194. No Responsibility 04 - Jia Yu Chapter
The Qin Dynasty is a very special dynasty in history, of course, his special thing is not that he lasted the longest, if compared to the era, the Jin Dynasty after Qin lasted longer, the special thing about the Qin Dynasty is that he can be said to be the most powerful dynasty in history, of course, it is also a rare dynasty with a female emperor.
For more than 400 years before and after the Qin Dynasty, there were 17 emperors, and in addition to the founding monarch Qin Shi Huang, there were still three female emperors.
This proportion has never been seen in any subsequent dynasty.
But according to the latest archaeological discoveries, this does not seem to be a very special thing in the Qin Dynasty, because according to the records on the bamboo slips unearthed in the Taiyuan area last year, the royal women of the Qin Dynasty also had the right to inherit.
If the founding emperor became the first emperor with his own merits and an irresistible strength, then the next three female emperors really fought all the way to the throne from the battle for the throne.
Miraculously, in the long history of the Qin State for more than 400 years, there are always a few faint monarchs, but whether it is the first emperor or the later Qin IV, Qin IX, and Qin 11th emperor, none of these three female emperors are faint monarchs, some of them are called benevolent, and some are called tyrants like the ancestor Qin II, but none of them can be evaluated as faint monarchs.
The emperors of the Qin Dynasty are very special, whether they are different from the emperors before or after them, the general emperors of the dynasty will be given a name after their death, but the Qin Dynasty only uses the title of the second and third emperors to indicate their identity, and none of them has an emperor.
Of course, this point has also become a historical problem during the college entrance examination every year, and it is difficult for everyone to distinguish who the seventeen emperors of the Qin Dynasty are, what their names are, what things they have done, etc., and it is common to confuse them.
But that's what makes the history of the Qin Dynasty interesting.
Jia Yu is a sophomore in the history department of Imperial Capital University, and his teacher is a well-known expert on the history of the former dynasties in China, and for Jia Yu, he is actually more interested in the legendary Qin Shi Huang than others.
Yes, legendary.
Although there is a clear historical record of Qin Shi Huang, there has always been controversy in the historiography about the relationship between Qin Shi Huang and the Empress Dowager Wu'an of the previous Qin State, or even the Empress Dowager.
Just because the reign of this Qin Shi Huang was too short, after unifying the six countries and quelling the war, a new era was created, such a feat is naturally rare, but the reign of this first emperor was not even a few months.
In addition, in the next nearly 2,000 years, the country has experienced the changes of the times and experienced several large-scale wars, so many records about the Qin Dynasty, a dynasty 2,000 years ago, have been lost or even destroyed.
So much so that now, everyone can only guess about the Qin Dynasty, and therefore there is a mystery of the identity of Qin Shi Huang.
Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang was favored by the gods because of his high merit, and was taken to overseas immortal mountains to practice, and since then he has lived in seclusion and disappeared.
As a modern person, Jia Yu certainly doesn't believe in this kind of nonsense, but because there are too few records about the First Emperor, and most of them are related to this kind of ethereal legend, it makes some people constantly question the identity of the First Emperor.
But for Jia Yu, it was different, he believed that the First Emperor was the previous Queen Mother of Wu'an, he believed that this woman was real, and he believed that she was the real emperor!
So he chose to major in history at Imperial Capital University.
But to this day, there are very few archaeological discoveries related to this legendary emperor, or more than this one, and there are very few records of Qin III before him, although everyone knows that Qin Shi Huang and Qin II can be called the two most accomplished emperors in the history of the Qin Dynasty.
I have to say that this is a pity for the entire historiographical community.
But Jia Yu never gave up, there was always a vague intuition in his heart, that was what he was looking for, that was what he had to see.
Until Jia Yu's junior year, I heard that after many years finally found the exact location of the tomb of the First Emperor in Taiyuan, the state is organizing a preliminary archaeological excavation work, and because of the special status of Qin Shi Huang, it has attracted widespread attention from all walks of life, and the state has also invited a number of experts to preside over the archaeological work, and Jia Yu's teacher is naturally among the invitees as a well-known expert on the history of the Qin Dynasty in China.
So in April of this year, Jia Yu rushed to Taiyuan with his teacher, Professor Sima.
Professor Sima did not become famous for his research on the history of the Qin Dynasty at the beginning, he first made a name for himself in the historiography because of his research on the history of the Jin Dynasty, no one knows what this professor thinks, and he doesn't know what happened, in short, when everyone thought that this was an expert in the history of the Jin Dynasty, this suddenly jumped over to the Qin Dynasty, which has very little information.
Soon, however, Professor Sima's research on the history of the Qin Dynasty was recognized, and he gradually became the first expert on Qin history in China.
Therefore, when they arrived in Taiyuan, everyone expressed a warm welcome to Professor Sima, and the local leaders even said that with Professor Sima, they could be regarded as having the backbone.
It's not the first time Jia Yu has come to Taiyuan, but this time it seems to be different.
He had been to Taiyuan many times before, but this time, this was his real approach to the legendary tomb.
The excavation work is generally smooth, God is also very face-saving, and the weather has been very good for nearly a month, even if it is cloudy but it does not rain.
And with the operation of the machinery now, they are also getting closer and closer to the core area of the tomb.
These days, they have found a lot of burials in the surrounding area, as well as some burial buildings whose functions and meanings are not known for the time being, and according to the joint speculation of Professor Sima and other experts, they will really approach the main body of the tomb tomorrow.
On this day, everyone called it a day early and went back early, ready to take a good rest, after all, tomorrow is a real big project.
The discoveries of these days were enough to surprise them, and they thought they were approaching the tomb many times, but it turned out to be nothing more than some well-built funerary tomb.
But even this brings unprecedented gains.
Jia Yu, like everyone else, lay down in bed early with excitement and wanted to have a good rest, he thought that he would be so excited that he lost sleep, after all, this was what he had wanted for many years, and now he was about to witness it with his own eyes, how could this not make him excited?
However, the truth is that he fell asleep in a daze without knowing when.
Jia Yu felt that he was dreaming, he didn't know where he was, but it seemed to be the scene of some ancient sacrificial activity?
Judging from what Jia Yu has learned over the years, he can at least see from the dress of the people in front of him that this should be the dress of the Qin Dynasty.
Jia Yu felt that he must have been so excited that he even dreamed of this, until he saw a person walking on the other side of the road, and he couldn't think about anything else.
The woman walking in front of her was dressed in a typical Qin Dynasty imperial costume with a black embroidered dragon pattern, and on her head was a crown of twelve with black as the main body, she didn't look young, Jia Yu could see the traces left by the years, but when she straightened her back and walked step by step, whether it was the others present or Jia Yu himself, she could only bow her head to show respect and submission.
It wasn't until the woman walked far away that Jia Yu finally raised his head, and he couldn't help but follow.
Then he finally knew where this was.
The first emperor Taishan sealed Zen!
Jia Yu stared at the woman with wide eyes, he knew that it must be the first emperor of the founding of Qin who had no more information left in history except for a few legends!
The woman who was reading the sacrificial text seemed to be aware of it, and she turned her head slightly to meet Jia Yu's gaze.
Then, she smiled.
Jia Yu opened his eyes suddenly, he was still lying on the bed in the hotel, and the time on his mobile phone had just passed less than an hour.
It seemed that the qiē just now was really just a dream, but until now, Jia Yu seemed to be able to hear the woman's voice in his ears.
"I, ah, hate to be untrustworthy the most."
I don't know why, just this sentence swept away the depression that Jia Yu had accumulated in his heart over the years.
With a long sigh of relief, Jia Yu looked at the ceiling of the hotel and couldn't help but smile.
The next day's excavation did not go well, and a newly unearthed document suggests that they may have found the wrong place, and that the owner of the tomb may indeed be related to the First Emperor, but it seems that he was not buried here.
This made everyone a little frustrated, but Jia Yu was still relaxed,
It didn't matter to him whether it was or not, he had already gotten what he wanted.
May I live a lifetime......