A knife in love

Chapter 182

Sang Liangtian's expression changed drastically.The Japanese pirates have ravaged the southeast and become a serious threat to the court. Sang Liangtian naturally knows the viciousness and cunning of the Fusang people.He turned to Zhao Zhen and said, "Master Zhao, what do you think of this matter?"

Zhao Zhendao: "Mr. Liu has been powerful in the world for decades, and it is absolutely true. Let's not believe this kid's nonsense."

Liu Sheng Zongyan sneered and said, "Whether this old man is the number one expert in the Jianghu or a commoner, he can be said to be as light as a feather in the Ming Dynasty. But do you know who he is?"

After Liu Sheng Zongyan finished speaking, he pointed at the boy with his right hand.Although Zhao Zhen and Sang Liangtian had been seeing the young man by Liu Shengzongyan's side all the time, they didn't know his identity.Asked by Liu Sheng Zongyan, he immediately showed a puzzled expression.

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Liu Sheng Zongyan immediately laughed and said, "Listen well. His surname is Zhu Mingju, he is the eldest son of the former Emperor Zhengde, and he is also the rightful Crown Prince!"

As soon as this remark came out, except for Li Qiufeng who knew something, the rest of the people were shocked.Emperor Zhengde had never had any heirs, so after his death, King Xingxian took over as his successor. This is known to all the world.If Emperor Zhengde had a prince alive, then there would be no such thing as King Xingxian.It's just that this matter is too weird, and most people don't believe it.

Although Zhao Zhen has been planning with Liu Sheng Zongyan and others in the dark room, he is completely unaware of this matter.But he knew that Liu Sheng Zongyan was not only a great master in the martial arts, but also a fish in water among the big bosses of the imperial court, and he had the right and wrong.It seems that such a major event cannot be faked.Immediately said tremblingly: "Mr. Liu, this, this is not a joke. Do Wang Shangshu, Mr. Xu, etc. know?"

Liu Sheng Zongyan sneered and said: "Only the old man knows about this matter. The old man originally planned that after the army arrived in the capital, the crown prince would recruit the defenders of the capital. But due to the situation, the identity of the crown prince has to be disclosed today. You are all good men of Ming Dynasty, When you see the prince, why don't you kneel down?"

Sang Liangtian saw the puzzled expressions on the faces of the soldiers under his command, he was also shocked, he thought for a moment before saying: "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it's hard to convince everyone with your words alone for such an important matter!"

Liu Sheng Zongyan said: "General Sang's words are correct. If there is no evidence, wouldn't it be possible to call him a prince by simply pushing out someone? Mr. Zhao, you have traveled through the six ministries, you have seen a lot, and you have also walked in the cabinet. I think you have seen a lot of imperial edicts?"

Zhao Zhen said proudly: "Naturally. When I was in the cabinet, I often saw the imperial edicts of the first emperor."

Liu Sheng Zongyan said to Sang Liangtian again: "General Sang, you traveled with the late emperor to the north, and when you were in Xuanfu and Datong, you also received the imperial edict from the late emperor. As for the seal used in the edict, you will not be mistaken."

Sang Liangtian said: "This is a matter of course. The generals sent by the imperial court know the secret of the seal used by the emperor. After receiving the edict and adding the soldiers' talisman for dispatching troops, they can distinguish the true from the false. Otherwise, when leading troops to go out , if there are traitors who use false edicts to plot chaos, and they can’t tell whether the edicts are true or not, wouldn’t it be a catastrophe?”

Liu Sheng Zongyan said: "Since both of you know the secret of the jade seal used by the late emperor, please see if this jade seal is real or not!"

After he finished speaking, he bowed and gave a deep salute to the young Zhu Ju, and said, "Please grant the seal to the two adults to see if it is true or not."

With a blank expression on his face, Zhu Ju reached out and took out a small yellow cloth bag from his bosom, unwrapped it and took out a white jade seal the size of a palm.Liu Sheng Zongyan took the jade seal in his hands respectfully, took two steps back holding it in both hands, then stood up straight, turned around and said to Zhao Zhen and Sang Liangtian: "My lords, please come and have a look at this jade seal. !"

Sang Liangtian and Zhao Zhen looked at each other, then walked forward and looked at the jade seal in Liu Shengzongyan's hand.I saw that the jade seal was all white, with a faint layer of soft white light.Zhao Zhenjiu was at the center of the imperial court, and after knowing that Qin Shihuang had unified China, he ordered jade craftsmen to carve an emperor's jade seal, which was called "Tianzi Seal".According to historical records, this seal is carved from Lantian white jade in Shaanxi Province, and the Chihu button is engraved with the words "Ordered by the sky, long life and eternal prosperity" written by Prime Minister Li Si in big seal script.Afterwards, successive dynasties changed, and winning the imperial seal was the most important event of the new dynasty.After the Qin Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties took this seal as a symbol of auspiciousness, and enshrined it as a rare treasure, an important weapon of the country.Obtaining it symbolizes that it is "destined by heaven", and losing it means that it is doubted that it is "exhausted".Those who ascended to great positions without this seal were ridiculed as the "Emperor of the White Banner" and were despised by the world for their lack of confidence.When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he sent people to ask for the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun angrily threw the jade seal on the ground, breaking a corner of the jade seal.Wang Mang ordered a skilled craftsman to fill up the missing corner with pure gold, and the term "gold inlaid with jade" comes from this.

When this jade seal was handed down to the Five Dynasties, it fell into the hands of Li Congke, the late emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty.Li Congke was very fond of this imperial jade seal, and often took it out to play with.At that time, Yelubei, the deposed prince of the Khitan, fled to the Later Tang Dynasty for refuge. He once saw Li Congke show off the jade seal of the state during a banquet for the officials, thinking it to show off.Na Yelubei is the best book and antique, and he is also coveting this jade seal, and there are many records in his private notes.Later, Shi Jingtang led the Khitan army to Luoyang, and Li Congke climbed the Xuanwu Building with Chuan Guoxi in his arms to set himself on fire, and Chuan Guoxi disappeared.

During Zhezong's reign in the Northern Song Dynasty, a farmer named Duan Yi discovered the Jade Seal of Chuanguo while plowing the fields and sent it to the imperial court.After thirteen academicians based on the records of previous dynasties, it was determined that it was the imperial seal made by the first emperor.It's just that this matter is so miraculous that most people in the government and the opposition don't believe it, but this jade seal has been passed down from then on.At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Taizu took Xu Da and Chang Yuchun as generals, and led 20 Ming troops to approach Dadu.Before the arrival of the Ming army, Emperor Yuan Shun fled from Dadu. No matter how difficult the escape journey was, Yuxi always carried him with him.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu sent Xu Da to Mobei to chase after the remnants of Yuan forces who were fleeing far away. His main purpose was to obtain the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, but he returned in vain.Until the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, someone fled from Mobei and brought back a jade seal, which is said to have been obtained from the descendants of Genghis Khan.Since then, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo has been hidden in the palace as the imperial seal that the emperor must use to issue imperial edicts.

Zhao Zhen was born as a Jinshi, and worked in the Hanlin Academy for another three years. He can be called a well-educated Confucian. He is not only familiar with the classics of various schools and schools, but also dabbles in some private notebooks and other books among the people.He knew that the whereabouts of the imperial jade seal had been unknown since Li Congke's death, and nine out of ten jade seals that appeared after that were fake.Seeing this Fang Yuxi at this time, Zhao Zhenxin was filled with emotion, but he was quite skeptical.Now look intently.I saw that the jade seal was in the shape of a square, engraved with the eight characters "Ordered by the sky, long life and eternal prosperity".Zhao Zhen knew that the uniqueness of this jade seal lay in the cloud patterns of the words "ming" and "shou", so he looked at it very carefully.When I saw the cloud patterns of these two characters, I was almost convinced.Remembering that since Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he stopped using the Chuanguo Yuxi and replaced it with the "Shouming Baoxi" as the imperial seal, which is naturally very strange.

At this time, Sang Liangtian also looked at Yuxi carefully, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and turned to look at Zhao Zhen.Their eyes met, and they nodded involuntarily at the same time.

Liu Sheng Zongyan held the jade seal and presented it to Zhu Ju respectfully.Zhu Ju took Yuxi, rewrapped it and put it back in his arms.

Liu Sheng Zongyan said to Zhao Zhen and Sang Liangtian: "My lords, is this jade seal real or fake?"

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "The jade seal is indeed real, but where did this little brother get it?"

Sang Liangtian said: "Although there is a jade seal here, it cannot be said that this person is the prince of the late emperor. It is a well-known fact that the late emperor has no heirs. This is too strange, we still can't believe it."

Liu Sheng Zongyan walked a few steps on the ground with his hands behind his back, and said to Sang Liangtian and Zhao Zhen: "This matter has to start 12 years ago. At that time, the late emperor had already discovered that someone in the court was colluding with foreign vassals, intending to usurp the throne. The year before King Ning rebelled, everyone in the world believed that the mastermind was King Ning alone. However, the late emperor received a secret report that King Ning was just a scapegoat, and there was a bigger force behind him plotting to destroy the Ming Dynasty. Pushing King Ning to raise troops is a plan that kills two birds with one stone. To test the strength of the court, the second is to take the opportunity to eradicate King Ning. The late emperor knew that the cabinet of the court had been controlled by that man's minions, so he took the excuse of conquering King Ning himself and took his cronies to Nanjing. In fact, he wanted to get rid of the control of the cabinet. The strength of the garrison defeated the conspiracy of these traitors. When the late emperor passed through Meilong Town, he met a folk woman, and the two had a one-night pleasure. The woman was pregnant with the dragon species, and followed the late emperor to Nanjing. The first emperor accidentally fell into the water in Nanjing and was seriously ill. Knowing that he was unlucky, he learned that the woman was pregnant, so he handed over the imperial seal to the woman, and asked her to escape and live in seclusion, so as not to be found by rebels. Waiting for the opportunity to avenge the late emperor. At that time, the old man was in front of the late emperor's bed and was ordered to protect the woman and escaped from Nanjing. You also know the following things. King Xingxian entered the capital and became the emperor. There is another son living in this world, the prince you saw today!"

(End of this chapter)