Chapter five hundred and eighty-fifth ghost country messenger, Yin Si night banquet two
As for Meng Chang, who was forty-seven at the time, there was nothing wrong with his body. He traveled thousands of miles to Bianliang and was fine. Everyone can imagine how he died in the end.
The most shameless thing is that it was later spread that Meng Chang, the empress of Shu, was infatuated with Mrs. Huarui, who confused the court, so he kissed Yan Yuanxian, lived in extravagance and lewdness, and gave him the title of a fatuous lord.
In contrast, Li Yu, the late leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was captured ten years later, had a much better reputation. Firstly, the Southern Tang Dynasty was weak in literature. Secondly, Li Yu's poetry was indeed outstanding, but in terms of politics, he could only use mediocre words.
There are only one word to describe it. Therefore, there are not many people in the Southern Tang Dynasty who are attached to their old master, and there is no need for Zhao Song to throw dirty water on this kid Li Yu.
Originally, Li Yu might have been able to live a few more years, but maybe because the boy's poems were so good and he had so much nostalgia for his homeland, he was probably disliked by Zhao Heizi and found an excuse to get rid of him.
Because both of them have the title of king after Zhao Song, they call themselves "little kings".
After Gao Jingfei learned the identities of the two, he suddenly realized. He thought of the green Qi Tianzhu that Wang Qi had seen before, and thought to himself:
"I think it's probably because the big guys in the Mang Mountain Ghost Country, all of whom are either emperors or overlords, couldn't lose face and come out to greet them in person, so they found an envoy with enough status and hooked up with two other people with enough status, but
The empress, who has no real power, came to greet me as a deputy envoy, which can be said to have given me, Uncle Danyang, a lot of face!"
As for Meng Chang and Li Yu, they are both monarchs, and the queen is also a monarch. Why are they arranged to be envoys to greet them, or are they just serving as deputy envoys for the tablets?
This is absolutely humiliating behavior for any monarch.
But why did these two queens become countryless kings with no strong backgrounds?
Both the Later Shu and the Southern Tang Dynasty were regimes that died within three generations of Guo Zuo within forty years. Naturally, they could not establish a powerful Dragon Court in the underworld. They could only serve as vassals attached to other Dragon Courts.
continues to exist.
They are called later masters in history because firstly, these two people only ruled local separatist regimes and never unified the world. Secondly, for example, Li Yu was the last of the three emperors of the Southern Tang Dynasty because he was the king who subjugated his country, and he still did it in shame.
As a prisoner, he accepted the title of disobedient marquis who was humiliated by the Song Dynasty, so no one gave him the posthumous title belonging to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
You must know that after Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, he still had the posthumous title of "Emperor Shao Tian Yidao Gang Ming Ke Frugal Kui Wen Fen Wu Dun Ren Mao Xiao Lie", as well as the temple names of Si Zong, Yizong, Weizong and so on!
And Li Yu? Later generations can only imitate Liu Chan, the later master of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Shubao, the later master of Chen, also named him the later master of the Tang Dynasty. Historically, he was called the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the later master of Li.
The same was true for Meng Chang. The country was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, so the two naturally did not dare to pretend to be emperors again.
After all, Zhao Kuangyin only dared to call himself an "official family". The fundamental reason was that the Zhao family had an unfair position. He stole the throne of Guo Wei, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and bullied the orphans and widows he left behind.
Therefore, during the Song Dynasty, the Zhao family was trying to win over the scholar-bureaucrats and was committed to suppressing the military generals, fearing that their unconvinced old brothers or later generals would usurp the throne like themselves, and a wave of yellow robes would appear.
This point cannot be washed away no matter how hard it is, and it lays the root of the name of the weak Song Dynasty.
Gao Jingfei had some sympathy for what happened to the two queens, but it didn't concern him.
As for why Liu Chan, the empress of the Shu Han Dynasty who was also buried in Beimang, was not in the envoy team, it can only be said that the Shu Han Dynasty was also a Han Dynasty and had the most powerful Han Dynasty in the underworld, Longting. As the last monarch, it was naturally impossible for him to come to greet him.
This nominally belongs to the princes and ministers of the Han Dynasty.
Originally, he, a small Uncle Danyang, and a monk from the Yangjian Daoji, would not allow these Yinsi Longting to treat him so politely, Gao Jingfei knew it in his heart.
"Is this probably because of the blue luck on my head?"
While thinking about it, the envoy Xia Houying said a few polite words and invited Gao Jingfei and others to get in the car for the banquet.
As for the others, they are just incidental.
As a human ghost country jointly controlled by many Longting Yin divisions, this Mangshan ghost country includes almost most of the forces in the underworld of Middle Earth. If no one recommends it, let alone ordinary people like Secretary Zhang, there are also a few innates like Ruan Bingyang.
Even mortal monks, such as Chong Hezi and Zhang Xuanji, were not allowed to enter for more than half a month.
Gao Jingfei put away the Feiyun Ship, a huge spiritual ship, under the surprised gazes of Xia Houying, Meng Chang, Li Yu and other ghosts and gods, and then got on the first carriage at the invitation of Xia Houying and the other three.
Xia Houying was accompanied by two deputy envoys.
The other three people, Ling Qiaosou, Chong Hezi and Zhang Xuanji, got into the second car. Five people, Ruan Bingyang, Taoist Songhe and Secretary Zhang, got into the last two cars respectively. However, their frames only had ordinary
Accompanied by a waiter from Ghost Country.
The carriage set off quickly, driven by several horses with blue and white colors. Gao Jingfei could clearly see that the horses were not living creatures, but made of clay. They were obviously transformed from burial objects such as pottery figurines. It was just like him.
Similar to the paper spirit figures, in fact the art of cutting paper into soldiers was first derived from the art of puppets, pottery figurines and straw men which originated from ancient witchcraft.
The difference is that it is difficult to refine puppets such as puppets and pottery figurines, but once successful, they are powerful and difficult to damage, while methods such as paper-cutting into soldiers and paper-tying techniques are easier to achieve quickly. The disadvantage is that because the raw materials are made of paper,
Therefore, it is weak in power at first and is afraid of fire and water, so it can be easily destroyed by others.
But it has to be said that the rise of papermaking also brought some conveniences to the later Xuanmen monks, making it easier to get started with the art of cutting paper into weapons and even the art of talismans.
Thoughts in his mind wandered for a moment. After Gao Jingfei sat on this carriage, he found that the carriage looked simple, but actually contained a strong historical charm, and the details were gorgeous.
The body of the car is made of metal and appears golden throughout, but Gao Jingfei knows that it is not gold but should be made of bronze.
As for why this bronze carriage is not turquoise like the bronzes seen in the museum, it is because after the initial casting of copper-tin alloys such as bronze, they are actually beautiful golden yellow, similar to gold, and will change according to the copper-tin
Or the lead content ratio is different and the color is slightly different. Only after time and environmental changes, the surface becomes patina due to rust, and it will turn into the color of the unearthed bronze.
The frame of this ghost country is protected by spiritual power, and of course it will not be oxidized and rusted like ordinary things.
Bronze is the earliest alloy in the history of metal smelting and casting. It originated from the bronze civilization. However, due to the good castability, wear resistance and stable chemical properties of bronze, compared with pure copper (red copper), bronze has excellent characteristics such as high strength and low melting point.
It is still being used in modern times.
For example, the best Napoleon cannon was made of bronze. It can almost be said to have created the last glorious era of smoothbore cannons. It also created a new mode of modern warfare with large-scale application of artillery. This is why artillery is known as the god of war.
Napoleon's cannon begins.
It can be said that the bronze hurricane lantern hanging on this bronze carriage and the carved furnishings in the carriage, both in terms of ingenious design and precision of casting, all have the profound beauty of ancient civilization, proving that the civilization of China at that time was still ahead of the Western world.
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If this bronze frame were brought to modern times, it would definitely be a priceless national treasure-level cultural relic, and it would be of a level that is prohibited from being exhibited abroad.
Even the silk curtains decorated with pearls around the frame have high historical research value.
Not to mention, this bicycle frame is a product of the Yinsi Ghost Kingdom. It is not simply an ancient funerary object unearthed by later generations. It can be regarded as a Yinling magic weapon, which is rare to see in the mortal world.