"This...could it be the imperial seal in your hand?"
"The jade material of this national jade seal is not like the warm Chu jade like the legendary He's Bi, but more like the white jade donated from the Western Regions!"
"Look!"
"How come the handwriting of this Imperial Seal is so different from the imprint of the Imperial Seal in the calligraphy and painting of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that I have in my home?"
"yes!"
"There seems to be something wrong with this imperial seal!"
"You see, it is rumored that the imperial seal had already been smashed by the Queen Mother of the Western Han Dynasty. Later, Wang Mang ordered people to fill the gaps with gold, but this jade seal is intact!"
"I'm afraid there's something really wrong with this imperial seal!"
At this time, two prime ministers, Zhao Kangbo and Wang Jun, questioned the jade seal handed down by Zhao Gou.
"This national jade seal is indeed a two-hundred-year-old inheritance from the Song Dynasty. How could it be fake?"
"There is no way that Emperor Taizu of my dynasty could pass down a fake imperial seal to me as a national treasure!"
"You must be dazzled!"
Zhao Gou naturally didn't believe it.
"Your Majesty, please wait for me!"
"I will go back to my house to get it now. The two emperors Taizong and Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty used several pairs of calligraphy seals with the seals of the imperial seal to compare them, and then they can confirm the authenticity of the imperial seal!"
After Wang Jun finished speaking, he immediately left the hall.
Not long after, Wang Jun hurriedly came holding a few calligraphy and paintings.
When Wang Jun opened the first set of calligraphy and painting, there was indeed a mark on it that said, "Ordered by Heaven, you will live forever."
So Wang Jun immediately asked someone to bring a piece of paper, picked up the imperial seal, and pressed it on the paper.
Wang Jun then took the handwriting on the paper and compared it with the mark on Tang Taizong's painting in front of Zhao Gou and others.
"What...what's going on?"
"Why is there such a big gap between the two marks?"
"It seems that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty must have privately carved a jade seal to pass down the country, which is why the handwriting is so different from my jade seal to pass down the country!"
At this time, Zhao Gou naturally did not want to believe that there was something wrong with the national jade seal in his hand.
Immediately, Wang Jun opened another painting written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. On it was a portrait of Concubine Yang, and it was also printed with the four words "Ordered by Heaven, both longevity and longevity". After comparing it with this "Jade Seal of Inheriting the Country", there was still a gap.
huge.
"Your Majesty, you don't believe that Tang Taizong's paintings will use real jade seals to pass down the country, but in this painting written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty for his favorite Concubine Yang, the jade seal to pass down the country will definitely not be fake!"
"Look again, this is a silk painting written by Emperor Liang Yuan from an earlier period. It also has the seal of the imperial seal. It is indeed very different from your seal. It is very different!"
"On the contrary, although the seals on these three calligraphy and paintings are of different ages, it can be clearly seen that they are all stamped with the same seal and ribbon!"
"So there may be something wrong with these national jade seals in your hands!"
Wang Jun compared Zhao Gou one by one.
"This...this...could it be that the jade seal passed down by the Song Dynasty for so many years is a forgery?"
"Then where is the real imperial seal?"
"Could it be that it's really in the hands of Xu Xian?"
"What should I do?"
"What should I do?"
When Zhao Gou discovered that the imperial seal in his hand might be fake, he panicked.
"correct!"
"Didn't our Emperor Taizong leave a confidential document titled "The Founding of the Song Dynasty"?"
"I heard that it records a lot of major events when the Song Dynasty was founded. Maybe there will be records of this jade seal passed down to the country!"
"Sage, why don't you ask someone to take it and find out?"
Wang Jun suddenly reminded Emperor Zhao Gou.
"right……!"
"It seems that I did receive a copy of "The Founding of the Song Dynasty" written by Emperor Taizong from Zhang Bangchang before!"
"Go and find me this book quickly!"
Zhao Gou seemed to remember that he had seen this book.
After a while, the eunuch found an old and yellowed book, with the words "Zhao Jiong personally recorded the story of the founding of the Song Dynasty" engraved on it.
Zhao Jiong is naturally the name he changed after Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne.
Afterwards, Wang Jun immediately started searching for Zhao Gou.
"This...right here!"
"The record is here!"
After flipping through the book for a while, Wang Jun finally stopped his movements with a solemn expression, and then said excitedly.
"What?"
"The purpose of Zhou Emperor Chai Rong's crusade against the Khitans was not only to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but also to take back the imperial seal of our Central Plains Dynasty from the Khitans?"
"Taizu and Taizong had the same goal as Zhou Emperor Chai Rong. As a result, Emperor Taizong saw that there was no hope of regaining the sixteen states of Yanyun and regaining the jade seal of the country. In the end, he had no choice but to order people to imitate the current jade seal of the country.
The national jade seal!"
"This...how is this possible?"
"The Song Dynasty was founded nearly two hundred years ago, but we actually used a forged jade seal to pass down the country?"
"This...this is really ridiculous!"
"How ridiculous!"
Immediately, Zhao Gou quickly took the book from Wang Jun's hand. When he saw it, everyone was stunned.
"Your Majesty!"
"Since it has been confirmed that your imperial jade seal is not genuine, then the imperial jade seal in Xu Xian's hand is most likely real!"
"Moreover, the two late emperors Taizu and Taizong tried their best but failed to recapture the imperial seal from the Liao people. Even when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, there was no record of any imperial seal!"
"Presumably the Imperial Seal did not follow Shi Jingtang and the Khitan to destroy the Tang Dynasty, but fell into the hands of Shi Jingtang or the Khitan!"
"If we follow this calculation, I am afraid that the Imperial Seal was actually thrown into the Luo River by Li Congke, the emperor of the late Tang Dynasty who was about to perish, as rumored!"
"And now that Xu Xian captured Luoyang and obtained the imperial seal from it, I'm afraid it is a fact!"
"So Your Majesty, you should give the order as soon as possible and ask Xu Xian to hand over the authentic jade seal of the country immediately!"
Zhao Kangbo suggested at this time.
"I must make him hand over this national jade seal!"
"Come here and draft an edict for me immediately!"
Zhao Gou began to give orders to the people around him.
"Your Majesty, wait!"
"Wait a minute!"
"Although Xu Xian is rebellious, everything is caused by Your Majesty's failure to support his continued Northern Expedition!"
"If you just draft an imperial edict and send it to someone, it's definitely impossible for Xu Xian to obey the imperial edict and hand over the imperial seal!"
"Didn't Xu Xian just ask Your Majesty to make him a king? Isn't it just a king with a different surname?"
"Instead of doing this, Your Majesty, you can simply grant it the title of King Xu. If his wish is fulfilled, he will definitely be happy to hand over the imperial seal!"
Zhao Kangbo suggested again.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to Prime Minister Zhao!"
"Prime Minister Zhao, this is a policy of appeasement. It will only fuel the arrogance of the rebel Xu Xian!"
"When the time comes, if you ban the rebel thief Xu Xianwang, he will be able to use this name to cause trouble!"