Some people feel that the prosperity should be a period of outward expansion, while others feel that the prosperity should focus on improving the people's living standards.

To measure whether a period is prosperous, it is obviously necessary to judge from multiple dimensions.

military strength, national income, people's livelihood, social class, and the development of all industries......

However, it is known as the first feudal prosperity in Chinese history: the rule of Wenjing, but it has never been questioned.

It is written into history textbooks and is constantly preached!

In books, the rule of Wenjing is hailed as the first prosperous era after Chinese civilization entered the imperial era, and a great era of rapid economic and cultural development.

Throughout the ages, countless literati and writers have also written many articles that yearn for or praise the rule of Wenjing.

It is believed that the society at that time was relatively stable and the people were richer.

By the late Jingdi period, the country's granaries were full of grain, and a large number of copper coins in the treasury had not been used for many years, so that the ropes that wore the money were rotten, and the scattered money was too much to calculate.

Historical records have also recorded that Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty reduced rents, reduced forced labor, and carried the world with virtue, and benefited the four seas.

After the death of Emperor Wen, the people wept a lot, and the ministers were also saddened by the loss of such a benevolent and virtuous emperor.

In the era when the temple number was not yet rotten and most emperors could not obtain the temple number, the emperor who created the prosperous era of the Western Han Dynasty also obtained the rare "Taizong" temple number.

Whether it is from the historical materials or from the archaeological field excavated from the early Western Han Dynasty aristocratic tombs, it can be seen that the Wenjing period was indeed quite socially developed, and exquisite things emerged in endlessly.

However, the bamboo slips unearthed from the No. 10 tomb of Phoenix Mountain show the real life of a group of people who have been neglected since ancient times.

Commoners!

Throughout the ages, the common people have been the foundation that has supported all heroes, heroes, lords, and scholars to leave a strong mark in history.

However, in the history books, there are very few records about the common people.

In the heyday, they were represented and summarized by just a phrase "the people were rich".

The year of troubled times and disasters is recorded in history, and it is just a sentence "There is a great drought in Guanzhong, and the hungry people cannibalize".

The common people will never be the protagonists of the history books.

But they really form the cornerstone of the entire Chinese civilization!

When he stepped out of the Jingzhou Cultural Protection Center, Chen Han's mind was at a loss.

Is it true that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment recorded in the history books, or is the record of the bamboo slips unearthed in the No. 10 tomb of Phoenix Mountain true?

Or in the bamboo slips unearthed from Tomb No. 10, these poor people lived in poverty, and their living standards were already considered happy in ancient times?

After all, although the labor is heavier, the taxes are more, and the land is less, at least they can still live, there is no war, no chaos, no absurd emperors, and no cannibalism?

Poor people are better than disaster victims and refugees, right?

For no reason, Chen Han thought of Zhang Yanghao's "Mountain Slope Yangtong Caring for the Ancient"

"Xing, the people are bitter. Death, the people suffer. ”

In the feudal period, even if it was the so-called era of great rule and prosperity, for the people at the bottom, it was just that they could never survive, and they could barely survive.

Pleasure has never been something that the people at the bottom can hope for.

After digging up the tombs of these Western Han nobles, Chen Han sometimes subconsciously thought that the people of the Western Han Dynasty, like these nobles, could use exquisite lacquered woodware, and they could chase spiritual enjoyment while eating and drinking.

In fact, the real people of the Western Han Dynasty, not to mention lacquerware, an ordinary clay pot, may be used by three generations of grandchildren, and they are reluctant to use it for burial after death, and they have to continue to pass it on to future generations.

After death, it is impossible to have such a rich burial goods as the nobles, and death is like life.

That is, after hastily digging a pit on the mass grave and barely building a wooden coffin, he was buried alone.

In the four hundred years of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, how many generations of people have multiplied.

But how many tombs can really survive to modern times?

It is only a handful of extravagant nobles who can have the manpower and material resources to build a tomb buried deep in the ground for themselves, so that they can survive thousands of years.

And ordinary people?

Most of them have long since turned into dry bones and dissipated into this world, leaving no trace behind.

Like the No. 10 tomb of Phoenix Mountain, the owner of the tomb, Zhang Yan, as the fifth doctor, still exists in the world.

And in the Jiangling Xixiang he governed, countless Xixiang people have long been unable to even leave their names.

......

Take advantage of the rare trip to the city center.

After completing the handover of cultural relics and visiting the Jingzhou Cultural Preservation Center, Professor Li did not rush back to the construction site, but took Chen Han to find a business district and invited him to have a good meal.

【Magic Frog】

In Dianping, Jingzhou's bullfrog restaurant is the No. 1 store.

Professor Li angrily ordered two pots of dry-pot bullfrogs with different flavors, and Chen Han and Chen Han hugged a pot and ate it wildly.

The bullfrog looks ugly, but it tastes tender and delicious, delicious, and it is a high-quality meat with high protein and low fat.

Only Chen Han, who can't be disappointed by food, is called a comfortable eater!

After Meimei nibbled on a piece of meaty and juicy frog leg, he couldn't help but sigh:

"It's better to be modern."

"At least everyone's material life is still very full, eat whatever you want, don't worry about not having enough to eat, life is rich, and the spiritual world is also very rich."

"The people of the Western Han Dynasty are really miserable, even during the reign of Wenjing, the people at the bottom are still very poor."

Professor Li glanced at Chen Han and ignored him.

Young people have little knowledge, and all kinds of emotions are always emerging, and he is not surprised.

Isn't it just a bamboo slip that records the living conditions of the people of the Western Han Dynasty?

How big is it?

When the site of the Battle of Changping was dug up, it was called tragic.

The thickness of any bone layer is about 60cm, and the length is more than 20 meters.

Skull, leg bones, arm bones...... Overlapping and overlapping, the irregular accumulation of white bones is superimposed, some arms and thighs have obvious broken marks, some have arrows left in the ribcage, and some only have torsos but no heads.

That's really miserable!

If it weren't for the meal, he would have wanted to use it to preach to Chen Han.

Compared with the people in the troubled times, a group of people who lived in the early days of the Great Unification Dynasty, the politics were still clear, and the society was still stable, was already very lucky.

Somewhat unexpectedly, that is, during the period of "the rule of Wenjing", the living conditions of the people at the bottom still did not improve in the slightest, which made people a little suspicious of the authenticity of "the rule of Wenjing".

But these things are the field of research and debate of the group of historians, and they have nothing to do with those who do archaeology.

Archaeologists are only responsible for digging up the cultural relics and written records sealed in the ground, tracing the origin of Chinese civilization and rescuing the lost culture.

As for how many historical records found in the tombs contradict the historical materials handed down, and how many do not conform to the historical records, it is not a matter for them to study.

I didn't have the time to do it.

There are a bunch of sociologists and historians in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and they should study this!

"Xiao Chen, eat more." Professor Li skipped this topic, picked up a fat frog leg and put it in Chen Han's bowl, and encouraged with a smile:

"Replenish more energy, and meet the live broadcast in the best condition tomorrow!"

"This is the first time that the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has tried to use new media to communicate face-to-face with netizens."

"Xiao Chen, all the leaders in the institute are very optimistic about you, don't let us down!"

Chen Han, who was munching on the bullfrog beautifully, suddenly felt that the bullfrog in his mouth didn't seem to be so delicious when he heard this.

This is a grand meal?!

"Professor Li, I'm afraid I can't bear such high expectations from the leaders."

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Chen Han asked a little worriedly: "If I don't do a good job in this live broadcast, what will be the consequences...?" ”

"Oh, it's not going to be, it's not going to be a consequence."

Professor Li still had the same smiling expression, waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Don't have a psychological burden, this is a new attempt." ”

"Even if you fail, it's okay, doing new media is something that requires patience and long-term trial and error."

"That teacher Xiaoliang, hasn't he also been doing science popularization on Weibo for many years, slowly accumulating popularity, and then suddenly became popular!"

"I didn't expect you to be able to explode on the Internet with a live broadcast, let's take our time and not rush it."

"Come on, come on, eat the vegetables!"