Hexi

Chapter 318 The Legendary Sacred Object
After Han Mo left Chang's house, his anxious mood gradually calmed down in the An Ran expressions of the people along the way.

The tiger talisman was related to the military defense of the imperial court. If Ning mentioned the tiger talisman, he had to report whether it was true or not.But precisely because of this, how did Chang Wei do it?Each camp has its own tiger talisman, half of which is in the hands of the battalion commander and half in the palace. When it is useful, the emperor distributes it to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War uses the tiger talisman to dispatch troops.After use, the Tiger Talisman had to be returned to the palace immediately.As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Chang Wei has enough opportunities to come into contact with the Tiger Talisman, but how can he keep it in his hand and not hand it over?And the emperor didn't urge him?
"My lord, what's the matter with you?"

Yang You's question brought him back to his senses, and he realized that he had stopped in the middle of the road at some point.

He frowned and said: "I was thinking, the emperor asked me to search Chang's house these few days, could it be this tiger talisman?"

Yang Youshen nodded: "It's very possible!"

"Then the emperor didn't ask me to check the Chang's house, so the emperor didn't know that the tiger talisman was in the Chang's house?"

Yang You thought for a while, then nodded: "It's also very possible!"

Han Mo glanced at him: "Can you say something useful?"

Yang You scratched his head: "This subordinate really thinks what the crown prince said is very reasonable. But if the emperor knew that the tiger talisman was lost, why didn't he tell the crown prince? This matter is so important, the emperor has no reason to keep it a secret!"

Han Mo straightened up suddenly, his eyes straightened!

What Yang You said was right, the emperor had already asked him to go to Chang's house to investigate such a big matter, so what's the point of covering it up?

In this way, wouldn't it be more reasonable for the emperor not to know?

Thinking of this, he immediately hit his horse: "Hurry up!"

In the Qianqing Palace at this moment, the emperor was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed, with several memorials spread out on the kang table in front of him.The prince, who was standing beside him, was also holding a memorial in his hand.

"When did you get it?" The emperor raised his head slightly, but his brows were still tightly frowned.

"Just now. Liu Huai, the magistrate of Central Shu, delivered them to the palace quickly." The crown prince straightened up, "Last year, the emperor asked his sons and ministers to manage the mines in the court. The ministers did not dare to make mistakes. At the beginning of the year, they were issued to the provinces. The decree has been issued, and there have been reports coming up in the past few months, but they are just daily reports. Only in the middle of Sichuan has there been any news until this time."

The emperor closed the memorial and looked forward with deep eyes.

The crown prince took a closer look and said, "I have already read this memorial. Liu Huai has organized the mineral deposits in central Shu very well and clearly. I don't know why my father is worried?"

The emperor raised his head: "How do you know that I am worried?"

The prince slightly lowered his head and looked at the ground: "I grew up beside my father since I was a child. Although I know it is disrespectful to speculate on the holy will, but now that the world is at peace, my father is alone with my son to pay attention to the mines. I want to come here There must be something strange."

The emperor folded his hands and said nothing.

The crown prince waited for a while, but there was no reply. He took a deep breath and said, "Shu Erchen dares to be bold. The worry in my father's heart should not only be related to the case of the Ministry of War, right?"

The emperor's eyes suddenly sharpened.He asked, "Why did you say that?"

The crown prince bowed his head: "I dare not hide anything. On the night of the fire in the official storehouse in Fannan City and the accident in the defense department of the Chinese military governor's mansion, although the father was worried at the time, he was not as angry when he heard of the accident. This minister felt a little strange. Later, when the father gave the decree to the son, the words meant something. The son thought about it later, and from the time when the father sent Zhen Guogong to serve in the Chinese military governor's mansion, part of the father's attention seemed to be always focused on the six departments. outside of government affairs."

The emperor stared at him for a long time, his expression gradually softened. "Have you ever mentioned this to anyone?"

"Never. Even if Aman walks in the East Palace all day long, my minister never said anything." The prince's eyes were clear.

The emperor put down the memorial and said slowly: "Your guess is not wrong. There are indeed some problems in the court."

"I thought it was just Chang Wei's frame for Xue's family. Could there be some mistakes in this?" The prince said with vigilance.

"Chang Wei framed Xue's family with solid evidence, what could be wrong? Even if there is a mistake, if he raises dead soldiers against him and steals a weapon, the Xue family will at least be half innocent."

"Forgive me for your stupidity. If it weren't for this, what else would make the emperor so worried?"

The emperor was silent for a moment, and said, "Have you heard of the National Guard Railway Coupon?"

Hearing these four words, the prince was stunned: "Is it the iron coupon that the legendary emperor Taizu left to the two auxiliary ministers, civil and military, before his death?"

The emperor said: "From the Taizu to the present, there have been four generations of kings in my dynasty. It is said that there are two iron coupons for protecting the country. One is held by civil servants and the other is held by military generals. With the Wang family in Taiyuan. The family that holds the National Guard Iron Coupon cannot enter Beijing as an official in the capital for many generations, but it is responsible for civil and military heirs, propagating the family, and cultivating talents for the court. The power of the king of Jingqin, to help the orthodoxy of the imperial family to bring order out of chaos."

"So that's how it is." The prince suddenly said, "I have heard about this iron coupon for protecting the country. It is said that the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Jiang family of Huzhou are two of the eight heroes who helped Taizu put down the troubled times. In the turmoil of the past twenty years, in the end, only these two people remained loyal to Taizu and Daliang. But later, for some reason, they all moved back to their ancestral home, and my ministers have never seen this iron bond for protecting the country. I have never heard of it from my father, so I have always regarded it as a rumor and did not exist. It turns out that there is such an allusion in it! This iron coupon for protecting the country is actually true? And it was given to Wang and Jiang. Two?"

"This is an important matter that has been passed down from generation to generation by every monarch in Daliang, so it is naturally true."

"Has the royal father seen it?"

The emperor walked down the ground: "Of course I haven't seen it. As a king, if I see the iron coupon to protect the country, it will be a time of national crisis. This iron coupon cannot be shown to others at will. It represents my mother in Daliang. The ancestor emperor also represents the country and the country, and it has supreme dignity. Of course, as the inheritance of Emperor Liang, I naturally have a way to identify it."

The prince pondered and said: "Grandpa Huang Taizu bestowed these two sacred objects out, so there should be some restrictions to keep them in check."

The National Guard Iron Coupon can carry forward the family in the name of Taizu's imperial decree, so it is difficult to guarantee that the two teams will expand to a certain extent, which will bring some hidden dangers.

"Of course there are. Half of the dragon seals are engraved on the back of the iron coupons, and the remaining half is in the hands of the current monarch. The back of the iron coupons is also engraved with the scope of power of the person holding the coupons. Civil officials are not allowed to do so." Wu, military generals are not allowed to take imperial examinations, and intermarriage is not allowed from generation to generation, and other regulations. Even for the purpose of entering King Jingqin, they dispatch troops and generals to have designated camps, and they do not do whatever they want. Moreover, the relationship between the court and the Sun Wang family is also constant. It has never been interrupted, among the royal and grandson families, there are people in the palace who are equipped with a change every three to five years."

(End of this chapter)