Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 1886 The King in the Crack
After going out through this slender door, the world seems to have become slender.

You can't see the top from far above, but you can only see misty white clouds, one after another, which makes people wonder whether their geographical location is in the sky or underground?

In a space where you can't see high places, people's attention will naturally focus on the front.

And the front is a very long and thin corridor, both sides are full of gray and black relief patterns, and the door openings seen are all branch intersections.

From this structural point of view, this is a typical straight staircase building.

Chen Zhi has seen many ancient architectural drawings, and their design structures and concepts are very exquisite, especially some ancient architectural design drawings left over from the Shang Dynasty.

So subtle that one wonders if it's really possible.

Among them, this tube-shaped building is a relatively typical one.

This kind of building is generally a royal mansion or a residential structure for princes and nobles.

The first floor is all external, like an exhibition hall.

Jewelry; exotic animals; precious utensils, etc. are stored inside.

The host is here to meet distinguished guests and friends, or to discuss things, which is what we call the hall now.

And the lower floor basically belongs to the owner's private space, which contains the owner's bedroom, where the owner's family members live.

From the king's point of view, the king's wife, queen, and harem concubines will live there, which is the so-called harem.

This hallway is very private.

Princes, ministers or relatives and friends will stop here and dare not take a step forward.

So here is usually walked by the king himself...

Chen Zhi still remembered what was recorded on those ancient architectural drawings.

The Shang Dynasty was a dynasty that attached great importance to the divine power of heaven. At that time, the five elements, eight trigrams and other secret books of heaven and earth were well preserved.

There are many gods and men in the world, and many people have the ability to spy on the secrets of heaven. Astronomy is extremely developed, and it is called ancient etiquette.

The ancient kings and nobles attached great importance to ancient etiquette, and there was an important temple at the end of each floor, where a celestial master lived.

After the astrologer entered, he would never come out, divination the astronomy for his master, and controlling the family's good and bad luck.

In order to prevent being disturbed by others, these gods often set up a maze outside their bedroom.

This labyrinth can hold back thousands of troops, and no one can enter except the master.

So the astrologer at the end of the stairs is actually the gatekeeper of the harem.

This corridor is narrow and long...

They walked all the way forward, and there was a feeling of being in a trance.

The long and quiet long road will make people think wildly, and unconsciously, everyone becomes very disturbed.

There is even an intuition that after entering here, one will never be able to return to the human world.

Maybe it was because of the words that Lan Phantom said before he died, Chen Zhi's heart was always blocked.

He felt that maybe this time it was really the end.

Everything in the past few years, all fate, including everything brought to him by this blood, is coming to an end here! !
On this long road, they advanced steadily without encountering any danger on the way.

But murals began to appear on the walls on both sides...

Those are some murals carved directly on the gray stone flakes.

It is not exquisite workmanship, and there is no precious stone inlay on it, which is completely different from the extravagant and luxurious style of the fox family!
But it is simple, simple, solemn and concise.

Perhaps this is the artistic style of human monarchs during the Shang Dynasty.

These murals are full of figures, flowers, birds, rare animals, and floating clouds and winds, which record the affairs of the royal family during the Shang Dynasty.

What is different from imagination is that there is nothing about gods on these murals, there is no shadow of the queen and the fox clan, not even a woman.

This is completely the business of the human kings of the Shang Dynasty.

What is engraved on the front is the achievements and meritorious deeds of the kings of the Shang Dynasty, some of which are mentioned in legends, and some of which are not known to later generations.

And there is a long section of records in the back, all about the political achievements of Emperor Xin, King Zhou of Shang.

These reliefs are mainly pictures, mixed with some words, and these words are all written in divine script!
Because of the spread of novels such as the Romance of the Gods in the human world, Di Xin, the king, has been completely demonized.

So people have a deep-rooted impression of Di Xin, thinking that he is greedy for money, lustful and murderous, likes to live extravagantly and extravagantly, but has no ability to govern the country.

And when looking at the emperor Di Xin from these ancient murals, there will be a very strong contrast, making people feel that everything they knew before has been completely subverted.

The murals are recorded from the time of Di Xin's birth.

Describes the status of his parents at the time.

Di is the youngest son of Di Yi, who was favored by his father and made his heir.

Emperor Yi loved this son very much, calling him "the son of Nengde" and thinking that he was the hope of the Shang Dynasty.

As expected, Di Xin lived up to his father's expectations. When he grew up, he was gifted with intelligence, eloquence, swift action and extraordinary strength.

He was able to fight fierce beasts with bare hands when he was young, and his wisdom is enough to make adults ashamed...

When Emperor Yi died, Xin succeeded to the throne, and the world called him "Zhou".

From then on, there was King Zhou of Shang.

Afterwards, the records are all the contributions of the young Emperor Xin in the political, military, economic and other fields.

In that era, the military was the most important thing.

Two years after Emperor Xin succeeded to the throne, he began to prepare for the conquest.

He first formed allies and ordered Bi Qi to go to Zuodi to issue a decree, go hunting in Yongdi, and presented a pair of animal skins to the chieftain of Zuodi.

Ten years later, Emperor Xin conquered Yifang, and the Shang army entered Youguo in the Huai River Basin, joined forces with Youhouxi, and defeated the Yifang army.

In the 15th year of Emperor Xin, Emperor Xin reconquered Yifang, which lasted for nearly a year until the world was settled.

In terms of economy, Emperor Xin emphasized agriculture and business.

At the same time, business development began and merchants were selected.

He exhorted the nobles to be simple and precious food, and set an example that his own food and clothing were often simple, and he gave good clothes and food to his subjects.

In politics, Emperor Xin weakened the theocracy and opposed the bad habit of using living people to sacrifice.

The "Xiaochen" group was reused to promote a group of non-official officials, some of whose names can still be seen in the current historical records.

Such as Fei Lian, E Lai, Fei Zhong, You Hun, Zuo Jiang and so on.

It's just that these familiar names have become treacherous ministers in the legends of later generations.

Di Xin is not a reckless man, he is aware of the importance of the law.

Carry out legal reform, while respecting the divine right, through legal punishment, the population of all ethnic groups inside and outside the service will be separated from the control of the divine right, and brought under their own direct control.

At the same time, harsh punishments were used to suppress the nobles' leapfrog rebellion and private gathering of power.

In the end, he strictly implemented the weekly sacrifice system, fixed and narrowed the scope of offering sacrifices to the gods, and took the power of spiritual control step by step in his own hands.

Walking along this corridor, Chen Zhi really didn't see any tyrant who was licentious and obsessed with women in the legend.

On the contrary, he saw a very intelligent ancient monarch!
Chen Zhi knew that in that era when humans and gods lived together, the power of gods was supreme.

At that time, the human monarch was like an existence in the cracks. There were very few things he could do, and very little power he could control in his hands.

And from what Di Xin did, it can be seen that Di Xin is very politically wise.

He has relaxation, does not offend the authority of the gods, and tries his best to rule within the scope of his activities.

From this perspective, he is definitely an excellent monarch...

(End of this chapter)