Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Jade Seal of the Country
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There is a thing in the world, called the "Jade Seal of the Country", that is, the "Seal of the Son of Heaven" ordered by Qin Shi Huang after the unification of China, which is the seal passed down by the emperors after the Qin Dynasty.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang led his army to Xianyangba, and Prince Ying of Qin surrendered and dedicated the jade seal of the country to Liu Bang.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power, and ordered his younger brother Wang Shun, Marquis of Anyang, to force Wang Zhengjun to hand over the jade seal, Wang Zhengjun cried and scolded and threw the jade seal to the ground, and fell off a corner, and later Wang Mang ordered someone to make up for the missing horn with gold, which is the famous gold inlaid jade.
When the regime established by Wang Mang fell, the jade seal of the country was on Wang Mang's body, and the rebel army grabbed the jade seal of the country, and then dedicated it to Liu Xuan, the first emperor of the Green Forest Rebel Army.
Liu Xuan was later defeated by the Red Mei Army, and the jade seal of the country once became the jade seal of Liu Penzi, the little emperor supported by the Red Mei Army.
Liu Penzi later also failed and surrendered to Liu Xiu, who founded the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Since then, the heirloom jade seal has re-emerged as the jade seal of the Han Dynasty.
Starting from Liu Xiu, the jade seal has been circulated in the hands of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, when He Jin, Yuan Shao and others armed and killed the ten permanent servants, the eunuchs fled in a hurry with Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty, and it was too late to take away the jade seal.
More than ten years later, the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and Luoyang once again attracted the disaster of blood and light. Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled west, setting fire to the Luoyang court. Sun Jianbu, who was the first to break into Luoyang, was fighting the fire and salvaged the body of a palace maid in the well of Zhen Palace in the south of Luoyang City. Under the neck of the palace maid hangs the heirloom jade seal.
Zhengshi said that Yuan Shao ordered Sun Jian's wife to force Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal; The Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Sun Jian returned to Changsha with the jade seal, and was intercepted and killed by Liu Biao with Yuan Shao on the way, and later the jade seal fell into the hands of Yuan Shu. In any case, whether it was Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they were finally defeated by Cao Cao under the banner of the Han Dynasty, and the jade seal of the country returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
In 220 AD, Cao Pi forced the Han Dynasty to offer the emperor's throne to himself and established Cao Wei. The jade seal of the country naturally became the symbol of imperial power of Cao Wei. Cao Pi painted a snake to add to the foot, and sent someone to engrave the word "Great Wei by the Han Dynasty" on the shoulder of the jade seal of the country.
The Three Kingdoms were unified in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the jade seal of the country returned to the Jin Dynasty.
In the era of Wuhu Chaohua, the dynasties changed frequently, and the turbulence began, and the jade seal of the country began the most violent displacement, in short, after a big circle, the jade seal of the country returned to the hands of the Jin Dynasty.
However, during this period, in the fourth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhao Shi killed the former Zhao and won the jade seal, and also painted a snake to add "Mandate of Heaven Shishi" on the right side, which means that it is the mandate of heaven to be the emperor.
The jade seal of the country has been passed down from generation to generation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, Southern Qi and Southern Liang.
When he arrived in Nanliang, the Hou Jing Rebellion occurred. Hou Jing rebelled against Liang in Shouyang, and finally captured the capital and obtained the jade seal of the country.
After several twists and turns, entering the Sui and Tang dynasties, the jade seal of the country was firmly in the hands of the royal family, and was named the national treasure, and there was no legend.
After Zhu Wen usurped the throne at the end of the Tang Dynasty, history entered a turbulent period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms. The jade seal of the country once again encountered troubled times, and bad luck occurred one after another.
At the end of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Congke held the jade seal of the country in his arms and climbed the Xuanwu Tower to self-immolate.
Since then, the whereabouts of the jade seal of the country are unknown.
Until the third year of Song Zhezong's Shaosheng, there was a person named Duan Yi in Xianyang, who claimed that when he was repairing the house, he dug up the jade seal of "green as blue, warm and moist" and "five plates of back buttons" from the ground, which was the jade seal of the country that had been missing for a long time, and was dedicated to the imperial court.
The imperial court attached great importance to it, and sent thirteen officials, including Cai Jing, a bachelor of Hanlin, to carefully study and verify it, and determined that this was the "true Qin system of the national seal".
The whole thing was very grand and sensational. But whether this heirloom jade seal is really the first treasure of the heirloom made by Qin Shi Huang with He's bi, no one knows.
Now, this jade seal that I don't know whether it's true or false is in Li Yan's hands.
took out the heirloom jade seal from the pastry box and looked at it for a while, Li Yan swallowed his saliva, and then asked Chen Liqing: "This is what you took out of the palace?" ”
Chen Liqing inserted the long sword into her waist and said, "Is there such a thing in the next place?" ”
Li Yan said: "Do you know what this is? ”
Chen Liqing stroked the long sword on her waist and said, "If you don't know, can I take it out without taking it alone, and hide it with a pastry box?" ”
Li Yan couldn't help but say, "Since you know what it is, why did you give it to me?" ”
Chen Liqing twisted her head to the side and said, "I want it to be useless, just use it to return your favor." ”
Li Yan was speechless and said, "A sword can compare to it?" ”
Chen Liqing said: "In my eyes, you can ...... Do you know what kind of sword this is? ”
Li Yan asked, "What sword?" ”
Chen Liqing replied: "Mo Xie." ”
Li Yan was stunned and said, "What did you say?" ”
Chen Liqing said: "I said that the sword in my hand is Mo Xie, and the sword in your waist is likely to be a cadre." ”
Li Yan said in disbelief: "How is it possible! ”
Chen Liqing pointed to the two ancient seal characters on the hilt of the long sword at her waist and said, "Look, it says on it, Mo Xie." ”
Li Yan doesn't know the ancient seal characters, how do you know whether these two characters are "Mo Evil"?
Li Yan untied the long sword at his waist, and then pointed to the two ancient seal characters on the hilt of the sword and asked Chen Liqing: "These two words are 'cadres'?" ”
Chen Liqing poked her head over and looked at it for a while, and said, "Yes." ”
Li Yan looked at the Mo Evil Sword on Chen Liqing's waist for a while, then looked at the Cadre Sword in his hand, and said, "These two are really the Cadre Sword and the Mo Evil Sword made by the Cadre?" ”
Chen Liqing was not sure: "It may also be imitated by later generations." ”
Li Yan felt that this was possible, after all, there were people who imitated famous swords from ancient times to the present.
But then again, even if these two swords are imitations, they are definitely the top swords, otherwise Zhao Ji, the king of a country who likes literature and hates martial arts, would not have put them in his study.
Li Yan stroked the sword and said secretly: "It's a pity, I can't let you show your majesty in a short time!" Once outsiders know the details of these two swords, then the matter of the heirloom jade seal falling into Li Yan's hands may be leaked out, and if this matter is leaked out, then Li Yan will not want to develop with peace of mind.
Li Yan discussed with Chen Liqing: "Liqing...... Can you not use your Mo Evil Sword first? ”
Chen Liqing said: "Why not? ”
Li Yan explained truthfully: "Once it is recognized as the Mo Evil Sword thrown by the palace, others will know that you took the jade seal of the country, and when we are on the ground, we will have to face the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, and our destruction is imminent." ”
Chen Liqing thought for a while and said, "I wrapped the hilt of the sword, who knew that the sword in my hand was the Mo Evil Sword thrown by Zhao Guan's family?" ”
Hearing Chen Liqing say this, Li Yan felt that it was the same, "There are so many swords in the world, I can't see the ancient seal characters on the hilt, who can associate these two swords with the Ganjiang Sword and the Mo Evil Sword?" It's a big deal that I try not to use the sword, and then only one Mo Evil Female Sword will come out, who knows what kind of sword it is? ”
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