My system is not decent

Chapter 885
All kinds of gold artifacts unearthed from Haihunhou's tomb have a purity of more than 100%, but the total weight is only more than [-] kilograms.

Among them, the most precious ones are big horseshoe gold, Linzhi gold and gold cake.

Especially those 24 gold plates, each weighing about a kilogram.

That is the largest number and most complete variety of gold artifacts found so far in Han tomb archaeology in my country.

Some experts estimate that if these gold wares are auctioned, their price will be more than 10 billion yuan.

In addition, in the northern corridor of the tomb, about 200 million five-baht coins of more than 10 tons were unearthed, weighing more than 10 tons.

It is such an emperor of the Western Han Dynasty who only reigned for 27 days, but possessed such a huge wealth after his death. The degree of wealth in the Western Han Dynasty is simply unimaginable.

So, here comes the question, how did Liu He get these huge wealth?
You know, this is a deposed emperor, even he can get so many treasures to be buried with him, so what about the other princes?What about the emperor?What about the general?

Looking at the gold in front of him, Chen Wenzhe was also very curious.

In fact, as long as you have studied the history of the Han Dynasty, you should not be surprised.

Because such a thing is really not uncommon in the Han Dynasty.

As long as you study the history of the Han Dynasty in China, you will find that gold in the Han Dynasty seems to be everywhere!
This problem is recorded in historical materials, and can even be traced back to the era when Chu and Han contended for supremacy.

In the winter of 205 BC, the struggle for supremacy between Chu and Han was at a stalemate.

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was anxious to win the war, but he couldn't completely destroy Liu Bang for a while, so he kept harassing the Han army's food roads, trying to let Liu Bang die without a fight. .

Since ancient times, there is no way to plan poison more than to cut off food. Xiang Yu's trick is really powerful. Liu Bang is so worried that he can't sleep and eat all day long. At this moment, Chen Ping under the tent came up with a plan to divorce.

Speaking of this divorce plan is quite simple, Liu Bang took out 4 catties of gold, half of which was bought by the Chu army to spread rumors, saying that Zhong Limei, one of the most important generals under Xiang Yu's account, intended to betray Chu and stand alone.

After Xiang Yu heard the rumors, he gradually mistrusted Zhong Limei, so the Overlord broke his arm.

There were tens of thousands of catties of gold, which Chen Ping gave to Xiang Yu's envoy, and made a sumptuous banquet.

When the envoy Xiang Yu arrived, Chen Ping first ordered people to bring delicacies to the envoy's residence.

When he entered the door, he pretended to say, "I thought it was an envoy sent by Yafu Fan Zeng!"

Immediately afterwards, the banquet was replaced with poor food.

What do you mean?It is obvious: In Liu Bang's eyes, Xiang Yu's other great adviser, Fan Zeng, has a higher status than the overlord of Chu!
At this point, Xiang Yu became suspicious of Fan Zeng again.

What is the result of the overlord breaking his arms?I don't think I need to continue talking.

For the time being, we will not discuss historical stories such as besieged on all sides and Farewell My Concubine, but just talk about the 4 catties of gold.

From a certain point of view, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu with 4 catties of gold. The powerful Han Dynasty was also created by gold. As everyone knows, the gold reserves of the Han Dynasty were even more amazing.

According to the "History of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties", in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there were millions of catties of gold in its treasury, which is 248 tons even today.

To give an inappropriate example, in 2020, our country is already rich and strong, with advanced technology, and the gold reserves at that time were only 1600 tons.

More than [-] years ago, the king of Qin swept Liuhe first, then built the Great Wall, built the Lishan Mausoleum, the battle to destroy Qin, and the struggle between Chu and Han for supremacy.

With years of continuous wars, the gold reserves of the Han Dynasty actually reached 248 tons. This cannot be explained by common sense.

In fact, these are more than that. The "Hanshu" records many cases of the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty rewarding gold, and it was often a hundred catties or a thousand catties.

This is really astonishing. Is the gold of the Han Dynasty as common as radish and cabbage?
Therefore, some experts now speculate that the gold in the Han Dynasty is not the gold of today, and the gold at that time should refer to bronze.

At first glance, it seems reasonable, but there are piles of gold in Haihunhou's tomb, and the bronze is almost self-defeating.

In this regard, many experts started from a historical perspective and made a relatively reasonable explanation.

First of all, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, there were many places rich in gold, such as the "Ying Yuan" of Chu State in the archaeological discovery.

After the Qin King swept Liuhe, the gold accumulated by the princes of various places for hundreds of years was returned to the first emperor.

After Qin was destroyed, it all belonged to Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.

Of course, Xiang Yu's gold finally returned to Han Liu Bang.

In this way, all the gold in the world belongs to the King of Han, which contributed to the Western Han Dynasty's gold reserves reaching an unprecedented peak, or even a peak that no one will come after.

Secondly, with the appearance of iron tools after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the mining industry in the Western Han Dynasty developed rapidly, and the output of gold continued to increase.

Again, gold has been a rare metal since ancient times. With the help of iron tools, the number of folks participating in gold mining is also increasing.

Therefore, as more people mined gold, the number of gold mines naturally doubled.

According to historical records, the people of the Western Han Dynasty even left their fields barren in order to mine gold.

For this reason, Emperor Han Yuan even issued a special decree: stop picking pearls, jade, gold and silver!

To put it bluntly, the mining industry in the Han Dynasty had a serious industrial surplus, so that even the emperor thought there was too much gold.

In addition to these, there is a third reason for the multi-gold in the Western Han Dynasty, and that is the Silk Road that has been passed down to this day.

There are definitely differences between the ancient Silk Road and today's Silk Road, but the essence is basically the same, both for trade;

If you want to come to the Silk Road, you don’t need to explain too much, and it goes without saying that silk and porcelain in Middle-earth are in short supply.

According to historical records: only the gold exchanged for silk every year amounts to five tons every year.

In general, many modern experts use these three reasons to explain the multi-gold in the Han Dynasty.

It seems reasonable to think about it carefully, but it still caused a lot of controversy.

Some people have questioned if it is said that the advanced technology and frequent trade in the Han Dynasty contributed to the result of rich gold.

What about the later Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and other dynasties?

It seems that any one, no matter technology or trade, is much stronger than the Han Dynasty, but why there is no phenomenon of rich gold?
Now we have to talk about the domestic gold producing areas. Gold is getting less and less.

One of the facts proved is the great geographical discovery of America. After that, a large number of gold and silver mines were discovered in both North America and South America.

So now what?Will there still be a historic gold rush?
If this explains the origin of the abundance of gold in the Han Dynasty, then why is there a lack of gold in this land of China?

In fact, through several things, we can know that the first one is archaeological excavation.

The gold in front of me is a good proof, the tomb of Marquis Haihun is another proof, and the tombs of Liang King, Chu King, Mancheng Han Tomb, etc., can all prove it.

Thick burials became popular in the Han Dynasty, which gave birth to Cao Cao's tomb robbery.

If he didn't know that there are countless treasures in the tombs of the Han Dynasty, how could Cao Cao be a prince and king, how could he dig the grave with shame?

(End of this chapter)