Why is Cao Cao called a tomb robber?

Because he dug graves to raise military expenses.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao sent a team to dig the grave because of the lack of military pay when he was crusading against Yuan Shao.

The money and goods dug up were used to pay the army, and this is indeed the case in history.

In Chen Lin's essay, it is written that when Cao Cao robbed Liu Wu's tomb, there are three pieces of information that are quite important - first, when robbing the tomb, Cao Cao was there to direct the treasure on the spot. This is relatively rare among the famous tomb robbers in history, and it is generally run by subordinates.

Second, a full-time tomb robbery agency has been set up in the army, and "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Touching Gold Captain" have been set up, and it is rare for the first time in the history of tomb robbery in China that professional tomb robbery terms have appeared.

3. Cao Cao's tomb robbery was very ruthless and thorough, "all the depravity and suddenness were not exposed". 隳突 (duò tū) means to destroy, and the destruction is complete, which is also one of the typical sexual behaviors of tomb robbers. Of course, Cao Cao's actions may have contained class hatred.

Judging from the current archaeological discoveries, the theft of Cao Cao's tomb is serious, and it has long been patronized by tomb thieves, both ancient and modern. This archaeological excavation is a "salvage" archaeological excavation caused by tomb robbery, otherwise the State Administration of Cultural Heritage would not have approved it. One of the key objects in this archaeology to determine the identity of the tomb owner, the "common comfort stone" used by King Wu of Wei, was recovered after being stolen by tomb thieves.

And Cao Cao himself is a tomb robber. The cunning Cao Cao, although he had a lot of considerations in anti-tomb robbery, engaged in "secret burials" and set up "doubtful graves", but in the end he still did not escape the shovel head of the tomb robbers. Isn't this a kind of karma?!

Cao Cao was quite professional and was the first person in the history of tomb robbery in China to set up a tomb robbery agency. So, how did Cao Cao rob the tomb? The most famous of Cao Cao's tomb robberies is the tomb of Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao, which is not included in the original text of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", but only in the supplement.

Liu Yilong, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, thought that Chen Shou's "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" was too simplistic, so Pei Songzhi, a scholar at the time, made a supplement. When Pei Songzhi supplemented Chen Lin's deeds in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Book of Wei" (Volume 6), he quoted the text in the "Spring and Autumn Period of Wei" compiled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty historian Sun Sheng

This sentence is true, Cao Cao is indeed keen on tomb robbing.

It is said that from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty Cao Cao, tomb robbery changed from underground work to above board, and Cao Cao also named his tomb robbery team Touching Jinxiaowei. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was divided into three kingdoms, and the social economy retreated in great strides. Of course, fighting a war is a very labor-intensive matter.

Among them, money is the basis for ensuring the steady growth of an army. According to folklore, Cao Cao began to rob tombs in order to obtain a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry. Because tomb robbing is a profitable thing.

Since the Xia Dynasty, there has been a saying about burial, and often the higher the status, the more valuable the burial items are. The fundamental purpose of tomb robbery is to steal gold, silver and jewelry from the cemetery. In order to feed the army, Cao Cao ordered his cronies to start robbing tombs.

Tomb robbing didn't actually start with Cao Cao. It is said that during the Western Jin Dynasty, the emperor had a team of soldiers under him. It is known as horseback riding.

That is, this army is made up of people who can't speak. Their usual job was to find a cemetery, and then wait until the emperor needed a lot of money.

There are also a lot of tomb robbery plots in current film and television works, the act of tomb robbery is definitely not worth advocating, first of all, tomb robbery is illegal, because now no matter which nobleman's tomb is excavated are cultural relics, it belongs to the country, and secondly, tomb robbery is risky, the richer the purpose, the more likely there are various traps, which will endanger personal safety, most of the tomb robbery plots in film and television works are depicted in **, which has been detached from real life, everyone take a look, just have fun, Don't take it seriously.

Cao Cao didn't like or was keen on tomb robbing, at first Cao Cao's purpose in robbing tombs was very simple, in order to get a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from the cemetery, and then equip his army.

Cao Cao had his own gold-touching team for tomb robbing, and in that era, money was needed to recruit soldiers and horses, and if he didn't rob tombs, Cao Cao's net worth couldn't support it.

Yes, in order to raise military salaries, Cao Cao ordered the army to rob tombs, and the gold and silver treasures taken out were obtained for free, all of which were used to recruit troops and horses, or to feed his army.

Cao Cao was keen on tomb robbing, and it was true. He has a lot of habits, and now some people don't understand it, and the tomb robbery is probably to find wealth.

Cao Cao set up Captain Mojin and General Faqiu Zhonglang to find military salaries, not to rob tombs.

Historically, large-scale tomb robberies were all of an official nature, and Cao Cao was the most professional tomb robber in history, supposedly to raise military salaries.

It's almost the meaning of "official thief", but Cao Cao's purpose in setting up this army is for the gold and silver treasures in the tomb.

It depends on Cao Cao's purpose, maybe people want to archaeology? Moreover, Cao Cao is also the person who is the emperor, he owns the whole country, and he still has the right to dig a few tombs.

Personally, I think it should be true, Cao Cao is like dominating the world, how can he buy military salaries if he doesn't have money?

The most famous is the tomb of King Dangshan of Mangdang, which is the mausoleum of Liu Wu and Queen Li of Liang Xiao of the Han Dynasty.