Chapter 195: The Emperor's Coffin
At dawn, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and you must know that in the mountains and forests of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it is always much later to come during the day.
When I opened my eyes, Jiang Meixia was already standing in front of me, she smiled at me, like a delicate little white rabbit, I suddenly felt extremely warm in my heart, what sorrow disappeared in an instant, quietly appreciating this natural but uncarved smile.
I don't know how long it took, Hou Jian's voice disrupted this rare tranquility.
I can't help but hate Hou Jian a little, he is like a demon that disturbs the peace of the world, making us in fairy tales instantly roll back to reality.
Hou Jian was already fully equipped and stood outside the tent and said to me and Jiang Meixia: "It's not too early, it's time to eat something and start work." ”
"Hmm." I reluctantly answered and struggled to get out of bed.
After a brief wash, I came to the outside of the tent, Lao Zhangtou and Hou Jian had already started to dig the entire cemetery, of course, I don't know if this was dug after they came or if the previous archaeological team had already dug like this.
But is it really good to be so disrespectful to the dead man's house?
I shook my head and looked up at the blue sky.
The sky in Yunnan, which is known as the south of the colorful clouds, is really blue, and the blue makes people forget to return.
I was stunned for a while, and Hou Jian shouted at me, "Xiao Feng, why are you still in a daze here?" ”
They only know my name Feng Yuan, and they don't know that my real surname is Ma, so they always call me Xiao Feng when they see me.
I answered and walked over with a sapper shovel to help shovel the dirt.
The more I dig, the more I felt that something was wrong, was this old Zhang Tou and Hou Jian really here to inquire about the supernatural events of the day? Why do I look at this action like I'm looking for a dragon and fighting backwards?
Look at this sapper shovel, this birdcage, and the compass in Lao Zhangtou's hand, he is an experienced inverted god!
Did I stumble into their group of tomb robbers?
I saw that Lao Zhangtou and Hou Jian were busy rising, so I put down the sapper shovel, pulled Jiang Meixia aside and whispered to her the doubts in my heart, she laughed when she heard it, and her laughter was very small, so Lao Zhangtou and Hou Jian couldn't hear her laughter.
After she had finished laughing, I asked her the same question again.
She thought for a moment and said, "We're not tomb robbers, you're thinking too much." ”
She only said that, and whether I understood it or not, she went back to her job and worked hard.
She is also a very experienced veteran, with extremely different abilities in every business and quite sophisticated tools used. That's when I realized that I didn't know anything about her.
I sighed softly, walked over to Hou Jian's side, and continued to shovel dirt with sappers.
This work lasted about three hours, and when the sun was already setting in the sky, we finally found the sarcophagus buried deep in the earth.
Hou Jian was shocked and said, "Sarcophagus, sarcophagus, why is this made of stone and wood?" ”
Lao Zhangtou smiled and said, "I don't know if you've heard of the coffin?" ”
"What is a coffin?" Hou Jian asked with a blank face.
This Hou Jian didn't even know about the coffin, and I really didn't know how he got into the name of Lao Zhangtou's disciple.
Lao Zhangtou was not angry, and said to Hou Jian, this coffin is not an unusual thing. The coffin is the coffin and the coffin (the large coffin that was put on the outside of the coffin in ancient times), which generally refers to the coffin. The red coffin is also known as the "coffin". It refers to the utensils used to hold the corpse, the coffin, the outer coffin that is set outside the coffin, that is, the large coffin that is set on the outside of the coffin.
In ancient times, the coffin burial system indicated the identity and rank of the deceased. The coffin is the wooden burial utensils that hold the deceased; The coffin, the outer coffin that is set outside the coffin. Wooden coffins appeared in the Yangshao culture period of the Neolithic Age in China, and wooden coffins have appeared in the Longshan culture to be used for clan leaders.
In the tomb chamber of the Shang king in Yinxu, the coffin chamber of the Shang king is mostly stacked into a square or sub-zigzag shape with large wooden strips, and the coffin of the king of Shang is placed in the middle. In the Zhou Dynasty, the coffin was institutionalized, stipulating: the coffin of the Son of Heaven was fourfold, and the coffin of the person was called the coffin, and it was covered with a buffalo skin; the second weighs the ground also, made of basswood; The third is called the genus, and the fourth is called the coffin.
The emperor and queen have two coffins outside the coffin, and more catalpa wood is used, so its coffin is also called "Zi Palace". Shanggong, Hou Bozinan, and Doctor, with equal differences, are three (with cowhide), two, and one heavy. The stone is not heavy, but with a large coffin. In addition, the coffin of the Son of Heaven is eight inches thick, the coffin of the doctor is six inches thick, and the coffin of the common man is only allowed to be four inches thick, and there is no coffin. Later emperors, nobles, and scholars basically followed this system, but there were also those who exceeded the system.
The Book of Rites. On the Tan Bow": "The coffin of the Son of Heaven is fourfold: the coffin of the water and leather is three inches thick; also coffin one; Azusa coffin two. "Details: Kong Yingda Shu. General Dictionary. Rite 45": "The coffin of the Zhou system is made of vermilion, and the miscellaneous gold is wrong; The coffin of the doctor is made of dark green and ox bone iron; The coffin of the doctor is made of dark green and ox bone iron; Taxi is not green. "Again" Tang Dynasty system: Zhu Yi shall not use stone as a coffin and a stone chamber, and its coffin shall not be carved with colorful paintings, and there shall be no gold treasure and jade in the coffin. ”
The coffin we dug up this time is an emperor coffin, made of Azusa wood, also called Azusa Palace. According to Lao Zhangtou's judgment, this coffin of the emperor and queen is the mausoleum of Empress Wang, the wife of Emperor Xuanren of Dali.
I was stunned when I heard it.
This Emperor Xuanren of Dali, I believe everyone is not clear when he says this. But if my other name comes out, you'll be in for a big surprise.
He is Duan Yu in Jin Yong's martial arts novels!
It's just that his name in history is actually called Duan Heyu.
According to the official history of Dali, Duan Heyu, the son of Emperor Wen'an Duan Zhengchun, the sixteenth emperor of Dali, reigned from 1108 to 1147, reigning for 39 years, and was the longest reigning emperor of Dali. He is "diligent in political affairs", "loves the people and is virtuous, and thinks about the political power", so he "admires him from afar and contributes to it".
In the "History of the Song Dynasty", it is recorded that Duan Heyu surrendered to the Song Dynasty, sent envoys to the dynasty, and was awarded the title of Doctor Jin Ziguanglu by the Song Dynasty, the inspection of the school Sikong, the envoy of Yunnan Jiedu, the Shangzhu State, and the king of Dali.
In the second year of Huizong Daguan of the Northern Song Dynasty, Duan Heyu changed his name to Duan Zhengyan, replacing his father Wen'an Emperor Duan Zhengchun as the 16th emperor of Dali, in 1147, Duan Zhengyan abdicated and became a monk, the reason is that "because of the internal and external rebellion of the sons, the Zen position is a monk". The struggle between the sons was controlled by the forces of the Gao clan, and with the internal struggle of the Gao clan, the flesh and blood were fratricidal, and in the end, Duan Zhengxing, who was supported by Gao Liangcheng, won the victory and inherited the throne.
Duan Heyu changed a lot of chaos at one time, but after all, there was no major incident. When Duan Zhengyan ascended the throne, all parties paid tribute, "In the mid-year festival of July, all parties paid tribute to gold and silver, Luo Qi, treasures, rhino elephants, and cattle and horses were everywhere. ”
The good times did not last long, in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Dali earthquake, "damaged the sixteen temples", and there were countless bad houses. After the 37th Department of the East was opposed, Xiangguo Gao Taiming used troops to pacify. After Gao Taiming died, among his eight sons, "Gao Zhichang died of sin." His subordinates Yi and He two people conspired to be revenge, took advantage of the reputation to enter the temple and incense, tried to kill rebellion, and the matter was accepted", Duan Zhengyan but "the righteousness of the two people, pardon them, and establish a righteous mound".
In the first year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, the tribes of "Muning, Yuan, Yi, Po, and Ma" rebelled, and "in March, they went out to conquer and were defeated". "Thirty-seven barbarians rebelled. Trap Shan, Gao Ming Qing died". Gao's power has never fallen, "The ministers are virtuous with Gao Shengtai's nephew Gao Liang, please be the prime minister, and call him the Duke of China." In May of the first year of Jingkang (1126), the capital city of Yang Tho ba, "a fire, burned 3,900 houses"...... In short, it is not easy for him to be the emperor.