the front line is urgent, Meng Xiang is naturally not in a hurry before the British cried. This time, there were a lot of cultural relics obtained from the British official, and there were 37 volumes of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" alone.

"I didn't expect it! I didn't expect to see so many more!" Yuan Tongli, Zhao Wanli, and others who were responsible for the collection and examination of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" over the years were in charge of the collection and examination of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", and they couldn't help but burst into tears and were excited when they saw the more than 100 classics placed in front of them. The return of more cultural relics has become a grand event in the cultural circle of China.

Guo Moruo has a lot of knowledge about cultural relics. Although his character is difficult to recognize, he still has real knowledge and is also considered a person carrying the flag. This time, under the recommendation of everyone, he led the organization to organize people to organize these cultural relics.

Chinese cultural relics have never been particularly cherished. In addition to some historical reasons, too many cultural relics cannot be properly protected. On the one hand, Meng Xiang sent people to learn some advanced methods of preserving cultural relics in Britain, France and other countries, but also had a headache about the protection of massive cultural relics.

The protection and repair of cultural relics requires a lot of money and energy. The country alone is not enough, and the power of the people also needs to be added. However, the power of the people also means a huge market of interests, which induces the emergence of a large number of tomb robbers. Not to mention later generations, even at this time, tomb robbers in Luoyang and other places were extremely rampant. Many of these cultural relics flowed abroad, most of which were Japanese.

These excavations are actually not just about this benefit. To be honest, archaeologists care not about whom these cultural relics are in their hands, but about the destruction of tombs by most tomb robbers, which makes it impossible to fully reproduce history.

However, after implementing the minimum living allowance, there is a guarantee of life and the constraints on minimum living allowance punishment, coupled with the implementation of relevant regulations in the joint war zone, more importantly, there are cloned soldiers implementing strict legal supervision and the National Guard's inspections everywhere, which makes the excavation in places including Luoyang and Anyang a lot worse.

Meng Xiang thought for a long time, but still imitated the methods of later generations to classify cultural relics and protect them.

Among the cultural relics and historical sites, it is divided into national, provincial, and county and municipal levels.

In the collection of cultural relics, it is divided into three levels. Because the war zone also provides sacred and inviolable protection for individual property. Therefore, the cultural relics in the hands of everyone cannot be deprived of them at will. Individuals can hold them. However, first- and second-level cultural relics must be registered by the war zone government and cannot be bought, sold and traded at will.

Regarding the value of cultural relics in historical research, the state can borrow and study the relevant cultural relics based on negotiations between holders. Of course, there are time limits and certain compensations.

For newly discovered unowned ancient tombs in various regions, local villages, towns and discoverers can jointly obtain the ownership and sale rights of the third-level cultural relics in a certain proportion. The first-level transactions are not allowed, and belong to the whole people of the United War Zone. Second-level cultural relics are generally not traded. If traded, the relevant funds will be distributed to the country, region and individual income in a certain proportion.

If the ancient tomb needs protection and no excavation is carried out for the time being, it can be left to compensate for it after excavation.

Such a system has also allowed the local people who benefit collectively to automatically resist tomb robbers, causing tomb robbers to fall into the vast ocean of people's war.

Meng Xiang specially set up special cultural relics trading venues in three places: Peking, Luoyang and Chang'an City, and formulated relevant taxes and fees. This is the huge profits obtained by the government. However, it must be used specifically for the protection and repair of cultural relics and cultural relics collections. In principle, the repair of related historical sites adopts the protection of ancient castles and historical sites in Europe in later generations, mainly to maintain the original state, no longer maintain the restoration of dog tails and marten, and jokes like the restoration of the Old Summer Palace appear.

The relevant laws and systems have been gradually improved. Even the cultural relics purchased from Europe this time have been classified and partly classified as national protection, partly auctioned, the proceeds may be used for the protection and procurement of cultural relics. There are still a large number of cultural relics to be purchased later. Although the cost is very small, it cannot stop the quantity from being too large. In addition to Meng Xiang invested the special funds, a part of the special funds for cultural relics were also allocated for this large-scale procurement.

Europe is in war, but it is still in the middle and early stages. There are more days of suffering in the future, and a large number of cultural relics will depreciate even more. Meng Xiang just set up outlets everywhere and waited for a little bit to close the net.

Of course, those black markets and pawn shops are not just about exchanging cultural relics, but all kinds of items have certain value, including gold, silver, platinum, and even hard currency. Related technologies and talents are also being searched. In the troubled times, some talents who are not suitable for war will always be declining and neglected. When the Chinese students who have been studying in the UK and other places since 1938 did not forget to invite some of their teachers before leaving.

After all, China is not as attractive as the United States, and most people either choose to stay or go to the United States.

When a large number of British and French students and young people go to the front line, some Chinese students who have not left can still hide in the empty classroom and enjoy the opportunity of their mentors step by step teaching.

The war gave China a better opportunity. Meng Xiang plundered not only cultural relics, wealth, but also knowledge and talents.

This is the purpose of the war, not for fighting and bloodshed, but for more interests. Although China did not participate in the war, it was just watching the Germans and the British fight to the death over the small canal, but the intelligence from all parties and arrangements from various places every day has made the leadership team of the Pioneer Army busy.

Meng Xiang was not leisurely either. He really couldn't feel the ease of lying drunk on the beautiful knees. Every day there were things he needed to make decisions. Although there were not many instructions every day, the fate of millions of people was changed in one sentence. This heavyness often made him unable to breathe and sleep at night. These things cannot be replaced by the base, and can only be judged and analyzed by himself.

Only then did he realize the pain of the leaders who often saw on TV in later generations who had grown older in a few years. Even if he sat there and did not move, all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. It would be strange if he was not old!

Being an official is easy to say, and it is difficult to say. Even if Meng Xiang doesn't care about anything at this time, the entire system below will behave as usual, and there is not a puppet. But if you come with the golden finger of history, if you don't change it from all aspects, it will be useless to be the name of the time traveler, the pride of the universe. Therefore, it is not surprising that Meng Xiang is particularly busy.

Just now, the robbery of gold came again.

Because the vanguard army invaded Rehe, the Japanese and the puppet Manchukuo kept clamoring. Even some people in the country were complaining that the vanguard army would not regain the lost territory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but would first attack the puppet Manchukuo first. In their eyes, the closeness and alienation of the puppet Manchukuo area was undoubtedly much worse than that of the Jianghuai and other places. After all, the puppet Manchukuo had long been occupied by the Japanese, and in several armistice agreements between the central government and the Japanese, there were accusations that the temporary jurisdiction of the Japanese were temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Japanese. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were the Zhili area of ​​the central government at that time, and should be recaptured first.

"Cheng Zhongzheng was also sad!" When Yan Xishan said this, the emotions in his eyes were very complicated, a little sympathetic, and a little gloating.

Some of these people's accents were manipulated by Jiang Jiang later.

Chiang Kai-shek's life was not easy. Although many Central Army joined the Pioneer Army, he saved a lot of owed military pay. However, in order to defend his existing territory, he had to have a large army to guard. The size of a million troops was indispensable. Moreover, with the comparison of the Pioneer Army, some expenses should be spent, especially to win over those upper-level officers. In this way, the expenditure of pure military expenditure is also an astronomical figure.

However, the industry and commerce in the Kuomintang-controlled area were in a downturn. Even agriculture had a poor year and reduced tax revenue. Although the local area was plundered, with the comparison of the Pioneer Army, more tax resistance was resisted. Especially in places bordering the territory of the Pioneer Army, they collectively invested in the Pioneer Army. Sometimes even the army could not be suppressed.

Therefore, the joint war zone of the Pioneer Army continued to expand outward through erosion. But as long as the Pioneer Army did not expand in large quantities and directly reshuffle, the central government still turned a blind eye to the Pioneer Army. There were still many people in the central government who were on the fence. Faced with the huge strength of the Pioneer Army, Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to turn against each other. As long as he delayed one day and slowly consolidated his absolute loyal power.

However, although the Pioneer Army was eroding, its mouth was too big. Although the critical place digested a township in a few days and a county in half a month, it could not stop the long border and penetrated into the border of Wuhan without realizing it. Even the people in Wuhan hoped that the stronger Pioneer Army would protect them.

The power of the Pioneer Army is not just a rumor. Not to mention that a while ago, most of the Rehe River was recovered in a few days. Just talk about Wuhan. Even if the Central Army had more than 300,000 soldiers nearby, the last time almost allowed the Japanese who were feinted to attack the Huarong area. Thanks to the timely rescue of the Vanguard Army, the Japanese were forced to retreat with air firepower.

The Air Force alone forced the Japanese to retreat, not to mention that they had a powerful army. With the various policies of the Pioneer Army, all walks of life in Wuhan were also discussing the election of the whole people to join the Pioneer Army Joint War Zone.

Even if it is a national election, others can't say anything. If someone intervenes, the Pioneer Army will directly interfere, in the name of defending democracy and returning the people to civil rights. However, all sectors of society support this, which is also a headache for Chiang Kai-shek. The Pioneer Army has occupied a greater righteousness and is more effective than the words of the central government.

As a last resort, Chiang Kai-shek began to incite the vanguard army to attack the Japanese. The influence of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium was still in Fenghua, Zhejiang, and naturally he hoped to recover these places first. However, the Central Army was not strong in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and even if there were too many people, it might not be able to be taken from the Japanese. At this time, he could only urge the vanguard army to take action.

No matter what, my hometown is better in the hands of the Pioneer Army than in the hands of the Japanese.

After the Japanese suffered repeated setbacks in front of the Pioneer Army, they stepped up their efforts to plunder the occupied land, and the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were complaining more.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the bases of Chiang Kai-shek, and they have more recognition of Chiang Kai-shek's central government. In addition, the vanguard army was weak in the early stage and had not opened up the situation and just guarded Tianmu Mountain.

It was not until last year that the base was set up in Tianmu Mountain and the reputation of the vanguard army was gradually accepted that Shu Yi and the others truly gained the opportunity for development. Until now, they are in rapid expansion. However, their battles are all small-scale battles, and they also use their superior forces to erode the surroundings bit by bit. It is not as obvious as the north's record, but they have fought with the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops hundreds of times, annihilated more than 30,000 Japanese Japanese.

The territory has expanded repeatedly, occupying Xuanzhou and Qingyang in the north, Poyang Lake and Xinjiang in the west, and recently crossing the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway in the south, and reaching the areas of Fenshui Pass and Fengling Pass that borders Fujian, and starting to establish a regime in the area north of Kuocang Mountain.

However, the coastal cities have not had large-scale operations, and many cities have been received from the Central Army, which has also made the Jiangsu-Zhejiang base of the Pioneer Army not as beautiful as the United War Zone in the north.

This is also helpless. There is not much coal resources in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even oil resources. Meng Xiang had no impression in his mind. The entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang base area was supported by only one sub-base. Shi Yi and their guerrilla column had grown to nearly 300,000 people at this time. But the lack of weapons and ammunition appeared, not to mention relying on the base to consolidate coastal defense.

At this time, the Pioneer Army's navy only patrols the Huaihe River area. With the support of the Air Force, the Japanese also acquiesced to this situation. However, it was difficult for ships on the sea to rush to the estuary of the Yangtze River. The Pioneer Army's torpedo speedboats and Japanese artillery bombardment had two conflicts. Although the Pioneer Army took advantage of the advanced weapons and the large number of people to fight, the large ships had never competed with the Japanese.

To this day, the navy of the Pioneer Army is still a little immature, and Meng Xiang will not fight to the death with the Japanese for his impulse.

The United War Zone in the north defended the coastal defense because of the numerous giant artillery and shore artillery. However, without the support of sub-bases in the south, there was no way to talk about strict defense with so many coastlines.

It is okay to transport some light weapons and ammunition through the cows, but it is difficult for big guys like shore artillery to be produced by themselves and left the direct jurisdiction of the sub-base, the huge cost and energy of transportation and installation are also a headache. Before we are absolutely sure, Meng Xiang did not want to fight the Japanese navy to the death.

These should be kept for headaches for Britain and the United States.
Chapter completed!