But years and years will cause it lose some clarity even if the characters are engraved on stones.
Today, the archaeology department of the history college is busy:
Because today, Professor Huang from the Department of History at Soochow University discovered a stone plate from ancient times through field archaeology.
The script on the stone tablet is seal script, which can be easily identified as dating back to the Qin and Han dynasties.
The text on the stone is not very clear, and the characters can only be seen faintly, roughly like this:
"Da Qin"
"Rebellion"
"Tianming"
These characters.
The teachers in the Archaeology Department of the History College attach great importance to this:
This could be the most significant clue to solve the century-old mystery of the fall of Da Qin!
This question has plagued historians for many years——
The history of China is extremely, extremely, extremely grand, stretching back two thousand years from the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang to the time of Emperor Han Wu.
However, how did the Qin Dynasty fall?
They do not know.
The official history of that period, "The Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji), is vague about that part.
Countless field archaeology excavations have not been able to uncover anything about it.
They have also discovered the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang and many other historical relics, proving that the Qin Dynasty did indeed exist and was very prosperous, but:
Based on current archaeological findings, the Qin Dynasty should have been an era of highly developed agriculture.
With the policy of favoring agriculture and suppressing merchants and the relatively favorable historical and geographical conditions, it is inconceivable that the Qin Dynasty could have been a short-lived one.
This stone tablet may have solved this problem.
In the past, they usually used an AI large model trained by Zhao Ping'an, a student from the History College, to identify the characters.
In computer vision, he is very outstanding.
However, this large model does not work today:
It has failed to identify the general content and meaning of the characters on the stone tablet.
This is quite rare.
This large model has often made a few mistakes, but how can it fail to identify any characters at all?
Even the most prominent "Zhaozi" (Bright Son) characters on the stone could not be identified.
...
Zhao Ping'an hurriedly rushed to the History and Archaeology Research Center.
In the research room, the familiar Professor Huang was already waiting for him:
"Are you here?"
Professor Huang was calm and composed, holding a bottle of brewed black tea, wearing old-fashioned glasses with black frames, and greeted Zhao Ping'an.
Zhao Ping'an nodded, "Professor Huang, what kind of problem have we encountered?"
Professor Huang shrugged and said, "That's it. We found a stone tablet."
"The stone tablet was found in a strange location, buried by the wind-swept sands at the border of Da Qin during its reign."
"There's an even stranger phenomenon. After cattle and sheep in the grasslands disappear, they always show up on this small hill."
"Furthermore, according to the wind and sand accumulation for two thousand years, this stone tablet should have long since broken down. How is it still preserved?"
Professor Huang seemed also puzzled, "The existence of this thing completely violates the past historical concept."
"There's a character called 'Zhaozi' mentioned on it, and this 'Zhaozi' is very strange."
"The history books have never recorded where he came from or what he did. They only recorded that he was the imperial teacher of the Qin Dynasty and had known Li Si when he was young."
"Looking at this stone tablet, he seems to have some connection with the fall of Da Qin again. According to historical materials, it is suspected that he had a collusion with Liu Bang."
"This kind of person must have lived for over a hundred years. In an era where the average lifespan was around thirty-one years, this is truly very strange."
"We were just about to decipher it, but your program crashed."
Zhao Ping'an feigned a modest smile and said, "Sorry, Professor Huang."
"I'll fix it right now."
Professor Huang laughed and said, "No need to rush, it's fine."
"I was just teasing you."
"No hurry today, many experts are coming yet."
Zhao Ping'an wondered, "Experts? What kind of experts?"
Am I an expert on Qin and Han history... Zhao Ping'an silently muttered in his heart.
"Of course, an expert in historical archaeology! An expert in the history of Qin and Han!"
Professor Huang said with great emphasis, "For example, the Li Xianan who was here yesterday will come today."
Zhao Ping'an's face immediately changed color, as if he had eaten something bad.
Professor Huang was also a prodigy in his youth, a decade older than Zhao Ping'an, and they spoke without reserve, teasingly said:
"Alright, you don't have to look so serious. Li Xianan does indeed... have a bit of a problem with his head sometimes."
"After all, names like that say it all. He also has some computer needs, and this time he came to me because he heard our model was powerful."
"Their research team wants one too, but they don't have any money... They wanted to ask a favor and get me to ask you."
Zhao Ping'an and Professor Huang looked at each other, both of them with a helpless expression.
He took out his mobile phone, rushed to the tea break and said:
"Professor Huang, I didn't have anything to do anyway, might as well play some games while I wait."
Professor Huang immediately became very angry, shouting, "That's not good manners."
"Even though you've switched to computer science, at least give the industry leaders a decent appearance."
Zhao Ping'an helplessly smiled and feigned a whisper to Professor Huang, "It's mainly because my girlfriend asked me..."
Professor Huang's eyes turned instantly, "I was worried about your personal issues before, but it seems like it's not too bad..."
"That's fine, that's fine, then you go."
"Just call me when you need me, you can go first."
For students' requests to solve personal issues, he firmly supports it.
Zhao Ping'an smiled softly and walked to the tea break area.
Professor Huang is a man with refined tastes, who enjoys chatting with the girl who makes tea during the tea break. This area is not monitored.
Zhao Ping'an took out his mobile phone, "What caused the fall of the Qin Dynasty?"
After the worldline shifts, many things have changed. The most typical example is the premature birth of antibiotics.
Now, it seems that the only reason is that the oppressive Qin Dynasty was insatiable and repeated the original historical cycle.
However...
"It's impossible!"
He opened his phone, and he would need to communicate with Emperor Qin Shi Huang himself to make an approximate guess.
On the mobile phone, the characters are clear:
【I'm coming.】
【Your Majesty, may I know what issue you have?】
Zhao Ping'an still remembers to this day, when the Qin Shi Huang came to him, it was to ask about the matter of immortality.
This game adjusts time, and Zhao Ping'an's reply is also right in the time when Emperor Qin Shi Huang asked the question.
"Immortality... Emperor Qin Shi Huang cannot seek immortality. If you seek it, that's truly doomed."
...
Emperor Qin Shi Huang looked at the talisman in his hand, "How should I ask about immortality?"
This time, he came to Master Zhaozi because he was seeking the elixir of immortality—
As the representative of Tianming, Master Zhaozi certainly knows about the elixir of immortality!
As the representative of Tianming (Heaven's Mandate), Master Zhaozi could not possibly be unaware of the elixir of immortality!
Emperor Qin Shi Huang needs the elixir of immortality not just for himself, but also for the benefit of the Qin Dynasty!
