Chapter 462

Hearing the cameraman's answer, Ouyang Fei'er stopped asking for trouble and walked away quickly.

After walking away, her beautiful eyes kept looking at Fang Yang not far away.

Fang Yang, however, had no other thoughts at all. In his view, whether it was a man or a woman, beautiful or ugly, it had nothing to do with him.

Is the excavation not interesting?

Or is the treasure not fragrant?

Fang Yang's full attention was now focused on his excavation work.

His heart was beating thump-thump.

He was very much looking forward to what he would dig up next.

296. Ancestral noble sacrificial vessel, the two capitals of the Western Zhou!

Fang Yang was working seriously.

A clinking sound rang out.

Fang Yang was no stranger to such a sound, and his eyes immediately shone with great brilliance.

With the help of others, he quickly dug up this object, which had some weight, completely to the ground, and only then did he turn off the machine and jump down from the excavator.

The wonderful sound of the system rang in his ears.

【He Zun of the Western Zhou】

【The Zun is 38.8 cm high, with a caliber of 28.8 cm and weighs 14.6 kg】

【A sacrificial vessel made by a Western Zhou ancestral noble named He in the early Western Zhou Dynasty】

……

As the object was dug out, the group of cultural relic experts who had been waiting on the side and seemed to have no presence immediately strode over.

The Ouyang family provided great financial support to their Cultural Relics Bureau.

They were willing to give the Ouyang family face.

They tried to minimize their presence and let the young lady of the Ouyang family curry favor with Fang Yang.

However, now that a treasure had been dug out, as for currying favor with Miss Ouyang or whatever, it suddenly became not so important at this moment; cultural relics were more fragrant.

"There is an inscription on the bottom inside the Zun."

"This is a new discovery."

Their eyes were bright and piercing, all fixed on the bottom inside the Zun.

After careful examination, they found that the inscription had 12 lines and 122 characters.

"This thing is really beautiful."

"It is also made very exquisitely."

"Look at this exquisite high-relief beast face pattern."

"This horn has already protruded from the surface of the vessel."

【Popularity】+1+1+1+1.

—"The value of the inscription should be higher than the value of this thing, right."

—"It looks like something from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period."

—"The person above, don't talk nonsense. How did you see that it was something from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period?"

—"Yeah, no expert has spoken yet, and even Fang Yang hasn't said anything, yet you are all guessing randomly?"

—"When something is brought out, you have to think for yourself and look for yourself. Is it possible that I can't speak just because the experts don't say anything and Fang Yang doesn't say anything?"

……

The object had just been unearthed, but the internet was already arguing fiercely.

Fang Yang saw all of this.

He seized the time to carefully examine the content of the system and this Western Zhou He Zun.

The explanation work was about to begin, and he couldn't waste time.

Fang Yang took a deep breath.

"Although the font is a bit blurry, the content of this inscription can still be seen."

Fang Yang said the content of this inscription word by word.

Then he gave an explanation.

"In the fifth year of King Cheng, in the fourth month, the King of Zhou began to build the capital in Chengzhou and performed the Fengfu sacrifice to King Wu."

"Obviously, this is an item from the Western Zhou period."

"Then what follows is the instruction and admonition given by King Cheng of Zhou to the young He of the ancestral clan in the Jinggong Great Hall, and the time was on the Bingxu day."

"He mentioned He's late father, Gong Shi, who followed King Wen, and King Wen received the great mandate from Heaven to rule the world."

"……"

"No matter how you look at it, this shows that this is a very important admonition and encouragement proclamation from King Cheng of Zhou."

"The name of this item is Western Zhou He Zun."

"At the same time, He Zun is also the first vessel to appear with the character 'De' (Virtue)."

"Before He Zun, whether it was bronze ware or oracle bone script, the character 'De' had no 'heart'."

"Because before this, whether it was expressing 'to get' or expressing 'morality', it was all without 'heart', all 'De'."

"But in the inscriptions after He Zun, those expressing morality all have a heart, while those expressing other things like personal names are without a heart."

【Popularity】+1+1+1+1.

—"King Cheng built Chengzhou in the fifth year and Luoyi in the seventh year. Luoyi did not exist when He Zun was made."

—"Looking at the meaning of the inscription, it should be said that the place of Luoyang built our Huaxia nation."

—"What kind of joke is this? Wasn't Luoyang built by the Duke of Zhou?"

—"Before Zhou, Xia and Shang had established capitals in Luoyang. After Zhou destroyed Shang, they re-established their regime in Luoyang. Otherwise, it would have been established directly; it wasn't destruction, and building it later is a different nature."

—"It is not even certain where the Xia capital was built."

—"Even if there is controversy about Xia, the Shang capital was indeed in Luoyang. Zhou destroyed Shang, so was Shang Luoyang a blank slate? If it was a blank slate, then where was destroyed? How did it become Luoyang built by the Duke of Zhou? Such rhetoric is really too outrageous. Can you use your brains?"

—"As a historical illiterate, I don't even want to speak. Anyway, listening to you guys, it seems like everything is right, and it also seems like everything is wrong."

—"No matter which dynasty, they will set their capital as the center. Was Luoyang the capital at that time?"

—"Why is it called Xiqi? Because it was a vassal or a tribe of Shang. The center of the country was definitely not in Guanzhong."

—"Why does everyone want to link He Zun with Luoyang? It has absolutely nothing to do with it. The Chengzhou recorded in the He Zun inscription was not the Luoyang at that time."

……

Fang Yang saw that everyone was arguing about the content of these inscriptions and did not mention other things, and he felt very satisfied.

"Everyone has their own interpretation and views, just like different experts, they may put forward different arguments."

"So, does this He Zun have anything to do with Luoyang?"

"I think everyone must be very curious about this."

"If we talk about the relationship between He Zun and Luoyang, then we have to mention a person and a sentence."

"In the inscription, there is a mention of 'Zhai Zi Zhong Guo' (residing in the center of the country), which refers to the place of Luoyang, and the person refers to the Duke of Zhou who built the new capital of Western Zhou, Luoyi."

"The Duke of Zhou, surnamed Ji, named Dan, was the son of King Wen of Zhou and the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou."

"After King Wu of Zhou died, King Cheng of Zhou was young, so the Duke of Zhou acted as regent."

"After quelling the Rebellion of the Three Guards, he enfeoffed vassals on a large scale and built Chengzhou Luoyi."

"Since then, the Zhou Dynasty had two capitals."

"One was Luoyang, known as Chengzhou, and the other place was known as Zongzhou."

"These are not random explanations, but have been verified exactly on the 122-character inscription of He Zun."

"But you can also think that these are just inferences. After all, it does not explicitly state that it must be Luoyang. 'Zhai Zi Zhong Guo', the 'Zhong' refers to the center of the country."

"And history is a process of mutual verification. The inscription of He Zun and the 'Book of Documents' verify each other. Using objects to verify history, there is nothing to doubt."

Fang Yang knew that some netizens would definitely not be convinced by some of his statements.

But some things are just like this; everyone has their own views. He cannot say that he must convince the other party; he is just stating his own point of view.

297. Shocking the live broadcast room, is it that easy to dig up a new culture period?

Not far away, Ouyang Fei'er saw that Fang Yang had finished his explanation and immediately leaned over: "Fang Yang, are you tired? Do you want to rest for a while?"

Ouyang Fei'er had a bright smile.

Fang Yang smiled and then refused without hesitation: "No need, I will continue working."

Fang Yang did not get on the excavator but continued to investigate other places. ===== CHAPTER 463 =====