Zhu Zhen was about to turn his head and continue watching the show, but he heard Yun say: "Second brother, do you still remember that when you were studying "Historical Records" in school, Youhou Xi, a prince of Dongyi at the turn of the Yin and Zhou Dynasties?"
"This," Yun thought for a moment, then said: "Guan family, I remember that Youhou Xi was a prince of Huaiyi among the Eastern Yi in the last years of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. He was loyal to King Zhou of Shang. In the first year of King Wu of Zhou, King Zhou of Shang sent Youhou
Xi led his troops to attack other Dongyi tribes. King Wu of Zhou took the opportunity to attack Zhou and defeated King Zhou of Shang in Muye. King Zhou of Shang withdrew to Lutai, where he died immediately. King Wu of Zhou then conquered the world."
"After Youhouxi learned about King Wu of Zhou's Eastern Expedition, he intended to serve the king, but before he could return, there was news that King Zhou of Shang had committed suicide and died. Youhouxi stopped to serve the king, and his whereabouts disappeared afterwards."
"Don't you think this is very strange?" Yun said with a smile: "Youhou Xi had tens of thousands of troops at that time, but he disappeared afterwards."
"It's indeed a bit strange." After hearing Yun's words, Yun also thought about it: "The official family, at that time, there were few people in the Central Plains, and it had tens of thousands of troops. It was already a powerful prince. Whether it was later to disobey King Zhou Wu's order and rebel, or to accept King Zhou Wu's order,
Those who were enthroned as princes should be recorded in the "Historical Records"."
"It's probably because very few historical materials from that time have been handed down, and there is no record about Youhou Xi. Tai Shigong didn't know about it, so he didn't dare to write anything in the "Historical Records"." Yun guessed.
Yun's guess is very reasonable. At the turn of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there were no parchments or silks, and the words were all engraved on the tripod. Many things could not be recorded and passed down to future generations.
But Yun didn't mean to reach such a conclusion after talking to him for so long. After hearing Yun's guess, he smiled and said: "Your guess is reasonable, but according to the recent news, maybe Youhou Xi has other places to go.
."
Yun was about to ask when he suddenly heard a voice coming from Yun's right side: "Guan family, could it be that Youhou Xi led his men to the Hanzhou continent back then?"
"Uncle Liu, your sudden interruption shocked my nephew, but your guess is good. I do think that Youhou Xi may have led his men to Hanzhou Continent," Yun said.
Yun immediately showed a surprised expression. This is really unbelievable. Youhou Xi actually led his men to the newly discovered Hanzhou continent? Not only him, but also Zhu Zhen who heard what Yun meant and made a guess.
Very surprised.
"How could this be?" Zhu Zhen said, "How could he have gone to the Hanzhou continent more than two thousand years ago?"
He couldn't believe it at all. After Yun's reminder, many people in the royal family carefully studied the weapons, agricultural tools or other tools used by the previous dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, especially the third generation. They knew that the ships at that time were very backward and the navigation technology was even closer.
At this time, the possibility of sailing from Shandong to the Hanzhou continent was too small.
"To be honest with Uncle Six, my nephew also thinks this is incredible and unimaginable. But when I summoned Fang Mingqian, he gave me something like this." As he spoke, Yun took out something.
Zhu Zhen looked closely and saw that what Zai Yun was holding was a piece of jade.
"A piece of jade? So what?" Zhu Zhen was puzzled.
"Sixth Uncle, my nephew has been ennobling vassal kings in recent years, and has been conquering the south and the west. After defeating the Kingdom of Samarkand, envoys from the Far West Country visited my nephew. Almost all civilized countries know about it. But
Among them, apart from the Ming Dynasty, which country has people who like jade?"
"It is true that only the people of the Ming Dynasty and the nearby Fan countries who were influenced by the Ming Dynasty like jade. However, the people of Hanzhou Continent are newly discovered people. Other countries do not like jade as much as the Ming Dynasty. The natives of Hanzhou Continent may not be unable to like jade.
"Zhu Zhen said.
"What Uncle Liu said makes sense, but this piece of jade," Yun said, holding up the jade in his hand, "its carving is very similar to the jade carving craftsmanship passed down from the Yin Shang Dynasty in the third generation."
"What?" Hearing this, Zhu Zhen suddenly became excited. There are also civilizations in distant places that like jade and are not influenced by the Han people. Although this is strange, it is not necessarily impossible; but if even the carving technology is the same as that of the Yin Shang jade,
Same, this is very unusual. This means that this civilization must be related to the Chinese civilization.
"Is this true? An official?" Zhu Zhen asked. He didn't know the style of jade from the Yin Shang Dynasty, so he could only ask.
In this era, it was quite rude to ask the emperor like this, but Yun was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said: "I have two pieces of jade from the Yin and Shang Dynasties hidden in the palace. If Uncle Liu doesn't believe it, you can take it and compare it with this piece."
Jade contrast.”
"How could the officials get it wrong? There is no need to compare. I was just too surprised just now to ask this question." Zhu Zhen realized that what he just said was not appropriate, and hurriedly said a few words, and then turned back.
On the topic of the natives of Hanzhou: "In this way, the natives of Hanzhou are really the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."
"Not all of them may be descendants of the Yin Shang, but they must be related to the Yin Shang." Yun added: "You may not know yet, but there is a country in the south of the land occupied by the twelfth uncle, at about 20 degrees latitude.
It is a huge high platform, even in the Ming Dynasty, there was no building that could compare with it."
"When my nephew heard what Fang Mingqian said, he immediately thought of the Star-Zhaing Tower built by King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. Because the wooden building had been destroyed over the years, only the Star-Zhailing Tower remained. The high tower Fang Mingqian mentioned may be modeled after King Zhou of Shang Dynasty.
The Star-Chasing Building was built. The wooden building was also destroyed due to age.”
"There are still civilized people in Hanzhou Continent? Why didn't Fang Mingqian tell me when I visited him?" Zhu Zhen asked in surprise.
"There are indeed civilized people in Hanzhou Continent, but for the sake of safety, my nephew told Fang Mingqian not to tell anyone else for the time being. So he didn't tell you, Uncle Liu. Uncle Six, please don't blame him."
“We still don’t know what this civilization is like, because Fang Mingqian led too few people at that time, even if the entire army exploring eastward was included, there were not many people, so he did not dare to act rashly and evacuated without meeting the locals.
"
"That's fine. Even if they are descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, they may not recognize the people who came from their homeland more than two thousand years later. But in this way, the vast Hanzhou continent did not leave much territory to the Ming Dynasty. Only ten
The second brother alone in Hanzhou is enough, there is no need to entrust additional vassal kings." Zhu Zhenlue said with some pity. He really wanted to open up the new continent, but it seems that he is not needed to open up the new continent.
"My nephew feels that someone needs to educate them." Yun said: "Although the Yin and Shang Dynasties are also the ancestors of our Chinese civilization, today, after King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Rites, hundreds of schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism
Afterwards, today’s Chinese civilization is very different from that of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Someone should educate these people and let them learn from the Chinese civilization of today.”
"And these descendants of the Yin Shang may not be very strong at this time." Yun said: "In the Western Regions, after defeating the Kingdom of Samarkand, I briefly captured Timur. He told me that the development of civilization is closely related to exchanges.
Countries that are large and have frequent exchanges with foreign vassals have more advanced civilizations."
"My nephew thought about it and felt that what he said made sense. If that were true, the civilization of people who had not communicated with the outside world for more than two thousand years would not have developed much. Since civilization has little development, the weapons and utensils used may not have developed much.
There have been changes. Even if we can build a tall star-catching platform like the Yin and Shang Dynasties, we may still use weapons made of bronze from the Yin and Shang Dynasties. We may not be able to defeat the guards sent by the Ming Dynasty when fighting in a chariot."
"If the people of Hanzhou mainland still fight in chariots and use weapons made of bronze as they did during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, then the Ming Dynasty's current guards can be equal to ten or even dozens, even if they are very brave, it is useless." Zhu Zhen said confidently.
The difference in weapons is very important. Bronze is soft and will almost break when touched by iron weapons. As for using stone as weapons, it limits the types of weapons and makes them easier to deal with.
He once led troops to deal with local rebellious barbarians in Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang and other places. Even though they were very brave, but in a head-on battle with the Ming Dynasty's army, the Ming Dynasty's 1,000 soldiers could defeat tens of thousands of them. If the terrain in the southwest was not rugged,
All those barbarians have been wiped out long ago. The combat effectiveness of the army during the Yin and Shang Dynasties is absolutely impossible to exceed that of the southwestern barbarians at this time, and it will be very easy to defeat them.
"Haha, Uncle Six, my nephew sees that you are very willing to go to Hanzhou Continent!" Yun said with a smile.
"That's true. Official, I am willing to go to Hanzhou Continent to fight with the local descendants of the Yin Shang to see if they are as backward as the official said. If that is the case, I will lead my troops to conquer them and establish a
If not, if they beat back and have to retreat to the north, then establish a vassal state to the north or east of Shang Fan." At this point, Zhu Zhen suddenly realized: "No wonder the official family will change the title of the twelfth brother.
As a Shang king, I originally thought that the local people might be descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."
"If that's the case, the officials might as well change my title to King Yin." He said with a smile again.
"If you like the title King of Yin, my nephew will change your title to King of Yin." Yun said with a smile.
"Really?" Zhu Zhen originally just wanted to make a joke, but unexpectedly agreed to it. He quickly tested it to see if Yun was joking or serious.
"Of course it's true." Yun said sternly: "It's just a title, and it's very suitable for the occasion. Since Uncle Six likes it, of course my nephew is willing to give it to him."
"Then from now on, my title will be King of Yin." Zhu Zhen thought for a long time and felt that the title of King of Yin was a good one and said.
