Without further ado, let's get down to business. Song Siyuan read these Sogdian classics one after another, and at the same time studied them carefully against Gunizi's book. At night, she successively decrypted the Sogdian texts in the book.
Judging from Gunizi's Sogdian writings, when he was walking with Steinhein's team members, he had discovered that these people were not here to inspect the desert ruins at all. Whenever they entered the desert, they would take out the ancient city ruins every time they visited. Use equipment that can detect metal to search the ancient city.
At first, he thought it was Stan Hein and the others who were checking whether the surroundings were safe for the sake of inspecting the safety of the ruins. Later, as the number of explorations gradually increased, their enthusiasm for facing the ruins actually diminished. This kind of This situation shows that Steinhein did not want to inspect the ruins at all, but had another purpose.
He gradually realized that they did not enter the desert to investigate ancient civilization, so they were probably looking for something.
With this major premise in mind, Gunizi knew the correct route, but still deliberately led them the wrong way and made them experience the quicksand wasteland many times. The purpose was to make Stanhe return without success and retreat in the face of difficulties. In this way, It would also prevent them from looking for something in the desert.
Unfortunately, fate is not as good as humans. While avoiding a sandstorm, they accidentally entered the vicinity of Mylanze. Through the telescope, Steinhein directly discovered the ancient city of Mylanze located in the center of Miranze.
This secret orchid ancient city was a huge surprise to Stein Hein. The many abandoned ancient cities he looked for along the way were either too recent or the city-states were empty, with not much left.
Generally speaking, the rammed earth walls of the city have been exposed to wind and sand for many years and are easily eroded. If they are in disrepair for a long time, they will continue to corrode and collapse. It is not until the city walls are destroyed that the residential buildings in the city will experience large-scale sand erosion.
If the city wall is complete, it means that the city wall is strong and durable. In other words, it can also be guessed that most of the buildings in the city have walls to withstand wind and sand. Even if they decay and collapse, a lot of things can be preserved.
Even the walls of the ancient city of Secret Orchid he saw were complete, which meant that the buildings inside would not collapse too much. In fact, the scale of this ancient city was larger than any ancient city they had discovered. Steinhein was not He is a blind tomb robber, but a very knowledgeable cultural relics expert. Since he can come to search for the ancient Shanshan civilization, it means that he has done his homework in advance, at least, he has a thorough understanding of the general situation of the ancient Shanshan civilization.
Combined with the geographical features of Secret Orchid City, he could easily determine that this large-scale abandoned ancient city was probably a trading giant in the ancient Shanshan Kingdom.
With this major premise, Stan Hein will certainly not miss it and wants Guniz to take them into the ancient city. Guniz also understands that Sal City is a large city-state. If there is really something inside, it will definitely be captured by Stan. Hein discovered that he had to shirk them several times, and after he was sure that he could not push these people away, he had to use the trap to catch the vampire blanket and take them into Secret Orchid City.
After entering the city, Steinhein's behavior was indeed undisguised. He had no interest in residential buildings and buildings. He ran directly to the small town where the nobles lived. Without any search, they tacitly came to the Temple of Prayer together. The most exquisite art murals to date have been found here.
At this point, Stan and Yin made no secret of their purpose and showed their fangs under the face of cultural scholars. They wanted to tear down all the murals with cultural value and take them back. Gunizi took the money from the guide, not including the help. They lead the way and steal toys.
In a fierce dispute, Gunizi and Steinhein's team members clashed. During the fight, they discovered the existence of the agency and the underground palace. Gunizi and them entered the underground palace, where Steinhein discovered the ancient Shanshan civilization. He has many classics, cultural relics, brochures, picture scrolls, and even a lot of tiled porcelain, and he is even more unwilling to let go of this underground palace. He will not finish it until all the high-value cultural relics have been looted.
After this incident, Steinhein had completed part of the treasure-stealing mission. Seeing that Gunizi did not agree with them very much, and had even reached the point of using knives and guns, he naturally recognized Gunizi from a friend to an enemy. In addition, What he did was indeed disgraceful. If his banditry was not exposed, Gunizi had already realized that his existence was already a thorn in Stein Hein's side.
Seeing this, they basically understood Gunizi's experience before his death, and then compared it with what they saw, they understood that what was recorded in the booklet was not wrong.
Song Siyuan took a long breath: "We probably all know these, let me tell you something you don't know. Uncle Gunizi had already discovered this on the way, and took the opportunity of recording the route along the way to record a lot of things. Words from Steinhein and the team.”
Based on Steinhein's conversation with the team members, combined with the documents he saw from the ancient Shanshan Kingdom, he basically understood the origin of Queen Shanshan. Before Queen Shanshan ruled the ancient Shanshan Kingdom, she came from the Aopo Kingdom in the Kunlun Mountains.
The Mao Po Kingdom, also called the Mao Po Luo Kingdom and the Mao Mu Fang Kingdom, was the Mother Kingdom of the Western Queen recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It was also one of the Nine Barbarians of the Western Kingdom during the Zhou Dynasty.
According to Steinhein's research, the Aopo Kingdom originated from Nepal southwest of the Kunlun Mountains. It is a branch of the Nepali tribe. The main people are Tibetan Qiang, Aryans, and some Nepalese. Probably they had already come to Kunlun Mountain during the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and they thrived here with the east foot of Kunlun Mountain as the center. The Kunlun Hill on the east side was the capital of the tribe, and the king of the Aopo Kingdom lived there.
It was not until the Shang and Zhou dynasties that this tribe got rid of the slave society and transformed into a feudal society. Due to the large number of mountains and little land near the Kunlun Mountains and the bitter cold environment, the Bangbalo people could not engage in farming and could only make a living by fishing and hunting in the mountains. This gave rise to the mountain fishing and hunting Mountain civilization as its main business.
When it comes to fishing and hunting in the mountains, people have to deal with a difficult environment. Fishing and hunting are particularly damaging to the tribe. Every fishing and hunting may cause casualties to the tribe. With too many male hunters dying, although the Bangbaro people have entered the feudal society, but still retains matrilineal social customs.
It is mainly manifested in the matrilineal control of power, the recruitment of sons-in-law, and the divine right of heaven.
Let’s talk about the matrilineal power first.
From the king to the common people, the matrilineal family is always in charge. If there is an eldest woman in the family, then the person in charge must be a grandmother or mother. In the absence of a female elder, the female elder will be the one who is in charge. The elder brothers will take care of the family affairs until a new female head of the family is born, and these powerful fathers will hand over the power.
Most of the previous rulers of the Aopo Fang Kingdom were women. Among the many officials in the Fang Kingdom, most of them were women. Men were only chosen for official positions as military commanders or guards.
Under such a system design, even if the king and his wife produce male offspring, the queen will be given priority to succeed to the throne, thus ensuring that the highest power is in the hands of the queen. Similarly, this system can also be designed, It extends to the common people at lower levels, but it is slightly different from the common people.
Let’s talk about recruiting a son-in-law.
The common people of the mother country adopt a walking marriage system. If there is a woman of marriageable age in the family, she will recruit a son-in-law and produce offspring with the women of the family. Then, both men and women will have nothing to do with this man and produce children. The male offspring belongs to the maternal family, and the male will return to his family to help his family with general affairs.
The family is the smallest unit of the country. This walking marriage system guarantees the interests of the matrilineal family. The society and country formed by this system also maintain the foundation of the queen's governance.
Finally, let’s talk about divine right.
Of course, when matriarchal society transitioned to feudal society, many cases of men seizing power did occur, but they were all solved by the queen. Their ability to hold power was not only due to the design of the system, but also because they had control over the destiny of heaven. explanation of.
In the belief of the mother country, they are the tribal immigrants of the ancient God Wa. It was the Emperor Wa who gave the tribal women the power of secular rule. The people of the mother country have been educated in this way for nearly a thousand years. During the Zhou Dynasty, they had fully accepted this idea of divine power of kings. .
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the arrival of King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty brought fish pendants to the Maboluo people. This magical stone has endless divine power, and even only women can control this power. The emergence of this situation has once again deepened the situation. With the establishment of the foundation of matrilineal governance, the citizens of the Abolu Kingdom were convinced that this Fang Kingdom should be ruled by the queen, and there would be no more disturbances.
At that time, after the ancient Shanshan Kingdom discovered that the oasis was degraded, it tried to marry the successor princess of the mother country. When she really could not accept the marriage to another country, the Shanshan royal family decided to send the prince to succeed to the mother country to serve as a princess. The people and the Hu people of Shanshan shared the imperial line, and the mother country also had a legal basis for ruling Shanshan.
After several generations of running-in, the ancient Shanshan Kingdom and the Maima Kingdom completed the mixing of royal bloodlines. At the same time, they also completed the transfer of secular ruling power, making the ancient Shanshan Kingdom transition from patriarchal rule to matrilineal rule.
This top-down system rollback initially gave rise to some contradictory thoughts among the people of ancient Shanshan. Countless civil strife occurred, leaving behind a small tail - within the ruling class, matrilineal clan rule. Among ordinary people, patriarchy is still in charge.
This situation of complete separation between the ruling class and the popular class was the source of several rebellions among the people in Shanshan Kingdom. Fortunately, the oasis was about to dry up and they needed to find another place to live. This contradiction was suppressed by the alliance between the Shanshan royal family and the Monmu royal family.
In view of the powerful power of the fish pendant, everyone must give way to survival, and the throne of the king has been determined from male to female. In order to maintain domestic stability, the Shanshan royal family can only eliminate changes in ruling power as much as possible. , began to deify the queen's power to rule the world, and the magical power of the jade pendant always ensured that the throne was in the hands of the king.
It can also be seen from other people's information that the system of female heirs has existed for nearly three hundred years since the Eastern Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. During this period, the ancient Shanshan country also produced nearly twenty-five Shanshan queens. The rule of these queens of Shanshan allowed the ancient Shanshan Kingdom to survive for nearly three hundred years. Otherwise, the ancient Shanshan Kingdom might have disappeared into the desert with the invasion of wind and sand.
Three hundred years were enough for the Queen to stabilize her rule. Under the idea of deifying the Queen, Queen Shanshan completely became the patron saint of the oasis desert and the secular ruler of Shanshan Kingdom with the blood of the gods. At the same time, in most of the scriptures praising virtues, In pictures and documents, she is also a goddess blessed by heaven and able to communicate with heaven and earth.
If we include the later information, they have already seen the "Gong Xing Mural in Shahai King City"!
