Jade seal? Jian Yi immediately turned back to look at Chu Zhi. Chu Zhi also handed the jade seal in his hand to him and said: "This is a jade seal we picked up from a pile of corpses. Jian Yushi, look at this. Which Royal Highness’s jade seal is it?”
Jian Yi took the jade seal from Chu Zhi. Looking through Chu Zhi's eyes, Jian Yi looked indifferent at first, but after seeing the words at the bottom of the jade seal, he became nervous and looked back carefully. He said something to the prefect of Henan.
The prefect of Henan was also surprised immediately. He took the jade seal from Jian Yi and looked at it carefully several times, and then said something to Jian Yi.
Then the entire civil service team gathered together, arguing fiercely while looking at the jade seal in Jian Yi's hand.
After a long time, Jian Yi and Henan Magistrate walked up to Chu Zhi again with expressions of disbelief and admiration for Chu Zhi, and said to Chu Zhi who looked confused: "This is an incredible thing. thing."
Chu Zhi didn't know what it was, but as if he felt something, he asked in a very soft voice: "What on earth is this?"
Jian Yi said: "If we are not mistaken, this is the imperial seal."
At this time, I don’t know why, but the dark clouds surrounding the sun have dispersed, and the warm winter sunshine shines on everyone, as if God knows that a treasure handed down from ancient times has reappeared in the world.
"What! The Jade Seal of Chuan Guo!" Chu Zhi shouted uncontrollably. Although he is a rough man, how come he has never heard of the Jade Seal of Chuan Guo!
Xing Qianhu, who followed from the side, also had a shocked expression on his face.
However, Zhang Yide and Zhang Baihu who followed them had no idea what they were talking about. Seeing that they all looked shocked, they couldn't help but ask: "What is the Imperial Seal?"
As soon as he said these words, a group of people looked at him like an idiot. Xing Qianhu wanted to say something but was worried about Chu Zhi and did not say it. However, Chu Zhi had no one to worry about, so he opened his mouth and said: "You can't even pass the national jade seal." Never heard of it? What did you eat when you grew up!"
"Have you never seen those dramas about the Three Kingdoms? Sun Jian went into the palace at night and took something from the palace maid..."
Zhang Yide showed the same surprised look at this time and said: "This is the jade seal sung in the opera? Why is it here? Shouldn't it be by the emperor's side?"
Jian Yi didn't know what he was thinking, but he patiently answered him: "There was no Chuanguo Jade Seal at the beginning of this dynasty. The Chuanguo Jade Seal disappeared more than four hundred years ago."
"According to legend, the national jade seal originated from the Qin Emperor. The Qin Emperor carved it with the He family jade, and engraved the eight characters "Ordered by Heaven to live forever and prosperously". At the end of the Qin Dynasty, when the war broke out, Liu Bang led his troops to Xianyang. The seal is "dedicated to Liu Bang. When Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty and ascended the throne, he wore this jade seal passed down to the country. It is known as the "Jade Seal passed down from the Han Dynasty"."
"At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang took power. Emperor Liu Ying was only two years old, and the jade seal was in charge of the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan. Wang Mang ordered Wang Shun, Marquis of Anyang, to force the queen mother to hand over the jade seal, but she was angrily reprimanded by the empress dowager. When the queen mother threw the jade seal to the ground in anger, a corner of the jade seal was thrown off. , and later repaired it with gold, leaving flaws from then on..."
"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shi Changshi revolted,... Later Yuan Shu was defeated and died, and the "Jade Seal of the State" was returned to the Han Dynasty to present the Emperor."
"When the Three Kingdoms were established, the jade seal belonged to Wei, and the three kingdoms were unified, and the jade seal belonged to the Jin Dynasty. After that, the Five Husties disrupted China, and the jade seal passed down from one country to another was circulated among different families... In the end, the Sui Dynasty unified the whole country, and the jade seal belonged to the Sui Dynasty."
"After the death of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Xiao and the emperor's grandson Zhengdao fled to the Mobei Turks with the imperial seal. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Empress Xiao and the emperor's grandson Zhengdao returned to the Central Plains, and the imperial seal passed to Li Tang."
"There was great chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Quanzhong deposed Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty and established himself as emperor. He established the Later Liang Dynasty and seized the imperial seal. Li Cunxu destroyed the Hou Liang Dynasty and established the Later Tang Dynasty. The imperial seal passed down to the Later Tang Dynasty."
"In the third year of Qingtai (936 AD), Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty captured Luoyang, and Li Congke, the late Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, died in the palace. From then on, the whereabouts of the national jade seal are unknown."
"After that, through the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, there was no national jade seal. Who would have thought that today, the national jade seal on the bank of Luoyang City would see the light of day again."
Jian Yi turned his head and congratulated Chu Zhi and said, "Commander Chu has made a great contribution to discovering the jade seal passed down to the country. I think your majesty will not hesitate to reward him with a title."
When Chu Zhi heard Jian Yi's words, he imagined the beautiful days when he would become a knight, and he was fascinated for a while.
The reappearance of the jade seal that has not seen the light of day for more than 400 years is enough to show the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty and the orthodoxy of His Majesty. What a timely treasure this is for the Ming Dynasty, which has just had a rebellion, and what a help it is to Your Majesty. Directly grant him the title of Marquis.
No one has an opinion.
But he immediately woke up. The dream is beautiful and very feasible, but is this so-called imperial seal real? If it is true, there is hope for a knighthood, but if it is found to be fake in the end, it will be a lie.
It's a sin.
But Chu Zhi himself did not have the ability to distinguish authenticity, and he was unwilling to give up this opportunity to make a contribution, and he did not dare to keep it by his side. He rolled his eyes and said: "Jian Yushi, when this national jade seal was discovered, you also
Being present also has a share of credit, so why not Jian Yushi and I submit the letter together. I, Chu Zhi, do not only enjoy this credit."
Then he said to Magistrate Henan: "Prefect Yin should also sign a letter together."
Jian Yi and Yin Tai looked at each other. They also had the same worry. Although they compared it with the Chuanguo Jade Seal in their own memories, they found no problems. Even Wang Mang, Cao Pi, Shi Le and others successively carved the seals on the Chuanguo Jade Seal.
The text was also discovered. Both the text and the handwriting were correct, but they were not sure that this was the real jade seal passed down from the country.
But this contribution is really too great, too great. Even if it only takes up a little bit, there must be something to eat.
Jian Yi hesitated for a while and said: "Whether this is a jade seal handed down from the country or not, it must be a jade seal passed down from the previous dynasty. The last dynasty that made Luoyang its capital was the Later Tang Dynasty, at least most of them are jade seals from the Later Tang Dynasty."
"In this case, why not write in the memorial that this is a jade seal found outside Luoyang City. The commander-in-chief Chu Zhi, the censor Jian Yi, the prefect of Henan Yin Tai and others suspect that it is a jade seal passed down to the country, and please your majesty to inspect it."
Chu Zhi thought about it carefully and felt that there was no loophole, so he immediately ordered the accompanying Governor Wei to draft a memorial. Naturally, his own contribution was put first in the memorial.
After that, Jian Yi and Yin Tai also looked at the memorial. Although they also wanted to take more credit for their own contributions, there were so many eyes staring at the scene, so they had no choice. They nodded to express no opinion and stamped their official seals.
Afterwards, Jian Yi said to Chu Zhi: "This matter is of great importance. I also ask Commander Chu to personally lead the army and deliver it to His Majesty in the capital."
Chu Zhi nodded. Of course he knew that the matter was of great importance. He said: "I personally led thousands of cavalrymen to the capital. Two thousand fine cavalry are enough to protect the jade seal of the country." In addition to his own guard post, this time he suppressed the rebellion.
He brought another guard station, so he had two thousand cavalry.
Jian Yi said: "No matter what, Commander Chu, please be careful."
Chu Zhi nodded, called the commander of another guard post and told him to take charge of the affairs here, and then he called all the cavalry and set off without delaying for a moment.
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What Yunxi just saw was a memorial telling that the jade seal of the Chuan Dynasty might see the light of day again. That's why he lost his composure, and he heard that people from the five provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were secretly causing trouble.
When Yang Shiqi and Guo Hongtao came here, they saw Yun Xi who was so arrogant.
The two of them walked in anxiously and saluted Yunxi. Yunxi was so rude just now. What happened to make him behave like this? He didn't even act like this when he knew that King Qi Fei was rebelling.
After all, Yang Shiqi was Yunxi's confidant, and he had just made great achievements, so he asked: "Your Majesty, what happened to make Your Majesty behave like this?"
Yunxi said: "The reason why I am so rude now is different from the reason why I asked you to come here just now." As he said that, he handed the memorial in his hand to Yang Shiqi.
Yang Shiqi took the memorial out of curiosity, and after looking at it for a few times, he was stunned. Then Guo Hongtao took it over and looked at it for a few times, too.
However, Guo Hongtao had experienced a lot of things after all, so he reacted immediately, knelt down and said: "I congratulate your majesty and congratulate the Ming Dynasty!"
Yang Shiqi immediately reacted and knelt down and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty!"
Yunxi smiled and said: "You guys get up." However, although Yunxi smiled, he was more confused than happy in his heart.
Yang Shiqi asked: "How does your Majesty plan to announce this matter?"
Yunxi said: "I haven't seen the real thing now, and Jian Yi is not sure that it is the jade seal of the country, so I don't dare to announce it as the jade seal of the country. Otherwise, if it is found to be fake, it will be a big joke."
Yang Shiqi said: "Comrade Jian is second only to Comrade Xie in terms of talent and knowledge in the court, and is similar to Qi Dongfu and others. Although he is not sure that this is the jade seal passed down to the country, it is clearly confirmed between the lines. He is just cautious so he does not conclude
That’s all.”
Yunxi said: "But I am the same. I dare not make a conclusion."
"I have decided that after the imperial seal arrives in Fengyang, I will let Fengyang's civil and military officials take a look. If they still cannot make a conclusion, I will send it to the capital and allow the officials in the entire capital to identify whether it is true or false."
The matter of passing on the national jade seal was too big. Not only could it make a joke, Yunxi also had other worries.
The timing of the appearance of the Chuan Guo Jade Seal was too coincidental. They had just discovered a line between the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and had pacified the Yan and Qi rebellions. Yunxi felt that there was a conspiracy. He was very worried that someone had given it to him.
He dug a hole and waited for him to jump into it to destroy his reputation.
And if he has determined that the jade seal is genuine, but an official from the five Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces comes out to prove that it is false, he will not be able to take action against the officials from the five Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces for a while, otherwise it will be considered retaliation.
If this is really someone's plan, it can kill two birds with one stone.
That's why Yunxi is so cautious.
Yang Shiqi didn't think so much. He felt that Yun Xi's method was sound and had no objection. However, Guo Hongtao's eyes flashed.