Chapter 111: Jade Seal (2)
Sun Jian felt ecstatic for a while, and said secretly: "Is this thing a jade seal?" ”
Cai Yong once mentioned in "Dictatorship" that the Son of Heaven has six seals, saying: "The emperor's six seals are all jade and tiger buttons, and the text says 'the emperor's seal', 'the emperor's seal', 'the emperor's letter seal', 'the seal of the Son of Heaven', 'the seal of the Son of Heaven', and 'the seal of the Son of Heaven', all of which are sealed with purple mud in Wudu.
There is also a jade seal of the country, its radius is four inches, on the new York hand over five dragons, the front is engraved with Li Si's book "ordered in the sky, both longevity and Yongchang" eight seal characters, in order to serve as a token of "imperial power is divinely granted, orthodox and legitimate", since then the emperors of all dynasties have to get this seal as a conformity, if it is a treasure, the country's heavy weapon also, it symbolizes its "order in the sky", and the loss is the expression xiàn its "number has been exhausted".
If he ascends to the throne without such a seal, he is ridiculed as a "white version of the emperor", which seems to be lacking in confidence and is despised by the world. When Li Shimin, a generation of Ming monarchs, ascended the throne, the Li Tang Dynasty did not obtain the jade seal of the country, but engraved several fake jade seals such as "Destined Treasure" and "Destined Treasure". Later, in the fourth year of Zhenguan (620 AD), Li Jing led the army to crusade against the Turks, and in the same year, Empress Xiao, the wife of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and his grandson Yang Zhengdao returned to the Central Plains.
After Sun Jian got the heirloom jade seal now, although he was ecstatic, he still didn't dare to confirm it, after all, the heirloom jade seal is the important weapon of the country, and few people in the world have seen it except for the emperor. So he recruited the older Cheng Pu and asked him to help confirm it.
After Cheng Pu read it, he immediately said: "Lord, this is the jade seal of the country, and it is confirmed." This jade was obtained by Bian He under Jing Mountain, because he saw the phoenix perched on the stone, thought it was a heavy treasure, and it was dedicated to the king of Chu, and after decomposition, he got a piece of treasure jade. Later, the king of Qin obtained this jade, and ordered a good craftsman to carve a jade seal, and Li Si sealed this eight characters on it. After the fall of the Qin State, Emperor Gaozu got the jade seal of the country, and then Wang Mang usurped the rebellion, and the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan beat Wang Xun and Su Xian, and collapsed a corner of it, which was inlaid with gold and jade. Guangwu got this treasure in Yiyang and passed on to the country to this day. When the Ten Standing Servants were in turmoil, they kidnapped the young emperor and fled north to Beibi Mountain, but after returning to the palace, they couldn't find the jade seal. ”
After listening to this, Sun Jian said: "I see, it's really a good baby." ”
Cheng Pu said again: "Today, God bless the lord, and he has obtained such a heavy treasure. This is destiny! My lord is overjoyed! Great joy! "I looked very happy and excited.
Sun Jianqiang endured the feeling of turning the river and the sea in his heart, and asked again: "Demou, how can you be happy?" ”
Cheng Pu said: "The lord doesn't know, according to legend, the person who gets the jade seal of the country wins the world, and today the country's heavy weapon is given to the lord, which is to show that the lord will be honored in the Ninety-Five Dynasty one day, and achieve a great cause of the emperor." ”
Sun Jian was overjoyed, couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in a trembling voice: "Demou, this is true, is it really God bless me." ”
Cheng Pu nodded heavily, and then said to Sun Jian: "Lord, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, you should return to Jiangdong as soon as possible and plot great things." There can be no delay for a moment, and changes will occur later. ”
Sun Jian thought so, nodded and said, "Demou's words are very satisfactory to me. Well, immediately ordered the whole army to pack their bags, and early tomorrow morning, the army set off to return to Jiangdong. ”
Why did you say that Sun Jian entered Luoyang City so easily, and found the jade seal of the country so easily.
It turned out that when Dong Shouye sent troops to support Luoyang, his eldest brother-in-law Li Ru had instructed Dong Shouye to find the jade seal of the country. Dong Shouye was stunned when he heard Li Ru's words, but he didn't expect that the jade seal of the country really disappeared as recorded in history.
Dong Shouye read books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", and "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" in later generations, and there were countless mentions of Sun Jian's acquisition of the jade seal of the country in a well in Luoyang City.
So at that time, Dong Shouye wanted to say to Li Ru that the jade seal of the country was in the dry well in Luoyang City.
Later, I finally couldn't help but say nothing, after all, I am not a god, if I can predict anything, I will definitely be suspected, and if I don't get it, I may be arrested as a monster.
At that time, Dong Shouye promised Li Ru that he would definitely look for it carefully after entering Luoyang.
After Dong Shouye defeated Sun Jian and arrived in Luoyang, he also rested in Luoyang City for a few days. Therefore they pretended to send men to look for it.
Nothing was found. Dong Shouye saw that his subordinates had returned in vain, so he ordered all the nearby wells, caves and other places where things could be hidden.
Sure enough, a strange corpse was found in a dry well, and Dong Shouye ordered someone to salvage it, and sure enough, there was a bag around his neck. At that time, Dong Shouye thought that it would be better to sink the jade seal into the well, let Sun Jian get it when the time came, and then he was taking the opportunity to yin Sun Jian.
At that time, Dong Shouye was a little hesitant, so he called Jia Xu to discuss, and after Jia Xu listened, he asked Dong Shouye: "I don't know what the son wants to do with this heirloom jade seal?" ”
Dong Shouye replied: "My son hasn't thought about it yet, so he asked the military advisor to discuss." ”
Jia Xu was moved by Dong Shouye's trust in him so much at this time, this is the real confidant, Dong Shouye will only discuss this matter with Jia Xu if he really regards Jia Xu as a confidant among his henchmen. Jia Xu saw that Dong Shouye was a little hesitant now, so he asked: "The jade seal of the country is the important weapon of the country, and the prince wants to occupy it, or does he want to hand it over to the imperial court." ”
Dong Shouye shook his head and said: "It's just a piece of jade, even if you have it, what can you do, if you don't have enough strength and rashly occupy it, I'm afraid you will suffer from death." It's best to hand over this thing to the imperial court, but my son is a little unwilling and wants to use it to play a role. ”
Jia Xu continued to ask: "I wonder what role Gongzi wants to make this stone play?" ”
Dong Shouye replied: "Although Luoyang City is guarded by our army, but the main force of our army has returned to Chang'an, among the Kwantung princes, there are not many who want to occupy Luoyang, if our army makes a slight mistake, the Kwantung coalition army may enter Luoyang." If this thing is left in Luoyang City, it will inevitably cause a competition between the princes, so that this prince can divide the princes without blood and break them individually. ”
Jia Xu said: "Childe's plan to kill three soldiers is very subtle, and in Jia's opinion, this plan is very feasible. Then please ask Gongzi to immediately arrange for his henchmen to sink the jade seal back into the well. ”
At this time, Jia Xu saw that Dong Shouye could have such a vision and realm at a young age, not quick for a while, not greedy for treasures, and long-term vision, good at making trade-offs, he had a higher opinion of Dong Shouye, and strengthened his determination to assist Dong Shouye well.