Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 979 972. Two Letters from 1300 Years Ago
"635, the time is right, during the Zhenguan period."

The time was also corroborated.

Once the appraiser's doubts are dispelled, he will be more excited to see what is written inside.

Qin Shubao didn't keep the audience in suspense and started reading it directly, because it was translated from ancient Persian into Arabic, and then from Arabic into Chinese.

After reading it twice, I found the wording and sentence structure a bit weird, but fortunately I could understand it roughly.

It starts with a long list of heads up.

Yazdegerd III, king of the Sassanid Empire, was a descendant of Ardeshir, the son of so-and-so, and the grandson of so-and-so.

It has been five years since we last communicated. I miss you so much.

Then, congratulations were given to His Majesty the Emperor Tian Khan of the Tang Empire on his 50th birthday.

In the distant land of Persia, we are following the glory and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Your Majesty, your wise governance has made the Tang Dynasty like a bright star, illuminating the entire East.

From the prosperous Chang'an to the frontier fortresses, from the busy markets to the quiet villages, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is evident everywhere...

After a lot of polite words of congratulations.

Just mentioned the business.

It means that the Sassanid Empire and the Tang Empire exchanged what they had, merchants from the two countries traveled back and forth, jointly protected caravans, fought against robbers, set up trading locations, frequency, quantity of goods and so on.

to the end.

I also wish His Majesty the Emperor Tian Khan good health and longevity, and I wish the Tang Dynasty peace and prosperity forever.

May the friendship between Sassanid and Tang Dynasty shine forever like the eternal stars.

At the very end, the gifts were noted, including white camel skin, myrrh, musical instruments and dancers.

They were all specialties of the Sassanid Empire at that time.

"The time when this letter was written was..." Qin Shubao took out his phone and added and subtracted some numbers, "649 AD."

It was indeed the Zhenguan period.

The Khan Emperor that day did not escape, it was Li Shimin.

The treasure appraiser also found historical records. "It was Li Shimin. We all know that after Li Shimin defeated DTZ, he was called Tian Khan. In fact, the full name is Emperor Tian Khan, His Majesty, which means that he is the emperor of the Central Plains and the Khan of the grassland. Lao Qin, your translator got the two words wrong."

He could just call Mansur "Prince" since he didn't remember his real name anyway.

It's not convenient to call Qin Shubao directly, and people will laugh, so he just calls him Lao Qin.

Then he also found out that in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the Sassanid Empire sent envoys to the court 23 times, and there was a lot of communication between the two sides.

This letter feels like a daily communication blessing between the two countries.

It seems like it happens once every few years.

This time it was Li Shimin's 50th birthday, so he sent someone to deliver some gifts to celebrate his birthday.

The main purpose is to ensure trade routes and continue doing business.

It seems that the main communication between the two sides is trade and protecting the smooth operation of the Silk Road, and there are no other demands.

So where did this incense ball come from? How do you put it together?
Is it possible...

The treasure appraiser immediately realized something and said hastily, "Open it, open the scroll. Maybe it was a return gift from the Tang Dynasty, specially made with Persian patterns."

Now it makes sense. That silk thing with a shaft in the middle, placed together with the copy of the letter of credence, what else could it be!

"This record is a seventh-century Oriental calligraphy work. It was only after seeing this that we felt it was related to the East," Qin Shubao said.

Unfolded the scroll...and saw what was inside.

The treasure appraiser went crazy on the spot, jumped up and shouted, "This is not a work of calligraphy, it's an imperial edict! An imperial edict from the Tang Dynasty!"

"Is it an imperial edict?" Qin Shubao leaned over to take a look, but didn't understand. "What does it say?"

He knows Chinese characters, but not traditional Chinese characters.

For foreigners, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese are two different characters.

What's more, it was written in the Tang Dynasty's classical Chinese, and he couldn't even connect it with the context.

But the treasure appraiser knows him.

He first identified the material of the imperial edict.

"The shaft is made of black horn. According to the Tang Dynasty's rules, the imperial decree issued jade shafts to the first rank, black rhino horn shafts to the second rank, gold-plated shafts to the third rank, and black ox horn shafts to the fourth and fifth ranks. It is impossible to tell whether it is a black rhino horn or a black ox horn. This shaft alone is very meaningful and can determine the Tang Dynasty's classification of the status of the Sassanid Empire at that time."

"Looking at the material, the back should be brocade, and the writing side is gauze, which is the same as silk and satin. I don't know what kind of brocade it is, but it is also very meaningful for studying the silk weaving technology of the Tang Dynasty."

"Look at the patterns again. They are auspicious clouds and cranes. This is quite common. Most of the imperial edicts from the Tang Dynasty that have been published today have this kind of patterns."

"The silver dragon patterns on both sides are anti-counterfeiting marks. Only the imperial edicts with these are genuine ones."

"An imperial edict, definitely an imperial edict. It must be from the Tang Dynasty..."

At this point, people in the live broadcast room became curious and asked repeatedly, how can we tell it is from the Tang Dynasty? It can't be a piece from a later dynasty?

Treasure appraisers have long understood this.

Qin Shubao pointed the camera at the front of the imperial edict, "Look, the title is "帝封", not the common "封天承运皇帝称曰" in ancient costume dramas. The imperial edicts of the Tang Dynasty had a lot of rules. Different things had different openings, and there were regulations. For foreign vassal states, titles and rewards were more solemn, and they all had to be "帝封". "

Then move to the end.

The treasure appraiser sighed, "Alas, when I replied to the letter, it was already the second year of Yonghui, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. The two places are really far apart. When I set out, I had to congratulate Emperor Taizong on his 50th birthday, but by the time I arrived, it was already Emperor Gaozong."

Next, the treasure appraiser read the contents of the imperial edict.

Not to mention Qin Shubao, a foreigner, even many Chinese people in the live broadcast room didn't understand.

The four-character phrase "大片大片" is very gorgeous and difficult to pronounce.

"It probably means that Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty thanks the monarch of the Persian Empire for his blessing. It's interesting here that the Tang Dynasty called the Sassanid Empire the Persian Empire."

"Then here, the blessing has been received. Thank you, but the late emperor has passed away. The late emperor was very, very powerful. We all miss him very much. Now there is a new emperor. May the two countries continue to be friendly as before."

"It's very interesting here. Emperor Gaozong of Tang was called Li Zhi. In the Tang Dynasty, people avoided using the word zhi. So he changed 'Zhenguan Zhizhi' to 'Zhenguan Weiwei Zhihua' without using the word zhi."

"Then there was a bunch of clichés. I also know that your country is rich and the people are wealthy, and your king is brave and virtuous, and so on and so forth. It was just a business flattery."

"Here is another one, saying that the Sassanid king cultivated the state and brought peace to the world, which is the abbreviation of cultivating oneself, regulating the family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world. It was changed to cultivating the state and bringing peace to the world, and the word 'govern' was avoided."

"The next thing is business, trade, setting up special business places for each other, and increasing the traded goods. There is also the problem of banditry. It is said that the Protectorate will be ordered to suppress the bandits."

"That's roughly what it means. The content and details are correct. It's confirmed to be an imperial decree from the Tang Dynasty."

This one piece alone has very important historical and cultural significance and can be called a national treasure.

At the end, there is also a list of return gifts.

"The gifts we gave back were silk, swords, guqin and tea. The gifts were basically equal."

"The sachets are also here. They are in a separate row."

"What it says is... FUCK!"

The treasure appraiser suddenly shouted, which scared Qin Shubao, Mansur, and the more than 120,000 viewers in the live broadcast room!
(End of this chapter)