Because this house has been closed all year round, even though people come to clean it from time to time, it still smells moldy.
In order to prevent the file from getting moldy and damaged, they put a lot of herbs in it, and the smell in the house was weird.
Shen Mingzhu landed lightly on the ground, and immediately looked around. The bookshelves were filled with files, and they were all hung with signs.
She quickly browsed through the listings, but didn't find what she was looking for.
When she searched twice and thought there was nothing there, she discovered that there were some low cabinets against the south wall. She didn't notice them at first and thought they were window sills.
She jumped over and took a look. There was a lock on the cabinet, but it couldn't stop her.
She took out a piece of copper wire and opened the ancient copper lock with a few clicks. There was a faint scent of sandalwood inside, which must have been a spice used to prevent moisture and insects.
She looked around and found that there were quite a lot of confidential files inside. Soon she saw some files from the period of Emperor Jialong, from the beginning of registration to the last twenty-one years, all in a small cabinet.
She flipped through it casually, trying to find the pattern of their visits, and soon discovered that if it was an important file, there would be a vermilion mark on the spine.
After understanding this, she looked again and saw that those scarlet marks were no longer simple marks, but rather important classifications.
Then she saw the files of Emperor Jialong's ten years.
She knew that when the late emperor was ten years old, the three kingdoms of Qin, Jin, and Yue worked together to destroy Chen, the richest country, and then supported a puppet regime to unite the four major families of Western Chen to govern Chen.
Since then, Chen State's rich gold and silver mines, iron ores, coal mines and jewelry have been divided among the three countries. Several forces have waxed and waned, causing Xi Chen to collapse. For more than 20 years, it has remained a piece of disorganized sand.
If the country continues to be divided, the four major families will fight against each other openly and secretly, and there will never be peace.
Shen Mingzhu noticed a person, a general named Xie Jinwu. He was the most powerful general during the late emperor's period.
Not only was this man extraordinarily handsome, but he was also talented in literature, elegant, and resourceful. He was known as a Confucian general in white.
When the late emperor united the other two countries to attack Xichen, it was Jie Jinwu who led the army, and his achievements were unparalleled.
What makes people wonder is that a general with such outstanding achievements should be famous throughout the ages and shine in the annals of history, but why is he not seen among the famous generals of the Qin Dynasty later?
Not only that, this man died of illness in the fourteenth year of the late emperor's reign, and the emperor's posthumous title was actually Wenzhong, giving him the highest posthumous title for a civil servant.
Then in the second year of the new emperor's reign, the entire Xie family was wiped out. The crime was that they colluded with the Western Chen traitors to commit rebellion!
Conspiracy has been a very serious crime in all dynasties. No emperor can tolerate it, let alone ministers, even husband and wife, father and son, brothers. The outcome is always the winner or loser.
But Shen Mingzhu looked through it, but didn't see any treasonous moves by the Xie family. After Jie Jinwu helped the late emperor destroy Xichen, he asked several times to remove his armor and return to his fields. If the late emperor hadn't refused, he would have done it long ago.
He left behind his glory and wealth and traveled away.
However, he later stopped caring about government affairs, and even took the initiative to return military power to the emperor. He spent all day at home writing, writing, and growing flowers and grass. It can be said that he became an idle general.
