Master Archaeologist

Chapter 303 The Edict of Removal of the Country!

"strangeness."

Chen Han frowned, and looked at several pieces of memorial wooden tablets over and over again, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

Passing memorials with wooden tablets generally needs to be sealed. The method is to use a wooden tablet that is the same as writing memorials to completely cover the text on the memorials, and then make three to four grooves horizontally in the middle or lower part of the sealed wooden tablet. , The wood chips in the middle of the groove are thinned.

When using it, tie the two pieces of wooden tablet together with a silk rope, tie the silk rope in a knot at the thinned place, and then press a sticky mud ball, which is called sealing mud, and finally put a seal on the sealing mud.

After drying or drying naturally, the sealing putty will harden and play the role of sealing the characters.

Today's "seal" inscribed on envelopes originally referred to the way of binding wooden tablets with ropes.

Such seals have been unearthed in archaeological excavations in the past, but the wooden tablets unearthed from Haihunhou's tomb that we see now have no traces of seals.

This is very strange.

"The memorial to the emperor or queen mother is an official document, and the seal needs to be affixed with an official seal, otherwise the court will reject it."

"So if it is a memorial, it must be sealed, and the official seal must be affixed to comply with the regulations."

"So, maybe this isn't a memorial?"

Chen Han muttered to himself, feeling more and more that his guess was correct.

However, if it is not a memorial, what are these words written to the emperor and queen mother?

Suddenly, a light flashed in Chen Han's mind!
This is famous!

When Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty named Liu He the Marquis of Haihun, he clearly stipulated: "It is not appropriate to receive the ceremony of imperial appointment from the ancestral temple."

Chen Han suddenly realized why everyone didn't find Haihunhou's seal in Haihunhou's inner coffin!
Because Liu He didn't have Haihunhou Yin in the first place!
Although Liu He was named Liehou, he was deprived of all political power, so Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty did not even issue him an official seal.

So he has no right to write memorials to the emperor and queen mother at all!
But what are these things written to the emperor and queen mother?

There is only one reasonable explanation.

That is, these are actually "names"!
Mingye (referred to as Ye), in fact, is the greeting post of later generations. It was widely used in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was called "Mingci" (abbreviated as Ci) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was called "Mingtie" (abbreviated as Tie) after the Tang Dynasty. It is called "business card" in modern times.

This is a text medium for human beings to communicate with each other in the era of civilization. Although the names are different, the functions are similar.

If the words written on the wooden tablets were names and not memorials, then all the words on them were well-founded.

First, it states the name of the person being interviewed.Since the status of the person to be interviewed is generally higher than that of the person who sent the name, the honorific title must be used.

The words "Emperor", "Empress Dowager", "Your Majesty", "Letter", and "Baibei" on the name are all respectful titles.

Second, it clearly states the name, title, position, etc. of the sender. "Nanfan Haihunhou", "Chen He", "Haihunhou Madam", "Concubine Waiting", etc., clearly write the name and identity of the sender, and reveal a very humble attitude.

Third, the reasons for seeking an audience are clearly stated, such as "I would like to make an accompanying minister", "I would like to worship again as an autumn invitation", "I would like to make my accompanying ministers, family members, servants and servants Rao Jufeng", etc. This clarifies the basic requirements for seeking an audience.

If the writing on the wooden tablet is a name and not a memorial, then there is no need to seal it.

Because the name Ye must be seen by both the person who seeks an audience and the passer in the middle.

Therefore, confidential content will not be written on the Ming Ye, and there is no need to seal it.

Of course, unsealed names do not need to be stamped with official seals.

Moreover, although Liu He and his wife did not have the right to write memorials to the emperor, because they did not have the seals of Haihunhou and Haihunhou's wife.

But they still have the right to write "name visit" invitations to the emperor.

Because the two of them are still relatives of the Liu family, and the emperor, as the patriarch of the Liu family, as long as they are members of the Liu family, they can write "names" to pay respects to the emperor.

This is the right of people who are born rich in all clans under the patriarchal system, and has nothing to do with status or official position.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty threw away his status as emperor, and he was still the patriarch of the Liu family.

Liu He threw away his identity as Marquis of Haihun, he was also a member of the Liu family.

Moreover, if the names written on the wooden slips were not memorials, then they might be returned. The most reasonable and satisfactory explanation was given when these names finally appeared in Liu He's tomb.

Since the nature of mingye is to inform the seeker of the sender and his appeal, the mingye is not necessarily accepted by the person being sought, and they can refuse to accept it.The reasons for this are different.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty obviously did not agree to let Liu He go to Chang'an to invite Liu He, so all these honorary invitations were returned.

It can be said that he is cruel and indifferent, but isn't that how he treats the losers who compete for the throne?

Moreover, one of these wooden slips reads: "Ju Feng... I will pay homage to you after death... Your Majesty", "October of the third year of Yuankang..."

These handwritings are neat, black and bright, and they were written by the sender, that is, Liu He himself.

However, next to this text, there is also a section of words "Dr. February in the fourth year of Yuankang", which is a bit like Licao, with blurred handwriting and dim ink color.

This was obviously written by the person who passed on the name later!
"Men Dafu" is the gatekeeper of the imperial palace, also known as "Yi Zhe" in the Han Dynasty, specializing in the work of delivering famous Ye.

From October of the third year of Yuankang to February of the fourth year of Yuankang, there was an interval of four months, which shows that it is not easy to travel thousands of miles from Haihun Country in Yuzhang County to the capital. It also shows that the royal palace has a high threshold and completely rejects Liu He and his envoys The minister's homage.

In the end, the "Doctor of the Gate" signed and sent the envoys sent by Liu He back with their names to deal with the matter.

These names should not have been sent to the desk of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. The gatekeeper who guarded the palace for him just saw that these names were sent by Liu He, Marquis of Haihun, so he directly rejected them.

Liu He was indeed very unpopular with Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

After reading this batch of famous tributes, Chen Han sighed.

However, he also immediately recorded his guesses and thoughts, and planned to show them to Kong Jianwen and other teachers later.

This batch of wooden slips that seem to be "reports" but are actually "famous" is still very misleading, and its source needs to be explained clearly.

After taking out his mobile phone and briefly recording in the memo, Chen Han looked away in satisfaction and planned to take a look at other bamboo slips.

At this moment, suddenly, a researcher in a white coat rushed out from a small room in the back of the Jiandu graduate student, and shouted excitedly:

"In the lacquer box on the westernmost side of the west room of the main coffin room of the owner of the tomb, 10 wooden tablets and 16 incomplete tablets were found, and the contents have been restored!"

"This is actually a copy of the "Edict of Haihunhou Kingdom Removal"!!!"

(End of this chapter)