Chapter 1,457 The little girl dressed as the winner
On the red river water mixed with blood, there is a wooden pestle floating, which is probably a wooden shield.
This was the scene at that time. This cruel scene was recorded, so the record of "blood flowing and drifting" was left in the "Wucheng" chapter.
Of course, one problem that still needs to be explained is that King Wu attacked Zhou in the "Jiazi of the Second Month", which was winter.
How to explain the continuous heavy rains in winter?
The northern part of my country's Central Plains has a temperate monsoon climate, with dry and cold winters and rare rainy weather.
But during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this area was much warmer and wetter than it is now.
According to Zhu Kezhen's "Research on Climate Change in China in the Past Five Thousand Years", the Yinxu era was a relatively warm period in my country.
At that time, the north bank of the Yellow River had a subtropical climate, with no ice all year round and rain instead of snow in winter.
This warm era lasted until the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Then, it is also possible that there would be continuous rain during the Battle of Makino.
All this is why Chen Wenzhe believes that the war he saw was the Battle of Makino.
So, what are the benefits of seeing this war?
It must be beneficial, because after this war, there are not only successes, but also failures.
Even the successful side sometimes fails, and that is death in battle.
"Buried with me!"
This is the power of the Sui Marquis Pearl. Even without the Shu Ge in his hand, Chen Wenzhe could still see the entire Battle of Muye.
After the war is over, the most important thing is to reward the soldiers, and one of the important steps is to appease the nobles under their command. One of them is to bury the soldiers who died in the battle.
Among them, Chen Wenzhe saw bronze vehicle frames one after another, and also saw various burial bronzes.
"Niu Shou Che Ju? I wonder if it has anything to do with the one unearthed in Baoji?"
Suddenly, a picture attracted Chen Wenzhe's attention.
This thing looked familiar to him, it must have been an unearthed treasure.
After thinking about it carefully, Chen Wenzhe figured out what it was.
What he saw was a complete original that had not been baptized by time.
What has been unearthed in modern times is only the decayed part, that is, the bronze ox-headed chariot.
The item unearthed is from the early Western Zhou Dynasty and was unearthed from the Zhuyuan Cemetery in Baoji, Western Shaanxi.
Many of the cultural relics unearthed at the same time are inextricably linked to Shu culture, indicating that they may have developed from Shu culture.
Now that Chen Wenzhe has seen it, the unearthed chariot was probably brought by the Sichuan army that came out of Shu.
They were dancing and fighting bloody battles, and naturally there were many casualties.
The more soldiers die, the more dangerous the generals will be, so it is normal to bury a few treasures.
"It's really a car. This thing was famous in ancient times!"
Cheji, in ancient times, was written as Cheji (xiá), which is the same as "Ju", the iron key of the axle head.
Chen Wenzhe had studied the Book of Songs before, and especially knew one of the compilers of the Book of Songs, who is also known as the ancestor of Chinese poetry.
Now that he saw Che Ha, he immediately remembered a famous passage in the Book of Songs.
"Xiaoya·Chejia" is a poem in the "Book of Songs", the first poetry collection in ancient my country.
This is a poem written on the way to marry the bride.
On the way to marry the bride, the groom drove the wedding float, looking forward to the beautiful life in the future and showing cheerful and enthusiastic emotions.
The whole poem has five chapters, each chapter has six lines.
The first two chapters focus on the virtues of women, the last three chapters focus on one's own luck, and the whole article is about the joy of a wedding. The structure has ups and downs and the lyrical techniques are diverse.
This is the most important one, the record about the jurisdiction of the car.
It's a pity that this car was buried in the tomb.
"This place doesn't seem to be over in Baoji? I don't know if this cemetery has been discovered."
It’s okay to look at the things in the tombs, because they probably won’t survive today.
Many things here will decay over time.
On the contrary, some valuable things can stay.
For example, among the weapons in it, the more precious one is definitely Shu Ge.
Among them, the more precious one is the weapon with jade.
For example, there is a jade-in-bronze jade aid, which has been unearthed before. It belongs to the Shang Dynasty and was unearthed in Xinzheng, Nanhe.
This kind of Changge, which is similar to a ceremonial weapon, is just the remaining part and is 32 centimeters long and 6.5 centimeters wide.
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This kind of jade-inlaid Ge cleverly combines jade and bronze, two materials with different textures, and is the earliest surviving jade-inlaid Ge in my country.
This kind of thing should be a symbol of the Shang king's military power, rather than an actual combat weapon.
There are many records in the history books that the Shang Zhou kings rebelled against their relatives and the army turned against each other shortly after the war, but other data show that this is not the case.
In fact, some things can be analyzed from the scene Chen Wenzhe saw just now.
If King Zhou was truly unrighteous, then the Battle of Muye would not have been so brutal.
So many people are willing to die for an unjust King Zhou?
In fact, from the analysis of many historical materials, we know that King Zhou was not really stupid and unprincipled.
If you really count Ali, he was still a relatively conscientious emperor.
In terms of agriculture, he made great use of Fei Zhong, vigorously promoted cattle farming and irrigation, and encouraged people to plant mulberry trees.
This was how the Shang Dynasty prospered and all nations surrendered.
He selected talents in an eclectic way. The generals Feilian and Erai at that time were promoted from civilians.
During their tenure as generals, these two men destroyed Li State, Su State, etc. for Emperor Xin. This shows that Emperor Xin still had a very good vision.
It is said that history is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone, and history books are always written by the victors.
Qin Shihuang was like this, King Zhou was like this, and the subsequent emperors of the Ming Dynasty were also badly ruined.
This is all the result of the little girl history being ravaged by the victors at will.
Of course, there is no smoke without fire, everything happens for a reason.
There must be a reason why some lies are made up.
For example, the "Historical Records" describes King Zhou's mediocrity and immorality like this.
They played a lot of games on the sand dunes, using wine as a pond and Xuan's meat as a forest. They made naked men and women chase each other among them, drinking for a long night.
King Zhou can also be said to be the leader of tyrants in history. When you mention tyrants, you will think of him.
But is the real King Zhou really as described in some historical books?
King Zhou was named Xin, and Zhou was the posthumous title given to him by his descendants.
Different posthumous titles have different meanings, such as killing innocent people is called Li, going to pay homage to people far away is called Yang, and being good at offering sacrifices to ghosts and monsters is called Ling;
Benefiting and caring for the people is called Wen, curbing disasters and chaos is called Wu, and practicing virtue based on principles is called Yuan.
Zhou means evil and unjust, from which we can see the evaluation of him by later generations.
But no matter how bad the evaluation is, he still has his shining points, which is very similar to Wang Mang, because Di Xin was actually a failed reformer.
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the nobles held great power.
Emperor Xin was very dissatisfied with the fact that the title was hereditary.
Because no matter whether the descendants of nobles are virtuous or not, they will always have titles.