Master Archaeologist

Chapter 145 Zhao Tuo or Zhao Hu?

"A tomb at the level of the monarch of Nanyue?"

The conference room of the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences.

Leaders gathered together.

Professor Li, who is in charge of the Qin and Han Research Office, said excitedly: "There are only five monarchs in Nanyue Kingdom!"

"Remove the last monarch, and then remove Zhao Xing, the penultimate monarch who was killed due to civil strife."

"This Nanyue king's tomb can only be one of King Wu, King Wen, and King Ming!"

"No matter who it is, it is very meaningful to Chinese archaeology!"

"Before this, we have never found the tomb of any South Vietnamese monarch!"

The Nanyue Kingdom experienced a total of five kings, Xiangguo 93.

However, Zhao Tuo, the founder of the Nanyue Kingdom, was not ordinary.

In the era when the medical level was very underdeveloped in the early Western Han Dynasty, several emperors in the early Western Han Dynasty did not live long, and died at the age of four or fifty.

But Zhao Tuo, the king of martial arts in South Vietnam, lived to be more than 100 years old.

Zhao Tuo was in power for 93 years in Guozuoli in Nanyue Kingdom in 67
In the remaining 26 years, it was the last four kings.

And the last two kings only reigned for three years in total, and it was during this period that the Nanyue Kingdom was destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In other words, these two kings should not have good tombs.

Especially the penultimate king of Ai, whose posthumous title is "Ai", and was killed by the prime minister's rebellion, so I am afraid that he will not be properly buried.

Only Zhao Tuo, King Wu of South Vietnam, Zhao Hu, King Wen, and Zhao Yingqi, King Ming, can have established large tombs.

And these three are also well-known Nanyue kings in history books.

Both of the latter two had been protons in Chang'an, and had undergone brainwashing and beauty tricks by the Chang'an court. They basically obeyed Chang'an's words when they were in power, so they died well.

"Although some tombs from the Nanyue Kingdom have been discovered in the Lingnan area before, those tombs are relatively low-level tombs."

"This is very difficult to help us understand the system, culture and productivity level of South Vietnam!"

Professor Li was very excited, dancing and saying, "In its heyday, the Nanyue Kingdom spanned Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and also occupied the northern and central parts of Vietnam. It was considered a big country!"

"However, the current archaeological and historical circles' research on the South Vietnam Kingdom is one-sided."

"Most of them can only rely on the records about the Nanyue Kingdom in the "Hanshu"."

"Just from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, the Nanyue Kingdom is just a remote dependent country, and there are no detailed records at all."

"In the end, what was the situation of South Vietnam in history, the degree of social development, productivity, and technological level, all need to be traced through archaeological discoveries."

"Now that the tomb of the Nanyue King has appeared, it is a great opportunity to understand and get in touch with the Nanyue Kingdom in an all-round way!"

If you want to know the living standard and productivity level of a country, and even the degree of social development, it is obviously the easiest way to find the answer in the tomb of the king.

In fact, some tombs of the Nanyue Kingdom were also found in the Lingnan area before.

However, these tombs are all buried middle and low-level nobles, and most of them may be the Qin army who conquered the South, and some bronze weapons made by Qin were unearthed.

Bamboo slips, wooden tablets and the like were never unearthed.

Not to mention stone chamber tombs like this that require a lot of manpower and material resources to build.

It is the first case in Lingnan!
When the news from the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology was delivered to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences in detail, the two units immediately held an internal meeting.

after an hour.

The Bureau of Cultural Relics and the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences jointly issued a report to the top, requesting approval to excavate [Xianggang Nanyue Monarch Tomb]!
And the response from above was also quick.

In less than half an hour, the approval was given.

"Agreed to dig!"

"This time, our Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Archaeology will form a joint archaeological team with the Guangdong Institute of Archaeology and the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology to carry out archaeological excavations on the "Nanyue King's Tomb in Xianggang"!"

"Everyone has rested for more than half a year, and it is time to re-enter the intense work."

"Guangzhou is located in the south. Although it is already October, the local temperature is not too low, so it will not affect our excavation work."

"And according to colleagues from the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology, the tomb of the Nanyue monarch this time is a stone chamber tomb."

"After three days of investigation by the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology, the structure and scale of the tomb have been basically clarified."

"This is a tomb made entirely of stacked stones!"

"Observed from the launched platform and the surrounding rock of the tomb, most of the rocks on the hillside have been weathered into sandy clay, and their strength has been completely reduced to soil-like. It can be excavated with ordinary picks and shovels, and only a small part remains in the state of the original rock. .”

"The structure of the tomb is a combination of vertical pits and excavations. The plane of the vertical pits is in the shape of a "convex". The surrounding area is not very straight. Based on the current surface, it is 10.85 meters long from north to south and 12.5 meters wide from east to west!"

"The colleagues from the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology have cleared out the stepped tomb passage. The tomb passage is more than ten meters long. At the end of the tomb passage, there is a tomb door made of double stone doors!"

"However, who is the owner of the tomb and whether the tomb has been stolen are still unknown."

"For the sake of safety, the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology arranged personnel to be stationed, dismissed the construction workers, and blocked the news of the discovery of the cemetery."

"Wait for us and the people from the Guangdong Archeology Institute to arrive, and then start a protective excavation of the tomb!"

On the bullet train to Guangzhou.

Kong Jianwen was chattering and mobilizing the archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences.

Chen Han sat in the corner of the carriage with a rather emotional expression.

The scene in front of me seemed familiar.

When he first followed the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences and went to Qinghai to participate in the excavation of the Lajia site, he seemed to be like this.

At that time, he felt that everything was new, but now he has become much calmer.

"The Tomb of the Nanyue King"

Chen Han looked up at the roof of the carriage, lost in thought.

Lin Ya, who was sitting next to him, poked Chen Han's arm, and asked curiously: "Chen Han, who do you think is the owner of this tomb of the Nanyue King?"

Chen Han came back to his senses and looked at Lin Ya.

In other words, compared with a year ago, a lot has changed.

At least Su Sa was sitting next to him at the time, but now Su Sa has graduated with a Ph.D. and left the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences.

She didn't postpone her graduation like Zhuang Yunpeng, but completed her doctoral defense very smoothly, and graduated when she returned to Beijing in July.

Now I have returned to my hometown of Shaanxi Local Archaeological Institute to work.

Shaanxi is also a major archaeological province, so Su Sa must not be idle there.

"Chen Han, why are you startled?" Lin Ya shook his arm, pulling Chen Han's wandering thoughts back again.

"Master of the tomb."

Chen Han said without hesitation: "It's either Zhao Tuo, or Zhao Hu."

"Why can't it be Zhao Yingqi?" Lin Ya asked curiously.

Chen Han smiled, and said calmly: "According to Song Dynasty Fang Xinru's "Nanhai Baiyong" and Shen Huaiyuan's "Guangzhou Ji" written by Liu Song Dynasty in the 5th century."

"During the time of Sun Quan, it was heard that most of Tuo's tombs were martyred with exotic treasures. Thousands of soldiers were sent to search for the tomb, but they could not find it."

"The second time I excavated the tomb of the baby, I got the jade seal, gold seal, and bronze sword."

"As for Tuo's tomb, no one knows about his death. Moreover, Tuo died at the beginning of Emperor Wu, and it was three hundred years before Sun Quan's time. It has been searched and unearthed. It has been found for thousands of years, and it has been benefited."

"If this information is really credible, then the tomb of Zhao Yingqi, the third lord of the Nanyue Kingdom, has already been excavated by Sun Quan."

"Among the five lords of South Vietnam, the last two lords have no time to prepare their own tombs. Only two lords, Zhao Tuo and Zhao Hu, remain."

"The tomb of the Nanyue king found in Xianggang can only be the tomb of one of them."

Lin Ya's eyes widened, and she looked at Chen Han in a daze.

What kind of book is "Baiyong of the South China Sea", and what kind of book is "Guangzhou Ji"?
Why hasn't she heard of it?
Opening her mouth, Lin Ya, who originally wanted to say something, contemplated for a long time, and finally only spit out two words.

"Brilliant."

　The alliance leaders are all here, I'm really sorry for the shortfall, and today's third watch is still delivered normally.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)