As early as mid-September, a household in Turi County, northwest of Fanzhou suddenly reported it. They accidentally discovered a huge hidden treasure, which contained a large number of bamboo slips, with words on it.

The local herders immediately reported the news to the local temple and the Tang army. The monks and the Tang army dispatched together and transported hundreds of kilograms of bamboo slips back to Mingxue Palace in Baiyun City.

In early October, the bamboo slips were finally transported back to the Mingxue Palace (Potala Palace).

The news of discovering a large number of Chinese bamboo slips immediately alarmed the entire plateau academic community. The so-called plateau academic community is actually monks. They are the only scholar class on the plateau.

The Tang lord Li Luo immediately announced that an appraisal meeting would be held in Wencheng Palace (Jiujut Temple), convening all monks and scholars in the city to study bamboo slips.

Basiba and King Bailan and other monks repeatedly asked the monks who transported bamboo slips with the Tang army, about the whole story of discovering the bamboo slips.

The monks of Turi Temple who transported the bamboo slips said that Wang Xia and others from Turi County built a reservoir on the newly assigned land. When digging soil in the wild, they discovered an ancient tomb, and a large number of bamboo pieces, as well as completely decayed corpses, as well as bronzes.

Because the Tubo people were very afraid to dig graves, they did not dare to hide it and immediately reported it to Turi Temple and the local Tang Army Corps.

The monks and the Tang army warriors ordered excavation together, and then they took out the things.

Basibah and others were all surprised. Where is Turi?

They are all close to the Western Regions, not far from the foot of Kunlun Mountain. In that place, a large number of bamboo slips and bronzes in seal script and Chinese characters were found.

This really has a huge impact on them.

When the monks entered Wencheng Palace, they saw piles of bamboo slips being transported out, and several bronze ware were also very exquisitely shaped, but they looked very ancient.

Tang lord Li Luo sat on the throne changed into a Buddhist shrine, looking at the group of monks below and said, "I entered the plateau this time, and there was no civil servant in the army to interpret these large seal scripts. All the masters have many profound people, please interpret them for me. There are also the inscriptions on bronze ware, so I will interpret them one by one."

Basipa and others followed the order and began to organize bamboo slips and make guest appearances as archaeologists.

To talk about the Tubo monks, being well-off is not really a good person. Almost all those who can become monks are great scholars. Many people are proficient in Sinology.

People who are not proficient in Sinology are not qualified to become masters. These people all have one common characteristic, which is their high IQ.

In Tubo, only people with outstanding IQ can be attracted by the temple and cultivated, and can grow into high-level monks. If you have mediocre intelligence, you will not have the chance to become a master.

Therefore, the education of Tantric temples is a real elite education. When they choose people to enter the temple, they need to look at their wisdom and take exams. In fact, they are all about their IQ and insight.

It is too difficult for ordinary people to be a lama because they are not smart enough.

People like Basiba were not inferior to ordinary scholars when they came to the Central Plains and discussed classics, history, and collections.

Time passed slowly, and as the large seal script on the ancient bamboo slips were interpreted more and more, the monks became more and more surprised.

Even if they don’t understand archaeology, they can sense that these bamboo slips are indeed very old and are not something from modern times. Many bamboo slips are decaying and their handwriting is scattered, but more of the handwriting on the bamboo slips can be recognized.

This is actually a travelogue during King Mu of Zhou during the Western Tour!

The owner of the bamboo slips, named Yao Qi, was a historian carried by King Mu of Zhou during the Western Expedition. He recorded that in the fifteenth year of King Mu, he led his troops to the west to Kunlun.

These bamboo slips record major events during the Western Expedition.

The bamboo slips say that after Emperor Mu arrived at the plateau, there was "no one in a thousand miles", "thousands of miles of the great desert", and "the plateau was deserted by cattle and horses and flocked by wild cattle and horses".

It means that there is no people on the plateau at all, only flocks of bison and wild horses.

This shows that the Tubo Plateau at that time was an unmanned land.

Therefore, the bamboo slip says: "Wang Yue, I say that all the kings under the heavens are the kings, the great Chinese and the vast Zhou dynasties, for this country."

It means that Emperor Mu is very happy and said that the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty is really large, and this is also my land.

After seeing it, Basiba and others couldn't tell what they felt.

The records of bamboo slips are very obvious. The Tubo Plateau is a new soil discovered by the Zhou emperor.

More importantly, the bamboo slip also records that "the king ordered Bo Rong to take the tent as a tent, and to live in the house, and the teacher was happy."

The translation is that Emperor Mu ordered a man named Borong to use the long hair of a wild buffalo to make a tent and use it as a barracks, and the soldiers were very happy.

To put it this way, was the yak-haired tent unique to the Tubo people invented when the Zhou emperor arrived at the plateau?

Based on this inference, the earliest group of Tubo people were the garrisons of the Zhou Dynasty? The real Chinese people?

Because the bamboo slips also record:

"The king will pass Kunlun and chase the sunset."

"The king said: Hu Ben Nie! You will listen to me! One division is made two, and we will control the north and south to shelter the six animals."

"Nie said: Wang Gao was following and obeyed and assisted. The six animals were prosperous and the king often used it."

"The king said: Nie! Wait for the next year and come back with his daughter."

What's the meaning?

That is to say, when Emperor Mu arrived at the plateau, he was still not satisfied and had to continue to travel westward in the direction of the setting sun. He ordered Hu Ben (the leader of the Zhou Dynasty imperial guards) Nie to divide a division's army into two parts, guard the north and south of the plateau, and shepherd the bison and wild horses.

Nie replied: I abide by the king's orders and make the six animals prosperous and use them for the king.

Emperor Mu said: Nie, after that, I will send your wives, so you can stay here with peace of mind.

In addition to these, the bamboo slips record some later events. After King Mu of Zhou continued to fight the west, he never came to the plateau again, but the emperor did not break his promise. He sent the families of the soldiers who stayed on the plateau to grazing, hoping that Nie and his soldiers could grazing on the plateau for a long time and transport cattle, horses and animals to the Zhou Dynasty.

It also records that Nie led people to build tents, shepherds and horses.

The first Zamp in Tubo history was named Nie Chi, with the word Nie! His wife was named Nanmu, with the word Mu.

Is this a coincidence?

Does this mean that the legendary first generation Zanpu Nie Chi is this Nie?

Basiba and others became more and more shocked when they looked at it. They saw several bronze ware, which were rewards given to the historian Yao Qi by King Mu of Zhou. The inscription was: Taishiqi rewarded merits.

The Grand Historian Yao Qi did not follow King Mu of Zhou to continue the Western Expedition, nor did he return to the Zhou capital Haojing, but stayed on the plateau.

Why?

Why did Emperor Mu still reward him with bronze ware? You know, bronze ware was very expensive at that time.

Basiba and others speculated that there was only one reason. The Taishi Yao Qi stayed on the plateau to monitor Nie. He should send people to send letters to King Mu of Zhou in Haojing to report whether Nie is loyal and reliable.

Therefore, he made contributions and Emperor Mu rewarded him with bronze ware.

And Yao Qi did not return to Yongzhou in the end, but died on the plateau.

The result is not difficult to guess. Later, Nie succeeded in becoming an independent on the plateau. The meaning of Praise is to be a real man, and this is the word of the Central Plains, not the meaning of the monarch.

This shows that Nie called himself a "real man", which not only showed his ambition, but did not really regard himself as the king of a country. He should still respect the Emperor Zhou.

It was only later that the meaning of Praise was to become a monarch.

When Li Luo saw Basiba and others looking at each other, with a strange expression, frowned and asked, "What did these bamboo slips say?"

Basiba could only tell the truth about the content on the bamboo slips.

"Really?" The Tang Lord showed a look of surprise. "I have heard from the great scholars of the Central Plains that the Qiang and Tubo people are actually Han people, and they are both descendants of China. I just don't know the details. I will only know the beginning today!"

Li Luo picked up the bamboo slips one by one and looked at them and praised them. In a trance, he almost believed himself.

Basiba said: "Looking at the bamboo slips, it must be like this. However, the Han people in the Central Plains later probably moved westward to the plateau more than once. This branch of the Zhou Dynasty was just one of the earliest groups and the earliest tribes."

The monks such as Bailan Dharma King also nodded.

Whether they want to admit it or not, the facts are right in front of them.

The Tubo people are indeed from the Chinese lineage, and it seems that they are from the Central Plains Han people.

In short, it is possible to conclude that the Han, Fan and Qiang family are all.

Li Luo walked around the bamboo slips, sighed repeatedly while looking at Basiba with a flickering eyes, and said meaningfully: "The Qiang people in western Sichuan have now become Han people, but they are still one family. Now, the details of the Han and Tubo are in front of us are already in front of us, but the details of the Han and Qiang people have not been discovered yet."

Basiba immediately understood. He sighed in his heart, clasped his hands and said, "The Tubo people actually have no unified clan name. Since ancient times, there have been many tribes, which is really not conducive to education."

"The little monk begs His Majesty to order the Tubo tribes to return to the Han Dynasty!"

"Oh?" Lord Tang looked at the other monks without comment. "What do you think of the words of King Jinlun?"

The emperor's eyes swept over with a smile, and everyone in the group of monks felt a terrified.

"The little monk thought that the King of Golden Wheel was right and good!" said Bailan, gritting his teeth.

The facts are right in front of you. The Tubo people are originally Chinese immigrants, which is an irrefutable historical fact. Moreover, the Tubo people do not come from one tribe, but from multiple different tribes. Over the years, various races have fought each other, which is not a good thing.

The return of all races to the Han Dynasty is both in line with historical books and the current situation.

The Tang Lord nodded happily, "Okay. Since you ask, I will give you the names of the Tubo tribes as Han, and I will not distinguish them from each other! Well, the Tubo tribes have tied their hair and right lapels, which is the same as the Han tribes, so there is no need to make major changes."

"However, the Tubo calendar is not accurate enough. Although the Tubo people also celebrate the New Year, they are always one or two days apart from the New Year's Day of the Han calendar. Well, from today, the Han calendar will be held."

"The official documents of prefectures, counties and counties should be written in the Central Plains. Since this has been returned to the Han Dynasty, it should be like a person. The Tubo people are not barbarians, so the great teachings of this culture and teaching must be different from each other."

"Also, since I discovered the new land on the plateau during the Emperor Mu's reign, then change Fanzhou to Muzhou to commemorate King Mu."

"In addition, I have reset the weights and measures before, thinking that it is the world's standards and implement it in one go."

After the emperor finished speaking in one breath, Basiba and others could only nod their heads frequently.

To talk about the nomadic peoples that are closest to the customs of the Han people, they are indeed Tubo and Qiang people. Many places, including customs, have similarities. Tubo and Qiang people tie their hair and right lapels, which is very different from the Hu people in the north. They are the languages ​​and belong to the same language family.

Soon, the content of the bamboo slips spread. With the promulgation of the "Tubo tribes Return to Han", dozens of plateau tribes with different names all returned to Han.

The name of Fanzhou, which was used for a few days, became Muzhou again.

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On the sixth day of the 10th month, the regent queen came to the court to rule.

It's almost the end of the year, and things in the court are even busier.

"His Majesty the Regent Queen is here! His Highness the Crown Prince is here!"

With a long singing and shouting, Cui Xiuning, who was in the phoenix crown wardrobe, took the little prince Li Zheng, walked calmly into the hall and generously, and climbed to the Danbao.

Hundreds of civil and military ministers, led by the ministers of the three prefectures, danced and knelt down together, calling in the mountains and worshiping.

"Your Majesty the Queen is blessed with Jin'an! Your Highness the Crown Prince is blessed with Jin'an!"

Cui Xiuning sat on the throne, and a serious little prince sat on the lower right side.

The young prince, who was only nine-xu-year-old, for some reason, glanced at the hard work of the Sifu Temple Minister who was wearing a lotus crown on his head.

This sister is so beautiful and so arrogant, she looks a bit like a mother.

"You guys, just sit down." Cui Xiuning smiled faintly, and held her sleeves embroidered with colorful cloud patterns.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers were sitting on the thick cotton seat according to their grade.

The fifth-rank official sitting at the back was seven Tang squadrons away from the throne, and could only barely hear the queen's voice.

In the Political Affairs Hall, the prime minister Lin Biju stood up and took out the jade scepter and said, "I have heard from the Queen that the simplified Chinese characters in the Tang Dynasty have been implemented for several years and have been effective. Now the "Hongwu Dictionary" compiled by the Hanlin Academy has been successful."

After saying that, he looked back and said, "Envoyee Mou, please present the "Hongwu Dictionary" to His Majesty the Queen."

Mou Yan, the Hanlin Academy, held a thick hardcover book and made a comment: "Qizhuan Your Majesty, this is the newly compiled "Hongwu Dictionary". A total of 52,212 Chinese characters are included, including 4,824 simplified characters."

"I have referred to the "Jiyun" of the former Song Dynasty. It took me three years and four months, spending more than 137,000 yuan in silver. A total of 137 scholars and famous scholars participated in the compilation, and they have read more than 3,200 classics and books."

The Central Officer Kang Xi took over the heavy "Hongwu Dictionary" and presented it to the queen respectfully.

Cui Xiuning took the first copy of the "Hongwu Dictionary" printed in lead movable type. When she opened it, she saw that the handwriting was well-profile, exquisite printing, and a brief pronunciation, and she felt very satisfied.

It's just too heavy.

She remembers that the "Chinese Dictionary" in later generations recorded 50,000 Chinese characters, and the "Xinhua Dictionary" is a concise version, and only contains more than 10,000 Chinese characters.

To put it this way, the Chinese characters at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty were more than 10,000 characters less than later generations. So many of them should have appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It seems that there are 50,000 characters in the "Kangxi Dictionary".

The number of Chinese characters is actually a process of development. Now, the Hongwu Dictionary takes more than three years and takes more than a hundred scholars to compile, which shows that in this era, Chinese characters are only more than 50,000.

Many new characters that appeared in later generations were just things created by eight-legged essays who studied exegesis and archaeology in the Ming and Qing dynasties when they were bored, and most of them were unnecessary.

However, they took advantage of the opportunity of Manchus to compile the "Kangxi Dictionary" to create a large number of characters and bring private goods.

"I believe that the compilation of the Hongwu Dictionary is very exemplary. However, the collection of 52,000 words is too thick, and the use of too much paper is definitely not low, right?" Cui Xiuning asked.

Officials from the Ministry of Works made a report and said: "Report to His Majesty the Queen, the Ministry of Works has calculated that the labor and labor required to print a set of "Hongwu Dictionary" will cost four silver dollars."

Four silver balls!

What is this concept?

The salary of a ninth-rank town official is only four silver dollars a month. It is equivalent to a month's salary of a town chief!

It's really expensive.

How many people can afford it? Or afford it? The annual income of an ordinary family is only twenty or thirty silver dollars.

This cost is really not conducive to promotion.

Cui Xiuning said: "Refer to the Hongwu Dictionary and compile a simplified version of the small dictionary, which only contains 10,000 commonly used Chinese characters. The Hongwu Dictionary was changed to the Hongwu Dictionary, and the simplified version was called the Hongwu Dictionary. In promoting the world, one million copies were first published."

When everyone heard this, they nodded.

This method is good.

In this way, the cost of "Hongwu Dictionary" is less than one silver dollar. Moreover, the weight and thickness have become much smaller, which is very conducive to promotion. As for "Hongwu Origin", which contains more than 50,000 words, it can be used as a further study. After all, ordinary people really can't use it.

After talking about the dictionary, the money selected the list of the song:

"Your Majesty, now my Tang Dynasty has restored the Central Plains and unified the world. I think it is time to prepare to edit the "History of Song", and the "History of Liao", "History of Jin", "History of Western Xia", and "History of Yuan Dynasty" should all be edited."

"This shows that the Tang Dynasty inherited the Great Tang Dynasty. Secondly, our Tang Dynasty has made great achievements in martial arts and has expanded its territory for years, but the great achievements of literary cultivation are relatively weak. With the help of history, the Tang Dynasty's civilized governance can also be demonstrated. At the same time, it can gather famous scholars from all over the world to participate in the grand event and serve the court, and win three goals at one fell swoop."

As soon as Qian Xuan finished speaking, the civil officials expressed their support.

But the Sifu Temple Minister worked hard but raised objections.

"Empress." The title of "Empress" to the Queen" shows her specialness.

"Justice Qian just mentioned the writing of history, and I agree. But why do I need to compile the "History of Yuan Dynasty"? I think that the Yuan Dynasty is just a robber, robbing the Central Plains and poisoning the world, without any achievements or uselessness. This so-called Dayuan is simply a joke and is not worthy of the Tang Dynasty to compile history for it."

Thank you for your hard work, you are completely throwing "Dayuan" on the ground and trampling it.

"Your Xin Si is so bad!"

Li Xuan of the Great Honglu stood up and took the lead: "Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work, this statement seems reasonable, but it is not in line with the rules of historians and the great rule of the State."

"Although the Yuan court was tyrannical, it also used barbarians to seize the world, but after all, it occupied the Central Plains for nearly 60 years and the South for ten years. This was also a fact when the Mongols and Yuan unified the world. How could it be ignored? Can it still hide the people of the world?"

"Taizong said that using history as a guide can help you know the rise and fall of the past and never forget the past and the future. If the Yuan Dynasty is not compiled, how can future generations learn that the Central Plains were once poisoned by barbarians, and how can they take it as a warning?"

Wang Xun also came out and said:

"The Great Honglu is reasonable. Although the words of His Majesty the Queen and the Minister of Xin Si were relieved, they were not rational. If you don't practice the Yuan Dynasty, then who will rule Jiangbei in the past sixty years? Could it be that the things in the Central Plains in the past fifty or sixty years are all illusory? The ten years of the Southern Yuan Dynasty are also illusory? Isn't this covering the ears and robbing yourself?"

Thank you very much, he said unconvincedly: "Zhu Wen usurped the throne, Your Majesty abolished the title of Later Liang and deposed the title of Emperor Zhu Wen. This is the spirit! My Tang Dynasty governs the world with Taoism, and does not practice Yuan History, and practices the way of debate between China and the barbarians. Why should we look forward to the front and back?"

Mou Yan shook his head: "This is a bad statement. Although Your Majesty abolished the title of Later Liang and the title of Emperor Zhu Wen, Your Majesty did not delete the history of Later Liang. What happened during Later Liang is still recorded in history books."

"But if we don't study the history of the Yuan Dynasty, then the things that happened over the years will be completely erased and blank? How can this make it happen? My Tang Dynasty ruled the world with Tao. Your Majesty and the Queen emphasized several times that keeping pace with the times and seeking truth from facts is the foundation of governing the country according to Tao."

The Grand Historian Yao Tun came out and said, "I say something fair. Although the Mongolian Yuan was tyrannical and the gods were angry, they would not leave any benefits, so it would not be realistic enough."

"At least, the Yuan court built tens of thousands of miles of post road, saving the Tang Dynasty a lot of effort. This post road alone cannot be erased in one fell swoop."

Thank you for your hard work, I was even more unhappy. I snorted coldly and said, "It's really unreasonable that Taishi Ling said this. The Yuan court exhausted many people, but how could he have built a one-and-a-half mile post road? Could it be that these tens of thousands of miles of post roads were not built by my Tang Dynasty? What's the matter with the Tatars?"

What?

Everyone looked at each other.

The hard-working words are just pretending to be confused when you understand them, and they are just talking lies with your eyes open.

Everyone knows that it is a fact that the Yuan court built tens of thousands of miles of post road. But this woman actually refused to admit it!

The tens of thousands of miles of post road that the Mongol Yuan cultivated came to her and became a construction of the Tang Dynasty.

That's right, to be honest, the ministers certainly hope that these tens of thousands of miles of post stations were the achievements of the Tang Dynasty. But the problem is, it's really not.

Could it be that the magnificent Tang Dynasty and the dignified court should speak nonsense in front of the people of the world?

However, when he saw His Majesty's contemplative look, the ministers' opposition could only be swallowed temporarily.

It seems that His Majesty the Queen actually thinks that thank you for your hard work is right?

Could it be that His Majesty the Queen also wants to keep the achievements of tens of thousands of miles of post road in the Tang Dynasty?

This...isn't it good?

Cui Xiuning retracted her thoughts and smiled indifferently, "What you said is reasonable. What you have worked hard is not completely unreasonable. Well, the study of history is a major event in the Tang Dynasty's civil affairs, so you must be careful. This matter should be waited for Your Majesty to return to the court to make a judgment."

Cui Hou, who was already very experienced in politics, decided not to discuss whether to revise the "History of Yuan Dynasty".

However, everyone has no objection to the compilation of "History of the Song Dynasty" and "History of the Liao, Jin and Western Xia", and that is definitely necessary.

The little prince Li Zheng looked at the hard work, and a curious look appeared on his face.

Thank you very much, it's very different.

What she said was quite interesting.

At this time, Lin Biju stood up again and said, "Your Majesty the Queen, the Central Plains tree planting and afforestation project has been completed. The Huan Sanitation Temple reported that the northern refugees planted 30 million trees, and at least half of the small saplings on the mountains fell along the rivers and in the wilderness."

"There are three roads from Guanzhong, Henan, and Qilu from north to south, which is what His Majesty the Queen calls a protective forest. Within ten years, the Central Plains will be covered with green trees and lush water and soil."

"Please give me an order, how to arrange these idle refugees?"

Cui Xiuning said: "Isn't the reservoir of Xiyuan and the Yellow River not yet completed? Let them participate in the renovation. Always, you can't just eat or work. The court has so much relief food, so you can't spend it in vain."

"Abide by the order!" Lin Biju took the order.
Chapter completed!