Chapter 196 Who can explain this to me?
"I understand now. That's how Bangzi got its name."

"Then who is this emperor in green clothes?" Li Zi asked Zhang Yang with blinking eyes.

Calling oneself "I" does not seem like something a god would do, at least it was done by emperors after the Qin Dynasty.

"Why not just call him Emperor Li Zi!" Zhang Yang replied with a smile.

"I'm serious with you. Don't lie to me like this. What if I really believe it?" Li Zi patted Zhang Yang coquettishly.

"Well, actually, I imagined this person to be Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. It was him who personally led the expedition against Goguryeo. It would be perfect for him to give the Korean people a name."

Zhang Yang thought about the news title [Bangzi named by Emperor Taizong of Tang] and thought it was not bad.

But the international student anchor doesn’t seem to think so.

The word "bangzi" originally meant a slave.

If you analyze it carefully, it is similar to "Nico".

Nigo refers to a nigger, and bangzi refers to a slave, both of which are used to state the facts in a derogatory way.

How could a "spirited guy" hold his composure when hearing this?

When the live broadcast was directed to the center of the mural, viewers soon noticed the stick in the picture.

In fact, it is impossible not to notice it, because Zhang Yang deliberately used white paint to paint it, and even added some halos, which made it particularly prominent among the red, green and yellow colorful patterns.

Soon, several yin and yang comments passed by:

[As expected of a Korean country, even the gods gave them Koreans]

[Some Chinese thieves even said that "Bang" is a name we use to discriminate against them. Now their ancestors have come out to prove that the name was given by God.]

[It’s confirmed. I suggest that the Great Cold Nether Kingdom be renamed the Big Stick Country]

"Are you blind? This is not a stick, it's obviously a scepter!"

The international student anchor became anxious:

"Bangzi is an insult. My classmates have made it clear that they don't like Chinese people calling them that. You are only exposing your own quality by calling them that."

"Please don't bring shame to our countrymen. It will be very difficult for us international students to survive abroad."

When he spoke the last part, the international student anchor was almost roaring and his face turned red.

"What he said seems to make sense." Li Zi looked at Zhang Yang innocently and said.

"is it?"

While Zhang Yang was responding to Li Zi's words, he typed on his tablet:
[stick stick stick stick stick stick stick stick stick]

Then sent it out.

Li Zi saw this scene and burst out laughing:
"Zhang Yang, you are so mean. Isn't this anchor going to be pissed off by you?"

Zhang Yang shrugged innocently and explained his motivation:
"Who told him to blackmail me? For some unknown reason, he even gave his opinion to his Korean master."

The other viewers also understood the meme, and some immediately followed suit and copied Zhang Yang's comments.

The screen was filled with "sticks" floating across the screen one after another.

“Ugh—” The international student anchor could only feel helpless and furious.

However, no matter how happy he was, Zhang Yang still overestimated the level of the audience in the live broadcast room. After introducing for a long time, no one recognized the cursive writing he wrote.

Is it because his writing is too abstract?

Zhang Yang shook his head in his heart, it was impossible, he was half a calligrapher.

However, no one could recognize the characters, so naturally no one mentioned the naming of the sticks.

"What if they don't understand this map?" Li Zi looked at Zhang Yang anxiously.

"How about you send a message to remind them?"

"May I?"

"Of course you can. Anyway, Zhu Ruyan's paper is about the entire ancient tomb. If someone noticed this detail, it won't affect anything."

"Okay!" Li Zi picked up the tablet excitedly, thinking carefully about what kind of barrage to send.

At the same time, the international student anchor was still going crazy on the tablet’s speakers.

"You Chinese people are so uncultured. You are completely destroying the friendship between the two countries. I am ashamed to be associated with you!"

"You really don't deserve to watch this press conference!" Little did he know that he was just a part of Zhang Yang and Li Zi's play.

Soon a long barrage passed by:

[Has no one noticed that the man in green robe looks like Emperor Taizong of Tang? The stick in front of him looks like his servant.]

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Many viewers in the live broadcast room saw this comment, and then took a look at the live broadcast, and everyone's reaction was similar:
Don't say it, you really don't say it.

It's like the Chinese emperor is giving the Goguryeo people sticks.

[Brothers, I understand now. This is how the Korean word came about.]

[Have you seen it? It was given by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin]

[Can anyone tell me what the string of ghostly characters next to it says? Is it possible that it records this incident?]

Finally someone noticed the words on the mural, and Li Zi was very excited.

She had already felt the pleasure of leading the trend in the barrage, and was immediately ready to continue posting barrages to explain what the cursive words left by Zhang Yang said.

But just as she finished typing and before she could click send, the system suddenly popped up a prompt:

"This live broadcast room has been closed."

"Ah this..."

"This young man is psychologically fragile and couldn't withstand the online violence from so many people, so he went off the air right away." Zhang Yang explained to Li Zi.

"Oh, what a pity."

Li Zi sighed with regret, turned to look at Zhang Yang, and said very seriously:
"I originally thought that what you and Zhu Ruyan did was just because you were bored."

"But just now, I realized that I was wrong. What you did is very meaningful!"

"Next time I suggest attacking Xiao Ri directly and tearing open their false history!"

Zhang Yang looked at Li Zi's excitement and smiled at her: "Don't worry, the excitement is yet to come!"

"When this press conference is over, you can wait and see the monsters and demons on the Internet who are eager to jump out to build momentum for their master, but are then hit hard and look embarrassed."

……

Zhang Yang almost perfectly predicted what would happen next. A few days after the press conference, a large number of tweets began to appear on the Simplified Chinese Internet.

There are those who play straight balls:
"Does the discovery of the Goguryeo ruins next door mean that their history is not shorter than ours? After all, our culture was interrupted after Yashan, but ours has been passed down from generation to generation next door."

There is an excuse to attack domestic archaeological experts, and directly turn to the Chinese:
"What about those experts who swore that Goguryeo was a local separatist regime in our country? Why are they silent? Some people's dream of the Celestial Empire should be awakened!"

There are also mindless pull and step with the rhythm:

"I think the Dunhuang murals are just so-so. They are just Buddha statues. What's the point? They are not as good as the traditional mythological figures. Don't brag about them anymore!"

This time the momentum is even greater than the one before the press conference.

Zhang Yang even saw in his circle of friends that Mr. Ma, who studies the Dunhuang murals, wrote a short essay explaining the differences between the murals in the Goguryeo ancient tombs and the Dunhuang murals, and reminding everyone not to be led astray.

Public opinion fermented so strongly that even the relevant experts could not stand it anymore.

It was at this time that Archaeology Weekly suddenly published an article titled:

The Origin of the Word Bangzi Finally Clarified: Impressions from the Press Conference on the Ancient Goguryeo Tombs

In this article, the author explains in simple terms what exactly happened at the press conference that day.

Then the content of the murals and the text on them were analyzed in detail.

Of course, the main thing is the text above.

Finally, combined with historical facts, this paper analyzes and raises a thought-provoking question:

Thieves, are you the descendants of the Bangzi given the name by Emperor Taizong of Tang? Can you give me a definite answer?

Since Archaeology Weekly is a global academic journal, this article was translated early the next morning and sent to the email addresses of the leaders of the Great Han Kingdom and the National Heritage Department.

That morning, the leader had just finished playing golf with the son of a wealthy family and returned to the office refreshed. When he saw the email, his eyes went dark:
Can anyone tell me what is going on? How did the people of our Great Cold Nation become Koreans?
What? Is it written on the cultural relics?
I was repeatedly reminded that no Chinese characters should appear on the cultural relics at the press conference.

Who has done this to expose all our secrets?

(End of this chapter)