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Chapter 755 Xuande Furnace

Originally, Yang Jing thought that the porcelain from Song Wu Kiln in this big box was already awesome. After all, it was the porcelain from Song Wu Kiln. The amount of porcelain in modern times was far lower than that of Yuan blue and white. The porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties was not comparable to that of Yuan blue and white and white with porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Some people may say that the porcelain of Song Wu Kiln is very precious, but how can it be compared with the value of some of the best Yuan blue and white porcelains and the Ming and Qing dynasties? You should know that in the history of auction of Chinese porcelain, only one of the ten highest-priced porcelains sold at the Song Wu Kiln Ru Kiln porcelain washes, and their rankings are only sixth, and they did not even enter the top five. So, how can the porcelain of Song Wu Kiln be compared with the best porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in terms of value?

This is certainly a fact, but it has to be mentioned that among the top ten porcelains with the highest auction value, what are the other nine porcelains?

The first one is the Yuan blue and white Xiao He chasing Han Xin’s picture plum vase under the moon, which is an absolute and great product; the second one is the Qianlong pastel hollow heart-turning bottle, which is also an important product... Among these nine porcelains, except for the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, the other eight porcelains are absolute and great product. The most important thing is that almost every porcelain has a very small number of existence.

What about the Ru kiln porcelain washing, which ranked sixth? It was just a very ordinary Ru kiln sky blue glaze sunflower washing among all Ru kiln porcelains. The diameter was only 13.5 cm, which was a little larger than the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cowl.

Although there are only 78 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain known in the world, among these 78 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain, you can sell them for more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars if you take out one piece. What about Yuan blue and white porcelain or porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties? That must be the best or even the best, so that it can be compared with Ru kiln porcelain.

Therefore, if we really want to talk about value, the porcelain of Song Wu Kiln as a whole is far greater than that of the Yuan blue and white porcelain and the Ming and Qing dynasties.

This is why Yang Jing was very happy when he got a set of Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cowl, a set of five-color twelve flower god cups and a set of Yuan blue and white characters, but he definitely did not get the excitement of these eight Song Wukang porcelains.

What excited him even more was the last Chaiyao Sky Blue Glaze Narcissus Vase that was completely unexpected!

To give a slightly inappropriate metaphor, the porcelains of the Yuan, Blue and White and Ming and Qing dynasties that Yang Jing discovered before seemed to meet Miss Asia, and the eight Song Wukong porcelains immediately improved to the level of Miss Global! As for the last piece of wood-filled porcelain, to be honest, Yang Jing couldn't think of any other beauty that could be compared to it!

Although Yang Jing has also gained a lot of top-quality porcelain in the past two years, including this one, it is no exaggeration to say that in his mind, this piece of wood-filled porcelain is unique and the most precious of all these porcelains!

According to Yang Jing's mood at this time, even if he had not obtained all the treasures in front, even if only this Chai Kiln Sky Green Glaze Narcissus Vase was there, then this treasure hunt was very satisfying!

One box harvested eight top-quality Song Wukong porcelain and one piece of wood porcelain that could not be described as too much. This was something Yang Jing had never expected before. Judging from the harvest of the previous few boxes, he thought that the box was still filled with the top-quality Song Wukong porcelain, but unexpectedly it was the more precious Song Wukong porcelain.

Especially the piece of wood-filled porcelain, Yang Jing didn't know what to say.

It would be a bit extravagant to put such nine pieces of porcelain in such a large iron box, but when you think about the value of these nine pieces of porcelain, Yang Jing understood the thoughts of the Japanese who buried this batch of treasures at that time.

There was definitely one of the Japanese devils who could be called everyone at that time, otherwise this batch of porcelain would not have been preserved so well, and the classification was so clear. In fact, if we really talk about it, we would have really thanked the Japanese. Otherwise, these porcelains would have been buried in the caucus for so many years. What would have happened if they had been buried in the caucus?

Shaking his head, Yang Jing retreated his mind from the space. He was really a little too excited. He needed to calm himself down a little.

He got out of bed carefully, but it still made Princess mutter a few words. After pausing for a while, watching Princess turn around and continue to fall asleep again, Yang Jing then put on his pajamas, picked up a box of cigarettes and a lighter from the coffee table, walked out of the room quietly, came to the balcony outside to light a cigarette, looked at the night view of the city outside, and felt the slightly moist air.

After smoking a cigarette on the balcony, Yang Jing then put out the cigarette butts, carefully returned to the room and went to bed, and then sank his mind into the storage space again.

"Well, there seems to be something under this box?" Yang Jing was about to put the big iron box that he had just opened aside, but found that there seemed to be something inside.

Yes, although I took out nine extremely precious pieces of porcelain from this box in one breath, these pieces of porcelain are almost all small and medium-sized. No matter how well the nine pieces of porcelain are protected, they cannot even take up half of the volume of the box.

Just now, he was just admiring the Chai Kiln Sky-Glazed Narcissus Vase. Yang Jing directly ignored the lower half of the box covered by thatch. When he moved the box again, he realized that the box that had just brought him a huge surprise, seemed to have something in the lower half.

Sure enough, when Yang Jing cleared out all the thatch on top, the two things exposed in the lower half of the box once again made Yang Jing's heart shrink.

These are two antique copper incense burners with a diameter of more than 20 cm!

Almost like the piece of wood-filled porcelain just now, Yang Jing just looked at the two incense burners, and three words immediately popped up in his mind - Xuande burners!

There is no need to identify or investigate. With just one glance, Yang Jing can almost determine that these two antique incense burners are the legendary Xuande furnaces!

The so-called "opening the door" and the so-called "at-eye goods" refer to the treasure in front of you. Such a treasure really does not require identification or inquiry, because this treasure can always make people see its extraordinaryness at a glance. Even a rookie who doesn't know anything can clearly feel the difference between this treasure and other items!

This is the same as the chai porcelain I discovered just now. It is a rare treasure that no matter whether it is an expert or a rookie, you can tell at a glance that this is a rare treasure!

This is how the two copper incense burners in front of you!

"Are you really lucky? I just got a piece of wood porcelain, and now I want to give me two more pieces of the legendary Xuande furnace?" Yang Jing almost couldn't help laughing. It was really that the treasure in this big iron box was too unexpected.

The so-called Xuande furnace refers to the first batch of copper incense burners cast by Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, which was the grandson of Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di, after becoming the emperor. Because of the strict materials, the finished products cast were extremely exquisite, it has been imitated by later generations. From the mid-Ming Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China, and even to the modern era, countless people have imitated Xuande furnaces.

But as one sentence says, this Xuande furnace is a real item that is "only imitated and never surpassed"!

Although about seven hundred years have passed since the publication of Xuande Furnace, and countless imitations have been released during this period, as long as the three words "Xuande Furnace" are mentioned, everyone knows that it only refers to the batch of copper incense burners cast in the third year of Xuande. Only that batch of copper incense burners are qualified to be called "Xuande Furnace" or "Xuanfurnace".

As the most famous incense burner in Chinese history, when you mention Xuande furnace, you have to mention Emperor Xuande who made the Xuande furnace.

It is said that when Zhu Zhanji was born, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di had a dream, dreaming that his father Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a big gui, and said eight words: "It will be passed down to the descendants and will prosper forever." Zhu Di felt that this was a good omen. A few years later, Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" that influenced the process of the Ming Dynasty and successfully became a generation of emperors.

Perhaps it was because of this that Zhu Di loved Zhu Zhanji very much. Zhu Di often took him out of the capital to hunt. During the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, Zhu Di also intended to bring Zhu Zhanji by his side and temper his temper in the wind and sand in the north.

At that time, everyone knew that what Zhu Di really liked was Zhu Zhanji, the crown prince, rather than his eldest son, Zhu Gaochi.

It was precisely because he had received his grandfather's personal teaching since he was a child that Zhu Zhanji became a very qualified emperor after ascending the throne. Not to mention anything else, Zhu Zhanji's father, the Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, once planned to move the court from Yanjing to Jinling. It was mainly because Yanjing was too close to Mongolia. If the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty counterattacked, Yanjing would be the first to be affected.

To this end, Zhu Gaochi carried out some preliminary work in an orderly manner, such as setting up the Jinling garrison, sending trusted generals and eunuchs to take charge of the command. At the same time, he appointed the Crown Prince Zhu Zhanji to Jinling to visit Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial tomb and stayed there to preside over the work. However, Zhu Gaochi's death before the implementation of the plan, which temporarily interrupted the plan.

After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he made a decision that now seems very wise: to abolish his father's plan to move the capital and continue to use Yanjing as the imperial capital.

There is no doubt that Zhu Zhanji inherited some of the excellent qualities of his grandfather Zhu Di. He was willing to move the capital as close as possible to the north and fulfill his duties as "the emperor guards the country's gates" in an action.

Zhu Zhanji had a second uncle named Zhu Gaoxu. This guy was born with Kong Wu and was very skilled in martial arts. When Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Gaoxu, as Zhu Di's second son, made many contributions to his father, so Zhu Gaoxu thought he had made great contributions and should take over the imperial power left by his father Zhu Di.

Therefore, after Zhu Zhanji, who was only 27 years old at that time, ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu was very dissatisfied, so this guy planned to learn from his father Zhu Di and attack the court under the banner of "clearing the lords". However, Zhu Zhanji was not Emperor Jianwen, and Zhu Gaoxu was not Zhu Di. At the suggestion of the young tutor of the crown prince, Yang Rong, the Grand Secretary of the Jinshen Palace and the Minister of Works, Zhu Zhanji personally led the army and defeated Zhu Gaoxu in just a few strokes and captured him alive. He eventually killed the second uncle who was plotting against him.

After defeating Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Zhanji immediately summoned King Zhao Zhu Gaosui and hinted that he handed over the military power. Zhu Gaosui did not resist and handed over the military power obediently. In this way, the problem of King Pan, which had always plagued the Ming Dynasty, was successfully resolved.

At the same time, during the ten years when Zhu Zhanji was emperor, he implemented a policy of rest with the people and actively developed agricultural production. In military terms, like his grandfather Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji personally led the army to fight against Mongolia outside and quell the rebellion internally, and maintained the standing of the Ming Dynasty. In finance, Zhu Zhanji reduced and exempted punitive taxes to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to develop the economy. In culture, he implemented a relatively relaxed and free cultural policy, and the cultural undertakings developed rapidly...

In the end, Zhu Zhanji spent ten years, combined with the year his father was in power, creating a prosperous era comparable to the "Wenjing Governance" - "Renxuan Governance".

It can be said that Zhu Zhanji is indeed a very good emperor who can even be called a wise emperor. The Xuande Lu was ordered by this wise and artistic Emperor Xuanzong.
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