Chapter 254 Strange Jade Clothes and Pills
“Soon, the tomb was excavated.
It turned out that it was indeed a large tomb from the Han Dynasty.
Such a large tomb is unprecedented here in Yangcheng.
In fact, it was the same year, one month before this tomb was discovered.
That is May of 1983.
These archaeological experts have discovered a tomb of a noble from the Nanyue Kingdom during the Han Dynasty in Fenggang Mountain not far away.
However, this tomb has obvious holes, and it has obviously been visited long ago.
But there were actually some jade items left in the Thief's Cave.
These remaining jade articles are extremely exquisite, and they belong to the royal family of the South Vietnam Kingdom at first glance.
Therefore, they concluded that this might be the tomb of the King of Nanyue that was stolen by General Faqiu Zhonglang of Sun Quan of the Wu Kingdom.
Because Sun Quan also imitated Cao Cao's approach.
I want to dig some ancient tombs and find the rare treasures inside to use as military expenses.
He didn't know where he heard that there were many good treasures in the tombs of nobles in the South Vietnam Kingdom.
Back then, he dug three feet into the ground here in Yangcheng, but he only found one tomb.
That is the third Zhao Yingqi.
Now this archaeological expert suspects that the tombs here in Xianggang Mountain are the tombs of other Nanyue kings.
There were only five kings in the South Vietnam Kingdom.
The tomb of the third Zhao Yingqi has been excavated during the Three Kingdoms period.
The remaining two kings only served for one year.
There was simply no time to carry out large-scale construction and build such a huge mausoleum.
Then there are only two possibilities left, Zhao Tuo and Zhao Hu.
It was said that Zhao Tuo wanted to prevent his tomb from being discovered after his death.
Therefore, he specially ordered his descendant, his grandson Zhao Hu.
Zhao Tuo lived too long back then, and his son died before he had a chance to inherit the throne.
He had no choice but to let his grandson take over.
It is said that Zhao Tuo dug more than ten suspicious graves in Yangcheng.
On the day of the burial, more than ten funeral teams left the city together.
The purpose is to prevent people from knowing which is the real funeral procession. "
After hearing this, the audience also understood.
"Isn't this the same as Cao Cao's tomb?"
"Until now, there is still debate about where the real tomb of Cao Cao is."
"I have been to the tomb of the King of Nanyue. This is not the tomb of Zhao Tuo at all, but the tomb of Zhao Hu!"
Apparently there were some locals from Yangcheng, or spectators who had been to the Tomb of the King of Nanyue.
I know that what was finally excavated in Xianggang Mountain was not the tomb of Zhao Tuo, the first Nanyue King.
It is the tomb of his grandson, Zhao Hu.
Back then, Zhao Tuo took great pains to prevent his tomb from being robbed.
Therefore, like Cao Cao's tomb, it has become one of the mysteries in the history of our country.
The tomb of Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue, has always been remembered by the world.
Just like Sun Quan back then, he actually wanted to find Zhao Tuo's tomb.
But it failed in the end and only found Zhao Yingqi's tomb, and finally ended up chatting.
For more than 2000 years, Zhao Tuo's tomb has been the tomb that master tomb robbers of various factions want to find.
It is a pity that no one has excavated Zhao Tuo's tomb until now.
Some people even say that Zhao Tuo is not buried here at all.
I only saw Ye Zhen introducing: "This is how the excavation of the tomb began.
After the archaeological experts of that year entered the tomb, they found that the tomb was actually complete.
And the murals and various bronzes inside are extremely exquisite.
And the paintings inside are all in color, which is rare.
Looking at the style of the tomb, you can tell that it is a royal tomb from the Han Dynasty.
There are not many imperial tombs that have not been stolen.
The archaeological experts at the time were extremely excited.
Such complete and huge Han Dynasty painted royal tombs of the Han Dynasty are extremely rare across the country.
The most important thing is that this is most likely the tomb of Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue.
Finally, it was officially excavated in 2000.
During the excavation process, everyone was shocked by the scale of the tomb.
Because the entire mausoleum was hollowed out of Xianggang Mountain and built on the mountain.
The aisles inside the tomb are filled with boulders weighing two tons, and a crane is required to lift them completely.
After final cleaning, it was discovered that it was a square, slope-shaped mausoleum.
It is about meters long, meters wide and meters deep.
About 4 meters in front of the tomb chamber, the tomb passage begins to turn into a vertical pit, in which a large number of bronzes, pottery and other funerary objects are accumulated.
And a stamp with the words "Changle Palace Utensils" was found. "
Changle Palace What place is this? It was the place where the emperor and queen lived during the Han Dynasty, and it was called Changle Palace.
Why does the seal of the Han Dynasty emperor's palace appear here?
This is simply unreasonable.
It was a thrill for the archaeological experts back then.
why? Because this is most likely Zhao Tuo's tomb, because Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself emperor at that time.
He believed that the place where he lived was Changle Palace, so this was the best evidence that Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself emperor.
“Then they discovered that after more than 2000 years, the stone door in this tomb was still very strong.
Finally, the crane was used to open the stone gate.
After being opened, the funerary objects inside the tomb were more exquisite and precious than some of the funerary objects in the side chambers outside.
This is a royal tomb that has not been stolen.
Among them, there are two sets of chime bells cast, namely Yong bell and Niu bell.
There are 5 pieces in a set of Yong bells and 14 pieces in a set of button bells. They have fine workmanship, precise music and melodious sound.
There are also two sets of stone chimes arranged near the chimes, arranged from large to small, with a total of 2 pieces.
In addition, there are several bronze harps, bronze harps, and two lacquered xylophones.
Such a huge group of musical instruments and such a complete orchestra arrangement are very neatly arranged even today.
However, according to the ritual and music system passed down from the Western Zhou Dynasty, this is completely at the level of the shows that the King of Nanyue really regarded himself as the emperor. "
Obviously, it was true that Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself emperor.
“However, the identity of the owner of this tomb has never been confirmed.
Although everyone guessed at the time that this was most likely Zhao Tuo's tomb.
But I haven't found anything to prove my identity for a day, and I can't draw a conclusion for a day.
Then a tomb-suppressing treasure—the golden seal of Emperor Wen’s seal—was unearthed here.
This is the first imperial seal unearthed in archaeological excavations in my country.
Previously, there was no emperor's seal among the Qin and Han seals handed down or unearthed, only documented records.
We have never seen what the emperor's seal looks like.
After seeing the seal of Emperor Wen, archaeological experts can confirm the owner of the tomb.
Everyone has been speculating that this tomb is most likely to belong to Zhao Tuo.
But the title of Emperor Wen belongs to Zhao Tuo's grandson, Zhao Hu.
Now it can be confirmed that the owner of this tomb is Zhao Hu. "
The imperial seals generally discussed in literature are white jade seals and Chihu button seals, with the inscription "Emperor's Seal" or "Emperor's Seal".
The gold seal of Zhao Hu is a gold seal and a dragon button seal. The length and width are about 3 cm, the height is cm, and the weight is 148 grams.
Obviously it is not a traditional imperial seal, but Zhao Hu's own personal seal.
That’s why they can be buried with them after death.
According to the etiquette regulations of the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the seals of the emperor and empress can be called "Xi", and the seals of other subjects cannot be called "Xi".
There is not only one kind of emperor's seal, but many kinds.
For example, the "Emperor's Seal" is used to grant gifts to princes and kings, the "Emperor's Seal" is used to seal a country, and the "Emperor's Letter Seal" is used to send troops.
The "Emperor's Seal" is used to confer foreign countries, the "Emperor's Xingxi" is used to govern ministers, and the "Emperor's Letter Seal" is used to serve the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.
The "Emperor's Seal" is regarded as the "national seal", and rulers of all dynasties regard it as a treasure to protect the country and control the territory. As the saying goes, "Whoever gains the treasure gains the world, and whoever loses the treasure loses the world."
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had six seals, which could be passed down.
The national jade seal passed down in those days was the Heshi Bi, which originated from Qin Shihuang.
Only the one who obtains the imperial seal is the legitimate emperor.
“But then a huge mystery emerged.
Because a set of jade clothes was found in this tomb.
But the strange thing about the jade garment is that the jade pieces of the jade garment are scattered all over the floor.
It looked very messy, and the archaeological team found it after cleaning it up.
No gold threads were found on this jade garment.
Because this method was very popular during the burial ceremony in the Han Dynasty.
It is what we call the jade garment with golden threads. The most famous jade garment with golden threads is the one worn by the King of Zhongshan.
The highest standard is the jade garment with gold threads, then the jade garment with silver threads and finally the jade garment with copper threads.
However, no gold, silver or copper threads were found in the tomb of Emperor Wen Zhao Hu.
The jade pieces were scattered all over the floor.
According to the Nanyue Kingdom's own specifications for proclaiming emperor, this is at least a gold-studded jade garment.
Why are there only jade pieces scattered on the ground? Secondly, in addition to the gold seal of Emperor Wen, a jade seal was also unearthed.
There's just a simple name on it.
But the name above confused the archaeological experts present.
Because the name written on this seal is Zhao Wei instead of Zhao Hu.
Who is this Zhao Wei?It has never appeared or been recorded in history books.
Could it be that this is not the tomb of Zhao Tuo’s grandson, Emperor Wen, Zhao Hu? "Ye Zhen asked again.
After hearing this, the audience also began to think.
"He's obviously proclaimed emperor, so he should be wearing jade clothes with gold threads."
"It couldn't be that we were too poor back then and couldn't even afford metal."
"I think there must be some special reason for this."
"So is this the tomb of Zhao Hu or Zhao Mei?"
"Could it be that Zhao Hu and Zhao Wei are the same person?"
"This jade garment was probably made for immortality from the beginning."
In fact, this has been a mystery until now.
Why is it clearly recorded in history that Zhao Tuo's grandson Zhao Hu, that is, Emperor Wen, succeeded to the throne.
However, the seal excavated from the tomb was indeed the seal of Emperor Wen, but the jade seal had Zhao Wei's name written on it.
Some experts back then watched Ye Zhen’s show.
"It is now generally recognized by the mainstream that Zhao Hu is Zhao Mei. It may just be a different name."
"Some people say that the records in the historical records were wrong. In fact, there was no Zhao Hu at all, it was always Zhao Wei."
"This jade garment is the same. Why is there no metal thread, only jade pieces? This shouldn't be the case."
Obviously, there are many mysteries in the tomb of the Nanyue King.
But the mystery doesn't end there.
Ye Zhen continued to introduce with a smile: "There are also some other magical funerary objects unearthed in this mausoleum.
Except for some Central Plains style jade and bronze ware.
There are also many exotic artifacts here.
Among them is this garlic-shaped silver medicine box. "
The silver box appeared on the projection behind Ye Zhen.
The whole structure is in the shape of an oblate ball. Although it has been more than 2000 years, it is still shining brightly.
At first glance, the style of this silver box is not made in my country.
After identification, it was discovered that it was an artifact from the ancient Persian Empire.
How could the silver box of the ancient Persian Empire, thousands of miles away, appear in the tomb of the King of Nanyue? This was something that puzzled archaeological experts at the time.
But the audience looked at the silver pill box.
That's what everyone thinks.
There won’t be the legendary elixir of life in this, right? "Everyone is thinking, is there possible elixir of immortality in this?" Ye Zhen seemed to have read through everyone's thoughts.
"Later, when I opened the silver box, I found that there were indeed ten pills in it."
"But it's a pity that these pills have been carbonized."
"Even if you put it in a laboratory, you can't analyze the ingredients inside."
(End of this chapter)