We often say that use history as a mirror to know the ups and downs. The great philosopher Marx once said that forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal. For us, the history of the Chinese nation is five thousand. The modern national humiliation is even more important in the new era. For us, we should never forget the past and be the guide for the future. The glory of ancient times should be remembered by us.
In the long ancient history, the proportion of feudal society lasted for more than 2,000 years. This period of history can be said to be the pinnacle moment of ancient Chinese history, because during this period, we developed both in terms of system and society. Judging from the situation, they are all leading the world. Under the relatively stable centralized system , society continues to develop with the changes of the times. During the peak period of
, every era has set off a very high tide, leaving us with more and better things worth studying now. We pay attention to passing down the fire from to , and many precious things. Things have been preserved by us from ancient times to today. Of course, it is not only historical books that are all written in writing, but also some subtle and fine traditions.
These things do not require fixed forms such as words. They are often integrated into our lives through precepts and deeds, and have been retained to this day. These things often do not need to be taught deliberately, and they change as we live day by day. It can be mastered and developed into a habit.
For example, the burial system of the ancients was linked to the social system at that time. Just like ours now, the grandness of the funeral largely depends on the environmental conditions of the home. But during the transition from to , a very abnormal situation occurred. In the Ming Dynasty, upright officials were wrapped in straw mats and buried. More than 300 years later, the tombs were opened, but 1 billion treasures were dug out.
The difference between the burial system and cultural relics
Ancient my country still attached great importance to the funeral system. It is not a national regulation, but determined by the blood relationship ties formed in Chinese society from the birth of human beings. As the saying goes Fallen leaves return to their roots and are buried. For peace. Respect and rituals for the deceased were developed spontaneously early on.
When our country was still in a slave society, it already attached great importance to sacrifices and funerals. For example, when bronzes first appeared, they were neither used for farming nor weapons of war, but were directly used for sacrifices. It is enough to reflect the importance that the ancients attached to sacrifices. Not only the utensils, but also the sacrifices are also very rich.
Of course, what is different from us now is the funerary objects of the ancients. Of course, for us now, in the era of civilization, there is no such thing as funerary objects. Some necessary objects are also directly in the form of burning paper, but in ancient times Differently, ancient funerary objects can be said to have evolved from terrifying to ordinary.
Let’s leave aside the poor families for the time being. Because of the restrictions of family conditions, they basically don’t have many burial objects. However, for those princes and nobles with huge wealth, burial is very necessary. After all, in their understanding, people die. You will go to another world later, so as long as you are buried with the necessary things, you can take all these things with you.
But it is worth mentioning that the first things that emperors and generals chose to bury with them were living people. For example, after the death of Qin Shihuang , Qin II had many concubines buried directly, and even the people who built the tombs were not involved. Let it go, this cruel system was quickly abandoned after the demise of the Qin Dynasty , and objects were mostly used in burials.
However, in ancient times, courtiers had different types and quantities of burial objects according to the official positions they held during their lifetimes. The most typical one is the difference between civil servants and military attachés. We know that the status of civil servants and military attachés in each dynasty They are all different, and some are even worlds apart, but overall the status of military attachés is slightly higher than that of civilian officials.
Because for feudal society, war and peace are constantly alternating. In addition to changes in dynasties, aggressive wars in border areas are also carried out from time to time. Military generals who are good at fighting are basically the guarantee of the country, so under the same status Well, military attaches are buried with more objects than civilian officials.
However, it needs to be noted that there are only a lot of them. The value of the burial objects of military attaches is far inferior to that of civilian officials, because when they are buried, the burial objects are selected based on the hobbies of the buried people. For a military attache, it is nothing more than " weapons, armor, and war horses ". These things tend to be worn away with the passage of time.
Even if it is discovered by later people, it will not be worth much, and the iron tools will even rust. But civil servants are different. For those high-ranking civil servants, the funerary objects are also very precious. Some antiques, calligraphy and paintings are indispensable, of course, apart from this In addition, there are also some precious metals such as gold and silver. Once these chemically stable precious metals are discovered, they are extremely valuable.
So it often happened in ancient times that the tombs of military attaches were found empty, but the tombs of civilian officials were filled with valuable burial objects. Of course, this period of history has gone through so many years, and both civil and military officials have When you are down and out, there will naturally be something abnormal inside.
Large tomb appears
China is a country with a very profound historical heritage. It is very common for something to be dug out of the ground. Not only professional archaeological teams, but even some simple farmers can find a large piece of it just by digging, such as A family in Zhejiang Province. It was the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and our country had not yet carried out large-scale development of these ancient tombs.
On this day, a farmer in Zhejiang found that some parts of his house had been damaged and caved in due to the passage of time. Due to the current situation of the country at that time, it was unaffordable for the farmers at that time to find someone to rebuild it. Feel free to do this. The farmer decided to dig it himself in a nearby mine. It was this digging that triggered a big event.
At that time, he just wanted to mine some stones and didn't care much about other things. However, before digging for long, he discovered something unusual. In the shallower strata, he actually found gold objects. Although this The farmer's education level was not high, but he also knew that it was completely impossible to dig out gold in such shallow strata.
Based on the shape of the gold artifact, he quickly judged that he might have dug up a burial object in a large tomb. People at that time generally had a low level of education and did not have any awareness of the protection of cultural relics, so this As soon as the tomb was discovered, the villagers started looting it. Of course, there were also many discerning people who knew that it was a cultural relic and could not be their own, so they quickly called the police.
Amazing conclusion
Archaeologists came here soon and conducted protective excavations on this tomb. Soon, the entire tomb was revealed to the light, and the real owner of this ghost house was soon known to people. Through According to expert explanations, we learned that this is the tomb of Wang Shiqi, a famous general who fought against the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that Wang Shiqi has shown extraordinary talents since he was very young. Born in 1583, he had already begun to discuss politics when he was only fifteen years old, and he had obtained a meritorious degree. It can be said that he was both civil and military, but he His passion and the fact that the Ming Dynasty was harassed by Japanese pirates at that time made him decisively turn to martial arts.
Therefore, after entering the DPRK, he quickly led troops to fight against the Japanese pirates. He personally went to the places harassed by the Japanese army and led the troops to fight. Under the leadership of Wang Shiqi, the enemy troops were retreated steadily. After that, Wang Shiqi did not turn back. He led a large army to patrol everywhere to prevent foreign enemies from invading, and was then dispatched by the imperial court to garrison in the Jiangnan area.
In the end, he became seriously ill due to traveling around and overworked, and finally died in Shanxi. It is worth mentioning that Wang Shiqi was pure white all his life, with breeze on his sleeves. He did not accumulate much wealth in his life of fighting and wandering. It is even said that Wang Shiqi was After his death, his men buried him with only a straw mat.
Regardless of his true identity as a military attache or his limited wealth during his lifetime, there should be no burial objects of precious metals such as gold objects in the tombs discovered later. This should be a unique configuration for civil servants. According to the burial objects found in Wang Shiqi’s tomb at that time The total value of the precious funerary objects discovered is very high, almost one billion.
There were more than 300 burial objects among them, even more than those of ordinary small princes. This was impossible in the strict hierarchical ancient times at that time. However, according to the items in the tomb, experts determined that it was Wang Shiqi's tomb. Wrong, then what is going on with this burial object that far exceeds that of a civilian official?
The truth came to light
Afterwards, through many aspects of research, it was discovered that these priceless gold and silver burial objects were not Wang Shiqi’s own, but were rewarded by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Of course, the reason for the reward was soon discovered by us. , it turned out that when Wang Shiqi led his troops out to fight against the Japanese, he not only repelled the local invaders, but also settled the local people who suffered from the war.
Not only that, after returning to the country, he was even more considerate to his subjects. Wang Shiqi had previously served as a county magistrate in Shandong, Henan and other places. He was very considerate and caring for the people. During his time as an official, the starting point for doing things was the fundamental interests of the people. Wang Shiqi's behavior was seen by the people, so they admired and loved Wang Shiqi very much.
When the people who had received his favor knew that their parents and officials had only one mat to wrap the body after their death, they were very sad, so they spontaneously gathered together and made ten Wanmin umbrellas , to accurately represent Wang Shiqi. During his tenure as an official, he made great contributions to the people and soon delivered it to the hands of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at that time.
After learning about Wang Shiqi's achievements, the emperor at that time admired him very much. He unconditionally met the people's request and quickly implemented it. As a civil servant, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty rewarded Wang Shiqi with a large number of funerary objects.
This is the reason why we see gold worth one billion in the military attaché’s tomb today.
