Most people’s ancestors are ordinary people, but the Zhang Zhenhua we are going to talk about today has an extraordinary ancestor. His ancestor is Zhang Pengcheng, who was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty. He later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and has been there ever since. They were valued by the Qing Dynasty and accumulated a lot of military exploits. They were promoted all the way to Shaanxi and became a local prominent family. From the time the Qing Dynasty entered the customs to Emperor Daoguang, their family was favored by the emperor and received many honors. Rewards, among these rewards, the most valuable is the imperial decree. Every imperial decree is merit and glory.
As a result, their family accumulated 15 imperial edicts in one day. Six of them were accidentally lost during the Republic of China, or they may have been lost while fleeing, but Zhang Zhenhua saw the remaining ones. When he received the imperial edict, he was very happy and buried it. Later, he dug it up thirty years later, which caused a sensation in the media and even appeared in newspapers. As a result, Zhang Zhenhua's reputation spread, and every household in the village was discussing it. Cultural relic dealers also focused on him, hoping to buy all these imperial edicts at high prices. Some people wanted to give Zhang Zhenhua half a million yuan. Don't underestimate this amount of money. In the 1990s, it was a huge number, so it is better to Very tempting.
But Zhang Zhenhua refused. This was passed down from his ancestors. He would not spend money to sell it, and he would not donate it for free. This is a priceless treasure and must be protected well. Generation after generation. It was passed down from generation to generation, but after all, many people knew that his family had an imperial edict, so he was worried that someone would steal it. At that time, the cultural relics museum also found him and said that it could be kept in a museum, which would be safer. It still belongs to Zhang Zhenhua, but it is put on display so that more people can see it.
The viewing fee can be shared equally with Zhang Zhenhua. Zhang Zhenhua sounded good about it. After all, it would be great to protect cultural relics and make money at the same time, so he agreed, so his imperial edicts were displayed in many places. Everyone appreciated it, but an accident happened. In 2002, he took these nine edicts to Huai'an, but after a few days, two edicts disappeared. This is everyone's fault. Very strange things.
Regarding this matter, the people at the cultural relics museum thought that Zhang Zhenhua had stolen it himself and shouted to catch the thief and ask them to compensate because he held the key and he and his son were the only ones here that night. However, after the police investigation, It was discovered that it was not Zhang Zhenhua, but the real thief had never been caught. This made Zhang Zhenhua very angry, so he took the museum to court, hoping to compensate himself, which is more than 400,000 yuan a day.
However, with the advice of many experts, the final negotiation was 180,000 yuan. However, this matter was not the responsibility of the organizer. Zhang Zhenhua was also responsible, so he was given 90,000 yuan. Many people heard this verdict. They were very angry, but there was nothing they could do. Zhang Zhenhua did not dare to take out the imperial edict for exhibition, so he kept the remaining seven carefully, and the thief did not know when he would be caught.