Chapter 448: The Marquis of Jizi

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"How many artifacts have been excavated from the ancient tomb?" Wang Zheng asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A total of 25,404 pieces of various burial goods were unearthed in the tomb. Among them, 8,239 bronzes, 4,672 gold and jade, 3,793 stone bones and pottery, 279 lacquered wood utensils, and more than 8,200 seashells were unearthed!"

"That's a lot!" Wang Zheng's face showed a ray of excitement.

However, the number of more than 25,000 artifacts was surprising, but he also understood that more than half of them were of little value. Among the more than 8,000 bronzes, bronze weapons, chariots and horses, and ornaments of low value account for the majority. Bronze ritual utensils and household utensils such as real dings, gui, bottles, beans, horns, and pots may not even have one-tenth.

The gold and jade are better, but unfortunately there are few good quality high ancient jades. Stone bones and pottery are of little value, unless there are words or beautiful ornamentation. This is especially true of sea shells, and the original shell coins in the antique market today are basically worthless because of the large amount of unearthed. The most valuable copper shell coins are only about 400 yuan.

On the whole, among all the unearthed cultural relics, there may be no more than 1,000 pieces of real collection value.

"How many can reach the first-class cultural relics?"

Wang Zheng asked about the question he was most concerned about.

"2468 pieces!"

"2,468 pieces, how can it be so many?"

Although the pre-Qin bronzes, especially the exquisitely decorated bronze ritual vessels and utensils, are of relatively high value, except for a few cultural relics with high artistic and historical value, most of them are only second- and third-class.

"Boss, mainly because we found a lot of 'stone oracle bones' in the ancient tomb!"

"Stone-carcassed bones, what's that?"

"That's it!"

An oval-shaped stone tablet with text engraved on the surface soon appeared on the holographic screen.

"These slabs carved out of hard granite with words carved on them are called 'stone carapaces'. In this ancient tomb, a total of 2,385 pieces of 'stone oracle bones' of equal size were found, nearly 190,000 words!"

"So many?" Wang Zheng was surprised.

In ancient times, it was not like now, when a random book cost hundreds of thousands of words. In the pre-Qin period, when subtle words were emphasized, the famous "Analects" was only more than 10,000 words, the "Book of Songs" was only less than 40,000 words, and the "Tao Te Ching" was even less, only more than 5,000 points.

190,000 words appeared in a tomb, which is rare for thousands of years!

"What is recorded on it?" Wang Zheng said curiously.

"Because the number of oracle bones that have been deciphered is limited, we can't decipher all of them. However, judging from the deciphered text, these 190,000 words should record the 500-year history of the Shang Dynasty in China!"

"What? You're telling the truth?"

Looking at Wang Zheng's shocked appearance, Zhao Tian scratched his head on the holographic screen, "This is what Wang Fu said, I think they shouldn't make a mistake in judgment!"

"That's right!"

Wang Zheng nodded excitedly, as a cyborg, Wang Fu and them, didn't dare to lie to themselves.

"It's really developed!"

Once the 'stone oracle bone' that can complete the history of the Shang Dynasty in the third millennium BC is present, it will cause a sensation all over the world. And his own museum became famous. Thinking of this, Wang Zheng, who looked excited, couldn't sit still. After shaking his head and stomping his feet for a while, he controlled his emotions.

After clicking on the stone oracle bones in the holographic screen and admiring it for a long time, the excitement slowly calmed down.

"What other good things are there besides stone oracle bones?"

Zhao Tian's fingers moved, and a three-legged large round tripod appeared in front of Wang Zheng.

"This is the largest tripod we found in the tomb, with ears 125 centimeters high, 98.7 centimeters in diameter, weighing 438.8 kilograms, the tripod body cloud thunder text for the ground, relief dragon pattern and gluttonous pattern, there are 847 words of inscription in the tripod!

"Hong Fan Jiuchou?" Wang Zheng blurted out.

"Yes!"

"I guessed it was this!" Wang Zheng said excitedly.

According to legend, two years after the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Jizi stated to King Wu of Zhou the record of the "Great Law of Heaven and Earth", and put forward the nine fundamental laws that the emperor must abide by to govern the country, that is, "Hongfan Nine Domains".

The purpose of such a rule, which repeatedly proposes rules of conduct to the monarch, is to deify the monarchy and raise the vigilance of the monarch himself. This "great law" was highly valued by the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty and practiced it. It has a great impact on future generations. The ruling strategies of the Chinese dynasties in later generations basically have the shadow of 'Hongfan Jiuchou'. The Han Dynasty took the 'Hongfan Eight Politics' as the foundation of governance.

"So this tomb is a Keiko tomb?"

"It's not!"

Zhao Tian shook his head.

"Isn't it?"

"From the excavated bronze inscriptions, it can be seen that the owner of this tomb is a royal family named 'Xin', who is the third king of the Marquis of Jizi, called Jixin!"

"Marquis of Jizi, Jixin!" Wang Zheng nodded knowingly.

When this ancient tomb was first discovered, he guessed that it might be a royal tomb of the Jizi Joseon dynasty from the strong Chinese pre-Qin style in several cultural relics unearthed, but now it seems to be true. However, it was not the tomb of Jizi that he was most looking forward to at the beginning, which made Wang Zheng faintly disappointed.

However, to be able to unearth so many precious cultural relics, this regret has long been thrown out of the sky by him.

"Is there anything else besides this big ding?"

"Yes!"

Soon a bronze crouching tiger appeared on the holographic screen.

"This is a bronze tiger statue, 78 centimeters high and 109 centimeters long, with animal face patterns on each side of the abdomen, and bird patterns and leaf curls on the legs. The shape is a common shape with a large back and a small back in the Shang and Zhou wine vessels!"

The so-called big back is small, that is, the back cover is cast with bronze cast a small tiger as a handle, which is a common shape in many large wine honors.

"This Ji Xin must be a guy who likes to drink!" Wang Zheng said in his heart.

Generally, the burial goods of the tomb owner after his death are the utensils used by him during his lifetime, from which you can also get a glimpse of some of the tomb owner's hobbies.

Later, Zhao Tian showed Wang Zheng a bronze plate with a diameter of 33 centimeters and an inscription on the seal, as well as 2 pieces of wok ding, 7 pieces of shengding, 7 pieces of feeding tripod, 8 pieces of gui, 4 pieces of fang, 1 pair of zun tong, 1 pair of joint pots, 1 pair of bingjian, one pair of fang zun and 4 pieces of cups, 10 yao, 10 jue and other bronzes.

These exquisitely shaped bronze artworks made Wang Zheng look at it with joy. With the unearthed cultural relics of this Jixin tomb, his bronze exhibition hall of Taoyuan Resort Mountain Resort Museum finally has its own treasure!

"By the way, have you found the bones of the tomb owner?"

"I don't know!"

"I don't know, what do you mean I don't know?" Wang Zheng's tone was full of dissatisfaction.

"Boss, will you see for yourself?"

Zhao Tian's fingers moved, and a huge coffin appeared in front of Wang Zheng.

"This was found in the center of the main burial chamber, and the coffin was made of white marble, 3.2 meters long, 1.3 meters wide, 1.9 meters high, and weighed 8.29 tons. The top surface is engraved with a bird pattern, supplemented by a leaf pattern and a cloud thunder pattern. Two motifs are carved on both sides, of which the left side is a scene of sitting in the palace and receiving the worship of the courtiers. On the right is the scene of ascending to heaven under the guidance of the gods. The front and back sides are the images of cranes, deer and other wild beasts. ”

Under Zhao Tian's introduction, Wang Zheng looked at the giant coffin, and after a long time, "Has Wang Fu opened it?"

"Not yet, the time given by the owner is limited. For the time being, we can only protect the excavated items and put them in the 'Long Shuttle' floating car. Specific cleaning and detailed statistics, ready to be done after returning to the villa!"

After nodding his head clearly, Wang Zheng, who had deep eyes, showed a hint of thought in his eyes, and quickly ordered, "You tell Wang Fu, and the rest is okay." But don't open this coffin yet!"

"Why?"

"I have my own plans, and you'll know later!" Wang Zheng waved his hand.

"Yes... By the way, boss! Wang Fu asked me to tell you that he suspects that the place where we found the ancient tomb is probably the noble cemetery of the Marquis of Jizi. Hope to stay there for detailed exploration!"

"He's saying there might be other tombs around?"

"Yes!"

Wang Zheng's eyes showed a wisp of deep thought.

From ancient times to the present, Chinese people have a strong clan concept. There are ancestral halls and family temples in the places where the living gather, and there are also ancestral tombs after death. When the descendants die, they will be buried around the graves of their ancestors, and after a long time, it will become a large family cemetery.

The same is true for emperors, the imperial tombs of emperors in the Han and Tang dynasties, Ming and Qing dynasties are basically next to each other.

So, unless there are some special circumstances, there are tombs of other emperors next to one emperor's tomb. Of course, it is not excluded that the factor has been stolen and excavated for a long time.

But either way, it's always good to take a look. Anyway, this is abroad, and he is not worried about breaking the law.

"Okay, you leave a few guards to help Wang Fu and them take a look around. But be careful not to expose it!"

"Yes!"

"That's it, remember to notify me in time if there is anything!"

After nodding, Zhao Tian cut off contact.

Looking at the detailed pictures of the unearthed cultural relics he left behind, Wang Zheng flipped through them, and he couldn't help but sigh while being happy. 25,000 cultural relics, precious cultural relics with relatively important historical, artistic and scientific value, that is, cultural relics that can be divided into first, second and third grades in detail, only account for about one-fifth!

Most of the pottery and original porcelain, as well as more than 90 percent of the shell coins, and most of the decayed bronze weapons and chariots and horses are of little value.

In contrast, the musical instruments, lacquered wood and silk fabrics that have been protected by the 'art restoration solution' are small in number and have a relatively high value.

"The next thing is how to put these things into the 'Taoyuan Museum' reasonably and legally!"

Looking at the pictures and detailed descriptions of the unearthed cultural relics on the holographic screen, Wang Zheng's brows furrowed slightly.

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