Chapter 88 copycat jade seal

"Your Majesty, the most important thing for us at the moment is to snatch back the 'Ministry of Industry' as much as possible, and only by controlling the 'Ministry of Industry' in our hands can we prevent the outflow of products and personnel from smelters and firearms factories." Guo Youzhi reminded.

"That's right, but the 'Ministry of Industry' is now in the hands of Wu Ban, he is Wu Yi's cousin, and it is estimated that it is difficult to persuade him to surrender." The Ministry of Industry's so many watchtowers, it is also very difficult to storm them, even if they can be captured, the factories and workers inside are estimated to be almost destroyed, what is the use of snatching back a pile of ruins.

Now that he can't be beaten and can't be appeased, what can Mr. Guo do to snatch the 'Ministry of Industry' back? Liu Houdao.

Guo Youzhi said: "It's not that there is no way, the minister has a plan, but he can't guarantee it." ”

"Mr. Guo has a clever plan, please come quickly, if it doesn't work, let's discuss it with everyone." Liu Houdao.

"Your Majesty might as well let Concubine Wu persuade Wu Ban to surrender, she is Wu Ban's cousin, maybe Wu Ban will listen to her." As soon as Guo Youzhi said this, everyone suddenly realized, yes, why didn't they think of it? With this relationship, the success rate of persuasion will undoubtedly be much greater.

"What if Concubine Wu refuses to go? Or what if she goes but can't work? Zhang Bao suddenly said this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, everyone didn't take this into account just now, now that I think about it, this is very likely, Wu Yuan absolutely only has a bad feeling and no good intentions towards Liu Hou, how could she help this person who grabbed her son's throne (at least she thinks so)?

The biggest possibility is that she had to go to the "Ministry of Industry" under pressure from Liu Hou, but she would not use her strength to persuade Wu Ban to surrender, but might persuade him not to surrender and fight Liu Hou to the end, she wished she could find some trouble for Liu Hou.

Guo Youzhi stroked his beard, and his face showed a gloomy and murderous look, and said, "That's simple, didn't Your Majesty order them to set off to Rinan?" As long as His Majesty sent a team of men to leave the two princes in Shili Pavilion temporarily, and then gave an edict to Concubine Wu, asking her to go to the 'Ministry of Industry' alone to persuade Wu Ban to surrender, so that the persuasion could be successful before she could continue the rest of the journey, and the minister believed that the possibility of her completing the task would be greatly increased. ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were cold again, although he didn't say it clearly, but except for Wutu Gu and Zhang Bao, other people with normal brains heard his voice, what he meant was that if Concubine Wu could successfully persuade Wu Ban to surrender, let go of the three of them, let them continue to live until Rinan, if she dared to play any tricks, then there was no need to go.

No need to leave is naturally not to let them stay in Chengdu to live, as for where to go, then you have to make up for it yourself, but because the emperor has already said that he doesn't want to see them, I believe they will think clearly.

"Okay, very good, Mr. Guo, I'll leave this matter to you, you quickly go and arrange the few things that you just discussed, I'm tired, let's continue to rest for a while." Liu Hou said to Guo Youzhi, he just woke up, his spirit was not very good, he had discussed things for so long, and he felt a little tired and wanted to sleep for a while.

As for this seizure of someone's son and forcing an old woman to do the insidious thing of an ugly person, it was handed over to Guo Youzhi to handle it, anyway, he proposed the strategy, and he had the deepest understanding of this strategy, so it would be better for him to do it.

"No!" Guo Youzhi quickly recorded the matter in his notebook, and was about to leave the palace to run errands. At this time, Zhang Bao came out and said, "Adou...... Your Majesty, Niu Dan of Jiangqiaomen has not surrendered yet, why don't you let me lead all the soldiers and horses over to destroy them? ”

"Oh? Why hasn't he surrendered yet? Is there really something wrong with his brain? "Liu Hou asked differently#, now that the dust has settled, he has moved into the palace, abolished Liu Li's throne, and degraded him as a marquis, the officials of Shu have basically accepted this fact, why is this Niu Dan still disobedient?

"He really has a problem with his brain, and the official who went to persuade him to surrender came back and said that he only obeyed the emperor's orders, and without the emperor's holy decree, no one would be able to do anything." Zhang Bao said.

"Am I not the emperor?" Liu Hou asked, pointing to his nose.

"Of course you are the emperor, but we took the decree with your seal, and he said that it was not a real decree, and that it was forged. Because this jade seal was different from what he had seen before. ”

"It's a real bastard." Liu Hou said, "Then you go and find out Liu Li's jade seal, use that jade seal to send him a holy decree, if he still refuses to obey the order, you go and screw his head off as a stool to sit on." ”

"Okay." Zhang Bao happily agreed and ran to run errands.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, everyone also said goodbye one after another, they were all worried about the emperor's health, and temporarily put down the things they were doing and ran over. Now that I see that the emperor is really fine, I have to hurry back to work, I have just occupied Chengdu, the situation is not stable, and everyone still has a bunch of things waiting for them to go back and deal with.

Not long after, Zhang Bao brought a small chamberlain over to ask to see them, and Liu Hou, who had just laid down and squinted for a while, had to get up again to meet them.

The little chamberlain was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he was holding a beautiful brocade box in his hand, and came to Liu Hou's bed, knelt down with a plop, kowtowed, and said: "Slave Huang Hao knocks on the emperor." ”

It seems that this little eunuch is very familiar with current affairs, and as soon as the emperor was changed, he immediately changed the object of allegiance, and the conversion during the period was very natural and seamless.

Liu Hou is very strange, he has not used the inner servant, after entering the palace, he still let the original personal guards wait beside him, all the inner servants and palace maids were confined before the situation was clear, and now Zhang Bao brought a little inner servant to do what?

Without waiting for him to ask, Zhang Bao began to say: "Haha, Xiao...... Majesty, a certain family found you a good thing to come over, guess what? ”

"Isn't it? A small chamberlain is also considered a good thing? Liu Hou rolled his eyes and said.

"Well, this, the waiter is not a thing, how can it be considered a good thing. Good things are in his hands. Zhang Bao said.

Only then did Liu Hou notice that the brocade box in Xiao Nei's hand was more than four inches square, lined with bright yellow satin, which was gorgeous in this era. Liu Hou's heart moved, such a size and shape made him think of something.

"Could it be ......" Sure enough, after opening the brocade box with a trembling hand, the small chamberlain revealed a four-inch square jade seal, there is no doubt that this is the jade seal used by the emperor.

The authentic heirloom jade seal is made by Qin Shi Huang craftsmen with He's bi, and now in the hands of Cao Pi of Wei State, Liu Bei ascended the throne as the emperor can only use beautiful jade to re-engrave a jade seal, so Liu Li ascended the throne as the emperor and used the seal is the jade seal used by Liu Bei, it is no wonder that some generals only recognized the holy decree of this jade seal.

Liu Hou hurriedly ascended the throne as the emperor, and also casually took a piece of jade and ordered the craftsman to carve the jade seal, but he rarely issued any decrees in person, so his jade seal is naturally known to few people.

But now he doesn't need to use this copycat version of the jade seal anymore, because he got Liu Bei's jade seal, he can continue to use this jade seal, although this jade seal is actually a copycat version.

However, there are also differences between the copycat versions, and the jade seal engraved by Liu Hou himself can be regarded as a copycat within a copycat, which is even more difficult to convince. Although Liu Bei's jade seal is a copycat, it has been used in Shu for at least some time, and officials are more likely to accept it.

Huang Hao, the little chamberlain, knelt on the ground on his knees, raised his hands and presented the jade seal in front of Liu Hou, and said in a loud voice: "The Holy Son of Heaven was ordered by heaven, congratulations to the emperor for inheriting the great treasure." ”

"Hehe, you little chamberlain can talk." Liu Hou stretched out his hand and took the jade seal in his hand, and came to his eyes to admire it.

This jade seal is carved from a piece of white and flawless mutton fat white jade, which is a gem-quality material in Hetian jade, and is the best pure white in white jade, with the best luster and texture.

Sheep fat jade is the best in jade, which has been highly valued by people since ancient times and is very precious. It not only symbolizes the gentlemanly character of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity", but also symbolizes the secular emotions of "beauty, nobility, auspiciousness, gentleness and tranquility".

This jade seal is about four inches square, and the jade is warm and dense, clear and pure, white and flawless, like clotted cream. There is a lifelike five-clawed coiled dragon carved above, and the words "Treasure of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty" are engraved below.

The genuine jade seal is engraved with the seal text written by Li Si "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity", Liu Bei's jade seal is different from it. Although there was no concept of copyright protection in this era, Liu Bei would not forge a jade seal that was exactly the same as the original, so he did not engrave the same words on his jade seal.

Liu Hou immediately ordered someone to draft a holy decree, the content was very simple, that is, let Niu Dan change the defense, and let Zhang Bao send a battalion commander to take over the defense of the city gate. After the decree was written, Liu Hou took it over to see that there were no mistakes or omissions and covered the jade seal.

This is the first time Liu Hou has used the emperor's jade seal, and he doesn't feel anything special, but he feels that the jade seal is particularly heavy.

After Zhang Bao took the holy decree and went out, Liu Hou saw that the little eunuch was still kneeling there, so he asked, "Why are you still kneeling here?" Still not leaving? ”

The little attendant Huang Hao said: "Qi Yu Majesty, the slave maid is the servant of Shang Bao Jian 1, responsible for keeping the jade seal, and the slave and maid put away the jade seal after waiting for His Majesty to use the treasure." ”

Now Liu Hou understands that this jade seal is usually kept by a special institution, and this institution is called Shang Baojian, this little chamberlain is obviously the person responsible for keeping the jade seal, and it is for this reason that Zhang Bao can easily find the jade seal.

"Oh, that's it, then you put away the jade seal and wait aside, it is estimated that there will be a lot of places to use the seal in the next few days."

Huang Hao was overjoyed, hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, stepped forward to take the jade seal and carefully put it back into the brocade box, and then stood aside with the brocade box. There is a reason why he is so happy, after the new emperor entered the palace, he imprisoned all the palace people, which made everyone panic, and they were worried about the way out in the future.

I didn't expect that I was the first to solve the problem of the way out, since the emperor continued to let him keep the jade seal, it meant that he would not be punished or eliminated, which was of course a happy thing.

Note 1: The emperors of the Han Dynasty had six seals: the Emperor's Seal, the Emperor's Seal, the Emperor's Letter Seal, the Son of Heaven's Seal, the Son of Heaven's Seal, and the Son of Heaven's Letter Seal. The six seals are all used for different purposes, and they are in charge of Fu Jie Lingcheng. In the later dynasties, there were Shang Bao eunuchs, and then there were palm print eunuchs. For the sake of narrative convenience, the statement of Shang Baojian is used here.