Master Archaeologist

Chapter 299 Chinese characteristic lead-barium glass system
In the Western Han Dynasty, there was an unspoken rule for dealing with the removal of the country by lieutenants.

Unless it is an unforgivable sin, such as disrespect to the ancestors, such as treason, rebellion and the like.

Otherwise, those who lost their titles due to some common crimes or being implicated will usually be able to restore their titles when the next emperor comes.

For example, the fourth generation of Xiao He's descendants lost his title because of a crime.

But the emperor of Han always looked for Xiao He's descendants again, and re-appointed him as Marquis of Feng.

Another example is the title of Marquis Jiang of Zhou Bo's family. After Zhou Bo's death, his son Zhou Sheng's heir died of murder and the country was extinct.

Later, Emperor Wen named Zhou Yafu, Zhou Bo's second son, the prefect of Hanoi, as Tiaohou, and succeeded Jianghou.

Then because of the abolition of the prince, Zhou Yafu offended the emperor and was starved to death. After Zhou Yafu's death, the title was interrupted for one year, and Emperor Jing granted Zhou Yafu's son the title of Marquis Pingqu, succeeding the title of Marquis Jiang.

The inheritance of the lineages of the two marquises was not involved in the serious crime of treason and was expelled from the country.

Although the country has been removed, the emperor will soon find another person to inherit the title from the side branches, just changing his name.

After all, in the eyes of the Western Han people, it is very, very disrespectful to the ancestors, and even guilty of the ancestors.

If it wasn't a big mistake, the general emperor would not really let these people who had made contributions to the Han family's community really never be able to receive sacrifices again.

The same is true for the Haihunhou family.

Although Liu He was quickly expelled from the country by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty after his death.

But when Emperor Hanyuan, the son of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Haihunhou state was restored again, and Emperor Hanyuan re-appointed Liu Daizong, the son of Liu He, as Haihunhou.

After recovery, until Xinmang usurped the Han, Haihunhou was abolished again.

But after Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty and restored the Liu family, Liu Huiyi, the grandson of Liu Daizong, was restored to Haihunhou.

It was not until the 16th year of Yongyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 104) that Haihunhou was really extinct, and it was finally abolished.

The Marquis of Haihun was also split into two counties, Jianchang and Haihun.

And the reason why the Marquis of Haihun was able to recover after being abolished.

There is a big reason, that is, when Liu He was alive, he really did not show any disrespect to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

He did what Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty asked him to do.

One more can be added now.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty didn't give him yellow intestines and jade clothes, but Liu He readily accepted it.

Although Liu He reserved a space for Huang Chang in his tomb.

But this only shows that when he was alive, he once dreamed that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty could restore his status as a vassal king and re-entitle him a king, so when he built the tomb, he left a space for Huang Chang to make up.

He was just afraid that if he was restored to the throne by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty when he was old, and the tombs were all built, and there was no way to put yellow sausages in them, wouldn't he regret it to death?
That's why he reserved the space for yellow intestines, not because he wanted to use yellow intestines for himself.

It is also Liu He who has been the emperor for 27 days and has been the prince of the princes for more than ten years. After being deposed and demoted to Haihunhou, he is still respectful, and he has not committed any rebellion or violation.

This made Emperor Hanyuan think of this cousin who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River again after he succeeded to the throne, and then restored the Hou Kingdom to him.

However, if Liu He dared to use yellow sausage to make it up, or make a jade dress by himself, even if it was a glazed jade dress.

This kind of thing must not be hidden from the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty.

It is absolutely impossible for the Marquis of Haihun to exist anymore.

How could it be possible to inherit it from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty like in history?
Although it was difficult to extract the glazed jade piece close to the bottom of the coffin, the piece near the foot had already rotted into white mud.

But no matter how difficult things are, archaeologists will not be troubled.

Although the overall extraction has been put on hold for the time being.

However, it is no problem to extract a small piece for scientific research.

Under Kong Jianwen's guidance, Chen Han extracted a piece of crushed glazed jade from the head of the glazed jade mat.

The piece of glazed jade was crushed into two halves.

After taking out half of it, Chen Han followed Kong Jianwen to a special laboratory on the third floor of the archaeological base.

In the laboratory, Mr. Guan Shaofan, an associate professor from Capital University of Science and Technology and a well-known expert in the field of metallurgy and archaeology, has been waiting here for a long time.

When Chen Han and Kong Jianwen presented this piece of glazed jade, Guan Shaofan's expression was pleasantly surprised.

Because this sample is really beautiful.

The cleaned sample is crystal clear and very beautiful, it looks like jade flakes.

"If you didn't tell me, I would have thought it was a piece of jade at first glance!"

Guan Shaofan smiled and praised the glass making process before B.C., while placing this sample under a portable microscope.

really.

The ultrafine morphology of the sample under the microscope does not reveal the characteristics of jade.

In order to determine what kind of glazed piece it is.

Soon, Guan Shaofan used an electronic probe detector to conduct another test.

Using the electronic probe, the specific composition of the sample can be seen at a glance.

The lead and barium content of this glazed tablet is very high.

Lead and barium are the main components that make up this piece of glazed glass.

This is obviously in line with the lead-barium glass system that was relatively common in ancient China and has the characteristics of Chinese culture and science!
That is, Liuli!

Although colored glaze and glass look alike.

But in fact the ingredients of the two are different.

Glass contains crystallization, and after crystallization, it will lead to its transparency, which is not as good as glass.

But that's not a bad thing.

Because there are many crystals in colored glaze, it can show many bright and beautiful colors.

The more common ones are green, cyan, and red colored glaze.

This is something glass cannot do.

Glass is mainly transparent, even if it is colored glass, it is still transparent, but in the case of transparency, some colors are added.

The common ones are the big green sticks commonly used in beer.

Although it is green, it is actually transparent, and the scene behind can be seen through the bottle.

But Liuli is different.

Glazed tiles are opaque to the naked eye.

But colored glaze can transmit light. Although the light transmission is not as good as glass, it is still very good.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, many Western churches actually used Chinese lead-barium glass, that is, colored glaze, to make church windows.

In this way, the situation in the church cannot be seen from the outside, but the light can shine in through the colored glaze.

It's very theological.

After all, in the legends of Westerners, brilliance, light and gods are more or less related.

Opaque but permeable colored glaze can magnify the magic of "light", and is naturally loved by theology.

(End of this chapter)