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Chapter 819 The Fox's Tail

"I can't chase him back, why?" Yang Dongsheng's eyes turned cold.

Liu Weiguo took a deep breath, "According to the deputy dean's account, some of the cultural relics were designated by the buyer! After being stolen, they were sold immediately!"

"The designated cultural relics, is there anything special about those cultural relics?" Yang Dongsheng asked.

"I compared the list of cultural relics in the National Palace Museum in Taipei that we have. The cultural relics that the deputy director stole at the beginning were all cultural relics returned by Japan, especially several of them were dedicated to Japan by Wang Jianhai. It was only later that other artifacts were involved.”

"The cultural relics returned by Japan? So the buyer is also Japanese!" Yang Dongsheng put down the document, "Can you find out where Japan bought it?"

"The deputy dean said that the buyer did not hide his identity. He is indeed a Japanese, and he deliberately revealed his identity! You also know what kind of goods are on the island..."

"Let's get straight to the point! According to the investigation by the Central X Bureau, they are really Japanese?" Yang Dongsheng frowned slightly.

"The investigation by the Central X Bureau in Taiwan showed that those things were indeed sent to Japan!"

"It's good if we can find the source!" Yang Dongsheng nodded.

"But..." Liu Weiguo immediately showed a troubled expression, "This is where the fault lies! David Weber said that according to the investigation results returned by Japan, those things never entered Japan at all!"

"Didn't enter Japan!" Yang Dongsheng was taken aback, "Are you doing magic tricks for me?"

"I don't think David Weber is lying!" Liu Weiguo bowed slightly, "Mr. Yang, I have a guess!"

Yang Dongsheng pointed to the chair in front of him, "Sit!"

Liu Weiguo just sat down on the chair, straightened his tie and continued, "After I saw the list, I felt that this was not an ordinary civil behavior. Later, even David Weber and his investigation encountered difficulties. This further validates my guess."

"It's not unexpected!" Yang Dongsheng knocked on the table and leaned back on the chair, "Tell David Weber, give me clues to find these cultural relics at any cost!"

Where is Japan?Diplomacy and internal affairs are completely in the hands of XX.

As long as the Central Bureau is willing to investigate, they will definitely be able to find clues to this batch of cultural relics.

"Mr. Yang, I don't think this matter can be handed over to David Webb. It's fine if they are willing to sell it to us after they investigate the whereabouts of these cultural relics. If they don't want to sell them, what should we do? Even if they don't Scheming, what if the news leaks out halfway through the investigation, and David Webb follows in Jason Bourne's footsteps, what shall we do?"

Liu Weiguo's worry was not unreasonable. Yang Dongsheng sat up straight, glanced at Liu Weiguo and said, "Tell me what you think!"

"I heard from experts that besides the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan also has an important museum called the Taiwan Museum of History. The cultural relics in its collection were mainly snatched from the Henan Provincial Museum in the mainland. In addition, there are also a number of cultural relics returned by Japan after World War II. .I think since they can steal from the National Palace Museum in Taipei, they will definitely not let the Taiwan Museum of History go! We can start the investigation from here!"

"Good idea!" Yang Dongsheng nodded.

Since Japan became prosperous and strong through the Meiji Restoration, it began to plunder cultural relics from China and North Korea.

At the beginning, they just sent people to pretend to be businessmen to buy from Chinese cultural relic dealers, tomb robbers, and Eight Banners guarding the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty.

Later, when they occupied the northeast, they simply dug in broad daylight.

The ruins of the capital city of the Bohai State in the northeast were stolen during this period.

As for why the cultural relics in the Forbidden City were not stolen, and why the Forbidden City was not burned?
The reason is actually very simple. On the one hand, the cultural relics in the Forbidden City had been transferred at that time, and on the other hand, the Japanese needed Puyi as a puppet.

Many years ago, Yang Dongsheng saw the cruelty of XX in Shanghai—they would not spare even the golden teeth of the dead and the longevity locks of young children.

During World War II, Japan's sphere of influence once extended to Southeast Asia.

For decades, a large number of precious metals and cultural relics were looted by the Japanese, including even the skulls of BJ people.

After the end of World War II, most of these cultural relics were "disappeared".

Yang Dongsheng has seen the list of the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The total number of cultural relics returned by Japan is only more than 1200, which is only a very small part of the property looted by Japan during World War II.

According to Yang Dongsheng's guess, some of the precious metals and cultural relics looted by Japan during World War II should have been bought by them in exchange for post-war recovery funds.

After World War II, the United States was busy establishing the "Bretton Woods System" and needed a large amount of gold.

As for those cultural relics, most of them should still be hidden somewhere in Japan, or a few places.

But it is not easy to find these cultural relics. From our perspective, Japan is indeed a small country, but its land area is nearly 40 square kilometers.

If it is in Europe, this area is actually larger than that of Germany, a major European country.

In such a large country, it is hard to imagine the difficulty of finding a batch of carefully hidden cultural relics.

And this time is an opportunity for them!
Maybe they can follow the stolen cultural relics in Taiwan and find traces of those cultural relics.

Yang Dongsheng felt that he had caught the fox's tail this time.

Yang Dongsheng was about to speak, when he raised his eyes and found that Liu Weiguo still had a hesitant expression, "What else?"

"One more thing, those cultural relics in Taipei may be relocated soon!"

"move?"

At the beginning of the 21st century, the activity of "balancing the north and the south and equalizing cultural prosperity" was carried out on the island of Taiwan.

To put it bluntly, it is to send some of the cultural relics in Taipei to the central and southern regions of Taiwan for exhibition.

In 2004, it was finally approved to set up the southern branch of the Taipei Palace Museum in Taibao City, Chiayi County, southern Taiwan, and the expected completion time is 2008.

Many people are aware of the political ecology of Taiwan Island.

Once these treasures of Chinese culture are sent to southern Taiwan, how many of them are real?

After all, the South Campus of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is positioned as the "Museum of Asian Art and Culture".

"That means we only have two years to ship these things back?" Yang Dongsheng said.

"David Webb says it's impossible to get all the deals done in two years."

"What does he suggest?"

"He thinks we can start with politics. The politicians over there are best at wrangling, as long as..."

"No!" Yang Dongsheng interrupted Liu Weiguo decisively.

"But..." Liu Weiguo was stunned. Based on his understanding of Yang Dongsheng, he should like this suggestion, but Yang Dongsheng refused.

(End of this chapter)