A batch of gold that has been buried in the ground for more than two thousand years has no signature or mark engraved on it.

However, according to the records left in the history books, we can accurately find the origin of this batch of gold. We can even know who ordered the production of this gold and how it fell into the hands of Marquis Haihun.

This kind of behavior spans more than two thousand years of history, but can still be traced back to its roots.

Only China, only China with complete historical records, can do this!

These demonstrations made by the archaeologists in the rear laboratory naturally aroused a strong sense of pride in the hearts of Chen Han and other front-line archaeologists!

But pride is pride.

In front of the newly discovered gold, these proud emotions have long been thrown out of the sky.

Without him, the gold discovered this time is really too much!

Previously, the largest amount of gold of the same kind was unearthed from the tomb of Liu Xiu, King Huai of Zhongshan.

In his tomb, 2 large and small gold horseshoes were unearthed, 1 gold toe, 2 large gold cakes, and 40 small gold cakes.

And this is already the record for the largest number of gold objects unearthed at one time in Han tomb archeology.

After the gold was unearthed, it can be said to have shocked the Chinese archaeological community.

However, the record that shocked the archaeological community this time seems a bit dull in front of the tomb of Haihunhou.

There are a large number of gold cakes scattered between the inner and outer coffins of the main coffin of Marquis Haihun.

Just by Chen Han's visual inspection, there must be one or two hundred gold cakes.

Moreover, there are a lot of gold toes and horseshoes, as well as an unknown number of gold plates, scattered in the inner coffin.

Gold was called "Shangcoin" in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was actually circulated among kings, princes, generals and ministers.

Moreover, the circulation method is only used as a settlement unit for bulk goods. In fact, gold is not actually used much, and is mostly collected.

So, what was the competitive value of gold in the Han Dynasty?

According to the unearthed "Juyan Han Slips" and the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Han Shu" written in the Han Dynasty, one pound of gold can buy 50 shi of grain.

According to the food consumption records of "two liters, three liters, and four liters per day" in "Mozi Zashou", based on the maximum food intake of four liters per person per day, it can be roughly fed for 1,250 days, or about three years.

In other words, one gold cake can buy a person's food rations for three years.

Gold's huge purchasing power means huge temptation.

In addition, gold has the advantages of stable value and easy portability.

In the Western Han Dynasty, everyone from the emperor to the common people showed great enthusiasm for gold.

For emperors and governments, enough gold is the backing of financial security.

For the people, gold is the guarantee of their livelihood.

Therefore, in most cases, this thing is used as money in the bottom of the box, and it is the greatest guarantee for a family to be able to pass it on stably.

Based on the amount of at least more than 300 kilograms of gold buried in Haihunhou's tomb, this gold is estimated to be the majority of the gold saved by Haihunhou.

Although people in the Western Han Dynasty treated death as life, there was absolutely no reason to take most of the family's gold to the tomb for burial.

This means denying the living descendants a way to survive...

Therefore, the discovery of such a large number of gold cakes in tombs is the first time in the archaeological history of the Western Han Dynasty!

In addition to being shocked, Chen Han was also puzzled by this situation.

But soon he remembered the previous discussion between the teacher and other experts.

Liu He, Marquis of Haihun, was eliminated from the country after his death...

So to him, it seemed that there was no other way to deal with the gold except taking it underground.

Because apart from the country, it not only means that the title has been lost, but also that all the things belonging to the Marquis of Haihun family have no inheritance rights for future generations.

The elimination of the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty was not just as simple as being demoted to common people.

Take Liu Helai as an example. He became the emperor from the king of Changyi, and then became a commoner from the emperor.

When he became the emperor from King Changyi, the things that belonged to King Changyi were naturally still his.

Because he was promoted, it makes no sense to say that his things are still gone after he was promoted.

However, when he became a commoner after serving as emperor for 27 days, theoretically, when he was the king of Changyi, the gold and silver treasures he inherited from his father and the gold and silver treasures he saved no longer belonged to him.

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These things belong to the lineage of the "King of Changyi", and since he is no longer the king of Changyi, he can no longer possess these things.

However, the Queen Mother of Shangguan at that time didn't know whether it was out of the idea of ​​​​keeping a secret in doing things so that they could meet each other in the future, or because she really felt pity for Liu He.

Therefore, an order was issued to allow Liu He to take away everything belonging to the Changyi king's family.

Note that this is a special permission, it was the Queen Mother who gave the order.

Only then could Liu He continue to keep the original gold and silver treasures of the Changyi kings after becoming a commoner.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, once other princes, nobles, and even princes and kings are expelled, even if they are not dead, they will leave the house cleanly and not take a dime with them.

There is absolutely no possibility that the title will be gone, but the family business and property will still be there.

Let’s talk about Liu He.

Later, after Liu He was under house arrest and surveillance for more than ten years, he was again granted the title of Marquis of Haihun by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

At this time, all the gold and silver treasures in Liu He's hands, whether they were inherited from the King of Changyi or saved by himself, all belonged to the line of Haihunhou.

After his death, in addition to Liu He's daily use and favorite gold and silverware, he would be buried with him.

Things like these gold horseshoes and gold cakes must be passed on to the next Marquis of Haihun.

However, the next Haihunhou is gone.

Two of Liu He's sons died suddenly before he could succeed to the throne.

So Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty waved his hand, and the Kingdom of Haihunhou was eliminated. From now on, there will be no more Haihunhou.

Then these various gold and silver treasures belonging to Haihunhou's line no longer belong to Liu He's descendants.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was probably more shameless, and he was too embarrassed to put these treasures into the young man's house, so he simply buried them all with Marquis Haihun and asked him to take them to the tomb.

Because although Marquis Haihun was eliminated from the country, Liu He still belonged to Marquis Haihun, and these gold and silver treasures still belonged to him legally.

After all, Marquis Haihun was not removed from the country because of his crimes, but because there was no one to inherit the title after his death.

Thus, this magnificent tomb of Marquis Haihun, filled with gold and silver treasures, emerged!

In fact, these golds are the ancestral property that Liu He and his father have saved for decades for future generations!

It was just that there was really no way to pass it on, so I had to bury them all in the grave.

If Liu He after death knew that the Kingdom of Haihun would be gone after his death, he probably wouldn't be happy after seeing these gold and silver treasures...

If there is a soul after death.

Liu He is underground, and when Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty comes, he will definitely rush up and give him two mouthfuls, and have a vigorous post-death battle!

"My body hasn't even cooled down yet. How can a country as big as mine, the Marquis of Haihun, be gone?"

"I saved so much gold and silver for future generations, and just went underground like this?"
Chapter completed!