In the next few days, Chen Zhi began to integrate a large amount of data from the period when King Wu conquered Zhou. His main research direction was the hidden data.
The so-called hidden information refers to the information about some important figures at that time reflected in some fragments of 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, not taking any position, and more real...
Although what Bai Fengxian said is very credible, they are all statements from the past, and she has her own perspective.
Moreover, she only talked about some events, and the rest was Chen Zhi's own inference. Judging solely from inference is inaccurate.
Because Bao Ping was ill and ignored political affairs, all power in Xiqi was actually in the hands of Chen Zhi.
All power structures in Xiqi are open to Chen Zhi.
Later, 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.
These information are very precious, most of them are carved on tortoise shells or written on gold-woven cloth, but most of them are very trivial, like running accounts, and you need to look carefully for valuable things.
Of course, Chen Zhi also found some top figures in the archaeological profession and asked them to integrate that distant history with all the information currently discovered by archeology.
The Shang Dynasty before the Zhou Dynasty 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 Boyikao is indeed true.
Boyikao's real name was Jikao, and he was the eldest son of Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo. People at that time respected the eldest and the youngest, and the eldest son would wear the title of "Bo" on his head, which represented that he was the elder among the brothers to show his dignity.
And "Yi" is indeed a special title that proves his identity. Archaeological experts suspect that such a country may have been his fiefdom at that time.
Just like Tang Shuyu, the son of King Wu Jifa, his surname was Ji and his given name was Yu. Because he was granted the title of Tang State, he was called Tang Shuyu in history. This title was basically given by later generations.
And Boyikaoneng was called this when he was alive, which proves that his title is more precious than his father's surname, so his identity is probably more valuable than his father's.
As for Boyikao's biological mother, there is no clear record at all.
However, in the history books and myths of later generations, it is said that the biological mother of Boyikao and the biological mother of King Wu Jifa were the same person, the famous Taisi.
But on one point, some historians had doubts in the past.
They thought that the identity of this Taisi was somewhat unclear, and many aspects did not make sense.
Taisi, surnamed Si, was born in the Shen 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 China knows it!
According to legend, Xibohou Jichang met Taisi on the shore of the Wei River and was immediately enamored by her beauty.
Later, he inquired about the virtues of this woman and found out that Taisi was kind and sensible, lived a frugal life, and was a virtuous woman, so Ji Chang decided to marry Taisi.
Since there is no bridge on the Weishui River, Ji Chang decided to build a boat as a beam on the Weishui River, and the boats and boats were connected to form a pontoon bridge. He welcomed his wife in person, and the scene was grand.
After entering the family, Taisi admired the virtues of her elders and imitated her mother-in-law Taijiang. She worked hard day and night to advance into women's ways 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 Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou.
The first chapter in the Book of Songs, "Guofeng Zhou Nanguanju", is said to describe the love story between Taisi and Ji Chang:
"Guan Guan Jiu Jiu, in the river island, a graceful lady, a gentleman likes to fight."
This famous poem has been circulated in China for thousands of years.
In Chinese humanistic history, this woman is considered to be a representative of virtuous virtue and the head wife of Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo.
But many historical experts have expressed skepticism, citing precisely this poem.
At that time, aristocratic women would not easily appear by the river. This concubine was probably a woman in clothes that Ji Chang saw by the water.
Moreover, there is a lot of circumstantial evidence to prove that Taisi was not a girl from a wealthy family. At that time, she was just a very ordinary woman in the country of Shen.
But she was born much more pure and beautiful than those princes' daughters.
One day when she was washing her clothes by the river, Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo, happened to see her beauty, so Jichang fell in love at first sight and the marriage was established.
This kind of love story is not unusual, and in modern society it is very possible for people to get married eventually.
But in the Shang Dynasty, when etiquette and music had not yet collapsed, it was a foolish dream to think of consummating a marriage with such love.
At that time, the status hierarchy was quite clear, and the possibility of a prince and king marrying a commoner woman as his official wife was zero.
There is also a description in the poem that because of Taisi's beauty and character, Xibohou Jichang held a banquet to ceremoniously welcome Taisi to the house.
But if you are really marrying your first wife, the grand wedding ceremony is a matter of course, and there is no need to say it out loud.
That means that this concubine was not the head wife when she entered the family, but was a concubine.
Because her beauty was valued and her character was respected, the wedding was held in an exception and grand manner for her. This logic makes sense.
According to this logical inference, Xibo Hou Jichang should have had a very high-status and noble-born wife.
And this head wife, for some reason, was completely obliterated by history, and even her name was not left.
How could Boyikao have such a noble title? It is very likely that it was given by this head wife...
Later, Chen Zhi also found fragments describing Emperor Xin of Shang Zhou on some very ancient oracle bone fragments.
In those clips, the legendary Emperor Xin, the king of Shang Zhou, did not seem to be that ignorant. On the contrary, the people at that time praised him very much.
There is an oracle bone among them, which contains a record of a folk tale from that time.
It is recorded that Emperor Xin, the king of Shang Zhou, strongly resisted. The nobles at that time used human sacrifices, but they were squeezed out by their relatives.
So some saints praised him, saying that he loved the people like a son...