Chapter 413 Destiny
Zhao Xing shook his head slightly when he heard this. What Han Zhang said did make sense.
But all this is just speculation and cannot be confirmed.
As long as it can't be proven to be true, it means nothing.
"Your Majesty, the other thing is the workmanship of this jade seal and the characters engraved on it. Both the carving and the characters on this jade seal are made by famous artists, so the possibility of the jade seal being authentic is very high," Han Zhang said. .
"I agree with what the Grand Prime Minister said, but people in the world may not agree, especially the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. As long as they cannot prove that the jade seal is authentic, they will definitely spread rumors." Zhao Xing said.
Han Zhang smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty can summon the world's great scholars to verify the authenticity of the jade seal. As long as the most respected people in the Song Dynasty believe that the jade seal is authentic, it is authentic. Liao and Xixia are not Han people, how can they judge the authenticity of the jade seal? ! ”
"Huh?"
Zhao Xing was startled when he heard this. He understood what Han Zhang meant, which was to make the jade seal true.
Maybe Han Zhang is not sure whether the jade seal is real. He insisted that the jade seal is real before, which is to pave the way for now.
But can this be done?
Zhao Xing didn't think he had a good reputation among the scholars. After all, he had killed many civil servants after he ascended the throne.
But since Han Zhang said so, there must be some way.
Therefore, Zhao Xing pondered for a while and said: "The Prime Minister's words are reasonable. I will issue an edict later to summon the world's great scholars to come to Bianjing to identify the authenticity of the jade seal. This matter will be left to the Prime Minister!"
"I obey the decree!" Han Zhang responded.
"All my dear friends, please step aside. The Grand Prime Minister will stay here. I have something to discuss with you." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, please leave!" Everyone bowed and retreated.
"Master, you should know how serious the consequences will be if the jade seal is fake." Zhao Xing said.
After so many years of passing on the national jade seal, no one has considered this issue.
If we follow what Han Zhang said, if we cannot identify this square jade seal as the authentic jade seal passed down to the country, we will be telling the world that there is no jade seal handed down from the country in the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I am confident in what I say."
Han Zhang smiled and said: "I once read an ancient book in the Kong family, which clearly recorded that the jade seal is indeed black!"
"Huh?"
Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this and said: "Does the Grand Prime Minister really mean this?"
He was a little unsure whether Han Zhang wanted the Kong family to forge a so-called ancient book, or whether he really had this ancient book.
"How dare I expire your Majesty!" Han Zhang bowed and said: "I don't have the ability to ask the descendants of Kong Sheng to help me cover my lies."
Also, given the aristocracy of the Kong family, it is almost impossible for the Kong family to forge an ancient book to prove that the jade seal is authentic.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Zhao Xing frowned.
If Han Zhang had just said that, it would have proved that Yuxi was right.
"Your Majesty, even if I say it, it is empty talk. Call the world's great scholars to come to Bianjing to debate the authenticity of the jade seal. Once the news spreads, Liao Kingdom and Xixia will definitely send people over. At that time, the descendants of Saint Kong will bring out ancient books , Wouldn’t it be wonderful to prove that the jade seal is genuine?” Han Zhang said with a smile.
Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this, then came to his senses and said with a smile: "It's indeed wonderful!"
If Liao and Xixia send people here, they must be Han people who know something about Yuxi.
When the time comes, they will inevitably focus on the color of the jade seal to deny that it is genuine.
At that time, ancient books will be brought out to stop the mouths of these people.
As long as these people are silenced on the spot, the jade seal can be confirmed to be true.
But if the news was leaked in advance, the Liao Kingdom Xixia had already been prepared, and would naturally deny the authenticity of the jade seal from other aspects.
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Han Zhang smiled modestly.
"This matter will be left to the Grand Prime Minister to handle with his full authority. I am waiting for the start of the Seal Debate Conference!" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
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After Han Zhang left, Zhao Xing had someone draft a decree and tell the world that he had obtained a jade seal that was suspected to be a national jade seal, and summoned the world's great scholars to the capital to debate whether the jade seal was authentic or fake. As soon as the news spread, there was a lot of discussion around the world.
Many people did not know the situation and thought that the Song Dynasty had a jade seal passed down to the country.
It was not until this edict was issued that I realized that the Song Dynasty had never passed down the national jade seal.
Some people even secretly spread the story that Emperor Taizu took over the world from the hands of orphans and widowed mothers.
It is said that the Song Dynasty won the country unfairly, so there was no jade seal.
And this so-called Seal Debate Conference is also fake, just to fool the people of the world.
Naturally, these rumors could not be hidden from Zhao Xing's eyes and ears. After Zhao Xing learned about it, he ordered Yin Hanzhang to investigate the source of the rumors.
It was probably the Wizarding Cult who spread the rumors.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"
When Zhao Xing learned that the Supreme Emperor had arrived, he came out with doubts in his heart.
Since his Zen throne, except for that trip to Luoyang, my father has never left Xingming Palace, let alone Longtuge.
"No courtesy!" The Supreme Emperor waved his hand.
Zhao Xing stepped forward to help his father, walked inside, and asked: "Why did your father come suddenly? If you have anything to do, just send someone to summon your son."
"You didn't even tell me about such a big thing as finding the Imperial Seal, so I had no choice but to come here on my own." The Supreme Emperor said angrily.
"Father, don't be angry, isn't it true or false yet?" Zhao Xing explained quickly.
"Show me that jade seal." The Emperor said.
"Father, sit down first!"
Zhao Xing helped his father sit down on the dragon chair, then took the box containing the jade seal, placed it in front of his father, and opened the box.
"Exactly as recorded!"
When the Supreme Emperor saw the jade seal in the box, he reached out excitedly and took out the jade seal.
"Father has also read the classics of the Confucius family?" Zhao Xing said in surprise.
"What classics?" The Supreme Emperor was stunned when he heard this.
Zhao Xing repeated Han Zhang's words and said: "My son heard that his father's words were the same as what was recorded, and he thought that his father also knew the classics of the Confucius family."
The Emperor Taizu looked at the jade seal in his hand, and smiled when he heard this: "Do you think Emperor Taizu has never searched for the whereabouts of the jade seal?"
Zhao Xing was surprised and said: "Father, do you mean that Emperor Taizu left records about jade seals?"
"Not bad!"
The Supreme Emperor nodded and said: "Back then, Emperor Taizu didn't believe that the jade seal had been destroyed, so he ordered people to search for it secretly. Unfortunately, he was never able to find the whereabouts of the jade seal.
Although no clues were found, during the investigation, some internal servants in the Hou Tang Palace who had seen Yuxi were found. ”
After the Emperor finished speaking, he put down the jade seal and waved. Eunuch Liu, who was behind him, came forward with a wooden box in his hands, bowed and handed it to the Emperor before retreating.
The Supreme Emperor opened the wooden box, and there was a yellowed book in the wooden box. He took out the book, flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing took it and took a look, only to see a jade seal painted on it. The overall appearance was about 70% similar to the jade seal.
Next to the pattern, there is a line of small characters that carefully describes the appearance of the jade seal.
It is clearly written on it that the jade seal is ink black, the color is not dark, but rather shiny.
"This jade seal is exactly the same as the one recorded. God bless the Song Dynasty!" the Supreme Emperor said excitedly.
Zhao Xing didn't believe in destiny, but the Supreme Emperor did.
The jade seal that had been missing for many years appeared after Zhao Xing succeeded to the throne. Doesn't this represent Zhao Xing's destiny?
(End of chapter)