Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 1733 Fragments from 5000 years ago

In the next few days, Chen Zhi began to integrate a large amount of data from the period when King Wu defeated Zhou, and the main research direction was those hidden data.

The so-called hidden information refers to the information of some important people at that time reflected in the fragments of some ancient documents.

For example, when describing some unimportant events, the court or monarch at that time is described sideways.

This kind of description will be more objective, without taking any position, and more real...

Although Bai Fengxian's words are very credible, they are all statements of old events, and she has his point of view.

What's more, what she said were only some incidents, and the rest were inferred by Chen Zhi himself. It is not accurate to judge purely from inferences.

Because Bao Ping is ill and ignores political affairs, Xi Qi now means that all the power is actually in the hands of Chen Zhi.

All the power agencies in Xiqi are open to Chen Zhi.

In the later period, Chen Zhi also found Ji Hu, the elder of the Ji family, and asked him to help find some family records within the Ji family's royal family.

These materials are very precious, and most of them are engraved on tortoise shells or written on gold-woven cloth, but most of them are very trivial, like a running account, and it is necessary to carefully look for valuable things.

Of course, Chen Zhi also found some top figures in archaeology, and asked them to integrate that distant history with all the materials discovered by archaeology.

For the Shang Dynasty before the Zhou Dynasty, it has always been very mysterious.

Although many legends have been left behind, there are very few cultural relics discovered now, and the characters in those legends have always been confusing.

But after a period of integration, these archaeological experts also discovered some useful information...

First of all, Bai Fengxian's description of Boyi Kao is indeed true.

Bo Yi Kao's real name is Ji Kao, and he is the eldest son of Xibo Hou Jichang. People at that time respected the elders and concubines.

And "Yi" is indeed a special title, which proves his status. Archaeological experts suspect that such a country may have been his fiefdom at that time.

Just like Tang Shuyu, the son of Wu Wang Jifa, whose surname is Ji and whose first name is Yu, he was named Tang Shuyu in history because he was enfeoffed in the Tang Kingdom, and this title is basically called by later generations.

And Bo Yikao being able to call him like this when he was alive proves that his title is more precious than his father's surname, so his identity is likely to be more precious than his father.

As for the biological mother of Bo Yi Kao, there is no clear record at all.

However, in the history books and myths of later generations, it is said that Bo Yikao's biological mother is the same person as Wu Wang Jifa's biological mother, and she is the famous Tai Si.

But on one point, some historians had doubts in the past.

They think that the identity of this concubine is a little unclear, and many things don't make sense.

Tai Si, surnamed Si, was born in the Youxin tribe, which was called Shen State at that time, which is today's Heyang County, Shaanxi Province.

The meeting scene between Xibo Hou Jichang and this concubine has been made into a poem, and everyone in the land of China knows everyone!
According to legend, Xibo Hou Jichang met Tai Si on the bank of the Weishui River, and was immediately overwhelmed by her beauty.

Later, he inquired about the woman's virtues, and knew that Taisi was a kind and reasonable woman with a simple life, and she was a virtuous woman, so Ji Chang decided to marry Taisi.

Because there is no bridge on the Weishui River, Ji Chang decided to build a boat on the Weishui River as a beam, and the boats and boats were connected to form a pontoon bridge.

After entering the family, Tai Si admired the virtues of her elders, imitated her mother-in-law Tai Jiang, worked hard day and night, and became a woman, and gave birth to many children for Ji Chang. After her death, she was honored as "Mother Wen".

Among these children, the most famous is Zhou Wu Wang Jifa.

The first chapter in the "Book of Songs", "Guofeng·Zhounan·Guanju", is said to describe the love story between Tai Si and Ji Chang:

"Guan Guan Jujiu, in Hezhizhou, a slender lady, a gentleman is a good man."

This famous poem has been circulated in China for thousands of years.

In the human history of China, it is believed that this woman is a representative of virtuous and virtuous virtues, and is the official wife of Xibo Hou Jichang.

But many historical experts have expressed skepticism, and it is precisely this poem that makes the citation.

At that time, noble women would not easily appear by the river, and this Tai Si was probably a clothes-washing woman that Ji Chang saw by the water.

Moreover, there are many circumstantial evidences to prove that Tai Si was not a girl from a rich family, and she was only a very ordinary woman in Shen Kingdom at that time.

But she was much purer and more beautiful than the daughters of those princes.

One day she was washing clothes by the river, and Xibo Hou Jichang happened to see her beauty, so Jichang fell in love at first sight, and the marriage was made.

This kind of love story is not uncommon, and it is very likely that they will eventually get married in modern society.

But in the Shang Dynasty, when rituals and music were not yet broken, it would be foolish to want to use this kind of love to complete the marriage.

At that time, the status hierarchy was quite clear, and the possibility of a prince and king marrying a commoner's woman as his official wife was zero.

In addition, it is described in the poem that because of Tai Si's beauty and character, Xibo Hou Jichang arranged a large banquet to welcome Tai Si grandly.

But if it is a real marriage to a regular wife, it is a matter of course to marry grandly, and there is no need to say it out loud.

That means that the identity of the Taisi was not the main wife when she entered the palace, but a concubine.

Because beauty is valued and morality is respected, it makes sense to make an exception and hold a grand wedding for her.

According to this logical deduction, Xibo Hou Jichang should have had a very high-status and noble-born official wife at that time.

But for some reason, this wife was completely obliterated by history, not even her name remained.

How can Boyi Kao have such a noble title?It is very likely that it was produced by this wife...

After that, Chen Zhi also found fragments describing Shang Zhou King Di Xin on some very ancient oracle bone fragments.

In those clips, the legendary Shang Zhou King Di Xin did not seem to be so fatuous. On the contrary, the people at that time praised him very much.

Among them is a piece of oracle bone, which has a record of a folk story at that time.

It is recorded that Emperor Xin, the king of Shang Zhou, strongly resisted. At that time, the nobles used living people to sacrifice, but were excluded by relatives and nobles.

So some sages praised him, saying that he loves the people like a son...

(End of this chapter)