In the early stage of Tianqi, a lot of work was done, and arrangements were made for manpower, and even many local yamen were invited to help coordinate, and there were two tomb robbers from Anyang who dug up keels and bronze artifacts on the south bank of the Huan River, and they also knew where several others dug up keels; Zheng Cheng drew a framework based on these locations, and recruited 500 laborers from Wei County, and excavated them from high to low according to the principle of ancient tombs and cities at high places.

At first, only a few tombs were excavated, but a few bronze artifacts were found, but there were almost no keels; But after digging for more than a month, suddenly there were more keels, and they appeared in pieces, Zheng Ying understood that he was close to the place. Shi Huaiyi arranged for two hundred soldiers to help every day, and after only seven days, he dug a short section of the foundation groove of the rammed city wall. The crowd cheered and cheered, there was this half of the city wall, and behind it was pure physical work.

When Yang Chong received the news, he recruited 1,000 men from all over Henan to intensify his efforts, promising that all the men who participated in the excavation of Yinxu would be exempted from labor and taxes for one year, and that all prisoners would be acquitted afterwards. In less than half a month, Zheng Ying led people to dig out the corner of a Yinxu city wall, 300 meters in the north-south direction, 250 meters in the east-west direction, you can see the foundation of the palace, a total of more than 10,000 pieces of keel, 100 pieces of bronze, 300 pieces of jade, and a large number of seashells.

Zheng Cheng sent the keel, bronze, jade, and seashells to Luoyang, and Yang Chong recognized at a glance that the largest bronze was the national treasure stepmother Wuding. The tripod is rectangular, folded along the wide edge, the straight wall is deep and the abdomen is flat-bottomed, the ears are decorated with a row of embossed fish patterns, the head and tail are connected, the outside of the ears is decorated with the embossed double tiger cannibal head pattern, the abdominal wall is in the middle of the four sides and the four corners have the short ridge of protrusion, and the periphery of the abdomen is decorated with gluttonous patterns, all of which are based on the cloud and thunder patterns. The upper end of the foot is decorated with a relief gluttonous pattern, and the lower part is lined with a three-week concave string pattern.

This is exactly the same as what Yang Chong saw in the museum before he crossed over, Zheng Cheng did dig up to Yin Ruins; The stepmother Wuding was presented to Chang'an as a gift, and Yang Chong was changed from the Duke of Yue to the King of Yue, with the country name Sui and the year name Zhenguan. Yang Chong ordered that area to be protected, temporarily stopped excavation, and sent the bone artifacts on the ground to Chang'an; At the same time, a small palace was carved out in Luoyang, the Luoyang Shang Dynasty Museum was established, and Yan Wanshi was appointed as the director.

Zhang Guo's old bystander Qing understood that Yang Chong must have a story not to tell, although Yang Chong saw the heavy bronze tripod, pretended to study and research, and found that there were words such as "stepmother Wu" in the inscription on the inner wall of the tripod, and concluded that it was the temple number of the concubine of the Shang king Wuding, and then set the name of the stepmother Wuding. However, Yang Chong's calm expression and familiarity with the inscription of this tripod show that Yang Chong recognizes this tripod, because Yang Chong is almost not interested in the inscriptions on other bronze objects.

The discovery value of Yinxu is significant, not to mention the cultural value such as oracle bone inscriptions, according to legend, the fragments of the ancient fierce knife dragon teeth, tiger wings, and dog gods are buried in the Shang Temple of Yinxu. The powerful nobles and the Taoist martial arts, except for the Buddhist sects that really have nothing to do with Yinxu, all asked people to come to Yang Chong, and they were willing to pay their own money to dig and contribute to the country; Zhang Guolao, Wei Yi and others were all sought and trusted by colleagues, family members, and friends, and even Wang Tong, Liu Xuan, and Yu Wenkai were all fighting for a piece of the pie.

Yang Chong actually wanted to hand over Yinxu to Shannan Villa, but Guozijian and Taixue went all out this time, and all the doctoral scholars were surprisingly unified, and wrote to Yang Chong one after another, saying that this was about Qingshi, and as a state-run academic institution, it could not back down; The students of Luoyang Taixue even knelt in front of the palace and the left-behind officials' offices as a whole, attracting countless people to watch and sigh.

Yang Chong had a headache, and Zheng Ting, who had already served as the military officer of the Yue Wangfu, came up with an idea to hand over this hot hand problem to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Rites approves the qualifications of the unit for excavating Yinxu, and is responsible for the supervision of the entire process; The deposit is collected by the household department to ensure the smooth excavation; The Ministry of Industry and Yao Junsu's government army jointly established a management organization for Yinxu to ensure that no one destroyed or leaked cultural relics at the site.

The reward for the participants is to compile the "Yinxu Experience", to spread this feat to the world, and to record the government in history, so that some people can leave their names in history. Yang Chong is very satisfied with this idea, what he needs is to witness the miracle of history, and those who are willing to come forward will not spend money in vain, they will always have a way to achieve their goals; Yue Wang Xingying wrote a notice to inform the Chang'an Political Affairs Hall.

Although Yang Chong kept the matter of Yunmeng Mountain very tight, after all, tens of thousands of military horses were mobilized, and so many soldiers entered the cave, and it was more or less spread out; It's just that the people who entered the secret room were all Yang Chong's henchmen, and none of them said nonsense to the outside about what happened in those few hours. Coming out of Yunmeng Mountain, Yang Chong not only discovered the ethereal place of Yin Ruins, but then called the king and changed the name of the year.

At the beginning, the political affairs hall thought that Yang Chong was playing the trick of the destiny of heaven, so they all expressed their attitudes, did not interfere, and pushed everything to Chang'an. Duhu Huaien and Yaojun were the ones in charge, and the household department only collected money and sent two foreign langs, but the Ministry of Rites was Chu Jing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who came forward to assist.

Yang Hongli and Yang Hongwu visited Yang Wang at this time, the two were the sons of Yang Su's younger brother Yang Yue, Yang Yue and Yang Su's Yang Xuangan had always been at odds, Yang Yue and Yang Hongli had written to Yang Guang, saying that Yang Xuangan would definitely rebel. When Yang Xuangan was killed, Yang Yue was also arrested by Wei Xuan and taken to prison, and by the time Yang Guang's pardon arrived, Yang Yue had already died in prison. When Li Yuan was proclaimed emperor in Chang'an, he used Yang Su's contribution to Sui and asked Yang Hongli to attack the prince of Qinghe County, except for the prince.

So when Yang Chong entered Chang'an, he didn't treat the two brothers very well, and Yang Xuanxuan even looked at the two as enemies, or Yang Wang arranged two positions for the sake of being the nephew of the clan. Yang Hongli sat down and discussed with Yang Wang: "Uncle, although King Yue is a member of our Yang family, but now our clan's momentum in the court is not as good as that of the Yuan family and the Cui family. ”

Yang Wang smiled mildly and said: "King Yue and I, Yang Hao, and Yang Gongqing are all in the center, and in today's Chang'an, no clan is as powerful as the Yang family, so don't think about it." Hongli, it's no problem to go to Yinxu with your ability, but you and Hongwu must know that some things are reluctant, and some things need to be bridged. By the way, King Yue's reply has returned, and Hongwu will go to the Ministry of Officials to serve as Langzhong in two days. ”

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