Chapter 23: Forgotten History
Li Dan looked at the neat bamboo slips on the wooden frame, which were nothing more than a record of some hundred schools of thought.
It is not very valuable to most people, but it is priceless to the learned.
"I don't have as much knowledge as you, these bamboo slips are very valuable to you, and I promise that they will never be lost or damaged."
"The contents of this bamboo slip are very important, and they record what happened more than 100 years ago. History is like a mirror from which we can learn from it. ”
Using history as a mirror allows people to summarize the past and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
Li Dan felt that Liu Zhang's words were a bit profound, perhaps everyone who reads books is like this.
"I'm just a rough person, and I know a few words. The contents of these bamboo slips are so profound that if I read them, I will feel dizzy. ”
"This bamboo slip in my hand records the battle of Qin to destroy Chu a hundred years ago, that is, the five years of the defeat of the king of Chu."
Li Dan only understood a hundred years ago, as for the chronology that Liu Zhang said.
I don't understand it either, and many people don't know the past years.
"This King of Chu has been five years, although I don't understand. You just said it was a hundred years ago. The battle of Qin to destroy Chu is a household name. ”
The bamboo slips record that in the year before the fall of the Chu state, some materials were transferred here from Shouchun, the capital of the Chu state.
There was a fierce war here, and there was no doubt that the Chu army was defeated.
The official in charge of the record was called Ran, and he ended up in battle.
It is conceivable that he died in the battle between the two sides.
No one knows about the materials here, and this underground military fortress is too secretive.
They didn't want these supplies to fall into the hands of the Qin army, and the people of Chu knew that there would be a day when the country would be destroyed.
There are a lot of supplies here, and I hope to make a comeback in the future.
The people of Chu finally shouted the slogan "Death of Qin will be Chu", and Liu Zhang held a bamboo slip in his hand to write the last copy.
Although it was a year before the fall of the Chu State, this was not much different from the fall of the State.
The state of Chu made preparations for the comeback, but unfortunately it did not get what it wanted in the end.
This is a forgotten piece of history where fierce battles between Qin and Chu took place.
Part of the main force of the Qin army went around to the south of the Chu State, disrupting the material transportation of the Chu State.
Completely cut off the economic source of the Chu State, Wang Jian sent part of the main force of the Qin army to besiege Shouchun.
The capital of Chu State could not be rescued, and it can be imagined how desperate the people in the capital of Chu were at that time.
What the Qin army pointed to was unstoppable, which was also the trend of the times.
"The state of Chu eventually perished, and this history is very heavy."
Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Chu army fought for the country, and they were worthy of respect.
"Honor, it's been a hundred years, and there's no need to be sad about it. Now it is the world of the Han Dynasty, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”
Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms is not necessarily a bad thing, at least the people do not have to suffer from wars for many years.
Li Dan still understands this shallow truth.
"Bring everything here to Honghou Mansion and only occasionally remember the past. They deserve our admiration because they have done their duty as soldiers. ”
"The Marquis has a point, think about it carefully. More than 100 years ago, we were from the state of Chu. Before the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, we were still from Chu, but not now. ”
Liu Zhang nodded in agreement, Liu Zhang's ancestral home is from Pei County.
Liu Zhang rolled up the bamboo slips in his hand and waited for him to return to the Honghou Mansion to look at it slowly.
At this time, a guard came to Liu Zhang's side and reported something to him.
"Honorable Prince, we have found a large number of white bones five miles away here, do you want to go over and take a look?"
Liu Zhang listened to the report of the guards and guessed that those white bones might be the Chu army or Qin army that died in the battle.
"Let's go and see, and if necessary, rebury them."
They must not be left in the wilderness, which may frighten others.
Liu Zhang led the guards to the place where the white bones were located to see if there were any other discoveries there.
It wasn't too far from here, and they rode to the place where they were found.
Nearby villagers watched around the pit, and some children hid behind adults, a little scared and curious.
Suddenly so many white bones were exposed, I don't know why they were buried here.
When they saw that Honghou was coming, they were not so afraid.
Recently, there have been frequent strange incidents in the Red Marquis Country, and I don't know if it is a punishment from the gods.
"The Marquis is here, let everyone let go." Li Dan shouted to everyone.
Everyone got out of the way, and Liu Zhang approached the pit where the bones were buried.
The bones were scattered, some of them wearing badly corroded armor.
There are also some broken weapons, which are obviously the Qin army or the Chu army that died in the battle.
"Don't be afraid, these are soldiers who died in battle more than a hundred years ago, and I'm not sure which country's soldiers they are."
More than a hundred years ago, this was the place where Qin and Chu fought.
Because the armor worn by these white bones was tattered, it was impossible to determine whether it was the Qin army or the Chu army?
"These can be rainwater erosion, causing soil erosion. These white bones are exposed, and you can do something. Bury these bones again, and I will give you some food as a reward. ”
Regardless of whether these white bones were Qin or Chu when they were alive, they all fulfilled their duty.
Now that you have found them, you must bury them properly.
Of course, it is impossible to prepare a coffin for every white bone, there are too many of them.
"There are too many of these bones, they look scary, I hope their souls don't come to our trouble."
The villagers were a little scared, believing that there were ghosts and gods in heaven and earth.
"Don't be afraid, they won't trouble you, their souls have already been reincarnated."
Liu Zhang comforted them in this way, and they were in awe of the heavens, earth, ghosts, and gods.
It's not necessarily a bad thing, and we have to deal with these white bones for now.
"Dig a pit again, bury them, and don't affect everyone's next spring ploughing."
"Your Excellency, these bones can't be buried here. Now that everyone knows, they are a little scared. ”
The other villagers chimed in, and they didn't want the bones to be buried here.
No matter how deep you bury it, the thought of having white bones under the ground makes people shudder.
Liu Zhang can also understand their feelings. If it is not handled well.
It will cause continuous panic among the people, and you may be a little nosy.
"It's better to burn it on fire and use it as fertilizer." A child's voice reached everyone's ears.
Wouldn't it be better to burn it with a fire, so that everyone would not be afraid?
"Honorable Marquis, you are knowledgeable, what do you think should be done?" One of the old men asked Liu Zhang.
"It's nothing more than burying or burning, it's better for everyone to raise their hands to vote, and the minority obeys the majority."
Originally, I wanted to bury these bones, but there is no suitable place to bury them.
Everyone raised their right hands one after another, thinking that the white bones were buried.
Then raise your right hand, and if you think that you have burned the bones, you will raise your left hand.
It takes a lot of wood to burn white bones, so it is better to bury it.
Each family did not have any extra wood to burn the bones, so at most they made some effort to bury the bones in the pits.
In the end, the majority voted to bury the bones, and there was no extra wasteland in the territory of the Red Marquis to bury the bones.
It's not a matter if you don't deal with it, everyone looked at Liu Zhang in unison.
He was a learned man, and he must have had a lot of ideas.
"I think it's better to throw them into the river, they're soulless bones anyway."
The boy spoke again, and everyone thought it was feasible.
But would it be disrespectful to these white bones, and they were afraid that the souls of these white bones would disturb them.
"Bury them by the river, where there is no arable land." Liu Zhang felt that it was inappropriate to throw the white bones into the river.
The crowd felt that this method was feasible and asked the villagers to take action.
"Everyone has done their best to bury these bones, and I will give you some payment."
Everyone will do what they say, and if this matter is dealt with as soon as possible, everyone can rest assured.
Digging and digging, they dug up animal bones and tortoise shells engraved with words.
Most of them were illiterate, and they felt that the characters on animal bones and tortoise shells did not look like official scripts.
They showed it to Liu Zhang, and they were also curious about what was engraved on the oracle bone.
Liu Zhang looked at a piece of tortoise shell engraved with bird and insect inscriptions, which looked a bit like oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Liu Zhang could only roughly make out a few words, which would take some time to study.
There is very important information recorded on it, which makes Liu Zhang very interested.
Liu Zhang told them that if a similar oracle bone was found.
Give it to him, and Liu Zhang will give them some money as a reward.
Everyone was more motivated, and these oracle bones engraved with words were not worth anything to them.
They felt that Honghou was very generous, and of course hoped to find more oracle bones engraved with words.
Liu Zhang believes that the text on the oracle bone must have recorded the process and outcome of the war.
Wait back to Honghou Mansion and scan it with the subspace watch to decipher it.