Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 413 Destiny

Zhao Xing shook his head slightly when he heard this. What Han Zhang said did make sense.

But all this is just speculation and cannot be confirmed.

Unless it can be proven to be true, it is meaningless.

"Your Majesty, the other thing is the workmanship of the jade seal and the words carved on it. Both the carving and the words on this jade seal are from famous masters, so there is a high possibility that the jade seal is authentic." Han Zhang said.

"I agree with what the Prime Minister said, but people in the world may not agree, especially the Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia. As long as they cannot prove that the jade seal is authentic, they will definitely spread rumors." Zhao Xing said.

Han Zhang smiled and said, "Your Majesty can summon all the great scholars in the world to verify the authenticity of the jade seal. As long as the respected people of the Song Dynasty believe that the jade seal is authentic, then it is authentic. The Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia are not Han people, how can they judge the authenticity of the jade seal!"

"Ok?"

Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this. He understood what Han Zhang meant, which was to prove that the jade seal was authentic.

Or maybe Han Zhang was not sure whether the jade seal was real. He had previously insisted that the jade seal was real just to pave the way for what was happening now.

But can this thing be accomplished?

Zhao Xing did not think he had a good reputation among the literati. After all, he had killed many civil servants since he ascended the throne.

But since Han Zhang said so, there must be a way.

Therefore, Zhao Xing pondered for a while and said, "What the great minister said makes sense. I will issue an imperial edict later to summon all the great scholars in the world to Bianjing to identify the authenticity of the jade seal. This matter will be handed over to the great minister!"

"I obey your order!" Han Zhang replied.

"My dear ministers, please leave. Sir, please stay. I have something to discuss with you." Zhao Xing waved his hand.

"We will take our leave!" Everyone bowed and retreated.

"My Lord, you should know how serious the consequences will be if the imperial seal is fake," said Zhao Xing.

So many years have passed since the issue of the imperial seal was passed down, and no one has considered this issue anymore.

If we do as Han Zhang said, if we fail to identify this jade seal as the authentic imperial seal, it would be tantamount to telling the world that the Song Dynasty does not have an imperial seal.

"Your Majesty, I am confident in what I say."

Han Zhang smiled and said, "I once read an ancient book in the Kong family, which clearly recorded that the jade seal was indeed black!"

"Ok?"

Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Are you serious, sir?"

He was a little unsure whether Han Zhang wanted the Kong family to forge a so-called ancient book or whether this ancient book really existed.

"How dare I, Your Majesty!" Han Zhang bowed and said, "I don't have the ability to ask the descendants of Confucius to help me cover up my lies."

Yes, given the noble character of the Kong family, it would be almost impossible to ask them to forge an ancient book to prove the authenticity of the jade seal.

"Why didn't you tell me before, sir?" Zhao Xing frowned.

If Han Zhang had said what he just said, it would prove that the imperial seal was authentic.

"Your Majesty, even if I said it, it is empty words. Summon all the great scholars in the world to Bian Jing to debate the authenticity of the jade seal. Once this news spreads, the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia will definitely send people here. By then, the descendants of Confucius will take out ancient books to prove that the jade seal is authentic. Wouldn't that be wonderful?" Han Zhang said with a smile.

Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this, then he came to his senses and said with a smile: "It's really wonderful!"

If the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia sent someone, they would definitely be Han people who knew something about the imperial seal.

At that time, they will inevitably seize on the issue of the seal's color to deny its authenticity.

When the time comes, I will take out the ancient books to shut these people up.

As long as these people can be silenced on the spot, the authenticity of the seal can be confirmed.

But if the news leaked in advance, the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia would have been well prepared and would naturally deny the authenticity of the jade seal from other aspects.

"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Han Zhang smiled modestly.

"This matter will be left to the Grand Prime Minister to handle. I am waiting for the seal debate conference to begin!" Zhao Xing said with a smile.

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After Han Zhang left, Zhao Xing asked someone to draft an imperial decree to announce to the world that he had obtained a seal that was suspected to be the imperial seal, and summoned all the great scholars in the world to the capital to debate whether the seal was real or fake. As soon as the news spread, the whole world was talking about it.

Many people were unaware of the situation and thought that the Song Dynasty possessed the imperial seal.

It was not until this edict was issued that people realized that the Song Dynasty had never had an imperial seal.

Some people even secretly spread the story that Emperor Taizu seized the world from an orphan and his widowed mother.

It is said that the Song Dynasty came to power in an illegitimate way, so it did not have the imperial seal.

And this so-called seal debate conference was also fake, intended to fool the people of the world.

Naturally, these rumors could not be hidden from Zhao Xing's ears. After Zhao Xing learned about them, he ordered Yin Hanzhang to investigate the source of the rumors.

The one who spread the rumor was most likely the Witch Cult.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"

When Zhao Xing learned that the emperor had arrived, he went out to greet him with doubts in his heart.

Since abdicating the throne, my father has never left Xingming Palace except for that trip to Luoyang, let alone come to Longtu Pavilion.

"No need to be so polite!" The emperor waved his hand.

Zhao Xing stepped forward and supported his father as they walked in. He asked, "Why did your father come here suddenly? If you have anything to say, please send someone to summon me."

"You didn't even tell me such a big thing as finding the imperial seal, so I had no choice but to come here on my own." The retired emperor said unhappily.

"Father, don't be angry. Hasn't the truth been confirmed yet?" Zhao Xing explained hurriedly.

"Show me the imperial seal," said the retired emperor.

"Father, please take a seat first!"

Zhao Xing helped his father sit down on the dragon throne, then took the box containing the imperial seal, placed it in front of his father, and opened the box.

“It’s exactly the same as what was recorded!”

When the emperor saw the imperial seal in the box, he excitedly reached out and took it out.

"Father, have you also read the Confucius family's classics?" Zhao Xing asked in surprise.

"What classics?" The emperor was stunned when he heard this.

Zhao Xing repeated Han Zhang's words and said, "I heard your father say the same thing as what was recorded. I thought your father also knew the Confucius' classics."

The Emperor looked at the jade seal in his hand, and smiled when he heard this: "Do you think Emperor Taizu has never looked for the whereabouts of the jade seal?"

Zhao Xing was surprised and asked, "Father, do you mean that Emperor Taizu left behind any records about the Jade Seal?"

"Not bad!"

The Emperor nodded and said, “Back then, Emperor Taizu did not believe that the seal was destroyed, so he ordered people to search for it secretly, but unfortunately they were unable to find the whereabouts of the seal.

Although no clues were found, during the investigation, some eunuchs in the Later Tang Palace who had seen the jade seal were found. "

After the retired emperor finished speaking, he put down the imperial seal and waved his hand. Eunuch Liu behind him came forward holding a wooden box, bowed and handed it to the retired emperor before retreating.

The emperor opened the wooden box and found a yellowed book inside. He took out the book, flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing took it and looked at it. He saw a jade seal painted on it, and its overall appearance was 70% similar to the jade seal.

Next to the pattern, there is a line of small characters that carefully describes the appearance of the jade seal.

It was clearly written on it that the jade seal was ink black in color, and the color was not dark, but rather shiny.

"This jade seal is exactly the same as the one recorded. May God bless the Song Dynasty!" the emperor said excitedly.

Zhao Xing did not believe in destiny, but the emperor did.

The jade seal that had been missing for many years appeared after Zhao Xing ascended the throne. Doesn’t this represent that Zhao Xing has been crowned the emperor by destiny?

(End of this chapter)