Phi-Fic Chapter 145
Chapter 145
"Your Excellency, I think it would be better to send some people with a medical background to find Zhang Zhongjing, copy his Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, and study with him for a few months."
When Liu Bei's men found Zhang Zhongjing in Lingnan, he was already surrounded by many people. Not only Zhang Zhongjing, but also the other two great doctors were there.
They copied medical books casually, but they would not follow any faction, even if they talked until their lips were worn out.
A few years later, the place where the three miracle doctors lived also became a medical holy place.
[Dowry is an essential item for a woman's marriage and also represents the love her parents have for their daughter. So what are some of the more famous dowries in Chinese history?]
The first is a wash basin given to his daughter, Meng Ji, by Duke Wen of Jin, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. The basin is so exquisite that the animals inside it move when water is added.
[There are inscriptions engraved around the plate, the main meaning of which represents a father's love for his daughter.]
Daqin
The Spring and Autumn Period was quite far away from the Qin Dynasty, but after Qin Shihuang looked at the plate carefully, he still felt familiar with it, as he recognized all the words on the plate.
He also had a beloved daughter, Yin Man, so when she got married, he could make her a more exquisite one.
They also wanted to give more fiefs as a dowry, so as not to let their daughters suffer.
"Li Si, have your craftsmen make a plate like this," Qin Shi Huang ordered. "Make it even more exquisite. After all, we came from a much later era than the Jin Dynasty, so something more refined is warranted."
Tang Dynasty
Princess Taiping fell in love with the plate at first sight. You know, although bronze is called bronze, it is not blue, but gold. Thinking about what it looks like, she wanted it even more eagerly.
"Mother, I want that plate too!"
"I don't know where it's buried. I can't do anything about it."
Princess Taiping paused. Her original intention was not to dig up anyone's grave. Couldn't she ask the craftsmen to make one for her? It shouldn't be difficult to make.
Of course she wouldn't mind if it was made of gold.
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After discussing Duke Wen of Jin, let's move on to Emperor Yizong of Tang. He had a beloved daughter named Princess Tongchang. When the princess got married, Emperor Yizong gave her a dowry of five million strings of cash and countless jewels.
[This amount was almost equivalent to a quarter of the imperial court’s fiscal revenue at the time.]
[Also, the dowry included a nine-phoenix hairpin, on which were nine phoenixes of different shapes, each one vivid and lifelike.]
"I didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to still be so wealthy at the end of the dynasty. What a shame it wasn't spent in the right places."
"This is the royal family, of course they have money. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was poor, but didn't Prince Fu also take a lot of things with him when he went to the vassal state?"
"The Nine-Phoenix Hairpin is said to be no good, and may be a burial object."
Li Shimin was really angry. This is really an unfilial son! The Tang Dynasty is already in turmoil, and he still took out so much money. Wouldn’t it be better to keep it to save the Tang Dynasty?
The Tang Dynasty was not like the Red Eyebrows, who robbed graves, so where did this burial object come from? Could it be that someone in later generations went to dig up other people's graves?
Princess Taiping's eyes widened. She had just asked for a pure gold wash basin, but now she realized that she was indeed a little shortsighted.
Compared with this Princess Tongchang, my dowry is nothing.
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Isn't this talking about the dowry of the Tang Dynasty princess? Why did the comment section mention the Ming Dynasty again? Although it was only one sentence, it still gave Zhu Yuanzhang a headache.
Prince Fu?
Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head slightly. Who gave him this title? And how much did he take with him? Did he take away a quarter of the fiscal revenue like Princess Tongchang?
Which generation of unfilial descendants are these?
Princess Meng's dowry was exquisite, and Princess Tongchang's was extravagant, but this woman's dowry was the most impressive. This was Empress Wei Zifu of Emperor Wu of Han. She brought with her the two great men of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.