Wither invite. What need points out is, what make a money with golden ingot directly is very few, ordinary common people is main it is to use schilling, broken silver and sycee do not have an opportunity to use almost, just arrived later period, official salary begins to extend silver, hair commissariat and copper cash also are before. As to golden ingot, it is to be used at award hero commonly. Very may much friend can see the record of and so on of award gold hoisting jack in history, can think ancient time has a lot of bullion consequently, certain moisture exists among this actually, and this also is one of reasons that archaic bullion disappears. About among them detail, and listen child deep is Jun Daolai.
▲ lump gold
Review the whole world, each country treats the precious metal such as bullion as almost in very long period of time is hard currency. Be in inchoate China nevertheless (especially Han Chao) , no matter be folk or government, do not use silver in great quantities in that way like period of bright Qing Dynasty, it is use gold instead, because the reserve in this treasury is basic also,be gold. According to " Chinese book " account, the gold in the treasury when the Western Han Dynasty has 900 thousand jins at least, it is 240 thousand kilograms about with present metrology conversion, total prices is worth 85.2 billion yuan.
Be in " Chinese money history " in one book, ceng Jian single count passes the gold measure of award of place of emperor of past dynasties of the Western Han Dynasty, each almost weathy, specific data is as follows: Great-great-grandfather 42550 jins, hui Di 68 jins, tall hind 110009 jins, article emperor 12000 jins, scene emperor 1102 jins, wu Di 806940 jins, clear emperor 2420 jins, announce emperor 680 jins, yuan the Supreme Being 540 jins, into the Supreme Being 3660 jins, sad emperor 680 jins, smooth emperor 200 jins, come 980849 jins.
Stage photo of thorough of Liu of emperor of ▲ Chinese fierce
Break up " Chinese book " , the example too numerous to mention one by one of award gold, and be apt to even if 10 thousand jins or hundred thousands of jins. Go up because of north for instance have rendered great service of beat back Hun, wei Qing and its following " suffer grant gold 20 Yu 10 thousand jins " , Liang Xiao king " reach Jin Shangsi of dead Yu Huang Tibetan government office ten jins " etc. Beyond question, of amount of gold of the Western Han Dynasty gigantic, of the face before profit from accumulate. Period of age the Warring States, because monetary form makes a disorder, because this each country is vassal,inspect gold jewellery, contend for photograph collect reserve. After Qin Chao unites 6 nations, the world fortune is gathered to rise. When after the Qin Dynasty dies toward 2 worlds, before the fortune of a huge sum of face is acceded very quickly by the Western Han Dynasty again. Of course, of technology of Han Daiye refine develop, also increased the exploitation amount of gold greatly.
▲ " Chinese book " bright generation block-printed edition
According to " Chinese book " account, till seize of king rank grass Chinese when, there still is the gold reserve that is as high as 700 thousand jins in the treasury. So, where does the gold reserve with so huge amount go to after all? Actually rife gold was taken by emperor and nobilities in the grave, many document account and archaeology discovery test and verify our guess. For instance " Jin of all alone of advance book · passes " write clearly: "Chinese the emperor accession a year and for hill, the world geld three, offer ancestral temple of a ruling house, offer guest, fill Shan Ling. Fill Shan Ling..
A country the fortune of 1/3 emperor of be buried with the dead of go off with, so exalted fortune, can suck naturally drew a lot of looks. Endless China history, the time that has nearly 1/3 is convulsion period, be in personally troubled times, common currency does not rely on chart, only ability of this kind of hard currency gives gold person safety sense, this also caused activity of rob a tomb rampant, a lot of gold were taken from inside the grave by thief of rob a tomb.
▲ sea faints the golden cake that comes up out of land in Hou grave
The person of a lot of rob a tomb, not be crop common people, imperial noble and farmer cacique build have group of rife rob a tomb, main purpose obtains military expenditure namely through rob a tomb. These have the group that organizes potent, what choose basically be big grave. But new issue came, after these gold are come to by gouge, say to should be met normally in the market current, does the gold after is that current go again whereto?
In child deep looks, basically put in 3 kinds of whereaboutldirection. It is to be in troubled times, aristocratic wealthy businessman is avoid belongings by loot pilfer, hid family property, so that stay to be taken in the future,use, but die as the accident of the person that hide and be lost. 2 be after open up of the Silk Road, the economic trade dealings between China and the Western Regions, yield gold gradually prediction of a person's luck in a given year went to abroad. The 3rd is pass into China as buddhism, a large number of gold are used at giving figure of Buddha gild. Because the letter is numerous people love to the fanaticism of gold, the monk still copies with coating material made of glue and powdered gold or other metals the Confusion classics, pink that use gold and gold foil dress up figure of Buddha, a large number of gold are used up accordingly one sky, and forever cannot current.
Figure of Buddha of gold of ▲ fine gold
It is nevertheless in historiography bound, also have a kind of point of view quite interesting -- partial scholar thinks, in Qinhan when, because differentiate a technology to lag behind quite, a lot of gold are pretended to be with brass actually, what true gold does not resemble the account on history is so much. The metric error plus ancient time is bigger also, this ability caused Chinese generation " it is gold everywhere " false appearance.
Bibliographical reference:
" Chinese money history " " Chinese book "
