Note 1: Golden Lily Plan. During World War II, while Japan trampled all Asian countries with force, it persistently and secretly implemented a "Golden Lily Plan" to plunder the wealth of occupied countries. On the eve of Japan's defeat and surrender, tens of thousands of tons of treasure They were hidden throughout the Philippines or sank to the bottom of the sea with shipwrecks. China alone has lost billions of dollars worth of porcelain, artwork, ancient fossils, thread-bound books, religious relics, etc.

In 1937, Hirohito and his advisers established the "Golden Lily Organization", an organization that ensured that looted wealth only flowed into the emperor's coffers. It was a royal organization that included finance, accounting, bookkeeping, shipping experts and Various treasure experts. The agency is supervised by members of the royal family and is implemented by manipulating the underworld.

When the Japanese army began to surround Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Dai Li to box up as many pieces as possible from the National Museum's collection and art from other cities. Eventually, they were shipped to Chengdu and Chongqing in western China, but what could be boxed and shipped away after all limited.

After the fall of Nanjing, the first executors of Operation Golden Lily were the gendarmerie. The gendarmerie special operations teams dispatched searched everywhere, seized all Chinese government property, blew open bank warehouses, and robbed wealthy and middle-class businessmen and others. Gold, gems, jewelry, works of art and currency. It is said that at this stage, the secret gendarmes collected at least 6,000 tons of gold.

Japan paid great attention to specific details in plundering. One important example is that there was a carefully selected special operations organization to collect cultural relics with expertise in rare books and manuscripts. Some of them were monks of the Nichiren sect. The task is to select such books from libraries, museums, private collections or Buddhist scriptures in monasteries, and then transport these treasures to Tokyo. Before plundering, they had traveled around China, made friends with private collectors, and compiled a compilation of the most precious books. and table of contents of the manuscript.

After the Nanjing Massacre, more than 1,000 such experts came to Nanjing and began to select from precious collections of books and manuscripts. Although a considerable part of Nanjing was in ruins, the buildings where these books were stored were under tight security. Japan The Royal Library had priority in selecting items, and the most precious items were selected for the Emperor to see in person. Each item was carefully numbered, packed, and then placed in a waterproof box. They also compiled and copied many detailed books catalog to ensure nothing was lost on the way to Japan. About 2,300 Chinese laborers packed the items, 400 Japanese soldiers supervised their work, and more than 300 trucks were used to transport the boxes to Shanghai and then ship them.

As a victim of Japan's foreign aggression, China suffered far more victims than any other nation or country. Between 1895 and 1945, Japan plundered the most treasures from China compared with other places. Japan's plunder of China Starting from the Northeast, then spreading to Shanghai, Nanjing and hundreds of towns across the country, China's billions of dollars worth of gold nuggets, treasures, diamonds, gems of various colors, porcelain, artworks, ancient fossils, priceless thread-bound classics, religious Cultural relics and ancestral treasures have become the possessions of the Japanese. In addition to mainland China, from Hong Kong to Singapore, from Manila to Jakarta, almost all overseas Chinese residential areas have also suffered the same fate.

Most of the Chinese treasures were shipped to Japan, where they were stored in the Japanese Imperial Palace or in private collections of Japanese oligarchs. When the war ended in 1945, these treasures were supposed to be returned to the victimized countries, but in fact this was not done.

After the war, Germany returned a huge amount of looted treasures and stolen art, and they also paid $55 billion in compensation to Nazi victims. Contrary to Germany, Japan refused to apologize and evaded compensation. They only returned

A very small amount of treasure was obtained, and most of the treasure has remained in Japan.
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