Chapter 227: About the Past of the Marquis of Haidu
"Sink the sea and set up Wu City."
This is a popular folk song on the western shore of Poyang Lake.
Haiduan Houguo, located in the Poyang Basin, was originally a densely populated and prosperous place in historical records.
But after more than 600 years of prosperity, it suddenly disappeared from history.
The reasons for the annihilation recorded in the history books are subject to various speculations.
For years, no one knew what happened to the competition more than 2,000 years ago.
When and how did the Marquis of Haiyang die, was it the decline of the southward migration of commerce, was it destroyed by an earthquake that collapsed and destroyed the mountains as recorded in the history books, or did it sleep quietly at the bottom of Poyang Lake as sung in folk songs?
A marquis of the sea dusk, hiding too many unsolved mysteries.
For many years, this mysterious ancient city that has disappeared for thousands of years on the west bank of Poyang Lake is still mentioned by locals like the ancient city of Pompeii in the East.
Moreover, it was also spied on by tomb robbers.
Although there are not many records in the history books.
However, the few records undoubtedly also outline the image of a mediocre and extravagant princes and kings who live a very luxurious and extravagant life.
For most tomb robbers, they have the impression that the Marquis of Haiyang is a very wealthy nobleman of the Western Han Dynasty.
Because he used to be the emperor, he once took a large number of treasures from the palace, and after becoming the Marquis of Haidu, he never paid tribute to the central government.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he once promulgated a "Golden Law", which roughly means that the princes and princes must hand over a certain amount of gold every year for ancestral sacrifices.
In fact, this was a means of controlling the money in the hands of the princes and princes and strengthening the centralization of power.
By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once used the lack of gold quality as an excuse to kill a large number of nobles and nobles in one go, not only confiscating the treasury and enriching the treasury, but also cleaning up a number of princes, so that the number of nobles in the country was controlled in a healthy proportion.
In the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the gold system was still a sharp sword hanging over the heads of princes and princes.
However, Haiduhou is different.
According to historical records, because the Marquis of Haihuang was the emperor, the threat to the throne of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was very great.
Therefore, even though the Marquis of Haihuang has been actively trying to integrate into the political group during the period of Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor Xuan of Han is still very wary of him.
Not only did he not let the Marquis of Haidun come to Chang'an to see him.
Even the annual gold dedication, the Marquis of Haiyang took the initiative to apply to go to Chang'an to pay tribute to the gold, but was rejected by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
In other words, the Marquis of Hailun does not need to go to Chang'an to pay tribute to the gold.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty had only one request for him, in this corner of Jiangxi, he stayed honestly, and it was best to stay until he died.
Therefore, although the Marquis of Haiyang does not have much food, because he does not need to be cut by the central government every year, he can save a lot of wealth.
What's more, there is no way to pass on his money.
Because after the death of the Marquis of Haiding, his two successors died one after another before they could succeed to the throne.
Whether their deaths were really pure accidents or malicious intentions from Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty is unknown to modern people.
However, because Liu He's two sons died before they could succeed to the throne, the county guard of Yuzhang County at that time went to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and thought that the Marquis of Haiyang could not be blessed by God, and this was because God wanted the Marquis of Haihuang to be the heir!
Then, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty expelled the Marquis of Haidu.
Since the line of the Marquis of Haiyang no longer continues to be inherited, all the treasures belonging to Liu He, the Marquis of Haidu, naturally do not need to be passed on, and can only be brought into the grave by the Marquis of Haidu.
This was a special social system in the Han Dynasty.
After the death of the Marquis of Haiding, because the Hou did not inherit the throne, all of Liu He's treasures had to be buried by himself, and there was no need to inherit it.
As a result, the wealth of the King of Yi that Liu He had passed on from his father, Liu Ji, the King of Mourning in Changyi, plus the wealth of the Marquis of Haidu, which he had accumulated over the years, had to be brought to the grave.
As for the later restoration of the Marquis of Haidu, it was already a matter of the time of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, and the old Liu family not only knew how to settle accounts after the autumn, but also knew how to follow the heirs after the autumn.
Generally, the nobles who offended the emperor of the current dynasty were deprived of the title of Marquis, and when the next emperor arrived, he would be reinstated by the emperor's grace.
But by the time the Marquis of Haiyang was reinstated, Liu He had been buried for decades, and the treasure had already been brought into the soil, and it was impossible to dig it out and use it for the living Marquis of Haidu.
Therefore, Liu He, the first Marquis of Haidu, is definitely a treasure boy!
Tomb robbers of all generations, can they not worry about him?
In all dynasties, there were many tomb robbers who tried to find the tomb of Liu He, the first Marquis of Haidu.
And to find the tomb of the Marquis of Haidu, it is natural to find it from his title.
The title of "Haidu" does not actually mean that Liu He is mediocre.
This is a place name, and most of the titles of the Han Dynasty were place names.
The Han people usually refer to the lake as "Hai", and the sea of Haiduhou refers to Poyang Lake.
And "dusk", the word traced back to the oracle bone inscription, is the meaning of the sun setting, the so-called dusk, refers to the scene of the sun setting.
And the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, this sea dusk marquis, in fact, refers to "the west of Poyang Lake, the place where the sun sets." ”
"The Ancient God Emperor"
It is also in pursuit of this place name, for thousands of years, countless tomb robbers have tried to find the location of the Marquis of Haidu, and the tomb of Liu He, the first Marquis of Haidu.
It's a pity that the Marquis of Haidun still has a bit of destiny on him.
Coincidentally, five generations later, the Marquis of Haiyang fell into Poyang Lake due to the earthquake and became an underwater marquis.
And the tomb of the Marquis of Haidun also sank into the water.
In ancient times, ancient tomb robbers were obviously incapable of digging an underwater tomb.
This also allows the tomb of the Marquis of Haidun to be preserved.
In 2006, when the water level of Poyang Lake plummeted, and Yongxiu County and Wucheng Town were across the bank of the Lutanxiu River, dozens of huge decaying wooden piles attracted people's curious eyes.
The Poyang Basin, on the west shore of Poyang Lake, has been re-revealed.
Stakes, chaff, porcelain, tiles, tombstones...... Many remnants of "seeing the light of day" in the lake seem to remind people of this old sea dusk marquis sunk under the water.
The forgotten tomb of Liu He, Marquis of Haiding, is also remembered by modern tomb robbers again.
The sealed soil located on Dundun Mountain was soon discovered by tomb robbers.
But I don't know if it's because the level of tomb robbers is getting lower and lower, or because some tomb robbers have been lost because of the long time that has passed.
The tomb robbers who reappeared on the tomb of the Marquis of Hailun made many robberies, but did not enter the main tomb.
However, this time the group of tomb robbers who disturbed the tomb of the Marquis of Haiyang Marquis were quite good, and they really gave them a robbery hole and entered the tomb of the Marquis of Haiding.
Before they had time to steal the main tomb of the Marquis of Hailun next door, the local cultural relics bureau received a report and came to protect the tomb.
This allowed the main tomb of the Marquis of Hailun to be preserved.
And now, this tomb of the Marquis of Haiding, which has been sealed in dust for more than 2,000 years and soaked underwater for more than 1,000 years, has finally come to see the light of day.