Early in the morning of July 18, Yang Jing took Gege, Morris and four others, drove two cars from Tianqu and headed towards Luoyang.
It took Yang Jing and his team more than seven hours to reach the destination, a distance of more than 600 kilometers. At the Luoyang Cultural Relics Bureau, Yang Jing met Mr. Wang and Mr. Song who had arrived earlier, as well as several young experts who had followed from Yanjing.
Mr. Wang is a man of about sixty-six or sixty-seven years old, an expert in archaeology at the Palace Museum, and Ms. Song is a woman who is less than sixty years old, also an expert in archaeology. This time, Dean Shan sent both of them here, one to get the two inscriptions carved by Yuechengzi that Yang Jing mentioned as soon as possible. After all, this involves the authenticity of the jade seal, and even the highest level is very concerned about this matter.
Another thing is to let them be in charge of the excavation of Wu Zetian's mausoleum. Since Yang Jing said that the mausoleum was not put into use after it was repaired, there is nothing to worry about. The most important thing is that Yang Jing said that Wu Zetian's mausoleum also has the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Twelve Golden Men of Qin that Wu Zetian imitated.
Throughout the five thousand years of Chinese history, the most precious national treasure is the Nine Cauldrons cast by the legendary Yu the Great. Those nine ancient tripods represent the Nine Provinces and the most orthodox imperial power.
However, the real Nine Cauldrons of Yu the Great had long disappeared. Even after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and established the first complete dynasty in China, he mobilized people all over the world to look for the Nine Cauldrons of Yu the Great, but they were still not found.
From the time of Qin Shi Huang to now, more than 2,000 years have passed, and the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu are still nowhere to be found. Moreover, Yang Jing knew that even the previous owner of the Holy Ring had never found the nine legendary ancient cauldrons in his lifetime.
Because there were no Nine Cauldrons, Qin Shihuang ordered Prime Minister Li Si to carve the imperial seal with the Heshi Bi. He also ordered the confiscation of all gold, copper and iron objects in the world, which were then melted down to cast twelve golden men to suppress the destiny of the Qin Dynasty.
However, at that time, the imperial seal was not called the imperial seal, it was just an ordinary jade seal. But with the establishment of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, Cao Pi established the Wei Dynasty to replace the Han Dynasty, and the jade seal used by the emperors was the jade seal carved by Li Si. When the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu disappeared, the jade seal became the symbol of the orthodox imperial power.
Later, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the status of the Heirloom Seal was pushed to a new high. However, the Heirloom Seal was thrown into the fire by Li Congke, the last ruler of the Later Tang Dynasty, and its whereabouts have been unknown since then.
Of course, when Qin II Hu Hai defeated the Qin Dynasty, the twelve golden men cast by his father Ying Zheng to suppress the country's destiny also disappeared.
However, because of the existence of the imperial seal, the twelve golden men were not taken seriously in the following dynasties.
But in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian, with her great talent and wisdom, made the Tang Dynasty flourish. And since Wu Zetian was able to become the only female emperor in China for 5,000 years, her mind was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary emperors.
The country was prosperous and the people were safe during the Wu Zhou Dynasty, so Wu Zetian simply recast the Nine Cauldrons in the shape of the legendary Nine Cauldrons of Dayu, and also cast the real Twelve Golden Men out of gold.
However, the Empress did not intend to leave the replica of the Nine Cauldrons of Yu and the Twelve Golden Men to her descendants. She just wanted to bury these two sets of replica treasures with her. Perhaps Empress Wu still wanted to continue to be the Empress in the underworld.
But no matter what, even the Nine Cauldrons of Dayu and the Twelve Golden Men of Qin imitated by Wu Zetian, in China, they are all real national treasures that can suppress the national destiny. Although national destiny is illusory, who made this great country called China?
The Chinese people believe in this kind of thing. From the emperor to the common people, there are very few people who don't believe in it.
Even in modern times, national destiny still occupies a very important position in the minds of the Chinese people.
It would have been fine if it didn't exist before, but now not only has the imperial seal appeared, but also the Nine Cauldrons of Yu the Great and the Twelve Golden Men. Even if they were imitated by Wu Zetian, they were also made by an emperor of that generation, and could be used to suppress the country's destiny.
Whether you believe in national destiny or not, many people believe in this concept, and the top leaders really attach great importance to this matter. Not only have they sent archaeological experts like Mr. Wang and Mr. Song, they have also sent elite troops and many modern equipment, and ordered the Luoyang Cultural Relics Bureau and relevant government departments to unconditionally cooperate with the excavation and archaeological work.
It seems that in order to send Mr. Wang or Mr. Song into the tomb of Wu Zetian, the country even allocated an extremely advanced miniature submarine from the military.
Because Yang Jing said that the entrance to Wu Zetian's Mausoleum is only about one and a half meters wide and two meters high, so ordinary submarines can't get in. And experts like Wang Lao or Song Lao want to dive down in diving suits, which is simply impossible, but some things inside the mausoleum cannot be left without them, so the country simply allocated such a pocket submarine worth over 100 million yuan.
This kind of mini submarine is not the civilian version of the mini submarine. It is said that this kind of mini submarine is a high-end mini submersible specially customized for special operations departments.
This submersible is only one meter wide, one and a half meters high, and about three meters long. It is powered by high-energy batteries.
The submarine makes very little noise and although it can only accommodate three people, it has a maximum diving depth of 220 meters.
However, with this miniature submarine provided by the military, both Mr. Wang and Mr. Song can easily dive to the entrance of the mausoleum more than 100 meters underwater, and then put on compressed air cylinders and helmets to enter the mausoleum.
However, the main force entering Wu Zetian's mausoleum this time was still Yang Jing, after all, he had entered once before. As the saying goes, he is familiar with it, if he doesn't lead the way, who will go down?
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