Chapter 403: The Queen Mother Kingdom of the West

In fact, Zhao Ji did not know the seriousness of the floods on Jiangnan West Road? It was just a disaster relief matter. In his opinion, it was his thought that he issued a decree, and all the people would appreciate his kindness.

Now that the student makes trouble, not only does he have to choose to stand opposite the student, but what makes him even more angry is that if the decree is issued now, who would say goodbye to him? In the end, those students have gained a good reputation, and his dignified honor will only be laughed at by others.

What Zhao Ji needs now is just a step, but so far, all he has come is to remove the ladder for him.

Chen Ao's words first said that Zhao Ji was kind-hearted, and then he used painting to describe things and made suggestions as a bachelor's attendant, which calmed down Zhao Ji's face. Zhao Ji frowned, as if he was pondering, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, countless thoughts changed in his mind.

Then he smiled and said, "Chen Ao, the Liao people have offered a treasure. I want you to see it."

At this time, what should I do when I see the treasure? Chen Ao raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Ji with a smile. His anger seemed to disappear. He understood in his heart that Zhao Ji was going to take the exam, but it was okay to take the exam. The most important thing was that the emperor suddenly took the exam and refused to mention disaster relief. This meant that Zhao Ji wanted to find a way for him. If he passed the exam, the advice would be done, but if he was stumped by the emperor, it would be a failure.

Chen Ao cheered up, regained a little bit of arrogance, and first spoke loudly: "Please give me advice!"

Zhao Ji smiled and winked at Yang Jian. Yang Jian understood and immediately walked out of Wenjing Pavilion with an oil umbrella, went straight to the treasury, and returned with a square of brocade box.

When I opened the brocade box, I saw a statue inside. The statue was made of stone and the style was extremely strange. At a glance, I knew that it was not a work from the Central Plains, and there were some impurities on the stone statue, and there were even traces of color stains. As we all know, under normal circumstances, color stains only appear in ancient jade, because jade is buried underground all year round and minerals invade, causing the color of the jade to change. Marble is rarely infected by color stains. Stone is different from jade and is not easy to react with other minerals.

This proves one thing: this stone statue must have been buried underground all year round, at least for more than thousands of years, so that when it was first unearthed, the color changed drastically.

Chen Ao picked up the stone statue and began to observe the shape of the stone statue. The golden statue carved a woman. The woman held a bow and arrow, opened her bow left and right, aiming in the distance. Her eyes aimed forward in the direction of the arrow cluster, which was very majestic. What was particularly strange was that the room on the right side of the woman seemed to have been deliberately flattened, leaving only the room on the left still full.

This is a very strange phenomenon. It is obvious that the ru room on the right was deliberately smoothed when carving. Looking at the woman's face, the characteristics of the Central Asian race are very obvious, with deep eyes and high noses, and the skin color is mainly fair.

With a careful observation, we can start to make bold assumptions. Chen Ao put down the stone statue and glanced at Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji smiled and looked at him with a provocative look, as if he thought that this antique had stumped Chen Ao.

It should be noted that the identification of antiques, especially in the Song Dynasty, almost no one could identify antiques from the Western Regions. Even countries in the Western Regions could rarely judge the treasures unearthed in their own country. The reason is very simple. Because Chinese civilization has no faults, that is, there are traces to be found from the beginning to the peak of the country. However, for countries such as the Western Regions, their civilization was chaotic, just like the Indian subcontinent. First, the local civilization of India was ruled by the Aryans. The tradition began to have certain European characteristics, and then was invaded by the Arabs. The culture had already appeared faults and was finally ruled by the Mongols. Thousands of years later, there were only a few ancient Indians in the early days. As for the culture of ancient India, I am afraid that some clues could be found from some bold inferences and a large number of archaeological excavations in later generations.

The Central Plains civilization is different. For example, the pottery that appeared in the Shang Dynasty can last for any period. Although the style and characteristics of the pottery will undergo certain subtle changes due to the passage of time, the workmanship will become more and more exquisite and the details will be more delicate, if you pick up the pottery from the Ming and Qing dynasties and compared with the pottery of ancient merchants, you can still find many things in common.

Therefore, in Shen Ao's view, this stone statue is extremely difficult to identify, but in Zhao Ji's view, it is impossible for Chen Ao to identify the origin of this antique. Even the Liao people themselves cannot explain this antique from thousands of years ago in the Western Regions. No matter how powerful Chen Ao is, how can he make a judgment?

Chen Ao smiled slightly. The emperor was demonstrating to himself! My buddy couldn't let him look down on him. Chen Ao fell into deep thought and began to recall some customs and customs in the Western Regions and the content of world history. Of course, some evidence of ancient oriental books is indispensable.

An hour passed, and it was noon. Yang Jian quietly pulled Zhao Ji's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to have lunch."

Seeing that Chen Ao was still trapped in meditation and memories, Zhao Ji shook his head with interest and said, "I am not hungry, wait a little longer."

After urging for four or five times in a row, Chen Ao opened his eyes and smiled confidently on his lips, saying, "Have you heard of the Marsatites? This should be an antique left by the Satites in the Western Regions." He pointed to the stone statue: "The stone statue is a woman, wearing light armor and holding a bow and crossbow. It can be proved that the nation carved the stone statue must respect motherhood. It is said that this nation also worships dragons. They are proficient in archery and are good at using heavy cavalry. The women also participate in battles. According to their customs, if a young woman cannot kill an enemy on the battlefield, she cannot get married. In their society, men respect women very much, so they are ridiculed by other nations as "the maid servant of the hostess."

Chen Ao calmed down and continued, "Your Majesty looked at this sculpture. A woman did not have a right hand. This is because the women of the Sartre are brave and good at fighting. In order to facilitate their archery, these women were even willing to cut off their right hand rumbles. They even believed that only in this way could the God give them a steady stream of strength. Therefore, the students boldly speculated that this was the remains of the horse Sartres."

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and looked at Chen Ao deeply. At this time, he had to add some expectations for Chen Ao's ability. This sculpture was regarded as a treasure by the Liao people because it was carved vividly. However, when it comes to its origin, the Liao people also didn't know it. Chen Ao only took more than an hour to see its origin. If Chen Ao said it correctly, then this Shen Xueshen would be too powerful.

Zhao Ji said without saying a word: "All this is what you said, so what evidence can prove whether the story you said is true or false?"

Chen Ao smiled even more strongly and said, "I wonder if there is the book "Liezi-King Mu of Zhou" in Your Majesty's library?"

There are countless ancient books in the royal library. Zhao Ji nodded to Yang Jian. Yang Jian immediately rushed to the library. After two cups of tea, he finally asked someone to bring in an ancient book.

Chen Ao patted the dust on the book, opened the ancient book, and found a piece of evidence. The book said: "King Mu did not care about the country, was not happy with the concubine, traveled arbitrarily, and ordered the eight horses to ride... Then he was a guest at the Queen Mother of the West and drank on the Yaochi Pool. The Queen Mother of the West was the Emperor Yao, and the King of the West was so sad..."

Chen Ao said: "This Queen Mother Kingdom of the West is the Matt people. The Matt people respect women as respected, women as inferior men as inferior, and the king is the woman as the king. This Queen Mother of the West should be Queen Matt. Your Majesty, please ask someone to come again to "The Legend of Emperor Mu".

Yang Jian went to search for this book again. Chen Ao opened it. It really contained a paragraph of the customs and customs of the Queen Mother Kingdom of the West. It detailed the social composition of the women's superiority and inferiority, and some unique customs. If a woman cannot kill an enemy, she cannot get married. For the sake of archery, some brave women cut off their right ru.

The Matts were in Central Asia at that time, and King Mu of Zhou's journey to the west did indeed provide evidence to Chen Ao. During the reign of King Mu of Zhou, due to the strong national strength, the influence of the Zhou Dynasty in the west had expanded to faraway areas. King Mu was also committed to developing to the southeast. Through parades, many local tribes surrendered to the Zhou rule. This Queen Mother Kingdom of the West was probably a Central Asian tribe country that surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago. In the eyes of the Zhou people at that time, how could a country have a queen, and how could women go to the battlefield? Through imagination, they simply regarded this country's tribe as the Queen Mother Kingdom of the West.

With historical evidence, although the biography of King Mu of Zhou is just a unofficial history, the description of the Queen Mother Kingdom of the West is not bad at all with the Matt people mentioned by Chen Ao. Although there are traces of praising and fluttering, Zhao Ji has to believe it.

"I have seen Chen Ao's erudition today." Zhao Ji looked at Chen Ao with a smile, unable to hide his appreciation in his eyes, and continued: "I will issue an order immediately and immediately allocate the money and food for disaster relief."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhao Ji asked someone to put away the stone statue with a tiger face and said, "Don't flatter me, I don't want to be a hero. Humph, if you didn't come to plead, I must fight with those students to let them see my power." Then he turned to gentleness and said, "The autumn examination is coming. If these things happen, how can students study with peace of mind? Yang Jian asked someone to go out to pass the imperial edict, and said that after listening to Chen Qing's advice, I had already changed my mind and asked the students who were kneeling outside to disperse earlier and give 100 kilograms of carbon wood to the Imperial College and the Imperial College. After returning, I quickly changed my clothes and roasted the fire. Don't get cold. If you really get sick, who will serve me in the future?"

Yang Jian was also happy to see Chen Ao so knowledgeable. He didn't understand the Matt people just now, but even the officials couldn't hide their appreciation for him. This means that Chen Ao is extremely powerful. This is the son-in-law of the miscellaneous family...

Yang Jian replied happily: "Sister will go now."

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Chapter completed!