It seems that the heavens are also lamenting the tragedy of Kaifeng City, it is already dawn, but the sky outside is extremely gloomy, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier!

In the side hall, you can see that the snow outside is already a foot thick! This is the first time this winter that the snow has fallen so heavily!

Zhao Chen was restless, and Li Gang was respectfully accompanying him! In fact, Li Gang was also very anxious in his heart, and he also hoped that Wang De would find the heirloom jade seal as soon as possible and return as soon as possible.

"Is the jade seal really that important?" Zhao Chen looked outside and said.

"If Your Highness wants to recover the mountains and rivers, you must have this thing!" Li Gang said.

"How can I have the idea of recovering mountains and rivers?" Zhao Chen secretly smiled bitterly in his heart!

For a seventeen-year-old boy, the experience of this half year is like a scene in a movie! It's too difficult to get him into the movie all at once!

"Li Gang, tell me, why was our Great Song Dynasty so bullied by Jin Bing, so that his father, mother, and Emperor Taishang were all captured by Jin Bing? Why was my dignified Song Dynasty bullied by a group of barbarians who came out of the mountains and almost wiped out the country? Zhao Chen said.

Wang De has not returned yet, he is only anxious in the side hall, it is better to talk to Li Gang.

"This ......" Li Gang was silent for a while before he said: "Your Highness, the reason why we are so bullied by the Jin soldiers is that our army is not good!" ”

"Why can't the army?" Zhao Chen said.

"Our military system is in disarray! In the forbidden army, there are many soldiers who don't know generals and generals who don't know soldiers! Moreover, the soldiers of the forbidden army have never been trained all these years! Li Gang said.

"In addition to the forbidden army, we also have the Western Army! The Western Army had fought against the Western Xia for many years, and their combat strength was okay, so why couldn't they? Zhao Chen said.

"The Western Army is better than the Forbidden Army, but it's not much better! Their military system is also very chaotic, and they have very little training in the past! Also, the current Western Army has long since become a private army! Li Gang said.

"Private army?" Zhao Chen was a little puzzled.

"Yes! There are countless families of generals in the Western Army, and those families of generals have been passed down from generation to generation! In the Western Army, the grandfather is a general, the father is a general, and the son is also a general, so that from generation to generation, each generation controls the same army! And the soldiers of the army are also passed down from generation to generation! It's like the family army back then, the grandfather was a soldier of the family army, and the grandson was also a soldier of the family army! This is the private army! The Chongjia Army, the Yao Family Army, the Liu Family Army, and the Zhejia Army are all famous private armies in the Western Army! In the early years, there were also Yang family generals, which were also passed down from generation to generation, but the Yang family has now declined, so it is not worth mentioning. Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen nodded, thinking that this was probably the ancient "warlord"!

"The Western army is all private troops, they only think about their own interests, and never consider the interests of the country! They resisted the Western Xia, and that was because the Western Xia were to the north of them, and the Western Xia invaded their own homeland, so they had to fight! They went south to conquer Fang La, because the imperial court promised them that if they conquered Jiangnan, they would be allowed to loot in Jiangnan! At that time, the disaster of the Western Army was far better than the disaster of Fang La, and the horror of the people of Jiangnan for the Western Army was far greater than the horror of Fang La! This time, the father and son defended the Yellow River, why did the Jin soldiers just fight for a night, and they all fled? On the one hand, they are of course as cowardly as mice, and on the other hand, they also want to keep their own family army, and they don't want their family army to suffer the slightest loss! Li Gang said.

"So they watched the Jin soldiers cross the Yellow River?" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!"

"Damn it!" Zhao Chen couldn't help but scold.

"In addition to the army, there are many traitors in the court, which is also a problem! That Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan are prime ministers and vice ministers, and they actually helped the Jurchens capture their monarchs! On weekdays, these traitors only know how to be corrupt! These are the reasons why my Great Song Dynasty was almost destroyed! Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen nodded, he looked out the window, only to see the heavy snowfall, and he was thinking in his heart, did the Northern Song Dynasty really perish because of these?

"The army has no combat effectiveness, and there are many corrupt officials in the DPRK and China...... In fact, it was not only the Northern Song Dynasty, but also the Southern Song Dynasty, and all subsequent dynasties...... This was the case in the Ming Dynasty, which was later destroyed by the Jurchens...... The Jurchens established the Qing Dynasty and were assimilated by our Han people, and the Eight Banners Army became more and more ineffective, and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, corrupt officials were rampant, so that they were bullied by the small country of Dongying...... Why is this happening? This was not the case in the Han and Tang dynasties! In the Han and Tang dynasties, the world was full of martial arts, everyone dared to fight, the poetry made by the literati was arrogant, and the literati also dared to abandon the pen and follow the Rong, as for the generals, they dared to say "Those who offend my Han will be punished even if they are far away"! At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was divided into three kingdoms, but the three kingdoms also produced many famous generals, and the armies of the three kingdoms were still extremely strong, whether it was Cao Cao or Zhuge Liang, there were deeds of defeating barbarians...... In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of the Central Plains was the "Heavenly Khan" in the hearts of foreign peoples, even in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, there were many feudal towns in the world, but the festival of any strong town in the Central Plains could still be invincible! Super powerful races such as the Xiongnu and Khitan were defeated by our Han people, and as for the Khitan, Jurchen and others, they can only pay tribute to our China and rely on our China to survive...... And since the Song Dynasty, the Chinese nation has changed, the Chinese nation has lost its former martial arts and become extremely weak, anyone can take a bite of China's body, the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Mongols, the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Japanese army, anyone can bully us, we can't defeat them, at most they occupy us, we assimilate them...... I'm afraid that there is a deeper reason for this, or it may be related to national culture and national character...... "Zhao Chen thought secretly.

As for the specific national culture and national character, Zhao Chen didn't have an eyebrow for a while!

Just when Zhao Chen was looking out, suddenly there was a sound of walking outside! Zhao Chen and Li Gang were taken aback!

Zhao Chen hurriedly glanced into the distance, only to see more than a dozen Jurchen soldiers walking by, it turned out that there were already Jurchen soldiers entering the palace!

The two of them hid their bodies and held their breath! It wasn't until after a while, when the footsteps of the Jurchen soldiers gradually disappeared, that the two breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, the Jurchens have already entered the palace, and now it is even more difficult to escape! Wang De doesn't know when he will be back, we have to leave first! Zhao Chen said.

"However, we haven't gotten the heirloom jade seal yet!" Li Gang hesitated.

"If I die here, what's the point of getting the jade seal of the country?" Zhao Chen said.

"This ......" Li Gang was stunned, he thought for a moment, thinking that this is the truth.

Zhao Chen took a deep breath, although he knew that his martial arts were not good, but now he had to leave here!

He was about to go out of the side hall, when suddenly a figure flashed outside, and a big man appeared in the side hall, who was it not Wang De?

The moment Wang De appeared just now, Zhao Chen's heart beat wildly! After seeing that it was Wang De, he was overjoyed in his heart!

"You're finally back!" Zhao Chen said with a little complaint.

"General Wang, have you ever retrieved the jade seal of the country?" Li Gang asked nervously.

"The last general was fortunate not to be dishonored, and retrieved the jade seal of the country from the Zichen Palace!" Wang De said excitedly.

It turned out that Wang De thought that the jade seal of the country was in the Funing Palace, so he went towards the Funing Palace! Who knew that the jade seal of the country was not in the Funing Palace, but in the Zichen Hall next to it! The jade seal of the country is just a symbol, when the emperor of the Song Dynasty issued a holy decree, he did not use the jade seal of the country, but used a personal seal! Therefore, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty did not put the jade seal of the country in the Funing Palace, which dealt with the government on weekdays, but enshrined it in the Zichen Palace! Fortunately, the Zichen Hall is relatively close to the Funing Palace, and Wang De went to the Zichen Hall after coming out of the Funing Palace, so he didn't delay too long!

"That's great!" Li Gang said excitedly.

At that moment, Wang De took out a square box, which was about 10 centimeters in length, width and height, and he put this box in front of Zhao Chen!

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Zhao Chen took the box with some curiosity! After taking it, he first felt very heavy!

He slowly opened the box, only to see a golden light rising into the sky! Zhao Chen was taken aback, and the box in his hand actually fell! Fortunately, Wang De was beside him, and Wang De hurriedly caught the box.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Wang Dedao.

"I saw the golden light rising into the sky, and I almost couldn't open my eyes! Don't you see? Zhao Chen said.

"Huh?" Wang De was incredulous.

"His Royal Highness can see it, that's because His Royal Highness is the crown prince, shouldering the country's social affairs, so he can naturally see the golden light emitted by the jade seal of the country! This is a great auspicious sign! I am expected to revive the Great Song Dynasty! Li Gang said excitedly on the side.

Zhao Chen shook his head, he felt more and more strange in his heart! When he was in the armory before, he saw the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword emitting purple light, and the old eunuch said that he had a relationship with the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword, and said that it was recorded in history that other people saw the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword emitting purple light! Now that he saw the jade seal of the country emitting golden light, Li Gang actually said that it was a symbol of good luck!

He felt that whether it was purple light or golden light, these were not in line with scientific common sense! It's even more ridiculous to interpret it as "fate" and "auspicious omen"! He just couldn't figure out the way, and now was not the time to think about it, so he didn't think about it anymore.

At this moment, the golden light has disappeared, and Zhao Chen can finally take a good look at this heirloom jade seal!

The first feeling of this heirloom jade seal to him is that the color is as green as blue, crystal moist, extremely beautiful, and it is worthy of being carved from the world's first beautiful jade! Looking at the heirloom jade seal, Zhao Chen couldn't help but think of the legend of He's Bi! It is rumored that Bian He, a native of Chu, dug out a piece of "Puyu" from Jingshan, and he dedicated the jade to King Chu Li, who ordered the jade craftsman in the palace to check it, and the jade craftsman said that it was just an ordinary stone, and King Chu Li cut off Bian He's left foot for the crime of bullying the king! King Wu succeeded to the throne, Bian He once again held the "Puyu" to see King Wu, King Wu asked other jade craftsmen to check, the jade craftsman still said that it was a stone, and King Wu ordered Bian He's right foot to be cut off! Bian He hugged "Puyu" and cried bitterly for three days and three nights, the tears dried up, and then there was blood, so that his eyes became blind! When King Wen learned about it, he sent someone to ask Bian He why he was crying so badly, and Bian He said that I was not crying that my feet were cut off, but crying that such a beautiful jade was treated as a stone, and the treasure jade was covered with dust, which is really the greatest sorrow in the world! King Wen ordered someone to cut open this piece of jade and get a rare treasure, named it He's Bi!

Zhao Chen didn't know how to appreciate jade, but at this moment he still felt that this heirloom jade seal was extremely exquisite! It's just that a corner of the jade seal is missing, and it was made up with gold! Zhao Chen also knows this allusion, when Wang Mang usurped the throne, Wang Mang asked the Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty for the jade seal of the country, and the Queen Mother was angry and smashed the jade seal of the country on the ground, so a corner was missing, and it was made up with gold! The craftsman who gave the jade seal of the country must have been a well-known craftsman in the world at that time, and now although the corner of the jade seal is gold, Zhao Chen does not feel the "beauty of defects", as if the corner and the rest of the triangle are abnormally harmonious, as if he was born like this.

The whole jade seal is exquisitely classical and solemn! There are five dragons as buttons on the jade seal, which is extremely majestic, and there are countless exquisite pictures carved on all sides, there are flowers, birds, fish and insects, there are Kyushu in the world, there are saints ruling the world, and there are three emperors and five emperors...... These pictures are lifelike, looking at this jade seal, Zhao Chen actually has a feeling of entering the picture, which shows the essence of carving! It took him a long time before he came back to his senses and looked down at the jade seal of the heirloom country.

Below the jade seal of the country is carved with eight characters "ordered by the sky, that is, longevity Yongchang", these eight characters are carved by the bird seal! Zhao Chen didn't recognize the bird seal, but he had studied history, and even if he didn't recognize it, he knew what it was.

"This is the jade seal of the country!" Zhao Chen said secretly.

"The jade seal of the country has not been lost, which proves that my Great Song Dynasty is not exhausted! His Royal Highness obtained this heirloom jade seal, which is where the mandate of heaven lies, representing the orthodoxy of heaven and earth! Heaven will not die, my great song! Li Gang said excitedly again.

"Let's go, we're going to get out of here at once!" Zhao Chen said.