Master Archaeologist

Chapter 279 Liu He: I'm so miserable

The discovery of text on the gold cake is naturally surprising.

What is even more surprising is the time, place and character records in the text, which undoubtedly proves once again that this tomb is the tomb of "Liu He".

After all, the words "Chen Nanhai Haihun Hou He" were clearly written on the gold cakes.

It would be a big surprise if these words were discovered before the main coffin was opened.

It's a pity that before these words were discovered, the Academy of Social Sciences had already discovered the private seal of "Liu He" in the main coffin.

And that Liu He's private seal is also being cleaned up.

This seal is not big. Although there is a lot of mud attached to the seal button, it was quickly cleaned up.

The seal button reflects the identity and status of the owner of the tomb, but it is only wrapped in mud, so it is difficult to see the true face.

After the silt was cleaned up, the true face appeared, it was a wind bird seal button.

In the laboratory on the third floor of the archaeological base, under the illumination of searchlights, Kong Jianwen and Director Wen of the Jiangxi Institute continued to fiddle with the Fengniao seal, marveling at it.

"This is the first time I've found this kind of button seal!"

"It must be the first time."

The two of them wore white gloves, and they just put the seal in their palms and turned around to observe.

"The head piece has a bit of jade skin on it, and it's specially made in a black color."

"This wind sculpture is amazing, and the birds are carved so lifelike!"

Generally speaking, in the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor used tiger buttons, and the princes and kings, including Liehou, used turtle buttons.

But this Haihunhou's private seal is a button with a phoenix bird pattern, which is very special.

Fengniao, in terms of status, is extraordinary.

Although there is no saying in the Western Han Dynasty that the dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity, the phoenix is ​​not only used by the queen.

But a divine beast like "Phoenix Bird" is undoubtedly a very high-level divine beast.

Because in the state of Chu in the Warring States period, there was worship of the phoenix, and the phoenix is ​​also the totem beast of the Chu people.

Liu Bang actually belonged to Chu, and he came from Pei County, which was originally the base of Chu State.

So in Lao Liu's house, the phoenix bird is also a kind of precious beast.

But in button printing, phoenix is ​​usually not used.

Liu He chose to use the noble beast like the phoenix bird, but it does not belong to the ordinary button seal system. Perhaps he wanted to express his complicated psychology of being an emperor, a prince, and a prince.

Liu He's psychology is very complicated and changeable.

A "big Liu seal" emphasizes his noble blood and identity, and shows his aloofness.

But on the gold cake, it was called "Chen He" humbly, showing a respectful meaning.

On the private seal, an unconventional phoenix bird button is used ingeniously, and the phoenix bird is carved to look like it is about to fly, as if flying towards and struggling.

And in the outer outer coffin room, a dressing mirror of Liu He was once found. In the corner of the mirror, a Confucius motto was copied: "Use it to do it, and discard it to hide it."

If the higher-ups use my words, then I will do it well. If they don't use my words, then I will hide my talents.

It can be seen that during Liu He's more than ten years of house arrest and the following four years when he became Haihunhou, his psychology has undergone many and drastic changes.

From the arrogance and disobedience at the beginning, to the willingness to submit later, to the last emperor, if he is willing to use me, I am willing to do my best. If not, then forget it.

It is estimated that Liu He witnessed the governance of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty for more than ten years after he ascended the throne, and watched Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty make such unscrupulous achievements as Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu. This change in his mentality.

However, although Liu He had finally let go of the resentment of missing the throne, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty could not use this person who once sat on the throne to entrust him with any errands.

Moreover, in the fourth year of Marquis Haihun, he cut off three thousand households from his fiefdom. This made Liu He feel indignant all of a sudden, and even vomited blood, and died of illness soon.

Although historical records record that Liu He was weak and sick, he often needed to rest on the bed.

But no matter how weak and sickly he is, it is not so coincidental that he cut off three thousand households with his front foot and died of illness with his back foot.

Most of Liu He was still pissed to death by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Thinking about it, he is really miserable.

Originally, I put it down honestly, planning to "use it to do it, and discard it to hide it." In the end, for no reason, just because of a trivial matter, I directly cut off [-] households from [-] households.

Can you not be sad and angry, angry!

Kong Jianwen and Director Wen put down the jade seal with emotion.

So far, Yuyin has figured out the situation.

The next day, archaeologists from the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Jiangxi Institute gathered again in the laboratory where the inner coffin was parked.

Since the private seals were unearthed in the inner coffin, will the golden seals of Haihunhou and Changyi King be unearthed?
This inevitably made all the archaeologists present look forward to it.

As for why it is a gold seal instead of a jade seal, there are also opinions.

When doing private printing, because there is no official system regulation, so in theory, any material can be used for private printing, no one cares.

Mr. Sui is just a five-time doctor, but the private seal of the word "Sui" in his mouth is made of ordinary jade.

Liu He's "Liu He" seal is also a private seal.

but!This is limited to private printing only!
In terms of the cost of official seals, the Western Han Dynasty officials had strict regulations.

The emperor's seal uses jade, which is called Yuxi.

The princes and princes use gold, which is called the gold seal.

That is, the "Six Seals of the Emperor", "The Seal of King XX" and "The Seal of Marquis XX".

That's why Chen Han thought it was an act of transgressing the system when the prince's seal made of jade and the emperor's seal made of gold were issued at the tomb of the Nanyue king.

The seal of Haihunhou and the king of Changyi naturally had to be the golden seal that conformed to the system of the Han Dynasty.

The archaeologists at the scene are also looking forward to these two gold seals.

However, the situation in the inner coffin is very complicated.

Historical Records: When the emperor died, he was buried naked and covered with a wall.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you don't wear clothes.

Instead, they were buried naked, covered with jade, and then wrapped in clothes.

However, the situation in Haihunhou's inner coffin was not very good. Liu He's own body was completely rotten, and all the clothes that had filled the inner coffin were all turned into mud.

Although the funerary utensils were still luxurious, the coffin collapsed, flooded with mud, and the relics were stacked, and some of the funerary utensils were deeply embedded in the coffin.

It is not so difficult to extract cultural relics and find the golden seal in such a coffin.

It can be said that it is a difficult clean-up work that has never been seen before.

The main coffin was supposed to have a normal height.

But probably because of the earthquake, the inner coffin has been pressed into a relatively thin sheet.

Moreover, one side is high and the other side is low, and the pressure is very strong.

The remains of funerary objects of different materials are seriously overlapped.

It's like being compressed by a vacuum.

It is definitely not easy to clean up one by one!

(End of this chapter)