Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1340 Since ancient times
On the banks of the Xiongjin River, Sibi City.

Sun Wuji, the Prosecutor of Andong Road and Commander of Andong Zuodu, and Chief Administrator of Xiongjin County carefully looked at the golden seal in front of him.

The more you look at it, the more excited you become.

"Good stuff!"

"Really good stuff."

Shan Xiongxin, the governor of the right, asked puzzledly, "Isn't it just a seal, what's so rare?"

"Look at the characters on it, this Chinese character, do you see anything different?"

Uncle Shan Guo also came from a powerful local family, and it’s not that he doesn’t know Yinzhuan. After he pointed it out, he discovered something special, “The lower right corner of this Chinese character is a fire character, and the right half of Chinese characters in seal script is usually written consecutively. This is a bit strange!"

"Have you seen such writing in other places before?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"It seems not."

"Hahaha, it's right if you don't have one. In fact, just based on the writing method of this Chinese character, you can be sure that this golden seal is definitely real, not fake." The knowledge in this area is much stronger than that of Shan Xiongxin.

The eldest grandson touched the gold seal that had been completely cleaned up, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

"Actually, the writing of the fire character in the lower right corner of this Chinese character is rare, but it is not uncommon. It usually only appears on some seals of the Han Dynasty. For example, my family originally collected several seals of the Han Dynasty. There is a Han Xiongnu Poluchang and a Chinese Guiyi Dibaichang seal, the Chinese characters on it are engraved in the same way, and the lower right corner is a fire character.

The fire character in the lower right corner of the Chinese character is deliberately separated, not continuous writing.

As for why this happened, he once asked his father, Changsun Sheng, when he was young.At that time, his father told him this way, saying that because the Han Dynasty was a country of fire and virtue, the ancients believed that everything in the world was composed of five virtues.At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was the virtue of water at the beginning, and then it was the virtue of earth for a while, but it was finally determined as the virtue of fire.

Therefore, when the seals were engraved in the later Han Dynasty, sometimes the lower right corner of the Chinese characters was written as fire characters and separated to show the virtue of fire.

This is a special way of writing Chinese characters.

"Look at this snake button again, it's also very particular."

"The emperor's jade seal, the king's gold seal, and the courtier's bronze medal."

The printed materials are very particular, and there are specifications and system restrictions.

"Han system, given to princes and princes, gold seals, tortoise buttons. Although the seals given to the kings of the subject countries are also gold seals, but the seals are mostly in the shape of snakes, camels, etc. This seal is a gold seal snake button. The seal script is also the king of the Han Dynasty. It can be concluded that this is a seal bestowed on the king of the Han Dynasty by the Han Dynasty. Let’s say it’s God’s will.”

Shan Xiongxin really didn't know that in the Han Dynasty, the king of Wa was given a golden seal.

"So, the Wa Kingdom has been the vassal of my Central Plains dynasty since ancient times?"

"Something, not quite."

"The History of Emperor Guangwu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Dongyi in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty both record the second year of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty in Jianwu Zhongyuan, which is about 600 years ago. Congratulations, the man called himself a doctor, and Guangwu gave him a seal and ribbon. Therefore, this golden seal is likely to be the one bestowed by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty!"

"However, the Wa slave country in Chaohe at that time is not the current Wa country."

"Is there any other Japanese country?"

"In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many indigenous tribes on the Dongying Islands transitioned to the state, formed many tribal alliances, and formed hundreds of countries, large and small. Among them, there is a relatively strong tribal alliance on the current Zhuzi Island. In order to be able to surpass other tribal kingdoms, he sent envoys to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. After learning about the customs of the tribes in the Dongying Islands, Emperor Guangwu praised them for their respect from afar, awarded him a golden seal, and bestowed The name is Japanese."

"Waguo, in fact, the name of the country was given by our celestial dynasty. However, the Waguo at that time was only a relatively strong force on Chikushi Island among the Dongying Islands, and the current Waguo court was actually a power that was later established on Yamato Island. The Yamato tribe in the Central Plains defeated other tribes, and finally established the Yamato court, including the Japanese kingdom on Chikushi Island, which was bestowed by the Han emperor, and was also incorporated into it. Later, when I communicated with Dongying in the Central Plains, I still called it by the name of the Japanese .”

"So this one is not that one!" Shan Xiongxin finally understood.

"But this golden seal is engraved with the seal of the Han Wei slave king!"

"The commission can also communicate with the Japanese, and there is also the meaning of appointment. In addition, there was indeed a slave country on Chikushi Island at that time, with a population of tens of thousands of households."

In "Shuowen Jiezi", Wei means follower, and adding the radical of 人 means obedient and respectful people.And "Hanshu Geographical Records" records: "There are Japanese people in Lelanghai, who are divided into more than a hundred countries, and they are presented by age."

During the Cao Wei period of the Three Kingdoms, Yamatai, the largest country on Chikuzi Island, paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty in Luoyang five times in nine years, and the Central Plains Dynasty also sent envoys to the Wa Kingdom for the first time.

"In the past few days, I have read a lot of historical records, and I have also asked many learned people, and found some interesting things. In fact, not only Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty gave the King of Japan a golden seal, but also King Wa in the Cao Wei Dynasty. Xian sent people to Luoyang via North Korea, offering slaves and maidservants cloth and other things to Wei Emperor, and was awarded the title of "King of Wei Wo" by Wei Emperor, as well as gold seals, bronze mirrors and other things. At that time, the Japanese king was still a female Japanese king. It was originally called Yamatai Kingdom."

The Yamatai country is actually the country that sent envoys to Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is located in the northern part of Chikushi Island, which is now the Najin area.Later, civil strife broke out in the country, and a woman was established as the king. When Cao Wei arrived, the queen was named Himiko, and she was the capital in Yamatai in the north of Chikushi. Her younger brother helped govern the country. In fact, the Yamatai country at this time was The leader of more than 30 small Japanese countries on Chikushi Island. "

It's just that Yamato was defeated and conquered by Yamato and merged into Yamato.

However, the Central Plains still called the Wa Kingdom to the Yamato court that unified the Dongying Islands.

"When the Japanese sent envoys to the Central Plains to meet the emperor, they claimed that their ancestors were the sons of Shaokang, Empress of Xia, and they were sealed in Kuaiji. His customary hair was cut off and tattooed on the surface of Guizhou to avoid the harm of dragons, and later he crossed the sea to Xiematai to avoid war chaos!"

The more Shan Xiongxin listened, the more mysterious he felt.

"Before the Xue Yantuo people said that they were the Yizheng Jintian clan sent by the emperor of the Xia Dynasty to the north of Saibei, now this Japanese man actually claims to be the son of Shaokang, the Empress of Xia."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, it's possible to be true. Even if it's false, isn't it a good thing that they are willing to cling to my Huaxia? In this way, it will be justifiable for us to rule here in the future gone."

Shan Xiongxin laughed, "You guys just like to play tricks, if you want me to say just beat them."

"This cultural identity is also very important. How can conquering physically be assimilated from the root."

(End of this chapter)