This situation lasted until the thirteenth year of the Republic of China. At that time, the people of the Republic of China tried to completely eliminate the remnants of feudalism and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of restoration.
Therefore, the National Affairs Commission of the Republic of China discussed and passed General Feng Yuxiang's motion to expel the emperor from the palace. After the motion was passed, it was officially implemented. Puyi was immediately revoked from his imperial title when he left the Forbidden City. From then on,
treated as an ordinary citizen.
By this time, the Chinese imperial system, which had lasted for more than two thousand years, would have completely ended, but the end of the imperial system did not mean the end of things.
There are still many remaining issues that need to be resolved urgently, one of which is the inventory and preservation of the palace's cultural relics collection. Against this background, the "Qing Dynasty Cleanup Committee" came into being.
Zeng Guangluan, the son of former Qing minister Zeng Jize, was immediately elected as the chairman of the "Aftermath Committee". At the same time, many virtuous gentry or cultural celebrities were hired as committee members.
The main responsibility of this aftermath committee is of course to handle the property identification and all aftermath matters in the Qing court, because all dynasties in China have a tradition of collecting cultural relics, and all the cultural relics collected in the palace are
They are exquisite and priceless things, so you have to be even more careful with these things.
And according to convention, when a dynasty dies, its collection of cultural relics will definitely be taken over by the emerging dynasty, and will continue to become the private property of the emperor of the emerging dynasty.
But now, China is facing changes that have not happened in thousands of years, and this country is no longer a country where one family has one surname.
Today’s China is already a democratic country with a republic of five ethnic groups.
Therefore, the aftermath committee believes that the treasures handed down by the palaces of the past dynasties that remain in the Forbidden City should be returned to the people and belong to the government of the Republic of China. Therefore, their top priority is to conduct an overall inventory of these cultural relics.
However, not long after the aftermath committee was established, those cultural relic dealers and criminal thieves began to secretly covet the treasures in the Forbidden City.
Regarding this situation, the aftermath committee is also deeply stressed.
Moreover, these people have no experience in this matter. After all, it is the first time for everyone to do this kind of thing.
But when faced with a problem, we must solve it. The Fact Rehabilitation Committee and the government also conducted careful consultations on this situation and developed an extremely strict prevention system.
First of all, on the periphery, the Gyeonggi Garrison Command dispatched a large number of capable soldiers to guard the exits of the Forbidden City with guns, day and night, without leaving their posts.
No one is allowed in or out without a valid certificate. Anyone who breaks in without heeding warnings will be subject to military law without any mercy.
Secondly, the aftermath committee is also very strict and cautious in the review and selection of personnel responsible for inventorying cultural relics this time, and most of these recommendations are experts and scholars from major universities. In addition to their profound knowledge, these people also have the ability to identify cultural relics.
Ability, of course, in terms of character and conduct, the aftermath committee also attaches great importance to it.
Moreover, before they accept the inspection work, each of them must contact three store insurance companies. If any unscrupulous behavior such as theft occurs, these three store insurance companies will be directly prosecuted.
Even after these people have passed various rigorous inspections and finally passed, their requirements at work are even more stringent.
These people enter the palace every morning, which is called "going out of the group".
When "leaving the group", they must first report uniformly in a vacant room. The aftermath committee will approve their identities one by one. After marking the names of the group leader and members on the list, they must change into special clothes without pockets.
Work clothes, and then use fine hemp rope to tie the cuffs and trousers into a tight knot. This is also to prevent these people from stealing and hiding their secrets.
Then they enter the deep palace. Their specific tasks include checking items, registering, affixing tickets, recording affairs, etc. During this period, they are not allowed to move alone, and they must be accompanied even when going to the toilet in an emergency.
The end of each day's work is called "retirement". They will neatly place the cultural relics that have been counted, then close the door, lock it, and affix a seal.
Moreover, the seal must be stamped with the seals of the four departments of the Communist Party of China, the Security Headquarters, the Qing Palace Internal Affairs Office, and the Aftermath Committee. Even the staff must take photos separately and file them for record.
Finally, the aftermath committee member removed the hemp rope from his clothes and conducted a body search before he could leave the palace confinement.
To be honest, regarding this kind of behavior, apart from not being naked, everyone's working situation is really similar to that of the Yinku soldiers in the former Qing Dynasty.
If you add a pair of shackles, you will really look like a prisoner serving in the Yanshan quarry.
Moreover, not only is their work style almost humiliating, but the working conditions are also quite difficult.
Because during the enumeration, it was the middle of winter, and in order to prevent disasters, no fires were allowed in the palace, so all the ink and ink used for registration were frozen, and the hands with tightly tied cuffs were shivering in the cold wind.
, the phenomenon of cracks and sores is not uncommon.
But even so, none of the people who participated in the aftermath committee ever complained, because they knew in their hearts that they were now facing the treasures and essence of the entire nation.
Therefore, any slight omission may cause irreparable losses. It is with firm belief and strong sense of responsibility that they can complete this sacred task without hesitation.
After a comprehensive inventory, there are more than 1.17 million cultural relics left in the Forbidden City, which even include three generations of tripods and Yi, ancient jades, famous paintings of Tang and Song Ming Dynasties, Song and Yuan ceramics, enamels, lacquerware, gold
Silverware, bamboo and wood ivory horns, gold and bronze religious statues, as well as a large number of costumes, materials and furniture of emperors, concubines and concubines.
To sum it up, it can be said that gold, pearls, jade, rare treasures, and the wealth of the world are all gathered here.
In accordance with the international approach to dealing with royal palaces, the aftermath committee also advocated that a museum should be established in the Forbidden City and then open to all citizens.
Of course, before that, they also planned to publicly publish the "Investigation Report of the Qing Dynasty Aftermath Committee", which was 28 volumes long.
However, when the staff checked and registered against the images, they discovered that one of the cultural relics was missing.
After multiple searches yielded no results, the entire aftermath meeting fell into a passive position in an instant.